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Coiumbia, SC.
Correspondence Of the Herald.l

COLUMBIA, January 3lst 1913
o@"mo'a' o. caroi'na-DesGiption- Populate ton
| Trade, &c.
DEAR BENNETT
As you have no correspondent in this place take
the liberty of writing you these few lines hoping 70
be the means of giving some information concerning
the seat of government of the great State of South
Carolina. as she is proudly termed by some of her
Senators and Representatives.
Columbia is large town, containing about six
thousand inhabitants Cat this Of the year, but
not SO many during the summer months) about one
third OF whom are negroes. II is beautifully sua-
ted upon elevated ground, being upwards of six hun
dred feet higher than the city of Charleston; the
streets are wide and handsomely laid out running at
right anglesto each other, and tastefully orna-
mented with trees, which gives them during the
spring and summer months, highly pleasing aspect.
The waters OF the Broad and Saluda rivers unite at
this place, and form the Congaree most beautiful
river, whose romantic banks rich treat to the
eve OF the lover OF Natures works. On the banks
OF the Saluda, near its junction with the Broad
river, is the Saluda Factory, fine building
three or four stories high, where cotton our ssple
product, manufactured into baggng, shirting, &c
About TO persons employed in this factory.
three Ourths of whom negroes, it being stand
ing rule here to substitute the labor of negroes for
white labor, whenever and wherever 1t is practi-
cable. The cotton crops tor the past year, have
been the finest and most productive that have been
known in this State tor many years; IN tact better
from four to four and one-half cents per pound
and still is apparently on the decline.
Last year also very favorable to the raising
of Turkies, large drOves of them come to town
every week one drove which came IN last week
numbered seven hundred fine fat fellows, the COM
mon price for them here is from fifty to seventyiivs
cents per head they TRANSPORT turkies tor hundreds
OF miles, by driving them the same as hogs sheep
| or other cattle.
| This place is well supplied with water by means
| OF pipes throughout the Town leading from reser-
VO1r hOut halt nj q n rpe in
your city This reservoir is supplied from a never
failing spring Of the pures and most excellent water
| that. ever drank. In my opinion it far exceeds
the famous Knapp's spring water in your city, and
my dear General. only wish that you were hero
to Judge for yourself We have hydrants in the
most public streets similar to those in your city for
the ext.ngushment OF fires. Just without the limits
/ OF Columbia. but Immediately adjoining The north
end of the place is collection of some seventy to
one hundred houses commonly known as Butcher
Town" A very appropriate name wthal, for the
| residents are many of them by profession butchers;
| all the slaughter houses TO be found here, and
at the shortest notice, if required here will cattle
verted into meat suitable for the palate OF en-
peror, what is most difficult of all, of AL
derrnan.
The north end of Columbia is commonly known
by the appellaton of Cotton Town, and p very
suitable one 1t is too, inasmuch as all the mer-
chants who deal in the staple product keep their
stores in this end OF the town. great trade is
carried on here; oftentimes one hundred Wagons
may be seen in the streets loaded with cotton,
which is exchanged partly for cash, and partly Tor
various kinds of merchandise suitable TO the wants
| of South Carolina farmer.
| A short distance further to the south or lower
| end, and more in the heart of the town, is a range
of buildings known the "Brick Range
| 1t is called the Brick Range, because the houses
on both sides of the street for The length of square
(about FIVE hundred feeD built Of brick, whereas
most of the houses in Columbia are built of wood.
II was here that the late fire occurred, which de-
stroyed about sixty buildings, most of which
now rebuilt.
II is in this part of the town that the dry goods,
jewellery, and fancy stores are mostly kept Here,
on pleasant days, may be seen the fight, airy, and
sylph-like forms and fair faces of our Columbia
ladies' (dear creatures who come some foot, but
by far the greater number in carriages, to make
purchases for themselves and (such as have any
families BY the way, as | am almost a stranger
here, have as yet made no acquaintances among
the tsir Coumbians; but intend doing so shortly,
as am, like yourself. General, great admrer Of
the ladies, though not like you, possessed OF one
whom can call my own. B. p.