The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1867-05-30
GENERAL NEWS.
The Cotton AND WooLEN FAcTo--
EY OF GRADY, & HAWTHORNE AND

The Cotton AND WooLEN FAcTo-s
HY OF GRADY, & HAWTHORNE AND
OTHER FACTORIES IN GREENvILLE.-
We had the pleasure, one day this
week, OF accompanying that enter
prising and valuable citizen, Jno. W.
Grady, to the Factory owned by him
self and. Mr.. Hawthorne, of Able !
vile, situated about six and halt |
miles below Grcenville, on Reedy !
River. The establishment is lii line
working order. It was pleasing to
observe so large y number OF con-
tented and gcoli looking operatives
intlustriously and prohtabiy ehgased
in the establishments. We found our
old friends, Col. II. L. SLrmate,
father Of inc Sheriff, occupied as tic
chief business and general superin-
tcndant of the establishment, book
kecacr, &C., and performing his duties
we'll, as lie has usually hitherto every
duty Of his lise.
n the Factory, there arc one thous-
and and fifty spindles in running Or
der, twca:j;-si:; looms, about twenty
Of which are regularly at work, max
ING an average at times of one thoms- o.,
ana wards Ct osnabgrgs daily. The
spinilesf4rnisl the yarn for this cloth,
and a daily surplus besides of fifty or
sixty bouaches. The Woolcn Facto-
ry has "a carding machine and SPIN
ners, and turns out very excellent
article Of cloth. Itis the intention
OF Mcssrs Grady & Hawthorne to
manufacture = fine article OF jeans
for the fall market. Connected with
the establishment is a fine corn and
flour mill, and saw mill and small
machine shop. \,
We learned from Mr.. Grady and
that veteran pioneer of cotton fac
tories in this State, ard skillful ma
cl.inist, ,Ir. John Bates, (who was in
company,) that in the four cotton
f,cto.:as ;ae,r- te.r77.irrEg5 III Greenville,
there arc employed about three thous-
and scs en- hundred. .spindles. Bates
vile is somewhat the largest cotton
factory Of the District. We only
wish tic manufacturing business was
increased one hundred fold in Green
.yille, as il ought to be, and might
proftably be increased. But the
lime for the extension will arrive
when things are more settled. There
is no better country and climate for
woolen and cotton factories in the
world, perhaps, than in Greenville,
South Carolina.
Glce,:otUe E,sic' t.isr.
PER1LovsB BALLOON EoYAGE.-Mr.
Hadsman has made curious voyage
ia a balloon from Dubl;n to a place
near App!cby, crossing the Channel
atninl,t in pouring rain, which made
the balloon 50 heavy that it nearly
sank into the sea. Mr.. Hadsman
only kept itnp by letting down the
grapnel and keeping his hand on the
Ls-a4I. .;e!a--.s+etta4s fie could tell
wkene,:cr lie touched the sea, and
throwing cut sand whenever he found
he was descending. Once, Swhcn
benumbed with cold and fatigue he
fell asleep for = few minutes, lie dc
sccnded to with in six feet Of the sur
face when he instantly threw out
twenty-eight pounds of ballast, which
sent him up again to the hieght Of a
mile, and fortunately for him, above
the rain clouds, Oh which the bright
moon cast the flying shadow Of the
balloon. At last he saw what he
thought-was Il light, and soon after
square compartments that turned out
to be fields, and then town, which
turned out to be Appleby. This was
at three A. NJ. He got the grapnel
caught in q wood, and was assisted to
pull the balloon into the opening by
some young men who were fortunate
ly returning from late Appleby ball,
and who at first fiancied he might be
"vogle:" "Bogles," however, near
Appleby, are not so confidently be-
lieved in as formerly, and Mr.. Hads-
man was kindly extricated from his
uncomfortable position, and break
tasted with. great eclat at Dutton, a
village about two miles from Appleby.
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