Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-05-15
For the Advertiser.
Charming Letter From Baltimore.
The Great Baptist Convention.--Prob-
ability of Augusta Being the Next
Place of Meeting.
BALTIMORE, MD May 9, 'S4

BALTIMORE, MD May y, 81.
The facilities for travel at the pres
entsaay-are trulypmarvelous as com
pared with those Of a few years ago.
YOU may dine at home in Johnston
or Batesburg to day and in Baltimore
to morrow, or by delaying dinner Just
little. you can eat it in the city Of
Brotherly Love-:
Our party left Batesburg on Tnes
day, one day later than we expected.
but it was. fortunate that we did SO,
as the train the day and night before
was crowded to the discomfort oi
everybody.
Nothing along the line of the G. c.
& A. R. r. would interest your read
ers, except, perhaps. to say that after
passing the sand hills above Colum-
bia, the villages and towns, together
with tie farms along the road. show
signs of life and prosperity. From
Charlotte to Greensboro, and thence
over the Va Midland Railway, until
near Charlottesville, our journey was
all in the night, and consequently
we had no opportunity Of seeing and
Judging Of the. country or people.
eThe land for 90 or Is miles on either
side of Charlottesville is poor and;
the neig1borhoud of Orange G. ii
the lands '1'ore s7= more level and much
richer. In fact the general appear
ance, of things through this part Of
the State betokens the fact that old
Virginia is fast becoming herself
again. Tia R. R. eating house al
Culpepper, with excellent and well
prepared fare furnished, would make
many modern hotel blush for shame
and only so cents for q square meal
There was pointed out to me neai
this place by gentleman from this
city, the finest farm in Virginia
One very rerceptible superiority II
seen in the mode of farming here
over that to be seen in l.dge6eld
that is in the preparation of the soil
The people seem to have gotten holr
of the wise:idea that there can be
that there ought to be, science on th'
farm as well as anywhere else. /
farmers would pillow deeper and pul
verize better, we would hear far les
,of. distressing. .droughta, short crops
and hard times.
"On to Washington" we 90, bu
some of us are to suffer partia
disappointment, inasmuch as oul
tickets are over the Baltimore ant
Ohio R. R., and the train has JUS
gone. Well, there is some comfort Il
be told that in an hour and hui
there will be another. What sbai
we do?' go to the Capitol" So Il
the Capitol we went My What
pile I'VE spent most Of the time look
ing for man to "show us through.
At last we find him. We looked i,
for a few minutes on The House o
Representatives, and had pointed on
to US some of, the men who have
gained prominence in this council 0
the nation. Tlooksd for the face @
"Uncle George" but he was not IL
his seat. Had we been day earle
we could have heard some Of the ex
letting debats on the sMorrison Tarl
bin.
1t is forty miles from Washington
TO Baltimore, and the fast. train
make it il IS minutes; but it wa
our misfortune to board an accommo
4 dation (9 train. This issthe play o
Hamlet with Hamlet left out, to
man who wants to get to Baltimore
l did not make an actual count, bu
l am'certain they didn't make fewe
than twenty stops, and took an hou
and three quarters to make the trip
If.you ever have occasion to visi
Baltimore, Tray steer clear of an ac
commodation train. Travellers pre-
fer the Baltimore AM. Potomac to tn
i. B. & o. R. r. One advantage is tn
short distance to go in changing cars
One other hint-take sleeper. Th
comfort of travelling. even if you don
s1eep O avink, is WORTH sahit costs, ant
besides there is no change Of cars be
tween Augusta and Washington.
The Convention
of Southern Baptists meets with tn
7th Baptist Church. About six hun
dred delegates are enrolled. Soutl
Carolina is about so strong. Their
are present from the Edgefeld Asso
citation: Fl. A. Whitman, w. B. Shaw
G. W. Bussey,,J. K. Fant, j. K. Pace
D. P. Hartley N. N. Burton, q. F
Williams and W. L. Durst. Six o
these are pastors, whose expenses
were paid by their churches. Harral
for Edge6eldl y
PIT Nell, Of Georgia; is electee
President; Lansing Burrows, of Au
: gusta, and O.. F. Gregory, of Char
fotte,' Secretaries. The Correspond
ing Secretaries presented their re
norts. The Foreign Mission Boar'
reports little over $4,000 raiset
since the last Convention; and th
M;,,;on Roord abnnt S65 000