The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-08-11

W estern horizon. Seven miles diss
tant, standing out in bold relief, may
be seen the rugged brim Of old Paris,
whilst 8 miles ride will bring to the
foot of Piny, her less pretentious
neighbor.
Casting your eye along the range
of tho Blue Ridge from many points
may 10 seen the far.famcd Table
Mountain, tp.ar's Hoad, B,ue Knvb
ami mauJ other peaks Of inter cst.
The scenery is truly grand, the water
pure and good, whilst the climate is
exhilarating and unsurpassed any.
where South We mot with but few
Vt our old friends and Lcquaintauoes,
our stay being limited but the popu.
latlon has undergone almost COM
plste change. The city is growing
rapidly. Ten Dew stores arc being
erected with mauy other handsome
buildings. Her destiny, however, in
our opinion, is to be that of manu-,
facturingtown. She ready boasts sey.
erul factories whilst several otb.r, are
III contemplation. Her natural aLvau.
tagcs FIR running machinery nrc very
ine. The salubrity of her oliuate,
coupled with the Intelligence aud
energy of her oltizens, hor railroad
facilities, so accessible from evory
point, will invite industry aud ca pi.al
and she must soon rank aud be classed
the second city in SOUTH Carolina.
From Grcenville we took the Air
Line Railroad and woro soon spe eedin
rapidly to Easily, tho first station
going South 70 Allnuta. This place
was named for the late W. X. .eily.
man Of note aud lawyer Of proni
nence IN tho up country. 1t is qnit.
a Hourishing little place, and would
nave grown to etiIl larger dimen
sious ere this, but the title to part
of tho land on which it is located j.
in dispute, ard until that is settled it
aust remain in statu quo. 1t has a
good back country to support it,
and everything seemed to be thriving,
We never saw iuer, fatter horses aud
mules, nicer vehicles Of all descrip
tlons. Loads of chickens, butter.
eggs, watermelons, beef and the like
constantly pouring iu. Wheat and
corn offering at low prices.
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that we accidentally met with one
of our old friends and fellow-cirizens,
Mf. Jas. Hawthorn. Ho has an in
terost IN very nice hotel, near.
'y completed, at this place. lie is
the same genial, generous jim, and
we cheerful y accepted bis kind iuvi.
tat'on TO join him in glass of good
lid peach and honey, the first we had
t'st. q in many yeurs. Success 20 his
le trprlse, hoping he may have some
"i the same sort when we revisit him.
Easily is situated one mile from
lid Pickensville and enjoys an extern
sion view of the mountains and one
Of the finest views ST Table Rock on
the line of road. From thence we
visited Central Station, 80 called from
"eing tho half way ground between
Atlanta and Charlotte, one hundred
and thlrty-three miles each way. Here
the company contemplate building
The ir shops which will enhance the
value town property very much
and make it perhaps a considerable
P acc. They have already built a
hEe hotel here, kept by that prince Of
hotel kr cpets ani good fellows-W.
E. Holo mbe--the only m,n |
know OF thut's got soul as biz as the
gable end of creation, and a body
proportlonatcly large to hold the
same: we are no small potatoes
"urself, but "e hadt succumb 10 orc
this man of tho mountains. We
formed several Ileasaut acauain-
tances among railroad meu and
officials that make this place head
quarters. Generally speaking tt ere is
a cordiaity and free heartedpe 4
amongst. ra,lroadmcn rarely met with.
Ard to QUO lemon uhd loo friend We
return many thanks, hoping that
the. party proved suocess-i
truly sorry we could not attend. 1t
was here we heard one of the fipe,t
banjo performers except ord, Joe
Sweouey, in the u, s., and his vocal
powers excelled anything we have
ever hoard, IA conductor on the road. y
| We understand that there is
considerable desire TO settle alono
this road, and lands have zone ,,o o
in price, in consequence thereof
ihcre Is a great deal of Original
wood in this section Of country
7 which which when brought into cul'
t'vation yields kindly. With fer,ilis
Hers, they make rs much or more
cotton t, the acre tn N we do. and We
have never soon such 90 grow ont Of
Che earth rs we did On many farms
IN P'cSens County. Bssid .s beinp
an ag' icultural country, we are per.
suadcd to believe that tcu wears
Will not elapse before it will be
manufacturing one. In tho upoer
portion of this State the material
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