The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-08-05
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
In no department of productive Industry
is Brushy Creek more prominent tllan in
the development of manufacturing indus
tries. From the commencement of the
threshipg of the small grain crops until the
last bag Of cotton is picked and packed, cum
the steam whistle be heard in almost every
neighborhood. Steam. power is very rapid
ly superceding water power in these several
lines of productive industry, and Is begin
ming further inroads even in the grinding
of grain. A Traction or sclf.propelling
engine was introduced In the township du-
ring the threshlng season, and is likely to
prove complete success. 1t is owned and
operated by Messrs. Johnston & Laboon,
and will be utilized in saving and ginning
during the balance of the year. The engine
is g. horse power, entirely new, with Q new
and improved swaeIlstAke thrfsher, and
does as good work as GOULD be. desired.
With q Breast of horses or mules for O
guide, the engine propels ltsolf and thresher
over any of the public roads OF the town.
ship, over hill and dale, with perfect ease.
The machinery is so complete in all its de-
partnents that the engineer, by means of q
small lever. can control all its movements,
and propel the machinery backYarda or for:
"alus, oo A'uJ pS "SsHpt' trSaf SttfSA
prising sseqAtlenlsn have Invested largely in
,hs esprSs e 3os Lee expense sgaehing
BE- hoped thst hy the ppa Al liz cation at N 5 sea.
son 50 tAey viii have realized M very good per
gent. upon their inye tnent. Messrs. w.
G. Smith & Co. have attached common
oorn mill to their steam-power, and are do.
ing very good business. Messrs. N1iging-
ton & Wigington had the misfortune to
lose valuable steam.po for saving aud
ginning by an incendiary f3e last Spring,
but these enterpyis;ng eentlemen expect to
replace the machinery at an early date. So
th6te It be, All suoh enterprises deserve
the encouragement and patronage of the
entire community where they are located.
We would suggest to these gentlemen the
propriety, in their new arrangements fer
rebuilding, of superscding TIA psual gin
apparatus with q plismeM attachment for
aa tea cSan 1 o nd bs sPngdag nsd tbus 1ntG sayyan ysn
very considerable expense In the way OF
baling and transportation. The attach
ment has been tested by some of the
shrewdest and most intelligent business
men of the country, and has proved sue
cess. The Messrs. Wigington have one o!
the best of locations for successful eXper-
iment in this liraotion. Situated in" the
oentss of q Ane cotton belt easy Of access
in every direction, and directly iAmostl on
the line Of the Atlantic and FYenph Broad
Road, within q hNtf days drive Of Green
vile, Anderson and Easley. The location
would be an admirable one. Let the small
capitalists of the neighborhood take hold oi
it, and the thing will be easily accom-
plished.
DRAINAGE.
Some of the finest bai;up land; III Inc
State, lyiIsi on Ais and Little: Erushy
Greeks, !dte now, did hdve been since the
big JUNE freshct, lying in partially sub
merged and Unhealthy condition, thus Oil.
failing upon the community not only the
loss Of these fertile lands IN The production
of crops hut 4 MAala4ial condition Of the
atmosphere, which generates feyers of VA
Tious kinds. There are numerous Other
streams, not only In this township, but III
other Townships and counties, in the same
unhealthy condition. which demands some
further legislation to enable the farmers
owning said lands properly to drain them
| Ditching is very expensive and, some
times, uncertain job; and the State should
in order to facilitate and AID as ml!ch a;
deyaIopment' add another section to the
drainage law, giving to the farmers all t!t
convict labor necessary to reclaim said bot.
tom lands free of cost except food anC
clothing and necessary medical attention
Many of the farmers have not the means
OF themselves, to defray tho whole expense
of said drainage, and the State could thus
aid ler own citizens in accomplishing
very Important public work, without en-
/ failing Upon herself any additional burden
whatever. Not only 20, but she would bt
mere than reimbursed by the increased
taxable value of said lands, but also in thu
improved healtl, and general prosperity o
her own citizens. Let our Legislators look
to it.
AMUSING INCIDENTS.
One gentleman, after he had stated th'
amount of fertilizers purchased, was at l
loss to specify the amount of cotton made
but finally said he knew ono thing, the cot
ton paid the fe,tilize; bill aid (eit g surplus
of two dollars. IT was o small crop-les
than bale.
A colored woman, after she had givcl
her age ut 10 years, said she believed sh
was even older than that, for she we'll re
mcmbered the seven clans of thunder. w
asked her what she meant by the sever
claps of thunder, and she said it occurred