Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1910-12-28
MIR. ZACHARY VISITS GEORGIA.
Finds Resting Place of Il Number of
South Carolina Soldiers.

cling companion OF thirty years along
1ife'S journey | boarded the train at
Seneca for trip through Georgia to
visit relatives. have Il very warm
feeling for the State Of Georgia, as
spent my boyhood days in the valley
OF the Tugaloo. and when passing the
farm of my old friend and school
mate, G. j. Ramsay, | could look
back with pleasure to the many days
we spent on the banks OF the Tuga-
loo hunting and fishing.
We arrived in the Gate City about
4 O'Clock and changed cars for New
nan, where we arrived at sunset
without any one to meet us, as we
were two days late. However we
soon found ourselves in comfortable
quarters at the home OF Il kinSman
and happy meeting it was.
Newman is forty miles southwest
OF Atlanta at the crossing Of West
Point and Central OF Georgia rail
roads. 1t is an old city and said to
be one OF the wcalthieSt. according
TO size in the State. 1t is beautiful
Iy located in a splendid farming sec
ton. The streets are beautifully
shaded with water oaks and elms,
with magnificent colonial residences
and beautiful lawns Among them
was the boyhood home OF the late
Dr. Calhoun. of Atlanta The popu-
lation is 1000. \ $4,000 court
hodsc stands in the public square.
with entrances from four sides, sup
ported by columns OF marble forty
feet high. There are two oil and
guano plants. The ID. u. Cole Manu-
Featuring Company is located here.
and dpcs an enormous business.
There are also four cotton mills, two
papers, four banks. six churches.
Rev. James Singleton, formerly OF
Oconce. is pastor Of the First Bap-
list church. The city has good rail
road accommodations with her is
passenger trains daily. The Newman
T Marble Works is doing Il good busi-
ness, under the management Of }. T..
Zachary and II. NJ. Gaines j. H.
Zachary is one OF Oconee's boys who
donncd the red shirt in 1876 and was
among the boys who captured the
Radical convention held at Walhal-
la and put a red shirt on Johnston
Wright, the chairman.
Wnllc here W. were on the go
most Of the time in the city and
country. On our drives in the coun-
try we saw fine corn and cotton. but
none better than grown in Oconee.
We visited the cemetery. which is
a large one and well kept, with
many handsome monuments On
one side are buried about $50 Con-
federate veterans, and these graves
interested us very much. We were
surprised that they were buried
there. but on inquiry learned there
was hospital kept here in the last
years OF the war and the men were
Sehl PACK from Johnston army.
TOT me information OF tnelf com
iaues' or perhaps retallVes, II there
ne any living III thls country, ana
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