The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-12-19
To Peak.


For many years I have wanted to
make a visit to the white Church. or
old st. Johns, near Hopes Station.
Some years ago I had an invitation
from Mr.. J. c. Hope to come down and
spend the day with him and attend
service at this church and I accepted, |
but something came in the way and l
did not go.
This is the church in which DR..
May, Sr., recalls, in his sketch Of my
grandfather, the Rev. Herman Aull,
having heard him preach and somehow
always had a desire to visit the old
church. So some ten days ago when
Mr.. F. H. Dominick invited me to make
a trip to Peak with him I gladly ac-
cepted on condition that he would go
by this old church.
We left Newberry on Sunday morn
ing, December 8, in Mr. Douinick's
Ford touring car at o'clock. In the
party we're Mr.. Dominick at the wheel,
Mrs. M. E., Dominick, Mr.. Harry Dom
mick and Mr.. Jim Wilson. We went
the Pomaria road and I never saw a |
car run prettier. At 10 o'clock we
were at the church. The church IS of
the general style OF the country
churches at the time it was built 1t
was locked and no one present and
did not get inside. Surrounding the
church is a grove of hickory and state
" oaks that have stood there TOR
century or more. I suppose there is
scarcely another piece Of land IN eth
er Newberry or Lexington county con-
tanning so large an acreage, of original
forest. was told that the old high
pulpit and sounding board had been
taken down in an effort to keep pace
with modern progress,
From here we drove on to Capers
Chapel, some three miles from Peak,
where we made another stop. Mr..
Doninick's father is buried here. This
is Methodist church.
The day was spent with Mr.. ": NJ.
Wilson. He has beautiful home on
a hill overlooking the river and even
the hills of Fairfield. The view is as
fine as mountain scenery. A good
dinner. was served which we al en-
ioyed and to which We did full duty.
Mrs. Dominick decided that she
would not make the trip back with US,
and T reckon it was we'll that she did.
An automobile is a curious animal.
Sometimes it goes beautifully, and
when it does it goes. When 1t stops
it stops. When it is dead it is dead'
and the feeling you have when one
does stop and you are many miles
from home is a very lonely one. Those
tires. If some one could just invent
a scheme by which the autolst could
be relieved of tire trouble his fortune
would be made About three miles out
we had a puncture. That was small
matter and it was soon fixed and we
were off, but about half mile further
on we had another puncture. And
when that was repaired there was an
other Just as the air was being put III.
Then the third and last inner tube
was put in and we put shoe On the
tire. Of course, the reader knows what
all this means. Well, we were off
again and everything was running
" smoothly until we were in mile OF
Little Mountain when the thing shot
like a pistol, and I think some OF the
people who were near thought We were
shooting pistols on the Sabbath, but
thew soon found out better when we
pulled up at Mr.. Tom Derrick>s to ask
permission to use the phone, ano
we're informed that the central at LII
tie Mountain did not do business on
Sunday. I knew if I could get Joe
Derrick that he would help fellow
in distress. And he did, and I was
soon talking to Newberry and calling
for help. We decided to come On and
did not meet the relief train until we
had passed Prosperity, and We hao
gotten on so we'll in cur crippled con-
dition that we decided to try it on to
Newberry.
Fred and Harry and jim worked
beautifully and cheerfully at each
break down and kept their tempers
lovely. It is wonderful how fellow
will v-odo ir+o dirt and grease to flX