Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-01-04

| time the conductor came along and
when | explained my trouble he
said, "That will be all right The
same trouble ha; occurred several
times with strangers. | will gladly
hive you returned on the next train,
the Charleston-Knoxville Yestibule
Limited, which we meet at the june
J ton, West Walhalla," seven miles
above here" The vestibule was on
time, SO | made close connection,
and with the help of the kind-hearted
| porter l was soon transferred with
J my parrot, my shawl, my Sunday
bonnet, my parasol, my lunch box
and my pet cat, | found the porter
very kind on the vestibule limited,
and he assisted me in unloading
when we rolled into the Union Sta
ton. My friend met me here and
promised me that the next morning
she would show me Walhalla's great
improvements.
Accordingly, the next morning, we
boarded trackless trolley car.
Il
the streets of Walhalla and its sub
urbs, also to the large hotels in the
mountains
The first thing that claimed my at
tention was the large, modern stone
building known as the Court House
You wonder why Seneca has not won
the Court House, but Seneca Is now
only railroad junction and is not
classcd with the up-to-date city and
summer resort of Walhalla.
The streets and sidewalks Of Wal
halla are now paved with the latest
improved noiseless paving blocks.
The next thing | noticed was the
number OF summer holtels, which
were filed with tourists from all
parts OF the world. Walhalla now
ranks with the greatest health re-
sorts in the United States. There
are six large hotels in Walhalla and
three on Stumphouse Mountain.
which is now West Walhalla," now
the junction of the Detroit and Key
West double-track railroad
When | went driving to the noun
tains | noticed many cattle ranges.
"Why,' said |, in wonderment, "this
used to be only rough, mountainous
country with few cotton patches on
it, But my friend explained that
the farmers had at last discovered
!. their error in planting cotton and i'm
letting the mountains go to waste,
so they had turned their energies 10
, raising the finest beef cattle in the
' world She added that there was a
large packing house at Walhalla.
Next we drove to Poor Mountain.
On that mountain there is a marble
quarry employing several hundred
men. There was the switch engine
hauling out train load of marble
to be shipped to different places.
There is spur track running to this
) quarry from the d. & x. w. main
line. My friend explained all to me,
) saying "A descendant of Andrew
Carnegie, who was such a great phi
lanthropist and national educator
when we were girls, has at last dis
covered the wealth Of these noun
tains and has spent several million
dollars developing the mineral re-
sources
Many additions have been made to
Walhalla's stores. All Of them have
the latest improvements
Walhalla has wireless telephones
and telegraphy. All power is deliv-
cred to the city by the latest wire
less methods from a large hydro
electric station situated on the falls
Of Chattooga river, above the city.
Most OF its citizens own their pri-
vate aeropalnes. Automobiles are a
thing OF the past. It's citizens can
boast of electric lights, water works.
steam heat and gas, and ire de-
partment-things before much need
cd
Instead Of the old brick school
house, where our happy school days
were spent. handsome stone build
ing is called "Walhalla Graded
School, another "Walhalla High
School" and still another "The Col
lege. Adjoining the high school was
very handsome building known as
the auditorium, it being a gift from
one Of the former members of the
high school, who is now a millionaire.
The old cotton mill has been COM
plcted and three additional mills
have been built