The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-05-15
FROM The FAR WEST.
ketrcte the Leaving of Editor
Aathfs-Kateresfing Trip From
CLIFTON, .. CO. to WaInnf,
Mss. .--ChanSin& Scenes
Along the way.
BY v. e,BAnsY.
DENVER. Colo NAV

Mr. E0ltor:--Wlth much sadness
] lsarn Of the work Of the murderer
still bringing gloom and sorrow 10
tho hearts Of our good citizens since
my last letter; also Of the untimely
death Of my cousin, David Wilburn.
Its indeed sad that 60 many useful.
honest and conscientious citizens are
taken from cur midst, lsayinx a
space on the earth that may be filled
BY others who arc less worthy. How
ever, our loss is their eternal. gain.
Next we como to the resignation
Of our worthy editor. / regret very
much, that he has left the service Of
The TINES. He atall times seemed
TO be true friend in whom one could
confde, and in Mhom oil had the
most implicit confidence. He was
ever ready to gi1e to ill the right to
free speech and freedom of thought,
yet possessing the mind Of phil.
osopher which was not dominated by
any earthly power. It Is ike kaysaa
ing dear friend leave Tor PARTS un-
known for u, to give up our friend, /
Mr.. Mathis. However, we hope he
will remember his many friends by
an occasional letter 10 THE TIMES,
that We may feel that he has notfor-
sakcn US altogether.
Well Twill admit my appreciation
Of tho Kind words Of Ciytie snd
otkers, though I am loath to acknoWl-
edge my inability to express my.
thoughts on the subject with the
sense and feeling that our friend,
Hey Dsnyer, is capable Of doing.
SYss : |, 90 !: s:pr51s { ! ysslfs IS
etherS % MhSn M kp5 IN 4 dJ ths;
dompliments Il tie fS;ISf ~: q
should be only too glad q ds so IN sss'
though / hid 10 Saslk for mSfcs sfpsoc
IN TIE TIMEs, B Hat sad 10 { say.
that ability Is denie ed me, and there..
fore, I beg pardon Tor having to use
% much Of tho Valuable .pace of THE
TINES while attemI pting TO explain a
few of the incident as narrated here
tsfore. The writ4 hes often won
dered who tho ma by able writer's of
The TIMES are Y hen in private life,
md now we MAJ be able to guess
Just one. For Re sake Of lClytie We
gill say that q late communication
rom Mississippi states that Messrs.
!. J. Powell, Pack Began, w. P.
Il. Bailey, H. Williams and others
lave agreed to be at the reunion at
New Orlsd&ns this month.
AS had promised to tell some
tfnhg Of the North Mississippi peo-
pie who came from Union county, I
will begin on the trip from Clinton,
s. c., to Walnut, Miss. / hope the
dear readers will bear with me while
/ make comparison of the weather
On my arrival in South Carolina and
my departure therefrom. It began
raining December 81, 1900, while
the writer was passing through
Evansville, lad, and continued all
the way through Kentucky, Tonnes
see, Georgia and South Carolina, and
for two days and rights after I ar.
rived at Clinton. The longer it con-
tinued, the heavier it become, until
all celestial as we'll as terrestrial ma
tsre seemed to be weeping because
Of the writer's approach. This was
such . dismal contrast to our (almost)
perpetual sunshine that it really
made everything seem sad. But
whoa the writer left for the West on
January 25, 1902, alter spending
more than year among friends and
relatives, the kindness Of whom will
never be forgotten, and when with
u sad and hoavy heart he had bid
erewell to those nearest and dearest,
I'D had once more turned his face to
tAe sunny West, ami as the Seaboard
y Y train came rushing into the little
ten Of Clinton bound westward and
gun was ut its zenith and its eff
~ MT rays were lighting all of ma
IN every hand and thus pro :,
y ylsls one Of the most lovely South.
ncd noik knospheres that the writer had
savenscknessed, il was then the con-
the : 81 ssofA 9 these two days were 10 forci-
'i'e 'he pinted upon the writer's mem
aiss SallAothing but death will ever
S,ng her erase them. This last
~ ID Carolina really seemed
ana 70 inn;a,S MIS- ,Sely of my life, as far as
ON MouptaAeoncerned. The equip>
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