State

5 Thriving Towns iWoiifgomcr.v'K people and enterprises are dispersed on a landscape of sand, pine, peaches and water. CANDOR The history of Candor is neatly com¬ piled in a little booklet written and illustrated in I960 by Mrs. Page Mc- Aulay's 6th grade at Candor School. The Candor Post Office was es¬ tablished in 1873. but before 1899, Candor was just a wide place in the road, boasting a bar room. In 1890. the railway reached the crossroads, and about this time the famous Candor Academy, a boarding school, was opened. It drew scholars from all over the county. The town was incorporated in 1891. and the population grew so much that in 1893 Sam Parsons gave a church lot to the white people, and Frank Page gave one for a Negro church, and buildings were erected through local subscriptions. Candor was named, it is said, by three local merchants who visioned it as a "town of frankness and sincerity." Candor lets tourists know of its distinction. THE STATE. SEPTEMBER 3. 1960 \ Star hcrolds nome from the woter tank However, another story says the name was suggested by a man from Candor. N. Y. In 1950, Candor had a population of 617. It is a trading center for farmers, many from surrounding coun¬ ties. During the peak of peach sea¬ son. it is a busy place. Hundreds work picking the fruit and in the pack- houses. Thousands of people come in cars to buy the over-ripe peaches graded out of those to be shipped. Candor has a wide main street and boasts many neat and attractive homes. There is a motor court — the Harris Motor Court — - and another. Blake’s Motor Court, between Candor and Bis- coc. There are two places selling farm equipment, a bank, a building and loan, and a small branch of United Mills. There is a fairly new steak house not far from Candor appropriately called Pine Ridge Lodge. It is an old dwelling house turned restaurant. Tax rate $1.45; town debt, $135,- 000; valuation. $1,237,996. BISCOE Biscoc is just west of the sand ridge which supports Candor. Until 1895 it Montgomery Country Club ot Troy woi mode out of the old County Home. was known as Filo. and once was the location of railway shops of the old Page railway. When the railway came, the Page Lumber Company shipped lumber to Major Henry Biscoc. a com¬ mission merchant in Philadelphia, so the Pages had the name of the place changed to honor their client. With a population of 1.034. Bis- coe has a wide variety of industries. They include the large Ailecn Mills, manufacturers of tufted bedspreads, a furniture manufactory, two machine shops, a foundry, a toy furniture Biicoe is о pulpwood ccnlcr. Below, ihc town'» bus itolion is in on old convened mention. 15