The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-08-21
ABBEVILLE'S POPULATION,

1t Has Increased Quite a Little Dur
ing the Past Year and Will In.
crease Much More Rapidly IL the
Citizens will Just Get u Move Onto
ThemseIyes-News About the Fac'
tory and Factory Town.
Iwonder how many of the readers or the
Press and Banner know that Abbeville has
to-day a population OF at least 1000 and possi-
bly, more. The Federal census taken IN June
oflast year gave us populatlon OF o'H9; me o
Clinkscales, Mrs. Beacham and MIR. Frank
Jones were untiring in their faithful endeav-
ors to ferret out and get the name, and age,
and sex, and color OF every human being that
lived within the corporate limits OF Abbe-
willie, and they were so anxious to get as large
population as possible for AbbeVllle that
they even went 80 far. hear, as TO take tne
truth live here at all. For instance, the Ao-
beville County Summer School OF l9OO was IN
session here then and there were some thirty
teachers boarding here in the town for q
month who did not live here. But the faith
full enumerator was no afraid they would not
be taken in the census at all that she LOOK
then again there some fifty or sixty colored
girls boarding at the Williams Academy, VINO
spend about nine months OF the year mere,
but were not really citizens OF the town. One
OF the enumerators took them too. SO You
see, that though some who were real true cit
izens of the town may have been skipped
and not taken by the census enumerators,
there were n0ng9 10 WnG boss ssed LAX
If we did not have but 1855 people fourteen
months ago, where have we got the 4.OoO or
over, now, you ask.
If the readers of this paper will but cast
their minds back sixteen months ago 10 the
middle of April last year, they will remem'
ber that at that time the directors OF the cot
ton factory at this place decided TO dlscon-
tinue night running. So that there were
about one-thrd OF the mill operatives here
thrown out OF work, and OF course were COM
PEELED to leave, with their families, and seek
other climes. All these, who amounted TO
atleast 800, had "folded up their tents" and
departed when the census enumerators came
around in June.
The writer had occasion the first OF this
year to take a religious census OF those who
lived at the factory, and he found OUT OF
eighty houses that at least thirty OF them
were vacant. But that Is not the case today.
don't think there are more than five houses
vacant on factory hill at present, and two
new houses have since then been 6een pullt
just outside the factory limits, and families
are living in both of them.
Why this increase OF population al tne lac'
tory?
About a year ago the directors decided to
build two more stories on TO the factory an.
larger and to build another boiler room and
engine room, and TO add three more boilers
and another engine. This work has just
been completed this summer, and the factory
building now stands complete four stories
in height, with an elevator tower on each ena
two boiler rooms-one with three boilers, Inc
old one with 450-horse power engine OF Tue
improved Green make, and the new one with
a 600 horsepower engine of the same make.
The mill started out at first some years ago
with 900 spindles. 1t has to-day IN actlve
operation 2S,0O0 spindles and about 75O looms,
with about 2UO looms which are IN place but
not yet running.
going where Abbeville has gained In her pop
ulstion. Whereas a few months ago there
were not more than 700 or 700 people living on
factory hill, there is now about ,OOC, and then
the population in the other parts OF the town
has Increased to some extent during the past
year, so that we may safely say that Aboe-
Vile has to-day within her corporate lim'
It's not less than 1000, and possibly 100 peo-
pie. And If the people of the town would
Just wake up out Of their sleepy lethargy ana
get q move onto themselves, there Is no rea-
son at all why by 1903 we should 40 a. not , nave ave
next census rolls around in 1910 have 1000 OF
more. II Is q well known fact that II an In
dividual is 10 succeed In this world ne must
"hustle" for himself and so II Is with town
that is to be built up; the citizens OF that
town must be live, wide-awake men, up and
doing, taking advantage OF every opportnn-
need and ought to have another cotton mill,
roller mill and an an Ice factory, and when
the Black Diamond gets built through here,
by 1905 we will need q good many more things
just HE up and get little move onto them
selves.
But speaking about the factory hill. no.
ticed In my walks around there there DH rev si,s Gays
fences around their places and had nice little
vegetable gardens and flower yards. one OF
the great and crying needs OF the factory
town that Is apparent to every one who
knows anything about the matter. is snita.
Bile building that can be used as school
house during the week and as place OF wor-
ship on Sundays. IT is true that the Method
ist Conference have had church built just
on the outside of the factory land, but that Is
only for the Methodsts. Goes all right as far
gS out b0 go
UNCONVENTIONAL, in which Presbyterlans and
Baptists could hold services and worship from
Sunday TO Sunday.
members on factory hill last March, he found
to be there about sixty members Of the Meth.
odist church, seventy members OF the Baptist
rian and A. R. P. churches. There are more
than that now, for the population OF the fac
tory hill has increased over 250 people since
then.
Superinten dent Thompson has had In hand
for two years finds to the amount Of a little
over $4,000. contributed by the people OF the
town for the building OF chapel and school
house at the factory, and he promised the
writer q few months ago that such building
would most certainly be built during this
summer; but here 1t is the last OF August and
built yet.
About year and half ago there was quite
amarriage fever among the factory operatives.
All the young couples got mated, and think
a few of the old maids and bachelors took ad-
vantage OF the epidemic and stepped of; but
since that time there has been quite dearth
in the matrimonial line for the simple reason
that all were either too young or too old TO
branch out. But some have increased In
years during the past eighteen months. So, q
few weeks ago young, raven-haired maiden
Of sweet sixteen and gallant youth OF
seventeen decided to embark upon the
sea Of matrimony, and 80 were united In the
most holy wedlock by the Rev. Mr.. Leslie. at
the Methodist chapel. The bride was Miss
Susie Baukman, and the groom Mr.. Paul
Jarrard.
Miss Scott and Mr.. Marvin Prsther were
united in marriage Sunday night, August
1lth, at the Baptist parsonage. Rev. MIR. Cor
don performing the ceremony.
The factory schools will be taught the com.
ing session by Miss Eliza Gambrell, assisted
by Mrs. Cason. One of the double dwelling
houses has been set aside for a school house
for the present, until regular school house is
built w. H. NJ.