The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-21
THE NEWBERRY HERALD AND NEvs. MAY 21 1891
A saao, ), sa,oae ,pessr.r,,,e Nc.


the l1eh of tho p,>Hson(, pleasant month |
OF May, l went on ~ Mir Herbert
lSoulwarrs, who lives about three miles |
this stdr~,he Nowhcrry aidc--ot tho
rtrrr which Is the dividing Tine hc.
tween the two counties, On Monday
morntnS, after u good nights rest and
Sood breakfast, and good Cup "
c"aeo, took my pilgrim Statr in han |
anu resumed my journey. The reader
| will understand that | had no better |
nor, Np Hatttous mode OF loromo,ion than |
the old fashion VI walking, have not |
yet learned 10 ride n wheel, but found |
tho roads, fot the greater part OF tho |
way, IN excellent condition for wheel
ing. The day was delightful, cool with
| gentle. hrrCHrS, hut not suttNicns to
raise any dust, And there were no
rapidly scnrrying vehicles Of any kind
to disturb the scrcnity Of u pedestrian.
! The whole distance from Saluda river
to Saluda was u sccno OF peace aud
tranquility, and. apparently, Of calm
content. The farms were in good con-
dition and in II good state of forward
ness. although there had hccn so much
rain in the early planting season.
snw lohorcrs In MI Nh, folds soma
plouwhinr somn bo,irr III, ,o,t,,
which, in most places, had good stands
and WAS looking we'll and doing we'll,
though the mornings were thought to
be rather cool Not, forrotfu1 of NV,
own individual, priv,te ;nt,r,st nc I
'passcd through this scene of pcnc, md
content. | stopped nto fcw honsos ~,
the way to see whether 7 conld op,,o,
a few copies of the HISTORY of Edrc-
field. | secured several names, somc
on the way to Saluda. somo nt Solna,
and some on nv return to Nowberrv nv
another route. Ono place nt which 7
stopped | found to be tho home of Mr..
| Huiet. Il grandson of my old fri,nd
George Huict and his wife Doratbea
at whose marriage sumner was n
guest, and u son of Mrs, uuiet of the
Crotwcll Hotel. Itwas near tho dinner
hour when | stoppcd at Mr.. Huict,s
and he and his good lady invited mo TO
uartuke of the midday meal with them.
which did, and which I henrtilv on
loved. cspccially the p)ass of mtter-
milk, which was dclicious,--as uood 80
the best glass of buttcrmilk or ANYTHING
else ever drank. After dinner, bid
ding my host and hostess farcweU. 7
resumed NV tramp. About three milos
this side of Suluda was ovcrto,,en NV
Il gentleman riding in a little WAGON
without any load, with good. strony
and wcll-fed mule attached. Hcwoso IN
his way to Saludu and kindly u,ve M.
Il seat, so that I rode the last three
miles of the wav and had q n,eosont
intelligent companion besides. NV
communion WAS Mr.. Forrcst. whom
found to be very conservative in his
views, and who had boen opunsod oll
the time to the formation of the new
county. -sympathized with him. os
found him, like mysclf, ALWAYS in n
minority. And the minority in MANY
cascs moves to he riyI,t I'm thc forma-
tion of the County of Saluda I hope the
majority will prove to be right.
| Now, as for the situation Of the town
of Saluda, | like it. | doubt whether
n lovelicr or more eligible site could be
found within the limits of the county.
The land is not level, nor is it abruptly
rough and broken and hilly, but has
just such gentle slope as to be easily
kept clean and neat. AS the town
grows and tho inhabitants increase in
number, if they do not sadly neglect
the sewerage of the place, they can
make it one of the loveliest and health
lest towns in the State. The water ut
present is perfect, and only proper
sewerage can keep IL So thoughtwe
hao some Sooo wafer at Ncwbcrry be-
s'ocs inc newly porcd arteslan we'll,
'or we nave some Wells "hlch are dug
.hroosh sr"hlCe rocK "hich had 10 be
oiasIea long before water was reached,