The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1935-08-15

ing old church. 1t was so quaint and
old that we decided to stop and look
it over, induced to do so partly by The
ancient graveyard that nestled amid
hoary old trees on the opposite side of
the highway from the church.
The old church was a white frame
hui ding Of considerable height. the
front thereof flat and unadorned by
anything in the way of a porch or
awning As we stopped, an old negro
made his appearance and obligingly
impaired information to us. He invited
us to enter, which we did. and we
found very plain but neat white IN
terror, the pews all enclosed, with The
entrance to each pew through swing
ing gate. The pulpit occupied high
position in the front Of the room. A
balcony ran around three sides of the
interior.
Bronze plaques told us that here
much of historical interest had trans
pired The old church was at Midway
and the Midway Congregational church
was erected in 1892, the congregation
having been organized in 1754 by de-
scendants of an English colony which
came first to Massachusetts in 1880, to
Connecticut in 1885, to South Carolina
in 1895 and to Georgia in 1852 The
present church was built on the same
spot as one that was burned by the
British in 1778 A bronze plaque says
that This church has given to her
country Sc ministers Of the gospel and
seven foreign missionaries. Midway
was the cradle of revolutionary spirit
in Georgia and two of her sons were
signers of the Declaration of Independ-
ence.' The plaque was placed by the
Brunswick chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution and descend
ents of the Midway colony
In the old cemetery across the road
way there were many blackened and
crumbling tombstones marking the
resting places Of patriots who had had
prominent parts in the shaping Of a
new nation when that new nation was
being carved out of the wilderness
Noon of that day found us entering
Savannah, progressive city on the
Savannah river, not SO very far inland
from the ocean. Here we encountered
our only real motor trouble on the
entire 5000 miles but the luck Of The
traveller overlook us in this pleasant
city and we were forced to spend a day
and half there waiting for car repairs.
During that time we found lodging in
what had been beautiful old South
ern mansion. The present-day traveller
finds many fine places all through he
South and East opened to tourists.
They are called tourists homes. The
accommodations are of the very best;
it is like entering ones own home;
fine, large, airy bedrooms, lovely bath
room accommodations, every comfort
and convenience one could desire.
The tourist home in which we lodged
in Savannah had been built by a
wealthy Southerner, who had wife, a
family of children and many servants
But the children had grown to man
hood and womanhood, had married and
wandered away The husband had died
leaving the widow with a large man
sion to be occupied by herself and the
servants. That was more than she
wanted, so she had moved to smaller
quarters and had leased the old man
sion to young couple who were max
ing business Of lodging travellers
A Bit of Vernacular.
On the morning of our departure we
were waiting for taxi to take us
down to the garage where the car was
being repaired We were visiting on 2
beautiful large porch with the young
landlady, when Mrs Rowe inquired the
names of the large shade trees stand
ing in the yard The young lady named
them, when one of us remarked that We
didn't have such trees in the North.
then espied an old negro nanny walk
ing along in stately dignity about hall
block away and carrying large
basket on her head Whereupon re-
marked, And there's something else
that we do not see in the North in
dicating the old negress.
"Oh, that" replied the young lady
You can see niggers down Aarn-tntins
things around on their haids all the
time Another example Of the South
ern dialect.
AT Savannah we found our frs