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There is a Charm About the Name of Laurens That
Means Much to Those Who Know the Important Part
laurens County, and Laurens County Men and
Women, Have Played in the Making of South Caro
lina the Grand Old State That It Is-And Because of
the Honorable Traditions That Laurens Has As Its
leritage, As Well As the Unlimited Opportunities Of
fered Manufacturers, Business Men and Farmers From
Other Sections of the Country Who May Be Looking
for a New and Better Place in Which to Live and Make
a Living, I Take an Especial Pride in W'Vriting the Story
of Laurens County's Advantages and Possibilities.
By J. Archie Willis
T il E are two words in our article a story that cried out to
languago that never fail all America, "Young man, go
to strike a responsive chord "
in every man's heart. One of The south, ant particularly the
than wors is"I~oto.~southeast, is a jcction of untold
those words is "ome"very
I have written the stories of COmmunity of Dixie is on the verge
the advantages and possibilities of an unprecedented prosperity.
of hndrds o sothen ciiesand Since that is true, can you wonder
of hundreds of southern cities and thterycyvryow an
towns, and The Sunday Atlanta everyerura communty au
Journal has carried these stories which these community at
of progress and development, of w ittes picmured atce
opportunity for those who are est?
seeking new places in which to the
live and-do business, to every sec- You may visit a section of south
tion of Dixie. Georgia tomorrow and know, from
what you see there, that you have
Today I come to write of the found the promised land. And I'll
conmunity that I fondly lay claim tell you before you go that you
to as being home-my home, the will find it just about that way In
place where I was born and reared, south Georgia. But then on the
and the place above all others, next (lay go to nonlI Georgia, to
that I like to go back to. I have one of the Carolinas, to Alabam
no priority rights to that partic- or to Mississippi, or a.ny one of
ular feeling about Laurons county, the other communities that I
South Carolina, for every other might suggest to you throughout
man in the world feels, or should the southeast, and everywhere you
feel, the same way about the par- will be surnrisei at the progress
ticular locality in which he was
bornties for doing the things that men
Laurens county is located in the count worth doing, you will see on
northwestern part of the Palmetto every hand,
state. One of the most fertile re- The south has come into its
gloss of the entire Piedmont sec- own, and The Atlanta Journal's
tion of the southeast, Laurens is slogan of "Knew the south and
one of the state's most prosperous lot the mouth knew you," is, I very
counties. , strongly believe, matbrially aiding
I have several times had people those who are seeking new fields
remark to me that, "Ntvery section to find the particular localities In
you writo about seens to be the which they may best succeed in
best in the country." And that ia the particular, undertakings to
true, in large measure. It is true vhieh they have set themselves.
for two reasons. F'irst, when The
Atlanta Journal docides to feature T CITY OI LAUItENS
a particular city, town or county, Laurens, the county seat ef
it does to for the reason that that Iaurnns county, is located very
particular community has, or The near the center of the county, It
Journal believes it has, peculia is a city of approximately 6,000
advantages and opportunities to people, and aside from being an
offer the homoseeker, and, second, excellent business place, the cen
when I go to write the story of a tr of one of the richest agri
section's po-ibilities I look for cultural districts In the state. It
possibilitles -its good points. Is a charming place in which to
There was a time when ono of live and rear a frtmify.
the-co 1 n' ry's foremost editors felt This county originally formed a
called 1' in to ov:elaim, "Young par of the old Ninety-six Is
man, . west!" That tim has iet, but was lopnod off and or
pasrel. e.- than a mouth ago ganized as a county In 1776. It
one of in. country's best inown, was named in honor of that fa
pulblicfatbtor. published in the sou; South Carolina patriot,
Torth, carried as its first feature Henry Lsaurns.
Lu.-;
Governor Robert A. Coop
er, Laurens County Man,
Who Is South Carolina's
Chief Eexecutive.
A ItAIIbIU)AI) CE~NTbi
Laurens is somewhat of a rail
road center. Tito Charleston and
Western Carolina railroad, frot
Spartanbiurg to Augusta, passes
through Laurens. The city is the
northern terminus of the (olnm
bla, Newberry and Laureni rail
road, which forms an important
link in the Charleston and West
orn Carolina line fron. Greenville,
via Laurens, to Charleston.
Good roads radiate in every ii
roction from the county seat, and
there is not a locality in the
county that canot be reached by
automobile over roads that are
easily traveled. The people of the
county are not satistied with their
roads, however, and a movement Is
on foot now, and has every chance
of success, to build the best roads
in Latrens county that it is pos
sible to build.
A N IN% )t''iT41AL kNTl
Laurens is an Industrial center
of no mean importance. In fact,
there are fiftea different Industrial
plants in the city, that employ 3,
500 people, and whose coinbilled
weekly pay roll amou nts to ten
thousand dollars- more than a
half-million dollars a year. Two
and a half million dollars are in
vested in the city's industrial
plants.
Amoig the industrlea that Lau
rons naw has are cotton mills, a
glass factory, box and crate works,
foundry, laundty, creamery, sev
eral molern ginneries. cotton oil
mills, planing and lumber mills,
hydro-electric plant and quite a
few others of less imlortance.
MOM41E INDi'STItllEs WANTED)
Laurens want s more industries,
wants large and small ones, and
the. citizens of both the city itni
surroutnding county are willing
and ready to co-operate in any
manner that they may be able to
co-operate in the building of more
and more inditstrial plants in
Latirens.
Laurens business men feel that
they have many inducements to
offer the newcomers, and listed
among the city's inducements I
noted are ample railroad facilities
plenty of sidetrack frontage,
cheap electric current, pure water,
a plenitftri supply of labor, and
never any strikes or other labor
troubles. In addition to the ad
vantages mentioned, the citizens
of the city will lend every co
operation they can lend to any
now and legitimate enterprise of
real worth to the community.
I IVE BANKS IN TIHE CITV ol,
IA l'CNS
'T'here are three national aund
two state ban ks in the city of
Laurens, the national han ks hav
ing a combined capital of two
hundred thousand dollars and the
state banks a combined capital of
a 'htundred and fifty thousand
dollars.
These banks have played an
important ptrt it the develop
mont of the city during the past
ten years, aind they will, very
probably, play an even more im
portant ptrt in its development
during the next few years.
In tills connection, I want to
specilly mi'etion a young ba nk
er inl Lau rens, W. G. Lancaster,
lnown all over Laurens county as
"Hilly" Lanc astei, of the IEnter
prise National banik. "Billy" La
caster has been with the lnter
.rIse bank for secral years, and
he has not only endeared himself
to the business men and farmers
of the city and county, by his 1uni
form courtesy, but he has won the
confidence iand admiration of lit
erally thousands of the couty's
best mr n. tne of these days
"Iilly'' :.an- :;r is goingg to have
his own b:e: merely a prediction
of rty owin ---and when he does, tl"
other bantils ;n Laurlens are going
to hav e to a:,;e off the( hu't re
mlinlit v, (t i of tiIc- .c:r moth
ods in ord.-r to I, ee "illty'' Lawi
caster's bank, from g 'tting 111 thl
bit:"in"ss nf ! ; re ..
i-aturens hl:!; %vfry wi"secly ch;o
son its cit ., al 4
otlicitls of L- !rans re giv;ig tIe
city an tdmliinistj':ulion that is
clculated to mAl:e bite comitnu
nity got forw;-.
C. !. I .;) is the maa;r of the
city, and there doesn't seem to be
very many people in Ihe busi e.s;
section of the city, with the ex
c(ption of the professionlal i;oli
ticians, who know just e.actly
how long Mr. Babb has hesn
mayor "At least five terms," is
the way mo.t of them express It.
And ;\lr. Babb has been inayor
for a good long t ime. The fact
that he is, tt each succeeding
elction, returned to of!ice seenl.
to be s uficient evidence that a
majority of the people of Lan
revs appreciate his value as Latu
rells' layor.
Th'. city ca i l 'e -i
five of the- livest. and most pro
gresive young Iusiness men that
Sento Na'.DaLu
-r~'
pr
rens County Man, Who Has
Succeeded the Late Senator
Tilman as United States
Senator frcm Souh Cara-I
lina,
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