The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-02-28
ONWARD AND UPWARD.
The Town OF AbbevfIIe StiiI Prosper
Ouy and Grows,

The town which stood still for go many
years, now seems to be bound 10 reach future
grea less ns n commercial and uanniactGt- =
Ing centre. With the completion Of the Geoi.
gia Carolina and Northern road new life
and new activity was Impaired to our people,
aud new blood was in fused into a II the arte r.
les of trade, industry and enterprise. Since
! the completion OF the G., c. & n. railway the
i following new enterprises may be be noted:
| We have built the finest school house In the
| up-country, and have magnificent system
OF instruction for all the children. with free
| tuition for all. The teachers are thr best and
| the result of their work makes the institution
our crownng glory.
We have bull, several new churches lately,
and we now have more fine churches. thmn
any town in South Carolina, and the men,
bership Of each lives in good fellowship with
ali the rest.
We have established the door. sash and
blind factory which, under the management
OF Mr. I.,trneT will he an important factor in
all that tends to ours prosperity.
The Tuga'oo Iron Works commenced oper.
alton lately and are doing good work. A
stock company, with Mr. j; Z. klugh ana
Messrs Beard rs associates, have been more
recently Organized, the capital has been Gu
layed, and still greater preparation for larger
work has been made.
which is Of vast benefit 10 all the country
around. They buy large quantities OF cotton
seed every year from our planters
The shoe factory of G.. Z. Hammond Il 20. is
prospering A room full OF peopleget consta Mt
employment, and everybody wears HarnmoDds
shoes TO keep their feet dry and warm.
Mr.. J. Allen Smith has just organized new
sash, door and blind factory. The side tracks,
ETC., leading from the H., &. IL N. has been
surveyed and laid out.
Many new stores have been opened with
new stocks of goods, and as far as we know,
every one Of them Is satisfied with his bnSi-
hess.
A new candy factory Is soon to be estab-
lished on the Alston House lot, next 10 A. NJ
NJ. Hill & Sons.
Perhaps one hundred new dwelling honses
have been put up since The rairoad came:
and many others are going up anu many Still
are TO be built at an early day.
A meeting OF our business men last week
determined TO build cotton factory. The
following committee will solicit subscrip.
Hill. w. Joel Smith, j. Z. K!ugh: Secretary,
X. w. Cannon, G. A. Nisansha, F. B. Gary,
W. e. MCGOWAN. w. "A. Templeton, J. $,
Graves, ]. r. Robertson. They mean busi.
ness and the cotton factory Is coming.
The railroud Itself built their shop In Alb
beville, and commenced business last Sep.
tember. They employ some two hundred
men. The monthly pay roll at til Is place
ranges from $1,000 to $4,000 month. This
amount OF 10 oney paid III a little community
Is Of inestimuble value TO The thrift and pros
perity OF The place, but as yet we do not re
houses IN which the families OF the employ
ees may live. a large per cent. Of them II .e
iD other towns, all OF whom Will come here as
soon az we can get the necessary houses.
But 10 add 10 all this, the addition Of SJ,DW
worth OF machinery u the shops has already
commeced. The first car load WAS expected
yesterday or last night and other car loads
W II arrive daily. This machinery Will nearly
double the capacity OF the shops as carried on
for the last five or Blk months.