The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-03-11
For The anderson Mfeltigenccr.
A TRIP TO THE SOUTH.

waters of the Big Black would so cover the place
that if they held any intercourse with their neigh
bors they would have TO take it duck fashion, after
showery spell of weather. 1 reached Walden
near ii o'clock If the train had run down from
Grand Junction to Walden at night, could have
reached my destination from Athens, Co., in some
thing lcss than two days and two nights and
reached the meeting in progress on Thursday. So
you see if had free ticket over the railroads l
could preach in my church at home one Sabbath
and in Mississippi on an alternate one. So much
for railroads. Here took leave of the iron horse
and proposed to try the mothers colt to Mrs.
Lockhart's, some three or four miles; but young
gentleman standing near asked me to walk with
him over TO the corner store near by. He said
young Mr.. Ware the brother Of Mrs. .Lockhart,
would make arrangements to send me out. After
depositing my baggage in his store, was kindly
invited to go 10 dinner with Mr.. Wilson. There
found myself at the house of son of William
Simpson, of the Dark Corner, an old Carolina
friend, and Mrs. Hamilton keeping house for her
son-in-law during the absence of her son-n-law
and daughter. After little Mr.. Matthew Young
called for me. We went on together, rs lie brought
the horse from Mr.. Wares, and called at Mr..
McLns, where we found more Dark Corner &c
ouanances, and again ut the house of Dr. Tate,
WHO married Mr.. Young's youngest daughter, and
whom had baptizsd in years gone by. So be-
gan to feel as though l was about Good Hope.
They are as thick as blackberries. The next call
was at Mrs. Lockhart's, and there I met D. w.
Humphreys, who had been carrying on protract-
Ell meeting alone What wonderful big little
State is South Carolina. 1t has done large
share in peOplng the South and West. They are
something like the Jews-they 60 everywhere.
man visiting one of these Carolina neghborhoods
carries good passport with him if he has only
come from Carolina himself.
The next day went to the church, and found
it neat, comfortable edifce. 1t was erected
through the instrumentality of Rev. w. H. Harris,
from the South Carolina Presbytery. He organ
lied the church, and continued 10 labor in it until
his labors on earth had come 10 On end, and he
called to 60 up higher. 1t contains members from
Good Hope, Roberts and Anderson c. II. Re-
Gently the church cdifce has been handsomely i'm
proved and completed in good taste, painted beau
tifully, and contains q membership considerably
increased in numbers 1t appears to be united,
harmonious church-has excellent bench of
Eldcrs-praying, working men. They appear
ready to do anything that the spiritual or tempo
raj interests of the church demands. Mr. Thomas
Harris brother of their first minister, is an Office
bearer in it from its origin, and still lives 10 adorn
the office. Rev. D. W. Humphreys, who has la
bored with them for length of time, thinks the
other members of the session are men of similar
spirit, and that no church in that country possess
ed better Eldership. There appears 10 be mu-
tua feeling of kindness and confidence existing
between the minister, The session and the people.
The church has been gradually growing in strength,
numbers and influence 1t is believed the Pres
byerian Church in this region is gradually rising
in popularity and in the confidence Of the people;
and this particular church, if they can have per-
manently settled among then minister Of the
right spirit, acceptable 10 The people and work
ing man, entirely devoted to the Masters work,
think it has bright future. Mrs. Lockhart has
boarded the minister gratuiously since the war,
which aids the congregation very much in making
up competent support for minister; but if she
deems it nc iessary to discontinue hais g9ntuitous
aid, she will help to the full extent of what she
believes duty demands. She is able and willing
who possess good lands, energy and industry, and
can support minister. They don't wish to be
without the stated means of grace, and "where
there is will, there is way
There we're chills and fever over the country
generally-feu families escaped This year forms
an exception from former years, and it is consid-
cred healthy region. They arc situated near
the railroad, and have easy access TO market-New
Orleans or Memphis. The cotton crop this season
is not considered near an average in any part of
Mississippi, and greatly short of what it was in
the earlier settlement of the country Mr.. Has.
let who went from near Lowndesville, Abbevie,
and married Miss Gillespy, near Good Hope
both having business habits, and manage we'll
their own dcpartments-told me OF On early period
after he settled here that he and negro man,
with the mid of hired hand TO plow three months,
made 81 bales of cotton and plenty of everything
else necessary. 1HiS ainouhI VI Coe'oH, Ioi 'hc
amount of labor expended, would pay pretty we'll
ar present prices. He has fine crop this year
two acres of potatoes, such as we rarely ever see
in Carolina. That country is admirably adapted.
to the growth of potatoes.
Mr. John McBryde, who went from Abbevile
District to this region, Carroll county, was
among the best farmers and managers around him,
settled in Mississippi, and prospered greatly until
the desolations of the war. After freedom he con-
tractcd his vide fields and cultivated less land,
while some others around him went into the busi-
ness more largely, and teased him for his timdity.
lie concluded TO wait and see how they succeeded,
aud he says nearly every one who went largely in
the matter made complete failure promised high