The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-03-02
eAaswEll VISITS mayssv,ltE.
sasaeessias DeseriRsIoa Of Growing aad
Prssnsseus Town Ia Center Of Rieh
farming District.

Msyesville Feb. 29.-Only nine (9)
saiaes from Sumter, and on the Allan
tic Coast Lane Railway. Mayesville
hes been q good trading center, and is
erow;np steadily without detracting
from the hub Of the county. >=,a
The lands from Sumter up, OF
Mayesyille down, are rich and need
cultivation. They have been rented,
aad pIsnted on shares with the usual
result.
One white man living insMayesville
took some Of that kind Of land and
planted so acres in cotton. The hrst
year he got II bales, second year "a.
third year so, and the fourth year 6o
bales.
On land apart, and in Sumter county,
he mas received 125 bales (averaging
500 pounsd each), from so acres.
Marlboro is no better than Sumter
county With the same methods and
application. the Sumter lands can be
made to pay as well. or better Shan
those Of Marlboro fame, and inselh-
gent Improvement will do 1t.
MayesviEe ships over 5000 bales OF
cotton a year, and the last crop, not
up 60 the usual, went over ., 250 bales,
and over S. car loads Of cotton SEED,
while wagons streamed to Sumter.
The land around Mayesvll il also
adapted to the raising OF tobacco. and
the leaf has lifted many mortgage IN
the last ten yeras, aud for truck farm
ing theland lays level to the sun, enc
railroad is near, and the markets with
In easy telephone. Nayesyllle has two
passenger trains each way, and one
accommodat freight each way per
day, and its postal facilities include
three daily mails by rail-, and a star
route to Goodwill
The Churches sare Presbyterian
Methodist Episcopal and Baptist, and
the High School is handsome In and
out. Thirty artesisn wells fow crystal
purity and health all the time, and
the level fields are beautifed by woods
and She farm houses With groves.
The Bank of Mayesville, opened II
October in 1902 in the rear Of store,
is now in 8 new brick building and
has paid three per cent besides.
Several we'll stocked stores are gov
erned on the lien and cash and num-
ber only on the cash basis, but there
is q friendly feeling and nelghooriy
courtesy.
Mayesville wants cotton seed oil
mill, and will offer good inducements
for the establishment of such a plant.
and other industries pertaining to
manufacture. The first automatic
cotton gin in Sumter county was built
by a. A. Strauss at Mayesville and
he says if others do not put up an oil
mill he viii see that it will be done.
His ginnery has 40 saw Smith
gins with which is two run grlst
mill, propulsion being given by engine
of so and boiler Of Is horse power.
A. a. Strauss started business here in
the Centennial year 1876, in rented
building-now he owns stores at
Mayeysile. Sumter, Summerton and
Wisacky, the aggregate stocks reach
ing SIC, 900 to $4,000 In value. The
Wisaeky store being managed by w.
~. DesChamps, who has half interest
In that enterprise, and Herewith they
have cotton gin similar to that at
Mayesville.
Mr.. Strauss is also President of the
Mayesville Bank and Secretary and
Treasurer of the Mayesville Tobacco
Warehouse and owns lands in Sumter,
Lee, and Clarendon counties.
Ihe r. A. Chandler Cotton Ginnery
is Pratt with the latest Murray
system and Ito and $50 saw stands.
&c is very complete plant, automatic
arrangement and galvanized IRON
au1iiiaries. He also has grist mill
aud a saw mill which cuts for planta-
tion purposes. Mr.. Chandler says first
class lots can be secured on advantage
ous terms for an Oil mill.
He IS also merchant with capital
stock and owns plantations in different
counties aggregating 1900 acres, and
he is experimenting and improving and
ne can raise from one to one and half
bales Of cotton to the acre. The
Chandler residence cost $4,000 and is
an elegant structure with foliage and
snrubhery almost enshrouded, and his
stores ard mills show precision anc
neatness quite exemplary.
Mr.. Chandler is deacon in the Pres
byterian Church of which he is liber-
al Supporter and is an active worker
for higher education and line busi-
ness man.
J. E. Mayes manages big mercan-
tile business and bis father r. 2.
Mayes was Mayesville's first merchant
and the place is named IN honor Of his
grandfather, Squire Matthew P:
Mayes. he carries $4,000 stock and
buys and deals in about everything.
Mr.. j. E. Mayes is Vice President
of the Mayesvilie Bank and controls
LOCO acres and handles live stock ex-
tensisely with we'll equipped sales and
feed stables, and is an all around busi-
ness man. He has been his Honor, the
Mayor and Warden for dozen years
and is Elder and a pillar Of the Pres
byserian Church.
The Mayes home is a lovely 1000
cottage with great level fields spread
ing to green woods.
The j. z. Barnett mercantile house
established 26 years ago carries up to
5000 worth OF goods and buys corn,
oats, and salt N car load lots, and the
management is first class.
The Barnett estate includes big