The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-06-14

street Car aud soon reached the
foot Of the mountain. A glance up
that dangerous looking railroad was
suiii ;ient to dampen the ardor of the
majority of. the party aud caused
some of the stoutest hearts to quail,
several OF the party after a look up
the track which seemed to rise up
inFo the air, as it were several huu>
dred feet, remarked that they would
not go up that thing for half the
money in Chattanooga. We then
asked the price of ride up and
down, aud waI thunderstruck when
told it was 75c. This settled the
question, those Of us who had upon
former occasion taken q ride knew
,hc price TO be Csc, and recognized
this extortlonate price as a gouye
arranged for the occasion, and de-
termlned not to be gouged that early
III the day, so We declined to take
the trip. After watching the cars
make trip up and down the noun
Lain, ascendiag one mile to the top.
aud rising in that distance 800 fe,t
above where we stood, We returned
20 town, aud was informed that we
wou Il be taken to Chicamaugl battle
ground, wh.re the unyeiIing would
take place. for 25c each, here an
other gouyo awaited the ursuspecting
victim, as we will show little fur
thcr on. The distance from Chat
tanoosa to the battle gcound is some
twelve miles and is made on the
street Col. Some beautiful scenery
Is presented to the visitor along the
route, and some historic ground is
gone over. We passed the famous
Ross Gap. and was shown the old
house built by. John Ross, the chief
of the Cherokee Indian tribe, which
remains intact, and appears good for
another half century. Near this
point we noticed iron tablets mark
ing the points of famous battles. Ar
irving at the terminus of the car line,
at the entrance of Chicamauga park,
we found several vehicles in waiting
and were informed that it would cost
25c each to be taken to the South
Carolin~ monument which was to be
unveiled, 1his gouge caused consd-
cradle kick, and few of the party
determined to walk rather than pay
the extra soc for the ride to aud
from the monument, which turned
out to be only walk of about mile,
we who rode felt like we had been
picked mp to the tune of so cents.
We lis el,ed to several interesting
"reminiscences regarding the battle
at this place, as we approached on
the street Car. We had the pleasure
among others of meeting Capt. R.
IL. Jennings, of Winnsboro, s. c.,
now State Treasurer, who was in
charge of a company en- route for the
uuveiling, be is first cousin of our
townsman Rev. G. A. B: Jennings.
Aud many of the readers will re-
member nim as one of the speakers
during the last campaign meeting in
Union. Mr.. Jennings is one of the
finest gentlemen we ever met, and is
very interesting in conversation.
1t was found that we had an old
Yankee veteran, MIR. w. r. Coburn
on board, who had been living ia
Chattanooga since the war. Some
of his old friends told him he had
better walk chalk line or the old
Confederate vets would kill him. He
laughingly remarked, "well they
have shot at me many a time but
they have not got me yet" lie
alighted from the Car with the rest,
and it having been ascort4iued that
one OF the old battle scarred flags of
the 7tb $ c. Regiment, c.. +, Ker-
shaw's brigade, WAS in the hands of
J ,s A. Taylor, of Grsniteville, one
of Mr.. jennings meu on the car, the
one who had carried it during the
battle at C,icamauga, Mss M,uie
J ter requested Mr.. Js6n'ngs to have
i. uufured, whicb rtqiest was granted
us soou a. the partJ landed; the act