The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-06-14
WHITMIRE CORRESPONDENT AT
DUE WEST COMMENCEMENT
Lives Over in Memory the Days OF
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Whitmire, June 13.-We wonder II
any one missed the Whitmire news
last week. Perhaps not. Sometimes
| even the most humble are inclined to
feel their Importance. Then some
really great person passes over the
river and everything wags right on.
1t seems that even the great are not
I; missed any more than finger would
be when it had been thrust into the
sea and withdrawn. 1t brings feeling
of sadness to know that when we step
out from our places some one else will
step in and fill them perhaps better
than we did. But have you ever wish
ed you could call back your youth and
tread once again in those paths where
you then walked. Well, just such a
feeling got the better of your humble
scribe and on Saturday, June l, she
boarded the train for Due West in or
der to call back sweet memories of
college days and to look again into the
faces of those dear relatives and
friends who are left in Due West. To
stand at the foot of the handsome
monument to a sainted uncle, Rev.
w. NJ. Grier, D. D., and see in the city
of the dead the lesser monuments to
the dear departed.
We had a long tiresome wait IN
Greenwood, but managed to get a
glimpse of the governor as he
stepped from our train, to see
the great crowd of people waiting to
hear the speech and to hear the loud
hurrahs for Blease. We pushed our
way through the surging mass of peo-
pie and swung on to heavy suit case
which we did not let get out of sight.
You know the train from Donnalds
does not go into Due West on Sabbath
day, and we knew that if the suit case
was misplaced we would not have a
costume in which to listen to the bac-
calaureate sermon. We reached our
destination about sun down and found
loving daughter ready to embrace US.
While in the little city we were the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Jas, S. Moffatt.
1t was a great pleasure to again see
them in their home surrounded by
eight bright, healthy, happy children,
some now grown to manhood and wo-
manhood. The doctor, with all of his
arduous duties has time to be de-
voted husband and a patient, loving
father. and Jennie, such a pretty mid
die aged woman reminded me of this
incident: A lady who for many years
had had charge of female seminary,
and had sent from it into life many
hundreds of young women called them
together on a special occasion. When
they were seated before her she arose
and said: "Well, girls, l know your
faces, but | can't remember your
names. But many of you have chang
ed your names. 1 can tell at a glance
by your handsome appearance which
ones of you have married and 1 will
advise all of the single ones to pro-
ceed at once and get married"
We dined on Tuesday at Prof. P. L.
Grier's. The guests were many and
covered a range of territory from
Jacksonville to Philadelphia. Prof.
and Mrs. Grier have handsome home.
Time has dealt gently with them and
the children are of great promise.
We spent a delightful evening with
Prof. and Mrs. Edgar Long. He and
Agnes seem perfectly happy and are
filled with JOY and pride over Eleanor
Reynolds, the first baby. They have
bought and are beautifying the old
home of DR.. W. NJ Grier. So many
fond, yet sad, recollection crept over
us as we walked in its rooms a nd
strolled in the yard that we could