The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-08-10
THE HERALD AND NEWS

ing. | thought that | could make
some arrangement after | got that
far to provide the conveyance from
here to the church and back. One
If nv plans failed and felt and feel
vet that it should not, but | guess 1t
s one of those cases where l am
about to conclude that it is not al
ways profitable to be unselflsh ana
maybe | had no right to expect 1t,
he Arrangement to be made. But 1t
is good to have ncighbors who are
really neighbors in fact and deed as
veil as name. So Mr.. Rufus Bryant,
Who lives near the old home, IN taco
las bought q portion of the land, and
oy the way his most estlmable VIE IS
p sister of Nh. F"ank Devore OF
Newberry, Mr.. Bryant offered to use
,,is car and if | would drive the Ford
hat is the property of my Dro'ner-
;n-law, Mr. Zimmerman, VINO had 10
he away. the arrangement was mace.
Of course I can drive Ford. Dldn I
drive III for about seven or eight
years. So we hooked up and the 60
ing was pretty vel! but when we ar
.ived it was discovered that the ball
hearings had worked out OF one Oh
he wheels and it was dangerous 10
drive in that condition.
There I was with a Ford long
WAYS from home and no one Wiling
If course to get greasy in his Sun
Law clothes and no one could blame
.,im. So. / said to myself these Aulis
claim that they can do things and
that they will do things, so here Ii
.hc test. l got out of my coat ana
rollcd up my sleeves and at it | went
soon had the wheel of and with the
assistance of others, there are al
vays plenty of people who kno" no"
and are willing to tell you how to 40
t I put in new balls and we were
readv to move back. And l am writ
nr this with the grease from that
wheel still on my hands and that may
be the reason for the story. must
exnlain. however, that I did not get
IN the Job until after the Dinner
hour and that. l heard a good ser
mon in the morning by the Rev. II. d.
Black, president of the South caro-
lima synod. But I did not remain Tor
he afternoon service as it looked
like rain and I did not know what
snrther trouble l might encounter
and it was we'll. The thing ran
beautifully until we were within two
miles of home and then it just
stonpcd turning, and there l was IN
sbe middle Of the road and all that
knew and all that could DO the
engine would mot turn over. 50 MI
3rvant hauled us all home IN TWO
loads and we sent the wagon ana
nules back after the Ford. They say
that it runs beautifully for Mr.. TIM
norman and it may be that cars are
like animals you must have them
properly hooked up to make them
pull together in the right sort OF
snirit. But we made the trip and
the cid folks were enabled to attend
heir old church at the beginning OF
"big'' meeting the second Sunday
in August. Just ore year ago on
his same trip my old III suffered a
blow out about yard long just be-
fore we cot to the church, but went
in on the rim and managed to get an
old casing and with the use OF
"shoes" got home all right. 1t was
then that / resolved to put on those
alTlcSS tires ana L ulu. LIN iNS
time | make this trip | am gong to
drive my own Chevrolet.
But when you contemplate the
road to this church you can scarcely
hnd fault with even a Ford for halk-
inc lust little. 1t is about the limit
to bear even the name Of road. Fart
in Greenwood county and part II Sa-
luda county. Distance ten mules.
One of the bad hills on this road is
cross laid with slabs on puncheons
after the manner of fixing bad and
wet places in the road 40 or 81
wears ago when there was habit OF
making 'stay" bitches across the
road to keep the hills from washing
out in gullies. And some of the hills
arc of solid rock with crags and
POINTS sticking up from six inches
foot ~, ,,,ora RIt we went and