The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-16
A PAYING ORCHARD
NEAR WESTMINSTER
CAR LOAD OF ELBERTAS
SHIPPED TO NEW YORK
MONDAY
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PLUCK DID lit, TOO
How Jesse E. Carter Has Made
Rarrcn Hillside Become
Land of Plenty

o"c .!lc mort pleasant side trip;
connected with The WailialIn Andcr-
son busnca. mems tladt excursion
Montay wa3 that taken 10 Wcstmin-
:tcr by Col. Jayacs. who fufni.hd his
car for the trip. with Capt, VIM Nc
Leughlin, Secretary Wlnley md other
guests. Col. Jaynca wished to show
the AndcrSCnlanS tho beauty OF the
highway between Wnllinlih and Wcst- I,
min:;tcr, constructed mt n cost of about
$4,000. and also wanted the party To in
spect the peach orchard OF Hon Jesse
f.. Carter Of Westminster, which iu
located within about mile of tho
busincsc district of that city.
The trip was matic to Westminster
In less than 25 minutes and no attempt
was made 10 hurry, but thorJad is al
mott AZ smooth rs glass md bcauti-
fully Laid out. SO That with the down
grade the car just seemed to glide
along Of itself without the use Of its
mcchnIlsm. The roadway In perhaps
the best piece Of community c0nctruct.
cd highway In tho state, and It incid-
cntally IL believed TO have saved tho
court house TO Walhala. >as,.whop Sem
eca began an agitation several years
ago 10 secure tho removal of tho seat
OF government from WaIlalla to Seneca
Westminster and WalhallH combined
and built this splendid highway. which
cemcntcd the fcliowHhip OF tho two
cities and Seneca dropped the aSlta-
tiCn aud the court :iouse remained at
WalhIlla. where It VIII. no doubt re-
ma':i always. This1s 30 especially when
II IL remembered that WuIbala is with,
In quaiter of q mile OF the exact
-cntcr OF Oconce county. ~
But tthe peach orchard II is tho
best orchard in South Carolina and
relative much better revenue pro-
ducer, than any in Georgia. though
small II, size rs compared to some in
tina: ctate. 1t is about ten Years cid.
and Col. Carter. its owner. las FOSTER
cd It's development from tie day he
sta; ted 1t as pioneer. lie has given
1t expert care md used every expert
mcntation to rndicatc pcFtS,. etcS
known to orchard science
He has planted q variety or ;trccs cE-
pccially hardy in soil similar to iha.
at aud near Wcstminsts sr .pl,l .ji;,, kaI.t
the trees in splendid shnpa, Sparine
neither time nor mony To nai;c 1t ms
perfect as possible. Aud 'litIiras donc
Just thnt.
There are fomcthing over 400 acres
In the orchard which Is planted In q
scmicirclc. the trees ccntering towards
the center Of the scmicirclc ai.t; tho
scop of territory covered has the treea
planted In rows of equal .diatuince,
tapering, toward the end where tho
'mallest number are planted. Grain Ia
planted between the rows occasional
ly. also leguminOus crops when need
cd as soil builders. whftIh ~ ord of
the secrets in orchard oidcvblopmcnt
along scientific lines. ;tTAc lnnd cost
$3.50 per acre.
The orchard though but tcp years old
hns already paid for itself aiiil ha"
good cash credit in the.b&ffk' Col
Carter recently refused IL caHh offer Of
$4,000 all OF which Is tho profit itp
has nude when 1t is remembered that
Io purchased the land ut II low pric
and that the orchard has a cash bal
ance OH hand now. H.. i,Gi
The product OF this orchard Is sold
mostly In Mastcrn markets, and there
mostly in the exclusive marker Of New
York. A solid carload Of 80 Ell,ertos
was being prepared for shipment to
New York when the Anderson patty :
inspected the orchard Monday 1.o-
cal express shipments are also maze.
Col. Carter has demonstrated the
financial returns possible to receive
from n peach orchard properly ham
died and he has proved that II is on.
OF the big developers of the hear fu-
ture. ii not the present, In all the /,
western Piedmont. Thougtna pi>n-
cer he has had the singular good for
tune to make his orchard pay from the
very start and to be worth "tnow a
sm"'i fortune, and generally bf6r.ars
do the work and others profit l..