Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-08-25
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
CLEAN sprINGs. Arc 10Th. 1859

GLENN SPRINGS, ArG 10Th, 1889.
DEAR REApEEs:-Being absent from our edito-
rial post for short time up-country excursion,
we have thought that il would BE- dutfu in u.s. and
perhaps agreeable to you, if VIC should pen a few
observations, in passing, upon matters and things in
general, and transmit them to you through the col
utnn. Of Tic -idrertiser. Without further preface
we will proceed to do rery briefly what we have
thus briefly indicated
The first day Of our journey barely took us out
of the territory Of Edgcfrld and we could bu,
remark, as we pa.scd over hill after hill and vale
after vale" Well, this is u great old district Of
ours, in point Of size at any rate" And the re-
Election arose TO our mental vision that perhaps this
very circumstance of size'' may have had much
to do with imparting to Edgcfcld whatever degree
of prominence and influence she has enjoyed among
her surrounding sisters. ais it so, is it not 30 ~
is, We presume, the question ancng the folks at
home about this time, if VIC may Judge by the de-
inonstrations made by our Saluda friends a few
days previous to departure. We incline to the
affirmative side Of the question-but will reserve
our opinion for 4 while. This however has nothing
to do with our journey-afrad We shall make a
very irregular way-side scriLblcr.
To return howcver-we were highly delighted
with the charming appearance of the corn crop on
the Saluda side OF Edgefeld. It is certainly the
best our farmers have had to boast Of for many
years. We saw scarcely field which was not
toleraby fair-very many Of them were fine, and
not few (our friend RrcliARp psoN's low-grounds
for instance) were really super-fine. We learn,
from very general enquiry, that this entire portion
of our District is becoming blessed with glorious
abundance. Thanks be to the great Gvsr of all
good Unless some unexpected disaster should
occur, the hungry mouths of both men and beasts
will be plcntifuy filled for the next twcvc-month
1t has been thought by many that the cotton crop
of this year will be an unusually shor, one, and we
have hitherto leaned to that opinon-pcrhaps do so
still But We certainly have seen some very beau
tful fields Of cotton since leaving home, as well as
some very ordinary ones. One thing however at
tractcd our attention partcularly-and it was, that
the proportion of cotton planted, OH the road We
travelled, seemed TO view to be unusually limit
ed, whereas the corn-felds were many and cxtcn-
sFe~"uISh goes stl Iurtler 10 eStl0-
lish the fact Of an abundant grain crop
What We have said above Of the Saluda crops,
will apply with equal truth to the entire country
which we have passed in reaching this place.
So much for agriculture
a word now about the roads. The biggest hall
of the one travelled, in getting up to CHArrELL's
Bridge, was rather miserabc-ccrtainly the anti
pode of turnpike "Why, tell nc, Why" dc
no. the g Commissioners of the roads," for good
old Edge6eld, see to it that our public highways
are put in better order' Why do they per'ni, one
single day. of the twelve allotted by law to rcmaih
unused as long as our roads are so wretchedly
rough and uncomfortable We earnestly wish for
the day, when progress" shall be the word, with
respect to this matter, well with improvement.
of somewhat higher but not more useful charae'
ter. And here We must say, that the Districts
above Edgc6eld fur surPass her in the quality o.