The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-05-15
Hagood Goes Travelling.

E. Derrick, pulled out from Dinkins'
Mill for Greenwood to attend the
State Sunday school convention. 60
ing by way of Camden and Columbia
with stop over i'm the latter place
Of two hours.
Small grain from home to Cam
den promises well, and from home to
beyond Columbia all crops were
planted. "A bad beginning makes a
good ending" But we had a good
start for from the mill TO Columbia,
speaking nautically, the sailing was
splendid, and even twenty miles be-
yOnd, to the line Of that most excel
lent of counties. Newberry, it was not
indifferent, but from there our trou-
bles began to multiply, with very
smart gentleman misdirecting us at
Dyson. Going at a snaiTs pace we
came upon batch of negroes and
inquired: How are the roads s?''
Purity good, sah." Two hundred
yards further on we came upon a
party stock still, mired, and looking
back saw our batch of negroes COM
ing to pull us out. We did not get i'm
and they got no fee from us or the
others for we got them out When we
were well up i'm Greenwood county the
roads began to improve and so tired.
worn sick and hungry we arrived in
Greenwood about $50 %. m. and found
tremendous crowd come together
On Friday morning your correspond
ent took the interurban to William
| ston from whence afoot he proceeded
TO Wmteheld, community half way
between that place and Anderson
where live the Bowlands, Armstrong;,
hnights, Kays, BreaZeals, etc. a great
fine people, few of whom are blood
red Bleaseites. We found the people
here busily planting corn and cotton.
having been delayed by the wet of
April. All this country has been
| hard hit i'm its small grain by the Sc
nun sympathizer anywhere i'm that
'and but here in my own county, the
ola Game Cock county, are people
who, in these times of stress. when
one holds his breath in painful sus
pense, are declaring IF they put me
at the front never a bullet of mine
would do those innocent people harm.
NO matter if he's my brother, my eld-
er brother, NOT religiously; (Jesus
Christ was the worlds greatest dem
ocrat) and Hun sympathizer | have
no use for him, because he's a Judas
he's a traitor to my country he's a
worse tory, he's my deadly enemy. a
snake in the grass, waiting his op-
portunity to do his devilish work.
brlw the lines. draw the lines
with the sheep on the right and the
goats ON the left. Separate them.
we're winter In all our travel we saw
only three or four fair lots of wheat
| and only one lot of good oats.
"HOw's politics?" They say 1--WE
are not discussing politics. How's
| the war;"
This is great people. if some are
bieaseites. They are patriotic to the
last drop of their blood, and no slack.
ers, not a bit of it, leave off Hun
sympathisers.
We know of one little farmer. not
more than three horse, two we think.
who took eleven hundred dollars in
bonds and thrift stamps, and he is
not alone.
Another. who would have been at
he front had they let him. told the
writer and he meant it, that he would
supply his brother, gone to the front
with all he needed if the govern
ment would only put it to him. We
never saw or heard of a Stacker. a
and keep them separate. They are
not of us though they went out from
us. and as Christ had no concord
with Belal, so have Americans
no concord with these. That was a
splendid cartoon in the State of the
Sth, and we'll illustrates the present
attitude of many of these pseudo
citizens. But enough of this.
Mesdames j. l.. jackson and Cbas
sanders, who are working for the
Liberty bonds and whose BOYS are
NJ and going to the front, spent May
| lst with Mrs. III. G.. Bethea.
A wounded captive Hun officer.
| under treatment Of gentle French
| nurse, i'm appreciation Of her service