Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-11-12
ANOTHER LETTER FROM TEXAS.
Veteran John NJ. Hall Writes Con.
corning Recent Visit and Reunion.

Leona, Texas, Oct. 20.
Editor keowee Courier:
Early in August | decided to make
a visit to South Carolina. Procuring
Il season round-trip ticket, boarded
the Sunshine" at Jewett for Seneca
on the fourth Of August, and an hour
by sun the next morning our train
was crossing the Mississippi River.
We stopped for one hour at Memphis
and then were on our way once
more to our old home. We arrived
in Atlanta on Wednesday morning
about 3 o'clock. Having two neph-
ews IN Atlanta, began to try to
find them. The lady who attends to
the travellers aid, phoned up to his
house and found Dr. A. ID. Hall at
home. He is enjoying a splendid
practice as specialist in the treat
ment OF cancer. remained there for
couple Of days, and then fastened
on to Seneca to see relatives and
friends, and met not few of old
friends and relatives. They did not
know me, nor did | know them.
walking up the street at Walhalla
saw three men standing together
talking. walked over to where
they were and held out my hand to
one OF them and asked what his
name was. and he said it was w, J.
Stribling. | asked Mr. Stribling who
a certain man who was close by was,
and he told me that was S. X. Dendy,
whom | had always known and with
whom | had gone to school in the
days or long ago. spent several
days In Walhalla and then went back
to Seneca.
| attended the Confederate reun-
ion at Bounty Land Academy, where
first went to school under the tutor
ship Of Rev. H.H. Penny and to F.W.
II. Cleveland. The old school house
was gone and new one had been
built in it's place. Many Of the old
marks Of my school-boy days we're
gone. We had some fine speeches
from Ilughs, Stribling and others.
Then dinner was announced, and we
had sumptuous dinner, such as
that community always affords and
is famous for. Then we began to
renew old friendships, and the
time soon came when we had to
leave to visit relatives in other Sec
tions. ! spent while in Westmin-
stcr, TOccOa and Franklin county,
and then went on to Atlanta. where
| again spent short while with my
ncphcws. But cut this visit shorter
than | wanted to because OF my
great desire TO visit Chattanooga.
Lookout Mountain and Chickamauga
Park. My visit to these places was
indeed interesting to me. AS I stood
on Lookout Mountain and viewed the
many monuments l thought of the
many brave men who died on those
fields. Then the great world war
came into my mind. and | thought
or the many boys who died "over
there. never like to speak Of the
great world war, as | drank to the
dregs Of it in losing a boy in the
training camp in December of 1917.
lie died of pneumonia.
Mr.. Editor, as you know, | arrived
home safely in due course Of time,
and having about finished my letter
to The Courier, will say that re-
linquish any further space that
might be accorded me to Capt. S. X.
Dendy, who writes so Interestingly
Of his recollections Of the past, and
to y. B. Cary, who writes Of the
"reminiscences Of Old Pickens, which
Is also very interesting to me.
extend through you, Mr.. Editor,
my kindest regards to the pepole of
Oconee, who, though may be far
away in body, are very close to me.
Respectfully,
John NJ. Hall.
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