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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

LONDON, July II. 1907.
A MERICANS are prone to imagine
| N that they possess a monopoly OF
"A all the biggest businesses in the
world. They do in most lines,
- but there are some notable ex-
ceptions, and for the Christening of their
pride 1t is well that they should hear of
them occasionally. Therefore, I propose
to devote this article to one Of them, and
the remarkable man who has made such
prodigious success Of It.
Joseph Lyons runs in London what is by
long odds the most colossal catering con-
Germ in the world. There is no aggrega-
ton of restaurants under one manage
ment IN America that comes any way near
feeding such a vast multitude daily. He
| makes 1t pay, too, handsomely. His COM
pany has just declared dividend of 32h
per cent, besides adding 100000 to its re-
serve fund. There are few companies in
the land Of millionaires which can show
| such profits as that. From the rank of
small public provder at provincial ex-
hibtions Joseph Lyons has risen in twenty
years to the forefront OF the restaurant and
catering world and today the ramfications
Of his business extend throughout the
whole of Great Britain.
But the most amazing thing about Mr..
Lyons is that while building up this stupen-
dous business he has found both time and
inclination to cultivate his talents in direc
lions remote from trade and commerce.
He has solved the problem which stumps
so many American business men of how
to make big pile without becoming
money making machine. AS an artist he
ranks so far above the average amateur
tod Of he hoe
exhibitions in competition with the works
of professionals. And now he has
nounced that in collaboration with Cecil
Raleigh, the famous dramatic author, he
has just completed a novel and expects
hereafter to turn out three novels year in
the same way. Truly his claims to dis
tinction unique But it is business
man he should first be considered.
ITO feed every person of London's
| 6,o00C0o who is able and willing to pay for
| it," is his modest ambition, to quote his
| own words.
Already in this peaceful conquest of the
! English metropolis he has captured 800, 900
prisoners. for that Is the stupendous num-
| Der OF the daily customers of the 40
| Lyons tea shops scattered about London,
and fresh ones are being opened every fen
weeks. Meeting them, as one does, at al
most every turn of the principal London
| streets, they must be almost familiar 20
| the American visitor they are popular
! with the native Britsher.
! But while the appeal of these tea shops
| is directed mainly to people of limited
| means. Joseph Lyons has not neglected the
! higher fields OF the culinary art. Every
| day sees the elite of London gathered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

A valued employe of the State DEPART
nent is James Duncan. who halls from the
state of wooden nutmess He says he does
not exactly see why there should be such
vigorous kicks against the present warm
spell, for it is really refreshing compared
TO a few freaks OF the sun which he has
witnessed in his home state.
why, man dear, this weather is not
even lukewarm. 1t is like sitting astride
an iceberg when matched against some
heated seasons 1 have gone through. l
remember once in Waterbury that the suns
rays In falling through plate-glass front
of a store were focused on French mirror
in the show window The mirror reflected
the focused rays into load of hay on
wagon across the street. The hay was
ignited. and the flames, spreading to nearby
stores caused a serious fire, the water
which was thrown by the fire companies
was boiling hot and did not quench the
flames. Oh, yes. man dear, 1t is hot a few
In old Connecticut"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, July II, 1907.
A MERICANS are prone to imagine
~ that they possess monopoly Of
"a all the biggest businesses in the
world. They do in most lines,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

An employe OF the Agricultural Depart
ment has received letter from his home
in Alabama which contains the information
that the heat there is something tremen-
dous and that hens are laying hard-boiled
eggs. The writer states that no stoves
have been used for cooking for several
days. the people using the hot stones which
are scattered throughout the town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

"a letter from home remarked former
citizen of Virginia, but now signing the
pay roll in the patent office, informs mo
that great difficulty is being experienced
in harvesting, the weather being so warm
not warm, hot-that farmers are working
in the wheat fields at night to escape the
burning rays of Old Sol But the rays or
the moon come down with such severity
that no one dares venture out without an
umbrella, and there have been two severe
cases of moonstruck."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21


According to w. D. Ellis OF Florida, and
who is doing stunts for Uncle Sam in the
pension office, the weather is hot some in
his state. He states that he recently re-
ceived information that a large icehouse
belonging to citizens of Jacksonville had
burned down. 1t contained 1000 tons Of
Fice and the fire started in the center, be-
ing caused by spontaneous combustion.
The weather can change as quick in
Arkansas as 1t can in Washington" con-
tends former citizen of that state, Col
Windy Morgan, who is now sticking type
for the government. II have seen streams
swelled out of their banks one week and
the next week they would be as dry as tho
average Washington hotel buns throat
Actually, l have seen the sun dry these
streams until the fish would be assembled
liz little pools OF water, and all you would
have to do would be to take dipnet and
bring up nicely boiled fish. This is no
hot weather pipe dream, but an actual
fact
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

Back in 1885," relates n former editor
Of weekly paper in Georgia, but now
employed In the pension office, I'VE had an
awful hot spell in my state. Fact is. q
great many Of our people thought the last
day was close to hand, and so strong was
this belief that hundreds of my subscribers
who never had paid a cent came to town
and forked over every red they owed. II
1t had not been. for that hot spell do not
suppose l ever would have collected for
the best weekly in Georgia.
When the scare was over and the
weather moderated quietly sold my paper
and pulled out. 1 thought 1t a deuced good
time to stay even. Hot weather that can
make delinquent subscribers square up
with the printer is hot some and little
more "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

Col Munson, an employe OF the census
office, but who exercises the right OF fran
chise in New York has a head as smooth
as a billiard ball. He says this absence OF
hair is not due to old age, but to the fact
that during a heated season In his home
CITY he was walking down Broadway ana
the suns rays were terrific that ms
luxuriant growth of hair was burned OH
and restoratives of every character have
failed to produce another crop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

Maj. Frank F1ynt of the Interior De-
partment and who also halls from the
Goober state tells of citizen who tried
to find a cool place. He finally crawled
into the center of a brick kiln, which had
been fired up for three days. After he
mad, been in there for four days the town
marshal broke open the kiln door and
hauled the fellow out. He looked much
cooler than his rescuer. and said 1t was
cooler in the kiln than 1t was outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-21

This weather feels like an Ice plant COM
pared to some Of the hot winds have ex-
perlenced in Kansas" says a clerk in the
Post Office Department. II have seen those
hot winds come up and blow fifteen days
and nights on a stretch. I have known
them to blow the cracks out Of fence.
pull a cistern out of the ground, move a
township line and change the day of the
week. sheep was held against a barn
until 1t starved to death, and goat got
caught In the hot gale and it left Its hide
clean as q skinned banana. The goat
looked so much like a Mexican dog that 1t
was placed in a museum. 1t was hot
that my watch melted in my pocket. and
the wind was so strong that 1t blew the
socks off my feet, leaving me my boots.
Notwithstanding these little hot spells
there's no place like Kansas"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

Atlantic Oil com mpan>, large
planning mill owned 'by William
Godfrey & Co., which uses $50
horsepower; the biggest veneer
factory in the State, being styled
the Clement, Ross Manufacturing
companp, which turns out The
verv highest grhdes of veneer
and truck cra,ed. The business
Of this enterprise a,one amounts
to probably $lOp,0OO annually.
Other enterprises are the Pee
Dee Chair factofv which has II
most complete plant eq nipment;
the Cberaw Door and Sash com.
pany, capitalized at $4,000:
the Pee Dee Iron works, which
is daily turning but saw mills,
engines, etc. Mr.. E. D. Smith,
who is manager of these works,
recently invented a truch to be
used in dry kline and this truck
is now considers ID the very best
on the market. The Evans.
Sheridan Concrete works is an
other large and paying enter
prise: The W. l.. Clement
Lumber company is now con-
structipg an immense planning
mill plant which will manufac-
ture 100000 feet of lumber
daily. This mill will use band
saws and will require 400 horse
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

the great falls on the Pee Dee
river one mile north of the
town. If any cotton mills are
established here, it is believed
that steam power will be used
although the water power is
available. The Cheraw people
are anxious to take stock in one
or two cotton mills. They
realize the amount Of business a
mill will bring here and then
they know that investments in
cotton mills generally turn out
to be good Investments
1t is doubtful if any city in
South Carolina enjoys better
railroad facilities than does Che
raw. There are four roads here,
coming from every direction.
The main line of the Seaboard
between New York and Tampa,
over which many passenger and
freight trains pass daily, is the
greatest feeder to the town.
Then there. ia the Atlantic Coast
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

The jury in the sensational
Blair case in Columbia has
found Mrs. Ethel w. Blair
guilty of the murder of her
husband. The verdict as rem.
dered is that OF manslaughter
with recommendation to mercv.
The jury was out l3 hours be-
fore the verdict was reached.
The majority of the jury favor
ed murder but in order to get
one man to sign the verdict "a
compromise to manslaughter
was agreed upon.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19
no. AZ

HAhO ~uaSu SOuuCEtS SOI0uC0
and Wadesboro, N. @. The
Chesterfield and Lancaster rail-
road, which was constructed by
Mr.. A. a. Page 10 1900, leads
through the best of Chesterfield
county for more than 40 miles
and it is understood from the
management that it is a matter
Of only q short while before the
road will be built into Charlotte
where Cheraw can have >con-
nection with the main line of
the Southern railway. The
fourth road entering Cheraw is
the gBennettsville and Gheraw
road which connects the two
towns in the name OF tho
road.
A DISTRIBUTING POINT.
The establishment Of the boat
line on the Pee Dee river will
mean more tor Cheraw than the
average man will think. On &C.
count of the decrease in freight
rates, it is understood that many
large concerns will make this
town a'distributing point: It is
said that the Gihbes Machinery
company OF Columbia will
establish an auxiliary warehouse
here and this city will be the
distributing point for eastern
North and South Carolina: This
conce.n n has IL men on the road
travelling four Statates and it is
said that the company will car
ry large stocks of boilers, en-.
gines, machinery. etc, here.
The warves ON, the river here
have been ABOUT complered. Or
account of the numerous frssh-
cts, the depot will be up on the
bluff, fully 600 yards from the
wharves. Freight, will be pull
ed by cables pulled by a rs
horsepower engine. The bluff
has been graded down and the
construction Of the cable track
has been about completed.
The price Of real estate in and
near Cheraw has adva nc d
marvelously during the past ten
years. Five years ago a piece
of property near the city limits
was purchased for $1.1OO. The
owner is now refusing $4,000.
Some farm property near the
city was bought for 81 400 five
years ago and the present owner
would not now take $4,000 for
the same property.
Cheraw has about 5000 souls
and IL is one town in South
Carolina that has a brilliant
future before it. 1t will not be
many years before this town
will be recognized as b e ing
among the leading cities of the
State.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

power. The $rasingtop Brick
Works make $1,000 bricks daily
ard these bricks with the out
put of the J. Al. Watson & Co.
Brick works, 10000 daily, are
used in and NJ bar Cheraw. The
Stevens Lumber company is an
other large cdncern here. 1t
operates lar Tge planning mill
besides doing large lumber
business. Tn + c b esterf e | d
Naval Stores n an ufacture e y
spirits. This "spiritine" plant
Is the most complete In the
South. Capt. ]. D. Harden is
the local man ger.
NEW BA TX BUILDING.
The Bank |of Cheraw, which
was organized many years ago.
has only recently bought the old
F:nlayson corner lot on the
corner of Market and second
streets and is now constructing
9 beautiful bank building
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19
,CHERAW WILL BECOME
DISTRIBUTING POINT.
establishment of Boat Line to Georgetown is Realiza
ton of One of the Towns Fondest Hopes
What 1t Means i'm Freight Rates.

For IL or IA years have sew
'eral of Cheraw's business men
toiled to establish boat line
between this city and George
town and within 60 days their
'fondest hope will be realized;
for by that time, if no bad luck
happens, the Merchant" with
a capacity of $40 tons, and the
'Ghio," with a capacity of It's
tons, will commence plying be-
tween these two towns on regu-
lar schedules. The establish
ment of this boat line means
that the present freight rates
from the northern and western
markets shall be reduced about
25 per cent.
1t was about Is years ago
that congress made its Fl
appropriation for the survey of
the Pee Dee river between here
and Georgetown preparatory to
the cleaning out the channel.
The appropriation remained at
Washington for several years
until Congressman D. E. Finley
and some of the business men
of Cheraw got busy and then
the survey was made. That was
at,vus svG years age. o.lrraCtIca1-
ly nothing resulted from this
survey, which was merely a
prelinary survey. After several
years wait the matter of clean
ing out the river was revived
and about two years ago an
other survey was completed.
When the result OF this survey
reached the war department., an
order was given for the dredge
boat. 1.-THE Great Pee Dee,"
and for the past IL months this
boat, with four snaggers, has
been working on the river and
the work will be completed
within two months so that boats
of FIVE foot draft will be able to
make the trip up down the river
with ease.
BOAT EVERY OTHER DAY.
The distance from Cheraw to
Georgetown by river is l72
miles and it is figured that the
two boats, which have been
purchased by the Cheraw and
Georgetown Steamboat COM
'pany, will be able to give Che
raw boat service every other
day. The boats purchased are
in excellent fix DOW, the Mer-
chant havingrecently been over
hauled, and the Chic being only
about six years old.
The Cheraw and Georgetown
Steamboat company was organ
ICED in Cheraw about six months
ago and the following gentlemen
constitute the board of directors:
Messrs. H. P. Duvall, II. E.
Clement, w. T. Thrower, Will
liam Godfrey, ID. 8. Matheson,
r. T. CASTOR and M W. Duvall,
all of Cheraw. Mr.. II. P.
Duvall is president and Mr.. G..
". Duvall, cashier of the Bank
of Cheraw, is treasurer. The
capital stock is $25.0OO and a
and a movement is on foot now
to increase this amount to possi-
bly, $4,000.
Mr.. H. P. Duvall has only
recently returned from GEORGE
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

Thomas R. Patton, of Phila-
dolpbia and a life long Mason,
left ST., 100000 for male orphans
of the Masonic Fraternity.
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

town where he completed ar.
rapgements with the Clyde line
and the Baltimore Steamship
line for connections. Mr.. B. M.
Munnerlyn, who is the agent at
Georgetown for these two com
panies, will also be the agent
for the Cheraw company and
the Pee Dee river boats will use
the same wharves and ware
houses as the Clyde and Bal,i-
more lines.
NOT THE FIRST BOAT LINE.
The establishment of boat
line between ,Cheraw and
Georgetown is no new thing by
any means. Shortly after the
war and prior to the war. Che
raw was great distributing
point for all of Chesterfield,
Marlboro and Lancaster coun.
ties in this State and Anson,
Union and Richmond counties
iu North Carolina. Cheraw at
that time was one of the most
important towns of the Pee Dee
section. Farmers hauled their
cotton and produce to Chsraw
from every section of the Pee
unusual sight to see SO or 60
wagons of cotton arrive in this
city loaded with North Carolina
cotton. 1t was then that Che.
raw was such q b kin q
town.
But what put stop to the
Importance of Cheraw as a dis
tributing point was the construc-
tion of the Carolina Central rail-
road between Wilmington, N.
O., and Charlotte. N. G., short
ly after the war. This road fed
the North Carolina counties that
had depended for years on Che
raw and it was not necessary
for the farmers and business
men to bring their stuff to Che
raw to ship. For this very rea-
son the steamboat service be-
tween Cheraw and Georgetown
was discontinued and when a
channel is not used it soon be.
comes clogged up and that was
what happened to the channel
of the Pee Dee. All of this
clogging has now been cleared
away and the channel between
here and the ocean on the
river was never in a better
condition.
The town Of Cheraw has not
been before the public tor many
years until the last three of four
years. The extension of the
main line Of the Seaboard Air
Line between Hamlet, N. c.,
and Columbia was responsib BILE
for the bringing of Cheraw to
the front again. This extension
was completed in 1899 and COM
mencing at once many enter.
prises sprang up which b ave
been paying handsome dividends
every since.
CHERAw's RAPID GROWTH
Until 1899 there was onlyone
smoke stack IN Cheraw add it
was cotton gin. Now, ahere
are manufacturing enterprisAe of
many kinds, among them b4ing
a 2O-ton oil mill of the Sd nth
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

SOUTH
CHESTERFIELD
Before cane G. W. Duva, Cashier, Cheraw
Cheraw s. c. being duly that the above
going statement condition said
books of file in fald bank G. w. DUvALL,
Cashier.
Sworn to ad subscribed before this 10Th day Sept
1907 E. F. MI1IoY
Correct Attest] Notary Public l. 81
E $';;:$ E. + $;s;;;:3; 5s$:|i $:E E;s': Directors"
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19
CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY G.. SEPTEMBER 49, 1907
out of q handsome shade

out of q handsome shade of
granite winch is gotten out of a
quarry in this county. This
building will cost about $685.
600 when completed and will
compare favorably with any
bank building in South Carolina,
excepting of course the sky-
scraper in Columbia.
About 10000 bales of cotton
are marketed in Cheraw annual.
ly, much Of which is Marlboro
cotton. Mr.. R. M. Pegues is
the largest cotton planter in this
section. His modern "a r M,
which embraces about 5000
acres in Marlboro county, will
produce at least 1000 bales this
season. Mr.. J. A. Watson, who
lives only five miles north of
Cheraw, will market 800 bales.
These two gentlemen, therefore,
furnish about one-ffth of the
cotton marketed in Cheraw.
COTTON MILLS NEEDED.
Cheraw needs some cotton
mills and it begins to look as if
one or two mills will be con-
structed here shortly. There is
more than 1000 horsepower to
be. secured from the. mill ponds
near Cheraw to say nothing of
Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1907-09-19

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-03-01
UNJUST DISCRIMINATION.

Complaint Is made that between
the congresses and the railroads the
cotton manufacturers Of the Piedmont
region suffer a serious imposition In
the way cotton which is purchased
in the west is shipped east. The fol-
lowing is a circular letter lately sent
out by a cotton mill man which ex-
plains the situation and in which a
remedy is proposed:
II recently made a trip down to
Vicksburg Miss, to learn something
of cotton conditions, system of ship
ping, compressing, ETC., and to say
that 1 was astonished at the methods
employed and how the mills Of this
section are being imposed upon, would
express it mildly.
"You are no doubt annoyed by de-
lays, split-shipments. and wonder
why, after getting a bill Of lading for
say so or 100 bales you do not get
ali of the cotton at one time, or why
II should take three months to get
a shipment from Vicksburg after the
bill of lading has been issued by the
railroad company. The trouble Is
lust this, viz: Your bill Of lading Is
not evidence that the railroad COM
pany has ever received the cotton;
but is issued upon a certificate issued
by the compress people that they have
this cotton in their compress, and the
cotton may lie in the compress for
weeks after the bill of lading has been
issued and you have paid your draft.
"As an example the Glover Cotton
Manufacturing company buys 100 bales
of cotton from A. & Co, Vicksburg
Miss. The said A. & Co., order the
compress people to ship 100 bales OF
cotton, marked Dodge" to Glover
Cotton Manufacturing company. Up
on this order the compress people is
sue a certificate stating that A. &
Co have 100 bales of cotton in their
compress to be shipped to Glover Cot
ton Manufacturing company, and up
on this certificate the railroad COM
rany issue their bill of lading. A. &
Co. take this bill Of lading with draft
attached to the bank and get their
money: then A. & Co.'s responsibility
ceases and we have to wait patiently
for thirty or ninety days before we
get our cotton and lose the interest
for this time. The reason why our