The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-09-18
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1900 camp mertine IN Asrs lard. and
$500 no,s ne follauing hit Of pFac-
80 Politicsl Er0namy. u don't rad
go Ia AAsm Smiah or kicardos bot
,hsre does seen iobe ruUghconmon sense
n i. See Il thrre is anl;
ahoui twenty niles IRON Wsshing.
Gan. we lsli he cara 81 The Laurel
Swaeh" uilh view of crossing BY ne
I.aurel factory 70 he can? ground. AtseF
4 yak of . very long nile. we cane upon
: village q apparently i've or six hundred
inh.bitants. Ils aspect Was totally DIS.
,ines from shal of he usual iumble-doun.
s,rneslins, starving. poveriy-siriek, n WI
laves n lhr S0ush. II was compact, fresh.
and hsd IN the air and comlar about u
ofsn enlerprisins settlement The houses
were or brick, elran and eommodlcus.
The Streets xere clean-the inhabitants
were clean-lhe whole aspect OF The VII
lsre and she fields around Was clean. The
pnirersal Yankee was a. The bottom q
the secret. In The midst Of The VII
LACE there stood one q the largest Cot
Ion factories re have ever seen, Tour
stories high and longer Than The Asior
House. The bell was ringing IN he Gu
pola ss we passed along. and as II BY
magic. from every direction, groups o.
young women and bows came Hooking 10
ihe great entrance. They were coming
from breakfast 10 resume their work q
the splndles aud the looms. In addition
q, boys and men they employ about three
hundred girls in The factory. Besides thi'
there are several factories Of machinery
al of laem employing together about foa
hundred men. And all this comes oil 81
enlsrprising Yankee named Chapsn, VII
established the Laurel factory some doze
years ago. Afier passing tie village v
met Al intelligent counuymen going ]
with basket Of eggs and handful {
chickens, and the following conversatio
ensued between rs:
.Going 70 market, suppose, sir!
.yes, sir, going 10 Laurel. We &c
as rood prices Cor our truck al the Laurel
q we do ia Washington. and IFS oilers III
cash down. Them fellers a. The factor
never say credit; and you cant bring 'er
zoo much truck"
And you always get good prices!"
sOliersi They pay you right dew
on the nal; It's helped this country a hes
/ tell ycu. They oilers have none.
somehow, the Yankees do. Why, 81
ten years ago all that couldrake and scraT
enosrh 10 90 ont 10 The west were paeI
ing up and moving of. But since tn
facsery's bren put up, there j. no moi
moving. We can GET money now an
time. Why, sir, there Is ~ old woman
and her little boys. that made q hundre
dnllsfs this sumner, sellin' black be
rics and huckleberies a, Laurel. Ar
they oilers pay the money down. The
eggs, potatoes, milk, cheese, butter, VIII,
they buy every thing. and are glad to 81
you, and they ply the money down. l.
jest as sure Of the money for my uuC
thai get, as If had it in my poke
They oilers hsre money. them felIers DO
am glad 10 hear so good story
the Yankees. nv friend. Is there not .
other factory in the neighborhood!"
Yes, sir; the Laurel is the big prof.
Of he fsinxeni, and mile lower dow
they are putting up another big factory
the same sort. Them Yankees ole
have money somehow. They are gre
help 10 . country any how, you can, 81,
'em from going ahead. They oilers ha
money, and they pay you right dow
on The nail; and il Oh don't Ike pap
money they'll give yon the silver. T'ht
oilers have both kinds"
euod-very good. But is there n
another factory in The neighborhood!"
" Yes, sir: the Savage factory, on d
Little Paiuxeni. about two miles of,
any thing is bigger Than The Laurel; a
they list 90 business The same way. tn
oilers hare the money. for every lhi
you bring 'em; and they are glad 10 S
you. The Yankees are a good kind
people Cor poor country. They scat
heap Of money round. And tell :,
Hyou fellers at Washington go for to Il
down the Tariff well be down on y
like thousand Of bricks, as the Yank,
Say.
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