The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-01-03
FROM DICK TO PATSY.
George Washington, D. c,
Tor lhth. 1915.

Dec. 25th, 1915.
Dear Patsy,-I am in the dty o.
George Washington, and I fell thai
| / stand on sacred ground. Itmakes
a man feel big to walk about George
Washington and say to himelf this
is OUR town. AS soon as I got here
a. d slicked up a little I wat down
town, and I have been goig around
good deal every day sine. There
have been large crowds u town ev-
cry day since I got here. The peo..
pie must come in from niles around
to do their trading. l bVe looked
behind all the big bulldogs, and in
all the vacant places ] ave seen to
find the hitching lot Tere the peo-
pie hitch their horses then they get
here, but I cannot fin 1t; l wanted
to count the horses ad buggies SO
that I could tell youtow many there
were here so you cdld get some
| idea of the numberjf people I have
seen. They may hse place under
the ground somewkre to hitch, as
they have all KIM of underground
arrangements in D city. In fact
the train which lame in on runs
under a building, which they say
cost three millioS dollars. The wea-
ther is pretty cd up here and it
may be that the make them hitch
| in place like It's to keep the horses
from getting cid, but / can't see
what they do Nth the buggies.
George Washington Is q bigger city
than Greenwood and Hodges put to-
|gether. Theyhave two hotels here,
an ice plant sd a laundry just like
Abbeville butho cotton mill that I
have seen. Ihear that they have
some barroors here but from what
they say Think they will close
them DIP fter Chriamas. The
Southern and Seaboardshoth run in
here and I Saw another track, and
II guess thee. & W. C. pmes in too.
The peopleup here do tct seem to
know mani people, and very few of
them take The Press ard Banner. I
asked q barber who wal having me
|if he took it, and he said no, and all
the other BARRIERS laugfd at him.
He had never heard Of 1ayor Gam
|brell or Jack Perrin, {hich made
them laugh again. Thepeople are
also stuck up. have rlsed my hat
to every lady ! have sen and none
of them. seem to care to peak to nae,
so I got mad yesterday I'D am going
to quit it.
l noticed all along th| road and I
did not see single go3 farm nor
a single still. We pash through
some good country to run either
business and I am surp1ed that the
people are 80 slow. Tire has not
been bale Of cotton d the street
since I have been heresnd I have
looked everywhere to ,se if the cot
ton buyers up here Loo like Jess
Ellis and Dale Barksdals The peo-
pie do not bring in any eggs and
butter nor chickens andtlrkeys. II
saw a man come up to I'd front of |
the Compartment House, mere DR..
Harvin stays and tloughAf course
he had turkey for sale, sd thought
I would 60 down AID buy it and
spring q surprise on them, ut when
i asked him he said, 'Wheri are you
'FRONT.'" When told him Ias from
Abbeville he didn't eem b know
where the place is. {
It seems to me tha the Ieople up /
here do not read AM keep up with
the times. And / bebve that if you
will get The Press nd Banner to
send me some sampl copies that II
can get lot of sbsibers here for
it. The Lord knowshey need it.
I have not seen t lady with the
watch on her ankle nee got here
this time, though 1have walked
about a good deal king for her.
I guess she must hasent the watch
to the jeweler to ht it fixed for
Christmas, or I wou have found
it by this time. sathe policeman
who picked me up Nn I fell and
he laughed and spolto me, but RI!
pretended that I didot recognize
him and walked on.
They have no set-lk colleges up
here either, and ha not been in
vited out to a singleame since 7
got here. Davis Kerould make a
fortune here, if he uld come up
and start branch lege here. I
would be willing to q a week or
two myself to see th it got start
ed off right. I thin I will look
around and see if I cand an empty
building where he CO. locate, and
if we can get him ine notion, II
think he will send yoend me up
here on alecturing I'd next spring.
DR.. Harvin agrees wine that it
would pay to try it oJ
asked DR.. HarviIbout going
around to see Woodt the first
night I got here, and put me off
and I have fnentionehe thing to
him two or three timsince and he
does not seem in anIlrry to 90
with me to see my end. There
seems to be some coess between
them Judging by the y he acts
every time mention. matter, 80
I am going down to tCapitol and
get Carpenter or Wye Aiken to
take me up to see th&esident. II
know he would think ange of nv
coming up here for thecond time
and going home with( taking a