The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-01

shades that bring flecIin" joy to my
eye and ear?
net Miss Mary .jnhnStcnr (Ran-
daiD and while talking with her my
sisters, Sarah and Mary. joined us
"..:' began mr::: ly laughing with
hcr--thcy were warm friends from
their school "irl days up to the pres
ent time; their beauty was striking,
each Of them had the three great
causes by which beauty is developed.
VIZ, first. beauty Of person.; second,
beauty of intellect; third. beauty Of
character. Their personal beauty
awakened admiration; their intel
lcrlaality aroused esteem; their beau
ty Of character had lis home in the
heart and was nurturcd by the soul
i never fading flower. They had this
beauty that "lorifics woman.
AS | passed alon" dear friend. W.
". liouscal, met me with i smilin"
face and | was clad. When leaving
for Texas he accompanied me to
Prosperity. where he bid me farewell
and afterwards, wrote kindly TO me.
lie was Il good man, free from insin-
ctllty. whose character was illumcd
by the Christian virtues and who il
Illustrated in his life the principles he
had learned from his divine Master. 1T
IS good 10 have known Such Il man.
Passing through Amisoka. the west
end Of pratt street, | met my old
friend, Y. b. Pope. who gave Amisoka
its name, and as | claspcd his hand |
thought of the advice he gave me in
1860 in Texas. Secession was raging,
the air was thick with war feeling,
like the electricity Of storm ready
to burst. | was opposing the policy
(not the rieht) Of secession. Pope
counsellcd me not to let the people
know that my father had SET his neg
rots, free. or they would make it hot
for me. thanked him but only yielded
when South Carolina seeded; then I
enlisted in the {. :. Army. | shall al
ways remember aim kindly.
At Gilliam's hotel. opposite DR..
Burr .Jnhnstone's Office. I saw a
young lady. looking exceedingly
pretty. with eyes rs bright as drops
Of dew in May morning. gentle as
soft southern zephyr slcalin" Ger
Il bed Of violcts and ii WAS Miss Bet
tie Gillian.
Meeting ME with smiling face and
extended hand was my friend Thos.
W. Holloway, kind d-hearted, up
right citizen. Il loyal friend and a
good man. Several years since he
sent to my dear wife and myself his
photograph and kind letter. and we
often spoke of aim an excellent gen
tlcman.
Again in my dream / met IA great
hearted gentleman. Of clear intellect :.
just spirit of shrewdness. energy and
good judgment. Ncwbcrry has pro-
duced many great men but none
greater than Joseph Caldwell, dcscrib-
ed above. I feel especially kind to-
ward him. He was an elder in Kings
Creek \. r. p. church. Shortly be-
fore left for Texas he proposed to
me to study for the ministry in the
a. r. p. church and that whilst I
was so studying he would support, me
and my family. The world loses
when such men die
was next attracted by a merry
young lady full Of wistfu sweet
ness and charm. Miss Elizabeth
| (Puss) Wilson. She was strikin.ly
handsome and full Of life, beauty, in
tclli@cnce and sprightlincss.
When B. j. Ramaoc married her
sister. she and | were the attendants.
\ great number Of old friends with
smiling faces spoke to me but 7 can
not mention all in this letter. Are
they but shades who bring Fleeing
joy 10 eye and car? | can see them
with diStmctncSS across the abyss of
time
i"Rul in vain do | sigh for the face.
!; and forms.
To the struggle Of life. with its sun
shine and storms
They nave biddrn Il lasting adicu.
:Shall We meet them AGAIN on some
beautiful shorc.''
I Adiru for a time.
/ Nj ('ro-.nr