Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-10-02
CHAT FROM CHEROKEE.

Happenings In and About Hickory Grove
Short Crops-Personal and Other Notes.
Correspondence of the Yorkville Enquirer.
ETA JANE, September 2s.-I had the
pleasure of attending the meeting of the
First Presbytery of the A. R. church at
Hickory Grove. There I met quite a
number of my old acquaintances and
made many new ones. Among them
Rev. James Boyce, one of the editors of
the A. R. Presbyterian at Due West.
Mrs. Robert Latham was also there. She
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Warren
Whisonant, of Hickory Grove.
am glad to know that Hickory Grove
has good school in successful operation.
Professor Slaughter has charge of it.
The storms of last week did much
damage to the crops in Western York, as
well as on this side of the river, though
we are not as badly injured as our neigh
bors in York county. Corn along the
creeks was overfiowed and cotton beat
out and buried in the mud and dirt.
The dry weather has cut off the cotton
crop in the last month or six weeks so that
not more than half crop can be made.
The rust has damaged it, too, on postoak
land, so much so that it is failure.
The North Pacolet Sunday school con-
vention met at Draytonville last Sabbath.
An unusually large congregation attend
ed. Eleven schools out of fourteen were
represented.
Among my reminiscential notes, find
the text of Rev. John w. Kelly from
which he preached the dedicatory sermon
of Mount Vernon church, in 1858. 1t is
this: 81 have showed you all things,
how that 80 labouring ye ought to sup
port the weak, and to remember the
words Of the Lord Jesus, how he said, it
is more blessed to give than to receive"
Acts, Xxx, IS.
The sand still continues to obstruct the
ferry at Howell's, and makes it difficult
to cross at times. The ferryman-Sam
Lee-has opened another landing on the
York side, so he can put the travelling
public across at almost anytime.
The ginneries are at work. Cotton, 1
am told, is turning out fairly we'll.
Mr.. T. P. McDill, of Hickory Grove,
who has recently made a trip to the
northwest, speaks highly'of their meth
ods of farming up there. During his trip
he met many relatives who went from
the Hopewell section, of Chester county,
many years ago. They are among the
leading families in the sections of Ohio
and Indiana he visited, and still hold to
the religious teaching of their predeces-
sors.
During my stay at Hickory Grove,
was pleased to note the evidences of
thrift-both in town and country. What
q change since our boyhood days. That
section is now peopled with the most in
dustrious, sober, law-abiding and church
going people to be found anywhere in the
rural districts of the Piedmont section.
Not only in town, but for miles around,
can this evidence Of improvement be
seen. Besides, you can scarcely, if at all,
tell from their action in church to what
denomination any of the church men,
bers belong. They attend each others
churches and work together like Chris
tians should. "They dwell together in
unity"
Several Of our people are attending the
meeting at Hickory Grove this week.
Our free schools will open November
1st, and continue, it is thought, at least
five months.
Rev. w. R. Owings will preach at
Salem next Sabbath, October 3.