The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1885-09-30
I0e:a farms, and 1914 sa4 acres OF

proved land. These farms are valued at 4S,6l5.9IS:
the value Of live stock Is 81 ,4Ol ISL, and tho estimated
yalI,c Of fnrrn productions Is $h,OG3,llS. In Ltrirens
county the 'percentage NJ vnlue "f farm products In
rurm values" Is Il Ior cent while tho average of the
entire Piedmont region IL only 81 per cent. These
c~onnt!es made, In 1850. 1862 bales Of cntton, ILL.,
S42 bushels Of curn, 4i3, 963 bushels Of oats, and 249,-
SO bushels Of wheat. They owned 6+29 head IF
horses. 9.I9S head VI mules, 39Gi head Of cattle, IT,.
36O head Of sheep. 1853 head OF hogs. Solno u the
heat broDdrd md grade stock In the SOnth are owned
In Lanrcns and Spartanbnrg counties, nnd the i'm.
movement In the breeds Is making steady progress.
The uxe vi improved agricultural implements Is In
rr.n.inr, and the most advanced methods OF farming
ore being advocated and followed. In SpnrtnnhIirg
county there are seven cutton mills nsing LOO horse
power water power, employing. l,loo hands, ana oI'cr'
Grating 81 ESQ spindlcs and 945 looms Inc cul'ital 10.
Vested In cotton manufacture Is the largest OF my
cnI,ntv In tho State, amounting to Sl.03. 600. These
factories consume annually l6OW bales OF COTTON, ana
prnduco l.SG9. 225 pounds Of yarn and ~l6,2!8,3oo yards
Of cloth. valued at 81. 67u,0H. 1t Is estimated that
the total amount Of capital employed In tho three
c"untirs ia aI.3i0.sOO. These establishments include
flour and grists mills, lumber mills turpentlne Stills
These counties. furnish somc Of the finest water
,uwers In the State. The undrveluped power ut
Trother's Shoals, In Ahbevlile, Is without doubt one
Of the best in the South. and can he made available NJ
coInpurStiyely little cost. In the three counties there
ara 66 towns and trading settlements, with 4S2 stores
and the estimated worth Of the store Keepers Is 81
605.0On. -..,h
,hoir completeness holds and what q possibility their
suggestion brings here to us. 1t looks MS II something
like the promised land had been opened up to us!
The City Of Spartanburg.
This Gate City OF Carolina is a place Of rare prom
i,e. 1t Is O beautiful town To begin with. It's .t"rcs
are tr,angnlated nlung tho town, In which the Court
House, the Merchants Hotel and the Opera House ac
cunspicnous. The row Of handsome residences In tho
MINER end Of the city are ns modern nnd IS tasty rs
Parrker's Row or my Peacht,ee Block. Years ago
Snartanburg had but one line, the Union and Colnnl-
bia railroad. 49,, M.
"iaiirads. ". have not been hampered by con-
sti, utional objection. We subscribed $20o,Vt0 IN
county bond. to the Atlanta md Charlotte Air Line.
| We gsyr 1851 90 to this new road and rs much more
t0 the Aslevillc connection. Altogether wa nave
given nearly half q million to the new enterprises;
What Is the consequence? The population increased
from 1850 In 1870 to $3.50 In 1850. The city property
Ia valued at one md a quarter million dollars. TWEEN.
ty.aye or thirty Thousand bales III cotton are ehiplTa
annually tn New York and Charleston, liucn Oh "hicn
now must 60 to Augusta" .too-
Tho town has nn elevation above the sea level oies,
feet. There Is an Opera House, costing gil ooo. ana
three large, hands ,na brick hotels, one or when mas
une hundred rooms. In the town. The National banH
has a paid In capital OF 100000, has a surplus Of fSo,'
900.
That spartanburg will be q railroad center cannot he
doubted. 1t has already fonr roads AM In d short
time its Henderson line will be pushed through u
Ashrville, N. G, making this road the direct ana pop
ul,r through, route to the Land Of the Sky, which ID
INV two days mil nights away. Then again, II rn,
murs are true, Col. J"hn NJ. Robinson. lrcslGent y,
the Bay Line. tile Sentmnrd and Roanoke, Raleigh any
CASTOR and Carolina Central r,ilwnys, IS pusn'ne ns
ruals towards Spnrtauburg. This would give Angus
to o now and competing line to tile North by way o.
Srartxnburg. The question too comes up. Will no!
Capt. kaonl push IN his great system to the west
He has three terminal points In upper Carolina rum
either Of which hs may push through the mountains
10 Knoxville.
Anderson, Greenville and Spartan
burg arc stepping stones for
n Through Line 10 the
West.
Some years since q civil engineer rode up through
tho Cumberland c"nntry loos!n2 Tor some I'nit
through the impcnctrable ridge which stretched 't'
f~urhidIing fiont alnng the limits OF Carolina. lnn'
nrls interIninnblr, grades impossible and trestlrs I'M
practicable lmn,ed up befuTc the sickcned gaze VI me
engineer. In his mind he saw no solution OF me
trouble, unless m outlay of millions was maze
Weary Of fun thrr trial he s%auhtercl along the side OF Q
stream. when his horse Stoulrd for drink ami he MN
self sat still for reelection. The days sun wns retre"t
Ing behind the hills, when an armed hnrsernan came
~ and eyed him suspiciously. N" Rhoderic evri
rlarrd mDre florccly ut MI interlnpcr than did tnis JAIL
dit at the man Of stake chains and theodo!itcs.
"Whnt do yul want here:
The railroad vidctte explained his business. The
other allowed his suspicion to melt, and simply Sid
to his companion:
.Corne with me up the sides Of this stream, and
think you will find u pas, through which . railroad
might twIno through tho mountains"
ut was even su. and Redmond the noted outlaw
led the engineer through Estatoe GAP, where Raou
must nne dny trace his great extension anu when th(
Caroline, Chicago and Cumberland Gap will certainly
traverse.
connect Charleston and Cincinnati, will soon be solved
and the bandit, since captured, released and reform
ed-will one day ride with his family On the raii'
through Ebtatue. where he blazeh the way to all TIL,
dryclnpment, With a line to the West, this way
President Euonl would be free Of the State EOad en-
tanglement, and NIL shock and COLLISION with thu
%trouhl"us East Tenn, w. 4 Ga. Il. l.. In that sidt
aould clUse.
Glenn Springs.
Glenn Springs, In spartanburg, have long been not
ell for The curative powers Of their waters, They ar
said to br rs good n. Tate Springs In Tennesssr, mt
for Dyspepsia the natives say they nre unsurpassed
DR., Kilgorc, Of Spartanburc, Is enthusiastic over th
water. lie relates some wonderful cures. one In hi
own family and scores Of instances crnp mp outside
In fscL 80 attached nre the spartnnburg people t
Glenn Springs that they have organized h company I.
construct n narrow gauge - that lovely and snlnbrt
ous basin where the winter fnlls from tho mOnntgins
sparkling with tho eye Of IIysiea and charged will
the beauty OF Hcbc.
On the Back Track.
We'll. all these things ca,mc crowding into the hrnil
among the memories Of n trip to spartnnburg, non
Tuesday morning to Wednesday night. Captain Ba.
hud charge Of the delightful trial and inspection run
which was 50 successful mud 80 Thoroughly preasnn
that tho passengers could not refrain from expressing
congratulations and thanks In the form Of resolutions
These he accepted with becoming grace and gratii
cation. Capt. Bass Is n bundle Of energy, bnnnd TO
gcthcr by practical knowledge and aeasonrd BY quick
%scenrat. Judgment. He knows every foot Of Ills roa,
and every patron almost OF his system. He Is famili
! mr. with all details VI Ills work, and Is, in bis line, q re
variable railroad man. Just see hs railroad ystc'n
From epartanburg to Port Royal Is 247 miles; connt
Ing the GreenvlllU and Laurent. and the Saynnnal
Valley, the system makes up a tntal Of $50 miles Il
road, well equipped and contributing as much as an.
other factor to working out the development OF th
two States Of Georgia and Carolina.
Now that this valuable territory has heen added t
the business field Of Augusta, she ought " work 1t ~
all 1t Is worth. Drnnners shnuld be sent out nm,
advertisements planted In the columns Of tho CuRoSi
J Gle and local press. These people are old friends @
Augusta. Their fathers traded with US thirty an
forty years ago, when wagons rolled over the road
from Spar:anburg and from far up into North Carolin
oil vending their way " Augusta. These new line
restore former commercial relations and build up
) community OF interest.
A wtll.kuown carriage Arm in Augusta told TIL
CHRONICLE yesterday thai. 1t had extended It's manu-
featuring department and would send It's agent
bright, busincss.like Carolinian- all over the new
roads. Bushes. with them Is good. They have II
are working up the trade themselves. The people q
these sections must he brought together. Spartan
burg is getting up n big banquet for October. Ausns
tn rhOuld SEQ that these people there are given ono o
two excursions to visit the city and view our trad
attractions. lf the town has the enterprise, she wi
give the CarolinIans an ovation Just Ms the city q
Cincinnati did over her great Southern Raiiruad
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