Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-07-10


South Carolina Cavalry, under Hamp'
ton, did lots of hard service and fight
ing all around there. Though not &C
tual,y engaged the day tn. crater Was
blown up our cavalry was but a
mile or two from 1t. on the left. and
heard 1t although We did not see 1t.
The battlefields now give but little
evidence OF the tides OF life and
death that once surged across them.
The hoe and the plows share have sue.
ceeded the musket and sword, and the
old breastworks now only show as
plantation bitches. grown up Inv weeds
and underbrush. Bullets. battered and
rusty. can still be picked up on the
field in front Of the crater by close
hunting was fortunate enough to
secure six, which. however. bought
for a quarter from little darkey.
A Pleasant Party.
In the Pullman car from Jackson.
Vile with me were Coy. r. =. Elem.
ing and his wife. and also his daugh
ter, Miss Elizabeth, who. with Miss
Alene buCkman, daughter Of Senator
H. II. BuCkman. We're maids Of honor
to Miss Mitchell. the sponsor for the
Jacksonville camp Of the Sons of Vet.
Grams, and formed a trio of young ladies
whose delightful charm. refinement
and elegance of manner. contributed
much to the enjoyment of our party.
and were distinct credit to the
society of Jacksonville. My son. Tom
Elmore was also one OF the party.
and I am sure no more pleasant or
congenial a little party LEFT the State
OF Florida than ours.
Meets Ola Friends
At Murphey's Hotel In Richmond
found my friend of more than
forty-fve years ago-Allen IDEAS OF
Camden. S. c.. and also a warm friend
and contemporary OF Kit Matheson of
your town. Old Kit will. know. be
both interested and pleased to know
that Pap and | hung together for
several days and took In many of the
good things" that were to- be seen
and had in Richmond. While there
We were joined by Walter and I'd
Kennedy from Texas, who left South
Carolina at the close of the war. We
were boys together. and intimately
associated together for years before
the war began. and We had not met
before in more than ~ years. They
are OWN nephews OF MIR. Chas. f..
Halle. aud FIRST cousins of Mr.. J. ID.
and W. {. Matheson. 1t was indeed
happy little" reunion-this little
lnarty OF old friends from my own old
South Carolina, but is chastcntd by
the knowledge that 1t Is the last per.
haps on this earth. This thought.
however. Is to a great extent bereft
can II We will meet in a better land be.
You'd We have met like ships in
the night" We have passed; We are
gone.
In the parade were many old vet
Grams who will never see another re-.
uniOn-their snOwCapped heads and
feeble step. forceful reminders of the
fact that
THE boast of heralding, the pomp of
power,
And all that Wealth ere gave
Await alike the envitable hour.
The Paths Of glory lead but to the
grave"
Confederate White House.
! also visited the Confederate White
House, the home Of our President
during the four Years war. II L. now
owned, I believe, by the city OF Rich.
mond. and is conducted As a Confpd.
crate museum. in which are exhibited
war relics OF every descriptiOn-th.
swords Of Lee and Jackson and many
famous horse. Travellers name, and
many pistols. guns. pixies. Confederate
money. and a Heterogeneous mass Of
everything that was ever used In war.
The house from the outside looked
just as 1t did when I last saw it In
1864 but the inside was far different
The soft carpets are all gone, and in.
stead the floors have been turned into
cement to withstand the constant
tread of visitors Vho 90 there from