The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-28
TOPICS IN THE STATE.
4 BIRD,S-EYE VIEW OF CHERAW.
The Condition OF the Town-Old Land.
Marks-The Monument to the Confede-
rate Dead-Our First Marrow Gauge
Railroad.
rFRox DUB TRAVELLING CORRESPONDENT


CHERAW, March rs.
Cheraw Is much more city-llke than most
of the small towns In South Carolina.
It's streets are wide and straight, interseei
each other at right angles, and present to the
view comparatively compact rows of houses
It contains many fine and commodious resi-
dences; one of the most noteworthy of these
Ia the mansion of the late Colonel Allan Mac.
farlan. The business portion of Cheraw suf.
fered severely during the war. Front street.
the location Of most of the stores. was entirely
laid in ashes by Sherman's army. Since then
1t has been built up; portion OF 1t again
burnt and again rebuilt. The present stores
are, however, said to be not as good as the
first destroyed; they are chiefly wooden build
logs, one story high. A large town nail and and
market house are among the principal build
ings. The Episcopal Church here is probably
one of the Oldest wooden buildings upon thit
Continent, having been built come time
previous to the Revolution of It's; 1t Is In
state of excellent preservation. While al
Cheraw, Lord Rawdon quartered his troops 10
this building; the graves of number OF his
soldiers are still to be seen In the cemetery at
tached.
Considerable education and refinement is to
be found here at present, and previous 10 the
war this was one Of the healthiest sections Of
our State. A lyceum Is one OF the features q o.
the place, but, unfortunately, most OF tnelr
books were destroyed by the same rutnless
hands that converted beautiful street Into
an ashy waste. 1t is rumored that the ReV.
lanes W. Miles, of Charleston, has consented
to deliver q lecture before this body in short
time. The Ladies' Memorial Association have
erected beautiful monumentin the Episcopal
Cemetery to the memory of the Confederate
dead. It Is shalt of snow white marble, four
sided. taperIng upwards, Shout eight feet tall
and covered by four-sided capital, represent
Ing the front of q gently slopiDg roof upon
block OF brown granite four feet square bV
two feet deep. On one side OF the snait Is
embossed a Tyre, surrounded by the following
inscription: "Erected by the Ladies' Memo
rial Association to the memory of our heroic
dead, who fell at Cheraw during the war OF
ls6l-65; DEo VINDICE;;" on the next an up.
rooted oak with, "Fallen but not dead. They
have crossed over the river, and they rest 10
the shade of the trees" The third side OF the
shaft presents the stanza: -'
stranger, bold champions
or the South revere,
And view these tombs with love-
Rrave heroes slumber here"
On the fourth and last side is an anchor
with a broken cable, above which is the verse,
.Love and Honored, though Unknown and
beneath. in large capitals, the single Woro,
Hope"
Cheraw was at one time one of the most I'm
portant inland cotton markets In the South.
30 long ago as forty or fifty years 1t received
thirty-two thousand bales OF cotton annually.
Since the war, however. the receipts OF this
article have greatly fallen of-so much 30 that
this year not one.third of the above number OF
bales have been received. A tannery and q
shoe factory constitute one of the peculiari.
ties of the place. The leather turned out Is OF
excellent quality, and the shoes made at the
factory will not compare unfavorably with
Northern goods of the same class. The tame
~ and factory are owned by Mr.. F. Lynch, a
South Caroliniau.
The Cheraw and Salisbury Railroad, from
this point to Salisbury, North Carolina, Is
being pushed vigorously towards completion.
The grading has been finished to within three
miles of Wadesboro', North Carolina, twenty
ty.four miles distant. The company expect to
Euyr this portion Of the road completed aad in
operation by the first Of September next. The
track will be three feet gauge, making the
first narrow gauge railroad In South Carolina.
The principal business men Of this place are:
W. L. Rled & Co., ]. T. McNair, Il. D. Malloy,
C. A. Brock & Brother, P. h. Brock, d. Math'
eson, Ellerbe & Duval, A. G. Bright, j. b.
Medlin, W. j. l.. Reid & Sons, and H. Farrelly
In assorted goods; and DR.. ". B. Smith and
DR.. McLain in the drug line. spRITE.