Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-08-31


sss snakes, either yhsnayer tho 9resdes
may be In FranIlin be Burs to 8Sall / OH
Mr.. Cunning CHAM and have him tell sso,, you
about his snake killing, and the location
of the biz: :sest don Of ttlesnakes II, TIC
world. But time forbids us tarryine
longer here, and we pursue our tourney.
to IN 81 VI 5 AZ, IA
sSf b ~ CLAYTON, ia. s,$i$
The drive through the Tennessee Val.
10y and Rabun Gap on a clear day pre-
sents many interesting sights. This IS q
fine farming section. There ara many
good farms along this route aud tho
lands are rioh and productive. Corn,
wheat and Lay are tho principle Drops.
The farmors are manifestly woll-to-do.
A great many live in large two-story
houses, nicely painted and the prom, !,
::sses I k,,as.ttified. 25 h
Arriving at Clayton, the capital of Ra-
bun, we found tho Superior Court in
session, with Judge J. B. Estes, Of
Gainesville, presiding. This afforded us
an opportunity of meeting many of tho
representative citizens of Rabun from
various sections of the county. One does
not have to talk with them long to dis
cover the hard horse sense Of these
sturdy mountaineers. They are Of the
kind that Is the salt of tho earth, and
Rabun claims the birthplace of many
mon of renown in church and State,
among them being ono Of the greatest
jurists of tho South, and an Ex-Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of tho
State. Being court week we had the
pleasure of meeting many members of
the bar Of the North East Circnit.
among whom wore Hon. w. A. Charters,
of Dahlonega, Solicitor General of this
Circuit, who is terror to evil doers H.
H. Dean, Hubert Estes, w. +. Findloy,
Gainesville f.; Chas. L. Boss, J. j. Bow
don. G. p. Erwin, Clarkesvillo; ex-Judge
j. j. Kinsey, j. w. Underwood, Isaac
Oaks, Cleveland A. G. MoCurry, Hart
woll John j. Strickland, Robt. Mo-
Millian, Galloway Edwards, Athens w.
s. Paris and Robt. Handy, Clayton.
Robt j. Swain, of Gainesville, O. relative
by marriage Of our Mr.. j. w. Shelor, is
U.
A ubiquitous newspaper man also finds
homo here, and wo formed the acquain-
tance of Col. j. A. Reynolds, editor and
proprietor of the Clayton Tribune, a
newsy journal eighteen months old. Ho
deserves we'll at tho hands of tho peoplo
Of Rabun, and we hope to hear of his
venture meeting with abundant success.
Our meals wero taken at tho Wall House,
kept by Miss Blanche Wall, whose hos
pitable entertainment has become pro-
vorbial. Rooms for the night aro fur
nished at the delightful home of DR.. j..
G. Dover, who is recognized as one of the
foremost physicians of Northeast Goor-
gia.
We found at both Franklin and Clay
ton much enthusiasm ovor the proposed
Black Diamond railroad. Given good
railroad facilities this section would soon
be looming with varied industries, and
its rich and varied natural resources
would be developed in a mannor little
dreamed OF now.
A three hours drive across tho hills
puts us at Tallulah Falls, whore a fow
hours are spent and we board tho train
for ho me, arriving at Walhalla at half
past six o'clock Tuesday evening. ....
During an outing of five days wo flat
tor ourselves that we saw as much of
"The Over Hills of Ottaray' rs it is pos
sible to reach in so short time. Some
linguistic antiquarian has lately been
studying tho Cherokee tongue, and has
givon to tho press the ns.Ine of "Ottaray,"
as descriptive of tho region generally
known as tho "Picdmont." This Is an
old Indian namo which has rocontly been
recovered. We arc told that in 1700
"Ottaray" simply meant ''Highlands."
The name seoms to have struck rospon-
sivo cord and has como to stay. Ali lov-
ors of tho beautiful in nature and names
are appealed to in bohalf of "Tho Over
Hills of Ottaray" as the namo of these
pleasant attitudes forever hereafter. So
let it DO. R.-J.