The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-02-20

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you fail in your duty you may live
to regret your awful error even hef re
these sad memories are partially
erased from your minds We have
tried the theory of moral suasion in
this beautiful land of sunshine. and
we were not long in regretting our
acts and very quickly we went back
to the fundamental principles of eter.
nal justice, which says an eye for an
eye. a tooth for tooth.
Well [ shall try to tell of some
things seen and learned while at the
Confederate Reunion at Dallas
Texas, last April. had hoped to
get ON the same train as the old SOL
diers from the Confederate Home at
Austin, as [ had previously met
several of them and knew 1 should
enjoy myself hearing them tell of old
tunes and fierce struggles, as many
OF them at the Home are very we'll
educated and thoroughly posted on
most of the up to-date facts as we'll
as OF the war time history. How
ever, L didn't get to Austin until the
evening of April 2lst, and to nv
regret learned that the soldiers from
the Home had left at 10 a. m. that
day on special train, so that thew
would have an all day run and be
there in time for the first exercises
ON the morning of April %. 1 had
to stay in Austin until tho regular
train came up from San Antonio; the
said train was due at Austin about 7
a. M, but was nearly an hour late.
There was IN enormous crowd wait
ing for the train, aud when the long
train came it sight we thought there
was room enough for everybody, but
as it approached nearer we saw that
every Car, window, step and platform
was packed as solid with humanity as
could possibly be and retain life, and
on the confusion, the horrible ex-
pressions from the vast crowd of
men and women were a sight to see,
but all was not as bad as we lately
anticipated, for az soon as the train
got perfectly still the extra train
crew began to push the psnnln on. {
gers could get off of the train, and
.sherc were four car loads of negroes
who had gone to San Antonio on an
excursion the day previous, all of
whom lived at Austin, so when they
cleared their four coaches the train
porters began dusting and cleaning
the cars for the white people, but the
people rushed in so fast that in less
than half minute the porters or no
one else could get out of the Car un-
less he would explain that he would
give them his room if they would
be 80 kind as to let him out.
The train soon started and every
space possible was packed as tight
as could be with anxious people, but
very few negroes; the negroes only
had one small section and that was
crowded with white people until the
negroes were nearly y mashed to a
black pancake; there seemed to be
about as many standing as there
were seated. This was the Inter
national and Great Northern railroad
and we were aware that we would
have to change cars at Milano juno
tion and there take the Santa Fe
Route, so We had high hopes of get.
ting a seat after changing cars, but
never a seat could We get until We
reached Cleaborn, there they switched
us to the Dallas branch and added a
few extra coaches, so we had very
comfortable seat for the last thirty
five miles and you may guess we ap-
preciated it after standing for nearly
four hours. Well we got to Dallas
about noon; there the Santa Fe ha:
beautiful depot and i, is right il
the heart of the city. 1t seems very
strange to see depot in the hear'
of beautiful little city of sixty o.
seventy thousand people, yet it il
the custom at Dallas, Texas, for al
the railroads run direct through thu
city and most of them have depo
in the most thickly settled part o
the city through which they pass
, They have no Union depot at all
| though some of the lines have t.
{ lease the right of way from othe
roads and then they are allowed t.