1 of state’s oldest soda fountains still thriving [Video]

SPARTANBURG COUNTY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, AND PEOPLE CAN FIND LOTS OF THINGS ALL UNDER ONE ROOF. GABRIELLE KOMOROWSKI TAKES US TO DOWNTOWN INMAN AND BRINGS US BACK IN TIME. IT’S A PLACE TO COME FOR YOUR PRESCRIPTION AND STAY. WHAT DO YOU WANT TODAY? ICE CREAM. FOR A MILKSHAKE OR ICE CREAM IN A HOMEMADE WAFFLE CONE. THIS IS KEMPS AND REXALL DRUGS ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN INMAN. PURCHASED BY MARYANN AND SANDY MCELVEEN IN 2021 OF ONLY FIVE OWNERS. WE’RE THE. WE’RE THE FIFTH. NOW THE OWNERS OF A BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1905. ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS REMEMBER THIS. THEY’RE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS. IT’S KIND OF A JUST A LEGACY HERE IN INMAN. THE BUSINESS MOVED A FEW DOORS DOWN TO THIS SPACE IN THE 1960S. MUCH OF THE INSIDE HAS STAYED THE SAME. AND THAT’S INTENTIONAL. THE OWNERS …