The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-06-21
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tircnneM Atlanta hsT The brys Of
the Atlanta Fire Drum Corps had
's' put away their drums aud were
looking on AT the crowd whcr rI.e
alarm ut fire sounded. a hose truck
soon flew by. aud as il dtd So every
one offs ose boys grabbed it and rode
to tho fire, snatched off the hose.
made connection a the hydrant and
got the fir,: water on the Gre. TLcy
just cou!dn' t resist tie temptation.
An Interesting event which was
Witnessed by great number of Wis
itors "Wednesday Afternoon was the
layingof the corner stone of the laon,
umentsto be erected to the memory
Of the gallant General N. B. Forest,
under tho auspices of the Forest
Statute Association. the Forest Mon
umental Association and the local
Masonic fraternites. The stone was
laid by Mary Forest Bradley. grand
daughter of the great chieftain Ge
&. w. Gordon presided. and Forcs 8
Old chapsain, Gen. Kelly, made the
impressive address, aftcc which TWO
Memphis ladies recitcd appropriate
poems.
The Montgomery Park was one of
the attractive places during the re-
union, as there was gang of real
cow boys and half breeds ropipg cat,
lite, riding bucklng bronchos and
wild steerS i'll true western style.
Raleigh Sprlrgs Park WIS another
place gvis,ed By many. Io was one
Of the best rides TO be had on the
fifty odd miles of street car lines in
Mcnghis. TIE run is twelve miles
long and several miles are through
most picturesque woodland scenery
Fhere is d dahciug pavilion at the
Spri9gs AID it is Il delightful resort
f'r t9e citizans Of Memphis to spend
AN afternoon in the cool shades of the
pretty trees # the parl. The mil
wy ai;h is de, dltf"rent sh rvs
and ts nnmbericss musical ins.ru-
rnehf, Cow ellis, gongs and evciy
ma3nabe kind OF thing "ith which
to uAke noise, created perfectly
deafaing racket and we almost WAS
conPslled to 60 inside to get out of
the racket We understood that all
! s. ssll,rteeasLnws re en- J. ffcrsrn aud Front
I.lecsionst,Be no mgr cent, Of their CD
and lh,s ha amounted up to tuesday
evening to upwards of 81 800;
The fireworks di.,play on the ri"er
which was to rake place Tuesday
n;rht was postponed uu'il We'd
nc,,].y night. A number of fiat
b ,ats we're anchored ont in tho middle
! re ,bc river and from these the fire
works were set off. The long slop-
ins hill approaching the water was
literally hned with people. The
fireworks was fine, several n"V
features being added, and the FAC
} os their being seut up from the cante'
6 Of tho river lent additional astracnr'
to the display which was one IT 10 !,
, or-itiest we have ever seen, 'he cl
, nlny lasted ovcr M hour En2 COS
of this feature alone must havr bee
con on.idarab;e amrunt. BIT ever.
thug in sight evidenced the aci th'
the citiz.us of NJ mph;s did not s:n'i
- back on the matter If sxpen'e IN pr
e oarinp for this reunion orcssr
# Nauy thousand dollars were inhiv'
h ual,y contributed by the ci''zen
st waiie toe railroads sad other corPn
1t a,iors c,at.ibuted from five to ti'tet
ID thousands dollars each. The Vi
ID Vl,et M,nsie,d Dug c.. we unde
ID stand was among tho largest co
es tr;b tors and contributed 8 10000 ~
he be. .iI es this they c"nver'ei ina lro
nc ,r tbe;r mammoth establishment IN
th relic and anuvenir department
,d which could be found old flags. mi
M k,,s. swords, pistols, shel's, stumps
-, tres with balls and pieces Of shells
-, them, valuable letters and war rec"r
nd nd photographs, oil paintings and
n ae hundred other things to' numerous
VI mention. This great store was
pe of ,hc m vat attractive places III
,ne CITY during the rsunion, and we d'
ld. think we would miss it far if W"
'ck Is Der cent. of the visitors t. NJ
ust phis we're at one time or annthe'
th. Van Vleet's Drag SIRE. LII fac
lsic u, ,ca was a second information bar
ely ani D .op'e would ask for int 'rma =
Re a at Van Vleet anl Nj Mlnsheid's u
this s ,re as materially as they wnu''
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