The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-12-06
On the veranda and watched the
ine horses exhibited in the

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whore there were more different va,
rieties Of preserves. pickles, jellies,
canned goods. and various products
of the farms, than l had ever seen
before. In another department oi
this building We found most extra
ordinary collection of chickens, there
must have been thousand of them.
l had never seen many of the vari-
eties Of chickens that were on exhi.
bi,ion here. 1t would take too much
space to describe them. There must
have been pair of every known
variety. Some Of them were as large
as turkeys, and the noise the roost-
ers kept up was almost deafening.
/ believe this Was the best exhibit
saw at the Fair. From this build
Ing We ven, to the cattle pens and
saw some very fine COWS, sheep, goats
and hogs. On the way to and from
the stock yard We passed through
the Midway, and the noise and clash
of trumpets, tin pans, cymbals, COW
bells, drums and horns, and the loud
mop,hed side Snowman was some=
thing terrible.
We went into several Of tho eide
shows, among which was the death
scene OF Mckinley. The nurse who
was sitting beside the bed wore red
cross on her arm. In one corner of
the room there stood q table with
few flowers and some bottles of med
ieine or it. The figure was of wax
and the breathing was very natural
We next took i'll the races which we
enjoyed very much. 1t being ogr
f,st view Of horse race. We were in
formed that if We wanted to SEQ any
IF the sights of Columbia we would
have to leave the Fair grounds. We
then took the street car for the peni-
t-ntiary. The Car only went to the
Union shed 80 We had to walk the
rest Of the xay; by this time there
were many additions to our party,
and upon looking back. l saw there
were II of US, it was q jolly crowd
aud we did not mind the walk.
When We arrived st the pepitentisry
Ue won't Into the Office where we
found some one to take Us aregnd
aud show us tho principal places of
interest. We saw the msohine shop.
The electric power plant, the carpen-
ter shop and the blacksmith snop
whore the officer slowed I'D
some iron bands that xsr. used to
put around the wrists and ankles of
the prisoners, the ones used for the
ankles had a chain attached to them
aud at the end Of tho chain was
large iron ball. These were called
shackles, We also went into the
tailor shop, where they we're making
clothes for the convict. out of white
and black striped cloth. From one
of the windows We got good view of
the canal, far below us, which fur
nishes power for the great mills
along its bank, VA waited the
saiWae uip"bst thesy Would not
fst US 60 in it. This factory is oper
ated by Northern capitalists, no Wis
is"ra allowed inside. Next We went
to the bath room, barber shop and
the room punishment, here We sav
the stockks into Wh,eh the culprits are
made to place their hands and feet
while the cruel looking leather strap,
attacked to wooden handle, is ap-
piled on their backs. We shuddered
as We could imagine the blows falling
on the back Of the helpless VICTIM.
From here Ys went to tho
ti,oa.p where they were cooking.
from there into tho dining
room which had long benches and
long marrow tables, tho rations had
been placed on some of them. We
then went into large new building
where the cells we're. This build
ing had large hall running through
it. Thi. building was heated BY .
large heater in the sea;sr OF this
ball: ,,n savhsidgSf ths hal were
tRs cellb' one row above another.
/ There wore four or FIVE rows of them
These cells looked very comfortable,
there WAS bed With Tssa blankets
pn fhem IN escA sell, snd in sons Of
tho rooms were tables With vases Of
Aowers and q Bible on them, few
Of them bad carpets on the floor.
The doors of these cells were closed
by pushing long iron bar WHICH
ran along the front doors and extepd
ed from snA 70 end, barring all the