Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20
SPLENDID COMMUNITY.
Farms Have Been Reclaimed
and Improved. Handsome
Dwellings Erected. Very
Fine Corn.

There is a section, of country nea
the head water of Horns Creel
whose rapid improvement is wor
thy of note,
A few years ago there were only
five or six families living around
here. A large body ofland consist
ing of several hundred acres hac
been forthirty years ormore, occu
pied by negro tenants. Under the
tenant system, as is usuallylthe case
the land had gone down8till it had
lost great part OF, It's productive.
ness.
Perhaps ten years ago. Mr.. Beau
regard Day, who is one of our
neighbors, added a few acres of
this land to his estate This ac-
quired land he has put into very
high state of cultivation, showing
not only the capacity Of this soil,
but his genius as a soil limprover.
He is the champion land builder of
this community.
In 1903, Mr.. w. j. Gaines came
into this section, and bought five
hundred acres of this tenanted land,
then called the Bell place, but
originally the ancestral home of the
Gallmans of this conuty: This is a
beautiful region of hill and vale,
and fifty years ago is said to have
been the garden spot of this eoun-
try. Seven years ago, however, with
the exception of. d few ragged bar
rem looking patches worked by the
negro squatters, it looked more like
a wilderness than a desirable plan
tation. The rich grass and luxuriant'
Japan clover growing everywhere
however, showed the possibilities
Of the soil. With improved meth
DDS of farming, and a herd of COWS
to help, this land has been gradually
building up, till it might;soon again
he worthy of its formentitle.
The healthfulness of:this place is
unsurpassed; its scenery ngh to
delight "a poets hea eart;; and with a
CON M ertabIe dwelI Hin 9 * i. nitlgs
d bea sttif fu1 knoll 6e
few more desirable country homes.
The next pioneer in this neglected
region was Mr.. i. d. Swearingen.
About FIVE years ago he bought the
Lanham place, containing some
thing over three hundred acres. He
first invited in a saw mill,
and then, as if by magic, he soon
had up good barns and out-build-
ings, and, lastly, an ideal modern
cottage. Garden, blooming orchard,
and wired pasture were the next
steps toward making well equip
ped farm. Mr.. Swearingen is man
of indomitable enterprise and in
dustry, and does well whatever he
undertakes.
Mr.. M. H. Coeburn, of Ridge
Spring was the next man to know
good thing when he saw it. He Sc
cured over three hundred acres of
the Zones land. His portion bore
fine lot of timber; and / have been
told that the sale of this covered
large part of the purchase price of
the place. Good tenant cottages
were erected /on this place, and
farms brought into cultivation. A
large field of asparagus is now
yielding its annual income. Il por-
ton of Mr.. Cogburn's purchase has
since been bought by Mr.. Aaron
Cato. He likewise has built a neat
cottage, and no doubt will do
creditable part toward the up-build-
ing of this community.
As to improvements on the older
settled places around, Mr.. George
Swearingen's home has been re-
newed and enlarged till it is mod
ell for spacious comfort and conve-
nience. Here George" having in
herited his mothers hospitable spir-
it, is delighted to see his friends
and play the part of the ideal host.
A little further down the road,
Mr.. NJ. w. Carpenter is domiciled
in neat, bran new cottage which
he has recently built on the Stephen
Hughes land.
Our nearest neighbor, Mr.. Sydney
Boyce, living where he was born
and-reared under his fathers roof,
has recently replaced the old moss,
covered shingles for &. roof of gilt
tering tin. Though not so pictur-
esoue or endeared to the hearts of
its, owners, it is dou btless more
comfortable.
Another neighbor we have is Mr..
Hugh Quarles. Increased population
has allowed us an R. f. d. route.
and he is the faithful and efficient
one who, cold or hot, wet or dry,
gladdens our hearts every day by
stop at our mail box. Mr.. Quarles
has son who must have inherited
his fathers spirit of faithfulness. A
drive by his farm, which this son