^X:^--^^fU KH^\ Class ,F^17 Book ,3 ^ 57 Spartanburg City and: Spartanburg County SOUTH CAROLINA \ b1 CI 3 Written for the Chamber of Commerce of Spartanburg, South Carolina by J. W. Simpson, Chairman of Statistics Committee Officers of the Chamber of Commerce : President, W. E. Burnett Treasurer, J. M. Connor Secretary, W. S. Glenn PRESS O^ .pRANDONPRlNTlNtg^^ SlASHVILLE. INDEX Spartanburg' City PAGE Lncalion '. . , . 7 Water Supply S Sewerage H Population 9 City Goveriiinent m Property and Taxation 10 Municipal Advantages 11 Railway Facilities 11-12 Public Buildings 12-13 Educational Advantages 13-16 The South Atlantic States Music Festival 16-17 Public Library 20 Newspapers 20 Churche.s 20 Commerce and Industries 21 Banking 21-23 Building and Loan Associations 22 Commerce 24-25 Enterprises 26-27 Business Openings 27 Spartanburg County Population 30 Resources ^o Cotton Manufactories 30-32 Other Products 13 Cattle Raising 34 Mineral Wealth 34-35 Mineral Springs 35-36 Forestry 36-37 Water Powers 37 Farm Lands 37 ^o^t 37 Summary 3t> A FEW FACTS The population of the cit>- of Spartanburg is . . . 14,000 The assessed value of its propert.v is ... . -^3,555,845 The actual value is about .$8,889,612 The bonded indebtedness is $139,500 Its municipal advantages are its churches. schools, colleges, sewerage system, street paving. trolley system, lighting system, waterworks, and public buildings. The population of Spartanburg County is ... . 65,560 The assessed value of its property is ... . .;5{ii,856,583 The actual ^•alue of its property is .... .^29,641,462 The bonded indebtedness is #165,800 It embraces 598,654 acres, of which 224,212 acres are improved. It is the greatest cotton manufacturing county in the South, and Spartanburg city is the center. Every product of the temperate zone will flourish in this countw An equable climate, invigorating and ener- gizing throughout the year. v» SPARTANBIRG, S. C. THE GtM OF THE PIEDMONT ^ I HERE lies in the Piedmont region of Sonth Carolina, among the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains, in a climate equable and delightful, a beautiful, modern and progressive city. Its streets humming with the bustle of commerce, its factories throbbing with energy, its schools, its colleges, its magnificent paved streets, its thousands of beautiful resi- dences, its public buildings and churches, its many and varied commercial and industrial enterprises, its banks, its newspapers, its railway facilities, and its fourteen thousand inhabitants reveal to the world a center of activity and culture, a city with wonderful things accomplished, and an assured future. Such is Spartanburg, S. C, in 1903. Location The city of Spartanburg, the county seat and business center of Spar- tanburg County, is situated in the northwestern part of South Carolina, within twenty-five miles of the Blue Ridge mountains, which can be plainly .seen from the city. The city occupies the summits of a succes- sion of ridges, and is eight hundred and sixteen feet above the level of the sea. It is on the trunk line of the Southern Railway from Washing- ton to Atlanta, and from Charleston to Cincinnati, being twelve and one- half hours from Washington, D. C, and four and one-half hours from Atlanta, Ga. The city limits embrace seven square miles, are circular in form, the county court-house being the center, and have a diameter of three miles. Spartanburg is in latitude thirty-five degrees north, and has a climate uniformly mild and temperate, favorable to vigor of mind and health of body. Extremes of tempera- ture are unknown. The winters are mild and delightful, rareU' falling below twenty- five degrees, and the summers are never oppressive, the temperature scarcely ever reaching ninety-five degrees. The atmos- phere is free from humidity, malaria is un- known, and the air is bracing and tonic. In addition to the fine natural and cli- matic conditions, the city of Spartanliurg has a pure water supply and a magnificent system of sewerage, which, together, cause a record for heallhfulness that cannot be sur- passed by any citj' of its size in the country. .STREUT \Ii;\V, bP.VRTANBURG, S. C. Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County W^ater Supply The city is supplied with an abundance of pure water brought into the houses of the citizens from a running stream beyond the city limits. Chemical analysis has shown the water to be as pure as the drinking water of any city, and this purit>- is ensured by the direct ownership, by the water company, of lands covering nearly all the drainage area trib- utary to the stream. The plant supplying the water is modern and up-to-date, and the supply, both for domestic use and fire protection, is ample. Owing to this protection, the insurance rates are much lower than they would otherwise be. The fire department has proved most efficient in the past, and the cit\' has never had an extensive conflagration. M0RG.\N SQUARE Sewerage Spartanburg has a magnificent system of sewerage, embracing the whole city, and con- structed with the clo.sest attention to the laws of scientific drainage. Her position upon a .series of high ridges affords fine natural drainage of all surface matter into the intervening and neighboring water courses. The city, through an able board of health and a sanitary inspector, gives con.stant and close attention to the cleanliness of the city, with the result that all sources of disea.se are removed, and the city is remarkably free from sickness. Spartanburg, S. C. — City and Col-nty Population The city of Spartanburg, according to the census of igoo, had a population of 11,395, which did not include the suburbs. Including the suburbs, and adding the increase in two years at the rate of increase for the preYious five years, a conservative statement of the pop- ulation on January i, 1903, will be fourteen thousand people. As an augury of what the future has in store for Spartan- burg it is instructive to glance at the strides made within the last few years in all lines, and the growth in population has been no exception to the rule. According to the United States census reports : In 1870 tlie population was 1,050 " 18S0 " " " 3,25.^ " 1890 " " " 5,550 " 1900 " " " I [,395 " 1902 it is estimated at 14,000 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHDRCH These figures, while strik- ing in themselves, are chiefly valuable as revealing the desirability of Spartanburg as a place of residence to those who are familiar with her advantages. And in this table no reference is made to the thousands in the county who are brought into quick and constant touch with the city bj- trolley lines, and to whom the city is the market, the source of supplies, and the center of things educational and social. The inhabitants of the cit}.-, drawn from all over the United States by the advantages offered by the rich tributary country and by the county population dependent on the city as the center, are dis- tingui.shed by their public spirit, their business pluck, their hospi- tality to strangers, and the absolute unit\ with which they work for the advancement of their cilw VIEW .\T GLENDAI.E PARK .Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County mm ::5, A a ifli iflfiflfifififigflfli lifini I rnn, nnnnrrnnnnnnnn- nnnnnnnnnnnnrinri ^j WEST END GRADED SCHdOI. City Government Tlie gOYernmeiit of the city is by a mayor and cit)- council, elected every two years. It is at present entrusted to a verj- energetic and progressive council, without exception young men, headed by a broad-minded and very active mayor. No city in the land is better served by her public servants than Spartanburg, and in their hands her finances are safe and her progress sure. The peace and order of the city are preserved by a well-manned and equipped police force, with head offices in a large stone structure owned by the city, and used also as a place of detention for violators of city ordinances. Propertx and Taxation In Spartanburg, as in all South Carolina, by the system of assessing property no prop- erty is returned for taxation at its actual value, but at about forty per cent of its value. With this system in force, the taxable property returned in the cit\- amounts to $3,555,845, and the rate of taxation is one and one-fourth per cent. By a simple calculation it is found that the value of the property of the city is $8,889,612, and the tax rate is reduced to one- half of one per cent. These figures do not include school, church, and government prop- erty, all of which is exempt from ta.xation. The bonded indebtedness of the city is $139,500. SPARTANBUKt;, S. C. CiTY AN]) COUNTY Municipal Advantages Jfc- The city of Spartanburg has an up-to-date, well-managed electric light and gas plant, which serves the citizens at reasonable rates. It has a system of electric railway which traverses five streets of the city, and which extends for nine miles into the country. It reaches six factories, and brings the factory towns into such close contact with the city that for the purposes of trade they are practically one witli the city. In these villages are six thousand people. It has a park, where in the summer months amusement is furnished nightly for those who enjoy a trolley ride into the country. The gas and electric plant and the trolley system are under private ownership. It has paved a large area of its streets and squares with vitrified brick, and no city in the country, of any size, has finer paving than vSpartan- ir«?!if"! -T--^- »k Vi^ MII.I. Ill' CLIFTON M.^NUl'ACTURING CO.MPANV XHe South y\tlantic States Music Festival The above music festival was inaugurated under the auspices of the Converse College Choral Society in the year 1894, ^^^d has been continued annually with success both extra- ordinary and unprecedented. Nine consecutive festivals have been held, involving an expenditure of between forty and fifty thousand dollars. A long list of world-renowned artists, which includes such singers as Madame Nordica, Madame Blauvelt, Herr Dippel and Signer Catnpanari : over forty concerts with orchestra of forty-five performers; the Thomas orchestra, and many bands; the public performance of such works as "The Creation," "The Messiah,' "Elijah," "St. Paul," "Hymn of Praise," "Faust," "Aida," etc.; AUDITORILM. CONVERSE COI.I.EC.l-; « < Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 19 CONVERSE COLLEGE DORMITORY symphonies and concertos, etc. These are onlj- a few of the records which Spartanburg has made in recent j'ears, and which she intends to add to in jears to come. The festi- vals are held in the auditorium of Converse College, which contains a $7,000 pipe organ. This auditorium became a necessitj-, owing to the phenomenal growth of the attendance upon the festival. It is universally acknowledged to be one of the finest auditoriums in the United States, the seating arrangements and accoustics being most excellent. Spartanburg justly claims the finst place among all the cities in the South for her musi- cal attainments and the musi citizens. Another institution which whole State is the South Car Dumb, and Blind, located at Spartanburg. It is beautifully and is composed of three mass ported by the State. Two ance now, and no institution r.rx' ■^" RESIDENCE cal opportunities offered her is an object of pride to the oliiia Institution for the Deaf, Cedar Springs, four miles from located in a magnificent grove, ive brick buildings. It is sup- hundred pupils are in attend- conlributes more to the good of the State than this. The management is recognized OYcr the United States as having no superior, and teachers trained at this .school for this line of work are in demand every- where. 20 Spaktanbirg, S. C. — Crrv and County Public Library Another institution of great value to the public is a well-equipped and endowed free library-, stocked with six thousand volumes of all classes of literature, and subscribing to all the current magazines. It is open day and night, and is a popular resort for those on pleasure or instruction bent. NeAvspapers jf Properly coming under the head of education are the newspapers of Spartan- burg. They are conspicu- ous for the ability with which they are edited and for the excellent news service given. There are two dailies — a morning and an evening pa- per — and four weeklies. They enjoy a large patronage from subscribers and advertisers and are signal exidences of the city's prosperity. ' ii<^.iiAtia*its^io>x.:t^. MILL OF CLIFTON M.\NUFACTURINC C0MP.4NV CHurcHes HIRD S-EYE VIEW, COXVERSE .STREET The churches of Spartanburg are in keeping with the progress- ive spirit of the city. The First Presbyterian, the Central Method- ist, the Episcopal, and the Catholic are models of modern elegance and beauty, and the Baptists have de- cided to erect a $40,000 house of worship which will be as hand- some as any now in the city. Be- sides these tliere are many others, both for white and colored people, which contribute greatly to the ele- vation of tone of the citv. Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 21 Commerce and Industries The city of Spartanburg has not been one-sided in its growth and development. It has not allowed itself to get into a rut, devoting itself to the culti- vation of a particular line of activity, but has car- ried on simultaneously many lines, and is constantly seeking to add to those it possesses many which can be advantageously brought into its limits. Thus, while education and moral refinement has always received the hearU- support of the people of Spar- tanburg, the city has not become exclusively noted as a center of education and moral culture, but is even better known to the world on account of its volume of commerce and its many industrial enter- prises. BanKing CATHOLIC CHURCH There is no more important factor in the growth of any community, and no surer indication of its prosperity, than the lianks which it calls into existence, and which in their turn are instru- mental in establishing its various enterprises, and contribute to its general prosperity and advancement. The banks of Spartanburg are entitled to a prominent place in a statement of its advaniages. There are eight banks in the city, with an aggregate capital and surplus CONVERSE COI.LKC.E, MAIN HUII.DING Spartanburg, S. C. — City and Countv of over nine hundred thousand dollars, and deposits of a million and a quarter dollars. Besides these, there are two banks in the county which add forty thousand dollars in cap- ital and fort)- thousand dollars in deposits to these aggregates. TUCAPAII Mir.L Building and Loan Associations In addition to the banks of the city, there are four Iniilding and loan associations, which have been, and are now, important factors in the upbuilding of the cit\-. It is due largely to these associations that Spartanburg is so notably a city of homes. Thousands of dollars have thus been made available for building homes which without their instru- mentalitv would have been diverted into other channels. S1'.\RTAN MILI^, NOS. I AND 2 Spartanbukg, S. C. — City and County 23 «^ CAPITALIZATION Name Cai'itai, SURPIyUS Deposits Loans Real Estate First National Bank Merchants and Farmers Bank. Central National Bank Bank of Spartanburg American National Bank Fidelity Loan and Trust Co ... . Savings Bank Bank of Woodruff. Converse Savings Bank Southern Trust Co. (just org'd) . f 200, 000 00 JOG, 000 00 100,000 00 94,800 GO 100,000 00 30.000 00 50.000 00 30,000 00 10,000 00 100,000 00 $42,000 00 41,122 00 34,630 00 20.596 00 24,459 00 IS. 815 64 4,000 00 fo33,Joo 00 285,700 CO 304,500 00 69.700 00 6 1 , 000 CO 1S5.379 00 166.666 00 42,000 00 $412,334 00 333,016 00 273,600 00 150,813 00 i 217,301 CO 187,416 00 f 14, 115 00 9,500 00 3,195 00 8,455 00 As an indication of the prosperity of these banks, they all paj' semi-annual dividends of from four to six per cent, and the two savings banks pay interest on deposits at the rates of four and four and a half per cent per year. ^- 24 Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County Commerce The volume of commerce, ren- dering such banking facilities nec- essary, and enabling them to prosper, is tremendous. Several hundred stores, stocked with the newest and most desirable classes of goods, cater to and supply the needs of the citizens of the city, as well as of a large county and mill village trade. Everything needed in al- most any line can be obtained in the city at fair prices. The cost of living is as low in Spartanburg as in any city of its size, and by rea- son of its fine railroad facilities, and the position it occupies in a most prosperous section of the State, Spartanburg is rapidly becoming a wholesale and a jobbing center. Wholesale houses in several lines, noticeably groceries and drugs, and many kinds of jobbers, such as shoes, drugs, china, etc., flourish heie, and do a large business over the surrounding territory. This line of business is only in its infancy now, and Spartanburg offers wonderful opportunities for jobbers in any line. A table (on the opp.jsite page) showing the kinds of business, the number of each kind, and the aggregate of the rated capital, is instructive. VIEW OF HUSINESS SECTION E.\ST MAIN STKEKT .STREET C.4RNIV.\I,, 1899 SPARTAxNliURG, S. C. — ClTV AND COUNTV 25 TABLE ShoNving l\incis of Business, Number of ElacK Mind, and ^ggre^ate of IVated Oapital Business No. OF Firms Rated Rating Unrated Bakers Books and Stationery Brokers Broom Factory Butchers China Cigar Factory Coffin Factory Con fectioners Drugs, I retail ) Drugs, ( wholesale I Dry Goods Hlectrical Supply Company. .... Fertilizer Factory Fertilizer and Grain Furniture Groceries, (retail) Groceries, 1 wholesale) Hardware Harness Ice and Coal Jewelry Job Printers Livery Loom, Harness and Reed Factory Lumber Marble Yards Men's Furnishings Merchandise, (general ) Millinery Mill Supplies Musical Instruments Opticians Plumbers Photographers Roller Mill Shoes Steam Laundries Tailors Tobacco, I wholesale 1 Top Roll Cover Factory Undertakers Vehicles Warehouse Company Total -> 3 $ 45,oco 00 3 i3,5co 00 6 5 8,500 00 2 I 2 3,000 00 3 9 [05,000 00 I 50,000 00 9 245,000 fX3 I 5.000 00 4 147.000 00 3' 1 34 , 000 00 4 70 , 000 00 4 I 99 , 000 00 2 30,000 00 3 60,000 00 2 30,000 CO 2 3 5,5.000 00 I 4 50.000 00 2 3,000 00 4 66,oco 00 3 10 264,500 00 4 I 5,000 00 I 2 130,000 00 2 2 2 23,000 00 3 2 25,000 00 I I 35,000 00 I 4 I 20,000 00 2 160,000 00 4 110,000 00 10,000 00 $2,198,000 00 26 Spartaniurg, S. C. — City and County ,\r^ WOFFORD FlTriNG SCHOOJ, Enterprises The inaiu industrial enterprise of the cit\- and count\- is, of course, the manufactuie of cotton, in which branch the county leads the South in the number of spindles and looms. However, this industry will be alluded to more extendedly under the bead of vSpaitanburg County. Numerous other enterprises thrive in the city. Some of these are the result of and dependent on the factories, and nearly all of them owe in a certain measure their prosper- ity to the proximity to the mills. Among them may be mentioned — roller mills, a broom factory, a soap factor}', a hard-wood plant, a cotton- .seed oil mill, a foundry, and several lumber plants, a fer- tilizer factory, a wagon fac- tory, a cigar factory, and a loom-harness and reed factor)-, the only one in the South. All of these are prospering, converse strkkt gradicd .scnooi. '"^'^^'iL'^^^^i*- o o O Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 29 and what has been accomplished in these lines can be accomplished in many others. Business Openings COUNTRY RESIDENCE Some of the enterprises for which special opportunities for success in Spartanburg exist are furniture facto- ries, a bleachery, shirt factories, bol)- bin and shuttle factory, carriage factorx-, trunk factory, watch factory, bucket, barrel and stave factory, spoke and handle factories, canning factories, pants factory, shirt and drawers factory, harness factory, in fact, any manufactory or enterprise which caters to local needs, or which profits by ready means of rapid and direct distribution over a large and prosperous territory. Spartanburg County Spartanburg County, the second county in the State of South Carolina in point of wealth and population, surpassing all others except Charleston, covers nine hundred and fifty square miles, or five hundred and ninety-eight thousand six hundred and fifty-four acres. The land is rolling and traversed by many water courses, contributing to its pro- ductiveness and furnish- ing many splendid water powers. The soil varies from a gray sandy loam, with a red clay sub-soil, to a red clay loam, with a stiff red clay sub-.soil. It is very fertile and easily cultivated, and yields abundant crops. Of this county, according to census report of lyoo, two hundred and twenty-four thousand two hun- dred and twelve acres are improved. RESIDENCE OK MRS. H. T. CONVERSE 30 Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County Population The population of the county has in- creased ahnost fiftj- per cent in the last ten years, and this in spite of the fact that two of its most populous townships have been added to another county. In 1890, it was 45,945, and in 1900, 65,560. Of these, 43,886 are white, and 21,672 are colored. The property returned for taxation, personal and real, in 1902, was $1 1 ,856,583, an increase of over fourteen per cent in five years. The as,sessed value is esti- mated at forty per cent of the actual value, and on this basis the total value of property in the county is $29,641,462. The rate of taxation for the State and county for the year 1902 was seventeen and three-fourths mills on the assessed value, including two and three-fourths mills for Spartanburg school district. If taxes were paid on the actual value, the rate would be only a little more than ten mills. The bonded indebted- ness is $165,800, a mere bagatelle when measured in comparison with the twenty-nine and a half millions of property in the countw RESIDENCE R esources The staple crop of the county is, of course, cotton, of which forty thousand bales are raised annually, which, at an average price of $35, a conservative figure, amounts to $1,400,000. STREET VIEW Cotton Manufactories A market for this staple is found almost in the fields. None of it need be shipped, for in this case the factories have literally come to the cotton. Spartanburg County has more money invested in cotton manufactories, and more spin- dles and looms tlian any county in the South. Twenty-five years ago, Spartanburg had several small cotton mills, with not more than eight thousand spindles. To-day it has twenty-eight mills, and is the recognized center of this indu.stry in the South, with an invested capital of $7,413,000. and with five hundred and forty-three thousand eight hundred and twenty-two .spindles and fifteen thou.sand .six hundred and seventy-six looms. Spartanburg, S. C. — Citv and Coi'ntv 31 The importance of this industry to the county, and the wonderful impetus it gives to many other industries, can be readily seen when it is remembered that this industry puts into circulation in the county $119,600 per month in wages, that it employs more than eight thousand people in the mills, and supports a population of over twenty thousand people, besides the enormous sums spent in the purchase of cotton. All the people connected with the mills must be fed, clothed, and made comfortable in their homes, and farmers, merchants, and dealers in supplies have a constant and large demand upon them to meet these needs. The constant growth of these needs gives increased opportunities for truck gardeners, farm- ers, fruit-growers, and merchants of all kinds, the supply of which is much smaller than the present demand for them. No reference has yet been made to the many allied industries which dot the county, and which employ hundreds of people and pay out thousands of dollars monthly, giving support to many people. There are yarn mills, oil mills, and cotton-seed oil mills, all of which are very prosperous, pay handsome dividends to their owners, besides relieving the farmers of the by-products of their staple crop. «i^ 32 Spartanbi"rg, S. C. — City and County .-^ TABLE Giving Narrie of Mill, Oapital Investeci, Operating Expenses, Bales of Cotton Cons\in>eci, etc. Name Capital Spindi.es Looms Monthly Pay-Roli, Operatiyes V'illage Bales Cotton Arkwright Apalache Arcadia (just organized) . . . Beaumont Cowpeus Clifton — I, 2 and 3 D. E. Converse Co. -land 2 Drayton (in construction I . Enoree Fingerville Inman Island Creek Mary Louise Pacolet- I, 2 and 3 Spartan — i and 2. . Saxon Mills Tucapau Tyger Victor Mfg. Co Valley P'alls Woodruff Whitney Totals $ 200,000 350,000 200,000 too, 000 60,000 I ,000,000 500,000 250,003 700,000 50 , 000 300,000 20,256 20,000 1 2 , 500 3,888 10.000 lor ,024 37,396 12,500 30.720 9,000 18,336 25,000 1 ,040 50,000 2, 112 I , 000 , 000 59,332 I , 000 . oco So . 000 350,000 25 , 080 269,000 30,144 I0O,C0O 6,144 350,000 26,880 75.000 3,400 2CO,O00 13.500 284,000 20,570 17,413.000 543,822 604 400 304 264 3,254 1,068 250 986 444 2.202 2,458 600 S40 176 684 100 312 730 15.676 I 6,000 4,000 4,000 2,000 3o,5co 5.000 8,500 2, oco 3,000 200 400 1 6 , 000 15,500 6,000 5.000 2,000 5,000 2,000 2.500 5,000 |ll9,6oo 365 300 400 175 1,700 260 600 175 225 20 35 1 .I03 I ,200 350 380 125 400 100 185 400 8,495 1,000 I ,oco 200 300 3,600 800 1,800 300 600 80 no 3,000 2,500 600 I ,oco 300 1 ,200 400 350 800 19,940 10,000 3,000 2.500 48,000 II ,000 14,000 3,000 3,000 400 Soo 35, coo 17,000 4,000 5.000 1,600 4,000 800 2,000 10,000 175.100 'Ji SPARTANUrRG, S. C. — CiTV AND CoUNTV 33 OtKer Products Spartanl:)urg County is not de- pendent, however, on its cotton. Any farm product, and any fruit of the temperate zone, can be grown profit- ably in this county. The productive- ness of the soil varies as it does every- where, but a hi.gh average prevails; and, b\- the moderate u^e of fertilizers, good yields can be obtained ever\ )'ear. In fact, the qualities of cli- mate and soil are such that from two to three successive crops can be ob- tained from the land each year, thus enabling the farmers to reap returns at all seasons. All farm products, all fruits, an.l all vegetables find a ready market, at remunerative prices, in the city and in the many villages of the county. The following farm products, with the average .selling prices, gives a very clear idea of one source of the wealth of the county : Cotton, ((I 7 cents to lo cents per pound. Wheat, fe $1 . lo per bushel. Corn, @ 75 cents per bushel. Peas, % Ji.oo per bushel. Oats, @ 50 cents per bushel. Potatoes (White), (§' |i.oo per bushel. Potatoes (Sweet), (Sj fi.oo per bushel. Barley, Rye, Clover, Alfalfa, all hays, at J 16. 00 to I20.00 per ton. Besides which, Cabbages, Turnips, Peanuts, all vegetables, all fruits, and all other farm products of the temperate zone are raised and sell at good prices. ENOREE MANUFACTURING CO. CLIFTON MANUFACTURING CO. MILL NO. 3 34 Spartanburg, S. C— City and County Cattle Raising Particular attention should be invited to a comparatively unoccupied field, which offers almost unlimited opportunities for the investor and home seeker. No section of the South is better adapted to cattle raising than Spartanburg County. Splendid pasturage exists for eight months of the j'ear, and it is not absolutely necessary to shelter the stock for the remaining four. Bermuda grass, which makes the finest hay in the world, grows luxuriantly without cultivation, and will yield from one to four tons per acre without effort. fci^. iiMwjiiiL • '"'^■■PP* It cannot be killed. Cattle can thus be raised without expense, and can be sold at good prices in the local markets; or, by reason of the splendid railway facilities, shipped at a handsome profit to the larger cities. All of the bj^-products of cattle raising find a readj' and remunerative local sale. DAIRY FARM Mineral WealtK Upon the authority of one of the most noted mineralogists it can be stated that not another county in the United States affords an equal variet}- of minerals. Mono/.ite, lead, silver, copper, graphite, as- bestos, plumbago, manga- nese, limestone, marble, granite of the finest quality, soapstone, gold, and others are found in more or less abundance. The largest granite works in the county supplies such a fine quality that it is shipped all over the country. Several gold mines are now being profit ably worked. Prof Lieber, in his geological report, says: " England, with all her man- ufacture of iron, would re- joice to be able to boast of one single region where iron ores of this (juality occurred clevkland oi-i-icic huii.ding y m Sl^ Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County 35 in equal abundance." Spartanburg has man\- natural resources of which she is justly proud. Among these are her mineral resources and her mineral waters. *«''^ &*^^ '^'•^' ""~^ .MittAsiaaaia*^ Hlllll Hj iLi fiwcs^ MONUMENT TO GEN. MORGAN Mineral Springs The oldest of her mineral springs is Glenn Springs, which was discovered about 1800. It had at first only a local reputation, but as the years went by the circle of its patronage widened, bringing annually thousands of invalids in search of health. The present owners of Glenn Springs commenced shipping the water in order to supply the pressing need of those who could not for various reasons go to the spring. At first it was shipped only to the near-by towns ; then, as its curative powers became better known , into the adjoining States. Now the .shipping of the water ranks as one of Spar- tanl)urg's extensive enterprises. A large carbonating plant has been put in, and the .sales of carbonated water and carbonated drinks, such as ginger ale, etc., have increased rapidly. vSpartanburg has besides Glenn vSprings another spring, White vStone Lithia, which is :<'. - :Ki^ COUNTY JAII, 36 Spartanbukg, S. C. — City and County OPERA HOUSE AND CITY HALI, shipping a great deal of plain water, carbonated water, and ginger ale. Cherokee Springs, West Springs, and Garret Springs, which are chalybeate waters, have a recognized medicinal value when taken at the springs. Nature has indeed en- dowed Spartanburg with won- derful natural advantages, and she has developed them to a remarkable degree. She is proud of her health record and of her wonderful cura- tive waters. At Glenn Springs and White Stone Springs large modern hotels have been built, which offer all the comforts and conveniences which the summer tourist could wish. Glenn Springs is con- nected bj' rail with Spartan- burg, and White Stone Springs can be reached from Spartan- burg l)y driving only eight miles over a very jiictnresque Both of the.se springs have road, or by a car line from a point on the Southern Railway beautiful natural scenery, and are delightful places to spend the summer months. Spartanburg County offers education and refinement, wealth and business activ- ity, contentment and health. What more could be desired ? Forestry Not only is Spartanburg Countv rich in soil, in minerals ami mineral waters, but it is rich in woods. Much of the county is covered by its virgin growth, and all kinds of woods, adapted to all SUmiRUAN RAILWAY (ELECTRIC) VIEW Spartanburg, S. C— City and County 37 purposes, can be found in more or less alnindance, and in magnificent proportions. In the forestry exhibit at the Charleston Kxposilion, Spartanburg had on view specimens of one hundred and five distinct varieties, the most plentiful of which are yellow pine, oaks of every kind, hickory, walnut, chestnut, maple, poplar, dog-wood, etc. Water Po-wers In spite of the numerous mills dotting the water courses of the county, and utilizing the power, there still remains unde- veloped much power which can be obtained, and which is not too inconveniently located. Of such power there is at least sev- enty - five hundred horse - power within an average distance of five miles from a railroad, and easily accessible. L.WING \ITR1HKD HKICK, 1 yOO Farm Lands The County of Spartanburg, while the second in population in the State, is not densely populated. Desirable lands for all kinds of farming, truck gardening, fruit raising, cattle raising, can be had at reasonable prices. Water courses are nu- merous and wood land abundant, so that everything necessary to the success of the farmer can be ^ ^tt^MLi^ ^%^l^l^rflllW ^^'"^^ ^" abundance and in con- * .^l^H^^^^fc«fc.^ #h^^^H^K"i»ij!**V. junction. A little less than one- half the land of the county is improved, the balance being un- improved farm lands. .^?'4]r r , 1l^:\ *Ulb il^-U .STATE IN.STITUTION FOR DKAK, IJUMB, AND BLIND Cost This farm land can be had at prices varying from $5 to $40 per acre, depending on the improvement and the proximity to the city. Good average farms can be had, conveniently situated, at from $8 to $17 per acre. 3S Spartanburg, S. C. — City and County Summary RESIDENCE every opportunity for a person of determ A county rich in soil, delightful in mineral and vegetable; water powers yet undevel- oped, awaiting the touch of man ; a great and grow- ing industry, supplying demands for all the prod- ucts of the soil, and a vir- gin country, all smiling and lovely, offering de- lightful homesteads at moderate cost. The cit}- and the county desires energetic, progressive, and intelli- gent people all over the world, who are seeking homes, to come to Spar- tanburg. With this in view she presents thus briefly some of the things which must attract such people. A city prosperous, progressive, growing, with all the improvements of a city : a people refined, ed- ucated, and hospitable, and ination to achieve success and wealth, climate, with untold wealth of natural resources, ^ STREET IN MII.I, VILL.^GE, SP.^RT.^NKURG COUX'IV OCT 5 KOJ LIBRARY OF CONGRESS III II II I 00144157138 JP< '■-■■'^'ffl^jwfc-^ ^./ m /-' wx