The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-03
are some shows Oh it we'll worth see

ing.
! We suppose there were plenty
places where one could be buncoed.
and one can always find them. but
we saw none. in fact we were not
looking for them.
The management needs 10 give a
! little more attention 10 distinguished
, guests who are there. such as the
governors OF States. Our party re-
; ccivcd all the attention we cared to
have or that we expected. but there
was complaint from some organlza-
tons that were specially invited and
; we're expecting to be received by the
mayor and the president. These
things will happen, but with the
funds the exposition had at its COM
mand it would have been better to
have had some persons specially ap-
! pointed to attend to these functions.
| Gov. Lanham. OF Texas. was there
while we were. having come to par
ticipate in the dedication OF the Tex
as state building This is handsome
building. put up in the shape OF a
star. Gov. Lanham is native OF
! Spartanburg county, this state, and
left here just after his marriage in
1866 to make his fortune in Texas.
He says it was his bridal trip, taken
over land in a one-horse wagon. His
wife was q Miss WeEg, OF Union. He
engaged in teaching after going to
Texas and then studied law, and at
terwards served in Congress for SIX
teen years, resigning his seat to ac-
cept the governorship of Texas. He
was delighted to meet South Caro-
linians and said it made him feel like
going nome again. We had him to
dine with us and were delighted with
! his company. He was a Confederate
soldier, a member OF the third regi-
ment, KerShaw's brigade. He ask
ed about many OF his old companions
| in arms. said he was by the side Of
Col. James D. Nance when he was
shot. that he had copy OF Col. Dick
ert's history and enjoyed reading it.
After FIVE days in ST. Louis Our par
tv started on the return on Thursday
evening via the Illinois Central and
\. c. & St. Louis to Nashville, where
we spent the day. A visit to the
places OF interest was made by the
party. The Confederate reunion will
be held in this city in few days.
From Nashville we came to Chat
tanooga via the w. & 4. 1t was part
of our itinerary to spend the day at
this place so as to take in ChickaInau-
ga park as we'll as Lookout Noun
tain, but learning on our arrival OF
the death of Col. Hoyt, we cut off
twelve hours of our stay so as to
come on to his funeral All the party
had an opportunity to visit Lookout
mountain and to take a tide up the
! incline. This was considered really
the most interesting part OF our jour
ney.
| We reached Greenville on Sunday
morning and remained over to The
funeral of Col. Hoyt that afternoon.
True. many OF Our party had gone
home by other routes, but the asso-
citation was still together.
One place OF interest is the Fill
pino villages which gives one good
idea OF how these people IL and
the habits of the country. The viii
lage is not yet finished. but will be
very soon. We found here a South
Carolinian, Capt. NJ. c. Butler, who
was very kind to Cur party.
We also met Dr. Julian who lived
in this county for several years and
who married here. His wife was a
Miss Bowles, a daughter of the Rev.