Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-08-07
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UOLuel W iGl ueio auollDuldtlUu
n to candidates. I have .rd some.
;. where or else of the Bri of Signs,
but in this afflicted loey every
body had sigh for bris. New
;, !. berry is building the bigs kind OF
a cotton factory, right ne,he depot
and expects great returnterefrom.
Laurens is just a buildinaway for
dear life expecting to beall other
towns in the up.country7hen the
new roads from Augusta i Green
vile reach her town lins. And
che wont be far behind the either.
She is a right smart place alpo mis-.
take. Crops were looking on; nl;oler!'
able all in the upper part the
State. Th-re was not a felahat
came up to Capt. Fred Smiths ,ton,
In due time fetched up to aum.
mer resort, Tryon City, N. C.Tust
over the State line and just i the
embrace of the frat mountain ,nge
1t is only railroad station. A,am
let trying on big nare like tbeboy
who expected togrow to fit his cothel
She might grow to be a City bit sh
begins at the bottom. But she has
good situation and many advantage
On high hill overlooking the static
is the new, and roomy Tryon Cit
Hotel, clean and airy, kept by as p'
lite aid accommodating a good fe
low as you will meet up here or an
where else. he will work himse
down to please and make comfortabl
a guest. He showed his good sens
in securing the services of fin
Edge6eld lady and house keeper fo
his establishment and if one coul
not be pleased at his table it woul
be an insult Edgefeld is ready to re
sent. The guests here represen
Georgetown, Hampton, Charleston
Aiken, Beaufort and the State Q
Florida. And a nicer set of gentee
folks never boarded together. Their
amt so much fashion and big folk
and doings as your Wanda speaks Of
These folks are used to such places
and people out prefer a quiet sum
mer resort where there ls just al
much pure air, pure water and aplen,
did mountain scenery as at the more
expensive and noisy watering places.
The City contains about a dozen
houses, two stores, a blacksmith shop
and a factory on small scale, for
turning ont Of broom handles, ships
pins, slaves and other work in wood.
It got burnt lately but it's getting
lp again. Besides these there is an
lncompleted Episcopal church and q,
Ipiau chapel fer tie other persuasisRs
nGed to Tor a lew seconds was q dcc-'
,r. The place is we'll cared for you
ee physically and spiritually. A
,ile further down in the valley on
be banks of the Pacolet River is an
ther hostelry called McAboys from
IS host. It too is a we'll J, 'pt house
nd has a large number of boarders.
he surroundings of this valley give
an evsnness Of climate that makes
a desirable resort both summer
nd winter. The valley formed by
he Melrose, Hogback, Rocky Spur
nd Warrior mountains on one side
md the Tryon range on the other is
q the shape of v, opening south,
1t the narrow end Of the valley ls
Faces Gap, through which the river
.nters and the railroad goes towards
Iend-rsonville-after winding along
he banks of the river and sides OF the
Mountains. Thus shut in and pro-
ected from stormy blasts and warm
ID by the concentrated rays Of the
,un-the bottom of the valley is al
most semi tropical, while the heights
.roundare made pleasant by the gentle
,reezes adown the vale from the gap.
It is claimed that complete failure
n fruit or crops in general is not
known in this valley. The lowlands
,een from a mountain side, level as q
floor from quarter to a mile wide
from base to base of mountain, car
eted with the bright green of the
growing crops while the noisy, 81 sil
very little river runs and frolics
them first on one side anc
then on another is a sight wortt
travelling long ways to see. 1t IL
as pretty as any chrome l ever saw
and better than any picture | evel
have seen.
These valley lands are rich ant
are not to be bought for song. Fit.
to hundred dollars are often pai'
per acre for them. Corn, clover hay
potatoes and fruit are the products
The nights are too cool and the sea
; on too short for cotton. Sitting o.
the piazza of the Tryon City hotel
one has a view OF mountains for mile
each way. One never gets wear
looking at them. A steady look re
veals a bare patcAA and box like a
fair away up yonder, to be consid
erable field aad a good sized cabin {
a mountaineer. And that tape'ilki
streaH away off on the side OF ol
Tryon is a large stream of water 6
it falls in cascade down the mour
tain side. As company to anitlneral
preacher on one of his parochial visl
t climbed to the top Of one Of the'
mountains a few days ago and a
though I thought I would slide o
the horse going and coming in spl
Of name and tail holt, it was Wort
all the toll and scare Of the trip
see the sight I seen. On a narro
ridge of mountain tops, one SIDE Of
could see adown the valleys as tar
the eve could reach, plain stretch,
out before him, rivers, hills, field
woods, railroads, cross roads, al
towns too numerous to mention al
then when he turned his back on th
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