The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-04-26

should be dedicated to the
practical 'eduoation of the youth of
the country, and we commend the,
effort Of the people of the Stste that Z,
their efforts may be crowned with
success. |
Wecopy from the Greenville ,Nte,cs
the concluding portions of the edito-
niid correspondence of that paper in
reference to this .institution:
Mr.. Clemson's will was drawn sever
al years ago by the late Col. James
III. Rion, but several amendments
and additions more recently made
were drawn by Mr. Simpson. He
bequeaths to,his granddaughter, Miss
Lee, $l5j0oO in money and securities
and $50 acres of the Fort Hill place,
with the provision that that tract may
be bought in and'atded to the remain-
der of the estate at fixed price.
Other legacies amount to $4,000,
of which $1,000 was paid before his
death. All the remainder Of the
Fort Hill estate, with the buildings
and the magnificent collection of rare
pictures, except the family pictares,
which go to Miss Lee, Mr.. Calhoun's
furniture and the books remaining in
the house and the stocks, bonds,
money and other securities of Mr.,
Clemson, go to the State for the es-
tWllishment and lnnintenancs of an
Agricultural A College.
The Fort Hill place containe l,l50
acres. OF this 800 acres, as already
stated, go to Miss Lee, but oan be pue~
chased to keep the estate intact at
fixed reasonable price. Those intim@
ately acquainted with Mr.. Clem-
sons affairs estimate that the secur~
tiles and cash remaining after the
payment of all encuabrances and ex-
pense will be between $4,000 and
100000, available for developing aud
endowing the college,
The magni&cence of the bequest
can not well be appreciated without
all understanding of what and where
Fort Hill is
1t is ILL., 0conee County just at the
point where OcoHee, PEllens ard A.
aerson unite It runs for some dis.
tance along Seneca River and thence
back into rolling uplands and heavily
hmLered woodland. The leuse
stands on crest of a gently rising
hill in the midst OF Il wide park, an
avenue of old and beautiful ceda,s
leading to it. From the front there
is u glorious view directly to the
mountains until the purple lines min
g'e with the horizon; on another side
the view ovorlooks the Seneca, wend-
ding its way aGnong the hills, and the
old British fort, from which the place
takes its name and which is GA the
Fort Hill plantation.
The residence is in sight Of the
Richmond and Danville railroad track
at distance of half q mile, and il
four miles from Pendleton, on the
Blue Ridge Railroad, four miles from
Central, on the Richmond & Danville
Road, and seven miles from Seneca
City, the meeting point of the two
railroads mentioned.
1t is hard to imagine requisite for
an agricultural college which Fort
Hill does not possess. It has nearly
2OJ acres of the finest bottom land,
creek and river bottom, cleared up
land pasture land in wide stretches
and great belt Of first growth tim.
Der, and its upland soil is partly gray
and partly red land. 1t is abundant.
ly wHtered with springs, wells and
creeks and has all possible natural
convenience for dairy, bathing hous.
os and laundry purposes. Where u
creek on it empties into the Seneca
River there is good wator power
which has been used for n mill which
did the neighborhood grinding.
A fair estimate of the value of the
real and personal property included
in the bcquest makes it exceed $780,
600, without, Of course, including
the pictures &nd furniture, which
are priceless. Contrary t. general
expectation, the library is n very or
binary one, most of the more valua-
ble books having been borrowed, stol-
en- or otherwise lost during Mr.. Glenn
sons long period of retirement and
partial illness.
1t was no sudden freak tllat inspir.