The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-07-23
PICNIC At BROWNS FERRY.
OVER FOUR HUNDRED PEOPLE
ENJOY A PLEASANT DAY.
Trip on the Water to Picnic Ground
Many Pretty Girls and Gallant Cav
aliers-The Days Diversions
Written for last week.

Old Nature seemed to smile her
sweetest smile on last Thursday,
July 9-the day of the great picnic
at Browns Ferry-her beaming
countenauce being softened and
subdued by thin cloud rack. and
soft, caressing zephyrs, like kisses
blown to her children, seemed to en-
phasize her approval of the glad
some gayety of this gala day. All
day long a curtain of clouds
screened the garish eye of day, and
vet not drop of rain fell at Browns
Ferry.
But to begin at the beginning
long before the appointed hour for
leaving party of eager pleasure
seekers were at Rhem's landing
awaiting The signal for starting the
"William Elliott" on the "voyage'
to the place appointed for the fes-
tive gathering. When the whistle
sounded "all aboard" there was a
lively race along the gang plank and
Ill very few moments we had
slipped anchor and were blithely
steaming athwalt the sahle waters
of classic Minso Creek. Everyone
was in the best of spirits and the
day began most auspiciously.
After six-mile run the Elliott
touched at Munnerlyn's Landing,
where the crowd of passengers was
augmented by a congenial company,
who were WILL laden with substan-
tials for the prospective dinner. In
u maryelously short time-for SO it
seemed in the sunny presence of
"earth's uncrowned angels" the
rare and radiant maidens without
whom such occasions weuld be like
IA desert garden, lacking the bloom
and beauty and fragrance of flow
ers-we arrived at the confluence
of Mingo creek and Black river:
On the left bank of the river ut this
point may be seen an extensive rice
plantation, owned and cultivated by
Mr. H D Munnerly4. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that rice is one of the
chief products of the State, only IA
few, even in the low country, have
seen it growing to any extent OF
acreage.
When we landed ut Browns Fer
ry there awaited us concourse OF
friends and acquaintances who had
come to the picnic by private con-
veyance from every part of the
county. Arriving at the picnic
ground lemonade, cold and refresh
Ing, was served in abundance to
thirsty souls.
When dinner was announced
there were four hundred people to
to take their places at the large,
rectangular table invitingly spread
beneath the umbrageous foliage of
stately oaks, and there was not a
person but Jared sumptuously at
the epicurean feast beneath which
the great table fairly groaned. The
committee was tireless in their eff
forts to see that everybody was
served with good dinner.
The following visitors from ID
distance, whose presence lent en-
ioyment to the occasion, were noted;
Misses Daisy Witherspoon, DuRant,
S. c.; Florence Aimar, Charleston;
Hattie Bagnal, Manning; Carrie
Baker, Gibson, N. G; - Skinner,
Bishopville; Cammie Covington,
Va; DIR Plumer Clark, Luther Nc.
Intosh, Lucius Harvin and Ingram
Wilson, of Manning.
The picnic ground at Browns
Ferry is high and dry and we'll
shaded. Hard by at the foot of the
hill laughs limpid spring. Close
to the rivers edge is moss-grown,
romantic old graveyard. Some Of
the headstoues mark graves of ex-