The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-08-30

The church is scne three miles be-
yond Pleasant Lane from our home.
This is the original home of the
Timmernans and Lieutenant Govern
or Zimmerman is cf the same
famiIy, and this is where Turkey
Creek and Stevens Creek flow on to
the ocean and here the Timmermans
end the Outz and the Dorns all set
tied when they came from the Old
world to make their home in this
beautiful new country. and here their
descendants have lived and prospered
and still live and are prospering. It
is long way from railroads and
towns lbut is thickly settled with good
sturdy white farmers who make good
livings and board at home. And are
happy and contented. .
After the preaching arrangements
had been made for the children of, the
late n. D. Zimmerman and his wife
Eliza beth Pope Abney Zimmerman 20
meet and have sort of family re-
union. Each family prepared the din
rer and it was spread under the
beautiful oaks in the yard Of the home
Of one of the daughters not far from
he church and right at Pleasant
Lane, Mrs. L. c. Miller. I was just
a family gathering. All the children
were there except Mr Jerome P.
Zimmerman and Mr. ". II. Tim
norman. Those present were A.
u. Zimmerman and his wife and
do~rrtor. f. I. Tino~nr'aan and wife
AID children. J. z. linn a,',,c2c. ,,c. cn1
wife and children, Mr.. and Mrs. B. E.
Zimmerman and family, EFF L
Zimmerman, Pearce Zimmerman and
family. Mr.. and Mrs. L. G. Miller, Mr.
snd Mrs. S. NJ. Cooper and family.
There are two sisters and eight
brother living. Mr. F. L. Zimmerman
is a LARGE planter and operates a large
country store at Pleasant Lane. Mr.
7 R. Zimmerman is the popular aud
itor Of Fdgefeld county and is run
n:ng this year for reelection without
opposition. Mr.. A. D. Zimmerman
l:ves near Dyson and Mr.. S. N. Cooper
= t',a magistrate at Ninety Six. The
o-hers are prosperous farmers who
live in the neighborhood of Pleasant
Lane excent Mr.. Jeff Zimmerman who
is now living in Greenville.
# was just family gathering and
2 good picnic dinner prepared by the
cod women of the family. 1t is
beautiful to see the kindly feeling
which exists among the members OF
the family and the loyalty cf the one
to the other %hich is something that
always appeals to me in the members
Ct any family I do love to see broth
e-s and sisters and parents and child
dren loyal the one to the other. IN
fact loyalty about which we hear SO
rcnch in this day must begin in the
howe if it is worth the while. Well,
it was a pleasure to be with these
eccd people if for on!y few hours
ard 7 am glad CT the opportunity 70
hove met them all and to have been
with them on this occasion.
The Dixie highway that is building
f-or1 Florida to the "ountains is TO
mass within a couple miles Of Pleasant
] ane They need some roads down
in this section. We complain about
the condition of the Newberry roads,
hrt they are fine comnared to the
roads in this section, but the roads
ave coming. Every one has an auto
mobile or Ford now and that means
the speeding of the building of good
roads.
We drove, back to DvScn in the af-
ternoon and instead IF coming 20
Nowberry that afterrocn 7 spent the
night and.can,e hor'e Monday morn
ing. and nv vacation erded. Mrs. A.
\. .Timmerman and her daNghte". Miss
Tr1ia Zimmerman car"e along with US
and spent few days.
Talking about ~nadr the "ha;rgan"
in charge of Ny. Careron is ncw eE'
~nqea in hrildinG he road from ChaI-
nalls to the Williams place end il