The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-03-21
Town CREEK This Is the name of one

ioWN ShEEk .-lnls Is Tue name or one
OF the most picturesque little places in
this ma"preclated county of franklin.
We say unappreciatcd, because It's natural
advantages are lying dormant. People
who claip' the county AS their home. their
blrth-spot, 70 listlessly along. with MS lit
tie foresight rs the fellow who went
through Il forest and saw no flrcwood, It
would be Il blessed thing If the earth, in
ITS revolutions. would le.vc our people in
II state OF lmm0lility IN the atm sp.,erc
LOT just Il lew moments, and then take lis
back upon its IosOm somew here in Il re-
gion that demanded unrrmitting labor to
overcome the obstacles antagon's site TO
HE. As 1t Is, we are merely content IN
Hre ana nature almost without assistance
supplies our wants, just as she supplies
her fruits and disappearing edibles t;
the imdolcnt inhabitants Of tropical climes
BIZ. on the sterile rocks of northern lati-
tlides we find wealth and prosperity. be-
cause mans efforts overcome the lack of
natural productivcncss. Once-in-i-whilc
Il man comes among us to devclopc our
natural resource, and such was the tact
when Mr.. A.. ButtcrwOrtIl an energetic,
So-al'ead Engli>lnnan. CHANGED to see the
natural advantages Of this beautiful val
ley. or ravine. called Town Greek. With
s,.rrWd sagacity he saw the elements OF
wealth all wasted, and by taking mlvan-
tage of the ,onformations OF ground he
has made Il bay. in whicl, is gathered the
water that yureles iortI, from Il host Of
springs in this mvinr. This water in the
bay is supported. ol held in position, by Il
solid abutmpnt Of rcck put up by Mr. b..
at II cost of S5.i00 before tAe war. The
water affords power Ell Ugh to run ut
present thirty looms, but Mr.. Buttcrworth
has added steam to his works, to protect
him against any lack of waite in tie dry.
summer months.
1t is not our intention to write u puff for
the Town Creek Mills We were called
there in our capacity lis Insurance Agent.
and merely wish IT, eXrcsS our %a-tonish-
ment when we bchrld the improvements
made since our visit two or three years
since to thar section. More than Il dozen
neat cottages ornament the hill sides. and
Il nratness Is apparent all around. About
30 persons are employed in the Factory,
and We never witnessed more perfect sys-
TEN in all that j. done. The Factory
building is fine brick, that cost upwards
Of $4,000. and the Machinery therein is Ger
tainly the very best. The shattin. and
hangers indeed the whole of the ma
%cllincrl -seems to 10 just what the most
critical mlrhincSt could wish it to do.
There is no wabblins-no scrcaking. but
all "go:s merric and smootlIc." We do not
think that for quality, and for quantity in
proportion to tne number Of looms I'm
pluyed. this Factory is surpassed by amy
in the State. Fi,eyar'ls o~fsplcndid sheet
ings are woven per hour. and Mr.. George
Pickup, the weaver and Il man who I.as
had large experience in En- lisl Facto-
rics. tells us that le has never seen better
work or better machinery. His brother
VITO has lately come from England, gives
us simlilLa information
1t would be Il most pleasant trip for our
Winchester people to so out to Town
Creek. The di>tan'e Is only five miles,
and Mr. John Buttcrworth, the son OF Mr.,
A. Bu]tterworth, and sup, rintendcnt OF the
Factory, would take pleasure in showing
them through. They would see how much
energy and industry c II do for Il section.
They would see wherein our hpaltl, lies
in agreat measure. and would wonder
why the ravincs and vallirs of Franklin
county cannot be put toa better use than
the manufacture OF grain into poisonous
liquor that impovcrishcs the people and
creates no rccompensing return mentally
or morally. They would see system in all
that was done, and they would find how
well but economically an EnglisI'nlan
lives.
We have ohly to add. I'M olicitcd. our
wish that Franklin county had about 100
Buttcrwo, tbs in it, and Il dozen Factories
like the one in question.