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G ] Histori Due to the fact, that the land on which the present town of Greelyville is located was purchased fortyfive vears aco for one dollar per acre. making a total of $64000 for the tract of land, which now comprises the city limits, and which same amount of land together with all improvements is now worth in the neighborhood of a million and a half dollars, would really be an astounding and remarkable statement to fake but for the fact that this wonderful growth is only a fair representation of how this section of the old Palmetto State and our beautiful Southland is going forwara in leaps and bounds. However, Greelyville has really made wonderful progress and at a great deal more rapid pace than some of our other towns and communities in j Williamsburg and surrounding coun- j ties. The little city is located on the high and healthful ridge of fertile land lying between the Black and j Santee rivers, being also on the main line of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail- j road between Sumter and Charleston j and is, therefore, the natural outlet I for the varied agricultural products [ grown on this probably as fertile and productive, land as lies within the state. The DODulation. totaling about' twelve hundred, is made up of prosperous, law abiding, progressive citizens, who are ever looking to the improvement of their town in every way possible and all are striving and expecting to progress much more rapidly in the future than in the past. In 1872 the late Mr. Samuel J. Taylor came to the present site of Greelyville and formed a co-partnership with Mr. S. J. Hutson for the purpose of manufacturing turpentine and rosin and proceeded to purchase several hundred acres of fine timber land. Mr. Taylor later bought out Mr. Hutson's interest in the turpentine firm and took in his orotner-in-iaw, | Mr. W. S. Vainer, who remained with him until his death. Mr. Taylor was a natural bom naval stores man and his experience in the business met with marked success, thereby forming the foundation of his estate. After fifteen years in the turpentine business, his local supply of timber being exhausted, he gave up his original intention of removing his turpentine equipment and setting up elsewhere, but preferred to remain at his present home, which by now he had become very much attached to, both sentimentally and on account of the fact that he had acquired veiy large ' The K( Dealt Geieral Merchandise a GREELYVILLE, S< CARRIES ONE OF THE MOST SONABLE GOODS IN WILLI; LINE OF CRADDOCK TERR^ DOLLY MADISON SHOES. WE ARE OUTFITTERS WHETHER IT BE CLOTHING PAREL FOR THE ADULTS V YOUR WANTS FULLY AND 1 OUR STOCK OF GROCERI PLE, IS ALWAYS FRESH AND MARKET AFFORDS AS CHEA! A LARGE ASSORTMENT CARRIED IN STOCK. 0 /hi i av i'c \i7urxT wf r l o ?i iiijii ?rij v The Keels GREELYVILLE, R E cally 21 i land holdings and had commenced a j prosperous and promising mercantile j business. Mr. Taylor spent the reI mair.der of his days in farming and i the mercantile business, he finally being succeeded in the latter by his son, I It was the one and great desire of the late Mr. Taylor to found a town ' on the spot where he had settled back in the woods in 1872. To this end he would practically give any good citii zen a lot. provided he would build a : decent house and live in the town. No other man gave more assistance nor put forth any greater effort in furthj ering Mr. Taylor's scheme along this , line than Mr. T. W. Boyle, who is i classed by most as Greelyville's lead| ing citizen at the present day. Mr. j Taylor, owning practically all the : land where the present town site is, took great pleasure in donating the land for the present system of streets, as well as the land for the school houses and churches. These two men were principally responsible for the fine beautifully shaded streets which the town now affords and they always cooperated fully in any matters pertaining first to the laying off and building of the town and later to the development^ and uplift of the town and community. Mr. T. W. Boyle first came to this town 1886, when it was then known as Taylor's Still and only a flag stop on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, which railroad was built through this section in 1880. Mr. Boyle first went to work with the saw mijl of Hogan & Hogan, which commenced the manufacture of yellow pine lumber in 1885, and a few months later upon the death of Mr. Samuel Hogan, went into the firm, which was then called Boyle & Hogan, which continued under this name for five years when Mr. E. G. Mallard went into the fii m and the style of the firm was changed to the Mallard Lumber Company,-it being mutually agreed to name the company after the oldest member, and the concern has gone under this name until the present day, Mr. T. W. Boyle, being Vive-President. Mr. Boyle takes great pleasure in stating that when he came to the present spot of Greelyville that there was only one store and two dwellings j here, the nearest school being five! miles away and the nearest telegraph | office and stop for passenger trains being Foreston, a distance of six miles. Mr. Boyle has developed into one of the most public spirited and progres-! sive mfn not only of his own town j and community but is well known in 1 many ways throughout the entire; H ^lc Pn v^Vy# j ?rs? in nd Ashepoo vF ertilizers OUTH CAROLINA. COMPLETE STOCKS OF SEAkMSBURG COUNTY. A FULL f, ENDICOTT JOHNSON AND ; ' i i FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. FOR THE CHILDREN OR APVE ARE PREPARED TO FILL ECONOMICALLY. I ES, BOTH FANCY AND STACOMPLETE. THE BEST THE , PLY AS IT CAN BE SOLD. OF COFFINS AND CASKETS I I JAN SERVE YOU. Company, SOUTH CAROLINA. j j ' ', , 'J, E L t Ind\j (l?y Louis i State. His financial progress has been nothing short ol remarkable, as he came to this town merely as an em ployee in a saw null and is, at the present time, worth probably in the neighborhood of a million dollars. He is interested in many important commercial enterprises of the State and in a large number of such in his home town, notably among his Greelyville interests being the Mallard Lumber Company, of which he is vice-president, Lank of Greelyville, of which he is president; Greelyville Land & Improvement Company, Taylor Gin Company, Boyle Hardware Company and, in aduition to these is one of the largest farm land owners in the county of Williamsburg. He is an honored christian gentleman, a most valuable , citizen of town county and state. The town of Greelyville secured its name from the late Horace Greely, as about the time the Honorable Horace Greely was so prominent in national politics, always showing the part of leniency towards the South during the re-construction period, this little settlement in the woods was shaping itself into a town and, through their admiration for Mr. Greely, its citizens decided to call the little village Greelyville. The town of Greelyville was incorporated in the year 1894 and has a splendid form of government, the key note to which is to always give the fullest amount of protection to its citizens with the smallest rate of taxation possible. Its present Mayor is Mr. Ben S. Fleming and its town Clerk Mr. George Green. The town has a spacious town hall, splendid school buildings and churches and a good private electric lighting plant and telephone system and looks forward to having in the near future water works, sewage, fire protection, white way and complete system of paved streets. Especially during the past five years has the town experienced a remarkable boom and commercial "' Au fk /^iivinrr ni'nA/l thp KllQl'. Sivni.ii, W....S "...v.. | ness section of the town has doubled in worth and size. Notably among the improvements during the years 1918 and 1919 are the Mallard Lumber Company to their commissary and office $25,000; S. V. Taylor's Department Store, $12,000 dadition and interior improvements; Enterprise Mercantile Company, entire new store and refrigeration plant, $15,000; i Farmers Tobacco Warehouse, entire new building, which is now used as Bonded Cotton Warehouse No. 42 of the State of South Carolina. $25,000; Ford Motor Company, now under construction, garage and show rooms.; $10,000. In addition to the above mentioned improvements during the last two years, there are many new buildings, and establishments planned for the very near future, the exact time for their completion is only measured by the time it will take to get the much needed building material, which the j whole country is clamoring tor aur-1 ini?- these war times. Headed by Mr. T. \V. lloyle, a| movement is on foot for the establish- i ment of a cotton mill here, the site j for which has already befn selected and set aside An lip-to-date cotton i mill of, at least. 10.000 spindles, equiped with the best machinery and ! best housing and living conditions for I employees is planned. Composed of Mr. Joe K. Allsbrook, Mr. Henry Ferrell and other, is the Planters Gin & Trading Company, who now operate an up-to-date ginnery and who contemplate installing an ice plant just as soon as the necessary ice machinery can be purchased, which they have so far found to be almost an impossibility. They will install an ice plant with at least 1 " -'i? ---v ; _i_ ...m iAi.A iu ion daily capacity, wnicn win mne care of the local needs of the community. There is also a movement in the air to erect an oil mill in Greelyville for the refinement of cotton seed oil and its products but the people backing this project state that it is not far enough along yet to make any devnite announcements. Already under construction is the new 50x100 foot brick garage and show rooms of the Ford Motor Company, which will cost in the neighborhood of $10,000, when completed. The Ford agency will be under the supervision of Mr. W. C. Plowden, of New Zion, and Mr. G. T. Mcintosh, local manager at Greelyville. who will be able to offer Ford patrons the best service obtainable when this building is completed in the way of parts, accessories and modern show rooms. Dr. Hazedden is nearing completion of his brick building, which Kvill cost J Y V istrially 5. Perry) approximately $6,000, and will be oc- tl cupied by himself. b< Brick and other building- material tt has already been ordered for very ex- m tensive brick buildings and office te space on Main street directly across n< the street from the Mallard Lumber ee Company commissary, which improve- te ments the broad minded and optomis- th tic members of the Mallard Lumber m Company have taken upon them-: rc selves to erect, having no immediate j o\ prospects in view of renting the space j a< other than their strong faith in Gree- j a lyville that no building will ever be o\ vacant in the limits of the town. j it Among the improvements during tY msmMmbmmc mm, wssm Bniftiri) Is Your Farm f MONEY INVESTED IN STl I WAYS PAYS DIVIDENDS TO T1 | MALS IN STOCK AT ALL TIME PATRONS FOR LIVE STOCK 0] OUR LINE OF BUGGIES AN | RANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTO I PLY OF (AGENTS FOR OVERLAND J Greelyvill GREELYVILLE, ,1. . ? . * . I "The Vi I The Consent I United Sta SO1 I WHEN BY THE REASON 01 | KETS TO US AS NEVER BEFOR I THESE EXTRAORINARY CONDI I WHEN THE NORMAL STAG B OUR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS I PRODUCTS? I UNDER THE STIMULUS 01 I ADDITIONS TO OLD ONES IN J | THE WAR IS ENDED, MILI | FOR SOMETHING TO KEEP TH I LET THE WORKINGMEN 0 I AND STOP THE ENDLESS CLA] I ER WAGES, AND SHORTER AN I MORE HOLIDAYS AND HALF I I LET US ALL GET BUSY AN BOUND TO COME LATER ONTO DO THIS YOU BUSINES: READY FOR THE COMING YE.A MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT JUSTING YOUR FARMS TO A 5 WATCH YOUR STEP AND I CAN. ? "THE VO Writ Boyle Ha J. B. Alsbrook, M ? i t r't I L I it s ie past few months it would hardly ] ? justice to the town to eliminate le mention of the modern general 1 ercantile establishment of the Enrprise Mercantile Company, in con- ] iction with which ii.ey have install- ( 1 an up-to-date refrigeration sys m, worthy of a town many times j le size of Greelyville, and also a , odem resturant, all under the same >of and management. This concern vns its own farm of several hundred | n-es, on which they expect to raise ( good line of beef cattle for their , vn market Under this same head, is only correct to call attention to le new $10,000, addition and imi! n?!!iBass^!rB:r?iivK:a'! mmm CL ;rdy horses and mules is a he farmer. we carry a lar s and are prepared to sup F any kind. d wagons is unusually com ry service. we invite your vnd willys knight and stev e Live Stock C soi Dlcano S itive Working ites Should Beg HE THINKIN ?' THE WAR JUST ENDED, THE W E, WE ARE LIVING IN A FOOL S TIONS TO CONTINUE AS THEY l E IS REACHED AGAIN, AND THF FALL AWAY, WHAT SHALL WE ?* WAR'S HIGH PRICES, Wt HAV ISTRENEROUS ENDEAVOR TO M .S AND FACTORIES WILL SOON I EM BUSY- SOME ARE DOING T F THIS COUNTRY THINK SOBE MOR OF RADICAL LEADERS FOR iD STILL SHORTER HOURS OF ; IOLIDAYS. D ADJUST OURSELVES TO THE 3 MEN AND FARMERS THAT Al lR, YOU MUST HAVE THE VER\ \ THIS WE HAVE AND STAND RE STANDARD OF "BETTER FARMIN .ET'S GET OUT OF A FOOL'S PA I LCANO S> e, wire, or 'Ph( rdware C< anager, - GREE ' / J . I. JmrnmBSSS' - E Socially I provement to the already commodious S. V. Tayldk Department Store. This makes Mr. Tavlor's store the lareest in town and from the immense volume and high quality of his stock, makes his establishment ^ne the town :an justly be proud of. An account of Greelyville can hardly be written without the mention of the general mercantile store of M. Joseph & Brother, composed of Messrs. Moses and B. Joseph, both born and reared in Syria, than whom there are no bigger nearted, public spirited and v. orthy citizens in town. The banking needs of Greelyville (Continued on Next Page) Well Stocked ? N INVESTMENT THAT ALGE NUMBER OF GOOD ANIPLY THE NEEDS OF OUR PLETE AND ARE ALL WARINSPECTION OF OUR SUPfART TRUCKS. ompany JTH CAROLINA i mokes" men of the fin to do G! mmm ORLD IS OPENING ITS MARPARADISE IN EXPECTING ^RE NOW. 2 FOREIGN DEMAND FOR DO WITH OUR EXCESS OF E BUILT NEW MILLS AND * EET THE DEMAND. IE SCANNING THE HORIZON HIS ALREADY. RLY OF THIS SITUATION, HIGHER AND STILL HIGHSERVICE, AND MORE AND conditions that are re farming must get r best grade of farm :ady to assist you in adg." iadise as quickly as we ' fORES!" )ne mipaiij. :lyville,s.c. I i