Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1920-03-10
cRossve.L EENNEssEE. WEDNESDAY. MARCH TO- 800
LETTER FRUM ". C. KEYES
BIBLES IN STRANGE BINDINGS FALLS VICTIM TO PNEUMONIA
Tells Of His Rec mt Marriage and Of His
Preseni h. aIlh Cendlti9n.

The following letter from w. c.
Keyes who recently moved to Charles
ton, Ark, will be read with interest
by many throughout this section, but
some of TIE contents will prove very
unpleasant news to his many friends.
Charleston, Ark, Mar. l, 1920.
Editor Chronicle:
have been hoping for the past s
weeks that l would be able to write,
but until now | have not felt we'll
enough.
In your issue last week l see that
you refer to my marriage and illness.
l arrived here January 15, at o'clock
p. M, not by chance but by appoint
ment, was met at the depot by Mrs.
Kate Lee Bunch, and We drove direct
to her residence, where at 1880 we
were married by an M. E. Church,
south, minister IN the presence Of a
few invited friends.
Mrs. keyes is a Tennessee lady,
born near Lebanon, educated at Pea
body College, Nashville, from which
institution sne has an A. b. degree.
when we were married, is at present
superintendent OF the hlgh school here
at $3.50 a month. She has five teach
ers under her and 2yl students, IL of
whom will graduate this spring.
Mrs. keyes is probably the best
known lady teacher In the West, hav-
ing taught in this state, Oklahoma and
Colorado continuously tor the past 20
years. Besides being a teacher of
ability, she is a writer of some note,
having written two editions of song
books, and a copyrighted book entit
led: Leaves of English Literature; a
book of very deep research; also other
works of an educational nature.
was very sick of influenza when
l arrived here, could scarcely go, and
became completely paralyzed, and for
three weeks thought if ever l went
back to Tennessee 1 would have to
wear ''wooden overcoat," but owing
to the care of good doctor and the
nursing of good wife l am now
able to get about little. / can go
down hill fine, if can get the brakes
to work to keep from going too fast.
l received the Chronicle Saturday;
was sorry to see that my old friend
j. M. Proctor was dead. He was one
man in life that had been "weighet
in the balance and never found want
ing" Cumberland county should
erect monument to his memory for
the work he did in having the bonds
voted for the Tennessee Central Rail
road. In fact it was he alone who
scored the victory. The writer of this
article is probably the only living
man today who knows just how the
"cards were played"
l was also sorry to notice the death
of Miss Hattie Renfro, of Chatta-
nooga.
This has been a remarkably mild
winter here. We are only 800 feet
above sea level and only one little
snow has fallen-the second Sunday
in February, and all was gone the
next day.
Well, am drawing this out too long
If any of my friends wish to write
me | will be glad to hear from them.
will be here until May Is, then
we leave for the National Forest Re-
serve in New Mexico, HOO miles away
where we have $40 acre homestead.
Wishing my many friends success
and prosperity and my few enemies
10 more remorse than is due them,
am,
Yours truly
w. c. KEYES