The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-04-25
From the Sumter Waterman,
Florene, Bishopville and Lancaster
Railroad.

ohua, urlng the last lhmiy or forty years,
in It's Internal Improvement, Agriculture
aud EucaiiOu, have been very great, but
: SO grhual as not TO attract the particular
allcuiOn Of lis citizens to the fact, as
thcypass along and it is only bv look
ing "ck and contrasting the present with
the 0aSt that We discover the vaslneSs of
the change. AT the present time the val.
ue Of lands III the middle and upper Dis
trdS o' the Stale s probably an average
OF rut CIgh; 10 ten dollars per acre. It,
the recollection OF many OF our people u
large portion of the same lands sold AT
twcmg live, fifty cents, and one dollar per
acre. Wha. has brought about such a
chang, The answer is easy and plain
The Great improvement Of the facilities
FIR transportation Ut produce and goods
From the time tEat steamboats, were in
trUducCd, IN great measure taking the
place of the SOW pole boats on the rivers,
lands began To advance III value, aud new
NE MAS ms,i.ed into those who were
50 situated as to profit Ll tie advantages
thus offered. But, IN many sections Of
the county, remote from all kinds of Cou-
/ vclbuccs 10y water, the Wagon WAS the
only conveyance for tie products of the
county, 80 wei a. '"' "'''SS"'! s"PP"'S
'"r '''''E CONSUMPTION, """ teH"uh
weeks to make "a irp Bot, "I'OH Roit
Ro"dS, introduced some twenty h,cVraIs
ago, aud which have from that To- the
present ti:me yl#.me,! - much Of he Al.
tcujicu of our people. have extended. nm
II The Whole STATE OF south Carolina has.
&" "a greater or less extent, realized the
great benefits uhcy courcr. CoJon is
NOW sent forward to the chief city OF the
stat" nun a.lno>' any depot wI'h;u is
L. uud., =; hom 25, to 81 9 cents pcr
hundred, instead Of :wo dollars rer hun,
drrd, rs formerly, and tie mcrchau, or
planter ia the country receives his sur
Gn,s IA = day ,r TWO, which formerly ie
pHu"i !ro'n t"o t" four weeks time hy
wagons UT T'i1 t',.#i, lie man Of Lu
si",>> Is mow Carried ,'c' the counr, ~,
tie rate at INrity mi.,s Ter hour- zoe,
an LCl.Grr3 am Mt.v uI.rs, attends to his
tu>.uos~, and the next dav ha, retained
t" his wife and ,hI dr,n. for his dinner,
tells iErr" what lac had for supper last
n'-ht' il Charleston, What rnr lie ,rn
rh,'" this morning. Who took break
ias' with hun before / e lett, aud so or.
wh'c formerly, when in "a hurry, he
l"l"uk 'he ,'o-y,' At tie rate of three, or
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Arr:cvlturr Ia, kent ,arr with internal
improvements. End cju, alton h,, ken,
pace with the in,rcaseJ prosperi,v Ihar
has resulted ron. TIE va, ,mnroycmep,.
But. still a rurliun Of the people Of the
State do rot fully cr;nv u,e L,.,,f,, H. q,
rs;lronds have conrrrrc.! on the majority
There are many who suu labor updn,
many and ora,,t Hisqdyantapcs OWING :,
iheir remo,cn,ss from Railrord, and mar.
Let. and Al the prc.ru, Tim. C.,, stand
in greater need pi relief than the prorrc
, b Ot TIC western portion OF Darlington D.s.
trict. the North Eastern horizon oi Sp,n
ter, and the East portion Of Ker,Law Dis
lric, with the Whole If Lancaster DIS
,rict.
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