The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-10
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A. q. STEPP.
FOR THE GREENvILLE FNrxnrR1sE.
! Nessrs. Editors I left yor,
City n few days ago Tor Spartan
burg. 1t was a beautiful clea
morning, the night before a littl,
frost had fallen, making it quit,
cool, bnt very pleasant for travel
ing. Nature cverywI,eIe hac
robed herself in beautiful green
and the trees all along afford COO
and refreshing shades the bird.
sang merrily, as they crept among
the branches Of the forest, and
all. everything seemed to rejoice
at the approach of spring. l had
heard before left yOnr Citv,
wheat was very much injured by
the fly, and l found it true, not a
single field anywhere along look
ed as we'll as it usually does this
time OF year, q great many fields,
think, onght to be l,loughed up
aud planted in corn, for thoy are
rnined by q small insect, inst
above the roots of wheat; they
have sucked it, until it is yellow,
and certainly can yield little or
nothing.
AT Batesvillc and Testers Fac.
tories, everything seemed to be in
good order, the cabins recently
white-washed, and the Factories
recently painted. like to soc this,
it shows they are in a fuurishing
condition; | hope they they are,
and wish them much success. |
also passed along by Crawfords.
vile, where saw every body and
everything as busy as they could
he, SO much interested in their
business they had no time to cha,
with idle visitors, SO wc halted
but a short while.
Corn all along the road was
just peeping up above the ground,
hut looked rather badly, the late
frost and the cool weather seem to
have thrown it back @ little,
though where it was mp any dis.
tance above the ground, looked
very well. saw all along any
quantity of hands dropping and
covering cotton seed, and as usual,
l suppose. very large crop will
be planted. The fencing and
buildings, with few exceptions,
look badly, and | was led to be
lieve there is not half as much
interest taken in farms as used to
be. reached Spartal,burg al 1
o'clock, p. NJ, and stopped at the
Palmetto House, kept by Mr.. A.
w. Spriggs, of Charleston. /
fonna him to be a very kind and
hospitable gentleman, understand
ing how tO wait upon strangers.
and make them feel comfortable.
After enjoying one of his good old
fashioned dinners, "hog and hom.
my" l went in hunt of the Sher.
if, having some little business
with him, as the most Of men do
these days. but found both that
official and his deputy absent, and
no one uld tell when he would
be back, not till next day, at least.
Having some little time to spend
in dong nothing, / concluded to
look around and see what the bus.
iness portion of town was doing,
and, OH inquiry, every one said
business was very dull. I think
it was dull for in the whole after.
noon, / did not see a single trade
made, either for cash or credit
Called upon one of the County
Commissioners, to know If he
could give me an order on the
County treasurer for some money,
for work dono two or three years
ago. He SAID no, that tho people
had been very slow in paying
their taxes and they had no mon.
ey on hand, but if I would hap,
pen there when they did ave any,
he would give me the order
Poor consolation for q man that
lives thirty or forty miles away.
/ Was IN several of the largest
St res in the place, and they are
all full up, most OF them just re
ceiving .heir spring goods, al ex.
ceedi:sly anxious to sell, but very
tew buyers. / heard great
many express themselves about
sending men to the tax pay ers
convention in May-thought it was
a good idea, and by all means
ought to be done, and all seemed
determined not to pay their taxes
again this year. ] was invited bs
one OF the firm Of Messrs. Fow.
Ter, Foster 81 CO., to 60 down and
examine their carriage and wagon
mandatory, whioh found in
excellent condition, machinery all
new, with a Ten l,orse power en-
gine driving them right along
They had verv few vehicles on
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