The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1911-06-08
No. 18.
VISITS GREAT ROCK QUARRIES.
MIR. ID. =. Allen Writes Interesting
~ of u Recent Visit to the Great
Rock Beds Near WinnSborO.

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the writer left Dillon and went to
Columbia Monday morning was
spent in attending to some bust
ness matters first and then looking
over the place of interest in the
city, but as many of your readers
have seen these for themselves the
writer will mention only a few
things. There are a few monuments
around the State house grounds that
are nice to look at, and are orna-
ments to our capitol. There are
few small cannon around the State
house and the last one that was
! placed there is a small one captur-
ed at Santiago, Cuba, in 1898, and
was presented to the city by the
| United States. The writer having
some business in the cemetery of
! that old and very beautiful church,
Trinity, he found the last resting
place of some very prominent peo-
pie. Among those noticed was the
grave of the celebrated poet Henry
Timrod, who was born in 1929 and
died in 1867, and there are beside
him other members OF his family.
There are also the graves well
known public men such as Hugh S.
Thompson, Richard J. Manning and
others. On Monday afternoon the
writer boarded the Southern train
to go to Rion by way of Rockton.
This road runs through hilly sec
} tion of country and there are very
few houses at any of the stopping
places. The land seems to be very
: good but would not suit a Dillon
r county man as it is covered with
terraces and the rows are necessar-
lily very crooked. There are also an
D., innummerable number of pieces Of
D., rock from the size OF a bird egg to
r pieces that will weigh thousands of
pounds. There is one that is
e known as the anvil rock from its
: great resemblance TO a gigantic an
vii. Arriving at Rockton the writer
=, used his wheel to go to Rion, four
i miles distant, and found to his sur
:, prise most excellent clay road
on which he could make rs good
e time as on the streets of DillC.' as
3 the momentum of going dow" -, -
hill would carry you wit, ,;ttro x-
g rtion to the crest e apotbo- A.
Rion he he met nr. B. c. Bye. of the
Bye Granite Co. Mr.. Bye is a Penn
sylVanian by birth but has been in
this State for ten years. He is So
years old and has worked in the
granite hnCipacc fnr A
while the writer went to see him
strictly on business he was taken
into their home and was entertained
in very kind manner by him and
his wife. He was taken by Mr. Bye
over the plant, and was shown how
granite is quarried and worked, and
to one who had never seen such
Things II would well repay visit to
the quarry. Returning to Rockton
on Tuesday morning the writer
met young lady missionary who
had been in Cuba for four years
and who is now taking a three
three months vacation at her home
at Rion. Miss Ruff is Methodist
and thinks that the cause of Christ
i'll that priest cursed land is grow
ing and that big crowds attend SER
vices. While she is, of course,
stranger the writer was very much
impressed with her and thinks that
her works will be blessed by God
Returning to Columbia the writer
again went to the cemetery at
Trinity church and after accomplish
ing the object of his visit there and
having a few hours to spare he ram
bled over the State house and
grounds, and among other things he
saw the ordinance of secession and
in scanning over the list of signers
he found several that he knew, and
also found the name of an uncle Of
his. While in Columbia the writer
saw quite number of people that
he knew, and there were some from
Dillon. DR.. Joe Cabell Davis was
there and was carrying, it is said,
Mr.. Manning to the Asylum, but the
writer thought that Mr. McLaurin
was taking them to the three-day
cure but he watched them pass the
door of that institution and as he
has not seen either Of them since
his return he supposes that they
may have all gotten in the Pen.
| Respectfully,