The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-07-10
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/ hotel that night has been estimated at
between four and five hundred.
All Of the business of the Press As
sociation was finished on Thursday at
ternoon before the banquet, but the
adjournment was made subject to the
call Of the President, as it was under
stood that those who desired would go
home the next day, while all who
could would go on a picnic to White
Stone Lithia Spring and from there to
spartanburg, where trolley trip to
Glendale Park and other entertain
ment was awaiting us. Therefore
about 10 o'clock Friday some thirty or
more of us, including ladies and chill
dren took carriages for the White
Stone Lithia, said to be about four
miles off. The wride was over beau
ttiiful hill country, the road in some
places being as rough as views from
the hill tops were beautiful. The
place was reached in about two hours
where Mr.. Harris, Mayor Calvert of
Spartanburg and a number Of others
were awaiting Us. The place was for
merly known as Irby's Spring, and is
a few miles from Rich Hill on the r.
r. from Spartanburg to Columbia.
The situation is as beautiful as pic
ture, and if the $50, 600 hotel and other
Improvements promised are erected
it will be a splendid place. Mr.. Har-
ris of the Harris Lithia having sold
out the old springs and moved to Spar
tanburg, he and some men of means
have bought the Irby Spring and pro-
pose to develop and improve it.
After bounteous picnic dinner. and
rest Of several hours, part of the com
pany returned to Glenn Springs, and
the rest of us drove to Glendale, where
we took the trolley for Spartanburg.
The trolley runs from Spartanburg
past Glendale to the Clifton Mills and
is aboutl2 miles long. It is substan-
italy built and supplied with good
cars and is run in first class style. At
Glendale on a hill fronting the factory
pond large pavilion has been built,
and the place is a popular resort. The
pavilion is brilliantly Lighted by cleo
tricity and also the entire park. We
went out to the park that night and
spent over an hour very pleasantly.
The ride on the trolley with the breeze
like gale, almost, is grand.
We were pleasantly entertained at
the New Windsor Hotel which is stu
ated very conveniently on both the
trolley and railroad.
One thing We missed was visit to
the Summer School, where there are,
we learn, about 800 teachers receiving
instruction. Most of them went to.
Asheville on an excursion the day we
were there.
Spartnburg is certainly growing
city It is not hard to understand why
the city and county of Spartnburg is
so prosperous when you take into con-
sideration the fact that there are in
the county % cotton mills with 20 mill
corporations, having an aggregate cap-=
isal of s5,723, 200; 433, 800 spindles,
and 13, 4l4 looms. The largest corpo-
ration is the Clifton Manufacturing
Company with three mills, and ST.
900, 600 capital; 1oo,792 spindles and
$3.50 looms
After taking in as much as we could
of this progressive city, in the time
available, our members departed for
their homes on the different trains,
and your scribe returned to Glenn
Springs where he expects to enjoy
rest and drink water few days more
before returning to the tread mill.
The Messrs. Simpson were certainly
very kind and hospitable in their.
treatment Of the Press Association,
and it seemed to be the desire of a
large number to come back again. I
am glad to see that Glenn Springs is
50 popular with Sumter people. 1t.
shows that they know good thing.
There were up to Monday morning q
here from the city and county, and SIX
arrivals Monday afternoon make our
Sumter colony now q. I am glad to
report that DR.. Edmunds. who has
been here several weeks, is very much
improved and at this writing is look
ing bright and cheerful He visits
the Spring several times day.
n. GO.
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