The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-08-03
For THE HERALD.
BIT. ZiOn-UniOn Meeting-Semi-
Centennial, Etc.
NEWBERRY, S. c.,
july 3lst. 1873

NEWBERRY, 5. u,
July 3lst. 1882.
MEssRs. EDITORS In company
with one of the delegates from the
Newberry Baptist Church, We set out
on last Friday to attend the Union
Meeting to be held at Mt. Zion. Our
companion being a most expert and
accomplished Jebu we surrendered the
reins entirely to him aud gave ourself
up to contemplation of the beauties of
Nature. Under the skillful guidance
of our friend We safely, though not
without many jolts, and very leisurely,
made the Journey, our serene contem
plation Of nature only disturbed by
occasional CALCULATIONS Of impatieuce
from our FREUD at the obstiuacy with
which our fiery charger insisted upon
hanging his tail in q graceful festoon
over the lines.
We were astonished upon our arri-
val at Mt. Zion to find such a large
and handsome structure in the coun-
try. The church is delightfully."- situ-
ated upon an euiuence aud surrounded
by fine oaks. fhe present building,
erected in 1859, at cost of eighteen
hundred dollars, with high ceiling and
numberless windows, is one of the most
comfortable churches We ever entered.
We were received with that large.
hearted and cverhowiug eordiality and
hospitality which is found nowhere
more frequently than in South Caro-
lima.
Mt. Zion is the centre of a commu-
nifty which for intelligence, thrift, iu-
dustry and public spirit cannot be
excelled in the County. Many Of our
post Influential aud prosperous citizens
worship at this church.
On Sunday the organization cele-
| brated its semi centennial. Rev. Will
liam Elkin, the present pastor, read
very interesting paper giving a history
of the church from its organization to
the present time. The Rev. Daniel
Mangum organized the church with
twenty.six membels, of whom three
still survive. These are Mrs. Emily
Goggans, Mrs. Sarah Ann Davenport
and Mrs. Edna Glenn: the two for
mer were present Sunday, but Mrs.
Glenn Was prevented by sickness from
attending.
On Friday night we were taken
under the wing Of our clever young
friend Eugene Longshore. % the
way to Mr.. Longshore's We passed the
farm of Mr.. Elijah Martin, Of which
we must say . word. Any one who
imagines that there is no beauty in a
rail fence has only to see Mr.. Martins
fences to be convinced of his mistake.
Every rail is the same size and the
same length, every corner is on line
and every panel plumb. But marvel
lous as is his fence. his farming is still
more wonderful. Every row of cotton
and corn is as straight as if laid out
with line, and yet we we're told that
Mr.. Martin does not use even stake
in laying off his rows. Such pains.
taking and thorough farming is mar.
vel 10 our country, and We commend
the example of Mr.. MartiD to our
farmers generally. Reaching Mr.. A.
j. Longshore's We found just such a
home as any one who has ever seen
that gentleman would have expected.
A situation more nearly approaching
the picturesque than anything We
have seen in the County; house
large and convenient, yard aud sur
roundings most scrupulously neat and
we'll kept 90 to make up one Of the
most attractive country places we ever
saw.
Saturday night We spent with our
good FREUD John G. Goggans, one of
the most energetic, enterprising and
successful young farmers iu the Couu-
ty. Mr.. Goggaus showed US fifteen
| acre field Of cotton that is the finest
we have seen this year. 1t must, if
the seasons continue good, make at
least a bale to the acre. Mr.. Cog
gaus told US that last year be made
more ou oats than he did on cotton,
and this year his crop Of oats was
about $500 bushels, 1900 of which
be has threshed. The crops generally
in this section are remarkably good,
and We were pleased to notice that
quite a large area is in corn. We
could write, Messrs. Editors, iaded-
nitely upon our trip, but as your
space is limited We must close. If a
fellow wants good eating acd cordial
welcome let him 20 to Nj. Zion.' We
| would like to mention all the pleasant
people We met, but lack of space for.
bids. Altogether We never enjoyed
ourself more in the same length of
time, and never went into communi-
ty with which We were better pleased.
Ling may Mt. Zion and the good
citizens thereabouts flourish!
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