The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-03-13
,uNI0NITES AT THE REUNION.
DuI Denver, Colo, Correspondent
at the Reunion at DaIIas-Met
Many People Who Formerly
Lived in Union County-Lieht
Shows in the West.
Denver, Colo, March 1, 1908.

81 We still have the most lovely
weather imaginable with the sun
shining as clear as crystal, not a
cloud to be deserned as far as the eye
can behold. The past month has
been the coolest of the season, with
great many light SHOWS and most
of the. time the thermometer has been
near zero and sometimes below, but
the days are getting, much longer
and the sun warns up the earth so
that there is considerable thawing at
midday, while the nights still linger
around the zero mark.
I was very glad to hear once more
from our old friend, 7. II. Gore.
Hope that he will write more next
time and more often as we'll. Glad
to see the new correspondent from
Sedalia, hope he will give all the
news every week from that interest
Wing locality. I would suggest that
he or she had better adopt different
nom de plume unless they are par
ticulsrly fond of a nick name, for
/ they will sure get the nickname of
Sheney very quick out here, but
:1hen there is very little in name
4 ~ way, so please give us the news
{every week and we will not be par
icular about the name.
M ] must acknowledge my appreci-
ation of the stand taken by the Spar
tanburg Herald and THE TINES in
the matter of enforcing the laws and
making more stringent laws to pre-
vent the increase of crime and es-
pecially murder, for which South
Carolina has very unsavory record,
and which the State will always re-
tain until there are more stringent
laws and until men are put in
Office who will at all times and under
all conditions strictly enforce each
-snd every -isw and thereby protect
tho innoccnt sid punish heguilty.
/ am very thankful for the letter
of Rev. J. ID. Mahon and will admit
there may have heen errors both by
the memory of the lady and by trans
mutation of the writer, however, l
am sure it was unintentional on the
part of either, and when the dear
reader will stop and consider how
difficult it would be to catch every
sentence and word spoken by a
woman, especially by one who is not
accustomed to talking to or listening
to the gentle voice of the fair sex,
and when Ito use the vulgar phrase)
she can talk like u blue streak Of
CREASED lightning descending to the
earth through metallic conductor,
why then you may grasp faint idea
of the cause of errors on the part of
your humble scribe. Besides, your
humble scribe could not get posses
sion Of the floor, as it were, not even
for q moment, therefore he did not
have the advantages the Reverend
gentleman could have commanded,
however, I am very thankful for his
information as well as criticism.
Well, 1 will try to finish telling of
the dear old soldiers and others that
1 had the great pleasure of meeting
at the reunion. hope the readers
will not come to the erroneous idea
that there was nobody at the reunion
except South Carolina people, though
/ shall not speak of any other, not be-
cause there were none or because of
any Indifference towards others, but
simply did not have time to get ac-
quainted with any others and not
half met who were from Carolina,
therefore tried to see all who were
from old Union county and other
Asunties adjoining and even in that
attempt failed to see many who were
there. Well when l got to the fair
grounds it Was about / p. m, and
the sun was coming down like the
fury of cotton day in July or August,
though thore was very gentle breeze
blowing but that was of very little
benefit to any one in the great crowd
everywhere and on every side, and
the dust was terrible around the from,
of the grounds and the whole earth
seemed alive with people. After
rtGine,de / made inquiry for the
headquarters of South Carolina
was told by some one to 60 OF
straight ahead, / passed great rows
Of small buildings on the right where
al kinds Of refreshments and adver-