Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-08-05
Very Prosperous West-side as
Seen by One of Our Cores
pondents.

4
We have just return d from our
trip. over on the west-sida, and
will. try to tell your readers some
things we saw and heard Leaving
Edgefeld very early Tuesday
morning, we called at Prescott,
and took breakfast with our broth
or and his sweet. little wife. who
always makes everything pleasant
fort in fact for all VINO call at
her home
| Dr.. PRESCOTT has fine crop, aud
everything around him denotes
prosperity. Our next stopping
place was Mr.. P. II. Bussey's. He
also has fine crop, which we
thlukabove an average, but Pat"
says it, is uot. He bas such e fine
farm, and is such a good farmer,
hs hardly knows when he has an
extri crop. We spent the after
noon at the home of Mr.. f e.
Morgan, and did enjoy liste ming
at "Uncle. EviL's" quaint remarks
on matters in general aud politics
|i.fpariicnlar. We passed the his
toricai old Red Oak Grove church,
no ,onger the old Grove, but in
]stead a beautiful, m1dern up-to
date, new church stands in its
place. This building has cost he
church about two thousand dol
lara, and this amount las been
raised without soliciting aid from
putside. aud without any ebter-
Itainments, or things Of that kind.
Thev have just finished painting
J, the building pure white, and it
.|s,andl aow ching Of heaniy"
and wi be. e "joy forever" 10
Those good people. Rev. G. w
Ruasey is still pastor of this
.Echurch, and the success of this
undertaking is due, in a great
measure to his indomitable en-
;ergv and perseverance.
We spent ,ru asday night at the
4 Iiasehelor hom7 of G. NJ. Dorm, and
stdon5t if one could find bache-
sLlor's den in the county, that could
sLsurpass his in neatness and order.
4 George kno VS. just how to act the
j!part of hist and hostess, and
]. should you ever call on him be
Twill prove the truth of our asser-
ltion.
Wednes lay morning, we hurry
5Eon1to Clark's Hill to the great
baptist Sunday school convention
-FEeFoppingf long enough to admire
1.-the new bridge which spans Ste
4 veins Creek at this point. We
1sthink this is the longest, strong
], est and highest bridge in the
SIco1nty.
And now the convention. the
great convention, and great il
was. The verdict of all present
was that it WAS he best they had
ever attended. Hon Garrett Tai
bert was elected president and our
own Will Lott secretary. The de-
: pertinent of the crowd was splen-
did. We will not attempt to man-
zion the speeches IN detail but
will just say they were all ex-
ceptionally good. The address Of
!, welcome was delivered by Mr.. J
: w. Johnson, in short, but pleas
ing manner. The response wa:
!, gwen by Prof. J. F. EntzniEgar
Lin his easy, beautiful style Pc
culiar to himself. 1t is useless to
, say the convention was we'll en-.
tertained by the Clark's Hill peo.
pie. All who know these people
know they can't be surpassed il
. hospitality. We were so nicely en-
.tertalned in the'homes, that it waE
with reluctance we pulled our
selves away from these grand old
bills and lovely homes. We were
assigned to the high breezy home
! of Mr.. Will Nixon and received
such a hearty welcome. aud wa'
go nicely entertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. Nixon that we will even
look back to this visit as one of
: tho many green spots in our memo
ry. From the convention, we wen
!, , on to Modoc, where we mat many
J OF our old friends CT other day
and the warm meeting, aud cor
dial greetings they gave ua, made
our hearts swell in gratitude to
God tor the blessings of friend.
ship. We spent one night with
Mr.. A. P. Douglas and one with
Mr.. A. V. Bussey. In both o.
these homes we received such
warm welcome and so rnuch kind.
nesa, we felt almost like VIC had
reached home again. We made s
hurried visit to the town of Parks
willie, where we spent few pleas.
ant hours with the people Of this
huslling little village. We have
always admired the pluck and
Dush oftbe Parksville people, anc
we find on this visit, their public
spirit and energy not waning but
increasing. With snch men at
Drs. Bell and Blackwell, T G
Talbart, j.. f. Dorm and mary
other gond men. what may we moi
expect Parksvil!A to become. We
took dinner with thu "only one
Fate Dorm" which is enough for all
to know we were we'll treated. Here
we met Mrs. Newsom, the mother
of our "Miss Haiti " whom WE
bad not seen in many years. Our
Hast visit WAS to see our old friend