Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-12-12
For the Advertiser.

Thls cry, Mr. Edltor; makes me open
my eyes. Butfirst let us dig to 96. Let
.us cast our way through the hills to 96.
Now invert these figures by turning this
paper bottom upward, and still it reads
90. And thus it is with regard to our
contemplated enterprise; for revolve the
matter in my mind as may, words like
the following will ring and tingle in my
ears: no Nse in tqFking; we 4i"s: Aaue'a
Ratlroad from the Port Royal Railroad,
near the mouth Of HolloV Creek, via Ai-
ken, Edgefeld. Village. Ni,,ety-,Siz Depot,
Laurcns Court House, the To,on of Spar
ta,,5urr, and thence across the Great Di-
vidc, through the Hickory Nat Gap, into
the Mississippi Valley. Here's a work
of such magnitude and importance as to
make the heart of Railway King thrill
With delight, should not be surprised
to learn that Tom Scott, President of the
Pennsylvania Central, saw new visions
Of coming glory, and, and of much more
money when he gives our project $50
DER, second thought
But we must be content for the present
with track for the locomotive from the
Pine House to Ninety-six,-a distance
of only thirty.five miles. This is the
pressing necessity Of the hour overriding
every othor cOpsidcratiop in SO far as
good old Edgefield is concerned. This
link will tap the Blue Ridge Road, which
has already crept up to the foot Of the
mountains. and it will also connect with
the Augusta d. Columbia Railroad reach
ing out East and West thousands OF miles
with its great iron arms. |
TO secure this inestimable boon to our
District, we should be. willing to make
some sacrifices. Let foreign gew. gaws.
and domestic laziness 20 to - Hamburg,
and my hearts blood for it, we will soon
AfYe . highway for the nations with all
its shining Satellites pf fmPdiel farms, and
humming factories useful schools, and
Heaven reaching Churches. a'.i a.
A certain number of little trlckfing
springs makethe mighty and mysterious
Nilp; and 80 twill over be in regard to
the cooperation OF capitalists. Accord
ing as bountiful Providence has pros
pcred lin, let evcry mqa, within striking
distance of the route, bring up his offer
ing. and the result will astonish even the
post sanguine and the nost enthusiastic.
Let us try the experiments In good faith,
and net wait to see what Tom, Dick and
Harry will do. Give no outside barba.
rian reason for comparing US to a gang
of sheep,-you know the old adage: "as
the old bell-wether jumps, SD 80 the rest
of the flock" Shall we allow it to- be
published in the streets Of naughty Alb
beyille that it is all n mistake about our
residing In Q beautiful grove near the
edge Of the field, but thgt wp have taken
up our abode in Sleepy Hollow, where
sloth, and dulness, and Ignorance have
extingiished every ,,rAy Of hope IF
any dread that fate, torsuch, ! would sayi' \
down with liberal Subscription, and up
will go the psice pflalM,, and out will
come foreign labor qA4 epl4tal to build
up the waste places, and to mako us for
get the agony of the past in the prosperi-
ty tofollow IN the wake of Improvement.
But says one: = I have, net no lanas to
sell, apd live bymy daily labor. In
reply, would says .tIiat Is my own
condition. But we desire to open new
channels for the ex9rcise of human in.
genuity and energy. We want tostart
an enterprise that will put large sum
Of money in circulation 80 that we poor
fellows may have aahptter showing at
the grsenJacks of the world ;-and 1 want
also to get rid Of my conioundcd nick
name, which sounds very much like
;:,. a. OLD BACKWOODS."