The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-11-19
WalhaIla. 0conee Comfy.

Editors Press and Banner:
PerchUncc 4 word from the "High Lands
Of Carolina will not be out Of order and more
especially us Oconee County Is backing ur
Abbcville. and Abbeville backing up Oconet
and its Adgcr College.
Oconee want General MCGOWAN both a.
Governor and Congressman, rather mn awk'
ward predicamcnt. but after all things arc
considered, we think Oconee will be satisfied
with General MCGOWAN rs Governor und Col
Aiken as Congressman. We, Will compro
mise on this arrangement for the present, blu,
let it be remembered. that after two year:
have passed, we intend making Col. W. e.
Keith Governor. How do YOU like that?
Oconee has big notions, also has the ncces-
sary money, brains and brave hearts to carry
them out. This County has furnished Geor'
gia, Texas and Carolina with some great
men in previous years, and feels as If she
should do 1t again. She can truly boast ol
hcr mighty mountains, finest water falls.
most salubrIobs climate, noble manhood, and
most excellent institutions Of learning. No
county in the State can boast Of so many nat.
ural advantages, and certainly none can out
strip it in educational privileges, and more
especially when we consider how very young
Oconce is. Besides Adger College Il noble and
growing College, we have many of the finest
schools all over the County, and among them
Is one at Fair Play, presided over by Mr.. Cal
houn, an Abbeville man.
In very few years? Yes. very few indeed.
Oconce will expand and burst into the most
populous County IN South Carolina.
Already people are finding homes in every
nook and corner in the county. We advise
all persons wanting property either in Wal
halla or the county at large, to come at once
and invest before prices advance beyond the
reach OF men Of limited means.
Walhalla Is filling up daily with the very
best men Of the State, and very soon every
tenement house in the city will be filled TO
overlooking. Planters are coming from the
lower counties, who will convert these hills
and dales Into immense cotton fields instead
OF profitless corn patches. Our soil has a
large share Of lime entering Into Its constit'
uents, which with the amphitheatrlc position
of the mountains make the cultivation OF
cotton a success. In fact we think the fibre Is
superior n more tenuous than we find In
staple lower down.
Grape culture Is destined to become q most
business up here, and many per.
sons already have accumulated handsomely
from IT. Red oats grow to perfection, whrnt
yields abundantiy, and corn iinmeasurably
OF course. Should this county have good
crops for two more years we imagine u most
wholesome condition of affairs. Already The
people arc discussing the feasibility OF COM
pleting the Blue Ridge Railroad which Is o
great necessity to the State and the South.
Should OcOlec complete the road across the
mountains and add untold millions TO the
wealth OF South Carolina, will not every man
woman and child love her We think with
MCGOWAN as Governor VIC car bore through
the mountain, and during keith's admins
tration can put the iron horse on the track.
When anything else occurs VIC may write
you. How and where Is "Quid Nunc ?'