The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-11-13
JAMES EDWARD CALHoUN's WILL.
The MiIiwO0d Estate III Abbcyiilc and
EIbcrt Counties. 10000 Acres, 80
be Divided Into Seven PartS---Thc
Mountain LANDS to bc Divided In
to Nine Parts.


Mountain lands to he Divided In
to Nine Parts.
The will OF the late James Edward Calhoun
! has not yet been submitted to the PrODat
Court, but the contents Of the will are known
The MillwOod property, twelve thousint
acres I'm Abbcvillc county and four thouS;lnt
acres in Elbert county, including the Irotter
Shoals water power on savannah river Is lei
| in equal parts to-
| f.. i. Calhoun, of hbbcville.
| John G. Calhoun, Of New York.
John &. Calhoun, OF Florida.
Benjamin L. Calhoun, of Florida.
| Miss NJ. NJ. Calhoun, of Atlanta.
| Andrew p. Calhoun, Of Atlanta.
Pat Calhoun, of Atlanta.
The mountain lands, 900 acres, is divided
into nine parts, to the seven persons nance
above, together with
Mrs Maria SinpkinS Butler, of Edgcfeld.
Miss Isabella Lee, of New York.
| The executor, Mr.. Pat Calhoun, Is author
lied and directed to set off from the lands
above named two small tracts, in such places
as he may deem proper, as follows:
TO his servant. Caroline Cal houn, $50 acres
| TO Edward Kcser. who had managed his
farming interests for several years, l'O acres.
| The will was signed October -. lSS!I.
The tcStator died October 81, lSA.
The witnesses to the will were NJ. &. Butler
| of Ed9pficld, Marcus III. Woodward and JAS
w. Green both OF Atlanta, Ga.
| 1t IL understood that 1t is The policy OF Mr.
| Pat Calhoun and of his brother, Mr.. John {
Calhoun. to cndcavOr 10 preserve the AbbC.
willie and f.lbcrt county property intact, and
that lhcy will seek the co-opcraton of tho
other legalces in an effort to induce cipttal-
lists to invest the necessary amount ol cash tL
erect immense cotton factories on Trottcrs
Shoals.
| 4 majority of the lcgatcrS arc believed TO be
well oil in this worlds goods AMI IL IS sup
posed TINT they and some Of their friends vii
organize Il joint stock company to carry into
effect one OF the most important industrial
enterprises with which this section Of the
South has ever been favored with
The fail in seven miles Is l35 feet; the sup
ply OF water Is constant and ineNlihnStihlc-
being supplied by ncvcr-1nilinS mountain
streams.
Another advantage lies in the fact that be
cause of the width of the river and swittncss
OF the current. the stream has. we believe
never bccII known to rise higher than seven
feet above low water mark.
The lands are high on cacli side Of tho
stream and the water is never out OF Tho
channel
At present, In" only question is, rs tr
the availability ni til" power, and the suitn'
blencss for factory sites. II competent cn:l
nccrs should find the wafer power available
and the lands suitable for factory purposes
then there is no way To property estimate the
value OF this property 10 amy company ol cap
ii;tiiSiS vino may choose IT, Improve the prol"
criy.
Hrcry.tly the Savannah Valley Ralroad has
run ior miics through the edge of the lands
and near Ia the shoals. and IL Is now certain
llIr (ipOi GA, HfDIlla anu
will cross the estate III iEc head OF The SonlS
at an early hIy-IIu>>Ib!y within Il year RON
this time.
With the building of these railroads, AMI
the utilization uI rhiS vast water. the increase
in all the property III HAT sect ion of the conn
/ IL will h iinlnrn>t. Il has been The history
ut iiirr rcn't" sections lti;Il H!u'r lhc ;li
rcar:,II.r ui r.i!ruad$, and after the building
nl Eicfurir$, that FARMING lands have gone up
greatly in price, and We ~" nn reason tn
doubt that i!m rrlic would hold s"Gd in case
IN, Truiirr's shoals property i improved.
SlRrWi Gr s1,mW.Wm invested III factories
wuIiki tu:kr the lands of the estate of Mr..
calhoun. to say nothing ~! the walter power,
worth ImrhHpS three times us much us they
are Ht present.
II 1hr Ir.,irrS ar" " 50, thcN VIII ro-nl"ratc
with the MrSSrS. p %. I i,L'H (. Calhoun III
their effort To imvrOv" '..g t,"p TlE, 10 which
they have 50 recently ;ai!vn l!"ir / the rS-
tate is diyidrd and the water power destroy
ed II i doubtful If il wuHl'l hrIn@ the ASSESS
,,l value L., AN acre. With the property I'M
proved! II wuuId h. worth inS>lby :-li an acre.
I:y improving it thr vast amount OF !!lnbrr
might la pru:ilabiy utilized.
';hr Farmers Alliances uf Ahl"rilI" rnun .
tv have undertaken tu b0ycnii lhr Press ana
!;dHn,r hcclus' that paper has lhr courage
to express lis opinions CLEARLY Tc"irdill@ he
cotton ba"gin" question. lie properly D'-
lirv,.. hat the SUbSl tuition oi cotton n;i%slh%
for iuir iS imprartlr:ihlc and iInFr"tI'iIhlc; :;
and i'll telling 1nr Farmers 50 lIr SHOWS hiS
honesty. nnd Is d0inG tln'hl Il h'hdh'f'"'
.iiE,W HrrOf,i'T.