The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-06-21

! l.,nse went shrusu the wa-er Like
Ln!ier. first IN ron rhcu m lcri"a'h
rhr wafer. Mr.. Prlnce says he did
not know which WIS s"a,ei the u0~t.
:r was afraid t. turn loose but saw
Ia: could not ho'd the fish 40 he tried
L. get out hi, knife to XII i! tn'
'u'd not succeed in doing 80. H..
fina!ly turned ioosr, aud being good
swimmer he succcsscd in getting
back 10 land, but be says be has never
since had a hankcring after riding
p"'poise.
We witnessed many affecting
scenes between the Old veterans as
they would recognize some comrade
they mad Lot seen since they faced
the eucmy. ~ couple of them were
locked in each others arms in front
Of one of the State booths while the
tears We're running down their
furroughed cheeks. One Of them
noticed gentleman near looking on.
Ie said you may look my friend l,
don't give y snap if the Whole State
Of Tennessee was looking IN, this is
Jim who stood by my side in
Que of the hottest BATHS | was ever
in. l have not seen him since and
l thought he was dead. The gen
gieman told him he was veteran
himself aud heartily appreciated his
feelings.
We put in the remainder Of the
day simply m;ngling with the crowd.
We have seen some pcrtty large
crowds but this simply laid in tue
SHADE anything We have ever seen,
a'd still they came. 1t was simply
impossible to make any progress
along the sidewalks, the people were
] mined together like sardines in
box, and the wonder to us IS tina:
hundreds were not suitnca'cd or
mashed to death. The authorities
tried to keep the crowds on the side
walks Wednesday, they fenced in the
walks with double strands Of wire
They might as we'll have tri.d to
con6ne the Mississippi river when
the flo was on. The great mass
Of humanity simply converted Main
street into vast NIB. The crowd
was 50 dense that it conll only be
Ins sfreso al the elhGG lhGGfpe fpeSSbbd ST rs ld ld abu
masses on bph sides of the street amt
a verv narrow space was left for street
cars and vehicles, and the police had
to be alert at the crossings even to
keep this small space open. 1t was
ab Mt as hard to gee on street car
as it was to get along the side walk,
The people were literally hanging on
to every portion of the cars they could
get a hand hold. If the cnntnc' ora
collected fares from one half the peo-
uie who rode on the street cars We
don't see how he did it. The pnpu,
lation of the city is some 100000 am
t there must have been at least IL 3,OOi
8 visitors, and the whole business 0
8 them seemed to be on the streets. On
;, Wednesday it was even worse as man,
. hundreds more had arrived Tuesda,
= evening AMI night. "Wednesday wa
y the great day of the occasion an
!, there we're more in the way Of er
If tertainments on that day than it wa
POSSIBLE for one person 10 see. Th
T., especial feature Of the day howeve
). was the grand flower parade whic
IN was a sight that was alone almo
l. worth the trip to see. 1t was mo
Sc beautiful and poetic tribute to the g
e. heroes Of the lost cause, and rcflectt
r great credit on the artistic skill al
n, exquisite taste possessed by the ladl
l.. of Memphis. The parade was Il
r. finest by odds of anything that h
to ever taken place in this country, WI
er- the cavalcades of outrders, male Al
IS, female, splendid bands Of music, dru
If. corps, marching soldiers aud sailo
las graceful vehicles pulled by fine hor'
ice and occupied by beautiful women, a
w, literally hidden with thousands
on, flowers. Each vehicle appeared to
). made of flowers aud me Of
led designs were IN ,st beautiful to beho
dis The procession started at three O. 'cl'
en-. AMI lasted about an hour. 1t IN
en- have been three miles IN lene
ice, There we're several bands of MI
rk., in the parade which rendered liz
Q. tunes at intervals. 1t would tai
Co. great deal more space to tel OF