The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-10-04

ing was in the latter part OF the
eighteenth and beginning of the
nineteenth centuries. Judge Clay
ton said he could always mark the
progress of civilization i'm the up
per Counties of Georgia, by the
records of the courts: First, there
were cases of horse stealing, homi-
cides and assault and batteries,
then ca ne perjnries, furgeries
and counterfeiting. which indica-
ted a step in the progress of civil
ization and refinement {! In the
early history of the upper country,
horse stealing was not confined to
common rogues of low degree, but
men of position and property were
engaged in it. remember hear
ing of a conversation between law.
yer shay and a Colonel who lived
on Tugaloo River. Mr.. SHAY, Ell.
CURED of the Colonel, how he
came to be SO deaf. The Col. re.
piled, by lying out of cold nights
to sea! horses" "Great God"
said Mr.. Shaw, "yon never stole
Il horse, Colonell' Yes, | Lave
stolen more horses than you are
woTiil, Mr.. Shaw" was The frank
reply of the Colonel.
1t is very extraordinary that
Greenvilie, the third town in the
State, for population, wealth. COM
merce and prosperity, should new.
er have had bank established in
the community, whilst many of the
adj lining Counties and towns lave
Que or two. At an ca:ly period
of our village history, there were
wealthy men who kept large cap.
ital TO loan on long and easy terms.
This supplied the means of pro-
curing money without a bank
Captain Cleveland WAS one OF our
first bankers. He withdrew his
capital from C ,mmerce and was
unwilling to invest it in manufac.
tures or in negroes. His lands
we're cultivated by tenants. and he
thought more protitably than they
could be by slave labor. The mon.
cy which almost every other person
wnu!d have invested in ncgr pes to
cultivate his lands, he proposed
lending on good security, at seven
per cent. The amount which lie
had loaned out was very large
The same practice was adopted af.
forwards by Captain Choice, Col.
Hoke, William Jacobs and Mr..
Norton. This supplied the wants
of those who wished to borrow
money, and removed the necessity
of bank. Exchange, for many
years past, could always be had of
Messrs. Beatiie. Hence if you
wanted to borrow money, or wish.
ed funds in New York or Charles.
ton, you could be accommodated
without gong to bank. But we
rather think tha; the wants of this
community will soon demand q
change in this particular
For a great many years Green.
vile County was exclusively a
grain growing District. Very lit.
tie cotton was cultivated, and the
Western stock furnished q ready
market for all the surplus corn
In this respect, there has been q
great change. The driving of live
stock through the county, has, in
great. measure. ceased, and the
farmers Lave turned their atten-
ton to the cultivation Of cotton
For thirty years I never saw bag
OF cotton brought here for SALE
But thousands Of bags have been
enld during the past few years. BY
means oI rnv- r--.I:-ars fine crons
are made annually.
In the early settlement of Green
vile, a large portion of tho lands
was covered with reed and cane
b axes. They have now entirel,
d sappeared. The soil on the
creeks, rivers and branches is still
fertile, but the up-lamds are very
much exhausted. Until recently
no farmer thought of manuring
his lands. He cleared them, wore
them out, and cleared again ol
moved off to new country.
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