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

have to sell, or at least grown Ill sui
/, fl lent quantity to feed himself and
family.
For several months I had been
promising myself trip to the coun-
try with Mr.. Mills. We agreed that
we would take trip on Wednesday
down on the Broad river side, and
while out take in the home coming
service at St. Matthews church. And
on the road stop with Mr.. H. M.
Wicker and take look at his young
orchard and his pigs and cows. The
rains have been so regular this year
and the roaus in such condition that
it has not been possible to take as
many trips to the country as had
in contemplation. But Wednesday
we went. There had not been much
rain in Newberry, but from MIR. John
SheaIey's as far down as Mr.. T. W.
Keitt's there had been pretty heavy
rain on Tuesday and the road going
was rather heavy, but then Ford
does not much care about bad roads,
it just goes. right on. And MIR.
Mills is pretty good driver and with
the shock arresters that he has on,
his Ford rides just like one Of the
big cars.
Mr. T. w. Keitt lives in the old
Wadlington place and he has the
house painted beautifully white, and
it is one of the finest and incest
country homes to be found anywhere.
One of these grand old ante-bellum
houses that was built when the peo-
pie who built such houses built them
strong and substantial, and standing
amid grove Of magnificent oaks 1t
certainly presents an appearance that
makes one feel that here is certainly
a place which makes it worth while
to live. He has the place fitted up
with all the modern ccnvenlences
such as light and water and sewer
age and that is the only way to make
life in the country worth while. And
that is the way to induce our young
men to remain on the farm and our
young women to desire to become
farmers wives. Our people in the
country have long neglected the lit
tile conveniences Of the home which
cost so little and yet add so much
to the comfort and convenience of
living, and with the automobile and
good roads, which are coming, ten or
twelve miles is not near SO far as two
or three in the other days.
We made a stop at Mr.. H. M. :
Wicker's. I have mentioned his fine
Duroc Jerseys. I wanted to see his
Young orchard. He has seven hund-
red peach trees which were planted
three years ago and are looking fine.
He expects to gather fruit from them
another year. For many years he
has sold peaches in Newberry and all
who have eaten of them know
that the quality was fine, and he had
only a few trees in his old orchard.
Just think what he will have when
these seven hundred trees begin to
bear fruit. Mr.. Wicker is not large
farmer, but 1 mention Him to show
lust what can be done in this favored
land. He also has some ten or twelve
COWS, Jerseys, which he is milking,
and the Ford enables him to bring
that milk to Newberry every day for
: shipment, and if the roads were bet
ter it would not be much of Job,
] but these cows produce about $50
worth of milk week and then they
help to improve his land. Of course
he grows some cotton and he has
some that is fine, but his main thing
is to grow feed for the COWS and the
pigs, and the cows help to feed the
pigs. Of course, if every farmer
went into the milk business it would
be over done, but every farmer can
and should grow sufficient quanti-
| ty for his own farm. Mr.. Wicker is
ten miles from town, or possibly
little further.
! st. Matthews church is nearly to
the river, some four or more miles
beyond Mr.. Wicker's. The ROAD most
of the way is bad, and after you
cross HelIer's creek it is particularly
bad. A great many of the white peo-
pie who lived beyond Heller's creek