The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1899-10-17

| tl lOuf rec rural uCllNCrN routes CS-
tahlishcd in Ncwbcrry County this
! year. three are in this township: at
! first, all tri-wcclily, but on July lth the
two via the Battery were made daily,
and the patronage they receive will
! likely Justify them remaining thus.
! Both riders come the same road from
: Prosperity one and half miles, to
! within sight Of the Battery: one turns
to the west and covers the ST. Lukc's
country, the other passes right by the
old Battery and wcnds his way Zion
ward. It. Is estimated that the two
routes reach 300 farms and $500 popu-
| lation.
| The Battery holds Il unique position
in regard to schools. From its heights
are seen four school districts-on the
north, Prosperity: cast, Mt. Pilgrim:
south, Monticello: west, St Lukc's:
| four large, good schools. Last session,
Prosperity enrolled about l25, ST.
Lukcs, S5; Monticello, 60: MI. Pilgrim
71 Il total Of about $50. Each district
contains Il church--lrosprrity four
churches N.uthcran, Mrthodist, Asso-
ciatc Reformed Presbyterian, Baptist)
have combined membership of l25:
st. l.ukc's Lutheran church, 800: Zion.
Methodist church jim Monticello dis.
tricN, ZIG: Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran
churcr, 100; II total Of about 1850. (Thc
addition Of the colorcd population
would make the figures considc rubly
largCr.) The prals Of the school,
church, and farm bells are heard all
arUu!,d. In one of these churches, ST
1Mkc's, the Lutheran Synod convcncs
Wednesday, at 10 Il. III. 1t has been
twCnty-fOur years since this body met
here. This congregation was organized
in the tWcntics by Rcv. Swartz: the
about twenty years later. The conGrc.
cation has been served by Rcvs SwartH.
lirrlry, Mosrr, Hope, Boinrst. Ilaw-
kins, Win&ard Bowlrs, Epting, and
l'cardcn.
The poem in the "palmctto Lyrics"
called Glove will Abide" has reference
To the ridge on which st. I.ukc's church
is located, the Dead Line spoken of be-
ing the Rocky Ridge road, which fol-
lows the rocky ridge extending west
wardly from Little Mountain across
the township. The first stanZa is:
In Ncwhcrry County, the traveller may
note
'TwiNt the Broad and the Saluda the
trace Of Il mOHi:
'Tis known rs the Dead Line the neigh
horh0od DER,
y line that divided the settlers Of yorc:
Since northwnrd the Scotch and the
Irish abode,
While the Germans prevailed to the
south Of the road:
Each party intent upon guarding its
Forgetting the prcccpt that; Love will
abide!
Then is depicted tho marriages, run
away couples, of "Dutch Gretchen"
and "Billy McBridc," and "Dutch
lians' and "Scotch Bcss," the poem
closing with:
There were two bright weddings, as
we'll you may guess,
When l}il we'd his Gretchen and Hans
we'd his l5css,
But Il wedding fur.grcatcr, than either
Of these,
Was the union Of ncighbors in concord
OF peace,
Resolved the Dead Line from their
hearts TO ciiacc
And minglc in friendship rs one and
the same race.
TO cherish their country and ever con-
tidc
In the truth Of the prcccpt that Love
will abide!
How would it do to call this former
Dead Line, this rocky ridge, the
"Rocky Mountains of Ncwbcrry?"
Then, to carry the comparison further,
No. Township is "Colorado"; Pros
pcrity, "Dcnvcr" Stony Battery,
"Nanon City,; st. lnkc's, "Lcadvillc,r
Zion Monticello, "Rosita": Mt, Pill
grill, "Colorado Sprngs,' etc. The
high point ut the 9-milc post (from
Ncwberry) on the Stony Battery road
! represents Pixies Peak; Little Noun
| tains, Spanish Peaks. just as four
| large rivers have their sources about
Pixies Peak, SO four large creeks rise
! about our spikes Pcall"-Timothv
Creek is the "COlorudO Ifivcr": Bio.
the "liio Grandc'; Buffalo, the car
Kansas; Camping, the "platte." Com
parisons might be made further, all
over the township. There is much re-
scmblancc between Colorado and Stony
battery Township, in their physical
makeup and location Of places.
Such is the place, the surroundings,
at which church leaders meet this year
to confer. ST. Lukcs will be the Nccca
this week for many pilgrims. Ho! to
"Colorado," to the beauty and BRIGHT
ness of the "lfocky Mountains"
A. Is.