The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-06-26
Standing in the door of tho shoe

Standing in the door of the shoe
shop we catch tho sound of the
blacksmith's hammer and the clear
ring of the anvil, for they arc not
many PAGES distant, let us walk over
There We find the smith in the person
of Mr. King, hero you can get your
ploughs made and laid, your wagg.
ons ironcd, horses shod and every
thing in that line done up to order
Mr.. King is = good smith-espccially
in horse shoeipg-and is one Of the
indispcnsablcs around BradIey's Mill,
The weather being hot and Mr..
King is constantly taking welding
heats. we rctraco our steps to the
store or some cool place; enroute we
hear the sound of the axe, hammer
and other metallic tools, and stopping
to locate the sound, we look across
the stream and our eye rests upon Il
nice new building. Suppose we
cross over the bridge and see what is
the cause of that cofusion. Arriving
IL. the footof the bridge and looking
to our right, we see a small shop in
the distance, and some aged individu.
al at work in it. As age should al
ways command our respect, we will
digrcss and 90 up To the shop Upon
arriving we found it to be our aged
friend Uncle Lige, busy at work ma.
king a churn. Uncle Ligc is cooper.
by trade, and although he is now
gu te aged still must be at work. He
has set of tools and. finds employ
ment and some remuneration in ma.
king churns, pals, &C., and repairing
wooden and willow ware. Uncle
Lige, is good old man, works until
ho tires, reads good deal, and is
always in his seat in his seat at Long
Cane on the Sabbath.
But let US retrace our steps and
cross over the creek-the first thing
that strikes our attention is tho gin
house. No work going on here, for
the time OF ginning is not at hand
This is a public gin owned by Capt.
Bradley and run by water-durins
the cotton season he gets great deal
of cotton to gin-and got hold Of one
lob last winter that was not bargain
cd for, when our friend J. E. B. gin
ued off part Of his band.
Passing around the gin house VIC
como to the saw mill. 1t is also idle
just now; weather so dry and creek
so low, cannot run both mills at once.
This mill furnishes tho surrounding
country with timber. The bullt ing
we saw from across the creek is just
above the saw mill. This is a nice
structure and is used by Messrs.
Young P. Reagan & Jessie Bradley,
as u work shop. These young men
deserve great credit, they arc men of
energy and will succeed. They turn
out nice bcd-stcads, bureaus, wash
stands. side-boards. &C., in fact almost
anything you want in house keeping,
they also repair bugyies, &c., &C., |
would bespeak for them patronage !;
feeling assured they merit and hope
they will receive it. l believe l have
mentioned all tho institutions about
the mill but one. and that is not local.
I allude to the thrcshing machine Of
Messrs J. e. Bradley & Thos. NJ Jay
While am writing, the engine is
passing on it's way to the mill, and
before this reaches you will be in ac-
tive operation. My young friend Mr..
James D Jay is in charge this season,
and being pushing energetic young
man will do all in his power to give
satisfaction. Mr. IT. NJ. Jay lives i'll
the suburbs Of the mill and has the
best crop I have seen this season.
So much Alr. Editor, for Biadlcy's
Mill, and it is no small place after all,
the people are active aad energetic,
and catching the watchword "busi-
moss" from their watchmau, they arc
bound to succeed.
Yours truly,
.... HARD DABOR.