The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1883-05-23
lie Press and Banner.
by Hugh Wilson,
Wednesday, May %, 1888.
Factories. Houses, Banks, FarlaS.

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"AhiryiIlr has helped our Cotton III!
Su!,.rrip::nns t. the cNtcnt nf S2,TR. MI
W. G. Jri;owan takes 81 loo i'll Sio"ii
NJ. W. &. Raurt 81 .nWl; and MT. W. II
Parker 500. -.
We wnnld li.:" 10 know whether it i
:: settled fact that Ai,hcvilln county doc
,,nt intend to have L factory at her "
%cwiprrv has secured he's; tnirn |;
moving in the same matter. Spartan
burg has nuinbrr nf them. We h"licv:
S];rrrnyill" l. the lanmcr cnnntr ia this
;,a:.irular. Anderson Is aSitatir- tho
question Of erecting one, and other on
tic. s-c lni"- The same. Will .Ahh"viltt
county do nothing? Does she not "! ~
n cotton factory? Size has NOR" COIN
p,etcd and projected lines Of ~ra!!r"''
Than any other county, AMI i! vii! II" {
sid mistake il her to rest with ti"S"
Every County in the State onEht to have
y rn,.ou factory. No better use could 10,
rna.l, of a rrw hundred thousand dpl!ars
srr,,!us whirl, can ir gathered up IN cAr'
%yountv, and which is seeking inv'-tiErn|
elsewhere. We have fine water power ~
the county, if that Shnnhl be tn'nSh'
uinSt desirable, but if steam IS relic! on
,hcn we !av" here 3 most ct'Cihl" lnra'
ton fer Il factory, being ut the m'prsrc'
tion of two great lines Of railroad rnii'
ring East and West, North and south,
which insnrcS tn" host rates of freight
Can't tho Press dnd Banner and Medium
get M a boom on this subject? We were
ttha niornnr l., rho r,i,roal movement,
and rs time about is fair play. we cheer
fullv give place to our co-iahorerS III TINS
The above article We take from tho col
unns or orr nri@hoor. the ""!""' !i'9uS
We fully agree with the advocates Oh .n'
t''i!iA% "t iar'"r'es III III" o'''>. -"
s"r" enterprise. VIC "P"0'
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u IS almost certain t'ia' tie "ei'e''' A.
so'nhlX OF south 'aro!li'a Will al u" us
tant day require cotton mislS I" pay '''ei'
just proportion OF taxes, the re!iec'l'e
mind may easily enough sec Inc 'nS'o-
Stant'al basis wh'reo' Nta''''' '"e twenty
per cent. profit on these investments.
lis TO Bapks-Ihe a'>'rditv OF "r:-a''i-
zirS & hank with 4 capital OF >2',om 1T Il
railroad tank, is so apparent that there IS
very little danger Of capitalists rcntur-
ing on S" irali a hara'ie IN 4 sea which
threatens certain destruction. A tank to
be successful, sh""ld, ordinarily, have
not less than one hnndroo .ionSahn o'-
lars. oh Il S''a'icr ca''s'' 'a' ''te'es'
woa!d scarcely he sui1clent To pay the OIL
ticcrs, who would he entitled to 1roin
g 1850 to $1,000 each, leaving s~to:kh"!'teTs
tn take all the risks OF bad debts, steal
age, &C., without even the promise of :;
return. sometimes We 'ear ina INC
newspapers "ho urge the c'la'!iShncH
OF hanks O." not give inc matter "''e':
th"uEht out upon an aHH'"' 70 'hai' pat.
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WIKI" '"'' Il" p"' '''''e s"o"' e"erP' 'n''
~" y "e D""""S '" i'o -
an o!u saying tiaI io'i' ooiiu HOUSES "''"
Wise men live III 'ic". AS" S'"'e''e''
"l iact' We venture '"e "s>et'''" ''"'
In the State Of South Carolina that could
he sold for the cost OF building, and we
will further venture to Suggest, that there
is not Il of he,o dwellings which pays
three per cent. profit on the cost of con-
strurtion, after the proper allowances are
made. We will suppose tha: a fnur-room
cottage is to he built on Il 500 lot, at a
cost of SSG0. To this add the cost Of out
houses, fences, we'll, &c. Surh Il place III
the average village could not possibly he
rented for more than S~lOO-makins ten
per cent '" tne HOUSE, Ill" wv VII" "u'-
h""SeS' WE'LL "'" ien'eS throw" q" i"i
F"ou measure. lh'S Pr"Pei'! """'''
theh ne S''Je't discount us ''i''"S'
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1osvio, an excocd;nr small, nroft or
an investment of 81. 200 or 81. 300. with tho
further fact staring the investor in the
face that his propcrtv. even if he roult