Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-09-18

year, my attention was called to the
following notice. stuck upon one OF
the pillars Of the building:
"advurtysement.
'srhos WOO wish To be inform heare-
of, is heareof notyfide that edwd. Pra-
tor viii Civ gander-pullin. jist this
side of harrisburg, on Satterday Of thes
presents munth to All WOO mount wish
to partak tharof.
"e Prator, thos wishin
to purtak will cum yearly, as the pullin
will begin soon e. p"
II am asked why Ills this side Of
harrisburg" was selected for the prom
ised feat instead of the city Of Angus
ia, answer from conjecture, but with
some confidence, because the ground
chosen was near the central point be-
tween four rival towns, the citizens OF
all which "mout wish to partake thar
Of; namely, Augusta, Springfield.
Harrisburg and Campbellton. Not that
each was the rival Of all the others.
but that the first and the last were
competitors and each Of the others
backed the pretensions Of its nearest
neighbor. Harrisburg sided with
Campbelllton, not because she had any
interest In seeing the business OF the
two states centre upon the bank Of the
river, nearly opposite to her, but be-
cause, like the Union Democratic Re-
publican Party of Georgia" she
thought, after the adoption Of the
Federal Constitution. that the several
towns Of the confederacy should no
longer be separated" by the distinc-
ton OF local party; but that, laying
down all former prejudices and jeal-
ousies as a sacrifice on the altar Of
their country, they should become
united in a single body, for the main
tenance Of those principles which they
deemed essential to the public welfare.
Springfield on the other hand, es-
poused the State Rights creed. She
admitted that under the Federal COM
pact, she ought to love the sister states
very much; but that under the Social
Compact, she ought to love her own
state little more; and she thought the
two compacts perfectly reconcilable to
each other Instead Of the towns Of the
several states getting into single bod
les to preserve the public welfare, her
doctrine was. that they should be kept
in separate bodies to preserve the pri-
vate welfare. She admitted frankly
that, living, as she always had lived,
right amid gullies, vapors, fogs, creeks,
and lagoons, she was wholly incapable
of comprehending that expansive kind
of benevolence which taught her to
love people whom she knew nothing
about as much as her next-door neigh
bors and friends. Until, therefore
she should learn 1t from the practical
operation Of the Federal Compact, she
would stick to the old-fashioned
Scotch love, which she understood per-
fectly, and "go in" for Augusta, live
or die, hit or miss, right or wrong.
AS in the days Of Mr.. Jefferson the
Springfield doctrines prevailed, Camp
bellton was literally nullified, insomuch
that ten years ago there was not a
house left to mark the spot where once
fiourished this active, busy little VII
lage. Those who are curious to know
where Springfield stood at the time
Of which am speaking have only to
take their position at the intersection
of Broad and Marbury streets, in the
city Of Augusta, and they will be In
the very heart Of old Springfield. Six
ty steps west and as many east Of this
position will measure the whole length
Of the Jeffersonian Republican village,
which never boasted Of more than
four dwelling houses; and Broad street
measures its width, II we exclude
kitchens and stables. And, while upon
this subject, since 1t has been predict
ed by a man for whose opinions en-
tertain the profoundest respect" les
pecially since the prediction) that my
writings will be read with increased
interest a hundred years to come, and
as can see no good reason, II this be
true, why they should not be read a
thousand years hence with more inter-
est, 1 will take the liberty of dropping
a word here to the curious reader OF
the year 1888. He will certainly wish
to know the site Of Harrisburg (seeing
It is doomed, at no distant period, to
share the fate Of Springfeld) and of
Campbellton.
Supposing, then, that II the great
fire in Augusta on the Sd Of April,
1929, did not destroy that city nothing
will, 1 select this as a permanent OBJ
ject.
In 1898, Campbell street was the
western verge OF Augusta, a limit to
which 1t had advanced but a few years
before, from Jackson street. Thence
to Springfield led a large road, now
built up on either side, and forming a
continuation of Broad street This
road was cut across obliquely by a
deep gully, the bed Of which was an
almost impossible bog, which entered
the road about one hundred yards be-
low Collock street on the south, and
left 1t about thirty yards below Col
lock street on the north side Of now
Broad street. 1t was called Camp
bells Gully, from the name Of the gen.
tleman through whose possessions and
near whose dwelling 1t wound it's way
to the river Following the direction
of Broad street from Springfield west
ward, 1347 yards will bring you tc
Harrisburg, which had nothing tc
boast Of over Springfield but a ware
house for the storage of tobacco, ther
the staple Of Georgia. Continue the
same direction 700 yards. then face tc
your right hand, and follow your nose
directly across Savannah river, and
upon ascending the opposite bank, yoC
will be In the busiest part Of Camp
bellton in 1898. Between Harrisburg
and Springfield, and 114S yards from
the latter, there runs a stream which
may be perpetual. At the time jus
mentioned 1t flowed between banks
twelve or fourteen feet high, and wa
then called, as it still is, Hawk