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V !7Fe ?GRkPHY OP OLD TMME0O ?I?TiE Paper Rear! by Miss Nelle Coch ran Before Dm Chapter of An ?erson?-The Topography, the Geology, the Divisions of the State of South Carolina. It iles between the 32nd und 35th degree north., latitude and 1st and ?u. degree wc^t longitude. It is In tho shape of. ~h:i -Misc.t.ea t.iaugle, and oq.ual sides being on the north and tkf ?mitbwcHL Tho apex of the trl aiifeie rests upon the summit of the B ,c Ridge Mountains?the base >>*.. toping with a gemie shaped ??rvo from the ecuih.w?at to the noxinea? ^ i *orni3 part of the Atlantic shore of North America. The lino is parallel .With-AhatU ajiA?half thA.ranKt linpj* of tiie continents of the earth.. Perpcn dlcular to this direction the four f roar rivers that .drattt and irrigate ?out?i caro?ina tiiHK? i" the.mountains to'the. eea, Sdath Carolina is divided geologi cally, into two divisions?the post piiocoue. first,' reaching back . about 150 miles from tho coast until .we reach, the. crystalline rocks,, formed ?*BC8 htforc the Pliocene. The line which these unite Is well marked. This line baa during the entire Past history , of tho State divided it socially, pollu es^ and Industrial^ ^ well as phy sics!!-, isto .-R-feavt^- always been known as the hp-country and low country of South. Carolina, This di vision is inarfced not only In .surface, in so?i, in yogetabjo growth, bui a i so in .manners, characters, ancestry and eren/.oa.tiic very tones of voice of .ne inhabitants. . Physical Div? (fan of ?tote. iPbyslcally the state divides Itseir Jiiio-scvou great regions which cx t^d. from the mouth of the Savannah t;oLittlo rlvcv on tho. North Carolina lipo. /This coast Is frlhgedvwlth Is lands wblch, while they render most of the. fine harbors of the cacst use > '?W^WJl ta. c^omaelv?s produce, ajjeotltiWOf the ?ncst lens staple cot top., On this coast are two of the finest Jiarhors lp -the worid-^Chorles ^S8y?W%JWf?L This belt consists ?e?^of J^at?p **d anthers are tottnd tfce ri? flRldR which moke Scsih Ca??hna famous, . ;. *?? V :. Co^rtiguous to and, ^Immediately in land'?roo*. tho coast region lies 'the lower nine holt or- <inv?t.n?i> ~.?u^ * South Carolina." This section^om a*h?s^iacfp.: than one-third <-f tue 3T,?Mta ' Pitfamal feature* being *WWy ?M that otahe coast re gion., ; Wght largo rrver< receive oil the water, that falls |0 South Carolina and a,,iai}? .pps*lon; of Nortii Caro lina, and furnishes moro than lMO mlles.of stMffssisrii. fafpl of its .surface beinc :We^SF: ?ny/?'hvr? ' except thero'outbo books of the Tbo chajT?<^rI?tb3.growth is tho long ^:*^atto, reaches, only Wai^fJi?pm. salt water, '.vy oak 1?? found as much oh ^ Of the uniform ..scarcely hero ami streams. varieties of oak, the live oak does not appear except n.d a cultivated tree. This is the northern Jlntt of the m-ngAplla in its wild state, and of the grammes. The- upper pine bpU skipos gradual ly up to an elevation of ",00 to Z30 above Ute sea level where it encount iryn ? B?w?Vrh?t ??iuCT^ma^.ptQ-ji BOC pi high hjlls. Th\ to kills ?l9e SQO feet to 200 feet above the plane of the upper pine belt in th. stance of a few miles. The generr.-, y?. pd. Of these hills correspnods prow-*- \early with, that or tho 0111107 refkms c-r the state. Hed Ciay and, $-2*$ H his . ^t?rt?55 0? thft fiaysnnah river near Hamburg, ' they extend across the southern land western portions of Ai kca and ..Barn well counties; .west of th^. Snntee river their course is more to the north and they constitute that remarkable line of hills traversing Sunrter county, long known as the "ktgb, hills of tho Saut?e." Wtiilo tUe?o red h 1113 form a well marked belt across the state, below the sah'i hills from the southwest portion jf Alkes s?pA?*? ?a the sertheas; co;.-.c? or the stoto, they arc contlcu-ous 'mt are interrupted by the sand lii'is. The whole rt\-ion Js remavkably ???t?iy, HO t?iiit ut ?ljj'i?r?i ^OSCll?S it, and it Is lu an umviual decree free from epidemics ^'every descrip tion. For these reasons mjaay localt t:ei? htrp, especially the "high hills of tho Santco'; were fonocrjy much frequented as summer and health re sorts by planters from all parts of the state, as well as from other South ern states. : Above this region comes the famous fcpnd bill ragjon which stretches across the state from Savannah and Augusta to tV Intersection of the North Caroliua ilne by the Great Pec Dee river. Tho pfcyslcaV feattirea of the regloa HTo monotony optly char acterized by the tenu? Vpme barren." The h?ls 'shypo . up: th?. ligvaBnab river to a plateau about 600 feet above tb esoo level. rrhbpo arc the hills which form tllC diVhtiiHt lbmm*-JmE?mmW reccut formations of: the low oouiury ??#d- tue Hrj itiieieui Tor mutions :of tli.-- upper country. The growth Is al roo*K cxcltwtTOJy long leaf pin? ami ou the more barren regions, oven this tree becomes stunted and sometimes yields place, to the New Jersey tea piont-. TUo land pf the f and ltllls Is dry and, free; ^roevmalarial, influences. in.s has lung boea o Whbtor resort for consumptives from northern lati tudes. PMaiflst Kcgtes . iNorth of us coRves .the Piedmont region;- which, as- the noraB implies, i= it ih?. fcot of tiie owaotoios. Tills rt-ffion o<d^l.dos nearly iuriti? ?twit la known as - the' upper country of- the istate. Its. rooks are so similar to of the Blue iRfdae aixouuiaJuH l augh they bave boea broken down, leveled off-> and worn\ away by exposure during Cte countler.s ages to the vktasUodsa of Oie sea thoy< are end always iutvo fon? blgh r#(, h?is, trarer-iu* tbe.slat? to the 9f4 vmo oievstorf kr?. Tte? Jaad t? ieyei without belog, t?at | ??l ts: suJt?uttty rolling to losere | . WOflt : i?rt. - clear ? nfj. rap " ..witir vab.??.' r, tnore are no Jl?e cona&rf -^ta growth of yel ^-_ - w'nyfm.TW1 ^^!t?we?ywa ,aac?entt and antedate the Aaon^tcrcd. ages *u?}a? which the varied forms cf ?hc ?K<,nt*t>nd .inlroal lifo have: aucceeded eaelt otiier ? mro op this p4a?wM. Peaaarsabie changes bate occurred in the growth or the npcountry since tho settleuu-nt during the ?sMc?? and earlier part of the letfe oeattury. The long drawn, beacUfo5 . : ; aad glorkwa highlands sicken & by Lord Cor*5?wajlla jwere then inter jessed with forests, prairies and vast brakes of cane, the latter , otteu otrctchiu? J? unbrogen itaes of cver **?*n for -baadreds of mites, Thei** ^ V no underbnwb and the wood land* were carpeted with grass and the wild pcavinc,. tho latter growing as high es a horse's back. The canti growtb was the stepidard by which; thp.early actUer? otUtaxited Abe value or the .land. If it grew only to (bp height of a man's bead, the land waa esteemed ordbiary but a gro**th of 20 or 30 feet indicated the highest fertility. ?-Yt?k? nmne, growth no* only filled the bottoms, but extended up the slopes to tho highest bill* Thus 1t is said thai it was designed to place the tir/? house built on the present site ?r the town of Abboville, so 4he mim/ait or a> hill; but after wards, when tho tali cane that cover* od tho whole jjrtace ajas cleared away, an error of more than SO yards was <H .covered. Thfe Alpine region oc cupies the extreme nprtwe ' ' >rder of the state. It bos a'gee* -l^vation above the se* lovl pf l,? 1,500 feet. The bracing and b. cli mate of tltis region. Jtabcaut.I . seen cry. tic- bold mountain outline, the rich-luxuriance of every growth, no stunted plant on the mountain side or summit every part, even * the crevasses o-ftae recks, -covered with shrubs and trees of eoni*- kind, all full of lifo and vigor; the clear, swift streams that every where leap In g Buccssion of cascade? from crag and cliff have made it fat; generations a health and pleasure resort during the slimmer. - . Leeds, the first English city to adopted overhead traction for its street car,s, is. mounting tho cars on automobile type Wheels so au Jo do away with the tracks. In behalf of recently Invented coni cal dlpperu for removing cream from milk botttis it is contended that its ape disturbs cream less than- any other utensil. OPPOSES WAREHOUSE BILL Corret^osdest ?fies Honte Yery Strong Reason* on Ills Idea . Editor Tile Intelligencer: 1 do not claim to be.a Soloman/.orj .Wise as or legislature men, or able w Solve tbo difficoil prubj?un? thai present ttuneselves from time to" time. : But it does appear to me ihat some Of the nuestious .our law makers are called upon to work out . co.ild be clear if ied and more easily solved If it were not for the fact so many of us desire to fall in line with the clas. that wish l\ get rich quickly. Thq warehouse hill for Instance. 1 have no fight to make on any one, or any set of ineu who arc wiUlng to take ! their owu money and bluidlng ware-] ;l?u& i iio oposc forcing i??? people, or any part of them to pay for thhe building of warehoused I have been, a farmer all of my [.life, as well as having some side' lSsuos"in the way .of making a. Ilvics. i have never felt any need of a state [or county, warehouses. Somehow t have| '^"j5 l>icnty^o I >n to sell, 1 did so. If I wished > ?vi? f?r ? iil?iicr. iuriirc,.! Luid it; Ibut more often for a less price. During moner panics I have heard G?nerai Passenger Agent. Grecnv??e, 8. C] Reduced Rousd Trip Fares frei Anderson, S. C. BICBSQNB, .YA.,.....91@.?? Account of National Education Asso-l elation; Tickets on sale Feb. 21, 22, 23, with return limit March, 4th, 1914. New Orleans, La.. $19.05 Pensacola. Fla. .... $15.00 Mobile. Ala .... .... $16.45 Account Mardi Gras Celebration. Ticket? on sale Feb. 17tb to' 23rd, with retuy ItaUTMarch, ftth 19M. further information call On City Agent, or write . C. B.. ALLEN. , SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Prenier Carrier ?1 &e feeut*. IK CONNECTION WITH BLUR BEBQB RAILWAY* Seaedal Effeethrc Jan. 18,v N. B. tbo following schedule figures are published only as information and I are not guaranteed. Arrival and departure of trains from Anderson? 8. C. No. Arriving From Tim? 20 GrccnvUlo and Bcltou.. 8;30 a. m. 22 Greenville and Belton. .11:50 a. au 15 Charleston. Coltunk|a*nd Belton, through sleeper to Balten.11:50 a, m; 12 Atlanta, Walhalla and l Seneca....- ... .8:31 a. m. 25 Grejajvilia and. Belton .. 1:25 p. m. 10 Atlanta, ; Walhalla, and Sou oca (...?..4:52 p. ta. [17 Charleston, Columbia and Betton. Tb rough ?nach frrtm Columbia to Wal halla, ...........0:09.9. r?r j. Leaving *ar 120 Belton, Greenville ,. ..7:40 a, ]22 Belton and Greenville. .9:20 a. j 24 Belton ?od OrccnvUlo ..2:25 9. J 10 Helton Charleston, t Orefinvi 11? and Cchssbt^ ? - ?5 p ? 13 Belton, Columbia, Char leston and Greenville ..8:31 a> a. Seaeca, Walhalla and At (labte . . - , .M:9c e? sa. j 12- ?eseca,.WalfcaUa through < coach from Columbia-.*:? 9, a. No baggage will ba _h*nAjs4_ m Soutfacra^^ins 'aaS**^-'. _ trains to At; >at* and Ss>yo?& further icror&wtion, apfty %? ?eut? or... ... ..^-v-ti?*?...-.-..i ^W. R. Taber. F. ? fc. AW Oroeavme , W. & ?tsQee, A a, ?. A-, 8.0- ;. . many men/-peak of the stringency of the money market h do how bard it) wo? to get luouey; ciuimlng the gov<| ? rament nqucczed down on the mon ey so a man. couldn't get hin Just I right. I waa never able to delect the .government jujueazlng any of the; money; sue may have kept a tight' ri!' lier r.u.i. hut thft* Wa<! aft. I If I had a dollar then I could juoo H *"~t the ?53?c unless ! hud let tome other fellow have it; then som?- I times they would bold to It, but the I banks never refused to turn over; money that belonged"to me when r called for It., . uNo, the trouble with too unuy of1 us Is .we want the other fellow's1 money uud give him only g promise to. nay ter it until k suits our con-1 vcutpnee to pay it; and. if we are forced to make^bc promise, gpod.be-1 fore it. suits our cou\eiiiw?cc, we ' think the world *ud every body else! la aKaitu>t*us. We too often want to: show off on Eomie other man's money; never taWftg. tkute to consider that1 some day .we will be forced to. ijay principal and intorcst for pur false show er bo. driven te the walL ,, m If the cotton Is ou m. wlte is to hin-' der us from kopping it until wo get ready to sell? If it belongs to the other man, why do we want to keep It? There is only one answer, co-' veteuspese, m No, the.,trouble with teo many of; us is we want tp get rich quickly. We! arc. living iu a faut age and we let our mind run wild, building air oas-< . .lea, and we want the money wtth; which to construct the cuoUeB, and l&M we fall, to get it, v.'c set up such a terrible howl that it often causes ft-1 aancial pcrvpusnes?. If we eU? would slmsa/er 4to*u and he wtUtes to live wjthin our income, it would be worth much more to us than; ell JJ too warehouse*. It la very seldom r. man who. lives within hla income and is strictly honest, pays his debts I when due, but who can get money when oc to in need of it , It's the map who shirks payment and .fools away his tim? that makes hard times for h?irso?(f and others. The ware house will not remedy it cither. Brother fanner, when you place your cotton La thp warehouse and they give you u receipt for it, how. much better off are you? O. you Say,. I can draw wonny cm it if I wlalt. You cannot dVaw as nrach money on it * ! [.you woitld have had provided you had j sold lustesii of ylEclEg it iu the w/s*s? house. Then, If you draw . money .on it, it is no lo.ugcr yours" unlees you redeem It,.'.the other fcll-rw will have, a say so iu celling it. (If you are in debt, either sell bobio of it and pay yoiir, debt, or your creditor and have.an under standing ''"with bim, Tlils 'w *>? havy of wonting to control Iiis money as >.'eli as our owp, |* wrong. , He may huve Tie en of his rcoiicy ?p smcts as wc have; und if we hc:p it against ijts feto u iinn wAcniilil pay It. we are not worthy of ??ei wnfidoncc placed I hope the, day Is cot far distant when we'Tarmors r?it bavu..manhood enough withto. us to bring about our own independence by- raising our supplies.at;home, and stop this way we. have. of. ; running to the njerchant to get hip* fo. sell us mppiiea tp make more cotton* te depress-tuo or Ice. and then grumble because w? do not get as'm?ch fo;: It as we think'wo should. Just'as long as we.'can' lean on the arm of I ho merchant for support, <1.1. .... inni. will iye ^e little weak lings. The Bible teaches us the poor you have with you always; and it we desire to spend our money, or the other fellow's money If we can ?et it, foster than we make it, that to^qur privil?ge; .but wc should cesse rind ing fault with the man who saves hib money us he earus.it. if every body should spend it faster than they carp It, wo would all bp In a terr*b,c fix. The poor should thank God' all men : were not like vye'ta. The rich should thank God for blesiMg thdnx, and show thetr thankfulness by help ing the. poor that arc unable to help themselves. But I have left' my subject, and took up a side issue. The aillle ?an afford to pay from Ohe to live dol lars a bale more for cotton if wc let them liovc. It. And very often we con make from one ta ?vu dollar a a.'late h? *?tM?i? r? ..n,i nrorwvrlv URlnir The warehouse necessitates mor high salaried Officers, and of course, tho money to pay .tjie- officers "w?ll come out of the cotwn stored away in the warehouse, ir toe state takes charge of the warehouses she will as [. soss auoH&h per bale to meet all cx . penses, /Yen, but our cotton la the warehouse will ail be insured. True but take tho cotton, belt as a whole, I and .we. pay out for insurance much j -more money than wc.receive for io J sating , our cr>lion, . No, the trouble I is wo are too anxious to get rich <*uk*tr. .The wlset'man, said, "he that hasteth to bo rich hath and ?vjl eye, and consldereih not that poverty ebi>!t come anon hjm." Or be that hath eu evi! eye, basteth to be rich. I haspect we aro ol? guilty; some ^SBjSMv som? Jess. There Is a happy *~$diu??. In which. If we would, eater claim debt to ^h*?^"iaindustry Debt liao feeun the ucdolug of ttany ( a good, mar and .has acut tuyn to a I premature grave. Because sense uaas J can wrap tbemsclreft^|g *s^iu?4 ?soll come forth ind?pendant; we neod not , think alt of us. .can-do toe same, j Neither .sfhouid wc think hy, uking Mertaha lasr? we cap. taako all iocd " rieb, .we. can t do. U> . stoa; are du Xercntly ce-netlLptcd. atoms ston will { M'^ud their muncy. as fast ut> they I ntake it, even if they , hays to sP^ud 1 it teoltobly. they se?m to think II will do them no good, itff the leglKiaturo to desirous to .lot ?^tS^ Zi ? I to wipe out' liftlf the-'taws on our atat hfift<;r**ooks and .reduce . isxattor I Neatly all tows. enacted caU, for ..{Bj)co .tmtocfa to as* tost the h\w, ' , enforced, led the Jwps be. fsw based on common se??? sad se alt ?eei ?ski our sUmc in ^ivsren on the right line. f.* m. <? *<* m THE POINT IS JUST THIS. 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