The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02

burg county is tremendous. The one tar the
farmer does not growl at il the road tar.
provided he sees the road coming his wav
And IN. roads are coming as fast as thew
can he made
This mar, of the country is 80 favored
in the matter of climate that outdoor work
with comparatively few interriptions on
account of the weather can 20 on the veal
round And this applies, of course. to
road-makinp as well as everything else
Nacadamiued roads will soon be rushing
out into the remote sections Of the county
There is now a fine eouipneut Of road
making machinery and the scailawags are
sufficient in number TO keep the ranks of
the chain gangs well-enough filed ia do
n GOOD part of the work. The farmer
collects the loose stones on his land. carts
them to a point on the highway where
they are wanted for the cr,shers and gets
his pay for the job, thus receiving prac,i-
cally a premium for Kidding his fields Of
a nuisance.
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forlorn n little hamlet as could have been
found in the State or that little s.,tls-
ment hardly a trace remains
The venerable jail ia still here. and
tucked away in odd corners there are still
TO be found some OF the old landmarks
But nearly all OF them. including that erst.
while pride and glory of Spartanbur,
the Palmetto Hotel. have gone tbs wav ~
all membranes that get In the Path of
progress The business centre of the town
with it's fine blocks erected or in course of
erection. its public buildings, including
'he me new eourt MOUSE us eAceIeht hoteis
ana 'he sur ana NE 'here Is IN the streets
~ouiu 90 cred" 70 Town OF z0'o" or more
hhaoitshs.
Inc cohhoenoe 'ne people nave mere IN
'he future OF 'helr town IL IN hothing more
man'fes' than IN 'he mater OF the buildings
'ha' are gong up ihey are puiTt not
merely TOT the present lhey are built
WIN an eve 10 the iuture'
Inc echooihouses' ior instance, are ouiit
NOT ohiy 10 ACCOMMODATE the ..in or 5'9oO
puPiis VINO no" atteho 'hem, out 10 meet
me demands "h,ch everybody knows viii
he mace upon their capacity IN the near
tuture'
Indeed, the atmosphere, buoyant with
confidence In the great strides onward
In days thar are near az hand. Is the one
thing In the Psychology Of this great
Manufacturing belt in the Piedmont
country which FIRST impresses the visitor.
II jars constantly any preconceived notion
ne may have OF things reactionary and
ultra-conservative in the South. II smaoks
"n'n'cty MOT" on what Peop'e IN 'he East
arc app 20 associate IN 'heir minus with
'he west 'hah !, does oi the oouth'
NO ROOMS ABOUT THESE TOWNS
Only there Is one thing 10 be said of II
In the Southern States; nowhere il il as vet
taking on that fictitious form Of prosperity
which goes by the name 81 boom There
are no blooms on In this part Of the Sout h,
90 far as any particular town or community
Ia concerned. The progress is the legiti-
mate progress Of rapidly developing
wealth that is based on the bed rock Of
production. Advantage Is being taken,
and taken with rare energy and infelH-
gence. Of extraordinary facilities for max.
ing and getting to market vast auan,ities
Of vendables for which there is, and ever
will be, an unlimited demand. That in the
KEYNOTE of the whole situation,
Undoubtedly under the influence ~ a
stimulus 80 except ional. fictitious values
in sporadic instances here and there will
be created and involve loss when thew
como down to their true level hut as a
whole the obvious solidity Of the foun-
dations on which This era of southern
prosperity rests is as remarkable as the
prosperity itself
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