The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-04-10
REMARK ABLE RISE
: OF ANDERSON MAN
John L. Pruitt a Great Farmer
Intelligencer Mans Ride
' Through Country
(By w. w. Smoak)

The person who would not enjoy an
automobile ride over portions OF An,
, derson county, now indeed "fit for
tstrategems. The fast budding, and
blossoming of trees in the Woods, the;
songs of birds, the air of bus.
F., tling activity On every we'll kept farm.
with the thought of the ravest. to fol-'
low the planting, the genial, whole
lsoulde hospitality and interest OF ev-.
eryone .yon meet, are indeed causes.
! for keenests reasons Tor wishing al
most to become yeritable knights OF
| the road. a. ~.
| saeh we're the sfeaiinss. of.taisa Intel-.
! Iligencer man when he trayersed the.
splendid country between Anderson
] mud historic Lowndesyille ON. Tuesday
In company with foreman Roper of
Abe Intelligeneer's job printing de-
paEtment, driven by young Barney
.oids6eId,, In the, oldest, speediest and
tnest reliable Ford car ever brought
10 anderson county--a car which-is
rs we'll known In Anderson county rs
j"Uncle Josh" Ashley, and that is say
| ing q lot.
L .
| where q closely. contested game of
checkers was in progress, being play
hcd on a. rather unique. homemade
CHECKER board. with h"pop' bottle,
stoppers as, men ron tllayer 4 us
| ing his inverted.
All was calm and, serene at Starr,
which is n pretty little village of
some 300 population, twelve miles
from Anderson. ON the C. & w. c..
railroad. An ideal country town
whose Inhabitants are at peace with
everybody and with the, whole world.
terhaps 1t is not generally known
that Starr has one OF the States
largest farmer, j, l.. Pruitt, who pro-
tapced on his farm last year 2,20O bales
or cotton and whose plans for this
year, are TO increase the yield, he hay-
fing purchased this spring, forty-eight
mules and another farm for $40, 900.
Readers of romance would find his
tory OF the, rise of Mr.. Ptuitt most
Interesting volume. Only two decades
l ago he plowcd bis oTie-ho farm him.
lsen. HIS Is but an evidence OF the
great possibi iIittes IN Anderson conn
Fly, There are other citizens of this
Icommnnity eaually deserving Of spec-,
iial mention, but asithis Is only q run
ming tafnble. they will iAan FIR 9,
future visit. l' &. ~, s s..
Leaving Starr, our next stop was ~
Ifa. Everybody knows of iva, ,antf.
ISAm afoA dams, who has been r, II. u,
CARRIER there, for the past twelve,
Years. The postmaster, Lem Reed.
tsays that he cannot do anything with
Sam, SO he guesses he soon viii have
10 dub him Uncle Sam and LET him
6 - Z
Iva has one, of the icleanest cotton
mills and cot ton mill Villages We have,
ever, seen and It Is Eaid that the man
lagepaent rs so careful that ono S,,f
finest fonab bic chars anfer 81 nsysF ai-i
lowed TO. stop there. "A handaoiIie,
Egrads3 school building and Si,bstafi.
fisf 1hnfeh hiItl ldinRs and nrpg gressfys
merchants and business =. men riilli,It
/ lisa as eplqin Pied mont ei ity AZ
read ut6pia Is neopJesl by some SEQ.
scais, Two thriving banking iIiEtitti-
ltions niRfk the indepen6a ,f her
eiflzena The Handsaliie new IltoilsS,
81. the "a ~ hank Ii d Fiafnlefs Bank
l.is nearing comp lei ion AID wili Sc
ready for oceBb ancs 5S Mas /. s s.f
SPREADING of a,s l1pltis zion. % ie
said tllet q enger feceltly aske % al
= y q y yaS Syne
nnnilIaa LEa.. ~ y, ~ IL have
replied 81 do not ...:.s .....A.l.
tIll we Ket there. 4sifsi ss iif confII
fftelia;s We are zthef Inclined 70 tha
heltef. however, That the conductors
WISH ed to DO fGsnnys for So ar, Gel. IN nf.e
time1 when the trains arrive tAat Il
would be irnposeibie Tor eli tha peo4
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