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VOL. LHI. NO. 5. jjNION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUfe^O. 1903.
LETTER FROM THE FAR WEST. | 'y ?> die as sho was.t.i.- 1
A Boquct for The Times Con
apondenta?Countess Witxenatl
Seeking old South Carolii
Friends?Can Anyone Give i
the Information Desired??Deai
of a Centenarian.
QUEER BURIAL SERVICES.
Denver, Col., Jan. 18, 1903.
Jno. R. Matiiis, Editor Times:
All is quiet today with our beaut
ful and delightful weather as usual
and the snn i? ?
?u.u>ug very uutinc
through a thin veil of vapor, givinj
everything the appearance of what J
have heard old people call Todiai
Summer in my dear old native home.
' Well, I was more than pleased
with the last Times and note with
gratitnde the many letters of corre*spondents
from various parts of tl^
county as well as from other States,
but the one most interesting is the
new one from Cross Keys, at least
the nam de plume appeals* very new
> to me. However, 1 hope Jack and
Jill will continue to fill their space
in The Times every week and tell
us all about the people of that locality,
as that is always a very interesting
corner t> me, and the many
names mentioned seemed so very familiar
it makes me feel like getting
a letter from home.
Yes, and Homo's bugs must have
been a dandy. I would like to know
if Homo ever saw one of those bugs
after it was really dead* I think the
name given is very appropriate if his 1
descriptions are accurate, though '
there is one other ability with which j
thev omrht Ia Ko??? ? 3""
namefv?wJ*r "co" au?reaitea,
mely, with carrying a carpet bai? ?
However, we are always glad to hefr '
d icamod from ?
P<Mt records that we cxocct '
thioga 1
WeU, as I have made so many ?
promises to relative, fttetfcL and ac? 0
qu&intances, all of which promises H
will be faithfully and honorably kept 1
on my part if life shall last that long. 1
As I have always been very careful (
not to make any time limit. If you ?
will allow me space I will endeavor 1
to fulfill one of thec,e promises. 1 1
met an old lady at the Capitol at i
Austin, she asked me to please try
to find her old friends of Laurens
county, S. C. She said she was
taken to the friends of her father
when she was a small girl and staid
with them in Laurena county until *
she was grown, She then went back
to Texas where she has since resided.
Her name Was Phoebe Brewster; her
father fought under Oen. Sam Houston
and was in the battle of San
Jacinto. Her father took hex to the
home of Mrs. Mary Bolt, at Highland
Home postoffice, Laurens county
S. C. Mrs. Bolt had two girls,
Ruth, who married Arnold, and
Margaret, who maried Dial. Miss
Brewster was postmistress of High-1
land Heme postoffice. for awhile before
she went back to Texas. She
says she has not heard of any of
these families since the war ot iat>i.
As all of these things were before my
time and I had never heard of such
a poetoffice I was at a loss to even
say anything in answer to hor many
inquiries, tyut upon her earnest request
I promised to write back and
see if any ?f these families could be
found, Spe had married a German
Count orjjj Nobleman by the name
of Sayan Witzenstien, this latter
name represents nobility. I hope
the Laurens county papers with please
copy her request. 1 am sure mj
old iriend Chaney Little would d<
so should he have the opportunity t<
place the request in his bright littl
Chronicle, ot Clinton, S. C. Mai
to her should be sent to Mrs. Phoeb
Brewster Sayan, care of C. B De
Cassey, Capitol Building, Austir
Texas.
Well, I shall next try to finish m
account of the Mexicans of Hunter
?md. There were a few families <
toucans living about a quarter of
mile west of where the old Dunli
wag formerly located. The
|W>VM'V?
?M * very old Mexican lady in 01
of the families, the had been so vei
old for inch a long time that ever
IMy living near there had becoc
familiar with her as the oldest pers
to bo found in that part of the Stat
and for many years abe has be
tpoken of being a hundred yei
old, but tho (like moat of the Ame
tan uooun) never got any older, a
no one reamed to think aha was lil
. vv/ T1BI& HD
where she liked until a few da;
e- previous her death. My brother ar
en myself had just come to the black
rta smith on the Austin aud Webber
tis ville Pike road when wo saw gre*
th numbers of Mexicans coming an
going in every direction in wagons
buggies, hacks, horsehack and walk
ing. We learned that this very oh
lady had died the night previous
The crowd kept gathering until tner<
was about a hundred M?:
iUCMCHDB SI
I the house, no white people were allowed
to go near the house as the
priest had already arrived from AusL
tin and they were going through their
j ceremony. They had also a full
blood Spaniard from Austin who had
I part of the affairs to look after at the
cemetery; they also had a photographer
from Austin, this was 13
miles east of Austin, the photographer
was an American. Ho told
us that they had to guarantee him 1
ten dollars besides the hire of the
rig. There were several white people
who stopped in the road near the
house where the corpse was being
blessed and annointed, and holy candles
burned to drive away the evil
spirits, but none were allowed to
enter the house. There was quite a
crowd who had gathered at the black
smith shop waiting to see the proces- i
sion pass, finally they got started and i
it was by far the most peculiar fun- I
eral I have ever witnessed. Some of 1
the vehicles were loaded with. Dfi&rly >
all young people and they were as i
gay and jolly as any lot I have ever 1
seen, if they had been going to a j
masquerade ball they could not have t
!>een more worldly in their appear? v
wee, for they could not keep their t<
"aces straight for a '
ItreH bV> 7 zz |*
????? ond the girls chewing guu, ?
lech and every driver was trvj^te fl
AA?' ^ x.-SuViuijav Ail WOUltr DC w
aore serious when they got to the ir
;rave, and as soon as the cortege had p
)as8ed where we were we made haste I
o get to the cemetery, and we could ti
jasily get there first as they had h
ibout half a mile to go, while we n
vent through uncle Davie Jones' e
vire fence into the pasture and made I
the distance at about half that of the f
wagon road. The cemetery is loca- il
ted on a high, coarse, sandy ridge in c
Uncle Davie Jones' pasture; the land i
is covered with small bruslu-m**!0^' ^
post oakBjjgacti. millions of rocks t
alxmt the size to throw at a mean i
dog. We got to the grave before j
the corpse had arrived and took our 1
position whore we thought we could
see most but we had to move our <
quarters several times to make room i
for their movements, though they
did not tell us to move as very few
of them would or could speak English,
but by their looks we thought
best to give them mofe room.
There seemed to be no system
among them and no one seemed to
know what to do and they ran first
one way and then the other and
sometimes there was a dozen watching
one to see what he was going to
do, and it was nearly_ half an hour
before they got the coffin in tne position
they wanted it. They sat the
coffin on the east side of the grave
with face towards the grave propped
up on souie rocks and chunks and
the box for the coffin. Then all
were given a candle each and they
, proceeded to light them as fast as
possible. Of course we didn't get
t any candle. There was a very lively
> breeze and the candles would not
r stay lighted, besides some ot the kids
> did not hold them so they could burn
^ and some of the young girls would
P keep the candles flying around first
) one side of her face then the other
e until it went out, then they would
_ borrow light from some one else
This kept them in confusion all th<
?;>ma A a ?Ann AH th? coffin WAS it
y the position as above described the;
8 took the lid Joff. We were ^directlj
Df in front of the corpse and the Mex
a icans were all in the rear, then thej
,p all lined up as close together as pos
re sible and as close to the oorpse a
ae was convenient. During all thee
ry arrangements the merriment ha
j. .been going on among all but mot
ne especially among the young one
0D and when they were lined up t
te, stated it seemed they would certainl
en hurt themselves laughing, smilin
and giggling. Then the old wom<
f\. were made to set down in front at
nd the old men in the rear or off to 01
kQ |eide while the photograph wo tak<
y- ot the whole bunch. Then anothe
ys position was made so as to get all th
id prettiest ones as close together a
- possible and other picture was taken
- and in all the pictures the corps*
it was the frontispiece.
d Then the priest be*an on a Ion;
i. string of beads which he had aroumi
> his neck and he would take hold ol
1 one bead with his left hand while he
. held the string with his right hand
3 and he said over a ceremony for
t each and every bead on that string,
. and there must have been two sqrd a
i half yards of beads about the sfe+??
a small blackberry. They were all
kneeling while the bead service wm
going on which lasted for more than
an hour during the latter part of
which all of them were supposed to
repeat a certain part of their
creed or code, but only a few were
able to say all their part and they
may not have said it right as yohr
scribe did not understand
that was spoken in regard to tke
whole affair.
The corpse did not resemble any
wo had ever seen and we were fitrj
desirieus to know the age of the old
lady, so we asked several with Whom
my brother was acquainted ?bout her
age but there was great diversity of i
opinion in regard thereto. Some
said she was only sixty-five, ethers .
' ?he?wa8 more w hundred, .
>ut finally we talked with her !
lephew. He could speak EndUsh,
rery well and he assured us
ii mselfbeing
ust as though the skin had dried on a{
he bones, reminding maliof a corpse
re once found in the-Indian Terri- p,
Dry which had been lying on the 8j
rairio for several months.
I shall have to bid famprell to the .
:encs and friends of tha^,AntOlia. ' '
fanysu^ects that are very interests j
ig to me and might be to others if fe
roperly presented to their minds. 8j
sincerely hope that none have
iken offense or feel that anything w
as been said through prejudice on te
ly part, for I assure the dear read- u.
rs that such was not the intent and ^
hold nothing but the war-r - tn
riondMhin for all and would be ei
f all the world could treat each I h
itber as friends. However, there
tra j>^ y*t many subjects that veiy t|
ew people could discuss without e
anifesting their own personal opih- h
on to such an extent that their pre*
udice could easily be deserned by
:he most casual observer. j,
Mississippi being the most inter* j
eating place that I have ever visited
in regards to old South Carolina poo?le
I should be glad to tell of many
have met while there, but would {
like to tell of many South Carolina
people that I met at Dallas last year
before I begin with such an under- ,
taking as Mississippi. Before I leave
the llunter's Bend people, literally,
(for mentaly they will never be left
while memory lasts) I would like to
speak of the only song that I learned
while on my last trip to Texas. All
with whom I am acquainted know
how very fond I am of music and ear*
pecially vacal music, not the kind
they have at the opera or at some of
the high toned churohes, but music
that has harmony of chords like the
negro melodies and old time tunes.
- " 1
Well this one is just me sweeicai. m?n,
I h?ve heard for a long time, so I
will give you the words it you please.
Its a long time now that I've waited,
For the words that you never would
say,
Till at last all my hopes have vanished
And now you are going away.
Then consider awhile ere you leave me,
Do not hasten to bid me adieu,
But remember the bright little valley,
And the girl that has loved you so true.
From this valley they say you are going.
) We will miss your brown eyes and
. bright smile,
But alas you'll take with you the sunuhlna.
f That has brightened my pathway
awhile.
f Oh, remember the valley you are leaving,
Oh, bow lonely and dreary it will be,
4 Ob, remember the sad heart yor'w
broken,
? And be true to your promise to me.
2
,e With best wishes to one and all
^ W. G. Bailky.
* New Century Comfort.
y Millions are daily finding a world c
comfort in Bucklen's Arnica Halve. J
kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cub
' Bruises; conquers Ulcers and Pevi
'd Rores, cures Eruptions, Salt Kheun
le Boils and Felons; retaovos Corns aa
,n Warts. Best Pile cure on earth. Onl
2Be at F. C. Duke's drag utore.
r IN THE FARAWAYPHILIPPINE
e ?>
a An Interesting L* ter From tl
i, Distant Isles?P. ling for Nev
e From God's Conn ry?ThcGrasi
hopper Plague? *hrec Crops <
r Corn in Three Mihths.
i 1~
lf THE SONO OF THF.SOLDIER BOV
A friend has received a lette
from the Philippines which he^kind
ly allows as to mubliah. We use i
nom de plume- toV ^signature as h?
says b?js are not allowed to
1 WfllTlor newspaper*. We have forwarded
16 hi**|d4tffca some papers to
Tewd'?hiijh we knojrxbe and the boys
will enjoy. '
iianta Ortiz Cavite, P. IM
\ Nov. 24, 1902.
I < "n
? v.> *?uui?xoar letter dated
Oct. 4th to bsd a few days ago, and
it is needless? add!that I was more
than glad to Mur from you. Your
letter rteeivel pordial welcame.
A letter from \|e States, especially
from atriend, iwsys is ^'corned by
me. You dqaJ know how it makes
one feet to r?eive a letter fron. a
friend from 'tod's countnr_l!?
One neverfuoWa how to appreciate
a letter fom home until they
lieve crossed *& great ocean and
some into a strange land tooiiM**
rod thousands of misspeaking a
imong ffKd awaited months 1
trTOtr^ that|never came?then to (
^i^ene. Oh you don't know how 1
makes one's nerves tingle and 8
akcs one think life is worth living a
id there is some, one who cares for h
s welfare, and it can be only ex- 8'
ressed as thi. great immortal poet Cl
k-. [ 01
8C
*lI live for tWhe that live for me ,-v
Whosfi^wqta ate kind and true, '.
*? aiiu th?* ?a*o?8 above me ki
- y-sr . . Ca? do-"
ear and i T i 3
tters frem ti^e only^^'an^s one an
deofmyrelat^dV1"^ m f"
The chief out- ter
>ck fighting. ?r?
rdav and
le oily one gafo on tlie roosters an&Va
le contest is * finish.
: tnmt one or the other runWr- Sev- c
ral thousand pascas exchanged *
ands a. \I saw one follow lose his J
orse, s?uv 0 aQ(l bridle. If a fallow
liwlcs hisV^A is the best he will put '
very cent oi?.ll his belongings on
im, but sometimes he loses you :
mow.
I attended a native show and this
s the way the program read see if
rou can read it.
Teatro Sta. Cruz Malabon
(Tanaa)
Saraahan nang Zarzuelang Talagog
"Rozae"
)a* Sabado ilea 22 nang Novembre
nang 1902 ik? 8 nang gabi I
Babala
de
Hidirang Kabanalau
Magisisitaminol.
Amparo Maestra C. Polintau
Carmen Colegeala Pedro
Francisco amain Amparo Reyes
Cora de Tramo Jacinto
Cabo in de Cellive...G. Enri Junzto
v--.
Manga Sacristan, Guardia ctnd at
tanong bayan
Butaca $1.00, Bancos corridas 0.4C
Eutrade 20
Can you make anything out of it'
Well the whole play was in the sam<
lingo, yet it was a good piece, wel
worth the price.
Say, how would you like to raisi
one crop of corn a month for !
months in every year.
When we went to San Matoe ther
was a 30 acre field of corn heinj
Slanted, tnat vst on meuw ui uuu<
y the 12th of July that crop wa
gathered, and the old stalks cat dow
and a new crop planted. Then tb
, rainy season set in, and one evenin
the place would be flooded wi;
9 water 8 to 6 feet deep, and tho ne:
day when yon got up tho nativ
would be working, all the water beii
* gone. By the 13th of August tl
third crop was planted and got to
about one foot high when along cat
if a swam of grasshoppers and a'e
[t all up. Tfte grasshoppers struck t
^ oot a ?etch about 9 o'clock one moi
i ing and by noon there was n~thi
? left but the stalks. I have se.n 1
Iy air darkened with the grasshoppc
ii
8 the drove would cover|a space of 1(
yarns nvv. ,nfj . from ^
ie hours to pass ovei. ^ T }
seen'a drove of young ones with'm
j- any wings that was 300 feet wid
more or le-'s, and covered -04 a'.-rc* <
g*ound. They would strike any
thing green that was in their r.?a
and leave nothing behind. I w.i
r told by a native, if a man would g?'
in frout of a drove they would craw
4 all over him, and if you had a lea
) or anything green in your hand the)
, would eat it up. I got a cup o!
Paris Green and got in tho path ol
some about two thirds grown, sure
enough when they got to _mc they
c'imbed up my legs went into my
pockets and also into my cup and
partook of the forbidden fruit, in 20
miT 1 *
??vca jl uaa a half peck of dead
grasshoppers, then I noticed them
leaving me and at last they would
go three or four yards around me,
and then thej left the field altogether
and crossed the river; that was the
grandest thing I ever saw, in fact I
think it ought to be classed as one of
the wonders of the world. They
crowded the banks of the river for
place, about cross in one
was a solid mass of hoppers all tfi&
wmj over. After they crossed you
could *ee one on the side where
we were. The natives eat grasshoppers,
they catch them in nets. One
lay I was on tiver guard and I saw
t girl catching them, at last when {
he had about a quart she came and ^
sked me to lend her my frying pan
"} cook them, well I guess you know a
be got it?nit?but I gave her a tin *
rn and she cooked them, then she ti
Tered to trade me some of them fur ii
me bread, I gave her the bread all T
. K., but I would not accept her is
ndness. wi
Say Bud, send me some papers, nl
V old *
' 'r^'ZorSstioi?>
? and when one hn read,ng mat- I op
paper he iets all ^ets a ^ook I ?P
fve aeen a PaDe' n * r?8t read it. ^
rlto^4 l P P passed around so I PUI
rea'i ?. it I,ad been a?
is I did when we A. - eeo
[ can talk to any of tnc P'1* I no
[ meet. You know everything^***
the natives have is only half value to
the Americans. For example, if
you have an American dollar it is
worth $2 Mex, and you have to say
Quaks Mex for one American, like
this, if you say "this man said" in
English, it would bo "esta unory
oblan de tode de la oba" and so on.
Well here is a little song that I have
written that will explaiu matters:
We have a system here,
To puzzle and perplex
The people who can't understan 1
The problem we. call Mex. I
But in every way this rule will work,
And so the law directs,
If you have one American,
It equals two iu Mex.
Their language, too, is just the same
they have a dozfu dialects,
For every woid American
Tia two for one in Mex.
The, weather, too, is just the same
No part its power neglects,
For every raiu iu Atneric t
'Tim two for one in Mex.
But this rule will never work
When it comes to soldiering direct
For every one American
Is worth a dcz ni Mex.
I
cnouus:
1 a - II. linmo Vvivq home.
f OU IUI IIV/ua\ f MW ,
, Its borne we ought to be,
j Home, boys, borne,
* In God's Country.
Where the ash end the oak
9 And the bonnie maples grow,
3 T bell with old Manila,'
Back to 'Frisco we ought to go.
e E PLtminrs Unum.
g (We would like to hear from yo
5, often. Our people know very littl
tg of your faraway Isles.?Ed.J
10 Dislocated Her Shoulder,
S
h
r, Mrs. Johanna Sodcrholm, of Fcrg
Falls, Minn., fell and dislocated h
68 shoulder. She had a surgeon get it bai
ig in place as soon as possible, but it w
quite sore and pained her very muc
II:r son montioned that he had se
"c Chamberlain's Pain Balm ad vert is
ne for sprains and soreness, and she ask
jt him to buy her a bottlo of it, which
. did. It quickly relieved her and <
"?< - -? -I.* ....1 ,
uv aoiea ner u> s.wi> n u>*,>> b<.v ,
H done for several days. The eon wo?
qj. much pleased with the relief it gave
mother that he hae since recommen<
,1C it to many others. For sate by F.
Wj Duke, Druggist.
\
#1.00 A YEAR.
OUR TEXAS LETTER.
lit over nor of Texas, the Ex-lJ.
i'. n Hnltlemnn t)teitl'i-C^rolina; one
->| J'atil McSnlly nt llonhnm ? Witco
- Return From the Old Home.
<1
s B>nh?m, Texas, .Jan. 21, 1903.
, Edi rent Union Times:
i> An mt tw> m >nlhfl ago in a com.
f aiuiiiciii >n t The Times condition*
prevailing and pr. s.nctive were given,
j. Thy predictions then m'''4 *"s
? ..V mo UOlDg
,. verified, mil in fact thy financial couditions
am really worse thin
wcm anticipated. One can hardly
rea'iz i the change in this line that h*a
been wrought here within the short
space of two yea s. .1 i?t two years
since the retders ot TiiK Union Times
were apprised of the fact from this
poiut that the amount of money in
L'exai far exceeded that of any other
time po-sibly in the history of the
8:ate, but conditions hive materially
changed. The news on that score :s
not 8) propitious or highly favorable.
In fact ue&rly all lines of business are
almost at a standstill and nearly
everybody seems to be in doubt as to
the outcome. But with nil the changes
and disappointments tbere is an iu- \
which ' incfoctrfo&ft of naj^re? \
man family to work, live ar.d hops",
bo that the mutations of time affect ~ w*-the
varied members of this vast family
but little, so little indeed that during
a period of a decade or a generation
;hs difference is but slight. I am di?
jressiog.
I want to tell vou
*" '? geotlemaoVa'sjLTh r"
l">" name baa baen m? . *rol,0'?''
< ?? in ?""y
,lrhom every Soufh r ?.but on?
""delighj A0d [b.f:,r0,i01i" in
the governor ofthi< __ &?at,ero*u
2aIt^, Governor I Anh ?mtn,a'
eas?o. He Rn' Jjan/iam if y,)U
>r W? caadilacj u fC'iT !*"
Position but as tim? , , he hc'l
po.-ition candidatea fthl bj the
<-> ^pped om ? it':r r'y
t it in niv way 0f thiol/ *"d lo
1 thru., upon hlm i ', <*
i no begirjag forn?; ' 10 *?t,d 'Here
Gft'i'ouncad th/peopie'^,'office
selr^Acts ?<you are the
weth, of Bjnham,* fc?T)y,v ,
of the C >nfederale Home a? Jt' 6
In this selection especially the wrttei
thinks Governor Lauham displayed
lice judgment, but it seems he has ^
displayed fine judgment in everything
he has done. But to spread the
drarra a little and go over to the
Palmetto S ate and contrast at thia
juncture the lives of two Carolinians,
the one the Governor of Texas, the
other the retiring Lt. Governor ef
South Cirolina. In doing so we
descend from the heights of glory to
the depths of degredalion and shame.
I sm too far away from ray native
land to be a competent judge of the
latter, and possible too near to bs an
impartial fudge of the former, but I
know what I know, and that is one is
a murderer, the other a noble nan.
When I look at one I look with humiliation
and sorrow, when at tie
other with pride and wonde1*. And I
am sorry to hear of the untimely end
of the brilliant editor whom 1 knew
twenty years ago.
Mr. Paul McXally, of Union, wis
in Bonham a few days ago and sp ut
two days in our city. I saw a good
dial of him while hare and we talked
much about Union and the good people
thereof. I must confets I was
more than delighted to meet him here.
Will be glad to see him in B>nham
again or any other of the Union boys
if you piers).
And the good lady has returrel
safe and sound from djar old S ?uth
Q Cirolin?, after visiting relatives as
e Jonesville, Paolet, A-ibury, M >unt
Tabor aivl Uuiia. S le brinjs a
whole budget of news from the oM
home and from those near and dear
by consanguinity and aftioity, aid
"IIow dear to this heart, are the scenes
u" of my childhood,
e? When fond iecollections present them to
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The orchard, the meadow, the deep
tangled wild wood,
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p knew."
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