The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-01
For the Anderson Intelliyeneer.
Klnk's GnovE, Cherokee Co., Ala, |
June "a. 1868.

Mr. Editor Please allow me- by request of
some of your readers, to give description of the
country Lercabouts through the columns Of your
paper perusal of which hope will not prove
altogether uninteresting.
Kinks Grove is pleasantly situated twenty-five
miles southwest of Rome, Ca, on the eastern side
of the Coosa River, and within few miles of the
Georgia and Alabama line. Capt. Kirkpatrick,
native Calolinian, resides here, and is doing
thriving business in the mercantile line, command
inp,the custom of almost the entire community.
This section is noted for its remarkable beauty as
a farming country. 1t presents to those seeking
pleasure beautiful appearance. Nature has In
decd smiled upon this portion of Cherokee The
rich soil of the Coosa bottoms, its level and beau
tiful appearance, together with the fine valley
lands to our right and left, present to the farmer
everything that is attractive and Interesting.
Large farms are situated up and down the river,
nearly all of which in good state OF culti7a-
ton, and some can be bought or rented on reason
able terms Cotton grows finely these farms,
and the soil being loose and mellow, this staple is
more easily cultivated than it is in South Carolina
There are two qualities of land on the river
here-onc peculiarly adapted to cotton, and the
other TO grain and clover The cotton land is
loose and mellow, and borders on the river bank,
while the other, situated distance from the river,
is of stiff nature, though very productive. This
quality Of land produces the finest clover L ever
saw, Virginia not excepted. Will some of our
Anderson friends, who deserve credit under the
hand of improved busbandry for the successful
cultivation of clover, blue grass, etc., give US
call, and see what contrast? l sure that
one acre here would yield more than two there,
with oil the guano that might be used. One of
Anderson's best farmers came to this County in the
Fall of 1866, and he has since been principally
engaged in the cultivation of cotton. He farmed
last year under circumstances very unfaVorable,
as most farmers did who based their expenses on
the high price of cotton, but by indefatigabe en-
ergy and perseverance, he cameout all right, and
this year he is going ahead again with renewed
energy, and with sbrightprospect of success.
The cotton crop is very promising this yenr.
Farmers generally have good stand, the eeasuns
SO far hare been proptions. and with good pros
pect of continuing so. Tho negroes have general
ly gone to work with better spirit than they have
heretofore exhibited since the close Of the war,
and were it not for radical demagogues, they would
soon form m attachment for and community of
interest with those among whom they must live,
and whose fortunes they must share. This Coun-
ty affords the best land in upper Alabama, and is
represented by those who have Travelled TO be the
AZ M, H. hoof
tracts of river or valley land; bale of cotton, rs
or 80 bushels corn, 20 bushels wheat per acre is
common estimate. The facilities for transporta-
ton are very good, having direct connection with
the Atlantic seaboard by steamboats, running the
Coosa, and ere long the Selma, Rome and Dalton
Railroad will push its rnils> to Rome and Dalton,
and give US whatever benefits may be derived by
commercial connection with the great Southwest.
The noble Coosa will soon arrest the attention Of
capitalists, and the opening of the same will offer
such profitable Investment, hat in comparatively
short time our products will be borne upon her
bosom to the Gulf to be exchanged for the lu1u-
ries of the tropics. The day is coming wien this
section will teem with rich and prosperous pop
uaton. It's rich valleys and its hills, its
mountains, richer still, in the undeveopcd mineral
wealth which they contain, and it's vast water
power constitute resources which, sooner or later,
must make IL tho theatre of great agricultural
aud manufacturing prosperity. Already gentle
men of enterprise and sagacity-Southern men,
too-havc entered upon the development Of this.
bright future. Factories, foundrics,. etc. are in
successful operation establishments for the man.
ufacturo of agricultural implements nre in con-
temptation by some of our leading men. To see
our own people leading off in the manufacture of
such articles that can be made here just as cheap
as ut the North, is indeed complimentary to the
spirit of entcrprise. And when sufficient capital
shall have been directed to the inexhaustible beds
of iron and conl which abound in this section
when the music of machinery shall mingle with
the roar of these waterfalls. and the already pro-
ductive and beautiful valleys shall increase their
rich harvest Of variegated producs-from the
rice of the lowlands to the grasses of the middle
States-this will be country which, in all that
conspire to make happy homes and prosperous
communities, cannot be surpassed in America.
Farmers and mechanics of Anderson who desire
to emigrate West, would do we'll to visit this per-
tion of Alabama before locating elsewhere. A few
weeks after laying by crops might be spent very
pleasantly on o trip here and l am sure they
would be welcomely received and Hospitality treat
ed, and on their return would carry with them the
impression that this is one of the most delightful
and attractive sections Of our epce beautiful South
Respectfully, ]. P. G.
VETO OF THE OMNIBUS BILL.
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