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


Il e!ertIc lights, while they crcled !
| round the upper and neither rim of the !
| rch from haS' tO base, making the
Gene one beautiful b'aZe Of electricity
u artistic sigh The total number of
| lh,S uu this arch were 7S5. The OPP
p.'si,e end OF the arch rested on a founda-
,on or bHsn near the cubstone Uf the
| pp"sIte Sidewalk nn main street. Upon
"e bases of the graud arch stood an
III pr grsspirg the hit of his sword AS
II ready 10 draw, while on the other side
:. Oh Il private with his guu at parade
rest. These two guards stood at
either end of ;his magnificent arch. AT
| the snu'h end of The court stood fac
S!inie to the arch just described, while
between the arches on either side Of the
,teet fq ii liS'aut stood tile artistic
p> ions forming the vista of the Grand
Court. These beautiful STOW white
pylJns consisted of Il group Of thres pr
-nns standing upon base five feet high.
The central figure is beautiful
maiden holding in her hands, extended
above her head, a tablet upon which APP
pears the name of the State she repre-
Sents. Ga either side Of tue maiden
,taudS her protectors, two so'di"rS. one
an Cliic.,r, the other a private. The OF
Il pr is in the act of drawing his sW0rs
while the soldier has his gun ut l,drada
rest Every Sta,e is rep'e'ant@. III II
like manner Ga the eas5 sid uf the
street the following statues were repre-
S.nted Tx Tennp see Missouri,
Georgia, Virginia, Mississippi, XII
tucky, Maryland, while vi3-a-> OIL che
vest stood Memphis, West NTGinit,
Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas,
F!orilh, y nth Cavoliua, Louisiana
Linking th.Se artistic pvois @,get laC
from aich t. arch on either side We're
ueautiiul les: o1rs of flowers. The Whole
'ormcd one Of the prettie.t pictures We
nav" seen. We understand al tffMt Is
on fUht by the agricultural ASSOCIATION of
M"iuphis to preserve these handsome
pyions bv removing them To Forest Pd"k
that the memory Of the glorious reunion
may be preserved for years 70 90 a.. 1t
is ii gOud idea and 1t is To be hoprd 1t vii!
bc done.
O e thing that attracted our at'ent'o /
was the careful attention given 10 the
streets of the city, notwithstanding tho,
srcat crowd Of visitors, AL rubbish was
; Kept off the streets, apd every mornlug
l The ST. iees locked as clean and bright us
| rev pin They use their street Car
: lines for SprinkliUg the streets aad they
( do it i'll Il hurry, making almost i,S fas'
Z time AS the street cars. They have A
s veiy larg- tank rigy,d i up on a SIT Of ca
@ trllcxS, r.ey I'LL j. ard run IL with the
\ troll, line, and thc water ii Sto the side
walk on one side, they fctdrn on the
= ether track and sprinkle the other S'ne.
y They would sprinkle five mi'es OF street
as suon rs We could sprinkle from thr
court house TO the railroad cr'sSlng
The Swee ,inE arrangement Is also an III
70 ter, sting sight TO wltueSs, one swetpiuH
=, nacliLe comes along pulled Ivy houses
" II lnGss.ns up the dirt and rubbish, AMI :
< s2cord comes close after anG drives
'e the trash to one 81 ie, whil-, a the
II finishes up the sve"png Business .an
81 leaves the trash aud dict iu RlisT.s ssr4ttRt
: swept perfectly cl-an. The next much n,
-" IL ,hc coll, ctOr. il brushes this ri lgn o.
, ilit up into Il rectpttcle ami La-re i
!; nothiig left in It's wake but the clear
=, and scningty almost poi9hp:' street.
- Ga Sunday we took An excursion tYi,
!, do"n the Mississippi liver for Invent,
- miles and enjoyed the Iide and scene,
=. on both the Mississippi aui Arkansa
side. We noticed The famous Ievte o.
:. the Arkansas side which seletched alon.
=, for possibly fifty miles and had tn,
. appearance of railroad emblnkment
~ The country on the A.kausis sid,
= had very low and tlts appearance, arc
we were tr!d that sometimes the rivai
rose so hign as to be fifty miles wide
!. vet We coaid see cabins dotted here anG
J, there along the river on that side, and
. we're told that some extensive farming
E VAS carried on over there, but that til
. planters had to take t.elr chances We
, '.hd the pleasure of the company of oul
friends Mtssrs. Pope and Douglass Brown
= Nj this river trip. We ehlrp-ied to meet
ihtm that morning partly by accident
"nd partially because we wee looking
: 70: one or them They are the Sons of
. itey. VIM. l.. Brown recently of Kelton.
;. G.
> We could write great deal more of
what we saw OF an interesting nature AT
| Memphis, bat for fear of wearying our
= readers "ih this write up which has
E already strung out more Than we had in
tended, we will pIck up our grip and
start for home, buc we carry away with
us many pi' asant memories of our visi,
10 HE h"Stiing city OF Memphis, and
nope II NAY at some future tinl. be our
. "rlu3c 10 ".c: more visit the city.
We !vf! M'uph;s for home on sunday
"Ight a. $ O'clock, AID we had an ali
: night ride m it to Chattanooga but il
was pa asant aid comfortable one. a
EeEi:e m'ul got OF the train al Nemphis
WI" hd just returned from trln CD Lhr
famous beaumont oil fields of Texas and
Il 80 Adu been over The Iulns of he Gal
weston storm. He had taken ADVANTAGE.
OF the reduced rates from Memphis anG
taken Tins III and got back in time to pet
nome III the limit uf his ticket. He WA
very interesting talker. Sp. aking OF
The oil We'll he said he saw the famon>
lgusNer which when it burst forth sent q