The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 29, 1902, Image 1
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VOL. LI I.~N0 3 Mian y. UNION, SODTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 29. 1902. #1.00 A YEAR;
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Hhm No 111 Feel in a Toward Any
nHDik?hettcr Was not Intended
|H Am a Personal Attack.
HBControversies are not desirable things
jf into but,lam forced into one now.
Bjfnrl it a duty to make my position
QBjtlnly known and to refute some charges
ttd to parry some attacks on my personal
4maracter. let me nay iu the start, 1
Bab to get this off before the election,
tore I know the result, who be in the
-ajc ?ud race, if a second race, or anything
MBout it. A man's personal character is
? own, private; his official acts the
jmblic's public. 1 attacked no man's
^ rsonal character, but 1 attacked an
^ ministration, if you call it an attack,
jBhich I as a free born citizen had a right
Bhdo witliout asking permission, but
Mr. Beteiibaugh could not reply without
< attacking my personal characjer, bv
BMoing way back and Ashing up things as
^?1 was running "for his oniw" against
him and then roping in otnera, and some
. them are jumping head and ears into
Hd ceaspools trying t?> stir up old stinks.
Hhave always regarded Mr. Rnteuhaugh
Hpxl bis board as high toned christian
|Hmieuten and have not accused them of
jHersonal deficiences, out ihov hare not
BBwd the strong officials that they should
J*ave been which wo will see, and I have
Ae highest regards for thorn yet as men
notwithstanding what haa lieei. said. I
ttuppose I havo to receive that M my
j^prtioD in my ppsition.
B Now as to the roads. When hard
Mlns wash steep hills--ttio country is big
\tOough not to have theun in the road?
Mtan continued rains and travel cause
Hep mud on clay sections I do not comHfcin,
but when work is stopped at the
Hot of hills, ditches turned iu, dip-holes
|*c cot out for Want of drainage, there
|Hno excuse. When bushes grow over
He roads, no plaoe to turn out, crops
bnted to the wheel tracks wherever
-Jartuers csu get to them, there is no exeoeo.
No matter how llrm and dry the
Hp weather God Almighty sends makes
Nmb reads, no man can take credit to
^Hbaelf for, and if bushes grow close in
^Herope are planted in them that is not
Hod road working nor a go xl adminisHar'sn,
and on that I intended no perHjpnal
reflection. On that, wherever it
^hy be or by whom, 1 ask no qaarter
nor give any. No use in going over
I extend the same invitation,
take my word, ride over the road
see. A man can use mnnev in.
jBicioualy and not be dishonest. I
HBed, 19 to not possible lo get men whs
Bit (fat job for the money in it, etc.,
IB did not say anyone was dishonest,
tt "what do the officers know about
He road?" "Do they think everybody
Hictly honest and scrupulous?" That
Hows it can be done, and I wrote that
Mi show how slack men can be in office,
tffeen the Supervisor himself is not
ftlsted in office by law for he has to give
Hbond, 1 suppose to restrain him as it
WejT>. Then does he trust a small army
of men turned loose to work at will
|Hltbout any inspection from himself or
board, without any restraint whatever,
being more honest and scrupulous
tib$n the people and the State trust him
be, for be is bonded.
What does he know about the honesty
HI every man, when he would not lend a
Ham of money to them without taking a
jH>te, mortgage or securety. I am not
toying the men are dishonest, but I was
owing how slack the board could be
3H office, and pay out money they know
|*>t what for, when no well bred gentle*
SHan would kick if you used business
Methods in dealing with him or his work,
lhdeed be would have more respect for
:3Hu. So much for that. I wrote that
togfticle long enough and intended that it
^(boiild appear before the campaign
Sened for a good purpose. Why it did
ipt I do not know, the Editor does.
1 hear so much complaint on every
ajfiymd, too much money being paid out
vpr voo livuc lDtuiu, nuu uuw l am
apoored at about "patriotism." I was
jtjBt Jonesville last fall and heard comHaint,
at Cross Keys last spring and
IKard complaint, at other places and
Bnard th*-m often. Mr. Betenbugh says
F& the tight be turned on, and when I
K Jftrn on some to see why the roads are
896t inspected he kicks.
gKThat article appeared in a Friday's
hue, and ou Saturday following in a
seech at Cross Keys Mr. Betenbugh
Barged me with being at enmity with
^ oof the overseers, etc., as the cause
/ of it. That was quick work. Who told
gfBmV He must have been drilled on it
Bog before any one knew I would ever
Brite it, ?.r men was dispatched to him,
r wireless telegraphy was used, and he
Bled dodge behind Mr. Mobley,
BjB*rgtng this section to him, when peo~
Be look to the chief master. Now anBBrsting
your question, yes, I have been
dicuxl for not working the road. I
Has allowed to go free one year, next
Hat 1 criticised some work, was warned
? work, told the overseer that 1 thought
was exempt then and 1 didn't think I
Would attempt to work?this in a friendly
l| 11 was sooa arrested, gave bona
Bdkt ft go to trial, was tried by a law ty
drawn jury with Mr. James G.
at, of Carlisle, as foreman, was ex perated.
the law was satisfied. Are
u* Yes, stern necessity demands me
work somewhere for a livelihood, and
Pflkm able to work nom?. thnnsh harrl in
PI iu a shop, thank God, if I
t and suffer from the results
[rieuess, aud I don't ask your
But lias that anything to do
ndition of the roads or the
t thereof. Will putting In
ite make roads perfect? I
buxom, robust, 180 or 200
> man with one arm that can
rd manual labor than you or
lood living working at any*
i field, out, split rails and
t +* fc* -'-tC' >
ora wood, ran ihrow me down and lioli
uiH, ?nd he does n??t work t he road. No,
it is not au undisputed fact Lhat I am
not on good terms with gentlemen in
charge of roads near me. I did not intend
it for your injury, and I am not
working for your opponents. [ do not
care who is Supervisor, if you please, il
be will attend to t lie roads, and I am
not expecting them to be made perfect
in a very short while; but people ought
to be kept from encroaching on them,
with nobody to dare molest, or say "get
back" with all due respect to the men.
Yes, I once applied for a roid to Mr.
Soott, did not get it, and you nor the
men who used almost yonr identical
words can claim any honor in keeping
me from it. And now if you can prore
without a shadow of a doubt that all
1 this is done through prejudice and perI
sonal feeling, I say prove it. I demand
the nmnf V?n
r.wwM AWU lunwu tilAt Uliargtt, 11 13
your place to prove it true, not mine to
prove it untrue. Now, Mr. Betenbaugh,
I have no ill feeling towards you. I
have not yet attacked you personal
character. I still regard you as a christian
gentleman and no man can lead or induce
me to say anything agaiusr. your
( eraouul character
And to Mr. Mobley, his word, "I will
say for the benefit of the public that the
roads in Santuc, with few 'exceptions,
are in excellent condition.'' These exceptions
may he strong grounds for complaint.
Again, "we am still due Santuc
a week's work with the chain gang and
machine, after which Santuc will compare
favorably with other roads in the
county." Compare favorably! The
logical conclusion is they do not now
compare favorably. I would say that
one place is in need of the chain gang on
the road from Sautuc to Jeter's mill, for
I do not believe the entire amount of
money let on that line is sufficient to fix
it permanently, and the gang ought to
be here soon. The attack on the roads
was not intended as a personal matter
aiid I atu sorry it is unwarranted, if it is.
Perhaps I might have put that in different
words but I was after no individual
man but officially, the county government,
and did not think to go and
interview a number of men, make them
tell me a number of things?or drive
them to cover?and publish the intet
views I will try to remember to interview
hereafter.
Here comes Mr. K. P. Johns, very
mad it seems, and says I did it because
of eumity towards "three" of the overseers.
Verily the number a rows. Others
say two, be says three. Wonder when
be took the third one on his back. I
can not well reply to him for honestly I
do not believe he wrote it of his own
volition. It runs so much in the groove
of somebody else, and he did not know
about me ever making application to
Mr. Scott for a road. I am not wishing
for a road job, wouldn't have it if offered.
Then why try to chuck himself in as one
i am at enmity wiin, when he knows
positively that I am not. Why, I have
always been on the very best of terms
ifrith his parents, his sisters and all of
the boys, and will be yet. I believe be
has let somebody make a cat's paw of
him, and I will not be hard on kirn. Go
way back aad sit down, Kelly, and don't
allow yourself to think suoh things.
I am not through yet. I have to answer
Mr. S. M. Gilmore's charges, and right
at the start I will say that when I wrote
that article I did not have Mr. S. M.
Gil more nor his road in my mind. Not
the faintest idea that he and his road was
in existence. 1 had forgotton all about
them, but beseems to want to be a newspaper
controversy prize fighter so bad
that when he found he had a small
chance he seized upon it with apparent
relish, and whether the cap fit, got a red
fiag, jumped into the bull pen and began
moving, trying to gat up a bull flghu I
will not answer by charges about the
broken leg, the doctor's cirtifioate and all
that, but I don't hammer iron, dress
lumber, drive nails, saw, bore holes, etc..
with a leg or foot. But when he swooped
down on me about being an able bodied
man. I guess he thought he knew and
would be a big eagle and tear me bodAacionsly,
or I was St Pierre and he
Monnt Pelee in a state of eruption. Not
but a short while ago he rode along the
road with me laughing and talking, disnUna
nf kta n.. t.li;
VIUOIII^ OUUIV piMUO W U? VU UID) VUlUUg
at his successful methods in raising
garden truck, eto., Jand various things,
and it is passing strange that a man
I would tell that to a man who he charges
as being his enemy. We live near each
other and bonow and lend farm implements
and machines and minor things,
and yet he sees fit to charge me as being
his enemy.
I will explain the charge he makes as
to me damming water ia the road two
years ago. The water ran down the
road for nearly a mile, a big volume,
passing two big hollows it could be
turned in but it came on to me, and
ridging sand along the road, it passed s
natural outlet, a hollow with a gully in
it, about twenty yards and ran over the
woods. I closed that, put some pine
poles there to make the water force back
to the natural outlet. He went to work
it (the road) and instead of cutting side
ditches and turning the water into the
natural outlet only twenty yards or thereabout
further up the road, be moved the
poles, cut through the turf and turned
the whole volume of water which had
collected on a mile run down the road
right across a cultivated cotton field
damaging considerable cotton when it
would have been easier to turn it into
the gully. And that is the man whc
charges me with being an eoemy to him.
I did ask Mr. Betenbaugh about it and
asked him the road law on turning watei
on crops when it could be easily turned
in a natural outlet. I wanted to set
who was right. He did not know and
I saw going to tym with oomplajnt wai
1 not neoenary and I let the matter drop
and voted for him to pay for the ralnable
l | service I got. And too I cut a ditch
across the road in ordar to get sullcieut
fall to drain some fertile bottoms, put a \
, bridge over it and below the lavel of the a
, road, covered that with fine brush, then ?
! dirt about ten inches deep, protected the ?
i ends with log sills pinned down, and a '
, buggy oould Be trotted over It without a {
i jar. But a big creek came along, moved L
almost everything and ramshacked my
bridge, but I fixed it temporarily again
and several times. At road working *
time Mr. Gilmore asked me if I was go- r
i log to put a better bridge there, it was n
only a two foot ditch, I told him as soon
as my crop was off hand, I would haul a ,
i losr and h?v? unm* lnmW ? ? ? '
0 ??? TT C7U W
make a culvert. But he got there first c
and tore the bridge away, put brush in f
the ditch and dragged sand on it As for
me opening it again across the road, that
is untrue and be knows it That act *
rendered unfit for cultivation nearly ten li
acres of land, which I let go, never com- ,1
plained to him or anybody alse individu- j
ally or collectively; aud that is the man ,
who charged me as being an enemy to b
him. I know now a private ditch across c
a road, the ditch not to aid or improve o
the road that the county is keeping bridg- &
ed, but I am not saying it ought to bridge
mine. As I said In the start. I did *
not have himself or road in mind, and p
accepted his word that it was worked in ?i
excellent condition, as good as 4*any road
in the oounty," but I fiud that to-date
Aug. 25 it hits not been worked at all, *
this season, especially the lower end, and u
tht re are rough places, some side ditches ti
filled up?The chain gaug did some good
work there several years ago, which is
stauding well?and low and behold, a *
good size mudhole right there in the road "
not 100 yards from wh?re he accused me y
making one, and boasted of turning it j,
across a cultivated field to drain the ,
road. He is working that land now, 11
and it must ba his pond. I did not s<
mow u unui juse now. And be is the 1
man who publishes me as l>eing an eue- 8)
my. I will not go to the tlimsy excuse ,
that I would not reply if we both were .
known, I do so, because I owe it to my- ?'
self, my reputation, to my mother,
whether we are 'known to every man," jj
etc, or not, and with this I finish, and ,
turn my thoughts to something else, for D
it would only bs like shearing a sow. n
Hut 1 could not let this personal attack go ii
unchallenged. Now I will aotlcs you no 8
further. Hbt Dkwvkr.
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After Thoughts Upon Story c
Of Stonewall Jackson. 0
. n
The more Mr. Chase's story of t
Jackson is read and digested it re- t
veals Jackson's own individuality. ?
The treatment of his life story by <1
Chase at every page anfolda his rich- a
est and rarest personality. Other <
writers including his own wife have <
failed to open such a nearness to his t
heart and home life in their publish- ?
ed life stories. Chase penetrates to t
the hidden supplying his outward 1
manly growth, thus showing the true I
basis of his unique and wonderful t
character. ' i
Analytical study is the surest pro- s
cess of investigation. Biography, t
human life aside individualized from r
history or aggregate biography in a
personal life details is when critically 1
aiisected the best mode of studying e
our human brotherhood. 1
This Mr. Chase has succeeded in o
accomplishing. If you will but foU f
lew him patiently and thoughtfully t
such will be demonstrated. There 1
is a salutory saving, npliftiftg power d
of AXtmnU in *11 ornrul hnm.n 1iv*a ia n
ever a silent, perhaps almost unseen o
force like sunlight or the law of gray- 1
itation or general growth in our phj- s
sical world. The dnal powers, one a
attraction like seeking like in the phy- a
1 sical world, and the ether moral attrac- t
tion like seeking assimulating like a
in or under the power of a good ex- o
ample. c
Under this general moral and s
spiritual law growth development 1
upward is identically alike to growth o
development upward in the vegetable, c
God has made earth to be fed, grow i
, and develop to matured perfection
i enly amid its legal sphere, proper j
environments ana in such soil, atmosphere
and life touohings as were
designed to seonre its highest^ood
i and competent perfection,
i Books, printed matter, life unfold1
ings?such as Chase's Story of Jack1
son are worldwide recognised form|
ing and transforming powers in the
i growth and development of man's B
1 highest individual good and com* r
| pletest perfection. Their after- (
I thoughts suggested by re-reading
I story ot Stonewall Jaokson are here 1
1 set down and sent out with a hope 1
1 to in some way assist you to decide I
| to place in your home. This hearth
i ana home picture of 8tonewall Jack* >
| son as first, a patriotic possession, 1
\ second, an historic Southern souve- '
j nir, and third, one of earth's highest
) patterns of true manhood* 1
' See Mr. W. T. McClelland and *
1 g?t a copy of this book. (
A Hypnotic Hoarier Among Us.
Mr. Editor:?It seems that Mrs.
iVard is receiving considerable
imount of gratuitous advertising. If
lire. Ward understands magnectic
tealing as a science she will he sur>nsed
at some of the ntatemeats
nade by the writer of the article
.K- m;?- at-- ?? J
a^p vuv X IOIC9* OUO 18 UQ11CC1
"clairvoyant hypnotist and magietic
heater," which is simply rediclous
if he intends clairvoyant to be
a adjective and describe Hypnotist,
f a coma had been placed after
l&irvoyant. and hypnotist spelled
rith a (y) (which probably the
rriter intended) then clairvoyant
rould be a noun. Clairvoyance,
ike catalepsy, is used to denote a
oo p degree or state of Hynosis.
"ben, again, the writer would have
is readers believe that Mrs. Ward
ures diseases by some hocus-pocus
r magical wand. Now if she is
cting the role of a magician in her
rork of healing she is simply an imostor.
She is bound (p cure fHe
ick, not by any special gift to her
idividually, but by strict compliance
) certain psyshic laws whioh are as
nerring and lasting as those of graviition.
Now, Mr. Editor, you have gone
11 the way to Georgia to give pubcity
to Mrs. Ward's work wheti
our humble scribe has been practic*
lg magnetic healing for 18 months
ere in Union couaty, and yet you
;em not to be aware of the fact,
'ruly, "a man is not without honor
ave in his own country and in his
muA " ia c I
oowv ^aviv ia uu uiuuojf iVt U1C
a the work I am doing.
It is a labor of love for suffering
umanity. I have for many years
een convinced that there was a more
ational and logical system of treatig
disease than by dosing the
tomach with poisonous drugs.
Some two years ago I received cirulars
from professors and scientists
ffering to instruct students in magvetic
healing, hypnotism, etc. Deermined
to investigate for myself I
ook twe courses under H. Lamotte
lage, A. M. Ph D. L. L. D., presilent
of the New York Institute of
cience. I took courses trom four
>ther institutions. I have the drgree
>f Prof, or D. D. H. from two of
hese institutions. I have given a
i plain statement of facts regarding
ay work during the past two years.
iy dint of hard study and close ap>li
cation my most sanguine ex pec talons
have been realized. I would
tot part with the knowledge I poeess
md the pleasure it affords me for a
housand times what it cost me in
aoney and labor. I do not boast of
rhat I have dome. God forbid! I
tave leaaned lessons of humanity I
tever knew before. I realize how
ittle I know of the great mysteries
>f godliness and the invisible forces
>ut in motion by an All Wise Creator
0 control the rest universe. X think
! feel somewhat like Sir Isaac Newton
lid when he said: "I have solved
1 little near the shore but the vast
cean of mystery lies out beyond."
! believe the mystery of healing the
ick by natural forces and in accordance
with the natural laws has been
olved. The question is who will
ake hold of this work and push it to
uccess. Your humble servant is too
ild for such a lucrative task. It is
oming. There are a few faithful
rorkers here and there. They are
laving a hard time of it; Mountains
if prejudice and ignorance to be overome.
* %
'Truth would you teach to save a
sinking land,
'lone aid you, all shun you, and few
understand."
C. B. Bono.
Sedadia, S. C.
Etta Jane Etchings.
Misses Ethel and Jessie Strain
md Mattie Estes went to Clifton
ecently to visit the family of Mr.
Charlie A. Sparks.
The cool spell of weather has made
hick clothing comfortable these mornngs.
A great change has taken
dace in a very few days.
We are still dry. Crops are needng
rain badly and ootton squares
ire falling off rapidly. Some fodder
las been pulled and more is ready.
Some of the newspapers are harping
on the interminable "recursing"
imong the candidates who come to
Cherokee oounty making their can
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vass of the State. Some appear to
think lit) the water, others the Lquor ?
and olid others attribute it to other ]
and remoter causes. The fact is ?
Cherokee county is all right ,iu its
resources botkjnatural, artificial and i
Solitical. Its only the biliary cou- i
ition of the canvassers who when
they come in contact with our pure t
mountain water and air that has a 1
tendency to drive off the political ?
malarial that has been accumulating s
in their system for several weeks if
not months and years. The public a
will please note that Cherokee county s
people here had nothing to do with t
it but witness the proceedings and
huzzah for their respective condidates. I
This they will do every time. v
Several of our people attended 1
Foster's Chapel during the pro- 1
tracted meeting there nnd express s
themselves as highly pleased with c
the work. I hope for Bro. Creech a
and his co-workers all the success
their well directed efforts so richly e
deserve. 1
At a recent meeting of ihe Chris- u
tian Endeavor Society the following 1
officers were elected to serve the remainder
of this yean Sam J. Strain, i
president; F. J. Estes, vice president, ?
iviaiue JLBiea, secretary ana treasurer; j
W. C. Blackwell. R. J. Kirby, Mrs. 1
Sallie Estes and J. W. Goforib, t
lookout committee; H. T. Estes, J. ^
L. W. Wright, Ethel Strain and
Maude Blackwell, prayer meeting i
committee; Jessie Strain, Mattie Lee
and Lizzie Edwards, flower commitmittee.
The protracted meeting began at
Abingdon Greek church last Sabbath,
Rev. W. Twitty Thompson conducting
the services day and night.
Mrs. C. W. Whisonant who had a
slight attack of paralysis several
weeks ago I am glad to know is getting
along very well and hopes are
entertained of her final recovery#
Mrs. Nettie Lemaster and Miss
Sallie Kendrick, of Gaffney, visited
their sister, Mrs. 0. F. Suman, last
week. They are the daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kendrick, late
of this county, and are highly respected
by all who know them.
I take great pleasure in commending
to your readers the sermon of
Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage from
the text, Matt. 7:1, "Judge not that
ye be not judged." Cut it out
reader and paste it in your hat.
Read and re-read it at least six times
a week. Pray over it and il you are
not a better man or woman, boy or
girl in a very short time I will admit c
myself terribly fooled in spiritual <
teaching. Let us hear from other ]
TiMrKS correspondents as well as <
the good Editor whose notions are I
worth listening too. Vox. <
INTELLIGENT FARMING.
* i
Another Farmer Who Lives at \
Home and Boards at the Same ,
Place.
Mr. Editor.?We read with i
pleasure in a recent issue of Tiik
Times, under the heading *'A good
Showing", your remarks on good
farming by Mr. J. McJ. Fant. We.
all know in this community that Mr.
Fant is one among our best farmers
i*nd it does us good to read such
reports of success.
We have another good farmer in
the person of Mr. Davis Creogry.
He also lives at home and boards at
the same place, raises his own meat
and sells a quantity every year. He
now has a lot of fine pigs for sale. i
He also sells corn, fodder, peas and
flour every year and has a lot of old 1
corn now for sale.
If all of our farmers would adopt 1
the method of farmeng of these two
gentlemen and a few others in this <
community, our country would soon <
be in a prosperous condition and on a i
solid basis.
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vdcH !
<\NCE
rat?
d by
LSON & SON,
ERs.
The crops in thia section gen"
jrally are looking fine, and the preapects
are favorably for a good average
urop.
The Tinker Creek Sunday Scheol
s in a thriving condition. They now
rare titty two scholars in attenanoe.
["hey have recently purchased a aev
>rgan for the school. It seems more
ike a city than a country Sunday
School, to hear the sweet singing
ind the music of the organ.
Picnics, frolics and fodder pulling
ire the order of the day, our people
eem to be happy and the health ef
he neighborhood gererally is geod,
Mrs. Fred Holland, nee Miss
dinnie Counts, of Atlanta, is on a
isit to her sister Mrs. Davis Gregry.
["his is her first visit to South Care?
ina and Union, her old home, sinee
he left seven years ago. And her
nany friends are glad to see her
igain.
Mr. D B. Faot, our worthy and
fficient County Superintendent of
Education had a fine milch cow to go
nad several days ago, and had to
till her.
Mr. Fditor, We are all pleased to
lote what a high standard you have
ucceeded in working Thk Union
Dimes up to, and trust you will
>e successful in putting it stitt
dgher. Succes to you and Thi
Dimes. Sbvkx
icross the Coti ntry in a Wagon.
Ma. Editor: If you will allow
ne space, 1 will try ro write up *
;rip from Union to Cross Hill, a distance
of forty miles.
After hard work loading wagons,
jtc., we left Union at ten o'clock*
with a caravan of five wagons and
ine buggy. After stopping two or
three times we arrived at the Forest.
We hunted around for a spring and
soon found one near by. We then
bad dinner. At two o'clock we
itarted again and did net stop any
more until four. We noticed a
iloud rising in the west so we stopped
behind some bushes. We were
n the worst storm I think I ever
law; but fortunately it didn't rain
one, and we didn't get very wet.
Wo stopped when dark overtook
is at Mrs. Filson's where we were
reated very nicely, this was my first
light camping out and 1 didn't like
t much. We were up and off at
ive thirty the next morning. After
raveling two miles we had to ford e
iver where the water almost dipped
nto the buggy. Wc crossed over
lafcly, howover, into Newberry
jounty, where the crops aro just fine.
[ notice the people there have their
;rops fenced in and have lots of out
louses which shows they take care
if their stock and that is more thai
jome do.
We passed through where that bad
storm struck. I counted seventeen
trees blown up by the roots, in one
place.
We got to Clinton about nine aad
stayed abont an hour buying something
for dinner.
Clinton is a very pretty place. It
has so many shade trees which are
something Union needs more of.
After crossing hills,hollows, ponds,
rivers and creeks, we reached
Mountville, a pretty little place,
about nine miles this side of Clinton.
We stopped here awhile then made
another start to finish the remaining
four miles of ourjournney. 1
We got here at five o'clock, tired,
dusty and sleepy. We got to bed as
quickly as possible as we had to get
up early and fix to start the wagone
back homeward, but we went back
to bed after breakfast and slept till
late. We got up feeling pretty
tough, having traveled forty miles
over the roughest, crookedest road I
ever saw, and I had to ride in a
covered wagon so they call me
N. C. Sau