Spartanburg Journal, 1906-09-06

ij ...fin m mhil \ | irk-kitirirk-k-kiriritirkittrHirkirifkltifkir itirkiriflrklrick-kiriKitirit jxijh Spartanburg County ranks ioth in area of Mjj the 41 counties of the State, having 602,534 ?$2 acres. A&) The assessed valuation of the farming lands OTJ 3*mc of the county?69 per cent, of the real value? JgJ is $3,695,676, the largest in the State. Sm Spartanburg County has a white voting w) x8& population of 8,000. Sit In wealth the county ranks second to 5$2 Charleston. - M) ijjjjj There are 165 public school buildings in the county, 301 public school teachers and 16,232 pupils attending ihem. In each item?numg?3* ber of schoolteachers, pupils ard amount of jnffl money raised for public schools?Spartanburg g: (t County leads. ffi; S2J5 There are 37 cotton mills, 25 corporations jrtfi Jgi engaged in cotton manufacture, and 28 mill eg? 5X3 villages. The amount invested in cotton mills August CM ist, 1906, was $9,850,366, as against $20,096,- MY jog 944 in the other 40 counties. ^2 Number of spindles is 671,941. Number of jjkj looms, plain 9,425, automatic 9,611. (ftft

i -p sye ^iuuums ^pzuu,uuo; lacuuy, 21 proiessors; stu- 2{T5 dents, 1905-6 304. I M Spartanburg Graded schools, five buildings, gjjg 1 pu costing $95,000. Number of teachers 41, num- 3}t* I Kk) ber of pupils 2,688. SB o 1 n (ry)] Fourteen churches (white) and six colored, 3 I ^ valued at $275,000; ani $75,000 to be expended 1 ~ iCy on new buildings in the near future. M C Complete water works system affording an jjjjg Z abundant supply of absolutely pure water lor I h SS0 domestic purposes and fire protection. ?< Complete sanitary sewerage system, cover- |H| / 1$ ing the entire city. gg / J0 Electric Light plant and Gas Works and 3)^1 J' (q>Y Electric Power p'ant. SB I Electric Street railway on East Main street, 3^(1 J iCy North and South Church streets to city limits, j?j[ (/jy Magnolia street to depot and suburban line to 3^* Clifton and Glendale Mills and Glendale Park, Iif^llIfIf]VJf

jw There 270 firms and corporations engaged in 3m* business m the city of Spartanburg, and 298 W) in the county outside of the city. ^ Railroads radiate in five directions from the gg8 city. The mileage is xoi miles, valued at $x,- 04 gg* 183,700. Another under construction. There are 8 Bapldng and Trust Companies rpt JJJJ in the city, with a combined capital and sur- Qz) lX(t plus of $1,085,165.44, and four banks in towns jjgg outside of Spartanburg with capital of $67,- sk, lyg 500.00. -y mwMmmMMWMfflmm