The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-23

Town and COUNTY news
Letter From Mr.. f. w. Dabbs.

Letter From lf. r. w. DdUOs.
gTryon, Aug. 16.-owing to the
bad roads from Black River to Dali
izell and from the Sumter line to
Boykins' mill, returned last Sat
urday by way of Mayesville. st.
Charles, Meanwhile, Hammett's x
Roads and the Bishopville-Camden
road IL miles west Of Bishopville.
To this point we saw numerous
signs of floods OF rain in the past
| few days. In fact signs of big rains
were plentiful to Kershaw but be-
ing on better kept up roads did not
slow US down as on this short cut.
We saved 4 miles over going by
Bishopville and three miles over
gcing by. Sumter, and had a better
road than either. From kershaw
to the mountains there have been
no hsayy rains, just good seasons
We reached Mr.. Glascock's just
above Ft. Lawn at II o'clock, 4 IL
hours for the trip That afternoon
Mr.. Glascoek and 1 went to Ches-
ter over the Calhoun highway from
F't. Lawn. It is not SO good a road
as the Great Falls road. Visited
several farms and talked with the
owners about cattle and boil Wee
wills. The weevils will cut their
crop very much like Sumter's crop
was cut last year. There is much
good corn on the. road all the way
up from John Wilson's near Brick
church to the mountains.
found the distance from Spar
tanburg to Salem only 2.s miles
greater by Lancaster to Chester,
than by Great Falls.
Sunday we attended service at
Neeiy's Creek, the big A. r. P,
church to which the Glascocks be-
long. It is fine church, with large
congregation Of fine looking people.
Many children and young people.
A good preacher, who believes ip
the Bible as the word of God and
the only rule of faith and prac-
itice. This section is thickly set
tied with prosperous farmers. some
of whom have accumulated wealth.
At night we went to the closing
service of a protracted revival
meeting at Harmony, a large brick
church that would do credit to any
small city. The cemetery contains
3 or. acres extending along the
public road. It is the best kept
country grave yard I know Of ex-
cept Bethel near oswego, and is
fully as clean and neat as Bethel.
There are many neat tombstones
and some fine monuments, the
finest to jim Nunnery who was kill
ed in France is near the center Of
the grounds.
There must have been a hun
dred autos on the grounds, some
from Chester % miles away. This
is a strong Baptist church and the
pastor, DR.. Pittman, was raised In
the community. His sermon was
a strong one. presenting phases of
:thes subject of eternal punishment
that L had never heard before and
all backed by the Bible and OBJ
'servations Of everyday life that
can not be gainsaid. His text was
And these shall go. away into
everlasting punishment; but the
righteous into life eternal" Again
a big congregation of fine looking
men and women with many chill
DIRE to carry on the good work OF
their parents. On account of this
being a thickly settled country, the
farms are not so large as in some
sections, and many young men
and women are constantly going
out to bless other sections. Har-
mony is about two miles south of
the York Chester line and Neely's
Creek about the same distance
north of the line. I was glad of
this opportunity to see more Of
the farms and people than when
just passing through.
Monday morning we came on to
Tryon by way of Rock Hill, York
and Kings Mountain. The road
from York to Kings Mountain wos
very little better than from Fort
Lawn to Chester, and the distance
% miles farther to Spartanburg
makes it not worth while except
for what one can see Of the crops.
We reached the Refuge about 1876.
It had turned warmer and this
part Of the trip was more fatiguing
than Saturdays. While we were
having foods of rain in Sumter
county. Lancaster, Chester, York,
Cherokee. Spartanburg and Polk
county. n. c., were having scatter
eel showers. Some farmers COM
planning of lack Of rain. Mr..
Glasscock said the seasons about
his place could not have been
better. Tuesday and today we a.e
in the clouds and light showers.
E. w. Dabbs.
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