Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-14
THE OLD IRON DISTRICT.
WHAT Spartanburg has Done and
Others May Do.

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Mr.. EDITOR: To-day being Goot
Friday, Wotford gave holiday. !!
will spend few moments this at
teruoon, IN writing to my many
frie,.ds of dear old Edgefeld.
don't know whether or not | cal
collect my thoughts so as to Inter
est your readers, for our Greek
Professor gave us a vocabulary oi
300 Greek words to learn by Mon.
day, and I have been pouring over
those worde so for the last few
hours, that Pm in q poor flight
for writing.
S;uoe l wrote you last, we have
had two SHOWS in Spartanburg,
though not very heavy ones. The
weather in this up-countrv has
been rather cold during latter part
of Marct. April has at last come
and brought us beautiful flowers
and the sweet singing birds.
Do YOU ask how Wofford is pro-
crossing? Well sac is doing finely
perhaps better than at any time
during her existence. Dear Id old
|yofford, she has had nearly 200
children, and by the way they're sll
boys. The college is to have a
gymnasium soon. DR.. Carlisle has
several hundred dollaas and is
still receiving money from the
yood men who feel disposed to
give to help build this greatly
needed edition to the college.
Before / leave the college l want
to say that there was a game OF
base ball here on Saturday 2otb
u!t., South College versus Wotford
College, in which Wotford soon
"knccked their seeks Off" By he
way Wofford has the champion
ship Of the State in foo! taiI, or
had last fall.
Spartanburg Is quite alive, a "a
ing daily new buildings. There
have been to my knowledge, be-
tween 80 or 40 new dwellings put
NJ here since fist of February,
and I have not seen near all OF
them, Is have not been over more
me, one fou,th Of .he CITY. The
mayoris is having Magnolia Street
widpned, which cuts Oft part OF
some yards, also a part of the lot
on which the court house is built.
We doubt that any other county
in the Sonth can ma>e such a re-
cord as Spartanburg-so marvel
lous IN industrial progress, SO full
of great achievements, so rich ID
splen lid promise. We shall hot
attempt to extend comment upon
what is being done-it does not
require comment, it speaks for it.
self and for the people of Spartan
tanburg; their sterling character,
their business thrift, their COM
mon sense. And what they have
accomplished in the last ten or
twenty years is only prophetic of
their larger successes i'll the fu-
lure. They are just beginning to
know thsir strength and are build
ing bigger every day. LIE. US brief
ly write here few pertinent
'acts:
The population of Spartanburg
city increased nearly 100 per cent
in the last census decade, and
more than 50 per cent within the
last three years.
South Carolina leads the South
in the cotton manufacturing indus
try, and Sparlanburg leads South
Carolina. Spartanburg county has
half as many spindles and IS p"r
cent as many looms as are opera
ted in the State of Georgia, 27 per
cent a.ore spindles than have the
two States of Tennessee and Vir
ginia combined; 70 per cent more
looms than Alabama and Tennes-
see put together and more looms
loom and spindles than the Elk
States of Texas, Louisiana, Mis-
sippi, Kentucky, Arkansas, and
Florida combined.
There are seventeen large cotton
mills now in operation in Spartan
burg county and three new MAN.
moth mills in course of construc-
ton. The actual amount cf capi-
tai invested in these enterprises is
$4,O82,0C0; the number of opera
tiyes, exclusive of managers and
head men is $3.50; the consump-
ton of cotton 10000 bales Il year
more than twice the total cotton
product of the county; and the
amount paid annually to the op-
eratives is $l,50o,O00
Spartanburg has six banks. II
the last five years the capital in
vested in banking has increased
$50 per cent and all of the bank
are thriving and sailing down
mcst comfortable surplus.
J, r. OUzTs.
April 8, 1896.
Cures Kidney and Bladder
Troubles.
Thousands of such cases hav
been cured by the use Of Botani