Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-29
TRIP TO BALTIMORE.
DR.. QUITS Writes Interestingly
of Observations During
Trip to Washington
and Baltimore.

Editor Advertiser l was think-
ing a few observations made Oh a
recent trip to Baltimore might prove
interesting to some of your many
readers, and in as much as our kind
old friend. Mr.. Jas. Faulkner, whom
we met at Ouztsville, told US he was
hungry for an article" from us,
(He was kind to give us little fiat
tsry), we shall make the attempt
to write something. We went to
Greenwood via McKendree, Will
liams, Ouztsville, Kirkseys. Ouzts-
Vile is the biggest town On the road.
Here we found regular Baltimore
department store, cotton ware house,
grain elevator, wsterworks, gas
lights, etc. You can buy anything
here thst is needed from the cradle
to the grave except a flying machine
and for less money than in q rail-
road town. Those are facts. X
At Kirksey's.
burst b Mathis have carried on q
large and successful mercantile busi-
ness for 'le! these msny years. for
10 th&t they hsNe grand
children in the business. But they
are joined to their idol, the old
store house that has long ago gone
out of keeping with the times and
amount of business the firm does.
We pause here to pay our respects
to the young man in the store who
rendered us q service that added
much to our comfort. The cold wave
struck US here and we were unpre-
pared for it. The young man ripped
off 3 yard of flannel and pinned it
snugly around our thora1. He han
dies the safety pins with more skill
than most ladies and would make
an awful good mother.
Greenwood
Is a big town full of banks, cot
ton mills and churches. The hospl-
tai and additions made to the Bap-
tist church are the latest improve
ments. We believe foot comforts are
high and "drink" is scarce in the
place, for some one depleted our
buggy of one pair foot comforts
and one half gallon of Harris Lithia
water. Guess the fellows time was
limited or he had lost the sense of
smell. From Greenwood we went
over the Southern via Greenville,
Spartanburg, Charlotte, Greensboro,
n. c., and Danville, Monroe, Char
louisville, Culpepper, Manassas,
Alexandria and to Washington.
The Crops
In the northern portion of the
state and the southern portion OF
North Carolina are much inferior
to ours. 1t will take from three to
four acres to make one bale and yet
the fields are full of cotton every
where, and the corn crops are with
some exceptions not at all good.
There are some fine lands in the
Piedmont section of our state and
from Charlotte to Greensboro, N.
c., and of course some not 30 good.
But after this one must rest their
eyes upon poor land and much of
it, for many miles. The towns all
look old and there doesn't seem to
be any building or improvements
being made as you see in our own
state. We passed over much territory
that is historical but space forbids
much detail. Two countrymen
boarded the train near Kings noun
tain and told us of the monuments
and the hole the flag pole stood in
during that memorable fight in
the Revolutionary. As we ventured
to say something of Ferguson they
brsced themselves up and with
glistening eyes remarked you was
there then,'' tell US all about it,"
you is the first man I ever seed
that was in that fight"
Jamestowr
fo,r n,;los north of Hi0hpoint