The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-03-30
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NM TnIoxkrrrS 8. C.. March 26.
EDiroR Tinks.-As North Pacolet. emLracinga
representative portion Of Uniok County is dead
to the outside world, 90 far ~ newspaper COR
respondsscs ID concerned, have concluded to
give you . few psnscrapings from that dark and
quiet corner. A you justly say you cannot give
County news without Correspondents, 80 we who
wish TO get the news Of ths County should be
willing to contribute our mite towards furnish
ing II, and not complain st what is our own
neglect, 4 do pot know how or where to begin
10 furnish new3, but shall beg your readers netg
to oriticise my informal efforts in this my hrst
attempt at '.Editoral correspondence
That portion Of our County demonstrated
"North Pacolet," lays between Broad aud Paco-
let rivers and South Of the Spsrtanburg line,
containing about ono hundred and fifty square
miles Of Territory-once the finest farming and
most productive portion of tho County--but
being travsrsed by several watcr-corrses, tho
principal Of which are Thicketty, Gilkies and
Abingd on Greeks, 1t Is very hilly and broken,
except in few small central elevations. Con-
sequcntly, under cotton culture, it is now much
worn and washed yet it is claimed to possess
more rich bottom lands to the area than almost
any other section of the Piedmont region Of
South Carolina. large per cent of it is not ir
cultivation, or only nominally SO, from neglect
| in keeping the channels of the streams clear Of
obstruction. Since the close Of the war tho.
corn crop has been of secondary consideration
and the caro- necessary has not been bestowed
in the draiHage Of these iue lands. This neg
lsct is most conspicuous on Thickctty and Gilk-
les Creeks, on which streams, from Thompson's
Mills to the shoals above, there are about fifteen
hundred acres Of the finest bottom lands, half
Of which is entirely swanpcd the other nearly
80, not producing more than fifteen thousand
bushels Of corn, when, with good drainage Il
would average thirty bushels per aore-making
o difference in favor Of drainage Of thirty thous-
and bushels, usually worth one dollar Per bush
el. Quite a item in favor of drainage enough
to attract the attention of those interested in
homo supplies.
North Pacolet contains an active and energetic
Fopulation-mostly. poor, because its efforts are
made in the wrong direction.
The whites are in the majority now, though
at the close Of the war the opposite the case.
Many Of the negroes have gone mewhcre, I can
hardly tell where, but know they are disap-
pearing from our midst, while the white popula-
tion has been increased by many from the old
North State, who came to better their condition
by raising cotton, and have given us q valuable
addition to our numbers, being peaceful AID in
dustrious citszen.. Formerly the farmers of this
section followed mixed husbandry, but of late it.
is different, and thore Is visible change in the
condition Of the people, from cash to credit from
plenty to want, all ore coming. Necessity only
ill force . return to the old style Of farming e,
which is the best for our soil and latitude; and
We will never prosper until we conform to til q
u --idjtions by which natural laws work.
y ,,,.I .,..Qd oats were sown last Fail than
: Poruors 80. -. 80 prospect is gloomy
d 1"'f' "f' ousy prspan,.for summer crons
and the weather is hnc forils . s.vps'
ever Is the motto with most or -. '.'''
true, under tho lights We have, t0S 'N'
!. ing thus. sSp,e go
The utmost peace and quiet rcisss tlroug gh Su,
. our section.-exccpt now and then there is q
+, ske daddle among tho whiskcy peddlers, whom
the Hampton I. Us are down on. MS they viii
not be allowed. as others formerly were, to share
in the profits thereof. AS for local news there
. is dearth. DR.. Mason Smith had a genuine
close Of Manngctis a few days past, in u little
! boy, and succeeded in thwartng the fatal mon.
ster. fear on epidemic of the disease. North
Hacoet is blessed with ten pbysicians-six OF
whom arc practicing medicine.
will inform you of any noteworthy event in
future, if You can spare room in your valuable
Journal for my feeble attcmps at correspondence g
l.