Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1885-06-04
For the Advertiser.
rom Parksville 10 the Holiness
\ Meeting In Columbia.
PARKsv1LLE, s. c., May %.

PARKsvILLE, s. O., May %.
MEssRs. EDITORS: The South Caro-.
lima Holiness Association met in Co.
lumbia on Tuesday evening the 18th,
at 8:l5 o'clock. As / had been ex
peciing for come time to go to it, and
having business up the Columbia and
Greenville r. R., concluded / would
skill two birds with one stone" Most
OF the territory to be passed over was
new to me, and thinking it possible
that at least a few of your readers
might be in the same 6x, concluded,
by your permission, would give The
ADVERTISER little of what saw.
We thought our grain crops around
Parksville were very poor, but before
/ got to Troy, i saw they were slack
ing off considerably, with the cotton
looking very puny, and in a great
many places a bad etand. Around
Greenwood the grain is Indifferent,
but the cotton looks better than any
down this way.
After I lett Greenwood, the coun.
try~w was new to me, and I enjoyed the
scenery very much. Being acous.
toned to looking atSour bills around
here, there was some contrast, for
most Of the lands up the Q, & 9. 4.
- seem nearly level. Several sec.
tions impressed me favorably as fine
for cotton farms. just above Green.
wood is a very pretty section, but the
one that impressed me .moat fav' ra.
bly, was about Donald's. / was dis
appointed in regard to the grain. l
had formed an idea that the farther
you went up towards the mountains,
the better would be the grain lands,
but 1 found it quite the reverse, this
year at least, for the grain crora kept
getting worse and worse, it seemed to
me. saw hundreds, if not thous.
ands, of acres upon which the grain
will never get high enough to cut.
u At Williamson there seemed to BE-
considerable life around the Female
College. The College is under the
care Of Dir. Lander. I heard it Wal
in Aourishing condition.
l went up as hish as Pelzer. Pei
zer, new town, is just two mile'
above Williamson; it has q cottor
factory, owned by stock company
most of them from Charleston. Capt
smytLe, the president of the factory
seems to be a hight toned, polished
christian gentleman. He looks close
ly after the sanitary condition Of tn
place, keeps the streets we'll worked
and drained, and will not allow evel
q pig to be kept up. From all I coul'
see and bear, I think Pelzer is one O
the best regulated places Of the kin'
in the whole country. They have fou
stores, two Of them. very large ant
well filled with goods. got to Pei
zsr Monday evening, about 6 O'Clock
and left there the next morning at II
for Columbia. Before leaving thi
subject, 1 will just say that any piou
persons wishing employment in fac
\ tory would find that this place woul
q ,snit them. s.Es;ssggs Bge: rs:
before saw that the grain crop we
looking more vigorous. After W
passed Chappell's, saw the land wa
! getting better. Whst l saw Of New
berry impressed meas being fine cot
ton land. something on the order 9
our Ridge country on The @. G. & a
R. R I can also say the finest grail
l saw between Pslzsr and Columbi
was 10 Nswberry-close kin to Edge
field. l believe Edgs6sld can CLAIM
as good grain land as there ID an.
where between the mountains and tn
coast. I was so we'll pleased with tn
country, that when the conducto
stepped in at the door and cried ou
Prosperity, began to think, "Well
will our Ridge have to give up th'
medal2" I have travelled but little
have only seen portion Of Georgia
Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi
but think the section between Tren
ton and Ridge Spring is the prettiee
country that has eyer, greeted m,
mortal eyes. I saw several fine patch
es of clover between Ninety.Six anC
Newberry.
We reached Columbia at 6p. m
Found only a few delegates the frs
might, but still the Lord was with ua
The delegates continued to arrive
however, until l suppose there were
some twenty or thirty. l Leard tha
one man walked 20 miles to attene
the Convention. Several brethren anc
sisters from Georgia were with US il
the fullness Of the'blessing. The rains
kept the congregation off until Sun
day, when large crowds filled the
Church. We had two street meetingl
at $50 p. M, but rain stopped these
gatherings after Thursday, Some siz
or eight persons claimed the blessing
of entire sancti6cation. Among The
number were one or more Of the young
ladies Of the College. The Lord bless
oo ouory meetino nm ths line of Holi.