The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-05-05
TRIP THROUGH COUNTRY TO
CHARLESTON AND WAY

A party of five, Mr.. and Mrs j. V.
Clary and daughter, Ruth, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. A. Matthews, were motored
by Mr.. Clary in his Maxwell car
, through the country to visit relatives
at different points. We left Newber-
ry Wednesday a. M, at $40 o'clock
Got to Columbia $40. One Of the
party visited DR.. McIAtosh to get a
prescription to enable US to continue
the trip. Left Columbia II o'clock.
arrived at Eutawville, a distance of s.
miles from Columbia, at o'clock.
Made one stop just before reaching st.
Matthews to eat our lunch and pay
5 cents for bucket of water, simply
because we did not care to walk
across plowed ground to get it our
selves.
We kept the State road from Co
lumbia to st. Matthew'S 1t was SIM
ply grand, one could not realize they
were travelling at the rate of So to
40 miles an hour We left the State
road short distance below ST. Mat
thews, but found them very good
| from there to Eutawville. We rested
a short time with relatives then mo-
tored 10 miles farther to an o,1 plan
tation home to spend the night, ar
irving there about 5 o'clock. That
night the party weat fishing on the
pond in front of the house
Every plantation home has its own
pond and boats. The boats are ar
ranged with gasoline lamps with
powerful refectors, which throw the
light to the bottom Is to 20 feet Deep
where there seems to be no limit to
the fish. They use fsh-gig, which
has a handle Is to 20 feet long, re-
sembling hoe handle with the gig
at the end One kneels in the boat
and throws the gig; aiming at the
fish. One familiar with the use Of
the gig seldom fails to land his fish.
Those weighing less than pounds
are thrown away and considered
worthless. The trout caught usually
weigh 16 to 18. pounds. Two of these
fish make huge platter full. 1t was
amazing the amount of fish our party
could get rid of so quickly. The FISH
baskets were full every a. N. We had
quantities of fish for every meal.
Thursday a. m. we left for Charles
ton at S:20 O'Clock distance of SO
miles by way of Pinopolis and Monck's
Corner where one of the party had SO
many school mates living. After leav-
ing Monck's Corner for a number of
miles we found the roads terrible.
They were being worked with an en-
CINE and scrapes. We had huge piles
of dirt and trash to run over expect
ing every moment puncture. Mr..
Clary was such an expert driver we
reached the State road in safety We
were then 18 miles from Charleston.
We arrived there IL o'clock, ready to
hunt lunch-room
After being refreshed, We called
upon relatives, viewed our dear old
Confederate college on Broad street,
then motored over the city in every
direction, we did not need guide,
there. We found old st. Michael's
clock silent We visited the battery
and wharfs, the latter place we found
two battleships and a huge relief
boat, but we were not allowed to go
over them. It was fun watching the
fishing boats come in laden with the
fish caught during the a. m. So many
large SudIhS, WHICH HClO oOHo cS SOO1
as they were cut up. We wanted to
visit the Isle of Palms. The boat did
not leave the city until o'clock and
returned at 5, too late for US to make
our return trip home. We started
the Magnolia gardens but found when
we reached the cemetery it was 22
miles from there which would take
US that far out of our way. So, we
began our trip home another way
keeping the State road to Holly Hill,
by way of Summerville, then on to
Eutawville and the old plantation
home distance of 64 miles.
Just before reaching Summerville
we had to wait short time for the
road to be cleared Two automobiles
collided; and were splintered. One
contained people, two of them
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