The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-13
GLENN SPRINGS
is REVISITED
One of the Old Habitues Pc.
turns After Many Years
Glenn Springs. August 6, 1919.

GlcIlI Springs, August D, 1919.
For the information Of prospective
visitors to this great health resort
I advise the buying Of railroad tickets
to White Stone-not to Spartanburg.
The mail for this place comes and
goes via White Stone, and autos for
passengers meet trains twice day.
The charge for a passenger from
White Stone to Glenns is one dollar
the distance is about seven miles
Or 16 miles and the charge, l am told
is anything passenger will pay. Have
heard Of charges from SO to So. But
on the contrary I heard chauffeur
who seemed to prefer to go to Snar.
tanburg, agree to take two passengers
from here to Spartanburg for $1.25
each. At present hear that the hotel
and also the principal boarding house
are both overfiowed. But the people
go as we'll as come every day. and
those who are willing to double up
until they can do better can no doubt
get in.
I have been here about a week but
have seen few if any of the familiar
faces Of ten or more years ago. How
ever, all have the old Glenn Springs
habit Of being sociable. All talk with
out waiting for introductions. The
price of land and condition of cotton
crop about here are the leading topics.
Land does not seem to be so high as
in our vicinity, but I have not heard
of much on the market
rs Of N1y
c. Mcleod and DR.. \. Y. Afford, I
have enjoyed a number Of auto drives
around the country, and if what I have
seen is indicative of the balance Of
the Spartanburg farms, I would judge
that so far from there being, a reduc-
ton of cotton acreage, there must
have been an increase, even the ter
races, that have always seen COW
cred with grass and weeds all, or
nearly all, have a row of cotton and
it is the finest looking cotton in the
field All the cotton have seen is
of fine growth and f1ourishing appear
ance, in weed, but the general obser-
vation is that it has very little fruit.
However, the people here say there is
time yet to make good August crop.
lyet they admit that the crop is later
than usual.
The county chain gangs are work
ing the roads leading to this place,
a work that was, and is yet, much
needed. Many of the visitors have
commented on the fact that all the
gangs we have seen are composed
entirely Of white men. several of the
members being almost boys. To see
them swinging picks and shoveling
clay in the broiling sun naturally
aroused our sympathy. I did not find
out where the negro convicts are if
they have any, and I presume they
have. Since writing this I have in
quired, and was told that the negroes
are in separate gangs. One gentle
man said he saw gang of all ne
groes.
The water has the same old taste
and effect but the place does not have
the old time appearance. The walks
from the hotel to the spring are not
kept up. except on the principal one
The others are rough from washes
and grown up with weeds, while the
ground in front Of the hotel is grown
up with tall grass and has no appear
ance Of attention. From the numbe
Of demijohns. full and empty. that ]
see passing I judge that considerable
water is being sold in that shape. but
the bottling plant that the Simpsons
had seems to have been discarded
Capt. Jack Lancaster is still on his
old job with hot and cold baths. but
the old % cent service is now Is
cents.
N. G. o.