710 TOWNS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 



(liately on the coast. This is due to the wide stretches of mountain sides 

 that are but sparsely settled. 



OCONEE COUNTY 



has nine towns and trading' settlements, with one hundred and nine 

 stores, as follows : Walhalla, forty -nine stores ; Seneca City, twenty-six 

 stores ; Westminster, sixteen stores ; Fair Play, seven stores ; Oakway, six 

 stores; Fort Madison, two stores; High Fall, Long Creek, and Whet- 

 stone, one store each. Of this number three sell liquors, five hardware, 

 four dry goods, thirty-seven miscellaneous articles, and sixty general 

 merchandise. The estimated wealth of tlie storekeepers is $146,000. 



Walhalla, the terminus of the Blue Ridge railroad, is the county seat, 

 and had, in 1880, a population of 789. There are four churches and two 

 colleges, the Adger and the Walhalla ; a newspaper, three saw-mills, five 

 grist mills, three ginneries, and two coach factories. 



PICKENS COUNTY 



has eleven towns and trading settlements, with fifty-seven stores, as fol- 

 lows : Easeley, sixteen stores ; Central, fifteen stores ; Pickens Court 

 House and Liberty, six stores each ; Briggs, four stores ; Rock, three 

 stores ; Dacusville, and Six Mile, two stores each ; Ninetimes, Stuart, 

 and Table Mountain, one store each. Of this number, one sells liquors, 

 one hardware, sixteen miscellaneous articles, and thirty-nine general 

 merchandise. The estimated wealth of the storekeepers is §223,000. 



