The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-09-10
ATRrP TO THE COUNTRY.

presence Of Msj. D. G. Dwight's being
present and got day or so Off from
Office life. Pressing Mr.. D. into
servi;e we left for the western portion
Of the coanty on Thu sday morning.
TO cne who has travelled the road
from town to Monticello, in all kinds
Of weather. the great improvement in
the condition s.verv noticeable indeed.
Itis a fact that from Winnsboro to
Mr.. NJ. 8. Clark's house there is no
bad road at all.
The corn crop along the road is
good, and we are informed that there
is considerably more planted this year
than last.
The cotton crop is disputed point;
some think it was below last year,
while others think it not more than
| 25 per cent behind.
We halted at Mr.. Clarke's we'll for
| a driuk of water and, as is our re.
porter's usual luck, it was just about
meal time. We were kindly invited
to light and wait for dinner, the
threatening clouds being used as an
argument for us to remain. We heard
man say once that it was better TO
eat four times day than to miss it
altogether. Kne wing, nevertheless,
that meal was awaiting us at the end
of our journey We proceeded on this
mans theory aud accepted Mr.. C.'s
hospitality. After the rain and clouds
were gone we proceeded and reached
the home Of DR.. r. G. Arnett 'Iust
about meal time" again. We found
the doctor full of spirits (not frum emf
however) awaiting our arrival.
We spent several days in the vicinity
| very pleasantly, took occasion to visit
NJ. W. H. Trapp, who was taken
| rather suddenly with a chill and had
some fever. His condition was much
better next day we are glad to be able
to state.
We were not long in ascertaining
that the saw mill Of Mr.. A. E. Davis
is the meeting point for the neighbors,
so nearly every day we met our
friends and acquaintances from ditfe-
rent sections. We were there where
the neighbors drove up with stock
logs to build school house. This is
the most progressive sign we saw,
each one contributing 8 log or two
] end the saving being done without
| charge by Mr.. Davis. This school
house will be built near MIR. W. j..
Martins and is to be q neat and pre-
sentable building. Another school
house of its kind will be built at once
in the same way, by the neighbors at
Monticello. So it will be seen that
Monticello and vicinity believe in edu-
ca ion. While at the mill we saw a
gentleman coming down the road
with "soldier clothes" on. We con-
lee :urel that it was confederate
VI :. ran on his way to the reunion at
Chattanooga But 10 and behold it
was physician going to see patient
dressed up in the State uniform. We
D: p:omised not to tell who he was, so
| DON'T ask us. There is new ginnery
AMI mill going up at Monticello, Mr..
Geo, Simms Is erecting it near his
house. II we get the new railroad
through Monticello it will be q town
some day. Mr.. E. r. Roberts is the
principal merchant there at present
and does a very good business so we
arc informed. Mr.. Calvin Rabb runs
store out on the edge of town and
does very we'll also.
Mr.. David Haunter conducts a
wagon and buggy shop and is said to
| DC one OIL Lllc ucSI illcCilaiiiCS Ill tue
country.
We saw Mr. w. j. Burley driving q
COW and calf while he was sitting in
two-horse buggy; either the COW and
calf or the team was we'll trained for
they were all moving along at a good
gait.
We visited Salem Church on Sunday
evening expecting to hear Miss Macia
,S,evenson, our. missionary 10 Mexico
, lecture, and to hear the Rev. A. 6
kirkpatrick, IF the A. r. P. Church
9 preach. We were disappointed in no.
seeing Miss Stevenson out, the rail-
very Likely preventing ner. Rev
kirkpatrick preached very foricbl'
J, sermon on The divinity of Christ. Th'
7 church was we'll filed and be preached
i. to an attentive and apprecistive au
I d;e.ce. H:s services were received
, CRATE efully by the congt egation as the,
arc ut present without 4 pastor