The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-04-05
BILL ARP Sees THE ADMIRAL.
Heard the Cheering ofthc People-Hc
and His Wife Saw Dewey and His
Wife

On our return trip from Florida we
ran into the Dewey reception at ) ivan-
| nan. 1T had not occurred to us that
this was any Of our business, but at
Waycross and Jesnp and all along the
line men and women were boarding
the car like there was carnival on
Eand and by the time we arrived we
could hardly get into the depot for the
people. In the course OF time we got
the leavings OF dinner and took car
for the Central depot, which was to be
our headquarters until 8 p. IN. From
| There we rudiatcd dow n toward tho ID =
Soto, following the crowds that were
gravitating that way. Seeing how
they were massing on the broad side
walk Just opposite tho hotel my wife
said " Let Us stop here by this tele
graph poc." II WAS . fortunate selec.
tion Tor with the pig pole behind her
ent be crowded to any extent. In half
an hour the crowd was immense and
would have moved her from her moor.
ings but for the pole. ! braced her on
my side with two solid feet and firm
corporosity. Expansion WAS the word
and | expanded. All sorts and sizes
and colOrs swarmed around us, but nv
wife stood solid to her post. Another
half hour passed, but still there was no
Dewey sign aud | began to feel little
tired in my legs and to draw q long
breath once or twice ia 4 while. Some.
times would bend one kueC u little for
a rest and then change to tue other.
The street WAS kept clear by tho mount.
cd police, 50 that the military could
have distance to march in platoons, but
the military did not appear. AnOLher
halt hour passed and We beard che SJl-
cmn beats OF Is drum far away, so [
! braccd Cp my knees for another effort.
! Ia the meantime fine carriages adorned
| with liaEa and bunting and beautiful
! ladies and swell gentlemen pissed and
! =, pissed, hut no soldiers. WAS nearly
| rurdy 10 drUr TO lltr mnrbir llaEscOnu
! Cu which we stood, hu. my wilr stood
-, liruI to the tcicg rnpH pole as Ca,sa
N.ancn dlu to the mast AbUuI this
time - little hcUJh,n Chiucr appeared
"J lIr. biz plate Einss bay window and
llu mail boy. Chucrcd HIM, TO- no WAS
+ inws.y u. I that he brought from Ma
! Il las q lad HDOut twelve years old and
/ a. good looking Ha " Cbinrc ever gets
/ 10 be NV wife snid that WAS a sign, "a
! lurcrunDCr, and sure enough Mrs Dsw.
~ ,OUn appeared and parted the lace
, curtain and gaHcd upOn the crowd and
,miiCd. was not looking that way and
lay wife nudgcd me with her elbow and
pcnrcd and SAW another lady in an.
other window drinking cup OF tea, and
remarked she is OlGcr han | thought she
was and more thirsty, and WAS then in
formed that WAS looking at the wrong
winUow. Still there WAS no sign that
the show was auOut 10 begin and drew
| smother long breath and sighed. "Cnnt
yru stand it is little longer ?n a'd she.
" um almost dead said |. Z" would
| give $40 to be out ni this and SIT dowu
:omew hcrc.n 1t was then , O'Clock aud
W" hdd stood there three solid hours
My vile cndcnvorrd 10 ,lisLrt CT nv at
lcntjon from myself 10 the tlays and to
| lha small boys who had climbed to the
| copines ot tuc windows and up in the
trees, out felt like WAS at Is funeral
! and wAs the corpse in the cOlliu. At
| last, AT iast, Mrs. Dewey cana again to
| lho "'nu"N ana rcmovrd the lace cur
'"'nS ana Ine N"hlrai came Win her
anu waved MS hand 10 the OUTSIDE mn''
"tnac a"o every nouy shooted.. we lni
portray c''s2' "hlCn were 10 nave arrl
ven n"' "rroVEn' mere was Inc great
| N"'''' J." iu'' fcSn'l" huu Incre was
ms "i,'' r"u I"hI ana sun 'ilh|-drcsSeu
| :" e''t! s".tn "a'S' t''a' WAS INQUEST
| -; ~" '"U '''o ~ ic"''" VI ns' aug my
WIZ '""'H "po ulanloius Sparkl'nR
ga" -" .iS a"'',"E rom ncr nitlr
| ~, ~ ntr "".s.' ou' GoulGent' lof
80" | '.1."" ""s .'o' r"'seu "nu a'l thaC
We -" was 'n'"usn Si"SS o"rKly'
~" ~ ,ns uAra WHY nv. "rsIr sn'nco much
nS u."u'"n"S. .' Ant Nu''irnl was SICK
tr GU vi" ""J'o'' e"iu ''o our .uuSC noI
;" y" num- Noo"C th'S tino Inc
w. WA, .'',uE "ov's y. .''o orass oa"u came
"'V' ',i,S Vno '"sV "in" any cncGreu tne
'n"'V''"nG ',tI il1 any my WIZ nuugeu me me
"'','t' ..''nthI ".,' 2'iu, 'IouI .n"1 pe"uC' vi:
:, .o,cn""II' ,urI', ,n s"'I H. 'or 'ny Knees were
:" II ''.".' ANU ""S cohsloerlnR 90"
"IG, uu"," - H,n"u ,hn nv "ny a"HSer, nao nov
,I , :" Wv. , H, :, .noo III o'r ages un'
=, 'n','' 'I' @ ~" @ J., was poSalolH 'or her
w. , 'ot'nu ,,o' ou' a,.o peHer 'n,sereu
,H onr '.,r n"' ,h o"'i 'l VI "ny-
.m '"."s 'no '"'"o 0''o' " soo anu Sne
GOV"
Woii' the military ioilowGd the band
anu th"I TOOK nno'her nall an hour,
lof thcre were th'rty companies, in
ctu"lhE lnlahtry ana Inc marines and
we caucts ana the "rtlllory ana the
r"H AIRY "nu so iorGh' SUPPOSE Ihe ar