The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-05-26
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unns of >our popular weekly to Say
word OF two TO my old friends in
williamsburg county, as scores Of
them requested He to write them
when came West, winch it is ut
rerly impossible for ne to 90 at
present, although [ shall be glad to
hear from any Of them ana shall re-
spond to any private letters that |
may receive.
We left Klngstree, S. G., on April
3 and reached this point April S.
Our trip was indeed a very pleasant
one all the way through. The last
day and night we were on the road
we could see not hing but mountains,
valleys and rivers, wild dogs and
animals Of various species. The
rivers were all dry; no green herbs
OF trees could be seen save when
they had been irrigated. No rain
has fallen in this county in nearly
eight months and when rain does
fall it is such small quantity
that an Eastern man would
not call it rain. They have no dew
here at all nor fogs. Neither do we
have any cloudy weather; but We do
have continuous breeze and per-
petual sunshine-just floods Of sun
shine. The weather bureau reports
mere sunshine here than at any other
place in the world. We also have
beautiful moonlight nights. | have
closely Investigated the entire South,
west with view of locating at the
very best place with all round ad-
vantages and voice the sentiment
ct thousands when | say that Ell Pa
so offers the Very best all around ad-
vantages for the health seeker. Hun
dreds are in El Paso to day cured of
asthma, who have tried Colorado, Ar
iona, New Mexico, California and
had to come to Ell Paso to get we'll,
and it is the same case with con-
sumption. The latitude, longitude,
altitude and small percentage of hu-
midity of FL Paso make it an ideal
place for health; although | am ia
vorably impressed with Santa Fe,
New Mexico, and would have gone
there could my wife have stood the
altitude.
| understand that the fall and
winter here are very mild and scarce
ly ever any body is seen wearing an
overcoat, and the summer is CORES
pondingly mild, cool and mellow.
Business is brisk here, lots of money
and everything goes easy. FL Paso
is growing very fast. 1t has the
largest smelling and mine and blast
ing establishment in the Southwest.
1t is tapped by nine different rail
roads. In the last six years FL Paso
has issued 3,957 building permits.
These permits represent improve
ments aggregating So, 100000. El
Paso is commercial city; the ex-
tent of its trade and the improve
mentS made in business enterprises
surpass any other city in the South
west regarding population, with the
exception of Denver and Los Angeles.
1t is estimated that the building
permits issued for 1904 will reach
beyond 500 and that 100000 will be
expended for these new buildings.
We can get on Il street car near our
door and in a few minutes be out of
the United States, then you can buy
Il panama hat for $500 that would
cost You $1,000 in Ell Paso, hut You
have to pay duty to get it over here.
We find everything we have to buy
very high, bat a man can make 3 to
4 times the money here that he can
in the East. House rent is yery