Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-01-22
Walhalla and it's SURROUNDINGS,

Walhalla and it's Surroundings.
We clip the following from tho Laurcns-
vile Hcruld, knowing that our readers will
pcrusc it with pleasure:
The South Carolina Conference, at its
recent session in Cha ylcston, having as
signed mo to newly created charge in and
around Walhalla. !. thought it best to spend
the Christmas Holidays in accommodating,
preparatory to tho coming campaign (not
POLITICALLY Something had Inspired mo to
write to Capt. j. =. Micklcr, on my way
from Conference, Informing him that 1
would bo in Wulhalla by the Saturday
evening train. [ found liacl; at the depot
aud was soon comfortably seated by com
Portable fire, engaged in an animated con
vcrsntion about church affairs, with ny
hoSpitable host. preached twice on the
ensuing Sabbath once in Wnlhalla and il
tho afternoon in West Uuion. l have an
abiding faith that door of usefulness is
about to be opened TO me in this region.
Perhaps tr!cf transcript Of my imprcs-
sions already made upon me by this people
and this section OF our State will not be
unintercsting to your readers: WalhaIa,
you know, is Piedmont tow0. 1t consti-
tutcs religious, educational aud CONNER
cial ccntcr, whose future outlook, as regards
these several interests, is both inviting aud
pronisinS-inviting to those who desire to
spend their energies in building, on new
foundations, works that viii inurc TO the
country'a welfare; promising as to the con
di,ionS, which are essential to success IN all
enterprises. Wa!hala, you know, was origi.
rally German town. About thirty years
ago some cntcrpr;siug Germans made the
purchase OF "a large area Of land and in
vitrd emigration from the mother country.
In n short time there was q considerable
German settlement, and they named their
town Vaihu,h, or Wahalla, which is tie
same in Dutch Nearly The whole popu!a.
,ion for several years was German Some
years aSn-sincc the war-what was known
ns pickcns District, 0Ntc 6ciiHm was di,ided
iuo two Counics,-New Pckcus and
! Oconcc. Wulha!a Eciag coutral
place in ;iic latter, aud 0oing already a
prosperous town, was selected as County Site.
| llia caused Il considerable iniluy Of The
American cleincnt in the way Of County
officers, lawyers, merchants, SO. Since
then tho American population has been on
the increase amt tho German on the de-
crease. Quite an Impetus WAS given to the
ical life and pros rity of the place by the
location hcrr Of Adgcr College This Col
lr"o is under the care Of the South Carolina
! Prcshyttry anG is doing Il great work for
the church and the country. The location
Is i'll region which is beginning to suggest
unexpected possibilities Of development in
material resources and in Industrial en-.
pIoymcnt. am informed that the facilities
for imparting thorough ana high grade of
scholarship arc not surpassed by any College
i'll tho land. Some OF the advantages as II
place of education are: |, The chcapness Of
living; 2, The acknowledged hcal.hiucSs OF
the c!iuatc. Lard in the best of families
can be had from IS to SO per month. .
The tasteful rniform- cheap and substan-
tial-which the students arc required to
wear, and the military drill to which they
are subjected contribute greatly to tho above
very desirable ends. In this age of mcrci.
less competition i'll all trades and professions,
physical endurance enters as an almost in
dispensahle factor in the problcm of sue
cess III life. High intellectual culture, as
far as the practical purposes Of life arc
conccred, will be of little avail in broken
down body. The aim of these educators to
| "eeoh' P''9i iu'i, N'E'iouo, )h9 Sl.ai QcFCl'
opment, in connection with liberal mental
training, is not only founded in the wscst
philosophy of education, but meets also the
imperative demands of the age. [ learn
that this College has an endowment, which
tho friends of the College hope will soon be
Increased to tho amount that will m.kc it
independent Of tuition fees. Those who
are casting about for place at which to
educate their sons and wards would do
vel! to consider the claims, and look into
the merits of Adgcr College The last
catalogue of the Adger College shows an
average attendance of Quo hundred and
forty students. 1t is an auspicious omen
for the new South Carolina that along the
Piedmont tho denominations have built
Collegcs-tho Mothodisls at Spartanburg,
the Bnptists at Grccnvllc, tho Scccdcrs at
Due West and the Prcsbytcrians at Wal
hala~-morc important fortresscs than those
suggested by military scicAco and more
advantageous to tho generation Of youths
now stepping upon tho throngcd arena of
lltc than large, unurned, hereditary estates.
There is not an enlightened patriot in our
land that will not give hearty God speed
to any high educational enterprise, dcuomi
national or of other character. This
place is of easy access at tho terminus of
the Bluo Ridge Rnilroad and within a few
miles of the Air Limo Railroad. Tho Blue
Ridge Railroad crosses the Air Limo within