The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-23
From Cherokee Falls.

This is a historic old place here on
Broad River. Here is where part Of
Col. Tarleton's g army crossed the river on
their way to the battle of Cowpens, and
where they recrossed in their flight from
tho victorious Americans. Several incl
dents of revolutionary history happened
through this country, some of which are
still related by the grandchildren of the
! old heroes who enacted them. I am told
that some two or three tories were hung
not far from herein fact, I have seen
the trees on which tradition says they
were hung.
Blacksburg and Gaffnoy City, each
about six miles from here, are thriving
little towns. Gaffney has one of the best
small cotton mills in the State. While
all, or at least great many of the cotton
mills of this section are stopped for want
of sale of their goods, this little enter
prising mill has to run day and night to
ill orders, as the demand is so great for
the class Of goods made by them, which
is, believe, what is called by manufac-
turers six-yard goods. The city has
great many other enterprising establish
ments which, altogether, make it one of
the most progressive little cities on the
Air Line. Blacksburg, located some ten
miles east of Gafney, is destined some
day to be the leading railroad centre of
the Piedmont belt in South Carolina.
They have all the natural resources to
make it city OF considerable magnitude
that is, = land is there to build it on
and if it ls not built it will not be for
want Of one Of the best locations in the
South to build it on. The Three C's r.
r. crosses the Air Line at this point, and
ia
has been surveyed to this place, and will,
in all proba bility, be built in the near flu
ture. The red hematite and magnetic
iron ores which abounds in inexhausti-
BILE quantities here are destined to COM
mand the attention of capitalists some
day. I believe that if eur State ever gets
settled and quiet in politics again, and
get State government that people have
confidence in, these superior natural ad
vantages will be taken hold of by monied
men from abroad.
At Cherokee Falls there is cotton
mill run by water power which has been
run successfully for some twelve years,
and they are still increasing their capac-
ity for supplying the demand which they
have had for their superior cotton chains,
warps and yarns. They are shut down
now for few weeks, making some i'm
provements in their water power. The
fall in the river here is not 30 very great,
(some ten or twelve feet,) but they have
an abundance of water-enough to run
several thousand spindles. They con-
template adding looms to their mill in
the near future, which will, in all proba-
bility, enable them the better to compete
with other mills in the South in the
Northern markets.
The crops along the road from here to
Piedmont, as a general thing, look very
well, some places look more promising
than others, but upon the whole I think
there will be an average crop made. Cot
ton is generally low,, but thin and is very
we'll fruited to the size ofit.
We had the pleasure OF meeting Dis
trict Attorney Col. W. Perry Murphy at
at Greenville last Tuesday, and from the
impression he made upon us we think
Mr.. Cleveland an elegant judge OF hu-
man nature. If he is as successful in
making all of his appointments in this
State-that is, in getting competent men
to fill the Offices as he was in his selection
for District Attorney-we should be proud
of it; and think he will If he continues
to make his selections from the conserva-
tive side, or Democrats, as we might say,
and we think he will. I think that the
Tillmanites, or more properly speaking
the third party men OF this State, ought
to be content with the State and County
Offices, and let the Democrats, or antics,
as they call us, have the Federal Offices.
1 am willing to that, and would sacrifice
my pleasure to some extent and take one
myself if they could do no better. So let
the wheel roll, the lucky man wins the
money, as the wheel of fortune man
SAYS. SQUIRE FEWEL.