The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-20

place, which can be said of but few other
towns in Georgia CT South Carolina. Not
q single bar-room in the town, and mono
10 the County. They have two news
papers, but both reiig;ous--oGe Baptiat
and the other Methodist. East of Cum-
ming few miles we passed very valu-
ably farm of bottom land on the Six
Mile creek, owned by Mr.. Moore. In
one body there was over 1900 acres, the
most Of it covered with luxurient crop
OF corn. The a!reams in this region OF
country have q more rapid Aow of water
than many OF our streams in Anderson,
and consequently are moro easily drained.
And when properly drained the lands
are considered extremely valuable. At
Cumming we spent very pleasant night;
on our return, at the house of Mr.. Green
Smith, formerly Of Pickens County, S. G..
His mother was also Garvin, and hiR
wife daughter of William Arnold, de-.
ceased. In the garden of our friend, we
were shown O remarkable freak CT nature
in the growth of common eurnip beet.
From the ground it shot up stem about
eighteen inches high, and at the top of
the stem fully developed beet, which
could not be spanned with the thumb
and finger. From near tho ground
sprouts sprung out from the main stem,
which presented at she ends perfect de-
velOpL.cnts of small beets.
CHEROKEE COUNTY.
Arriving at tho residence Of my
brother-in-law, Mr. r. l.. Gaines, we
found our friends in good health, and
well satisfied with their Georgia homes.
Mr.. Gaines lived for MANY years at An
deTson, bat removed to Georgia previous
to the war. Within the last few years
he purchased beautiful farm in the
Hickory Flat neighborhood, we'll i'm
proved and good, productive ridge land.
The neighborhood is very healthy, and
the location an admirable one for the
business occupation of Mr.. Gaines. that
of making and repairing wagons, bug
gies, &c. Canton is only seven miles
distant, located near the head of she
Etawa River. There is Presbyterian
Church in the vicinity, and good school
has been kept up for two yea-s or more.
Cherokee County is one of the beat coun-
ties through which we passed, but good
deal broken on the streams. Passing
from Cherokee to Barlow we travelled
down IN the valley Of the Etawa River.
At the junction of Little and Etawa
Rivers lies the plantation of our old
Pendleton friend, James Steele, deceased.
His widow resides on the place with h5T
son Henry 70 manage the farm. Two OF
her married SONS, William and Charles,
have settled on the plantation, and are
cultivating some of those fine bottom
lands. Standing in the yard of Mrs.
Steele, the eye can compass in its vision
several hundred acres Of the finest bottom
lands anywhere TO be found. Belonging
to the Steele place there are 865 acres
one acre for each day in the year. Mr
Henry Steele remarked that the lands on
the Etawa were never in the marke., ex.
cept on the death of the proprietor, and
for d;3;s;c:. sE,cHs the heirs, and said
that lands usually commaudc1 almost
fabulous prices. When Mr.. Steele sold
his possessions near Fendleton and made
his Georgia purchase. he perhaps did tbs
Tisest thing of long and well-spent life
in worldly sense. Above and adioin
ing him lies the valuable farm of Gov
Brown. The Governors lands are sc
productive that his tenants are glad Il
cultivate them entirely at their owl
expense and pay as rent one.half O
what they produce. Tho Governor
principal manager is growing rich as
renter, although he OWNS o valuable farm
not far distant which he says he neve
expects to go to as long as he can hav,
the privilege of cultiyating the Etaw,
bottoms. Across the river, and directly
opposite the Steele plantation, live
Henry Brewster, who migrated from th
Sandy Springs .neighborhood and settle,
the plantation on which he now lives be
fore tho Indians had been removed.
year or two ago he took the Te1ss ieTei
! and actually proposed selling these valu
4 able lands for the purpose of emigratinl
to Texas. But the deiusion was dispslle,
By letter from sister who resided 8
Texas, and Dir, Brewster will pfcbabi
spend the rsmainder of hia daya ct Ii.
1 Etawa farm. ~ a D,if
N ALLATooNA HEIGHTS.
| Ten miles lower down tho valley "
pass the. Allatoona Heights. Here "
cross the State road, and an embryo tow
seems to have started but collapsed. Be
yond the Heights some two miles, "
come to the Barlow Iron Works. On
furnace is in full biast day and nigh,
! Sundays as other days, aud they turn ON
daily about thirty tons. The moun.ail
near by, where they obtain the ORE,
literally riddled with pits, some OF enol
moua size Here we tarried Tor the nigh
with an old Carolinian, Rev. John Har
ris, son of DIR. N. Harris, formerly g
i ss .5s. @ :.,..: :,., =:
war. sud is teaching. aud preaching 70
q living. He Is blessed With aa, Interest
), Ing family. yii
BAxTow COUNTY. Aih