The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-01-23
ODDS AND ENDS.
news OF People and Things.

At Amarillo. in Texas. met q man who
enquired for the Truwits Of this county. and
1 told him ofR gallant Confederatedag bearer
by that name. The stranger said Major
Truwtt OF Texas. was sent out from onr army
in Mexico In the4 to capture Santa Anne
Santa Auta LEFT the house wherein the dis
ttnguished Mexican was pleeping, before
TruviIt and his men surrounded the dwel.
ling. The refreshing gentleman left his cork
leg which Truwit carried Oh, expecting later
on I'd secure the remaining portion OF the
distinguished gentleman.l ~ TsassS e@R
On the train I made the aequaintapce OF J,
A. Pulien OF Huntsville, Ala. / asked him
how he spelled his name, trying to maze
Pulliam OF II. but no 60. ltS Iar yg n,
In Atlanta met Mr.. r. r. Gillian, and was
pleased to know that he ID doing well. Mr..
Gillian showed. me. through the Chandler
building from top to bottom: 1t is marve'
Of beauty and Of expensive design. - 5r
Tho boast was, while on theNcar "seeing
Salt Lake City," that one Of the handsome
dwelling houses was built entirely Of Georgis
marble. n. -. 4
never saw az many young women at work
a. I saw in the west. They were everywhere
a. clerks. stenosraphers, typewriters, cash
lers, and walters ct dining tables-these latter
ut eating houses along the railroads. made
II the rule to let no eating house pass; not
that I live to eat. but that might eat to live.
Some Of the waiter girls were very pretty.
and all were modest and well-behaved. Al
one place, when was about to 60 into con.
vulsions in trying TO get my overcoat, on, the
haudsomest young lady Of the lot stepped
forward and asked to be allowed to help me.
which ofIer made me feel proud. At the nex
eating house the ugllest one in the bunch
showed me where TO sit. This act on her part
knock Cd some OF the coDceit out Of me.
!. One morning while bowling along at .
lively rate an employee of tho road an.
nounced breakfast at McAlister. The traio
pulled up at that station about nine O'Clock,
and after hunting around ever 90 long ]
found the dining room where great COM
pauy Of men and women were 3ugily at work.
I was real hungry, and ready to join the
crowd, The first thing offered 10 me was
dish OF oat meal. told the waiter didnh
wantit. She then showed q baked apple al
me. I told her I wanted something more
solid. She brought big ration OF canned
salmon. Not noticing what 1t was, put
|soms OF IL ON my plate. put 1t back In
The dish and cleaned my knife and, fork as
well 90 I could, by rubbing them on the table
cloth. Next came mutton chop. don't
eat mutton, then buttsred my biscuit. and
eat that. Paying fifty cents to the clerk, !
|hurriet back TO my seat in the coach. p,
+ On the train THE side OF Denver . pretty
widow boarded the trim. know she wat
a widow, for she said 10. She asked to see
my railroad folder or time table. After ex-
sminipg It, she asked me II was going to
ArmsrilIa. I told her yes, and she said she
was going there too, she made herself
q auits agreeable and told me whole lot about
nerself and her widowhood. And chatted
back at her as we'll as could. After while
asked her what che thought of pretty young
women marrying old men. To this she re-
piled that she had not had occasion to give
tho matter any thought.
On the same coach q gentleman came for
ward where was sitting and began to talk
about matters that were personal or COM
mon. He had journeyed around the world
much, but had never been In the South. he
had been In Paris and In China, where green.
horns and strangers are skinned. A bank IN
Hong Kong was known as the bank Of Hong
Kong and Shanghaigh. Another was known
10 shanghaigh as the bank OF Shanghaigh
and Hong Kong. He thought the banks were
one and the same. He had bills upon which
he had 10 pay discount OF eight per cent.
The daily Tribune and some OF the people
connected with IT. we're very kind to me. and
to them | would make grateful acknowledge
ments. was In tho office where the busi-
ness man ager gave me much appreciated In.
formation. In tho hotel where I stopped, !
met Mr.. r. Lockrie, who was on bis rounds
for news for the Tribune. A better man or a
moro enioient representative OF great paper
would be hard TO ind.
On the streets In Salt Lake City and In
Amarillo the Salvation Army was In evil
deuce, with their tambourines and their
horns. heard the mon and the women sing
10 Armarilla. A little girl standing on the
seat OF chair sang sweetly. The refrain or
chorus OF her song wac:
"Be kind to the man that is down.
Forgive and forget There's good in him
yet"
thought Of my good and pious brother
Galloway, and wondered II he would ad-
NIT Chrintisns OF that type into the celestial
city, carrying instruments and singing other
songs than the Psalms Of David.
Hugh Wilson.