The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-15

ly embraced by a moist Kroo. The rain
had temporarily suspended, and after
feaGhihg solid GROUND 9e wended our
way 10 very iieat looking frame cottage,
the residence of @ colored man named
Beam. He has been in this country for
number Of years. He has sfty acres
under cultivation in eugar cane, and ex-
pressed his regret that he could not show
us around owing TO the all-persading
dampness. He did show us, however,
over his sugar m;il, which is of the ordi-
nary pattern, .an by a ak horso steam
engine. Tho
LIBERIAN SUGAR
Is coaIse, but Of good quality aud
color, and brings from seven to eight
cents per pound from American rafinere.
The Liberian production Is from 5000
70 $500 pounds per acre. They make
from their augar boiling also on excel
lent quality of syrup, and rum, which Is
fines This yield of sugar shows what the
out readily that there should be money
in sugar-raising ct this rate, especially as
o crop is TO beobtained in one year, and
thority, does not require replapting for
years, new growth epringing up every
season from the old stnmpa. I saw Bon,o
cane, uncut remnants of this years crop,
which / would estimate st being
twelve or thirteen feet high and two in-
ches thick o foot from the roots. There
are only two or three sugar mills on the
river, however, and the profit is greatly
reduced to the general producer by the
tolls charged for grinding out the cane
--one third Of the gross proceeds. Re-
embarking, We continued our course up
the river. About five miles above New
Georgia comes similar town named
CALDWELL,
stretching along the river front, and con-
tanning @ population. of from 500 to 600.
The word "town" may mislead the read
er, settlement" would be the more
proper word, as they consist of q num-
Der Of email farmeTs adjoining each
other, and generally connected by broed
r;so roads, i,.,a,, %iscHlled streets" Just cppo-
Lower and Upper Virginia, the two TO.
gether containing 800 or 500 people.
BEHIND Upper Virginia Is Brewersyille,
where there are about 600 people. Next
ApoFo oppGkf NeeuttS 10 Olhy -AHQlenQ
which claimB o population of 1000
Nearly all Of the older houses along the
shore are OF brick, but farther back frame
is the general rule, with proportion
Of thatch houses. These latter it is diff
ficult for any one but native to make
comfortable. They can be run up with c
rev days iaDpr, anu are sometimes USED
temporarily by immigrants untirframe OF
brick buildings can be erected. There
is eaw-miil on the river, and consid
cradle quantity of the dressed lumber il
imported. As the brick clay ia abundan
and easily accessible, and the stan is no
enough to bake brick, it would be, ]
should think, more advisable to build O
brick alwaye. Manufactured brick car
be bought for four dollars per thousand
| and lime 70 cheap and easily obtained
Dressed ahingles are also made in small
quantities up the river. There is bug
sort of ant. in the country called "bug
aboo," which is very destructive to .dres
sea timber, especially in building.
think fom all accounts they would eat
frame house entirely up in ten or tvelv,
years II let alone. Tins Liberintis seen
to think that American timber with
stands the ravage5 of these insects bet
ter than that produced in Africa, Thes,
ants, sre different from the black ants
which make occasional raids, and if no
smoked back, Overrun houses, completed,
clearing them Of animals, insects, &c.
and setting as though scavengers. I eay
some Of the mounds built by these latter
four feet high by two or three thick. ant
oyergrown with grass and bushes. Al
Clay.Ashland saw
: A SMALL IRON STEAMBOAT
tied up just below the landing. It wa!
formerly the property OF MessTs. Morris
OF Fhiladelphin, but by some means OF
other has passed into the hands of Ii
berian. 1t seems to be rusting itself ont
now, and l am informed is never used
exactly why, ! could not learn. Il seeml
TO me that 1t would be an incalculablt
benefit to the people on the river, were
it run regularly, as we'll as source
of profit to the owner. It seems al
present to afford fair illustration o.
Liberian enterprise. We landed al
Clay-Ashland, took dinner, and spent
the night. ThereI frat saw what Libs'
"a could do in the way Of cotton. In
my hosts yard was 9 large bush some
eight feet high, and branching out twelve
feet each way. It was a cotton plant
which, he informed mo, had been grow
ing there for nine years, bearing regular
ly every year, and on two or three oc
ca::ons twice year. from 1000 to 5000
bolls. OF the cotton itself I secured {
specimen. Ills long stople, and resem
s!Ss oar sea island only It is not Quite st
fine. This
COTTON GROWS WILD
about the country, and nobody seems K
N off ~:
vho with their primitive looms, manufac
they wear almost universally. They
weave stripes about six inches vide, anc
ofIany required length. Those stripes
are subsequently woven together into tht
cloth, which is traded to the Liberiar
store keeper who sells it out again tt
his customers. The cloths generals
sell according to width, about 12A cent
being charged for each "stripe" contain
ed In them. They are dyed ueually Will
iniigo which also grows wild, in blu,
stripes Of different width on the white
ground. One saw, however, wnicn MA
quite elaborA.e, there being r..de at
tempts at reproducing the shapes o
flowers on IL. obtained couple O
these also. From all can see, 1 know
of no reason why Liberia should no
with proper care become one of the grea
cotton producing countries. There Is nj
replanting necessary except every twelve
or fifteen years; the plant bears the frs
year, and soon becomes strong enough
TO! defy grass.
NATURE SEEMS no PROVIDE EVERY
TIaIAsa IEEnn sg
In rambling around, my companion
the doctor, showed me the feyer plant