Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Olar?A Big Little City * The thriving little town of Olar is no better place could be found than J situated on the main line of the Sea- Olar. The best land in the country board railway and is between Den- is to be found in this section, and mark and Savannah, it is one of the some of the leading farmers of the best shipping points for its size in South are located around this point, the State, there being several large An enormous amount of cotton, corn mercantile houses doing business in and grain crops are grown in this i the town. .Mr. C. F. Hizer does per- vicinity. The railway facilities at j haps the largest business in the coun- Olar are ample to care for all needs.. | ty. The Farmers Mercantile Co. also and the amount of business given the does a large business at this point, railroad at Olar is sufficient to com- \ The town has a population of around pel recognition of the town. Some seven or eight hundred people, and i of the views shown on this and the . 4. + n-U/M-nirifr nnco pil'P thp rpadPT some a,U<JUl IV\ Cllt\"ilV c 51UIdie iuvaicu aujumin^ >* ? v v?v ? here. One bank serves the people, idea of the business houses and some | and there is a first-class garage and of the residences of Olar. Views are i a modern drug store. One of the also shown of the churches and the j . best school houses in the country was new school building. The business i i built a short time ago. Several men of Olar are loud in their praise of | ' churches serve the religious interests the growth and prosperity of their j of the community, with pastors of town and the compiler of this spec- I recognized pulpit usefulness. No bet- ial edition found a most hearty wel- I ter people are to be found in any come there when compiling the data | community than the good people of and taking the pictures for this disthis little town, who are hospitable play of Olar. We predict for Olar and generous in their welcome to a most wonderful growth and pros-! strangers and visitors. The town offi- peritv during the coming years, due ' ' ' .1-?.? ,'tt. lintiinflco anrl , cials are ail puouc spirited Dusmess 10 me men uauiug uu0...vOa men who have the best interests of the social welfare of the town. Come I the town and community at heart to this town and grow with it; you j A special invitation is extended to 1 will be amply repaid for your work: i all worthy people looking for a place its connections are such as to insure ; to come and make their home, and rapid strides along this line. I * r~? I 9 -*/ ~y Interior C. F. Kizer's Store. C F RIZER I and ke *s a*wa.vs found shouldering * la large part of the burden of his comv. ~ T ^ . t~. j * niunity in order to force his town One of the Largest Business Enter- , and countv t0 tjie front. His one aim prises m South Carolina. ; .g tQ n)aIie jlis ]lome community I T~ . ^ , I stand out preeminently in the busThe business conducted in Olar by | jness world. His interests in Bamv C. F. Rizer is perhaps the largest in berg county have been built upon a ? this section of the State. He con- ; substantial foundation. After years ducts one of the largest mercantile I of hard work an(i sheer Perseverance, aucts one ot tne largest mercantile Rizer stan(ls out today conSpicestablishments in Bamberg county, ll0us in the business life of South as well as a most up-to-date garage j Carolina as a self-made business where the sales of automobiles are man whose activities rank with the made. Live stock is another feature ; largest in the State. He never overof the business, besides his large : looks an opportunity to do a part in farming interests, which constitute I any movement that has for its aim a considerable portion of the business i the welfare of the State or county activity of Olar. Mr. Rizer is head or home town. This paper is pleased of the Rizer Cotton business in Co-! to mention Mr. Rizer's business hold lumbia, as well as having business j ings as a pride of Bamberg county. v connections in a number of counties j No better example could be shown adjoining Bamberg. He is president to the world of just what this counof the Bank of Olar, which is a mod- ty is capable of producing than the ern banking house and a pride of, crops and farm products produced by Olar. j Mr. Rizer on his plantations near The photographhs accompanying i Olar. Besides the cotton raised on this article give the reader some idea j his places he is one of the largest cotof the extensive interests of Mr. Ri- J ton buyers in the State. Each year zer at Olar. He has devoted many he handles thousands of bales of the years of his business life to the staple for the farmers of this and adbuilding up of a business connection ; joining counties, invariably paying that is a credit to himself and to ; the highest market prices. He also his home county. He is a public handles cottonseed and has large spirited business man, one in whom warehouses for the storage of this ? ? the public has the utmost confidence, product. Churches of Olar. Exterior C. F. Kizer's Store. Lumber Yards of tlie Saltkeatcliie Lumber Cor T.nmhpr f!n ! lions of fe'-t of framing and dimenbaitKeaicme Jjumoer kjo. | sion lumber The idea is (iispeiied . _ . . ! about good lumber being scarce when Manufacturers of Hand saweu lain.- . ,he great ,,uantitv of it is observed ler. A - laiiimoth I ant. j tj]ere The lumber is stacked each _ , . . . ... width, thickness and length being To those who have not enjoyed tlie , carefully kept to itself, undergoing privilege of inspecting a model mi l the ajr seasoning ,)r0(.ess, and finally ttIa its departments in operation , I)assetj through the dry kilns before and the intricate machinery turning, going into the various government out the marvel pi the wood-worker s : works of the country. art, a visit to this mill will prove a revelation. This mammoth establish-; , ? ec?ii?tnic value ol a plant ol mem is one of the best in this sec- [.h??slze, and ,kin(1, represented by the Hon of the State, having the dis- baltkea cine Lumber Co. is a wondertinction of operating continuously, pork of the county. It provides never closing except for a period of employment for a great many people, a year, when the entire mill was burn- the. number being governed to a slight eddown. the loss at the time amount- fxte,nt b-v! th,e demand for various ing to about SliLl.nno. This plant has ,kl,nds ?f ,lun,lb?r' and the amount of tieen in operation since 15)07, and du- l()r _ a a time, ring this time has sawed millions ofi Owing to labor conditions at presfeet of lumber. However, age hard- ent they are only running about 35 ly enters into the present day insti- l)e{" cent, of the normal output. The tution, save in the continued employ- 1 spirit of progressiveness that charment of many of the faithful workers acterizes every department of the who have been associated with the Saltkeatchie lumber Co. is shown by company for a long period. The most ; the interest the men take in their modern details are employed in car- j work, the cooperation existing berying out the plans of handling all \ tween every department from the of ' i ricrhf r>n thrnneh the mill re kinds of lumber. Up-to-date macnin- ; - ery is used, such as band saws, slash- i minds one that the greatest obstaers, automatic trimmers, gang edgers, j cles have been overcome in the oplath mill, large hog for cutting up the i ?ration of a big mill and everybody slabs, line conveyors for conveying j works together to accomplish the dethe fuel, with hollow grate bars and sired end. force draft ovens. | The company's annual cut under A visit to the company's plant at 1 normal conditions is about 9,000,000 Schofield, S. C., and a trip through ! feet, mostly cypress, gum, ash and the plant with Mr. R. W. Schofield, | pine. The steam plant is 450 horse the general manager, brought out j power, the engine 350 horse power, many points of interest in the various j Corliss type, with separate engine departments. From rough lumber ! and dynamo for making electric light, sheds in the yards down the alleys j The dry kilns are constructed of lined on either side with enormous j brick of the improved Emerson type piles of original growth lumber stack- | for moisture drying. Of the lumber ed in excellent manner, one sees mil- they are manufacturing the cypress, Capital $20,000. Exterior Bank of Olar. Surplus $47,000. feiS ?ii! Pi fel|j|j-r 1 I ^ -- __J ' | Kxterior Kizei* Auto Co. jboH B02^^HKtLr r >* **** ns^B* _^Sa^ -"J Interior (\ K. lli/.er's Store. The famous Universal car is hand-1 oars sold are the Ruick, Anderson, led for this county bv the Rizer Auto ! Chevrolet, Ford, etc. The territory Co., and this firm also handles a i of the Rizer Auto Co. extends into number of high priced cars. Other] several of the adjoining counties as i npany, showing over 5,000, 000 feet of Lumber. Depot, Office and Store, Saltkeatchie Lumber Co. ash and pine is for government con- j The pay roll amounts to from $7,sumption and goes directly or indi- 000.00 to $9,000.00 per month, or rectly in government work. about $100,000.00 to $102,000.00 per The logs are handled by Lidger- year, which is distributed locally in wood skidding machines of the over- Bamberg county. The Saltkeatchie head type, no horses being used in Lumber Co. is a corporation chartertlie woods. The logs are loaded on ed under the laws of South Carolina, their own 00.000 pound capacity cars with a capital stock of $150,000.00, and are brought to the mill by rail, all paid in, and its officers are the the company s own road being wide following business men of Philadelguage with heavy locomotive for the phia, Pa.: J. H. Schofield, president: main line. The expectancy of the R. P. Rush, vice president; R. W. running time for the mill is about Schofield, treasurer and general mann?pr KV K. Schofield. secretary. ii > c ;caio. v*0w. , - , ' ,...... ^ TZ g5 1 ^ ; Interior II. & H. Drug Store. R. & H. DRUG STORE. are carefully compounded with pure, fresh drugs of the proper strength. (Quality and Service I'lisurpassed at The fact that an article has been this Store. bought at the R. & H. Drug Store is a guarantee that it will prove satisQuality and service have always factory. This store draws trade from been characteristic of the R. & H. this entire section. The president. Drug Store, at Olar, but never before Dr. L. A. Hartzog, is a practicing lias it been better prepared for serv- physician, whose time is taken up ing the public with the best goods at with his private work, and the manthe lowest prices than at present, agement of the drug store falls on the in keeping with its reputation for ac- hands of Dr. G. I. Odom, Ph. G., who curacy, they have every known facil- is a young business man of progresity for the compounding of prescrip- sive ideas and is making his time tions. Everything usually handled count for the most. Dr. Hartzog. by a first-class drug store is kept in aside from his business and personal stock, covering drugs, medicines, sick interests, is one of the leading and room supplies, toilet goods, etc. The most public spirited business men in ^? -v. ;to rioiu-imis the county, always found shouldering si ore is cusw iiui.cu i ui no v? v. *. ~ - ? ice cream and soft drinks. Its pre- his part of the work when it comes scription department is thorough in to upbuilding Olar and Bamberg its appointments and prescriptions county. ^ Olar High Schohol. well as Bamberg. Expert garage Mr. Rizer's business in horses and ' *- *!</> lot'irocf ii) t h i men are employed the year rouna to mines is one 01 me i?. v...., take care of the needs of the commu- section of the country, his sales exility in the repair business, and parts tending to all the neighboring counand accessories are always carried ties. for the public. Truly this mammoth business The mercantile end of .Mr. Rizer'p would be a credit to a city the size business is most complete. It re- of Columbia or Charleston. We are quires fifteen clerks to handle the proud to have in Bamberg county trade in this model establishment in the business conducted in Olar by the fall of the year. C. F. Rizer.