The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-04-06
Communication

lMR! EDIFoR' lneFelS kpuC 'oiio 9itti |
gle drawback to tho material pfosS
perity of Pickens County, (barrng of
course, the rotten and corrupt gov
ernmerrt which has 50 long cursed
our State, and That Is the unfoltum>
ate contest about TIE payment of the
railroad subscription q As matters
now stapd,I do not sec : that Et.,filSbe either |
party is likely to be sbepefttela but
since the people: have seen fit to res
sist the payment, bya resort to the
courts, l can only hope that they
may be successfully Might not a |
compromise, oven at this late day,
be made between the parties, which
would be just, reasonable and fair.
But / started to write a short letter
about tie' Improvements : INLAND
around Easley, ands sothora points
dong theline of road in Pickon.
County. On every hand newlde@ els
lings are going up every day, the
trade of the place is constantly ex-
tending; and so far the merchants OF
that place seem able to weather the
financial storm Witch is sweeping
hundreds and thousands into bank
ruptcy. The feeling of improvement
is becoming SO strong about Easley,
that it is gradually extending itself
to old Pickensville, and this old
ancient and diIapidated place is be,
giningto TO put t'on her Sunday clothes
and ehteEithe race Of inproRerncnt
DIR. Neal, who occupies the old hotel
and runs that farm, had made some
decided attempts in tho way of inn
provement, and had actually, after
mature deliberation, decided to make
war upon king toth-bell, who had so
long held sway in and around old
Pickensville. Fortunately for the
d 'ctor, he decided, like good Gen
eral, first to feel the strength of the
enemy before making general at.
tack, but was 80 seriously discomft-
fed in this rencountro, that he seems
TO have wisely concluded not to in :
tertere with his majesty in his fofti ,
fcations, bat merely lay siege }by
hemming him in and preventing his
spread to other portions If the farm
In tLis he may be more successful,
as am told that the rootlets ofthis
valuable grass will not cross a road
or even a hedgerfow. "A dense shade
appears to be the only master for
tom-bel), and so soon as the tom she'll
disappears, its place is immediately
supplied by the Georgia, a wild clo-
yer. But it remains for Capt. Bank
er to demonstrate the great utility OF
this grass for its grazing properties.
lie has bought the Mrs. Alexander
farm, and has made a substantial
and new fence allaround the douiin-
ion of king tom-boll on that farm,
and if the Captain is as shrewed as
his Yankee origin would but sup
pose, he will give tomobel full sway
with little occasional help by plow-
ing and manuring, and purchase q
flock Of sheep, and enter at once
upon this delightful branch of hus-
bandry. lie might attach, on a small
scale, a Diary farm, as his excellent
lady, old though she be, has the re-
putation Of being one of the most
snccessful butter makers in this Coun.
ty. But, Captain, it was a pity to
destroy 50 many Of those magnificent
oaks, ana yet their place can be pro-
titably supplied by fruit and grasses
But really, if the Captain had sub
mitIed the question OF his proposed
Improvement to vote of the stock
Of the surrounding neighborhood, it
would have been voted down at once.
Why those old fields all through the
summer, support scores of cattle,
sheep, hogs and horses, aud if the
Captains bad example should be
followed by DR.. Neal, Mr.. Oats and
others, then there will be no altern-