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VOL. XXX.
WALTERBORO, S,'C, AUGUST 21, 1907.
NO. 2.
garden spot of state.
at T«IU hi • Sari— of
Articl— WkalHa Saw On • Visit to
Y—i’c lahuad tad Moffott
Perhaps there are those who will
THE GRAND SCENERY
Of tko Mo 1—tala Soctioa of North Car-
alino — Soon by % Walterfcoro££
CM-sv
While in the Land of the Sky, I
read what is here written with a, ‘ drap yen these few linos hoping they
standing question mark- It is i no red- will find yon well as they leare me
ulous and sounds like a romantic fai- tl*e same.” I armed here July 20,
ry tale. What is here written, how- pining through Ureenwosd, Laur
ever, can be verified at a email cost: ^ Spartanburg. Saluda, and Hen- • trej,n * a PP ,ip * kh ® heauti-
to any doubting Thomas. So the wri- d erlonVi || e| cropi al | we n > ful kee P* tbem ^ 1 000,(1
mountains, peaks torrou idiug of.
One of the mopt noted is “Bear Wal
low,” nearly fire thousand feet above
sea level. The scenery from this
point—grand and mystifying far
beyond my descriptive pen, poe can
see into 3 or 4 states. 2 or & hundred
acres ott top of this mountain is in
cloeed with a wire fenoe and stocked
with beef cattle A cold mountain
tar does not ask anyone to accept
what fa here said at the cost of a vi
olation of his or her ideas of how
much to believe. “Seein’s believin’ ”.
About two years ago that enter
taining and able writer, James Hen
ry Rice, Jr., published a series of ar
ticles describing the wonderful re
sources and industrirs that, magic
like, had sprung up in lower Colleton
county. At that time little was known
of the vast amount of truck produc
ed and the great amount of money re
ceived for It. Nor was much known
of the ’ men w*ho had battled
with adverse cor.Jitions for so long
to nurture and rear an infant indus
try. Even yet this industry is in its
infancy, but the swaddling clothes
are being replaced by garments of
the larger child, and the fond parents
are proud of their offspring. Ha has
pamed through the dangers of whoop
ing cough, measles, mumps and oth
er children’s diseases; and is a healthy
fine looking chap. Last year he went
to school a few days and his parents
arc proud of the progress he mede.
To explain: Certain persons of avar
ricious tendencies had been appropri
ating the products of the ingenuity
and industry of this youthful bane-
factor, and giving in return whatev
er their fancy chose to bestow. The
little fellow tired of this and as a re
sult there sprang into existence the
Trueksrs Association, having
for its aim the protecting
and fostering of the trucking
Jeduetry in lower Carolina. Conse
quently this industry has been placed
.fa a reasonably safe poaitim* with an
‘ JMurance that one’s toil will bring a
fair recompense. The Whole country
la now sitting up and taking notice.
So much by way of introduction.
There is so much to tell about this
visit to Young’s Island that one dock
not know where to begin.
. A few weeks ago, Mr. W: C. Ger- fc
aty was in Walterboro and extended
^o the writer an invitation to visit
him at his home on Young’s Island
and to spend a day or two in looking
at the crops and country. He said it
wan my duty as editor of the county
paper to familiarise myself with ev
ery portion of the county and its in-
dustries to the end that the paper be
Made interesting, in order that 1
^aright learn something of this low
country section, ne very Kincny con
tented to act as my guide on my vis
it. It has been my desire to visit this
Mnee reading Mr. Rice's
of it, so I cheerfully accept
ed Mr. Geraty’s invitation the first
- i ***-- ‘ -ma j - * 9^ —
uvn onerea wmen wm
_ 11. The Frees and
had been fanned at the ueu-
_j time and 1 felt free to indulge my-
aMf and enjoy the hospitality of thaee
good people. This visit will be long
fUmembeced^as one of the most in-
| directive and pleasant I have ever
1 was entertained at the home
l Mr. Geraty on Yeung's Island, ft
on the south Mde of the
rand, an
and at a distance
the ocean in a direct line of 4
Iks. Here his home is beauti-
located where the soft sea
lr Mow. They lire elegantly
the eoavenienceeof a mod*
111 811 «11HJ8m31 v8%BOu9 811Q
while I saw much fine cotton and
Williamson corn euroute, I cannot
say any of it excells friends Gruber’s
and May's corn in old Oolleton. Ar-
rifing at Fletcher, N C., i was met
there by Mr J 8 Williams with two
fine double seated buggies and all
arrangements made for baggage. We
immediately started for his house 8
miles in the country a hbnay set upon
a hill, ten rooms two stories high
with spacious piazzss, and fine farm,
well shocked Cattle, horses, bees.
h.gA ete., This is indeed “a land
wish t bst Bro Bod Price oould have
witnessed this grand sight with me.
And by the way, this“Bear Wallow”
tnonotain is the property oi one of our
S C citizens, Dr Burney.
Face Rock mountain is just in
front of our Hotel owned ty Mr i
8 Williams. We hare climbed to
ijia top. Beantifhl streams of water
rush over its sides, and this out
mighty rook would cover SO acres
of land if laid down. 1 found about
*5 sores of irish potatoes growing on
the east side of this mountain nearest
flowing with milk and honey.” The [ itB to P- #nd whil ® 1 cou,d hard, J
air is to light and balmy in day and •tend up straight, so steep was this
at night you reJizs the need ofsheets, moun tej n » I the land had been
blankets and spreads.^Ve are 2269 | ploughed and cnltivated by man and
feet above sea level. We hare visited l*** 1 *‘0*en , it being too sUep
Ashville, Bill more, Vanderbilt’s
mountain on kh vast and grand
estate where he has everything iu
this world that money oould fnrnish
in the most handsome style. «
Fai nr lew, a country cross roads
town sbont the siz? of Centreville or
Round, is 14 miles from Ashville, 8
mi lee from Fletchers, Arden and
Skyland. I was gratified to find a
handsome 2 story brick school house
with every convenience for teachers
and children, where a nine month’i i
school is conducted in the most,
systematic way: 2 churches Baptist
and Methodist, a Lod^e room where
*Masonry has the right-of way. I was
here bat a few hours when 1 was
mad^ to feel at home. We have been
on many picnics to varions high
M-SC-L.■
‘ 4 J B D” Writes.
Ebitor Press and Standard: An
occurrence of saveral years ago
has Just come to my attention,
which 1 think is worthy of men
tion though old.
Zeno locker, a negro, was
crossing Edita river iu a bateau
which turned over ami Tucker
went down with the boat ai d
never came to the sutfsce any
morn.
There was a freshet in
river it was a very cold ijay.
Tucker had on h^avy clothing
and a heavy overcoat. A s arch
was instituted for the body and
continued without success.
RigSteen Boot hi later some
0i*le men discovered the rule of
hisYaee on the river bank BOO
where he was drowned
his entfra body being buried in
His face it supposed
to hare bean uncovered by the
cattle^ trampling over it. The
citiseijplir und were suit tnouod
to ideaNKy the body, winch was
not a difficult task; fur he
RELATIVE TO RIDGELAND.
G. P. VA1RD IN JAIL
Ckarf«4 With Crim«» on Young's U-
UmA.—AllogoS to Havo Soid Ho
Would Cot R«Toi»f«.
G. P. Vaird, white, was committed
to jail at Walterboro yesterday.
Soctioa of Booufort County
OoocHbod by “VUitor."—A PIomorI
Day on Colo’* I •land.
Editor Press and Staudard:—A
year has passed since the writer of
these simple lines had a visit to the j charged with setting fire on Aug 13,
Ridgeland section of Beaufort coun- j to a store of the N H Blitch Co., at
ty and I’m pleased to note and write Megget’s, by Magistrate Towles, of
of the prosperous condition of the Yonge’s Island the evidenc which
people here. On every side one sees sent the man behind the bars being
I evidences qf prosperity. The sound worked up by Detective Brennan,
of the hammer reaches us continu- of the Charleston police department
ously, new houses are in course of
construction, repair is on all sides
and the painter’s brush is never
idle. Thrift and enterprise are seen
everywhere. Country friends are
moving in for business, school,
church and social advantages.
The pulpit is ably filled and
the congregations are large,
showing the Ridgeland people to be
God-loving and fearing,
Cropeare good; the recent rains
have injured cotton, but this is con
fined to low sections. However, the
farmer is not "blue,” as fine prices
are almost a realized certainty. Corn
was w ,u ma ke a fine yield, and very low
for horses or males.
Several eamsg* loads of picnic go-
ingfolks left hers last vsek for
Chimney Rook, Bst Cave and other
points on route; starting very early.
We saw the sun rising above M LitUs
Piagar” mountain which is oooof the
grand peeks ia transit After trud
ging some 5 miles, we reach d the
top of the Bine Ridge and then went
Seven miles more down grads to Bat
Cave and Chimney Rock—the
scenery iar surpassing my expectation
We htd a kodak with us and 24
films and used them all before we
ret {fried. The seven miles down grade | JTJV
rand ran paralM with the starting 1
in n perfect state of preservation price3 ^ predicted when the har-
thoroagMy petrified having no vest time comes.
ore mftnr than a piece of wood.
Now If this statement happens
to bo "road by soma body who
knows that a body oan’t
point of Broad River so small at
first that we crossed and rvcroamd
this stream with carriagss watsring
our horses in its cool runs. Arrivihg
Ridgeland’a sporting population
is wide awake to the happy advan
tages they posess, being -in easy
reach of the coast regian, where the
in 18 month#, suppose we finn y tribe abound fo ths greatest
it froze and bting bur-^* 1 ***- A happy party on pleasure
MjajUw wnJ in tl.i. condition ** , le f* her «. C °!f' 8
.«nnR lor the protcrrt'io-.
Tb. font, wero given too b, rjver whieh ^
Tnckor’i brother » few tiny. ago. roundj ^ v>lu|lble b | and . FUh,
f onjoynd that Adams Hun let- ^ r i m pe ,nd crabs were captured in
tor in yonr issue of July 31 im- plenty. At twoo.clock dinner was
monsolj and would hive replied served by a gracious host and host-
toit f bot I wss tussling with a ess and an appreciative party par-
of grip and my thiuk-1 took of a bountiful repast, consisting
was so up*»t *4t&t I'of island products entirely. There
at Bat Cave and Chimney Rock,
Young’s Island and is a thriving lit- M ^ tbu ^
tie town. There are three main spurs
from the main line having a total
length of nineteen miles. , . . A
picnic dinner on a flat reek
c<rett"MflrloU whether Theodore
Roosevelt ins elected before or
were also fine peaches and beautiful
flowers, and a gracious hospitality
that fa rarely met with, even in this
hospitable land. After an hour’s
rest, we returned to the boat. Then
was added another variety—-a shark
'*Moro Anon” takes about (he
same stand on the question of
muttml friend and fellow citisen,Pink j t, f* t Uk ® n i —md hauled in by one of the ladies
Murray. We chose to .pread our' L ' S ' 6l,e 1, » ul, ,nc °P It was readily killed and carefully
in the
before her tribunal for the stand
where f found that the Chianeyjl-o»jtioo. This is
Thursday morning ths train stop- ^ illUi lhare token and then concurs
ped at Meggett and ran out on the' MnrpR**. imn.. in “‘J enough to
Homr*wood spur as is the custom b * ck of Bro P “ k Uam l • ‘“"I - 1-
during the between seasons of shipp
ing. On alternate days a irip fa made
out the three main spurs. The Hoi-
Ungwood spur fa nine miles long *nd
extends to the farm of Mr. S. J.
Rumph. f
On boarding the train at Ravenel
luetoci
^ YreHy to tfeqr tbssw ip to ttva!
i Iriond is rfz wiIIrr from
owttorfy dhnactian 1%
• longer an island, bring
the ttototod
IMMd
1 was informed by the cond
that the train would go on this spur
and that he had been requested by
Mr. Qgraty to take me out there so
I could obeervs the crops along the
line, and that he would meet me at
Meggett on the return of the train
to that station at 2 o’clock.
Stops were made at nearly- every
bouse along the line to put off freight
sod the conductor, wboee name I did
not Isarn, very kindly instructed me
in the geograhhy of the country, and
gare the names of the residents. Thai
crop along this spur are very fine, m-
pasinlly the corn crop planted
after truck, but more will be said of
this later. About three instead of
two o’clock, we returned to Meggett
where Mr. Geraty was waiting. We
then proceeded to Young's Island,
through the rain, for of course ft
reined almost continuously from the
time we left Walterboro 811 oar re
turn Friday afternoon.
I do not wish
this week, so i.shall leave for next
brief history os the rise of the
togtoduahry frsai the Mills pitoh wf
Irish potatoes planted forty fares
and Itorire -to
p|Rtlfcf<l thfa
jrei; in!cfthariM«fairef a* the
tit
Rock section was 1000 feet lower
than where our hotel fa. Immediately
after our repost we started for the
top of Chimney Rock—which, by the
wsy, is the hardest work and the
oust perspiring job I hare accom
plished since I left the telephone w my
office; so you can lend Bro Sauls your
sympathy and aid. He certainly has
mine at this dastacoe. Arriving oi top
of Chimney Bock, after crawling
thituph holes, in ssoantaina, over
steps, through gates, the wind was
fresh sod strong. The sight—well I
lost cannot describe it. Suffice it to
sa£ I felt paid for my labor. We aM
re asked hers safety, bat badly shaken
np; fori never rode over so much
reek in n carriage before in one day.
We are looking for friends, Miss
Belli Barnard Baker, Mips (Hirer
and V r BMther form Savannah today
wUoh will be a great addition to oar
gay and happy crowd.
Meaaesay tomy ftfoode as? that
holiday fa drawing to a doe* and I
will goon he turning my foes toward
boast Should you fro fi« to ppbhsh
this in oar paper, beg oar patrons
whefa they both make their
mistakes. If they had not agreed
with me; for I would have
agreed with them; for I learned
long years ago to keep on the safe
side by agreeing with any woman
who refuses to agree with me,
and when I find myself in the
hands of two at the tame time I
would be reekleas and disregard
my own safety if 1 did oot yield
the point.
Miss “More Anon” says “We
cinnot all b* law makers or
writers of instructive pieces.”
No more can are all be teachers
or draw vivid (Ca pictures of a
dainty table spread to be so in-
terestiog and Lo! there ia noth-
thing on it to satisfy the appe
tite but pcfiatoei^Ttyr picture
of this table rifapltys^aYam gift
which if we all poassssd we
could writp antyrtainiug articles
for the papek-Alii though we
wrte but
preserved as a valuable trophy of
the day’s pleasure. Shark steak w;s
the sequel, and a fine sequel it was.
Now a word to Tee Wee: Plum?
your wing and come again. Don’t
be timid; your flight was lofty and
you will be a little shy along at first.
Just be on your p’s and q’s and then
blame the editor if you don’t come
out all right. You know that there
fa but one door to the Ravenel church
and "Adore” would rhyme with
that, and I am sure that fa the way
you meant it. And again the chicks
got mixed up too, but it muddles me
to even attempt an arrangement
here. Visitor.
met to M View am with a critic’ll
* •wtHreKirfa* ■LT'rtf **.,■*
toll leave for next * Yews truly. A 8 Moirall.
life ths
with)
re -W-W
OV8QH8 JfiTwOTre
this
had nothing to
“p,r«)n»U.”
Humb I far Q’-urgi*.
been silently watching tiouth
Parol to* with bur ‘‘Great. Morel
Inelitntion^ nH
“<• n<> 1 bod itew i 1 "* <***•*•
wanted pfafUdUot 1 , but when
the time tofib tfpe she swept
arbialMj
.Ik
And nownooree the good news
that Kentucky to nlreoet sure to
follow (Isimjto^s example in the
near fatutw! fit out out of bar
119 eoanttoa having already g
dry.
WhnwiRdfirfi tojr that South
Pwolfafr will not follow the
wirfcef rafoifialn thfifiatwo Mo-
Baptist fi. S. Convention
The Colleton Baptist Sunday
School Convention will most'at Doc
tors Creek church Friday before the
fourth Sunday in September and con
tinue through Sunday.
The committee on muric tow selec
ted the following numbers ia Gospel
Hymns to be used: £78. 668. 628,
411, 888, 387, $73. 861. 318, 804, 800.
286, 230, 229, 203,196,184, 181, 148,
98. Mrs. May Hiott,
Chairman.
The following committees were ap-
tiu
this year: On
wand A. C. Hiars.
«.rr. 0»Obituaries Rcv.CLM
G N Iwagdaleand Mas
R. fitooe
W. Way and
brethren be an
Besides the Blitch fire, which oc
curred on the evening of August 3,
doing severe damage, suspicion
points to Vaird for the big fire of
July 18, at which the factory of the
Standard Truck Package Company,
whith its contents and valable stock,
was reduced to ashes. The lost dt
thfa fire was over $100,000, while the
loss by the store fire was several
thousand dollars, besides the burn
ing of many years’ records. There
is some ground, too, for suspicion
in a third fire in the vicinity of Meg-
gett’s, when property of Mr Towles
was destroyed. The case upon
which Vaird has been nailed, how
ever, fa the Blitch store fire.
Detective Brennan left Charleston
some days ago to work up evidence
against Vaird. He returned to the
city last night, after having seen h»
man safely behind the bars in Wal
terboro to await trial in December
sa the eharga of incendiarism. No
bond could be procured for Vaird
yesterday, although he was repres
ented by lawyers. The' evidence
seemed to be strong against him.
Perhaps Vaird’s alleged statement
that he would get revenge and do
some damage was the stronger
factor that got him into the hands *
of the law. He was in the employ
of (be N. H. Blitch Company for a
year or so, but was discharged on
July 1. There wae not any par
ticular good feeling in hia heart over
the discharge. About two weeks
afterwards the burning of the big
barrel and crate factory took place,
and following that fire about two
weeks, the store o£the company at
Maggett’s was burned to the ground.
An old man who slept over the
store had a narrow eecape from be
ing cremated. He could not ace
verv well, and was nearly caught m
the smoke and flames before he could
be taken to a place of safety. He
smelt distinctly an odor of gasolene
and declared that he thought he
could make out some one running
from the building, when he looked
out of the window that night. Being
set with the Inflamahle gasolene
which appeared to be sprinkled *
libereMyumder and about the Mfis
of the store, the fire spread very
rapidly preventing the earing of any
of the contents, or thebnlkiing.
The building was valued at over
$2,000, and the contents at iem.
What was regretted especially was
the loas of accounts and papers
which had been accumulating in the
store for four or fire yean. Poet-
master Smith, at Maggtt's had Us
furniture stored in the top of the
building, end thfa was all lost.
Jtoird is a white man who coomb
from around the section where the
fire took place. The only metis*
which con be ascribed to hfa deed Is
that of revenge. He wae frfriy
well to do.
Greet relief is fa frit about Youngfo
bland in hfa arrest, because it is now
t that these fires, which tow*
occurring with alarming fre
quency, will now <
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of Vaird
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