The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-22

4. FRIDAY. MAY 90, 1908,
Middleton to Pontetac, and as they
on,y have apne train per day on this
I7l.ne 4 Dad to wait until after noon.
bon the train came in it brought
we Of my cousins, w. p. ii. Bailey.
end t5p ofhis neighbors from Jones
oo hh county, Miss. The
trs!A ls over about an hour
and th We started South.
M6 only Had about Is miles to 90 to
WALNUT IN that was the most soci-
the gentle Aiendiy load of of passen-
: oea' nv, ne Hriter had ever seen; every-
E KS - our car was acquainted be-
lore. wehad got mile from Middle
ton. Yh& conductor has run the
tram for many years and owns a
lar8t stock of tho road. The agent
efron alnut was on the tfain,s he
y also owns a good lot of stock in the
: Isd, intact every one who works on
ppenet etrainsis stakeholder and are all
let he Slsrge family working for each
: he had and all who patronize the
y ne .,,a,s,1i ueSh ITO be intimately acluaint.
nparensss sety officer and agent of
M .pofd You don't need to buy a
~ hnless you so choose, for you
v>L{Esthe conductor the same rate
&eket would cost. The coun.
40 . Middleton, Tenn, to Wal.
~, gets more rolling as you
IsIpfossch; e. latter, place and there
was Only two very small pines OBJ
|ssryed on the entire route. At
9in9t ~ took the hack for Jones.
IQro xkiyh abont four miles east
Eof ~ forter. Immediately after
Siug Walnut the country began to
~ Ftdgh and soon we were
0xnlsome quite steep hills as
1ast ss tr mouse colored mules
esnld run, ith about three inches of
y mud fling in all directions and
feeA'iy COVERING the mules, but the
ND MAS q out the same color of the
nIes q made very little differ
as color was concerned.
& eeo1 yo miles we reached the
a94y Geek bottoms, which was
eFos5~sy With white oak logs split
up about TWICE the size Of an ordinary
fence rail, ana the writer thinks the
rocky road ID Dublin could hardly be
compared with this one through the
muddy bottoms. The bottom is
about half mile wide on the west
side of the creek and in some places
the logs had been torn or washed out |
so that the mud would come up to
the axles, but those mules had been
there before, so they kept climbing |
around until they got out of one hole |
and into another. The creek sure
has the right name and there is no |
creek in South Carolina to make a |
comparison with this one. 1t is so |
crooked that it is utterly impossible |
to tell in what direction it is likely to |
be found again, and the water seems |
absolutely still, and the only way to
tell which way the water is flowing
is to see on which side of the logs
the trash is lodged. The creek is
full of logs many of them have been
thrown in there by people clearing
land along the banks, and at one
place large hill got so wet that it
slid down into the creek and caused
the creek to seek new channel by
cutting its way through o fold.
There were trees three feet in diam
eter on the earth that slid down and
many of them still stand perfectly
erect while others toppled over dur
ing the land slide. After crossing
the creek We proceeded up hill
where there was some red mud very
much like the hills Of South Car.
olina. All through these bottoms
and on the hills east of the creek
the timber is very heavy, consisting
of oak, sweet gum, holly, elm, birch,
and many others similar to those
found in South Carolina, but no pine
as yet. After climbing the red hill
We came in sight of lovely farn
houses, though no farms in sight, as
many of the farmers live on the hills
and have their farms several miles
away on m the creek. Then the houses
Recame more numerous until soon We
we're in the midst Of tho little village
of Chalybeate, known as Chalybeatc
| Springs, There i5a very hold min