The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-08-17

soon be thoroughly organized.
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crops over there are like III Sumter
and Lee coun'hes spotted. But there
appears to be more good corn in
Florence. good Judge ana one
whose duties taks him all over Flor
ence county. said not more thar half
as much cotton viii. be ma.ae this year
as last
From Florence to HendsrsonvilLe,
N g.. is quite a junn whica. / made
Tuesday night, reaching the land OF
the sky at o'clock. Wednesday
morning Mr.. McLaurin met me- ard
entertained me at his Summer home
We worked on the warehouse bill,
anss dl1e address for two days and. a.
half with occasional breathing. spells
when be to~k me to several points of
interest in hLs car. The delightful
weather. making fires necessary i'm
the EVENINGS MAS a stimulus to Brain
work. and my only regret w;.s that the
time was too short There were qpite
"a number of SumaE people up thexe
but was to@, busy 20 meet them. tx-
cept as We. were passing on the
strestss
ThssA appi..H; Atseybaed to BE, very.
abundant ami thare was splendid corn
in several. valleys. that we caught
glimpses of. aither from the train or
the au.o. Gaming down Friday the
crops seemed To be good in Spartan
burg oountAS but, below Union they
vera very paor.
tIday evening and Saturday cen
ing l was liept busy arranging to
have the address ald warehouse hill
tri"1ed apd given {" ~ nrceS. rpad-
ing prnnf a7d sclaunt o4t adv..eae
shce--. ,nG oihel Aork. AIy un.c r.a@
SO !Hultcu 'hat aaa a. cousi lut
dr1sVi Sonlr 5r1r. t.utiG er4,p in .Gad
mar the Ssrce Of the papers we Ixld.
ial,ored o1a So inc ssrrio E<sAy
saturday with Bro. H. Harris, fsc-.
Ter President OF. the Union and re-
Gently put un. the Executive Commit
tee for an unexpired term Of o4fe
wear | vdant to Il picnis S miles west
& Lexir glOn cosrt HOUSE, The goed,
IpeOpie oHt there We're: out two ar
three h;undred strong. Gave us a
5ountif Vi dinneT. but r,sade us pay snr
it with VwO sh,scpes each. one hefaEe.
ieating. and ola af .er. They seemed.
10 thirA that Te nee6ad to be fed to
get th9 best ostt of u4 for our altar
dinner REMARKS p.eassd them mare
than eur bef re-dinler efforts.
1T SIS about as muCtn of reVel;al iOn
to a hat coun.ry maa. 10 tarvel ainOng
the Sandh!ll. of LeXington as to SO to-
the noun rs. There are some. beau
tif'd firms and magnificent views,
ana wild ,D.iows t. give beu1ty to
thAs scenery. \ hsartier set .,s chill
dten hsve seldom seen anywhere,
and Tia. tu,ubels 0f them, f2om ba-
hies in aims 10 Youths ana maidens
Nhose thoughts we're Of lo1e. they
We're III are All bright ansl cheerful
and ha ppy
one II The teGtures WAS the fine
string band. t%o volins and Il guitar
and With the,a two Young men and Il
maid.en made music tt.at charmed us
into our hes.t efforts. 1t was not the
dnaer. but the muse and the glow
ing faces oE youth aad beauty, among
the benevolent faces of serious man
h aod and womanhood that brought
tbrth ouI best eeiors to please and
t. instruct
For miles the goOseberries grow in
r, abundance amid the stunted pines and
black jacks. Some years ago II was
| said the dried blackberry crop of
North Carolina was worth Il million
dollars Il year. 1t seemed To- me from
what | saw that tens of thousands Of
| dollars worth 90 gooSeberries are go-
ing to waste in Lexington county.
| They are gather hy thu bushels and
canned CT dried but I could not help
asking why this iudisenous crop
could not I've made to rival the cram
berry Of New England"