Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-01-17
long time ago when the girl had
not crossed threshold of woman

uoou.
"a crack of the whip, followed
BY sprung of the horses, and l
was speeding down the road now
by enterlared bougbs, but
with here and there Peep of gold
from the sunlit memories. At it's
bead arose a handsom grey gran
ite shaft erected TO the memory
of the Confederate dead by the
noble women of Edge6eld county.
Just beyond this is the court
house, that having stood the
storms of rain and wind, holds
the echoes of the laundering
eloqu, nee of South Carolina'e
lawyers and statesmen. A Picken's,
Carroll,e, Bacon's, Buffers, Bon
,tam's Gary's voice revelberates
through the dead silence of years;
evivifying the aged man and wo-
ncan, rekind!ing the dying ambi-
tion of the struggling, unknown
youth.
AS the village rests now iD al
most a RIP Van Wrinkles sleep,
we pause to dream of the life OF
splendor in the stately old coloni-
al mansions and parks. Far back
among the oaks. mimosas and
cedars you get glimpse of these
mansions, now worn by time, but
dignifed representatives of the
glorious men and women who
,.thronged their drawing rooms and
halls. In no part of South Caroli-r
ma was there more wealth before
the Civil War than in this hlstor-
ic spot. No SPOT where as knights
of old men wooed and won fair
lady. No spot where fair women
held a more golden sceptre to
sweep across hearts and homes.
AS you dip down across the
creek, up bill hedged in on each
side by pines and cedars, you
come to the home of the late Capt.
R. G. M. Dunovanr, who was
brave Confederate soldier, aud
whose memory is reyered by all
who knew him. Farther on you
.nter the park which surrounds
aEdgewood", the home of Francis
w Pickens, man too we'll known
in history as lawyer aud statesman
f3r this pen to touch upon. This
home is now occupied Wy his regai
and beautiful granddaughter,
Lucy Fraucis Pickens Dugas, whc
married Senator B. R. Tlllman't
son. She inherits the queenly car
riage aud Titan hair of her
famous grandmother, Lucy Hol-
combe Pickens, who held US hel
admirers the crown-heads OF Eu
rope. The quiet little grave yard
is now the resting Place of hel
distinguished husband and hel
only child, daughter, Douschka,
who was born in the palace OF
st. Petersburg when her father
was minister TO that court. Hel
birth was proclaimed to the worlo
by as many cannon as that of a
aroysl princess; the czsr anG
czarina standing. as godfather anc
!od-mother; the czarina naming
uer "Douschka'', the Russian fo'
darling"
Leaving this place, SO freight
ed with precious memories, you
turn across TO the Columbia road {
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Nc Evans. Still further on lie
Sc ast Hill,-the home of ex-
Senator NJ. G. Butler, now owned
by Hon. B. E. Nicholson.
on another main road back in q
grove of elms. cedars and magpo-
iias stands the home of Edgefeld't
brilliant editor, gifted musician
and courtly gentleman, James T.
Bacon, He is brilliant representa-
tive of his illustrious family. All
accomplished linguist, pianist and
original writer, he stands as a
bsacon-llght of the past, shedding
abroad a radiance that illuminates
the paths of the young and old
beyond the boundary line of his
native state.
Edgefeld is built upon seven
hills as ancient Rome, and, as
ancient Rome, her brave men and
women have few peers.
Trenton, the station where you
change cars for Edgefeld, is itself
an attractive place from its ex-
tenslve farming lands and hand
some homes. A short drive from
this station brings you to the home
of Senator Ben Tillman. This
home presents as characteristic an
individuality as the Statesman
himself. You see at once lis dis
tinctive features in the evergreen
hedges, vine-clad trees and mag
nifcent, ferns and pairs whose
.luxuriant growth and wanton
veauty suggest the sple4dor of the
Orient. AS We peered into this
tropical loveliness, the question
was asked, "What magic hand
cares for these beauties?' The
answer was. "The Senator him
self, no one has this field but him."
We know this senator is dis