Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1916-02-09
ACCOUNT OF VISIT.
Mr. w. T. Walton Visits Rela-
lives in Georgia and Florida.
Very Pleasant Jour-
ney.

been on a visit to Quitman, Ga. +.
and Hampton Springs, Fla, where
/ spent some time very pleasantly
with the family of my uncle, the
late Asa May, and ] thought an ac
count of my trip would be of inter-
est to some of your readers.
i left home one morning al 8
O'Clock and on reaching Augusta
|telegraphed my cousin, Brooks
Lewis, who lives in Waynesboro,
to meet me at the train. So when /
arrived his Oldest son, a fine. young
man, mel me and carried me to the
home of his father in town. Cousin
Brooks was out on his farm six
miles from town. He has a nice
family and is doing we'll in Way
|nesboro.. They seemed delighted to
have me visit them and wanted me
TO stay week.
From Waynesboro I went to Sa-
vannah. As had to stop over there
from II in the morning till six at
night. / telephoned Mr.. Walker,
the only person / knew in the city,
It'd come down to the depot. In a
shortstime he came down in his au-
tomobile and carried me to all
places of interest about the city. |
enjoyed my short stay in Savannah
with Mr.. Walker very much. Be-
fore leaving Savannah | telegraphed
Mr.ssJohn E. Morris, the husband
ofscousin Carrie May, to meet me
at the depot at Quitman, as would
not reach that place till one O'Clock
at night. Mr.. Morris and his son,
John Morris, Jr., were both at the
train TO meet me and took me to
their home. where ] found cousin
| Css still up waiting for me. The
sruiss & met the other mems
Bkef9sSf the family, two married
daughters ana their husbands. l
never have seen such affection in a
family before as they have for each
other. Mr.. Morris has his home in
the town of Quitman but has
large farm l3 miles away across
the Florida line. He stays out at the
farm during the week and returns
home every Saturday. The second
day after / arrived Mr.. Morris car
ried me down to his farm in his au-
tomobile. He luns several plows
and has 100 acres in rye and 100
acres in oats. Both crops are look
ing well. He also grows corn, cot
ton and pinders, planting nearly
100 acres in pinders every year. He
kills about 100 hogs every year. He
feeds them on the rye and pinders.
The people down there do not like
weather too cold for hogs. They salt
the meat down in large pile.
When it gets warm they spread it
out to cool off and then they pack
it down in a house with salt and
then put large block of ice in the
house. They rarely ever have any
of it spoil. This meat is more ten
der and. sweeter than our meat.
In going to Mr.. Morris farm we
went by Hickory Head Baptist
church, where Uncle Asa May had
his membership when he died. |
also went out to the cemetery to see
his and nay adnt's grave. l noticed
that he died in the prime of life at
the age of 81 years. Il went. to the
old home of my. uncle where he
lived aa the time. Of his death. 1t
was once a fine place, being owned
now by Mr.. John E. Morris, his
son-in-law, and son, Asa, who died
short time before Christmas, leav-
ing one child. a son. This child is
now living there with his aunt and
all are doing we'll. Several days
later Mr.. Morris carried me down
to- the farm that my Uncle Asa
owned before the Civil War. 1t
contained about l,400 acres and
4 when he lived there he was said to
be the richest farmer in Florida.
Seven hundred acres OF this place is
now owned by his second daughter.
After looking at this place Mr..
Morris and his brother-in-law, Mr..
Walker, and 1 took the train and
went to Hampton Spring or Sui
phur Spring. We drank the water a
day and night and 1 liked it. Many
people &c there to drink the water
and to bathe. They have large
hotel at this place. This is fat
country and there are lots of fish
and game. But / don't like the