Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-09-02

For the Advertiser.

"small grain" Our wheat maturing at an early
season, sells at premium both as home, md in
all the Northern markets. It may be sown when
there is hardly any thing else to do. Harvest
occurs at busy. time, but tho new -four is ready
for use when everybody is tired of "scratch
throat" and when scarcely any of us have money
enough to pay the poll tax. The land is much
improved by being "sown down" every alternate
year. We conclude then that no crop is 50 con-
venient, or SO profitable as wheat But ths r,as
Yes, that is the.bane Of Qprswhsst cfop: WHAT'S
the remedy7 Bring your seed from a. wheat
country: Nowexperience gives the best answer
to all practical questions. Men-swho hase made
experiments tell us that wheat from Moth Wes-
tern Georgia sown in any of our middle districts,
will be clear of rust for series Of years. The
plantersin in some. sections are forming clubs to
import seed cwheatgfrom Rome, Ga, This is
step in the right direction. If cotton must still
be king, letus at least make his sway limited
monarchy. ,t.5.s,
From the sand hills to the m ountains the crops
are, for the most.part, pretty good. Tnsome To-
callfiss. the.con was almost ruined BY dry Ssath-
ef, Thesiate, it'is' thought viii gov cereal.
sufficient for man snd beas. another, year. And
as farmers hayO Observation-Disclosures season,
the cotton crop therefore may be'appfdpsiased 70
the payment of old debts and new taxes, to the
purchase of the comforts and elegancies of life
and to general Improvement. Fk5k1
In passing through Abbevills Village was
rather struck With the appearance, Of tho place.
Not asingle old dingy-looking house. on Public
Square. To the East Of the principal St7cst,
you see stately brown mansion with a profusisn
of roses and shsubbsry. in from, opposite, yen
look with aelght upOn.walls, and an,hes of.ever.,
greens backed by gothicsbaildihsssSahd ornate
fcottages. Phc Railroad has been the cause Of
all khis. 4n,ls6o, Abbeyilie loeksSss uneouth ahd
tdslapida.ed as The most fnSstsrats3eg eotiid de-
tssire. Tho scream. 5f tue t6c5nstivs isfu rouse
people from.thsir lethsrgg Yuu ses the diFee-
encc, the moment you. approach the line Of
Railway. The whole country seems to have put
on Sunday attire and everybody Is fuil.of energy
/ and animation. What a pity We didn't finish the
| Blue Ridge Railroad before the wac By doiugS
50, we might now have thssatisfactionof knowing
!that something Of untold value had been s&e ed
from the wreck Of revolution. Gepi. HtRR1ses,
the President Of tho Blue Ridge Railroad, IS OF
worladay and might iu furtherance of that grand
enterprise, There is SO much sytplpg capital d
theU United stetess seeking investmant, ,a and his
Sc, we'll known that evefy Railway c6hnecting ths
Mississippi Valley With the Atlnp tis,, ,has proved
setsfdc:orY. and probable 10 ali paEtiss, thst.ve
entertain reasoBxbie hope of seeing 'thts great
| Commercial HighwayzOomplrted at- no distant
| .pC7od. So n6te it de.r - ~ - -
sinceto Colonial days my Satiyis Rlees which
lis pser,the Georgia ling ssgpd.2 Lmies Senth West
Of " old popdletdn -hasI bsenrin' auccessiob, an.
l-integrel part eff the Cherokee nation, Of Able!
| vile, Psndieeon and Pickens Districts, and now
| Of 0conss Gepdty sI + bopeibe nertehenge may
/ revive the name of Pendicton District. Let me
lrecapitulato. During tho old BeYelutionagy WAT,
|, Due @csS Conner swas one of theoqtpests Of
1.soSth Carolina. Whsn, the Mother Country rati-
fed treaty of peace in 1854, the ,oherpkee To-
dians agreed to1ot the State line be run En- t~ard
.ftom the confluence Of she chauga and tie Tuea-
loo acfoss country just above the present site
of Pendleton village .sRpt this Haa1 only ane1s
tension of ABbeviIl6 District! In a. ife% years,
however, the State boundary was extsnded North
ward to tho Oceuee Station, 1biei isnot fasrfrom
the poiat where Walhalia has been located. This
iwhOfe region by Legislative enactment lscame
Pendeton District down to the present ,kbbeyille
4line.-.1 ass sa,;, y -, ...N-s
| About the year 1855, Col. Ben. Cleveland, of
Kings MohnIain memory, ilGftrthaj gsdkin in
North Carolina, und cettled at the mouth Of
chauga in Pendeton District. Here he spent the
balance of bis lifetime. visited the old planta-
ton, the other day, audrenewea my acquaintance
with "Chauga Tom Harbin," who married the
cdlOnelss grand: :daughtcr5 and who towns the
plantation aforesaid. Mr.. Harbin is now s4
years old / found; him reading Tie Psalns 9Th
| nut speetacles Said thu, he had had no use for
glasses in 20 ycsg that reading, was, the only
Satisfaction hoepjoyed. Lone ddecrepid; what
| would this man be without education? Nothing
but death can rob Us Of the riches laid Up in "the
| alacc Of the soul" Butt am digressing. All
iha. is mortal of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland re-
poses in the cemetery near tho ehauga Home.
.tead. Bht-no Monumental: marble! rearssits
q white radiopee" mark thednals resting place
of the noble dead; -. ~. zsFss.. !.
r. Even Mr.. Harbin is unable9te point out the ex-
isdct spot Of bis in.ermeat. Such is fame In bis
tatfeE days, serr Kings Mountain hero grew so,
hagein flesh asto. become sert of Blue Beard
Ito all the chaps IN nthg.surTOuiding caves und on
ono occasion he was made,th butte the yeriest
Eotownthnt ceuld be scared up in gil the hill conn,
Hy. Billie Wilkins was notorious for stupidity
and sadfid poverty. Sometimes hehad lucid
in toryal, aodhe was.s inoGepsiye. Passing
by Clcyeland's gale, one saltrs afternoon, ,hswas
hailed and asked what was the news from h-n.
"0h nothing mpch,". replied Billie, knockiog a
coon-skin cap back from his stOlid brow, "only
the devil, and his&ifdh had sharp quarrollast
night, and they say the fuss was all about soap
grease. But thepld Bad Man coon made. peace
in the family by promising to bring old Cleveland
down.in fUw days." Aftor the laugh was over,
the Colonel told Billie to como over the next day,
and get.a bag of corn, and q middling of meat.
By-the.by, Joseph E. Brown first saw the light in
this vicinity, perhaps, on Brass Town Creek just
above Chauga. Last Spring one. Of Biliio's de-.
scendan,s who hates radicalsm as he hates rattle
snakes. pitehed,ipio the Ex,GoyeEnorz after tbis
wise ..aThe oid! widow Browns 8 son Joe was alas
NAYS mighty smart Fellow, and somehow he was
always mighty lucky. But in some things he
was never equal to the rirer boys. Ee was al
ways branch man, and branch men will have
clu1. ways"
The spirit peryading tho body polite here Is