Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-08-11
DOWN. At THE BATTERY.
IN THE PHOSPHATE BEDS.
,AmDEg TIE CDNvIgFS.
a Fair Of Edgeaeld Trumps.
RE SORT
CHARLESTON, July 3C

CHARLESTON, July 30, 1881.
To.the ..up.coantryman' as they
call us, can imagine 10 more pleas
nrable resort in midsummer than
Charleston and SuIlivan's Island,
nth their. invigoiating sea oreezes,
delightful suri and artesian baths,
magnificent drlves and promenades,
beautiful flower gardens, splendid
fountains, and. best Of all, their cour-
teous snd ho3pitable citizens. Wei
come is tie greeting to the stranger
here: and ne is indeed a stranger to
every kindly impulse whose heart
does not respond in gratitude to the
open handed hospitality Of our neigh
bors By the sea.
notwithstanding there IS at pres
ent a.soarcity of visitors, yet many
people from the interior OF the State
nav he met every afternoon, leisurely
promenading the streets, or quietly
ait;irg under the shady oaks at the
B4ttcly, calmly contemplating old
oct an wonders, as he TIDAL waves
ron nlgestically on and play iamil-
iarly in the lap Of earth.
At tins season our landlord caters
not to. so many guests as when the
leaves bud Or when they fall, yet ne
does il with exceeding grace, and is
50 solicitous icg your welfare that he
invariably sees TO it that you fare
well. Indeed a glimpse at the early
market Will convince the most skep-
tical that no one goes hungry IN
Charleston. Fat beef, mutton, pork,
fish still founderlng on ice, fowls OF
various kinds, every variety Of vege-
table known to our favored cline, and
fresa lruits.trom every part Of the
world, lire either side OF the great
market house. What ever else IS
needed to serve the inner man can,
am informed. be found where liquids
are usually dispensed, and am told
zoo that the distance between these
,nl2ces * naaso great, shat onei. ike.
ly 10 grow tk rasy on the way SIDE
This much for Charleston. And yet
/ fesf-in a,business point of view her
interests are tagging. Notably the
large wholesale houses that adorn
Hayue strees are mostly vacated, and
tae thrWng strsde that a few years
s.ree ave this part Of the city such
prominence has vanished. Vacant
business houses are 100 often found IN
other parts OF tie city also. All this
could be greatly rrmedied if her good
citizens wonid only extend ns a little
more AID in the completion OF the
Edgefeld, Trenton aud Aiken Rail
road, thereby throwing a great inilux
os +r.1s a;rc.,lv uraer her control,
which, is by existing circumstances
.,liyested from lis natural channel into
other quarters.
The great backbone Of Charleston
now, and tha5 ~hich Affords employ
ment 10 thousands Of her people, a
aafe investment fol kor capital, aroy-
atty to The State, and benefit to
mankind generally, is the phosphate
industry, which is simply immense.
As q description of the process Of
,o;r;u,, and preparing this important
f,ctoy Of oa. fertilizers for market,
nav be new, aed perhaps interesting
=. .nso. ., youy readers. | viii ven,
.tnrs to- give brief but imperfect
sketch OF the operation as conducted
bv our enterprising Trenton neigh
hors lIessrs. Cahill & Wise, who have
h.roIed is the last wear over 800
coo worth OF the raw material, AMI
!, :, ,.,.n l,;oo :, ,ba;r wharf over
. - IN loas ,.opth ., Tho nresent val.
,',G, ,,',@;.,a ,l'' - ,aast sgo aoo These are
no Ia.s ,arsonages tbsn our genial
"SionD of mo~ooo,;Ia ,s,oe ard ;o,lv
ILL., cab;lI u,bo has ;,vastad in rail.
rso3s and farms. and iuos. and every
manner Of thing from which his indie.
ro+;gahla energy and thrift could
sopeeza ap honest psnny-not for the
love Of holding on 10 the Glthv lucle,
however. bnt mereIg for the fun Of
l,;ro ana circulating il that the
h aar.;S5i 81 others oight be made clad.
trbrao ,...r. ,oo ba wont tn Charles
$500 ,,;,h ..r,.,e; ,;ttlo nor.y. ;ranv-
u foc+ none but armed with an in.
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