Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-14
1oVs IN SOUTH CAROLINA
D,,..a Of The Work in Chester
1--WE County, S. C.
,.,o,t. SHADE by Elders
'''', S.~ raDorins in the 'i'''''"
Iield.

Isny ,.,,py few words from TINS part
lnIo,I,. vineyard would be Inter
q 'ps ~ the readers OF the NEWS we
"''D .,.c,ed to give q partial de'eFi''
VI" me country In which We Sfs
u,1 and a short sketch oil our
l'y'., ''vell We were assigned TO
. IN this (Chssterl county on tue
Nv Ayyusi. 1894, and about me
.llh " ssrtemtut We began house 70
nhn " canvas. which Of course calleu
hous M ,sfis of the county, auu ia
uil2 ~ house where'whlto people
ns,i We speak OF the "nle p0Opo
'.H.s tho coloted tsoo He
S.u'iy 10 the majority 10
well ~ all Oihef pa,.H
WA. state: we are told the Cehtui
,,, them $4,000 maiority In Tue
,,sls. n, .,d his Kind and
.,,i,bs wife were tue hrst 10 toe
I,a,v 10 make u welcome ~ llelt
e..u" Tbey ate living In the central
~ of the county, seven miles oaet u
',,sr civ, The people IN thls part
N'sns,,iiy in better financial CIT.
,,spcss than Ia many other parts
N"..tste and where the condition
W., gspIofable. Cotton IL the chief
.sInct Of the roll, and the farmer
-, ne merchant In the spring ana
80 mortgage on his land as wei
80. r,op and all other personal prop
~, fsr bis summer supplies, consisting
',s,r,n. -four, meal, coffee tobacco,
.,t,t,W household goodg at eXorhllnnt
80. and In may cases the crop VIII
.iray the bill, the merchsnt Hwipcs
~ mole tbing, and the poor cotton
h compelled 10 rent the snmo
~. on work Tor a psft Of tho crop. In
,.i.vav thousands OF women ami girls
,is compelled TO earn their living IN
ibs Hgli; and the land Of this country
,h,t going into the hands " land
ls,i,. we know Of some who own ~
wufh a. $4,000 acres who have oo'
uInti 4, 90 thls way.
Tuo land here Il rolling; very few
acre OF level land to be louaJ. No
v.y,tation Whatever 10 allowed to grow
~ the cotton. aud the cotton roots
Bsi being sufficient 10 hold tho land
lam washing. Ia this rolling condition
tbs hand rains wabn u into the stream;
in tbis way the lend has become very
i55fasatulu AMI the farmer IL under
u, pfrtfsity OF using fertilizer iOr
almost every foot NJ land under cult
walton. Where thls II rot uted the
rf59 loossaa n II would hardly pay
iuf llautlng; ~ you see planting isup
luiuusutss, good farm hand eau 10
hifsi hprr ilf i've IDlIats per noah.
We Twill say this 10 a timbeTod COun'
ify and a sppclts u pine grove luKu.
fisnt heir. In many cases The lnlu
hns been cleared hud cultivated until
worn out, then abag d1ued Tor a
suiilrIent length NJ time for nature
90 redeem N. Then II IL cleared
~ it, heavy cat Of pine and worn out
the second time. This can eRtily be 40.
counted i1f Whrn we say We saw a
Immigrant that was given In 1891, thi-
10 the Oldest 90 record IN this county.
The people here are generally the
drsceudhnis 0i those who came here at
aaeary dlie. We will say that for
gsnsf5sliy aud hospitality they have
20 equal With few exceptions our
Lahore nave been OF pleasant char.
setter. ltlsnO llbger severe task TO
ella mission In the Southern states.
win the exception ~ some attacks
made on " by hireling priests and
hyt0cfltss We have had no
trouble. Ia one or two pi
lhrie casrs NETS have been raised
uutths faithful Prayers Of the Elders
tsve reached tho ears OF Him who
holds tue destiuies Of men and natlOng,
aud the W0uld.b uugOdly acts NJ the
m0b0gflts have inrvi ally assisted us
10 spreading the Gospel. We have
STOUT finished our labofs IN this cuun-
w. We have baptized fourteen honest
'uls Including tho above mentioned
Root family, who have constantly
made us welcome Mt their house bOth
night and day since our arrival here.
We alec have other applications for
tapilsm, We will also mention tbs
names VI G.. J. aud Joseph KBiseT who
have embraced the Gospel la this
county. These families Ms we'll ~
mauy others, have iheltcfed us when
We were COLI, aud fed US whoH We
were hungry, This should no remrm.
tered bv toe Saints II they ever emf.
ate 10 Zou.
We have Just returned from trip IN
tue east end VI the r0unty where We
'lsnt a few days very pleasantly In
eiudlug the 2ilh. Our pleasure cou.
sisted 10 hshing In the great Catawba
Falls ION the Calawba TlveF);
hLo o.! vlsiting the historic
garrison Mount Derbln OF 1919,
which has been destroyed by lire
nothing lett standing but the huge
bflcE walls which are almost hid from
View Ly the heavy growth Of timber
Nhleh has sprung up Of late. This Old
structure " overlooking the river
which at this point IL AlmUet a foaming
iIoutnt owing to IT. great fall, which is
iuli Of granite rocks Of almost every
tIs, IhJse rocks are covered with a
Nui VI green moss, and fish congte
gate here In great numbers TO eat n.
Olf party caught about three huntIsd
h'h In eight houts-whioh served ~
hIaiy the inner man while there. We
viii leave here on July 3lst for our
new HELD, which Ia NowborFy county,
where We huse friends awaiting our
hnvhl We will here say that the
NhWs lsa welcome visitor, both To the
Elders aud the SAINTS aud friends. 1t
AWnys leaves It's mark wherever II IL
tal' We will Close, ever praying TOT
he welfare Of those who labor IN tho
Establishment OF the cause VI truth.
q. L., BRALlY,