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I YV E n( I Kingsti "POOR CONRAD" WRITES OF HIS FRIENDS. ! \ I RECALLS INCIDENTS AND PER-j1 SONAGES OF THE DAYS s / OF YORE. 1 Editor County Record:? , Several of my friends wish me to write another letter to your worthy ? paper. They wish to hear from me ^ ?nH to know what T am drivinc at and what I am doing. Well, about one week ago I lubri- c cated the engine of my good boat, T "The Wanderer", at the landing at 1 this place, and with a nice lunch from good Mrs Reddick and the ^ company of Mr Richard Vause we started for Mouzon's bridge, a distance of 18 miles by the river. Rich- 1 ard is a true friend, and I feel that ( he loves me more truly than Sallie loved Joe Bowers. We had a pFeas- j ant trip for many miles; we talked about the many beauties of the river and wondered why many people fail to admire this fine stream and have ^ so few boats upon its bosom. We had six small boats in tow for rais- ^ v ?ng sunken logs in the upper part of the river; many of these logs have , been lying on the bottom for more ' than twenty-five years, perfectly ? sound and of immense size. With a , late start we did not reach Mouzons ^ bridge until late, owing to a breakdown within one mile of the landing, ^ and I had to make a tripfto Florence ^ to have a small broken cog-wheel j mended. There I saw cast iron welded. The iron was welded and new cosrs cut out and it works like a new wheel now. I have been up above the village of Workman,where I visited several of my old friends; that is my old "stamping ground". I know all the paths, bays, branches and ponds; in fact, all the alligator holes. I spent one night at Mr Wilson Mcintosh's, | who tells me that I am always wel- ^ come, and they have proven that by ? I their kindness. Mr Mcintosh is one of the firm of Mcintosh Bros & Co. Mr Mcintosh's grandfather,Mr John J Reardon, whom I have often men- t tioned, brought me from Charleston < an orphan boy in 1850. ? I also visited my old friend, Na- ^ bor Barrow, father of Mr Jule Bar- ^ row, one of the firm of Mcintosh ^ Eiros & Co, merchants at Workman, f Mr Barrow is now 81 years old, is in ? good health and sound mind. It was quite a pleasure to talk over many j tilings that happened long ago, some j j things that had almost slipped my'. , . .. , , i memory, out it was soon reiresnea ? when he mentioned many of them.'' Mr Barrow's father made a pair of ' I Our I cio J 5. MAr 1MB >w have on display ne. These goods ai you want to make ree Dry hoes for me of leather tanned by limself while I was home on a furough from a wound received at the mttlp nf Sharnshnrc Md_ Sentem >er 17, 1862. He was quite an old nan and honest as he was old. His >on, Nabor. is also an honest man. iis brother, Joo.whom I know quite veil and who is always glad to see 'Conrad," as he calls me, is the ame stamp. Mr Editor, when I think of the lonest men I have met in my time ind of many who are not honest, it jauses us to be suspicious of some vho are really honest. How sad, as i certain writer saia wnuesiuingoii ;he bank of a charming little stream far away on the Western prairie, tie watched some small minnows sporting in the cool spring water ind now and then a larger fish would lart out and swallow one of the little ones. He had had his ups and lowns in the world, too, and he said from minnows to men life is incessant war. I must now say something more ibout my old friend, Nabor Barrow, [t is my proudest boast to say he vas a Confederate soldier. Nabor Sarrov is one of the heroes of the nine explosion at Petersburg July 10,1864. I was there also but not in Vio nlooo Mr Rorrnw wflfl aiv. UVVVVOV |/lUVVt MA A MM** V*f ??-w jhot down, his captain, Robert SVheeler, was killed and they both fell at the same moment. Nabor md myself, as well as all the other Confederates, did not go to battle for slavery, as we owned no slaves, jut fought for principle and Southern rights, and I aay now to this risng generation, honor and respect ;he old Southern Confederate veterms; history cannot tell what the eal veterans had to face. It could lot be realized, if all ?ould be told. iiVhen I look back cow and think >ver those four bitter years I almost vant to ask myself, has it been a Ireadful dream,or is it possible that ;hose things did happen? Not only vith my comrades but with the thousands of others in many other olaces at the same time. What a :hange! How different now! Our :ountry is at peace with all the oth;r nations of the world, and our Southland is blessed with plenty, ibundant harvests, no pestilence, no 'amine. We Jhave so much to be hankful for, so free to do as we ilease, sit under our own vine and igtree.none to molest us or make us if raid. i am going up to Workman again; only visited five families on my ast trip. There are 35 more in that lection I must try to visit as soon is I can. Their doors are open to 'Poor Conrad," though not a cent n his pocket. That is a good feelGre >ses M *cus, 88888888888883888888888? IRO / and for sale a line ( re the very latest p: a selection. Goods 1 ing, it makes life worth living. I wanted to see my old friend, Billie McKnight. Billie and I were boys together, old chums. He is about 79. about two years older than Conrad. He is an uncle of Mr George McElveen of Kingstree. "Billy" was not at the home of his son, Pressley, where I spent one pleasant night, but was down on Cooper river, visiting a widowed daughter. I will see the old codger when I go to Workman again. He will be back by that time. There is only one of the old ones here and there, so many of the oldest, who used to tell me of so many things that happened at different places in the long ago, have passed away. Mr James Epps, Peter's father, showed me once along the road about Workman where some horses ran away with a wagon and were stopped by a pine tree; the trace chain cutting the bark made a ring around it that looked for many years as if it had been cut with an axe. These are small things to write about, but they are fond remem brances that are dear to me to think over while alone, perhaps along some road or in the recesses of the dismal swamp where I have hunted and fished with those dear, departed old people. "Uncle" Jim Epps was the father of six sons and three daughters: Billy,Sam, Pete,Mitchell,Robert and Dan. Those boys who are still living think the same of me that they did fifty years ago. That is saying a great deal. Their dear old mother, Aunt Betty, thought as much of me as she did of her sons; she often told me so, and while writing I drop a tear to her memory. The readers of my letters may get tired of reading about friends; they are dear to me though many are lying in their silent graves whence we are all traveling. I found at Mouzons the same welcome as at Workman; I spent a pleasaut night with Thomas Joye. His ^ood wife is an estimable lady, ind such robust, wi^e-awake children?five in number. It wa3 interesting to watch their movements. I also spent one night at the home of my old friend, S R Mouzon. To speak of their kindness does not express it earnestly enough. The mother of Ruff thought a great deal of "Poor Conrad." She suffered sixteen lone vears confined to her bed with rheumatism, but was a true Christian and is now attending angels' bands in a land that is fairer than day. No more at present, Mr Editor, j and readers of The Record. I will promise ,to mention a little more about a few of the old men in my next. Yours truly, "Poor Conrad." Kingstree, February 6. at C r i lonaa; fmrnmrniMZism? [DEI >f EMBROIDERIES atterns and fresh fr Co., 5H /INI+ *? fjuijurviji I m& fi The public is cordially invited i to attend any of the services of the various churches of Kingstree. Baptist Church. Rev W E Hurt, Pastor. Services every Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock and evening at 7:30 j o'clpck. Sunday-school at 10.00 a. m. Prayer-meeting Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. Episcopal Church, Rev Dr Robert Wilson, Rector. Every second and fourth Sunday, morning prayer, sermon and holy communion at 11 a, m. Methodist Church. Rev D A Phillips, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock and evening at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 3:30 p. m. Epworth League meets every Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock. Mid-week prayer meeting every Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock. Presbyterlau Church. Rev P S McChesney, Pastor. 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