The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-05-14
J. c. Smith is the pres


u Wharton fer the past
sur2.. %s&"s III Tie growth and
HcFe'rlMo"t Of their town aud
s2sttDA, and tho three together
Naro made W@,2rl1o mucn Of
mat i. Is today.
Es.X hi%HcmD, MERCHANT
kcX L@nIord is ¬hcr oi Ma
t@rlooS I'VE wires. lie is not
native of this charming little com
munity, but is one of the men
who have been attracted to The
town by the advantages for suc-
cess which it offers the man who
Will come and join those who
are already here, in the building
Of the town and section. AIr.
Lanford moved to Waterloo from
town in an adjoining county,
beginning business here during the
year 1919. lie operates gcn-
eral mercantile store, and in ad-
dition a very large modern GIN
merry, having ginned considerably
more than two thousand bales Of
cotton last year. He is also
large farmer Of the section, hav-
iho u lul III llCdI-Dy JHdI Is con-
Quoted along modern lines.
e. v. GOLDING, MERCHANT
E. V. Golding is another of Wa
terloo's merchants who is helping
build the community along sub
stantial lines. He was reared in
Greenwood county, coming to Wa
terloo to begin business, because
he saw an opportunity in this com
munity that he did not see else
where. In addition to his gem
eral mercantile store, Mr.. Golding
also operates a. corn mill, having
a capacity Of seventy-fve bushels
daily.
COL. WHARTON, FARMER
Colonel John Fl. Wharton. az
have stated in preceding para
graph, has been in public life for
the past thirty-siX years. In fact,
he has been one Of the states
most successful politicians. known
all over the Palmetto state for his
Jov1al manner and his progressive
ideas of doing things worth while,
and admired wherever he IS
known, it has been an easy mat
ter for Colonel Wharton to attain
the public Office to Which he has
aspired in the years that have
gone by.
Colonel Wharton has not been
merely public man, however. He
Is now and has been for many
years one OF the most successful
or the large farmers in the uDper
section or the state. With a beau
tlful residence here in Waterloo,
and magnificent farm adjoining.
life might have held all that an
ordinarJ man would want for him
right here at home.
CROSS HILL y THRIVIHG
PLACE
~ ROSS HILL is thriving
little community of less
than a thousand people, To-
Gated on the Seaboard, in the eX-
treme southern end Of Laurens
county, between Greenwood and
Clinton. 1t is backed up by
farming section the equal of any
to be found anywhere, and is
growing into business-Nke lit
tie place.
DIR. JOHN III. MILLER
DR.. John Fl. Miller is the ia
ther OF Cross Hill. He is the
man who has done more to place
the town on the map than any
other single individual of that
section, and he is looked on as
being one Of the representative
citizens of the county.
a successful physician, mer-
chant, banker and farmer, DR..
Miller's has been very busy
life. lie has found time, on sew
eral occasions, howeve., to rep
resent Laurens county in the
South Carolina legislature. and
always he accomplished some
thing worth while during Ii;
stay.
BANK OF CROSS HILL
The Bank Of Cross Hill is ore
Of the livest financial institutions
Of the county. 1t has capital
stock of fifty thousand dollars.
and surplus and undivided
profits account of thirty-.our
thousand dollars. The bank was
organized in 1906 with a capital
OF twenty-five Thousand dollars.
1T being raised to fifty thouSari
in 1911.
w. C. Rasor is president Of IT,
Bank of Cross Hill, E. b Rasor
Is vice president and cashier.
and DR.. j. II. Mil!nr is also vice
president. The directors Of this
bank are A. NJ. Hit, S. w. Coz
gan, r. A. Austin. p. N. Boo2er
&. l.. Atchison and w. r. Martin
j. Fl. RASOR, MERCHANT
j. II. Rasor is one OF Cr0s
Hills wire merchants Har-
ing started in business here in
1905, he has made distinct
success OF his business, having
built up fine patronage for q
radius Of ten miles around. Ar
RaSOr does both q caSf anh .