The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-31

0to OSoASl@ SCIltleuldu Salu ue u2O
ever felt the profoundest admiration
and love for our people, though born
and raised in his own wide Georgia.
He went on talking about South Caro-
lima and her people, and said among
other things: II knew John c. Cal
houn, sir, and I knew him well, and
he was by far the greatest man I ever
knew, though I have known in my day
most Of the great men of the country"
"The way first made his acuuain-
lance was this: In those days, some
where about 1898, the roads were very
bad in winter, and as [ owned plant
ing jntcrest jn Alabama, it was my
; habit to ride frpln my Georgia home to
my Alabama plantation On horseback.
There tlsed 10 ne an inn near the Ala
baria-GeoTgia line where nearly all
! travellers stopped ia goiny % Alai1ama.
At this inn / put up one winter after
! noon nII my way To nIy AiabaIna place.
-Not long aftcr, AZ / was 9ezp7d by q
comfortable fire, saw carriage drive
up With a family, and out ii il, along
with the rest If travellers stepped out
a tall, commanding person, who walked
directly to the sitting room where I
was seated, and who, after warming
himself, began To talk u me in verE
friendly way. He at once recognized
me az Georgian, and began to ask me
some close questions about my State,
which I answered as correctly as I
could. He then began himself to talk
about Georgia and the South generally,
which socn showed me he was no
common man. as be told me more
about Georgia than I had ever known,
though I had lived there all nv l;fe.
and thought myself well Informed on
the affairs Of my own State. He then
told NE who he |as, and taat he. too,
was on lis way to Alabama, and wenl
on to talk about Georgia and her CON-
manding relation 10 the South and
Southwest; and when &c had spoken
for some time with earnestness and
much force upon the subject, he rose
from his seat and approached map Of
Georgia, hanging on the wall, and put
ting his finger directly on the spot
where now stands Atlanta, he said, in
short sententious way: There some
day will be built great inland city
I asked him his reasons for the opinion.
He said without hesitation: The old
Indian trail centred about there, and
the sagacity of those men of the forest
taught them with unerring accuracy
the right paths for traffic. Hence 1
take it that somewhere about where I
place my finger the growth of the
Southern States will call for a great
inland centre of trade.'"
The Georgian then said: "Last year
visited Atlanta, for sure enough, Just
where John G. Calhoun had pointed
out forty years before, the city had
grown up. AS I beheld the fine CITY,
and caught on my ear the whistle of
the constantly arriving trains, I
thought of the marvellous man who in
my belief, had seen this city in his
wondrous forecast just as saw it there
before my eyes, and as it is growing 20
be from day to day great and COM
manding trade centre of the very region
as he had foretold it would be, and
that at time when the place was a
wilderness and that part of Georgia
was little better than an unknown back
wood"
This is indeed wonderful, and, whilst
we do not pretend to give the exact
language Of the intelligent old Geor-
gian, weyet repeat the exact incidents
as they were related to US by Mr.. Pope.