The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-30


stream of time hand in hand, and their
tardy marriage seems to have renewed
them in every feature. They are SO hap
py that they have happifyfng influence
upon all who meet them.
THE END.
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HOW VISITORS TALK ABOUT us.
observations or tho Waiting vInficultnrinta
an Outlined by Col. Ailken.
SUMTER.
r. -. n
Speaking of Sumter they say: "This
town of about $500 inhabitants is situa-
ted Immediately upon tho Wilmington,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, forty
miles from Columbia, one hundred aud
thiTty-five from Wilmington, N. O., and
one hundred and forty from Charleston !:
1t has many local advantages, and Is
surrounded with growth of trees iuex-
pressibly beautiful, while its tasteful
flower gardens Gil the air with fra.
grance that reminds us Of the fairy land.
The kind and hospitablc treatment We
received at the hands Of tho citizens was
Characteristic of that old Oh d noted rep.
utati0T of South Carolina" Pgfslaps no
part of the State impressed this commit
tee more favorably rs q grape growing
section than the High Hills of Eantee,
and they were equally we'll impressed
with the water power, timber aud soil,
From Sumter the committee went to
Florence, and thence TO Society Hill, of
which they speak Us extravagnntly as
they do of Sumter, and reiterate their
praises of the hospitality of the people,
both black and white.
From Society Hill they went to
and there believed they had found he.
ven of rest. Within the vicinity of
Cheraw they saw turpentine distiliery,
and were very much pleased with this. ID
them, new end strange industry. They
were particularly struck with the tall,
limbless pines, with nothing but "top.
knot of long, bushy pine straw"
COLUMBIA.
From Cheras our visitors came back
to Columbia, and we can best express
their Impressions by using thei5 own Ian.
gnage, to wit: 'rThere are many places
and many things Of exceeding great in.
.erest in and around this capital OF the
State cf South Csrolina /: it neede greater
descriptive powers than ne possess to
portray the Beauties oe this lovely city..
Once end &C rsouotiy marred and dis.
figured by the Ruthless hand OF war. IL
has risen from it's ashes, and Is 10. De-
unsurpassed for i,eauty OF locality. resi-
dences and healthfulness of climate, by
any. town or city of the same sizs, that
we hnve ever seem"
They speak quite accurately Of the
public buildings of the city, and give
somewhat in detail statement of the
taxes, appropriations, especially for the
free schools, and our system of admins.
tering the Stats Government. The wa.
ter power of the canal is a5::c,..y a:5,..yy ce.n-
mended.
Newberry was their next place of halt.
Ing for night, and they were most
faV0rably impressed there with the
change in the country from what they
had already seen, and were particularly
impressed With the Increased ares OF
email grain as they advanced up the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and
with beautiful clover patches seen on all
sides. The free and easy, open and cen.
did manner in which they we re- met, too.
by the citizens, particularly touched
them. They say "Newberry is the
county seat, and centrally located in a
county of the same name It has pop.
ulation of about 1900, saaally divided
between the two races. Churches and
school .houses are numerous. and ono
prominent building in the town is thht5 {
Lutheran College, which no has seventy
scholars"
ABBEvIILE.
"On the 18th April we visited quite q
rolling country, ten miles north of Cokes.
bury, on Saluda River, where we founJ
on that river grand water.power, only
utilized in turning an old d-fnshioned over
shot wheel for q -four and grist o al
This river Is 600 feet wide hero. neyeI
freezes, seldom less, even in summer
than 500 feet width Of water, never over:
flows, and, in q distance OF one mile, hal
fail OF 100 feet. The location ffof fac
tories is here unsurpassed lands cheap
climate and water superior"
On the 18th April the committee Wait
ed the Savannah side Of Abbeyille coun
ty, and were much pleased with what il
known as the Flat Woods country. The,
we're held enchanted when they entered
the yard and saw t1e remains Of the ole
house in which John @. Calhoun wa
born; and when they visited the f.mil,
burying- ground, and saw with what care
every grave had been preserved, and tn.
monuments erected by the muniiicenc.
of Calhona himself, they were strucl
with q silent admiration.
Cf The Flat Wooda they sav: "Thi
whole country is delightful location fo
colony; the soil is dark gray mulatto
composed of disintegrated granite with
clay base the country is rolling ans
easily cultivated and productive; Iarg
portion Of this land is now ready and G
once available for cultivation and i'm
| provement.
ANDERSON.
"This County Is blessed with @ fenc
law, which, depriying it of those dilapl
dated fences and briery fenGs cornerl
gives it an appearance of ihSift. tha
makes 1t very attractive. The Cous
House, or county scat, Is centrally loca
ted, and Is surrounded by q fino, rollin
country that seems moro productive thal
what we have heretofore seen. The altI
j tGlio VI THU County, its perfect ciinat
and heaithfnIhess, its productive coil. n
splendid water, all contribute 70 mako
tho banner County Of tho State for agri
cultural purposes. no place that N
have ever seen presents moro induce
menus to the energetic, industrious. i'm
migrant than Anderson County, whethe
he Wishes to grow the vine, fruit, sn,al
grain, corn or cCtkon Nsed trfN ezra f;,I