The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-05
PFIY YsIC AL GESlSl Apply
OF OLD q,ALNI IETIO STATE
Paper Read h Miss nellie cocran Before Dise Chapter An
Tspogrspy. .he Geology. the Divisions
the State Of South Carolina.

varieties of of:is, tths I've c..k does not
appear except aA cultivated tree.
This is the northern iinft of the
fiagnoliR in its wild state, and Of
the gray moss.
The upper pine belt slop pcs grad dual
ly up to an elevation OF 200 to $50
above the sea level where II encount-H
~ 1il; a a = ri ~ - -
high hills. ThA % hills rise zoo feet
e goo feet above the! niane OF the
upper pitfes belt In th2 t;} }stance os a
few miles The geperp. \ = nd Of these.
hills correap pFetts,-5 early Win
that OF tho other rel fonsEf the state.
Iied clay ana SS;Sssf Hills -.
- g lar lill1.s on the Savannah river nenf
Hamburg, they extend across 9he
eout thern and westera portions Of Al
kenaald BafnYetl counties; west of
the Santee river their course is more
to the north and they constitute that
remarkable 3ine of hills trayereing
Sumter county. long known as the
high bills OF tho Saltse !, While
these red hills form vel marked
belt acposs the states below the SAM
hills from the soHtlrResE portion Jf
= - tie $;S,s. ia
OF the state, they arc copt!Etinus int
are interrupted by the Sand llilis.
The whole re zion IS Eena zsably
itU tFiIit tFiiiit sls IIi. .ttria <eaeiies
1t, and 1t IS I'D an unl,Sdnl decree
Tree from epidenlics " every descrip-
ton, For these y5asons many locaii-
ter !ss,ss, : =: especially the sshfgh hiIls
of the Santce,, were Formerly much
freluenJei as summer and health re-
sorts by planters from ali parts OF the
state, as we'll as from other SoutlI1
5ern states !. g,
x tsss ABOVE THIS regton comes the famous
sand hill ragipp which stretches
across the state ffon Savannah and
Augusta TO tie ifltersen ion sof the
North Cuy0lina: Zine BY tile Graat pee
Dec river. Tie physical features OF
tes region SSIs etoElf aptly char
actcfiTed bass the tefm pine, barren. 4,
The bills sASpe up The lsayanrah
river 20 2 isltIteAa about 600 feet above
th asen levei. -. 4, 81 tI &, "a ss8ss.l;;:.
q lAese are ths bills which foFpl
recent fornanti Ions Of tho layt, ceIintfy
tilSs. NIX; lions lof
tlis: upper country. The growtii Is al
nlost exalpslEel long Ieaf pint and
on the more barren re Ions even tilis
tree becomes stpptsd and sometimes
Yields place 70 the New Jersey tea
l'lallt. .lie land Df lie. sfld Iijils "a
dry and fgec from ilsi iafisi iniIuencosl
8 rms mas fcJlE ilppp 4, tor resort
;lor ro1snlnp ptiyes from northern Iatlsl
z'lsdmaNt Region
Z rtili OF us comes tho piedulonf
srcgions AylIichi as the naiIie fmplIesa &
rs at ste fcot 0i the ui6;lsif fsiis sTiiIs
ION snlissEls dos laaf s IA +,
known ag the upper colisIsrg oe Tie
state. ITS rocks are So siniifar ~
ztllAAea0f q e Zine n lEe sisniiiiaaifis
stllhs elesigl they have 1oe5 broken
down 1e2elad sngf ana wore a9seaY
4y cAbeAnfc during fae cohntiess
e5 To- TIE Y isz iaaes II ti,sS sen
seas fllcs lre ana sllw tysl is:lsfe beet
tho iaoi illa of the fppalashlah
alie ef silia axs he'd fls
lAl fs1 ~ = 4 i'd n1se tho
~; ss--s-eeca aszee = i;i a. .i,,p
iisfle toigala - nd StiiIS,i
life fes eiie 8 tileF hero
nit etl1i8 ss3Ef6f Faar ble <.iraisso
hare occurred IN kiie gsosgfh 81 tie
snpeountey al1cB sls set slenlc1s iuffne
f.lA sl,iees and earlier part of fsie
18Th cea ssE.S
The lcae GfeWn, beaeiffuf valley
elsf EiorlOHs liiIi,iands aisolse1 * s,,s
Aeta qT Iis Were then inter-
s,eIse6 With forests. Dflir rles ana ~ 81
brakes ~ cane tie Iatfar oftsp.
etEelerlllB II gen siass of over
Aen foi luhdreds o. mics. Tnera
Wsa ~ slnGefbrush ana the sgoo1s s
ianes ware car9etAa Win erass IA