Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-07-25
IOCONEE is PROSPEROUS |!
TO THE BEAUTIFUL VAL.
LEY OFTHE TUGALOO...SCENES
AND INCIDENTS ALONG THE
WAY-.-CROPS, sc.


tho 10th instant, wc sought relief from
stlie daily tolls of our sanctum, and sciz,
5ing our gripsack as we'll as the roins
which held in check q fleet stecd that
serves SO we'll in tho livery Of Mcssrs.
! Biemann & Erwin, wo started Oh three
days jaunt down tho beautiful Valley of
q tho Tugalon.
S22t& RICllIAND.
S 1t beiug our purpose to see rs much of
the counSv as possible, wo started by
s $Richland, thriving little town Oh the
Air Line Railroad, midway between
Westminster and Seneca. This town is
surrounded and sustained by one of the
finest farming sections of the county.
Down the fertile valley OH the East there
I flows Richland creek, along which lie
many rich and valuable farms, owned by
s,ioi, fs,iiieis al, II. s. StE:h,i:.g, 81, Mrs.
Elizabeth IIughs, Oliver Martin, Edmund
I Foster, Thomas III. Dcndy, John Ballcn-
ger, N. c.. Mcdonald, j. j. Davis, John
Gillison, Richard Lewis, NJ. T. Whitaker,
! Capt. j. l.. Shanklin and others.
Ion the West the larger stream,
Connoross, and its tributary, ColoncPs
Fork, gently wind their way in search Of
the Savannah River. Up and down on
eithcr side of these streams are many
farms equally rs fine as those on the
East, and owned by f. =. Werner, Mrs.
E. II. Stribling, B. +. Driver, w. II.
Jayncs, Lcmucl Thomas, Lcmucl d.
Stribling, Mrs. Ruthie Stribling, j. Mcr-
rel Sanders, Enoch Brcazcalc, j. =. Nc
Donald, Rev. II. l.. Duflie, George w.
Phillips, G. w. Kay, Newton II. jenkins,
G. G. Porter and others, too numerous to
mention.
Stopping about an hour in the town we
spent it in pleasant converse with Mr.. w.
III. Hughs, who is Richards widc-awakc
and progressive merchant. lIe docs Il
large and successful business, and is
thoroughly identified with tho growth
and development of this highly favored
section. lie showed us the design Of the
new academy, which is in course of cree
tion, and will be ready for occupancy by
the commencement Of tho next scholastic
year. 1t is a large and commodious two
story building. 30 by IS feet, with three
rooms below and large hall above.
This academy will be an ornament
to tho town and credit to the
community. Mr.. Hughs consented to
become the local agent and special cor
respondent Of the COURIER, and now we
would say to any and all WHO live and
move III this community to give him the
ne,cs. 1t is our purpose, SO far as in our
power lies, to aid in the progress and de-
velopmcnt of this and G, cry part of the
whole county, socially, morally, cduca.
cationally and materially; and to this
c1id wo desire and mast have q know
ledge of what is being done. Therefore
we urge our readers in Richand to lend
lis q helping hand in gathering the news
from their neighborhood, If you have
al extra yield of corn, cotton, wheat,
rye, oats, potatoes, fruits, in short, of
anything grown on the farm, carry good
sample to Mr.. IIughs and deposit it, ct
the same time being careful to give Il
clear account of the manner of cultiva.
tion, growth, &c.
The time having come to favor the
inncr man, we drove to the home of Mr..
w. r. Jayncs, where we took dinner
drank cider and rested until =. NJ, when
we again pulled the rcins on "Crockct,"
who did his best to take us to the banks
of the Tugaloo by 7r. NJ. AS we drove
along the road we noticed the growing
crops were fine. On the farms of Mcssrs.
Dendy, Jayncs, Ilughs, Striblng and
Werner tho cotton was especially fine and
showed that it had been well cultivated.
Further on we passed the farms Of She
riff w. w. Moss, James o. Armstrong
and w. II. Hunt, who are nrst-class
farmers, (our high Sheriff, however, is
now giving his personal attention to the
apprehension and detention of criminals
rather than the tillagc of the soil) but
we could not see much of their fields
from tho road. 1t is safe to presume,
though, that their crops arc fully up to
their average and none the worse because
we could not SEQ them. a few hours
drive and we were down on
NuBBIN RIDGE;
but there is no part of the county where
fewer nubbins arc now raised The dc
yelopmont of this section in the last ten
OF fifteen years has been wonderful in
many respects. Large and comfortable
farm houses dot tho landscape, here and
there, along tho route, while fertile fields
promise large yields of corn and cotton,
where only few years ago the black
jack would scarcely grow. The people
arc thrifty, intelligent and progressive.
At Oakway wo stopped and chattcd
awhile with Mr.. j. j. Haley, known ali
oycr Oconce as the proprctorof 'IIalcy's
Store" For several years he has con
Quoted n successful merchandise business
on tho ridge, and has always taken
deep interest in the up-building of his
community and tho welfare of the county
ut large.
We then drove to tho residence Of j. B.
Sanders, Esq, and halted for a few min
utcs to eat some of his fine fruit. Here
we found ripe apples, pears, peaches and
German prunes. iIe has a splendid Sc
lection of these fruits, as well as plums
Strawberries, raspbcrrics and garden
vegetables. His corn and cotton arc
good. On our way home Saturday We
stopped again and dincd with "Jobcrry."
His GOOD la1y soon nrpnorp1 q Mica din .