Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-08-08
AIKEV WARNS EDGEFIELD NOT
TO CLAIM ALL THE GLORY. &:
AIKEN, S. C.,,.July 23,. 1878. !
From the Aiken coal'aer-Jonrnal.

g copy fthatsterling paper,the Elge-
field Advertiser, in which some of her
people so+eulogize her citizens, what
they have done, and what they i'll
tend to do: that we were lost in
amazemeny' and made to stop and
ask ourselves the questipn:. Do all
the people Of South Carolina live in.
Edge6eld? Does she not constitute
the governmental and lid anhody else
ever DO anything for the redemption,
tof-the old. Palmetto State .-.-..-.4,l-...
We are willing to accord to Edge
field the home OF the Buffers, Pick
ems, Bacons, and the host of gallant
spirits whom every true Carolinian
has always delighted to do honor, all
she is entitled to-: That -her, citizens
are hospitable, brave and patriotic,
and that they contributed their share
to the freedom If South Carolina.
But our friends forget or seem to
forget that Aiken con titutes an in
tegrant part of this grand old State;
and that we propose 10 blow our own
whistle, and to show who we are,
what we are, and what we have.
Where is your land that will pro-
duce two ears of corn to each stalk, a
slice OF bacon in the tassel, and a.
bottle Of. good old Bourbon at the
root? Where is your land that will
produce three bales OF five hundred
pounds to each acre, and a spool of
Coats to each stalk? Where.are your.
oak trees that it takes two men and
boy to see to the top, and have to-
fence them in to keep the acoFns from
falling on stock and killing them?
Where are your beautiful lakes and
grand rivers that abound in fish, cat
fish taking in sixteen feet .batteau
with two men at one gu!p, trout
weighing eighteen pounds and Dream
three pounds? Where are your al
ligators ;hatlove dog meat better than
Ben Boyd loves whiskey? Where are
your mosquitoes, tiuks and red bugs,
which are such a luxury for a poor
man to scratch? Where are your pan
thers,. bears, CATS. foxes, deer and go.
rillas? Where are your eagles, (ex.,
cuse me, youhaye one, )turkies. quails,
grouse and nighti.usks? Where is
your Cedar Spring, the water which
flows from it runs five saw mills?
Where il your Geker Spring;the wa
ter Of which is. So cold that glass
pitchers will not hold it2. Where are
your Graniteyille, Lihgley, Vaucluse
and Bath2 Where are your &c. &
A., South Carolina, Port Royal and
Sand River Rail Roads, and another
soon to be completed? Where are
your beautiful women that can carry
men beyond the etherous, or; bring
them down to tho regions Of eternall
woe? Where are your wives that can
raise is, -four hundred pounds Of good
pork, from the foot water. of the lam:
Eily2 Where are your men that have:
mastered the science of law? Where.
are your physicians that have dag
nossd sveryrdisease: to which the hu-
man family::is heir to2 Where are
your beotainists that can tell every tree
ahwb and plant on the green'eartht.?I !.
Whereafe ,your bankers can lend
money to a fellow when. in tight on
good collateral at eighteen per cent.
Der annum?, Where are your men
that can shoot themselves twice
through the head, then kill their
wives and lay both out ready for bu,
rial? Where are your men that can can
break three glass, balls thrown from
traps at the same time, with a double
shot gun :? Where are your men that
can off hand, with a.rihe, two hun
dred yards cut off the bill of y mos.
quito. and. not make .him .anee2e'
Where are, your raen that can thrash
two men and sixteen year old boy
before breakfast, and not produce a
gentle glow upon his skin ? Where
are your fat men that the grease (this
weather. from three o.. them runs
two, soap. factories? ;" Where is your
man that was caught by pa1s..err
}, bitten by a rattlesnake, strn X hnA
i! lightning, one hand cut off isi..al saw
gin, killed q man and waa sent tots.t
Penitentiayy for fiife2 Where are
your candidates that can balance
] themselves on the fence SO we'll as t
fall on the strong side q day !Ssl;7gt Of tWge