The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-10-11
WIiITNIIItE LETTER.
All tho Nows OF II Growing Towu-whit-
miro Boom.

| hi. IhNlloT:-- w nlIlnlrS IL not
dead, neither has she been sloeplng.
We have not had much newspaper
notoriety Of late, but there il not Il
town in the State that has made moro
progress within tho past twelve
months than Whitmire. Wo have
just simply been too busy with our
own affairs to lot tho outside world
know what we have been doing. We
have breathing spoil now, how
ever, and will ondeavor to give your
readers fow dots of interest and an
invitation to como to Whitmire and
see for themselves that we have not
been idle.
The Glen Lowry cotton mill, do
scription and illustration of which
may be seen in the September nun.
ber Of The Exposition, is fast near.
ing completion and will be ono of
the prettiest and most up to date
mills in the South. superintendent
Mcneil, who has supervision of tho
| construction Of the mill and the hun
dreds of houses for tho operatives,
is an old hand and an expert at such
business. Mr.. Mcneil is "patting
himself on the back" just now.
| Never before has he been able to so
thoroughly roalize his desires, as he
has in tho erection of the Glen
Lowry. Tho factory building is all
ready for the placing Of the ma
chinery and about thirty Of tho
operatives houses are rondy for
occupancy and it will only be short
while until the whistles and hum.
ming Of the machinery will awaken
the people of this vicinity to sense
Of pride never before anticipated.
The school here opened Il few days
since, with large attendance and
Professor Merchant is contemplating
the employment Of an assistant. A
meeting Of the citizens is to be called
at an early date to form resolutions,
etc, preparatory to making applica-
ton for graded school. Prof Mer-
chant is an untiring and enterprising
instructor and we hope to see him
the principal Of graded school here
next year, and in larger and more
comfortable building. The present
one is entirely inadequate.
There is good opening here for
first class hotel. At present the
travelling public and many others
who are employed here in different
lines of business, are being taken
care of in the homes of private fami.
lies. While there is never a com
plant from those who can be accom-
modated, there are others who have
good and justifiable "kick coming"
Within the past few days we have
known travelling men turned away
from almost every house in the town,
on account of "no room." We would
be glad to see some hustling man
come here and put up first class
hotel, and we truly believe it would
prove Il profitable investment.
There is not vacant dwelling in
Whitmire and so great is the demand,
that some Of our citizens have been
compelled to rent houses from the
Glen. Lowry Manufacturing com
pany until other buildings are erected.
Within the past two or three
months Messrs. Duncan e Settler,
Miller ~ Rayson and Mr.. Day, have
opened mp general merchandise
stores here, all of which carry first
class line Of goods, and we under
stand the Glen Lowry Manufactur-
ing company will also run a commits
sary store that will be in keeping
with the size Of their business
There is talk of knitting mill,
an ice factory and an oil mill being
built here, but nothing delinito can
be learned at present az to who are
tho promoters.
Whitmire is now a regular stop
for all trains on the Seaboard Air
Line and we have very convenient
schedules.
We had quite nice entertain
ment at tho academy on last Wadnes-
day night, the crowning feature of
which was the presentation of II
pretty silv'" cup to Miss Mnude
Langford, he most popular young
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