The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-04-03
LETTER FROM COLORADO.
Heavy Snow In the West-Doesn'f
Agree with Miss Garner.
Reunion Notes Continued.

DENVER, Colo, March %, 1908.
EDITOR UNION TINES:
With sadness / note tho death oi
% many Of our beloved friends and
citizens, and still the cruel hand oi
the monster Death reaches nearer
aud nearer to our homo and our
heart and takes from our circle our
eldest sister, while yet in the midst
OF life, leaving a largo family and
many of tho children worc young,
thus repeating the story of our early
life nearly twenty years ago, thereby
reminding US of the only thing that
We are sure of while on earth, for
death is our only sure reality, yet
we believe its existance will be only
. dream.
Oh, Why should the spirit of NOR
tails be proud like swift flying
eagle, fast flying cloud, like a
break of the wave, We mortals must
pass to our home in the grave.
Rest on, rest on, in peaceful rest,
Eternal life God gave;
God In his mercy to us may give
Our fordest hopes beyond the grave.
We have been having lot of spring
weather the past week. The snow
had nearly all disappeared along the
streets and the weeds and grass had
started to grow and had got two
inches high where the sun could
shine on them, though there were
great banks of snow within . few
feet of the weeds. But last Wsdnes.
day, the 18th inst, We had tho
worst weather of the winter. 1t was
10 warm that it began raining before
daylight, and at $50 q. m. it began
showing little round balls about the
size of large buckshot and BY 7
.. m. there we're great fakes filling
thick and fast with considerable
wind, the velo.:::y VI which increased
.-.a uoon, but tho snow had got 90
thick before noon that most of tho
delivery wagons and all others pulled
for places Of shelter until after noon.
Some Of the drivers who were de-.
ivering to the suburban towns about
six miles east of the city say their
boxes blew off the wagon and they
could not get them again, and the
snow got SO thick they could not see
ten feet ahead of them, so they got
to Car line and followed it back to
the city, where they arrived at night
being six hours late. Nest of the
street cars had to stop for an hour
or so during the heaviest fall Of
snow, but the numerous snow ploughs
of up to. date patterns were quickly
sent to the center of the city where
the drifts were the worst and soon all
the cars were running as usual on
schedule time. There vas probably
IL inches of snow fell on that date,
though much of it melted the same
day. There was four inches of
snow fell last night and a gentle fall
all day TO noon today, however the
weather is very pleasant and has not
been near down to zero since last
month.
1 think Hey Denver's poetry, The
Murderer, very appropriate Just at
this time. l thank Homo for hi,
compliment. l think it nm honor to
be called brother of the many writer's
of The TINES and regret that l have
not knowingly had the pleasure of
seeing any Of tho many interesting
correspondents of THE TINES.
l appreciate the position taken BY
Justice Pope, of Columbia, in regard
to the cowardly murderers and be-
lieve he has earned for himself and
his State an honor of which every
citizen should justly feel proud.
AS TO SOCIAL EQUALITY.
The writer heartily agrees with
the editor of TIE TINES and with
G. Is. Metcalfe on the issues of negro
equality and had hoped that Miss
Garner would have explained her
position to the satisfaction of the
many readers Of THE TIMES without
leaving the impression that she would
like such equality, but sad to say she
seems to be laboring under some false
idea or else seeking notoristy.
The writer has always avoided .uch
controversies and with the utmost
reluctancy now offers . few words
that may be of some benefit to those
who have or may hereafter possess
ideas as she seems to rAnresent. Sha