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To Peak. For many years I have wanted to make a visit to the "White Church," or old St. Johns, near Hope's Station. Some years ago I had an invitation from Mr. J. C. Hope to come down and spend the day with him and attend service at this church and I accepted, but something came in the way and I did not go. This is the church in which Dr. May, Sr., recalls, in his sketch of my grandfather, the Rev. Herman Aull, having heard him preach and somehow I always had a desire to visit the old church. So some ten days ago when Mr. F. H. Dominick invited me to make a trip to Peak with him I gladly ac cepted on condition that he would go by this old church. We left Newberry on Sunday morn ing, DecembeT 3, in Mr. Dominick's Ford touring -car at 9 o'clock. In the party were Mr. Dominick at the wheel, Mrs. M. E. Dominick, Mr. Harry Dom inick and Mr. Jim Wilson. We went the Pomaria road and I nevier saw a car run prettier. At 10 o'clock we were at the church. The church is of the general style of the country churches at the time It was built. It was locked and no one present and I did not get Inside. Surrounding the clurch is 'a grove of hickory and state ly oaks that have stood there for a century or more. I suppose&-there is searcely another piece of landxtn eith er Newberry or Lexington county con taining so large an acreage~ -f original forest I was told that the old -igh pulpit and sounding board had been taken down in an effort to keep pace with modern progress. * From here we drove on to Capers Chapel, some three miles from Peak, where we made another stop. Mr. Dominick's father is buried here. This - is a Methodist church. The day was spent with Mr. W. M. VWlson. He has a beautiful .home on a hill overlooking the river and even the hills of Fairfield. - The view is as fine as mountain scenery. A good dinner- was serve'd which we all en joyed and to which we did full duty. Mrs. Dominick decided that she would not make the trip back with us, and I reckon it was well that she did. An automobile is a curious animal. Sometimes it goes beautifully, and when it does it goes. When it stops it stops. When it is dead it is dead, and the feeling you have when one does stop and you are many miles from home is a very lonely one. Those tires. If some one could just invent a scheme by 'which the autoist could be relieved of tire trouble his fortune ,would be made. About three miles out we had a puncture. That was a small imnatter and it was soon fixed and we were off, but about a half mile -further on we had another puncture. And when that rwas repaired there was an other just as the air was being put in. Then the third and last inner tube was put in and we put a shoe on the Stire. Of course, the reader knows what all this means. Well, we were off Sagain and everything was 'running smoothly until we were in a mile of Little Mountain when the thing shot Slike a pistol, and I think some of the people who were near thought we were shooting pistols on the Sabbath, but they soon found out better when we pulled up at Mr. Tom Derrick's to ask permission to use the phone, and -were informed that the central at Lit tIe Mountain did not do business on Sunday. I knew if I could get Joe Derrick that hie would help a fellow in distress. And he did, and I was soon talking to Newberry and calling for help. We decided to come on and did not meet the relief train until we had passed Prosperity, and we had gotten on so well in cur crippled con dition that we decided to try it on t0 Newberry. Fred and Harry and Jim worked 'beautifully and cheerfully at each - break down and kept their tempere lovely. It is wonderful how a fellovw will wade into dirt and grease to fix a ,break in an auto. And do it without complaining. I told them that I had seen a number of tires repaired but had no practical knowledge of the subject, though I. could use the aix gun slightly. The road to Pomnaria is in need ci Tepairs in many places, but it is bet ter on the Newberry side than on the Lexington, except a short stretch jus1I ' before you get to Peak. The road back by Little Mountain was in fine shape and we could have made the return trip much quicker if there had been no breaks, hmt they will come. In fact, I fe.el sometimes that they arc necessary. I was told that Supervisor Langfort had already laid out a new road from *Little Mountain to Chapin by whici he will avcid Eli grad2e crossings of th' Tailroad and for some distance it wil be an entirely new road bed. That i~ the way to do it when you go to builc en' a good road, avoid all the grade cross Daity Comj The daintiest complim and dear friend is to send as an Xmas. Greetinq. A Gift may be ever so ured for years. 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Salter (Musical Department)j ose of electing a SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. h officer for the iary for secretary On Thursday, December 28, 1911, a rs per month, and 11 a. in., I will sell to the highest bid y ($50.00) dollars der, at Jalaka, the following persons plicants for these property: Nine mules, one horse, fiv in their applica- wagons, two buggies, two log carti 1 of the board not two log wagons, one pair oxen, tw January 1- milch cows, one Thomas grain dril Cunningham, one t17m-hor.:e disc plow, househol Secn+arv. furr bre~. Terms of sale c.ash 106 1 0 Po * * --r Iii a 0 0 00 I rPP4 A T?A I -t. > . 0 P PC - 0 e 0 ; bo1 0 r ow ..o. *1 0O. *7~ cI~ @6 00 z 0 0@ I __ 0 I K I ~% go '"El ;4 .1 -J