The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-02-06

was In the Mormon tabernacle on Sunda
afternoon, where an organ recital was givsr
and to which tourists and visitors to the city
were especially invited.
LOOK LIKE SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
The people of Salt Lake City have very
much the appearance Of Southern people. 10
their speech or tone OF voice they are not diff
fer ent, though In y few instances I me
strangers or others who were distinctive II
their pronunciation. One man, when other
were talking OF the crops OF Utah. put 10 and
said the chief crop Of Utah was "ruts," hav.
ing reference to the sugar beet. Another man
was little fastidious In his pronunciation.
It was he who nducted the car, "Seeing
Salt Lake City" He was exceedingly care
ful about small matters, and seldom or mover
pronounced bis words as do ordinary poor
folks. For instance: He gave "sev-en.ty.
seven" as the year In which Brigham Young
died. Afterward when coming home. the
poorest and perhaps the most illiterste per-
son whom met, called II seven and eleven
and even. The Standard Dictionary pro.
nounoes these words sewn, elev'n. ev'n. But
the makers Of the Standard Dictionary, had
no more right TO offer . rule for our adoption
than had the extra nice conductor Of "seeing
Salt Lake City" or the lllitsrate traveller on .
day coach OF Q passenger trsia.
sLEEPBRs
Speaking OF travelling. On tho route going
out to Salt Lake City rode on the sleepers,
the three nights that l. travelled. The sleeper
tickets on different lines cost q. sa.5o or a &C.
oording to circumstances, or distance. or some
other rule with which am not familiar. Be-
tween Denver and Salt Lake City the price Of
a sleeper 10 ~. Tho cost of q regular ticket
from Atlanta to Salt Lake City is B8-ths
prioe OF sleepers being extra. Coming home
I bought sleeper to Denver with the regular
ticket to Atlanta, paying for both. $50. One
night slept on one OF the lean.baok chairs.
rhe other nights stopped in towns, waiting
for railroad connections. stopped In Den
YER from about O'Clock one night until
about IL O'Clock next day. Next morning
SITTER break fast In Denver I thought TO ride Q
little on the street cars. Denver IL on the
Rio Grande River. .... ..-.
SEEING DENvRR
Without knowing anything about them or
their schedules boaried ca. that was full
OF passengers. At different street crossings,
passengers kept getting or until the edge Of
town was reached. I stuck to the car. l had
then gave TOO far TO expect to meet another
car, and 1t kept going. looked at my watch
and became nervous for fear tnat might not
get back In time for the train. Looking
ahead clearly saw that the track went but
little further, and felt better. When We got
to the end where thought the track stopped.
1t turned at right angles, and the car went
scooting down the line at the nvliest
sort OF rate. By this time the houses
were ont OF sight but the farms were
In full view. After awhile saw big estab-
lishment ahead directly on line With tho
track. and thought sore the end was there
but It curved to the right and struck out
over another stretch OF farming lands.
When the car was miles and miles out Of the
city It finally stopped and took the back
track. We had gone By one hospital or sani-
tarium TO another which was far removed
from the "madding crowd" One OF the
hospitals was for consumpt and the other
was known as the Jewish hospital-nct TO
cure men and women of their mental Jewish
qualities or propenslties- to cure patients
OF bodily ailments. To cure Jew OF his
Israelitish religion or TO induce Catholic 70
renounce his faith is considered hard task.
and up to this time know OF few Christians
who undertake TO do 30 great q thing as
this,
On the way back to the city asked tho
conductor TO put me Of at the street whore
got on, and very much to my surprise, he
emembered the place.
Denver is credited with the l75000 inhabi-
tants. 1t is busy place. as may be estimat-
ed by the fact that IL was laid out, or estab-
lished, less than fifty years ago.
ABBEvILLE THE BEST PLACE.
In my journey to the West and as I came
back saw no place that suited me as we'll as
old Abbevllle. II is. I believe, the best place
on earth, and the Abbevile people are the
best that will be at the Judgment. But Aboe-
VILE does not grow like some other places.
This can be accounted for in the reason that
Abbeville does not advertise as do other
towns. Abbeville county grows pearly all
the crops, including cotton, corn, wheat, oats,
potatoes, and other food crops. Our land Is
cheap. The purest and the best water is
found within thirty to forty or fifty feet OF
the surface. Springs are almost everywhere.
Streams run through nearly every small
farm. while the plantations have water
which might be utilized for irrigation. The
climate is mild and pie asant. The health OF
the people is the best. The lands range In
price from s. to $40 and sl2 per acre, and l,
we could run of all the negroes, 80 that We
would have nobody to work 1t. 1t would be
still cheaper.
II these facts were generally known, doel
any body doubt that great multitute OF peo-
pie would come this way 10 settle and be 9
part OF thfs community
Abbeville has stood the test Of tirde, and It'd
growth Is steady, solid and permanent. I.
When the Almighty goes to make a nush.
room be does II In a night, but 1t takes him q
hundred years to make an oak tree. II tho
other towns are mush rooms, Abbeville 10 the
OAK.