The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-03-14

human purposes aud helps to sustain
the people and make them prosperous.
was ruminating about this because
have just visited Canton, small re.
tired village Of 1000 people. I have
known Canton for fifty years and have
good reason for remembering it..
Soon after J. was married my father.
inlaw, Judge Hutchins, asked me to
ride over there and deliver some i'm
portant legal papers to the clerk of
court. was to ride his fine saddle
horse "Lee," and he told me where to
stay all night. So kissed my pretty
young wife goodby and made an early
start for the thirty-fve mile journey.
| was good rider and Lee was fine
traveller. Up hill and down hill aud
on the level stretches he never broke
his easy pace, making about seven
miles an hour, and it was just twelve
o'clock when I reached Canton. While
[ was feeding the horse and rubbing
him down began to think how lone
some it would be to stay there all
night and how lonesome my young
and pretty wife would be all solitary
and alone by herself and nobody with
her to comfort her. / looked at Lee
and he looked like he, too, would
rather 60 back to where he came
from. SO about / o'clock remounted
and set his ears toward Lawrenceville.
He Sc. ned all right for many miles,
but Stacked up when few miles from
home and we got there just as the
family we're sitting down to supper.
I saw my wifc's smile of pleasure and
I saw, too, the judges look of surprise
and disrleasure. He rose from the
table and went out to look after his
favorite horse. [ then began to real
ize that seventy miles in q day was
long ride for horse and that I had
done wrong. Next morning 1 was up
at daylight to look after Lee. He was
all right and as game as eyea. The
judge never said anything hard, but
he looked grieved. He, too, went out
to look after his horse and when he
came back said: II reckon 1 had bet
ter give you that horse or never let
you ride him again, for if you are to
kill him would rather he would be
yours than NINE" That is all he
said, and it was enough. Some time
after that he did give him to me and
he was the gamest, proudest and best
horsc j.! ever owaed. ButI never rode
him seventy miles day any more. 1
never think Of Canton now but what
the memory Of chat episode comes oyer
me. Well, I would ride a hundred
miles in day now to reach my home
and my wife, but it would be on arail-
road.
Canton is the County seat Of Cher
okee-a large County, that was the
home of the Cherokee Indians until
1886. The name came from Chera,
which means fire, and the Cherokees
were known among the tribes as the
prophets of divine fire. There were
several Indian towns in this region
and their chiefs were known as Stop
and Chicken and Laughing Gal.
The region around Canton is rich in
minerals. Gold and copper and iron
and marble abound in her hills. Some
Of these have enriched many men and
the pursuit of them have ruined many
more, but lately new processes Of min
ing have made the results more certain
and now Northern and English capital
has given fresh vigor to the work Of
digging, crushing, auarrying and re-
ducing the ores and finishing The mar
BILE. Marble work is especially being
extended and new quarries being open
ed. i was told that only Few years
ago Judge Gober and few associates
bought a marble quarry not far away
for S3,OO0 and were recently ogered
$25, GOO for it and refused it. The
Georgia Marble and Finishing Com
pany have planted near the depot very
extensive works that employ over 100
hands, nll:white and ALI Georgians,
and most all Of them young men. Mr..
Brady, a very courteous Boston gen
tlenan. is the manager and said that
he was nleaeea &c Say Say sshhat'tnese Geor.i
gia boys were just as ready to learn
the art Of working and finishing mar
BILE and just as quick and skillful as
any he ever controlled i watched
them n wc:kk & & :as. diiifTTerent. depart.
ments and vas proud to see their pro.
gress. This is . largo plant and tho
marble was seen in all lis stages from