Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-12-18
CORRESPONDENCE
semphronicus Writes From Lex
ington County.

DEAR ADVERTISER: 1t may seem
as if all the characters that figured
| in the>columns of tie ADVERTISER
last summer, have vanished like
the roses which inspired their
most pleasing thoughts. Mayhap
the cares aud duties which Autumn
brings in her train have turned
their attention 10 sterner falds If
thought.
Pedagogue is runnirga paper of
his own and is turning off some
frst-class editorial matter. Prof.
Fuller, whose sch ,larly disgust
tions on educational work delighted
us all, in working with might and
main for the Batesburg Advoc. te.
OF all the rest, l suppose each is
chasing his favorite phantom
each one doing the work appoint
ed, whether in the school loom, a:
the bar, by the counter, or at the
! plow.
Your humble scribe finds him
self at present exercising his
pedagogical arTifiFies7 ii the Fork
of Lexington county, near the place
where our friend Mr.. J. w. Black
met his un.imely death i'll Febru-
ary last. The fact that impresses
me most throughly, is the resem-
blance of this country t., Saluda,
the same hills, flint rocks, red,
white, and gray-pravelly soil; and
very nearly the same kind of peo-
pie. The analogy between their
section and Saluda az she used to
be, is greater from a political
standpoint. We Of Saluda we'll
remember what q slim showing q
man from cur section stood 10 get
an office-espeoially to go to the
legislature. Precisely the same
thing exists down here in reference
to the Fork and Sand Hills. The
Sand Hills can out-vote the Fork,
and as natural result the most of
the Offices are filled by m' n from
the other side of Saluda. On big
occasions, men from both sides
will meet and arrange matters TO
suit themselves. This year the
Fork got one delegate to the Con-
stitutional Convention--Dr. Schu-
.er; the other s:de two--Efrd and
Lybrand. The people of the Fork,
like saluda, wouldn't object to
having county of their own, but
they haven't got the territory.
This section was called the
Dutch Fork from the number Of
German settlers who made their
homes in the territ ry between Sa-
laua and Broad river. Some OF
the olde It inhabitants still glory
in the fact that they can render
,Muter $preche as fuently as En-
,slish. Some Of the ablest divinss of
The South Carolina Synod hail
from the Dutch Fork. The sur
face of the country with all its
roughness presents very pleas
ing contrast to the unbrokenness
and dazzling whiteness of sand
bills just across Saluda.
A word ab>ut politics; we no.
tice that Samps Pope has formally
allied himself to the Republican
party, not much of a credit to that
party, but q gaiu to the white peo-
pie of our State, in that they will
not have to be political bed fell
lows with such man. He deliv-
ers a par ing whack at his old as
sociates by purposely omitting
from his list of developed States
men such men as Bryan, Mower,
Henderson, B ob Watson, JAS Tai
bert. Wilson, Gov. Evans, w. D.
Evans, and putting in Ellerbe and
Burn! We doubt not the ability
of these two men, but putting them
before Jas. and Watson seems like
sacrilege, even IN the many spot
ted Samps.
Well, the apology of those di-
rectors of the Atlanta exhibition
to an invited gold bug fraternity
was laughable in thu extreme. They
try to shelter their own precious
selves by showering on the heads
OF Evans and Tillman such ex-
pletives ''ranting dcmagogues"
etc. They ought to profit by the
experience Of certain papers in this
State and know that that they are
only advertising these men. Que
minute of cussing to politician is
worth. whole ocean of raise. We
think Tillman has struck the key
note in putting the money quss-
/ t.on a %oo,l &c oyarxy otbor Co otir