Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' % A ICE 3 i ; i A Few Facts and , 3 I 3 \ ' | | ] | ! I ' i; !: ; * .i > Kershaw! How that name charms ?with what magic it Is filled! Synonymous with all that makes for hustle and progress. To speak of Kershaw is to speak or energy, push, pluck and perseverance. There is no town whose people have a greater faith and a larger courage in their undertakings than is possessed by the wide-awake inhabitants of this bustling little city. Kershaw is not so large in the . possession of the quantity of her citizens as in the quality of them. They believe in doing things now and in having them up-to-date. Ever since the town was laid out a little more than twenty years ago in when seemed to be a barren waste of bleached sand, studded with a dwarfed growth of scrubby blackjacks, she has been busy in the doing of the things that make for substantial and permanent growth, and nowhere can there be found a town with a better prospect for the future. The homeseeker who is also a home builder, need go no further in his quest of an abiding place, where he can be assured of religious and educational advantage!, for himself and family. Sturt-ilicr ns n lun-iUor. 1 O ?? ? .umiuui 111(11 M l il 11 i.1 a depot for turpentine and resin she had little knowledge or hope of the productive quality of the ranting lands by which the town was surrounded. It was only after the advent of the old :iC's railroad that the people of this section were put in touch with the outside worl.l and their thought turned to the larger possibilities in store for them. Siep by step have they climbed since, however, until this time, when the lands which were once thought to be the very lowest in their order of fertility, have been made to produce in quantity and quality with the very best in South Carolina. And this has been accomplished through the admixture of brains, with other necessary Ingredients, with the Jor-j mant soil that was awaiting the command of its more intellectual master. And now, the lands which1 i 1 nn ^h H^B 4 I \. J. W. HAMEL Editor Kershaw In. *t the beginning could have been bought any where from one to throe dollars an acre, , cannot now be Xurchased for leu than twenty-five > one hundred dollars per acre, beyond the lncn/porate limits of the town. And this is only indicitive of | wfc the larger changes that hare taken place within the town. Instead of. only a few stores in the ntidst ot a I turpentining anu mining camp and lumber market, we have here a town j of modern and handsopie store build-! ings, manufacturing enterprises, good churches and schools, and with such modern conveniences as a water: works system and electric light plailt ^ which will be mentioned more in j (tAtB.ll (n Afiiin A/?tlfin haraoiltk . At has already b?n suggested: the people of Kershaw have faith in WW m % iRSHA Figures Relative to t I their town and faith in each othei While each haa his peculiar uerson ality, when it comes to the common ity interests that make for the Ken eral welfare of the town ami aur rounding country, all else is subor (limited to the successful accomplish ment of that purpose, be it what i may. Hence, when Kershaw wantei a good, healthful drinking water sin sent for the man who could bor< down into the bowels of the eart! to a depth of four hundred ant sixty-one feet through differen strata of rock and granite until tin life-giving fluid was brought forth it pristine purity and encased agains surface contamination, and the mwh od was provided for the transmis sinn r?f tiii? " "* ? * nBici uireci CO tne homeof the people, through an adequatt and efficient waterworks system which also affords at the same timi ample fire protection. An oil mill was the first of its in dustrial enterprises; and then th( opportune moment arrived, business men of Kershaw laid hold upon i' ind put their business intellect nr< energy behind It and today it Is r success in the degree that it is the 1 .argost independent cotton seed en terprise in South Carolina, without uperior anywhere; and its stock it not purchasable at any price. It al-r jwns mills in other South Carolina towns, which it is needless to add \r<? succeeding in great measure. The town's bonding privlleg< having been exhausted in the establishment of its water plant, when electric ligluiiiK was wnntoH progressive city officials made contract with the Kershaw Oil Mill to install a plant there of sufficient capacity to supply the streets with a sufficient number of high-powered arc lights, and the homes of the citizens also are equipped with the electric lighting system from the same source. It is a matter worthy of no small consideration that Kershaw has enjoyed her water and lighting conveniences for the past twelve or fifteen years; which, was far in advance of many of her respected elders. who think thov looa More recently it was decided to build a cotton mill here. No sooner was the idea definitely settled upon than the thing was gone at in the same manner and with the same spirit that is characteristic of all Kershaw undertakings, and the mill was built, and the following is in some measure descriptive of it: The mill contains 10,942 spindles. The mill runs night and day and this places it upon the basis of a 21,884 spindle mill, which is above the average size mill of the south. The product of the mill is 4.25 yard print goods. The plant is equipped uwlth the most modern cotton machinery. The carding machinery was furnished by the 9oco-L.owell Machine Shona? tho ?? *?-? - ? r., i>i>.uuiua uj r alien and JenkB Machine Co., the warpers by the Soco-L,owell people; the looms by the Draper Company; and the finishing machinery by the Curtis and Marble Machinery Co. Where is is necessary to hare it all the machinery la automatic. The building la heated by Webber Return Vacuum System and the room la kept moist by the Cramer system of humidifiers. This system la controlled by automatic regulators, which also control the heating system. The mill Is electrically lighted from its own lighting plant, the generator furnishing current for the lights and for the fans connected with the humidifying system. The spinning is of the latest type tape driven, which is much better than tnd old style band driven spinning. The mill village is one of the nicest in the country and the houses are much above the average operatiT* houses anywhere. The Kershaw Oil Mill was built In . ... v.V-Vv'. / ' THE LANCASTER NEWS W, SOI he Industrial Growth Men Respons By J. W. JOHN T. One of I .anraster County's Mo " | 'i 11101 as a three-press mill and has gradually been enlarged until the ' mill is exactly double its original size. It contains twenty-four linter J machines, and six presses. The mill has connected with it a plant for the manufacture of high-grade fertilizers, and its business in this line 1 is beinK rapidly extended throughout South Carolina and in other Southern States. The entire mill :fi^' | y ?v.; * * *. mifl is equipped with a lot of new ball uearin* machinery of most modern pattern, which brings it up to the very highest capacity. Recent enlargement has been made of the buildings which this plant owns; and a new office building is just nearing completion. It is of brick and is 40x50 feet in size, divided in various rooms convenient for the manager and his clerical force. We have here two strong hanking institutions. The Rank of Kershaw, of which John T. Stevens is president; and Thomas B. Clyhurn, cashier. This is the older of the two banks and has been a most marked success in every way. The other bank is the People's Rank, which began business at Heath Springs several years ago, but was wise in moving to Kershaw, where it has met with increased success. Robt. 8. Floyd la the president of this bank. sr^fpSi/iJS'v '< : ~ T VjiJli 7 > y* "'/"^ J ',* >: ^ View of Kershaw Cotton OCTOBER 19, 1915. UTHC of the Progressive To ible for Same. HAMEL. STKVKXS. ?t I'nime'.sivc Business Men. and Henry F. Clyburn is its eashier. This town has 38 or more modern business houses. ^ - ?? ..^.0..an 10 ii ?t-n Kuverncd town, j The Mayor is E. D. Blakeney, and i the members of council associated | with him are: E. M. Estridge, L. E.! Truesdel, W. W. Morton and G. F.! Cook. All laws are enforced aliko and their strict enforcement makes for the peace and good order of the $ tH*? v sfertMfc <S' - ?? ' v.; k V ? " : ' - ' -ViJ Bird's-Eye Viev town and happiness of its citi7ens. | n The town is in the midst of a < deep sand bed but all its streets | j have been clayed and the care taken , in keeping them clear of all trash j gives the town a clean and neat ap- j pearance at all times, which has in- : 1 vjiea most lavoraDie comment front l all visitors. j ( There are many attractive real- l dences here, and gradually, as ti.ne ( goes by, the new appearance which j has clung so long, is wearing away , and Kershaw is beginning to look , like a full grown lady of staid man-i ners and dignity. ' , Kershaw is one of the best cotton j ] markets in the State. About fifteen ; thousand bales of cotton are market- ' ed here annually, and the prices f paid for the staple and seed are the < highest paid by any town in South ( Carolina, the result, and the proof of it, being that many bales of cot- j ton are hauled by their naafeet < ' > / ' , . - ' .* ' a ffl 'ftCiUB Oil Mill* \ - +: : + :+:+: + : ? \koli wn?Something ti marketing points and brought hen to get a higher price that pays foi the additional hauling. Of course that means also that these sant< people are thus led to do a great ileal of their trading here. The Haile Gold Mine, about thrci miles east of Kershaw, is being on prated by A. K. Blakenev. lessee who is mining it for sulphur pyrites ore. front which sulphuric acid is made. He has contracted with at Atlanta firm for his entire output for a long term, which will continu'. throughout the year. The daily out put is two car loads. Kershaw holds open door for th, homeseeker. wlio wants to find i home where he has a chance to buih himself up. and thus aid in building up a larger and better town. O11I3 the busy bees are wanted in tlii town, the drones may go elsewhere they will find no welcome here. Tin only kind of knockers we have her< are those who are engaged i.? con struction work, and we do not cart to add any other kind to our popu lation. Come whenever you ar< ready, all good roads lead to Ker shaw and all good people will lint a cordial welcome here. Making Convicts Men. There was a unique dinner party a one of the New York hotels the otlie evening. Thomas Mott Osborne warden of Sing Sing, was the gues of honor. The hosts were twentv-tlv, ex-convicts. All of thorn had been in Sing Sini penitentiary under Warden Osborne' rule. Most of them had seen botl the old regime and the new. and un derstood the different spirit am method of the warden's work. A1 of them had made good since leavlni the prison. Maybe the reason they had madi good was that this particular wardei who is now in the storm centre of pol itics, had treated them as men evei . V;vv, v v XV* "' >-; ; * I K^'r 1* <?j?^ > ***x $& ^il^W^^ffifilS^ST^ r of Kershaw. vhile they were convicts, and had glv 3ii luem iae HtM i-respeci wnicn 18 me prerequisite of all success. At any rate, they thought so. And so they were assembled at this odd social runction within * few months or a few weeks after their liberation, a ?roup of men well dressed, well b<* laved and undistinguished from any >ther group of decent American cit zens paying honor to a man who hac recognized and developed their inatt nanhood. There has been a good deal of ad /erse criticism lately regarding th< prisoners who have escaped fronr Sing Sing under Warden Osborne'i "honor policy." There isn't enougb laid about the convict souls that escape from the bondage of self-con .timpi inrougn tne same policy. That convict dinner is the landiiarV in the triumph of the new pen>logy.?Florence Times. ' - , <;j" , . v"'v - - ' , i wnvme *QH ! .MHBnEW ? X *-*m 37 A 1 A' A ;n t , , , , , . . , , tttttw: fv NA || ? he Hustling Business jj 3; 4 ? 5 4 4 J? 4 ? 4 ? < .{. A WOMAN MADE WOHIJ>. Augusta Chronicle. ? Mrs. Delmont. chairman of the wo t | men voters' convention in San FranI cisco. advised women to form no ull liances with "any existing man's pol" i itical party"?which was pood advice?and then proceeded with this . dubious proposition: i "The union of this sisterhood of I women voters is the power political . i jly of the near future. For twenty "} centuries you have been led to believe j your work was to natoh n? ?>?? - rv..x .. II I# lUC CV1I3 ' germinated by man's so-called clvili1 zation. It is time for us women to ' have a civilization of our own." Is it at all likely that a purely ?" woman-made civilization would bo ' any better than the present make shift which is so contemptuously re2 ferred to as "man-made?" Certain Iv it would be superior in some iiu portaut respects, where man's pre3 judice or ignorance or neglect has " blockaded human progress. But 3 when it comes to organizing one sex * into a political party whose program ' is to re-make the world in disregard of the other sex's needs or wishes, not only every sensible man but every I sensible woman must see the folly of t it P""' " 4l? 1-!? ---?? w.v.i i. tut- iiiiiik couici no done r -and of course it can't?it would i, mean disaster. No sex. not even the t feminine, can re-mold the world e and perfect human society. It takes both. z, These extreme feminists had better s turn back to Tennyson, who was a ti wise man as well as a poet, and who - made "The Princess" say, half a 1 century before this feminist move1 ment broke out: ? "Henceforth thou hast a helper, me, that know e The woman's cause is man's; thev 1 rise or sink - Together, dwarfed or godlike, bond l or free. ? - ? I . - - .?* > . *vv $ * m Yet in the Ion* years liker must , they grow; . uc 1UUIC VJI nuuittU, iao OI man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestlin* thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fall In childward care. Nor lose the childlike In the lerger mind; Till at last she sets herself to man Hike noble music unto noble words. Then comes the statelier Eden back to men; Then springs the crowalnjc race of womankind." If women are to have the franchise universally, let us have no men's parties and no women's partiee, nor any petty bargaining by male and female factions, but such a noble co I operation as Tennyson portray*, in the bis. complex t*?k of bettering i the world. 8i gog|g? | i1 i *