Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-10-31
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b1ilsssRs. EpITons Tho citizens Of Sandy Springs
have recently been honored with visit from
tho Hon. Walter NJ. Gibson, Of tho Sandwich
slslands, South Pacific Ocean. Mr.. Gibson is a
native OF Anderson County, was raised In tho
Sandy Springs community and married daugh-
tor of MIR. Jesse Lewis at that place. His life
has been one Of varied fortune, and his friends
and relatives hero have watched his career with
great interest, not only In America, both in the
United States and Mexico, but also in Europe,
the East Indies and in tho Sandwich Islands,
which have been his homo for tho past seventeen
years. Tho groat reputation which Mr. Gibson
has deservedly earned in his adopted home, anu
which had preceded him in his visit to his old
home, madc his friends and relatives quito
anxious to SEQ and hear him lecture upon the
experiences Which he has had in his wonderful
life in his new homo in tho far off Pacific
Ocean. Accordingly, at q meeting of the oi'i--
zcns of Sandy Springs, held this day, Messrs.
Jesse j. Smith, ]. w. Major, NJ. G. Smith, T. E..
Dickson aud I. L. Reid wcro appointed q com
mittcc to request Mr.. Gibson to lecture to tho
peoplo Of that vicinity in the Grange Hall of
Sandy Springs Grange. In reply TO their re-.
SANDY srnISos, S. c., October 80, 1878.
Messrs. jesse j. Smith, j. W. Major and
othcrs-Gentlomen In accordance with your
kind invitation it will afford mo great pleasure
to meet you at the Grange Hall of Sandy Springs
and give TO my old friands Of this neighborlood
somc information in regard to my adopted
country, the Sandwich Islands.
Yours sincerely,
WALTER NJ. GIBSON.
In compliance with the invitation above given,
MIR. Gibson addressed the citizens of Sandy
Springs in the Grange Hall on Monday evening,
October 28tb Wear sorry that wo cannot give q
full report of his lecture. lie spoke for more
than two hours and kept his audience deeply in
tercsted throughout the whole time. lie pre-.
sentcd graphic outline of tho group of islands
which compose the Sandwich Islands. They
comprise an area Of about four millions Of acres
with population of seventy thousand The
soil, which is composed of dccomposed lava is
very productive, and equal as q fertilizer TO
most commercial mannrcs, and if exported would
sell we'll as fertilizer. as an instance of its
productiycness, he asserted that one acre had
produced rs much rs seven tons Of sugar This
great fertility Of the soil has aided greatly in
The civilization Of the country. Tho chief
staples Of tho islands arc sugar and rico, and
these great articles Of commerce have done
much to reclaim the islands from barbarism.
Sixty years ago the natives Of these islands
we're savages-otfered human sacrifices to their
dolls, and in some instances were oannibals.
Now they arc far advanced in civilization, live
II better houses than the average farmer of our
country, and have all the convcnicnces of a we'll
ordered society. The influences Of the Christ
an religion had done much more than any other
'ause to elevate and refine The people. They
'rc mostly Congrcgationalists Episcopalians
Ind Catholics. AS an evidence of their refine
ncnt he said that not single instance, since
he white people had been in that country, had
Of tho i'll trcatmont of white women by
he natives. The two races lived in perfect
and the capitalist and laborcr were
veil rewarded for the hearty sympathy and con-
ord which existed between them. The form of
government is n constitutional monarchy, ad-
by King and his Parliament The
lousc Of Representatives of the Parliament is
of the Immediate representatives of
he people, elected by the people under quail
led suffrage. This qualification, imposed by
hoir constitution. requires that the voter shall
cad and write and be able TO keep correct &c
counts, sc.
We wish that We could report moro correctly
he fine lecture of Mr.. Gibson, because it was
ull of interesting matter which could not fail to
interest your readers. Those who heard him
egard the lecture rs great tread, and we are
My sorry that moro Of our people could not
ayo heard it. The OCCASION of the lecture was
happy one and was enjoyed by many of MIR.
iibson's old and new acquaintances.
Think mo yours, most respectfully,
W. G. s.
Let there be no laggards in the Democratic
nnks on next Tuesday. Vote for d. Wyatt
Nixon for Congress.
THE C,rr ,yru4nLe. a New York letter
# Wednesday says: "The indications arc
hat planters will lose good deal Of money
IN their present cotton crop, while the factors
md merchants will escape. Receipts oro now
pouring in upon this md foreign markets:
lcclino has already taken place that no one
Jared to predict two months ago, and in this
leclining market tho heaviest receipts Of tho
rear will soon begin to fall. Awhile ago tho
planters could havc sold their crop in this
market on contract delivery at oloven cents
and over por pound. while to-day cotton is
lown to 9.6oao.70; but then they would have
lad to run the risk of sovency of tho party
buying when tho contracts becumc duo tits
aid the advance of twenty-five points or ono
lay last wcok was engineered to hclp
'omc out who werc long of cotton, and thus
lyert failure The next div Tho nd dvonoo NO