The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-09-12
Mr.. ]. H. P. Cromer,s Generation.

pdIlS, VI CciulOS, dliu ~ CiS DC0AAAiAAdS
of e;;ch canto he attached a paragraph
called the Introductory which has no
definite CONNECTION with the story, but
is almost universal in its application.
The Introductory to eanto three 50
nearly expresses tae sentiment that
We wish to express that we would
gladly have the reader review these
verses at this point.
Time rolls his ceaseless course.
The race of you're, Who danced our in
f ncy upon their knee,
And told our marvelling boyhood
:, legends store
OF their strange ventures Mapped by
land Or sea,
Hew are they plotted from the
things that be! -:
How few, all weak and withered OF
their force,
Wait on the verge of dark eternity,
Like stranded wrecks, the tide re-
turning hoarse,
To sweep them from our sight.
Time rolls his ceaselecc course.
Day in and day out time rolls on.
How strange and true we never real
ize how fast the moments fly! And
in this cycle of events, we are too
prone to forget how inevitable is the
supersession of one generation by
another. What a few of the school
toys of sixty years ago can we find
today! Where are the hosts of play
mates of 1856? The sadly few who re-
main, wait like stranded" for the
returning tide to sweep them from our
sight.
Very distinctly is this noticed IN
the lists of our "old vets" Every
wear on memorial day several do not
respond to the roll call and their
names are read from the death list"
they have beep enrolled in eternity.
And a sad true Thought for every
"boy who wore the Grey is next
memorial day l may not can respond.
Slowly but surely they are passing TO
the Great Beyond"
There are no. sharp dividing lines
between two successive generations.
In fact, there are various conceptions
as to the number of years that elapse
during a generation. Some would
say seventy years; some, sixty; some
fifty, but thirty-three seems tie logical
number. However, there is a rule
which is comparatively certain ind1-
cation of one generation gone ana
another co1ne-an old dwelling set
aside or torn down and a new one
constructed.
Not very long ago, our community
lost one of its Oldest and most faith.
fl citizens, Mr. ]. H. P. Cromer'
schoolboy of sixty years ago. But not
knowing of his death, one could tell
that his generation had been super
seeded. for the old house is being set
aside and a new one bcilt. What
few of the late Mr. Cromer's school
mates survive! What few Of such
old dwellings remain inhabited!
",rime rolls his ceaseless course"
Just a few word about this OLD
log dwelling. First, let it be distinct
" understood that no reflection Is
cast upon the old nome because 1t Is
called a log house. Remember TWO
things, it was built Of logs because
that was the style in those days ana
that it.was built during or about the
unfavorable times of reconstruction.
AS we had begun to say, this is typl-
cal old fashioned log house consist
ing of a small main body and Two
shed rooms. The logs are he"n anu
knotchd at the ends, and perhaps IL
would be of intrest to some to know
that those who carried up the cor
ners" were T. L. Wicker, Adam Felix
er. J. H. Harmon and W. F. Suber'
at the building of the new, how many
builders of the old survive? Mr.. Su-
ber has been so strangely honored
and Divinely blessed as to be the one
survivor of the crew, and Mr.. SuDer
has done some work on the new
house. This old building was one OF
the very few to Withstand the destruc-
tive cvclone which swept away st.