Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
THE FISH, LEss SAVANNAH
Dwellers Along the River Have
Their Dam Troubles. Fish
Was Almost Entirely
Exterminated.

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country between the; mountain ant
the sea coast seeking a good place
to hunt and good place to fish ant
q good place to Taisetcorn, at leas
a good place for cid Miss" Indian
to raise corn, fell Upon this neck o:
the reservation; as being the neares
approach to his ideal that he could
find, and SO it wass here that he fish
ed in the clear rushing waters Of
the Savannah andailled deer and
turkey on the wooded hills close
by; and it was Here the squaws
could work half cha time and raise
enough corn to. FEED the nation; and
it was here on TIE Aargest of the
Ninety Nine Islahds' that he bu.
ried his departed senow w-tribesmen
Later the white man came along
and cleared the hills and planted
cotton on them and bthe hills, or the
best part of them, ko1led off down
the river to make elow grounds"
further down the rker for farmers
to make hay on which to sell to
the farmers who washed his hills
away raising cottoh. And yet a
littleslater came aloEg some fellows
looking for a good place to throw
a dam across the river to turn the
water into canal f9 run machine
ry and to dilute corr juice in Au-
gusta, which they did, W .lrow, the
dam / mean, right s,ere, and when
they finished throW Wisseg The dam, the
big fish and the littie fish and the
turtles and eels viii had been ac-
customed to coming upsthe river or
going down the river III 8henever they
felt like taking title stroll, or
visiting friends OF afiYes up the
country in summer prdown the
country in wintef. add this right
they had had since, - since the
river was merel va Spring branch
starting from 3und de1: rock on the
mountain side. they ere surpris-
ani and those gong ap IS liver couldn't
get any further than the Locks and
those going down the country
couldn't get any nearer their desti-
nation than the Locks Of course
man in his wisdom provided place
and way for them togo up over
the dam, but the troubh was only
those with the cunning of the pro-
verbal Philadelphia lawyer could
find the place and after finding it,
only those equipped with a good
strong pair of wings could get over;
while of course to those wishing to
come down, the task would have
been an easy one if tleyhad thought
moment just qlit@ breathing,
float to the top of tie water, shut
your eyes and drop over and swim
away, would have ben my advice.
Batsas started tdsay when they
found they could gtno further up,
and then not passing the abilities
and appurtenances heretofore re-
ferred to, being gretly in the ma
jority they congregted at the dam
and felt of it and ispected it and
much like people loking at a high
river-they just cdgregated and
chatted and looked!
Their presence wa soon discover
ed by enterprising fishermen and
they proceeded to cngregate also,
with cast nets and g-nets and seins
and baskets and hoos and lines and
sharp sticks and lubs, did they
congregate, and thy proceeded to
make war on the iefenseless fish
and so thick were le fish that like
Jack, however ttting in his
thumb and pulling out a plum you
could put in your bd and pull out
a shad, and the f.ermen were so
thick that one had b be careful in
throwing his net 1t he throw it
over the head of ilow-fsherman. ]
Well, all this vs. a long time
ago and things anged quite a
while ago, changeto where one ,
couldn't find q fsIin the waters
round about the Locks with an s
X-ray much less wh a hook and ;
an earth worm. ct one of our
citizens within Fl miles of the |
Locks can't leave hoe lest he be tor {
mented in a fire ofuestions from
the time he gets o. of sight of his
home until he getback and the {
farther away he Cd the hotter the '
fire until it gets III uearable; this is /
usually about 25 lilies from the +
Locks. We have lard tho of one I
who managed to 80 miles and $
survive. The rest VI had the ter 3
merity to go this dance perished !
miserably and in ch instance, l !
am told, they wouI up their earth {
ly pilgrimage shong no! no! !" s
The natives in I'll country into ,
which they had andered would {
gather around thenfortunate VIC {