The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1906-04-20
FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1906.
LOOKING FORWARD.

true and time has proven 1T, yet suc-
cess will not continue to bring success
unless those. who have labored for
and have brought 1t about, continue
their labors. That one industry fully
established in any center, II judicious
" handled can be made to induce the
establishment OF some other, has been
equally established. SO. no matter
from what point we view the situation.
the success and growth Of town is
not determined merely by Its geogra-
phical conditions, but upon the In
dustry, the thrift and the intelligent
far seeing interest that people takes
in its town, which means the en-
vironment-elevation and advance
ment of their children, through de
termined effort, guided by that im-l
pelling force, which calls out fullest
exertiop, mental and physical, for the
we'll being of those, whom we love
Even those far off things which at
first appear to be and which, at frst
are impossibilities, advance, under
the irresistible force, of working fGr
loved ones, to possibilities, then. on
ward and nearer, they stand out clear
in the far sighted eyes Of wide awake
solicitude, as we'll defined probabil-
tiles and from probabilities they are
again uplifted into realities; so vii
lagos pass into towns and towns be-
come populous and prosperous cities.
Every large city, no matter where
had beginning, and. as the will
orce Of brains ana energy is no wher,
resistless, as in America, SO nc
mere on the worlds surface have
mail urbzn beginnings grown 50 rap
dly into mighty population centers
Has Bauesa.lrg and her sister. Lees
vile, a promise? Of course! Have
3atesburg and Leesville the irwin
chile spirit of American go-ahead-it-
ativeness? time alone can tell! But sup
posing that the people of these, at
present two towns, be not behind il
American push those, who first put
the shoulder tu the wheel in so many
different places In our land, and. wht
have made thriving cities, wbe't
once were wilderness or swamps-
built under conditions most unprom-
ising, has not Batesburg-.eesville
before it the beacon-light of glo-
rious futurep
AS result of untiring effort, If
guided by the benefcence OF wise ad-
ministration, Batesburg and Lees
vile will become one city. a new
county, with Batesburg-- -Leesville as
county seat, will be formed; a stately
court house will face on one side a
beautiful floral and horticultural park;
an imposing City Hall will look over
the park from another: grand hotel
like those along the East Coast OF
Florida will have its palacial door
ways on this City Park and the col
lege. a growth Of the ore now ir
Leesville, or magnificent bank
buildlng, will grace the Park again
with ar chitectural grandeur. Three
or four railroads will use in common a
magnificent union derot: no longer
old unsightly shacks will offend the
eye, but great we'll built cotton ware
houses will store the fibrous wealth
Of an outlying couatry- farm lands |
producing under skilful culture two
bales Of cotton, where one grows now.
The pulsations of turning shafts |
will vibrate on the air and many in
dustries OF many kinds, will put mon |
ey weekly into the purses of thous-
aDds not now here. An Ice Plant and |
cold storage warehouse will give ice
at first cost and store away for higher
prices thousands Of dozens of eggs and |
hundreds upon hundreds of fowls.
An electric plant, run by water pow
er will furnish light and power, and
water In abundance VIII be supplied |
from pumping station, located near
the electric plant.
Trolley cars will pass up and down
the streets, passing the hotels and by
charming suburban villas. Dazzling
equipages, with high-stepplng cobs,
will be seen standing under ornate
port cocherts, or glistening In the sun.
as they pass along the streets. Aut-
omobiles Will have ceased to frighten