TOWXS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 711 



Clinton, on the Laurens branch of the Columbia and Greenville rail- 

 road, is a rapidl}^ growing village. In 1870 the population was 200, in 

 1880 it was 450, and it now exceeds 600. There are nine miles of streets, 

 a hotel, several boarding houses, and a livery stable. There are no taxes, 

 or town debt, and the sale of liquor being prohibited within three miles 

 of the depot, it is not thought necessary' to have a police. There are six 

 churches, with a membership of four hundred, costing §7,000, and able 

 to seat seventeen hundred and fifty persons ; a library society, three 

 lodges of Masons, Good Templars, and' Knights of Honor. The educa- 

 tional establishments are, the Thornwell Orphanage, the Clinton College 

 and preparatory school, a military school, and a private school. Among 

 the manufacturing establishments are three steam mills, one carriage 

 shop, one tin shop, one printing office, one gin factory, one steam brick 

 factory, one steam planing mill, one firm of tinners, two shoemakers, six 

 firms of carpenters engaged in house-building. Dwelling houses rent on 

 an average at -$100, stores at $100 to §250 per annum. Building mate- 

 rials are lumber, brick and stone, obtained in the vicinity, and a concrete 

 of granite, sand and lime is also being used for buildings. Cotton 

 shipments are about six thousand bales annually. The valuation of 

 l^roperty is given as §1 85,000. 



NEWBERRY COUNTY 



has fifteen towns and trading settlements, with one hundred and twenty- 

 one stores, distributed as follows: Kewberry Court House, eighty stores; 

 Prosperity, ten stores ; Chappel's and Saluda, five stores each; Liberty 

 Hall, four stores ; Kinard's, Silver street and Jalapa, three stores each ; 

 Pomaria, two stores; Belmont, Boston, Helena, Phifer's, Walton and 

 Whitemire's, one store each. Of this number nine sell licjuors, eleven 

 hardware, six dry goods, forty-seven miscellaneous articles, and forty- 

 eight general merchandise. The estimated wealth of the storekeepers is 

 §760,000. 



Newberry, the county seat, is in Lat. 34° 16' 37", and Long. 0° 41' West 

 of Columbia, from which it bears N. 60 West, 36J miles. It is situated 

 on the Columbia and Greenville railroad, on the ridge between the Broad 

 river (the Es-waw-pud-de-nah, or line river, dividing the Indian tribes), 

 and the Saluda (Salutah or Corn river), and has an elevation of 502 feet 

 above the sea level. In 1840, the population was 300 ; in 1850 it was 

 509 ; in 1870, it was 1,891 ; in 1880, it was 2,342. The streets have an 

 aggregate length of twenty-four miles. Two small creeks traverse the 

 town, which, with springs and wells, furnish an abundant supply of excel- 

 lent water. Two large brick hotels, costing §15,000, are open. The court 



