The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-02-20
OUR LETTER FROM THE WEST.
The Times and its Corps of Bright
Correspondents. A Crowded
Train. A Fine Pen Picture of the
MEETING OF THE VETERANS.


Dear Friend: All il quiet with
the beautiful sunshine lingering over
and all around though we have had
week of zero weather, the ther.
mometer varying only a very few
degrees each morning FIR nearly u
week. Ws have had very little
snow for some weeks though there
were several attempts at showing but
the weather was too cold for the
clouds to shed their feathers, conse-
quently there was only few inches
fell each time.
| must say that l was more than
pleased to see vast items of news from
so many different points and Join
with others In welcoming back to
the columns of THE TINES our old
friend d. b. and sincerely hope he
may weekly add his interesting let
ters to the many that fad their way
to,the minds of our people through
the medium of The TIMES. I fain
would joiu with the many others who
have sent in their congratulations to
him in this hour of his m ,trim onial
bliss, but don't believe myself c,mpe-
tent to duly or accurately speak on
such an important subject of which l
loath to acknowledge my ignorance.
However, l wish for this couple a
long and happy life and that their
lives may be an emulation for use
fulness to the rising generations as
far as their influence may extend.
While l have never had the pleasure
of meeting Miss Anna yet [ believe
she has made no mistake in her Sc.
lection as l have known b. B. for
many years and believe he is worthy
ofthe best. I thank B. B. for his
compliments, also f,r his liberality in
offering advice. assure him it will
be very gratefully received by some
at least aud hope he will give another
dose whether he thinks necessary or
; not. Further more would kindly re.
sanAst that he natifs the, ,e.her-oorre-
spondents where they may become
gorged as per his advices of a young
maa thus mentioned.
I will admit my favorable surprise
in the last TIMES of the many inter.
esting letters from the faraway places
and after reading them with avidity
felt like 1 ought to HE myself away
to some isolated spot where 1 could
take time to think why l could not
write interesting letters like soldier
or many others who don't seem to
have any special opportunity or
facilities for presenting their thoughts
to the minds of others. However, I
hope to see the columns of THE
TIMES always filed with these me-
mentoes Of old friends and of our
old home of which we often think
when far away:
II regret very much to learn of the
sad death of my relative, Mrs. Ellen
Sims, and extend to her husband and
family my most sincere sympathy.
Another sweet life has gone TO the
eternal light where we may meet each
other when awakened from earthly
night. 1t is indeed sad to part with
our dearest and best friends knowing
that place has been made vacan,
that never can be filled, though we
should and must reconcile ourselves
to these things whom administered by
the hand of an alwise and all power
full providence, but when one man ol
set of men take the life Of an limo
{. cent citizen We should not and mus,
not reconcile ourselves to such fat,
until we have heaped justice to tn,
full extent Of the law upon the per
. petrator Of such crime. There j
q disgrace cast over my dear oil
home that shall always regret, no
only one but there are two that
notice in the TIMES of the last feg
issues. While 1 do not believe my
self competent to judge at this di.
tance, yet l know these are grav
charges of disgrace and know tina
should these two men been worthy Q
death it was the duty of the author
ities to have 80 declared to the poop
of the State aud to the world ths
such was the facts. I sincerely hop
that all will be given justice regard
less of all influence, social, politica
religious or financial.
Ithank LEY Donyer for his libert
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