Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-03-31
AUGUSTA..HER TRADE.


and useful city. Besides being decidedly the most
prominent and popular Business mart of Georgia,
Augusta is rapidly growing to be one of the mort i'm
portant market towns of the Southern States. Her
railroad connections running out in almost every
direction, making her Of the most consdera-
BILE depots Of southern produces and this central po-
sition under the auspices Of good banks and high
order of business energy md Skill is steadily work.
ing out for her commercial future, which must re-
dound greatly to the prosperity of her own people and
to the advantage of all her surrounding country
Already doos she afford facilities in many departments
of trade which few Northern towns and mono in her
own latitude, cnn surpass. Her cotton merchants
her produce dealers, her grocers her drygoods men,
her manufacturers and her mechanics are superior to
those of any city of her size from Maryland to Texas
In respects sho has the advantage of even hor
larger competitors of the seaboard-essecally go in
the important department of country produce. She
is fortunate moreover in possessing active and en-
terprising class of leading business men,-men who
are ambitious of we'll grounded success for their city
and who spare neither pains the outlay OF their
means to attain 1t. To back these laudable aims Of
her capitalists sho also numbers long list Of vgi-
liant, accommodating and skfu dealers in the various
branches of trade-dealers who acting upon the idea
that "a nmble sixpence is better than slow shil-
ling" present inducements that not only draw Gus
tom from the country around, but tend materially to
assist the growth of the city's population and her
consequent prominence and usefulness. 1t is from
this point of view that regard the beautiful city Of
Augusta, in congrntulating the people of Edgefeld,
and all others on the South Carolina side Of tue Sa
vannah who are convenient to her, upon their good
fortune in being thus advanagcously located a. is
because they thus are in tho enjoyment OF facilities
witch few communities in the South, and none cer-
tuiny in Curolina can claim to possess Is there any
room, for instance, to compare the facilities offered by
Columbia with those of Augusta? And if not-(ns
every one must concedo contrast cannot surely be
instituted rs to Camden Newherry, or Winnsboro,
or any other of rising points of trade. Augusta
has overwhelmingly the advantage Of thom all wheti-
er as to location, ability, strength Of population;
and tue people Of Edge!icld, railroad railroad,
have in her such IL commercial emporium rs no other
community in South Carolina enjoys. We do not
even except tho surroundings Of Charleston herself,
partly for tho reason thnt they consist chiefly in
there were u population like own it would bs only
in few things that their position would excel ours.
1t may perhaps be suggested that we overslaw old
Hamburg in these illusions to Augusta. Not ut all.
Hamburg and Augusta are one and the same city In
effect md glad to know that the people OF
the two places are willing to be regarded thus, of
course We mean as to all commercial purposes.
Whether our Hamburg friends willing to this con-
sruction or not is it not true that Augusta is gradu
ally absorbing both them and their trade But how
ever this may be, the two places are as one to US in
the remarks we here make. We have them both in
riew when We suy that Edgeied il better located,
to market privileges than any other district in South
Carolina. We hope that Hsmburg's lamp may hold
out to burn, particularly in the cotton buying busi
ness but if it should not, Augustus certainly will.
As an established southern city, her place upon the
map is likely never to he less prominent than it
is. The chances are many that it will become more
and more conspicuous with every succeeding year.
We trust 80 at any rate not only for the sake of the
advantages our people would thus have insured to
them MS it were, but account too of her own clever
population and their most laudabe spirit Of progress
not be slow appreciate their advantages inthis re-
spcc and to profit by their use. In encouraging Au-
gusta, encourage young city whose future pros
perity can but act most favorably upon own well
| fare we help to create not only an emporium Of
trade at doors, but place where we and our chill
dren may occasionally hear and whatever of ex-
ceerce the ne arts may display science may bring
to light und that without either loss Of time or Of
money we assist in erecting tit may be) southern
metropolis almost within view Of our homes; and we
also thus show ourselves Georgia ncighbors in
tho light of brethren whose social md political afin
ties are not tramelled by territorial limits, at least
whose business negotiations not held subject to
such metes and boundaries. Once more then we say,
let us help Augustn for in 70 doing holp ourselves
and encourage southern progress.
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