The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1904-10-07
IN Interesting Letter from Texas.
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These bridges are all above us connect.
ing opposite floors in upper stories.
They drove the cattle I'M chutes into
tnese main bridges and then they ssrack',
into the main steaming buildings. There
is small town of stalls where thew keen
cattle of all descriptions. They were
driving drove of sheep in by leading a
goat with bell on in front of them
They drove herd of little calves which
looked to be month old i'm to be killed
Immediately. Such lowing and below.
ing you never heard. 1t was right
mournful. l thought of going in. but
the odor outside threw me off somewhat.
The Stock Exchange Building is a
lovely one. went to that grand depot,
which is considered the finest in the
1t was in the night when we arrived
nome and found other cows and calves
lowing. This was a day tn he renoan,
bered.
| One of my cousins and family were oo.
ing through the country to visit relati1es
near Dallas. 1t was distance of ahont
thirty miles. We went i'm a covered
wagon and drove two old gray naps: one
mad colt following. This is a very
common way Of travelling out here: Won
see people travelling this way every day.
but it tickled me and had nv fun. IL
being my first trip in covered wagon.
lt IS certainly a convenient way to
travel, You can carry your baggage and
everything you want to make YOU com
Portable. 1 got to see more of the conn.
try and spent two days in Dallas. The
last day there were about twelve in INV
crowd and we went to do a little shop
ping and to ''bum town."
We took dinner at restaurant and IL
was one too. They were working in
there like bees and handling dishes like
'hey were so many rocks You NAV
guess how the remainder of the day was
spent.
We were not going around in the
covered wagon let me tell you The peo-
pie We were visiting carried us around
IN Dice carriage and buggies. One of
my iilenos and spent Sunday in Gar
and, which is pretty town about the
size of Union, excepting the mills
They were holding series of meet;nos
| at the Christian or Camelite church in
this town. We attended morning and
evening. They baptise as fast as thew
join because they believe if they die be-
fore being paptised they will be lost.
They baptised four that afternoon at
half past six O'Clock It was beautiful |
| scene indeed. They baptised in a tank
there in town. That which was new
and singular about this baptising was |
father and his son were baptised under
the same ceremony and at the same time |
After service that night we went back
into the country about eight miles. | |
was entirely among strangers this day |
| and night as there was not any of INV
relatives with me, but L met number
of people and enjoyed the day ever SO
much; and thus endeth another day.
wednesday morning we crawled into
The "sheeting" wagon and bid all adieu.
bonnd.f9r Gnnnall Wa erripnd- dirantlu
since. |
have been going and coming from
place to place, attending meetings and
shows. The first meeting was at the
Baptist church at Coppell. 1t was held
week and half. Rev. Hall, of Dali
las, assisted Rev. Morgan, the pastor.
They had good meeting; about ten
joined, some were by letter. Rev. Nor
gan seems to be well liked and is very
pleasant. Every one out here calls the |
preacher out here brother so and so:
never speak Of them as mister. OF
course am odd and do not care to de- |
part from my accustomed ways. They |
laugh at me about some of my words
aud at them. Well, cannot write
everything so will proceed with the
meetings. The next one was at a "Free
Will" church. This meeting was held
day and night two weeks, under an ar
Dor. They have such large crowds dur
ing their meetings that they build arbors
at nearly all of the churches out here.
A good many things, of course, went on
with this meeting, such as three OIL, four |
praying at the same time, men and wo-
men shouting and singing, one fellow
losing his rubber tire off Of one wheel,
another having his fun "high liing'' an
other fellows poor old nag to see it move
off rapidly, etc. They showed some ,il-
lustratious of Christ one night with a |
magic lantern. They have a very comi-
cal preacher who says "there is a time
for all things" and would use some fun
ny illustrations. The women prayed
and shouted right along. The preachers |
wife got so happy she ran up and down
the aisle slapping h"r bands and hollow |
ing, "HoO-ay, rOthing but the blood. |
nothing but the blood" and then bursted |
out around the arbor and followed like
some one out rabbit hunting.
The next meeting was Baptist. At |
this meeting boy was converted and
Joined. His mother and tbe.preacher,
after mOuIners were invited to the front.
were talking to him and all at once they
began laughing and talking and the
preacher said, 81 want every christian
to come forward and shake hands with
this new berne One." The most of them
went apd laughed and talked with him
and If had not seen them would have
thought the meeting had broken Near
ly all OF the christians here believe In
shouting. They are invited often to the
altar to work among the mourners and