Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-20
OCONEEAN VISITS Old Hamburg.
ACCOUNT OF TRIP TO THIS ANTE.BEl.Lu1
TRADING STATION AND AUGUSTA.


Walhalla, March 1S.--Editors Keo-
wee Courier: In my last communi-
cation / told you l would give q
sketch of Augusta, Ga, and Ham
burg, s. G.
Augusta is fast becoming one of
the large cities; has a population of
fifty.five or sixty thousand people,
and is a hurrying, bustling place.
On Broad street stands the Con-
federate monument, towering to-.
wards the skies. 1t was erected by
the ladies at cost of 100000.
/ boarded trolley car and was
soon out at the park. The first thing
that met my eyes was the last rest
ing place of Patrick Walsh, the edi-
tor of the Augusta Chronicle in the
days of yore. The next place l Wis
tied was the arsenal, where the can
mons are mounted and ready to de-.
fend the city in case of invasion or
riot.
Soon the trolley came along,
which gave us the warning sound
that we must get aboard or go back
to the city on the engine propelled
by physical power.
We were soon back in the city
cemetery and spent some time among
the dead. The cemetery is very
large and costly monuments are
around the people that are buried
there except where the Confederate
dead are buried. These graves are
marked with a rude board at the
head. The Inscriptions are very
simple, only giving the name and
regiment (where known), but many
are marked "unknown."
The next place visited was his.
toric Old Hamburg, where, in ante
bellum days, we had to 60 to market
and haul all goods on wagons that
came to the up-country.
Hamburg was founded opposite
Augusta, Ca, by Mr.. Schultz, l
believe German by birth. The
place was marsh and had to be
ditched and dried out before any
thing could be built. Savannah
river was between the two cities,
and was crossed in the early days by
ferry boat. BY and by Mr. Schultz
built a bridge over the river, and in
doing so the municipal authorities
became at variance-one against the
other. So when Mr.. Schultz died
his request was that he be buried
standing up, facing bis enemies, and
his request was carried out by his
friends. The burial spot is known as
Schultz's Hill. Old Hamburg is now
occupied by owls and bats and few
slothful, lazy negroes.
Above Sehultz's Hill is the Hamp-
ton Terrace Hotel, built by North
ern capitalists at cost of three
million dollars. The hotel is capa.
BILE of accommodating 500 guests
daily.
Farther up the line is the Clear.
water Mill, whore the bleaching and
printing are done. This is the first
mill of the kind / ever visited. Ir
fact, / was told there were only two
of the kind in the South. We were
kindly shown through the mill by
the superintendent. He informed ut
that the mill and twelve hundred
acres of land would be sold at auc.
tion on the 21st day of this month.
This mill is situated on Horse
creek, in a valley, with six otheI
mills, all run by the same water
This valley is not adapted to farming
purposes, but it seems that nature
intended it for mill sites.
A year ago smallpox broke out il
this valley and caused quite lot O
trouble among the mill people, but
fortunately, resulted in only few
deaths.
Messrs. Editors, do not want t.
trespass upon your columns with m.
ramble of the State, bur little non