The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-04-24
more / believe these young queens
and kings should not assume to array
themselves wj3h the high henors be.

themselves wjah the high honors be.
longing only to their ancestors and {
hope these young ambitious royals
will stop and consider tho great in
justice they are doing to the noble
cause, which they seem to represent,
when they allow themselves to be-
made the center of attraction at the
reunion These old soldiers time
is limited, and every moment to
them is very precious-tbey have
borne the cross and should be al.
lowed to wear crown, as long as il
is possible for them to do so, and
these young royals should attend the
reunion with no other thought in
view than to do all in their power
for the comfort, peace and happi>
ness Of the old soldiers regardless of
all acquaintance, wealth or poverty.
They should tenderly care for all3ust
as though it was their own father
and make the few days of the old
soldiera at the reunion be as near
like the pearly gates of paradise as.
it is possible on earth to be, and
cheer the weary, careworn hearts,
many of whom have nothing more on
earth for which to live. Let them
realize that though they lost all for
which they had SO manfulIy strup J.
gled, yet they have won the love and
esteem Of the rising generation that
shall follow them all the DAYS of their
earthly life and rest with their bones
until the resurrection. ~
Well, yes, the editor of TIE
TIMES had q sponsor with him when
your humble scribe met him on the
street Car at Fort Worth. I do not
remember the name of that sponsor,
in fact it was such peculiar name
l am not sure if I ever remembered
it, however We took in the principal
car lines. The sponsor showed the
editor the beautiful stIeets and resi-
dences. and tried to make the editor
swear by all that he held sacred, holy
ard dear that those were the finest
streets on the earth and that no city
in the world had such lovely and
beautiful homes, Then the sponsor; !;
'tstzf him m fSA xceedinglx xuhiahs|
bE ing, then taketh him on Sf
the building to what the sponsor
c6aled summer garden, then show
eth him the whole world and once
more calleth on the editor to swear
by all the oaths at his command that
the magni6cence of the view and
surroundings werenot surpassed by all
upon earth; l am not familiar with
the ability of the editor at swearing
in South Carolina, but I am very
positive that the editor has not the
ability to swear in accordance with
the advanced idea of a Texas sponsor,
for before we had reached the ground
the editors sponsor took short leave
and was soon out Of sight. Well we
then proposed to 60 to the orphan
age which was about four miles south
of the city and in order to get ride
all the way We would have to take
POLYTECHNIC College Car and telephone
for the. Tallaho at the orphanage,
we telephoned for the Tallaho and
then waited for Car over that line,
but none came for such long time
that We would not have time to make
the trip before our train would be
due for Dallas, so we had to abandon
that pleasure, however the writer
made the trip later over the Polytec-
mic line and for the information of
the editor ss well as the dear readers
will tell of SSst you missed by fail
ing to make the trip. The guage of
the road is the same as that through
the heart Of the city and the cars
run through until within about one
and half miles of the cole ge, there
the new rails stop also the new cars,
and then you have to change cars to
the old system Of track and the old
worn out cars, all of which anyone
would be ashamed to ride into the
city on unless it was q force of cir
cunstances, it was by far the shah
biest Car the writer had ever ridden
on. The one in which we were ri!-
ing when we crossed the Texas Pa
cific track and which we thought
would surely come to pieces, would
be Pullman compared to the one
on the Polytechnic line, however there
| is quite a lot of travel ont that yay.