The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-09-06

MIR. EDITOR: On the morninE 0frhs Is,
'hstanf, wccon panied by friends, we .,,t out
forthe Dasrrfct Conference. which Sks h ell
NJ Smhh's Cltapei. in Anderson cos<n,y.
On reacNshg s4iie Nswton's QAHaerson
County, by aftle persuasion we rshcl cluded
TO remain over niglis, where We hsa yerv
pleasant stay smongSt newly made friends.
We also had the pleastre OF visiting .New-
toms Chapel" very cemmolious church
"u'iding just completed, TO which Mr.. Will
Ms Newton donated FIVE hundred tfoll,rs,
Tho ~orkmen have acquitted themselves
handsomely, the painting hns beeh tinsbed
up WITH the most equisite rhste, rehcetine
honor upoHs the doIr6T, A,na 'conitfftti,y. On
Thursday fnorniHe we agafh set out on our
9"urney re"ching our destins,ion about I
O'CLOCK Conference being adjourned for
uihner. We were met by Mr.. Farmer, and
invited to his table which was groaniny be-
"ea'e' the good things OF This life, to which
VIC dfd gastice. The crop outlook from the
Eighteen Mile Creek to the Chapel Is gloomy
both corn, and cotton will not average hnSF
crops.
We will have to give Anderson the asceh q.
dency over Pickhns IN alre Why bf good
roads; sign boafas being placed at every
fork and cross roads
| Conference soon resum ed business + H.
Herbert presiding. The spiritual CONDITION
o''he church seems to he encouraging, from
tho reports from sAe var IONS charges. The
finances were not Hp to what they ought to
have been. The forming Of new ani small.
er circuits in West Anderson and Oconcc
counties WINS discussed with much interest.
We were assigned two miles West Of the
Chnpc', and within three miles Of Hattn's
ford on Tngnlo river; where We enjoyed the
h"sp1f"hty of MIR f. Cronicr. Partly
through curiosity and the historical events
In connection with Iinton's Island, we were
led to p"y il "a vi"it. Enrly on Saturday
morning before sunrise, we were ell
on horseback and boundcd nwny over tho
Nils and through the vnllics. until wc
reached the river. Hiiching our horses on
the banks OF the river near the ford, We were
"n rds' Wild md r~t%antio SCENERY. The
river nj the ford is one -u,nrter Of a mile
III width. On tho Carolina side rises hiuh
and projecting cliffs; while tint Of Georgia
rose with gradual slope. The Island lies
just below the ford, in diamond shape. M.
eure has made very equal division u the
waters. Ms they flow on the Eastern aud
Western banks Of this Island. We wander-
cd some distance down the river, until We
came to haiteauS. which wns soon freed
FROM i's stakes aud by the nil Of our skill
ml pilot we had delightful rilc up the
river. At length our luic bark touche..
the shore Of the Island. Fastening our bo,,
We were soon ushsrcd from the cane brnk,
INTO the waving corn. We were informed
that there were one hundred sc,-cs OF land
on this lslsnd, seventy .hye being cultivated
| 'his year in corn, nll Of which i, looking
we'll, considering The drought and inferior
! cultivation. One Of the events in crnnrc-
ton with this Islnnl took pncc nearly half
ccnt"ry ago, IN the days VI nulliica,ion.
Perhaps before the king Of day Ind gildcd
these shores, NIL nature srill hu.hrd in
silence. the mountains bowed their heads
"'''' -"f'1"'l tn nrnfrct and a, whose fer,