Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-11-27
From the Abbcvile Press and Banner.
Walhalla, Oconee County.

EDi%oRs PREss AND BANNER: JPcrohnnce q
word. Fl >m tho High Lauds" of;Cnrolna
will not DO out of order and moro especially
as Oconec County is backing up Abbeville
and Abbeyile backing up Oconeo and ,s
Adger College.
Oconee wants General McGowan both as
Governor and Congressman, rather an awk-
ward rredicamcnt. but after all things are
considered, we think Oconee will be satisfied
with Gen. MCGOWAN aa Governor and Col.
Aiken az Congressman. We will compro,
misc on this arrangement for the present, but
let it DC remembered, that after two years
hnvc passed, we intend making Col. W. G..
Koith Governor. How do you liko that?
OcoDce has big notions. also has the neccs
sary money, brains and bravo hearts to carry
them out. This County has furnished Gcor-
gia, Toxas and Carolina with some great mon
in previous years, and feels us if she should
do it again. Sho can truly boast Of her
mighty mountains, finest water falls, most
salnbrious climate. noble manhood and most
excellent institutions OF learning. No county
in the State can boast Of 80 many natural
advantages, and certainly mono can outstrip
it in educational privileges, and more especi-
ally when we consider how very young
Oconco is. Besides Adger Cullegc u noble
and growing College, we hayo many Of the
finest schools oil over the County, and among
thcm is one at Fair Play, presided over by
MIR. Calhoun. an Abbcvillc man.
In very few years? Yes, very few Indeed
Oconeo will expand and burst into tho most
populous County in South Carolina. Already
people are finding homes in every nook and
corner in tho county. We advise all PERSONS
wanting property, either in Wahu!la or tho
county at large, to como at ongo and invest
before prices advance beyond tho reach Of
men Of limited means.
Walhnlla is filling up daily with the very
best men of the Stntc, and very soon every
tenement house in the city will be filled to
ovcrllowing. Planters are coming from the
lower counties. who will convert these hills
and dalcs into immense cotton fields instead
OF protitlcss corn patches. Our soil has u
large share of limo entering into its cons.itu.
ents. which, with the amphthcatric position
Of tho mountains, make the cultivation of
cotton success. In fact we think the fibre
is superior and more tcnuous than we ind in
the staple lower down.
Grape culture is dea:incd to become most
profitable business up here, aud many per-
sons. already hnvo accumulated handsomely
from it. Red oats grow to perfection wheat
yields abnndantly, and corn immcasurably of
course, Should this county have good crops
for two years wo imagine Il most wholesome
condition Of affairs.
Already the people are discussing The leasi
bilty of completing tho Blus Ridge Railroad,
which is great necessity to the State and Tie
South. Should Oconcc complete the road
across the mountains and add untold millions
to the wealth Of South Carolina, will not
every man woman and child loyo her? We
think with NlcGowan as Governor We can
brc through the mountains, and during
keith's administration can put the iron horse
on the track. When anything else occurs we
may write +.