The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-10-13
Bright Hopes for the Future.

An ADVERTISER Reporter, called on
a gentleman who was stopping for a fow
days at this place, and who had taken
great interest in tho affairs Of Laurcns
and studied them. from n business point
of view.
"Toll us" said tho reporter, something
of tho business outlook of Laurens?"
"Well" he replied, Il have visited
many towns in Carolina and other
southern States, recently, but nowhere
nave seen a moro Industrious, thrifty
and intelligent community. Your town
is well located, surrounded by excellent
farm lands; the climate is
and on account of your geographical po-
sition, yours is destined to be one of the
grand railroad centres of this section.
'All that you need is n little moro vim
ana a little more money. The money i'm
time will come and il you can persuade
your readers that / an not a vcritable
Virgins, will venture to picture the
Laurens of five wears hence"
a carriage being ready, your rcporter
requested the gentleman to take a short
drive over the town with him, during
which he further remarked, on nearing
the G. l.. &S. Depot:
I'm the picture before me CLaurcns
five years hcncc) | SEQ magnificent
brick building on both sides of this
street. These buildings aronot "shops"
but the stores OF mcn'who bought proper
ty in this town before tho extension ofthe
Roanoke and southern Railroad to this
point, and the completion of the G.. n.
Il Is which now ClS9D connects thiss sec
ton with Tennessee. They bought
property and il has made their money.
These arc wholesale houses exclusively.
| soc at tho top of this hill a magnificent
hotel, which is indeed a formidable rival
to your famous "Bcndclla." All trains
on the G. l.. az S., G. & C., Loanoke and
southern and tho G.. N& l.. take meals at
this house. On those hills now cultiya-
ted see in tho distance the most beau
tNtui residences, with elegant flower gar
deus. Hero we have machine Shops,
ronndrYs, ctcr Now we come TO Harm
or Str cot. That engine YOU SEQ pulling
away ut asaw-mill, grist mill and cotton
gin. II tho ono acr0SS tho way, will be
replaced by engines sufficient 70 run
mammoth sash and blind factories.
You will also sec a little higher M tho
branch, ono of the most complete furnit-
urc factories in the South. Instead
of buying furniture in Charles
ton. your town will ship whole
train loads TO other, points. intact 7 SOC,
on this branch near the Dcpots. all kinds
of factories. but to cap the climax is
that which towers high above the rcst
That smoke comes from u cotton factory
and,thc one on the opposite side is a cot
ton seed oil mill. Now | will toll YOU
how these factories are built. Your
men were not able to build them and
Northern Capitalist were unwilling to
invest in them unless they could get CO.
operation. At first your citizens refused
to risk anything, but finally they real
lied the necessity for investing all sur
plus earnings in such Enterprises, and
you see the result. hey nave no strill-
es, no ovcrproduction, but all are
moving on full time and have already
declared a handsome dividend That
fondry will he able to do all the work
for upper Carolina. 1t is to-day one of
the Grandest enterprises in your town.
Well, must now he of, but I will re-
turn in two weeks and probably somo-
time in the future I may give this pict-
re Il few more tou chcs.