The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-24
AT AUGUSTA.
interesting Description OF tho Fam.
GUS Southern City.
BEAUTIFUL STREETS AND HOUSES.
Tho Noted Sand Hills on which nrc
Many Handsome Ecsidonccs-Au
Old Darky's HcmarIk on Seeing tho
First Electric Street Cara Wheel.
Ing Man IN tho South.
sneiaI cgrecendcnce Of ne IntAli1.no,,

AIKEN, o. ", Aprll lo.-Somo yonrs
ago, an old Connccticutdeacon waa seen
in Now York in n slightly "how came
you so2' condition. When asked for
an explanation, hc replied that no "had
served tho Lord for forty years, and had
just boon taking n day to himself"
Like tho deacon, l concluded to takc
u day to myaelf; but beyond that fact,
the similitudc docs not extend. I con.
Guided to spend my day in Augusta,
Georgia. The route hence is like tho
road to perdition-aIl down hill.
You take tho. South Carolina railroad
here, and alter riding eighteen miles
and descending four hundred feet OF q
grade, you cross tho Savannah river
upon an old.fashioncd covered wooden
bridge and arc ready to sing with tho
boys In blue "Nhcn we 20 marching
through Georgia."
Ono OF the chief sights that attract
the ego OF the stranger in coming into
Augusta 10 its principal business street;
truo to it's nanc 1t is two hundred feet
broad. 1t is beautifully paved with
asphalt, for n distance OF a mile and n
half, and presents a glorious surface,
upon which tho bicyclist can exercise
himself upon his wheel.
Broad street has many handsome
buildings upon it; notably among them
might be named the Arlington hotel,
tho Dyer, Masonic, Montgomery. and
the Alexander buildings. But there is
still q large sprinkling Of houses Of the
ante-bellum type that could be replaced
by modern buildings, to the advantage
oil all concerned.
Running parallel with Broad, is
Green street, which is also very wide,
and is flankcd by comfortable, and in a
great many instances, by handsome
homes. There is q park running
through tho middle OF Green street, and
rs 1t has two rows OF stately trees, and
rs there is o similar row at each curb,
they form q tri.partite arbor for q cou-
pie OF miles beautiful to the eve and
atIordins a refreshing shade for tho
weary AuSustanian whom the vertical
rays Of the MONDAY sun arc getting in
their best work, which happens, as the
Irishman would say, for about six
weeks in the long month Of August"
Augusta, like allsouthern towns, runs
largely to cotton. Of which staple about
100000 bales arc annually handled
there. OF this number $4,000 bales arc
annually consumed by tho nine factor-
les in operation there; and moro than
1000 hands are employed.
These factories give Augusta quite the
air OF a New England manufacturing
town. The manufacturing Interest OF
Augusta is large and steadily i~ncrcas-
ing, us is the case with many other
points in tho south, and the tiufe is not
far distant when the south will be more
interested in 4 protective tariff than the
north-in fact, the north is rapidly APP
preaching q point when it will be indie.
pendent Of tariff protection, and tho
time will come when tho south will cry
out for protection to home indus
%triesl" Then the north may saw: 1--WE
piped unto you and ye have not danced;
we mourned unto you and yo have not
wcpt."
l hope tho north may DO generous
when the cry comes, for "blood is
thicker than water" but there is no
~tclling-as the old darkey said. white
man very onsartin.n The south had
better get aboard the good ship Protec.
ton before the gang plank is hauled
in and the lines cast of.
About three miles west of Augusta,
three hundred feet above il, lie
tho sand hills, a delightful spot to flee
to when the hot weather sets in. Here
are beautiful homes, OF tho southern
siylo OF architecture: The picturesque
Hotel Bon-Air, eaid to be one of inc
best kept houses in the south, occupies
u charming location here, and the
United States arsenal is located in the
same vicinity. : Tho arsenal grounds
comprise q large tract OF land, hand
somely laid out and improved by well
kept trees; and wha: Is still moro
charming to the eye, like an oasis in q
desert-a green lawn-somethinc one
don't sec everyday in this sandy u
try. Whoever selected this spot as n
kennel for Uncle Sans dogs Of war;"
certainly discharged his duty well. a
better selection could not have been
made.
The sand hills are connected with
Augusta by q good system of electric
cars, m evolution from the crs.while
mule cars.
An old darkey standing on the cor
nor and seeing tho trolley cara PASS for
tho first time said: "Bress de Lawd-
dc Yankees tust come aud freed do
nigcah, and now. gollyl dey done and
freed dc mule"
l had tho pleasure OF meeting in
Augusta a former Wheeling bow in tho
person OF Capt. William W. Frv, a son
OF the late Judge Joseph L. Fry, OF hon.
ored memory. Capt Fry is we'll located
in business, and like all Wheeling boys,
whether at homo or abroad, is highly
esteemed.
Prominent in tho middle OF Broad
street stands a Confederate monument,
made OF Italian marble. 1t is ninety
two feet high aud is surmountod By a
soldier Mt parade rest" 1t bears the
inscription:
'No nation rose SO white aud fair,
None fell SO pure from crime"
The warm spring weather is driving
tho northern people home, and in the
COURSE oil two weeks I hope to be once
more upon tho banks Of ia belle
fivierc." Auf wiedersehen, C. A.
Pensions to West virsInlans.