The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-03-24
The Editor in Clinton.
CLINTON, Mar. 10, 1891.

A La urens newspaper man mus
have his eyes and ears open tt
find out what is going on in hi.
own bustling town and it has here
tofore, been altogether out of the
question for me to keep up will
the trend Of affairs in this slightly
smaller but no less ambitious mu,
nicipality. A stay of several days
here this week has served to make
NE very fully acquainted and i'm
pressed with the great prosperity
That the town is Vow enjoying.
While my opinion of the people
could not have been bettered, very
little observation has been required
to broaden my previous estimate
of the towns business and CONNER.
cial Importance, hal not of course
been in ignorance Of the fact that
Clinton had good schools and fine
railroad connections, advantages
by no means uncommon to COM
munities in South Carolina,) but it
is only since seeing these things
with my own eyes that 1 have APP
(%preciated the indisputable fact that
they belong to Clinton to a degree
possessed by no other town of the
same population in the state. When
/ remember that Clinton is located
at the crossing of the Richmond
and Danville and the Seaboard
Airline, the two great rail road
systems of the South Atlantic
States, and at the terminus of an
other line just completed to The
sea; that it is the seat of a flourish
ing college equipped with an able
faculty and supported by a strong
religious denomination and also
of Il high grade classical institute,
Offering special instruction in bust
ness and military education; this
conclusion is inevitable that at no
distant day it must take rank with
the largest and richest ofthe glOw-
ing cities in the Piedmont coun-
try.
Already, since the completion of
the two new railroads. monied
men elsewhere are turning their
attention to the attractions which
the town offers for the investment
Of capital.
Only yesterday II party of lead
ing bankers and capitalists from
Spartanburg came here for the
avowed purpose of examining tor
themselves what the outlook is in
Clinton real estate. They were ev-
identity delighted with the town
and did not take their departure
until they had purchased Il valua-
Die piece of vacant property most
of which lies within the corporate
limits. Their visit and action is
q strong endorsement Of the tlatter-
lug reports which are current cv-
eryWhere in reference to the towns
prospects aud will prove an effrc-
tive argument to investors.
One of the leading industrial en-
terprises &c Clinton is the Allen
Manufacturing Company whose
plant is located about half q mile
from the business portion Of the
town OH the G. &. & N. Railroad.
The factory makes doors, sash,
blinds, and various other articles of
wooden ware, besides. doing a large
business in the sale Of lumber and
shingles. 1t has an extensive out.
tG Of woodworking machinery, the
latest addition to the plant being a
steam dryer which is now being
placed in position. T. is expected
that the factory Will commence to
manufacture furniture before very
long and the splendid quality Of
oak timber which grows SO album
dainty in the vicinity of the town
Will then be utilized. The factory
employs about twenty-five skilled
mechanics who have proven them
selves a valuable addition to the
towns citizenship. Mr.. M. S. Bal
ley, president of Bailey's Bank, was
the founder of the factory and by
him it a recently sold to Mr.. D..
A. Allen, the present owner. Mr..
Allen comes from Danville Va, and
is a skilled mechanic and thorough
business man. He is moreover q
man Of liberal views and untiring
energy. His factory Is daily be,
coming better known throughout
this and adjoining states and ship
ments are constantly increasing.
A famous Clinton Institution is
the Thornwell ~Orphanage, n of
the most successful charities ever
established in the South. The no
BILE principles of christian benevo-
lence on which it rests and the wise
and skillful methods employed in
it's management by DR.. Jacobs, the
founder and superintendent, have
given it and enviable place in the
esteem of philanthropists in every
state in the Union.
Aside from the great good that it
has done and is doing, it is a spien-
did advertisement for Clinton. The
town has friends wherever the Or
phnnage is known and is in large
measure indebted to it for the rep
utation Of a liberal and moral COM
munity that it bears. On the other
hand, the people of Clinton have
been devoted friends to the Or
phanage and there has never been
u time when they were not ready
and willing TO help it at any sacri-