Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-08-29
GpAN1rEy1LLE-HER MANUFACTURES, 90.

We find in late Charleston Standard, the
following article from'a gentleman who is spen.
ding his summer: recreation in Aiken, and who
corresponds to that paper, on Graniteville, her
great success in her manufacturing establish.
ments, the industrious habits of her citizens, &C.
lately took run to GraniteviIle, about four
miles off, in the direction of fAugusta, and should
have some difficulty in giving expression to the
perfect satisfaction experienced at the admira.
BILE condition and prosperity of this manufactu.
ring establishment.
T. About nine. years ago the waters Of Horse
Creek, which spring from the high lands, scam.
pered away to the Savannah river, with only
the impediment presented by struggling saw
mill. In 1916. however, few gentlemen of
capital, among whom were Mr. William Gregg,
DIR. Kerr Boyce, Mr.. T. Street, Mr.. Robert Mar
tin, and Mr.. John Springs determined to take
advantage of its capabilities, and selecting To-
cation ut the confluence Of Horse and Bridge
Creeks, in long valley overlooked by hills
which rise on either side 10 the height Of near
three hundred feet, they commenced improve
ments in the way of n manufacturing establish
ment, and the result is such as to reflect great
credit upon their taste and enterprise. To. use
the language of Montgomery, the supernten.
dent, dams were built, canals cut, saw-mill
and machine shops erected, streets laid out, and
one hundred houses put up, mostly in the Gothic
style besides two churches, also OF Gothic archi.
lecture; hotel and Market and simultaneous.
ly with these, an extensive factory with granite
walls, was completed and filled with machinery /;
and strange asit may appear, in two years from
the time when the first spade was put into The
ground, the place was filled with u population
Of eight hundred industrious people two chur-
ches were organized, free schools were establish.
ed, and the factory was filled with efficient and
industrious operatives, the most of whom were
drawn from rude huts and condition of ignor-
ance and poverty"
The whole village covers about eighty acres,
and the factory buildings occupy about six acres.
The factory buildings of granite, together with
the packing house and machine shops, present Il
front of about FIVE hundred feet. 1t contains
$500 spindlcs and $50 looms, and turns OFT
about 100000 yards Of cloth, consuming abou,
1000 bales of cotton.
The feature most commendabls about this
establishment is its admirable industry and Or
der. The adults are all at work, the children
are at school, and in riding through the village
~
that of population Of 800 souls, there is 10 be
seen not one solitary loungcr. Much Of this is
attributable to the efficient discipline Of The in.
stitution, but more, perhaps, 10 the rule that no
spirits can be bought or used within Its limits
The Company own all the houses, and lease
them only on this condition, which being broken
the lease is forfeited and the party is removed.
The waste has become garden IN every phy'
sical and moral aspect, and the experiment pos.
sesses beside the especial charm that it has been
entirely successful, and tho place is, therefore
not only intrinscally beautiful but affords III this
fact strong inducement to the capital OF oul
country to seek similar investment.
TO Mr.. William Gregg the success of thls
enterprise is properly attributable. He was the
first President Of the Company, and though
having been Il successful merchant and being
possessed, therefore, of little experience, ne ].
eminentIy practical in his character. lie fel
his way along with the utmost circumspection
and trusting rather to the dictates of his owl
experience and judgment than to the history o.
enterprises in other sections OF the country, NJ
has brought the work to what would seem to b,
the utmost possible efficiency and excellence
Dy reference to the last annual report OF th'
President Of this company (Which is m exceed
ingly lucid exposition of the whole system o
factory operations at the South, and which W.
regret our inability to publish en,ire,) it will b!
seen that the establishment has already paid
within fraction Of seven per cent upon the in
ycstnient since it was first paid in, including the
time during which the works were being origin
ally constructed that in 1854, eighteen per cen
was realized; and That If the current year shall
continue prosperous, the dividend will increase
the per centage upon the original investment
for tho whole lime since operations were com
menccd, 10 nine per cent.
The capital stock of this company was origin
ally S36O,OOO ; the total surplus capital and pro
fits, after paving dividends rs above stated
amount to S9S57O,47. The cost OF the eotto'
consumed during the last year was $l2207S
the cost of labor, repairs, &C., $4,000; 1854,
o59 Yards of cloth were manufactured, and th'
nett earnings amounted TO S64 1854.
To other industrial enterprises will give at
tcntion in my next. VAToR.
LOOK OUT FOR MURDERER I'VE received
this morning detailed account Of one of I'M
most brutal murders we have ever heard OF
1t was perperaled in the county OF fadkin, 81:
miles northwest of Hamptonville on Friday :h
Goth instant. The name Of The murderer, j
Christopher Robbins, commonly called HI
Robbin." His victim was poor old negro man
who came into his possession by marriage. ID
beat the old man with the butt Of q wagon whi
until he wore it out, then he used an axe handle
with which he also knocked down his ow
wife,) and finally finished the old negro b.
pouring hot water in his ears. He left the neigh
borhood on the morning of the 2lst., starting i
the direction of Wilkesboro but it is believes
he will try TO escape by The Railroad. Loo
out for him: He is of medium size, abou
feet 10 inches high, rather slender, brown eyes
and dark hair. Hc has a large scar across In
ton of tho left hand" That mark will probabl
bring lin 10 JUSTICE Salisbury Watchman.
WHIPPING AN ABoLITIoSIsT.-News iron
Kansas to the 7tl instant, contains an accoun
OF the excitement created i'll Atchison ny IN
whipping of an abolitionist from Cincinnati
named Kelly. A public meeting had been call
ed, at which resolutions were passed declarato
ry of IN intention to rid the Territory of a!
aLolilonsts. A committee was appointed {
warn Kelly to leave the Territory within al
hour, but when the committee waited upon hin
he was not to be found, having gone to part
unknown during the previous night. bill
d very stringent character in relation to aboll
lionists is now before the Kansas Legislature
1t provides that every person who shall be con
victed of raising rebellion Of slaves, free ne
groes, or mulattoes, or do any act in furlheranc
thereof, shall suffer, death
From all parts of the Stale we hear favora
BILE account Of the growing crops. Our peopl
were, perhaps, never ut any former period cheer
ed with so fine n prospect of an abundant :yiol
Of corn. This is truly gratifying state o
things-espccially in view Of the fact that tn