The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-04-27
TUESDAY. April 81, 1856.
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GEoRaErowN, S. T., April 23d, 1886.
AS you know. l left Abbevillc in COM
pany with MI. w. A. Tcmplcton, on
Tuesday, goth instant. TO attend the SEES
.sionso of the Grand Lodge. knights of
Honor, at this place. Mess W. II. Cow
of Due West, G. A. c. Waller, of
Greenwood, w. E. Cothran, Of Troy,
and r. L. Pratt, of Ninety-Six, are also
present to represent Abbevillc county.
Nothing Of moment occurred on our
trip here. We came over the Coast
Line to Lanes where a special train met
as and brougt US to Georgetown. The
depot here was crowded with people
to see us arrive. The George
town Lodge which has exerted itself in
every way to make this meeting pleas
ant, had provided every vehicle they
could obtain to take us to our hotels.
Z took a place in a double wagon in
which seats had been improvised by
placing planks across the body. Rip
sEowan also got in here and just as he
was about to take his seat the driver
started off with a flourish, throwing
Mr.. Cowan over the side Of the wagon
and against the wheel. The situation
was perilous in the extreme, and rem
dered more SO by the fact that MIR.
sCowan has but one arm. Fortunately
he caught hold Of the seat Of the wag-
son and held on until we rescued him,
escaping with no more serious injury
thnn the bruising his hip, and the tear
ing of his breeches. But his coat-tails
hid the latter injury. Our Jehu was
now evidently bent upon cutting a fig
ppre before the crowd which had been
assembled by this accident, and he put
whip to his already excited steeds, and
with ono bound they broke the double
ttree, jerked the lines out of his hands,
and started up the street ut full speed,
held together by the cross-bar Of the
tongue. After running several hun
dred yards, n Of them was dashed
against q telegraph pole, breaking one
Of his hind legs SO badly that he Lad to
be killed. Thus did we signalizc our
sntrse into this ancient burg. But our
stay here since has been as peaceful and
quiet as Il entrance was exciting and
tragic. ! need not stop to tell you any
thing Of the meeting Of our Grand
Lodge. There is very little indeed that
81 would be allowed to make public.
Suffice it to say that we have had a full
Lodge and q most harmonious and
pleasant session.
Few of us up-country people have
any Just conception of the quaint old
town Of Georgetown. Until the build
ling of the Georgetown and Lanes Rail-
road within the. last few years, the
place was so isolated from the rest of
ssthe State that practically. all intercourse
was cut of. The most Of us thought of
itas old and dilapidated and old-fogyish
town. Well it is old, being antc-Revo-
l%ntionary in its birth. But it is neither
dilapidated nor old rogyish. On the
contrary, it is full Of energy and vim.
Il has n harbor not surpassed by any On
the coast except perhaps Port Royal.
SAFinyah Bay is as placid and beautiful a
sheet of water as my eyes eyer rested
upon. The sampit river. upon whose
bosom, vessels ride at their wharves in
Sthe town of georgetown-the Black riv-
er, the Santee, and the Waccamaw-
unite to empty their waters here and
form the Bay. Unfortunately, the sand
upon the bar, prevents at certain times
the passage Of vessels. But the Gov
srnment is at work deepening the bar,
and il is sincerely hoped that Congress
will not fail to make the necessary ap-
preparation to carry on this most impor-
taant enterprise. The local Lodge gave
the Grand Lodge . delightful sail down
the Bay to the bar. Four steam tugs
were drawn into service and we enjoy
pa the novel pleasure Of "riding on the
sbrtny deep." It was a pleasure not al
together dnmixed with pain. Occasion
ally some land lubber, whose knowledge
p water consisted Of an acquaintance
with . fish pond would have qualms,
not Of conscience. but Of some Of his in
Jternal organs, that necessitated recourse
I'D lemons, and other remedies. We
passed North Island, upon which, Gen.
E..P. Alexander has his summer resi-
Nance and Sonth Island mon rb;nh