The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-08-08

trial Justice in his neighborhood for a
generation or more, and we believe
had the record of never trying
case, he always managed to get
settlement among the neighbors, if
they had sufficient differences to go
to court. The old house is deserted
now, no one living there.
The church building at St. Mat
thews was completely blown away
some years ago when hurricane
struck that section of the county,
but another building was erected and
now there is large membership and
the congregations are always large
and are intelligent. When we arrived
the service had begun, and young Mr..
John Stuck was telling of his expert
ences in going over seas and after
he landed. The service was home
coming welcome service to the boys
who had served in the army from
this section. It was joint service
for the Methodist and Lutheran
churches, but the Rev. Mr.. Mason,
the Methodist pastor, was absent on
account of sickness in his family,
and the service was in charge of the
Rev. Enoch Hite, the Lutheran pas
tor. Mr.. Stuck is not member of
this church, but is from the commun-
ity. He told very interesting and
true story of his experiences from
the time he was shipped at New York
until the signing of the armistice.
He did not get into the fighting and
was not ordered to the front until
about ten days before the armistice
was signed, but at that time he was
in and around Verdun where there
was some heavy fighting. He gave
very interesting and well told &C
count of his experiences and it was
listened to with much interest by the
large congregation present, they
knew the~young man as one of their
boys, which added to the interest
they had in the story. And then 1t
is always interesting to be told of
such experiences as one has in war.
President S. J. Derrick of New
berry college was present and ne
spoke and made very strong and
Thoughtful address. He spoke of the
many problems that are before the
people today, and the great unrest
and said that it needed ballast and
the only ballast that would keep the
old ship from rocking to pieces was
the old time religion and the doc
trines contained in the New Testa-
ment, and that the church needed the
ballast of the Christian school and
college. He told the people Of the
difficulties at Newberry college the
past year, but; that the old college
was stronger today than in her his
tory, stronger in the hearts of her
frie ads and the church, and that he
expected very large enrolment the
coming session. There is no reason
why there should not be- a very large
enrolment if the expense is no more
than President Derrick said it would
be, for that is almost cheaper than
the boys and girls can live at home
in these days.
Then there was the dinner recess
and the social session in the after
noon in the beautiful grove sur
rounding the church. And it was a
real good old Newberry county din
ner, of all the goods things to eat
that the good women of Newberry
know so we'll how to prepare. And
I was so we'll taken care Of at the
dinner that I felt just like l do at
any place in Newberry county, right
at home.
This section of the county is the
original home of the Hendersons and
the Cromers and the Subers and the
Dickerts and Eargles and the Leitz-
seys and the Bundricks and the Wick
ers and the Davidsons and many
more good people. On the return
trip Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Folk in
sisted that we should detour for a
half mile and 60 in by his home and
get some watermelons and canta-
loupes, he said there was no one at
home but that we would ind this
fruit on the piazza. Well, we went
and there it was in abundance, and
we loaded up with few melons and
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