The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-13
TIE DAY AT LITTLE MOUNTAINS.
Pleasant Time Enjoyed by Large
Crowd at the Lutheran Reunion.

About two hundred persons from
Newberry attended the Lutheran re-
union at Little Mountain on Wednes-
Gav. the 5til. 4 half-hour's ride on the
&. \. and L. Railroad brought you to
the station, and a walk of half a mile to
the western side OF the mountain,
where the addres, ,es were ce!lVereo
and the picnic was held.
Rev. DR.. Hawkins delivered an ~
teresting address on ''Hlstorlcal Lu-
theranisn," in which he shetched tne
growth of the Lutheran Church III
South Carolina the past hundred years.
The church had in i7Sl six ministers
and fifteen churches in the State, ana
there are now fifty ministers, ninety
churches and 10000 menber1.
Mai. H. A. Meetze, Of Lexington,
smoke next on the educational work OF
the Lutheran Church, and especially
about the good work of NeWberry COZ
leee. which he commended for its high
standing and urged that it be more
earnestly supported.
Mai. Meetze's address concluded the
exercises of the reunion.
The larger portion Of the people then
ate their picnic dinner in groups, Whlle
those who were hungry for hash were
served at the barbecue dinner, when
was prepared by Mr.. Adam Hipp, and
niven for the benefit of Little Mountain
church.
Little Mountain is unique range
about three miles long and quite steep.
It rises directly up in a comparatively
fat country. There are three peaks,
the highest eminence being the central
one. from whose summit there is line
view extending a distance Of fifteen or
twenty miles. The writer saw the
smoke curling up from the chimney OF
the Newberry Cotton Mills, but the
town was hidden by the pine forests
south towards the south.
It was quite tiresome chmo 10 tne
summit, for the ascent IS very Steep
and YOU must be as careful as if on the
Blue Ridge. We saw five ladies who
made the ascent without any seeming
difficulty, and their combined avolrdu,
pois is one thousand pounds. One OF
the party has almost passed three-score
and ten.
The reunion feature Of the occasion
:, was q most pleasant one. The writer
saw many people greeting each Other
who had not met in forty years, anc
others in twenty and thirty years.
IT. was estimated that 5000 people
were present. They came from Colum
bia, Prosperity, Newberry, Lexington
I Edgefeld, Fairfield, Orangeburg anc
+, other parts of the State, and few iron
> Florida and Georgia.
The day was thoroughly enjoyed, o3
s everybody and the best order prevailed
|. Nothing marred the occasion eXcep
t the accident that befell Mr.. Johl
y Epting, of Lexington County. A dea(
J, tree fell upon him, and injured mn
b quite seriously. The tree was klcke'
y down by a mule.
y THE LOT SALE.
= The lots of the Piedmont Land In
- provement and Investment Compan;
y were offered for sale by Mr.. L. i
+ Levin, the popular auctioneer OF 20
I; Il lumbia. There was no demand anon
h the people who were present, as the
h were bent on having a pleasant tim
- among friends and acquaintance tina
securing a summer residence. In
Herald and News has been informe
by Mr.. II. C. Moseley, president OF th
Piedmont Land Improvement and II
vestment Company, that since the sa
lie he has received inquiries about no les
than twenty-three Of these lots tro1
parties who desire to purchase. In
oe{ fi,n or