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. VOL 11. CUERAW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C.. SEPTEMBER 19, 1907. MO. 47
CHER AW WILL Bl
DIS1
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Establishment of Boat Line
tion of One of the Tot*
What It Means in
For 12 or 14 years have sev- \
eral of Cheraw's business inen 1
toiled to establish a boat line t
between this city and George- I
f n U7 n anil initKin AA r* ? ><< lUn-- I
vw >? U ttuva Wltuill VV/ uojro lU^l' J
fondest hope will be realized; (
for by that time, if do bad luck |
happens, the "Merchant," with i
a capacity of 3'iO tons, and the t
Ohio," with a capacity of 176 t
tons, will commence plying be*- 1
tween these two towns on regu- t
lar schedules. The estab'ishment
of this boat line means
that the present freight rates
from the northern and western 1
markets shall be reduced about (
25 per cent. ?
ft was about 16 years ago t
that congress made its first i
appropriation for the survey of J
the Pee Dee river between here I
and Georgetown preparatory to t
the cleaning out the channel. 1
The appropriation remained at i
Washington for several years t
until Congressman D. E. Finley i
and some of the business men s
-of Cberaw got busy and then c
... . the surveys was made. That was f
' 1 - atwut wu years ago./iracticsd- i
1 y nothing rfesnlted from this t
survey, which was merely a \
prelinary survey. After several c
years wait the matter of clean- c
ing out the river was revived r
and about two years ago an- t
other survey was completed.
When the result ot this survey i
reached the war department, an t
order was given for the dredge t
boat. "The Great Pee Dee," r
$nd for the past 12 months this (
boat, with four snaggers, has 1
wvuu nuiniUg UU ILIO I1VC1 ttUU I
the work will be completed 1
within two months so that boats r
o? five foot draft will be able to f
make the trip up down tba river r
with ease. r
8
BOAT EVERY OTHER i>AY. .
The distance from Cheraw to v
Georgetown by river is 172 c
miles and it is figured that the c
two ' boats, which hav# been \
purchased by the Cheraw and o
Georgetown Steamboat com- c
pany, will be able to give Che a
r&Vv boat service every other fc
day. The boats purchaeed are r
in excellent fix now, the Mer- c
chant having recently been overhauled,
and the Ohio being only t
about six years old. y
The Oheraw and Georgetown y
Steamboat company was organ- r
izsd in Cheraw about six months I
ago and the following gentlemen a
constitute the board of directors: f,
Messrs. H. P. Duvall, JtL E. t
Clement, W. T. Thrower, Wil- v
liutn Godfrey, D. 8. Matbeson, c
R. T. Caston and M W. Duvall, p
all of Cheraw. Mr. H. P.. fc
1 Duvall is president and Mr. G. e
iw. Duvall, cashier of the Bank
oi Cheraw, is treasurer. The
capital stock is $25,000 and a
and a movement is on foot now s
to increase this amount to possi- v
bly $50,000, a
Mr. H. P. Duval) has only n
_
:COME J
"RIBUTING POINT. ?
fl
to Georgetown is Realiza- Cl
rn's Fondest Hopes-? v
i Freight Rates. *
own where he completed ar* t<
angements with the Clyde line C
md the Baltimore Steamship I
ine for connections. Mr. B. M. n
Munnerlyn, who is the agent at tl
Georgetown for these two com- p
sanies, will also he the acrent tl
'or the Cheraw company and ie
ihe Pee Dee river boats will use e
he same wharves and ware-' e
louses as the Clyde and BaltiJ r
nore lines. tii
if
NOT THE FIRST BOAT LINE. n]
The establishment of a boat 8
ine between Cheraw and 01
Georgetown is no new thing by p
my meaus. Shortly after the L
var and prior to the war. Che- st
aw was a great distributing n
loint for all of Chesterfield, tt
Marlboro and Lancaster coun- d
ies in this 8tate and Anson, s?
Jnion and Richmond counties
u North Carolina. Cheraw at ~
hat time was one of the most
mportant towns of the Pee Dee
ection. Farmers hauled their
:otton and produce to Cberaw
rom every section of the Pee
bjMiU*?MMI %4 wa? UO* (.<. I
luusual sight to see 60 or 60 L
wagons of cotton arrive io this E
tity loaded with North Carolina
iotton. It was then thai Che- ^
aw was such a banking .
own. , F
But what put a stop to the
mportance of Cheraw as a die- ^
ributing point was the consiruc;ion
of the Carolina Central rail- c
oad between Wilmington, N. G
j., and Charlotte, N. C., short- S
y after the war. This road fed q
he North Caroliua counties that
iad depended for years on Cheaw
and it was not necessary
or the fanners and business ?
nen to bring their stuff to (Jbeaw
to ship. For this very rea- C
on the steamboat service be- g
ween Cheraw and Georgetown **
vas discontinued and when a
I I
:nannei is not used it soon be- i<
:omes clogged up and that was C
vhat happened to the channel
>f the Pee Dee. All of this
logging has now been cleared
.way and the channel between "
lere and the oceau on the P<
iver was never in a better v*
ondition. a'
The town of Cheraw has not p>
>een before the public tor muny B
'ears until the last three of four ui
'ears. The extension of the &
nam line of the Seaboard Air of
jine between Hamlet, N. C., d]
.nd Columbia was responsible b
or the bringing of Cheraw to bi
I c . mi
ue ironi again. mis extension ^
7?8 completed in 1899 and com- 8t
aencing at once many enter- is
rises sprang up which have 8?
een paying handsome dividends ti
very since.
CHERAW's RAPID GROWTH.
Until 1899 there was only one w
moke stack in Ohemw arid it bi
vas a cotton gin. Now, ttiere F
re manufacturing enterprise ot c<
nany kinds, among them biing st
20-ton oil mill of the SJuth a
Ltiantic Oil coniptin\, a large
lacing mill owned by William
lodfrey & Co., tobich usee 250
orsepower; the biggest veneer
ictory in theStkte, being styled
tie Clement Rose Manufacturing
nmpanp, wbicb turns out ibe
erv highest grides of veneer
nd I ruck crate*. Tbc^ business
f this enterpris i atone amounts
;> probably $10),000 annually.
Ither enterprise s are the Pee
)ee Chair facto-v which has a
lost complete plant equipment;
ne Cheraw Door und bash comRiiv.
ounilHliaad J9.fi 000
V> ?I T~ y-v|?vv,j
ae Pee Dee Iron works, which [
i daily turning but saw mills,
ngines, etc. Mr. E. D. 8piith,
rbo is manager jof these works,
ecently invented a truch to be
sed in dry kiln^ and this truck
i now considered the very best
q the market.. The Evansheridan
<k>ncrejte works is anther
large and] paying enterrise.
The W. L. Clement
lumber compary is now conducting
an immense plaiting
till plant which will manufa<:lre
100,000 feet of lumber
aily. This mi! 1 will use band
iws andwiil require 400 horseSTi
lTEMCNT OF T1
TUtf* 11 A1317 rt
A MMML* OAlin V
Loc?t?d mi Charaw, S. C.
. J A S?pt?mb*r
oans and Discoi jt$288,850.79
demand Loans... 10,000.00
Overdrafts, ter lporary
2,086.16
tonds and St ocks
owned by the Bank 4,850.00
urniture and Fixtures
I '. 933.02
:eal Estate . ...... 17,392.16
>ue from Bank.'* and '
Bankers-. 15,021.13
urrency 2,895.00
fold 35.00
ilver, Nickels and
Pennies 1,893.86
hecks and < 3 a s h
Items 4,326.21
Total - $343,283.33
r ATE OF SOUTII CAROLINA, I
3UNTY OF CHE 3TERFIELD. j
Before me ca me G. W. Duvall, C
heraw, S. C., ^ rho, being duly sw
oing statemen b is a true conditio
ooks of file in : said bank.v
Sworn to ar d subscribed bef<
JOT.orrect
Attest:
R. T..Castoi , )
Edward Mc [ver. V Directors.
M. "Vf. Duva 11, )
wer. The Jlrasington Brick
orka make 5 ),000 bricks daily
cd these bricks with the outut
of the J'. A . Watson & Co.
rick works, 10,000 daily, are
3ed in and n iar Cheraw. The
tevens Lumb er company is anther
large concern here. It
perates a large planing mill
esides 'doing a large lumber
uainess. Th^Chesterfield
aval Stores irianufacturea
)irit8. This "apiritine" plant
the most complete in the
r>uth. Capt. J. D. Barden is
le local man ger.
v i
NEW BA K BUILDING,
mi t>/_c ni l:_l
xdp jdhdk jui v^ueraw, wiucd
as organized many years ago,
as only recently bought the old
inlayson corner lot on the
>rner of Market and Second
reels and is now constructing
beautiful bank building
t
L. 'LJ '
out of a handsome shade of L
granite which is gotten out of a ai
quarry io this county. This C
building will cost about $26,- rc
000 wtien completed and will M
compare favorably with any tl:
bank building in 8outh Carolina, <x
excepting of course the sky- ai
scraper in Columbia. m
A hnllf. 10 OOO huloa nf rrittnn nl
are marketed in Cheraw annual* rc
ly, much of which is Marlboro w
cotton. Mr. R. M. Pegues is n<
the largest cotton planter in tnis tt
section. His modern farm, fo
which embraces about 6,000 tl
acres in Marlboro county, will rc
produce at least 1,000 bales this tc
season. Mr. J. A. Watson, who r<
lives only five miles north of
Cheraw, will market 800 hales.
These two gentlemen, therefore;
furnish about one-fifth of the 11
cotton marketed in Cheraw. 11
a
COTTON MILLS HEEDED. c<
Cheraw needs some cotton F*
mills and it begins to look as if 18
one or two mills will be con- ^
structed here shortly. There is 81
more than 1,000 horsepower to 0
be secured from the mill ponds
near Cheraw to say nothing of
? ii
HE CONDITION OF C<
>f cheraw, ::
. mi tht oIom of bualnM* r
17th. 1907. g
> * utoi tmiPH i ,
Capital Stock Paid in $ ?,000.00 ?
Undivided Profits, e
less current expen- b
ses and taxes paid 35,082.99 w
Due to B&nka and *
Bankers * 5,661.22 h
b
Individual Deposits c
Subject to Check 178,093.28 h
Cashier's Checks 733.62 D
n
Notes and Bills Re- v
discounted k 73,712.22 ^
Total _ $343,283.33 ?
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g
Uashier, of The Bank of Cheraw,
orn, says that the above and fore- c
fi of Said Bank, as shown by the y
G. W. Duvall, w
Cashier. tl
>re me, this 19th day of Sept.
E. F. Mulloy, +- f
Notary Public. | | ?
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the great falls on the Pee Dee a
river one mile nortb of the S
town. II any cotton mills are
established here, it is believed
that steam power will be used
although the water power is B
available. The Gheraw people fc
are anxious to take stock in one gi
or ,two cotton mills. They hi
realize the amount of business a d
mill will / bring here and then w
they know that investments in T
cotton mills generally turn out fc
to be good investments X
-It is doubtful if any city in e<
South Carolina enjoys better 01
railroad facilities than does Che- cc
raw. There are four roads here, w
coming from every direction.
The main line of the Seaboard
between New York and Tampa, (j(
over which many passengei and |e
freight trains pass daily, is the 0j
greatest feeder to the town.
Then there.is the Atlantic Coast
ice which connect* F.orence
ad Wadesboro, N. C. The
hesterfield and Lancaster railtad,
which was constructed by
[r. A. H. Page in 1900, leads
trough the best ot Chesterfield
>urity for more than 40 miles
ad it is understood from the
management that it is a matter
F only a short while before the
tad will be built into Charlotte
here Cheraw can have M5onection
with the main line of
>e Southern railway. The
>urth road entering Cheraw ia
ie Bennettaville and Cheraw
)ad which connects the two
>wds in the name ot the
>ad.
A DISTRIBUTING POINT.
The establishment of the boat
ne on the Pee Dee river will
lean more tor Cheraw than the
verage man will think. On ac3unt
of the decrease in freight
ites, it is understood that many *
irge concerns will make this
)wn a distributing point. It is
lid that the Qihbes Machinery
Dm pan y ot Columbia will
stablish an auxiliary Warehouse
ere and this city will be the
istributing point for eastern
lorth and South Carolina. This
cmce.n has 12 men on the road
raveling four Statates and it is
aid that the company will cary
large stocks of boilers, euines,
machinery, etc., here.
The warvee on the river here /+ + ?
aVe been' about completed; Oy A "
CCOUnt of thfl nnmtmni fraak. V/
... ? r- vww ?i wu' V
ts, the depot will be up on the
luff, fully 600 yards from the
rharves. Freight will be pulld
by cables pulled by a 75
orseyower engine. The bluff
as been graded down and the
construction of the cable track
as been about completed.
The price of real estate in and
ear Cheraw has advanced
larvelously during the past ten
ears. Five years ago a piece
f property near the city limits
fas purchased for $1,100 The
wner is now refusing $3,000.
ome farm property near the
.ty was bought for $1,400 five
ears ago and the present owner
rould not now take $10,000 for
he same yroperty
Cheraw has about 3,000 souls
nd it is oue town in 8outh
'aro'una that has a brilliant
mire betore it. It will not be
lany years before this town
fill be recognized as being
mong the leading cities of tbe
tate.
J. EL Godfrey.
The jury in the sensational
lair case in Columbia has
uwd Mrs. Ethel W. Blair
oilty of the murder of her
usband The verdict as renered
is that ot manslaughter
ith recommendatio'n to mercy,
he jury was out 13 hours be>re
the verdict was reached,
he majority of the jury favor
1 murder but in order to get
te man to sign the verdict a
)mpromi?e to manslaughter
as agreed upon.
? H
Thomas R. Patton, of Phila>lpbia
and a life long Mason,
ft $1,000,000 for male orphans
f the Masonic Fraternity.
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