Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1902-01-02
OLDEST MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
In TazewelI County Is the Cedar Blur
WOODEN Mills.

The oldest manufacturing industry in
Tazewell county is the Cedar Bluff Wooden
Company's at Cedar Bluff. For many
years prior to 1885 Thomas M. Scott had
wool cardng machine at the point where
the mills now stand. In 1885 Messrs. q. r..
Scott, L. B. Scott (sons of Thomas M.
Scott, j. Marion Mcclure and Nj. M.
Hawkins built a wooden mill on the site of
the present plant. This mill was run
under the firm name Of Scott Bros, Nc
CURE K Co., with the above-named gen.
temen constituting the members of the
firm. The mill was supplied with 24O
spindles and three looms and did mostly
custom work. The Clinch Valley railroad
had not then been built, and, perhaps,
had not been thought of, and the machin-
cry was hauled on wagons from Saltville
After the railroad was built down Clinch
River and a station was built within
stones throw of the mills, the business be-
came more active and profitable, and
numbers of improvements were made to
the plant.
On the night of December 18th, 1898,
the mills we're burned with no insurance
upon them. The energetic owners set to
work on the LIST of January, 1894, to
build new mill, aid by the middle OF
February, 1894, the new building YVES
about ready for receiving the new ma
chnery. The mills were thoroughly
equipped with modern, improved ma
chimes, and manufacturing resumed in
April, 1894 The new mills had 24O spin
dies, 6 looms and other necessary ma
chinery.
In August, 1897, c. E. Scott withdrew
from the concern and the style of the firm
was changed to Cedar Bluff Wooden Com
pany. The members OF the new firm
were E. B. Scott, ]. Marion Mcclure, q.
E. Goodwin and NJ. NJ. Hankins. In 1898
Mr.. +. B. Scott withdrew from the con-
Germ; and 1913 spindles and set of forty
inch carders were added to the machinery.
In the fall of 1898 q. +. and E.. B. Scott,
under the style of Scott Bros, erected a
large wooden mill about 200 yards above
the plant of the Cedar Bluff WOODEN Com
pany. They placed in this mill, which
they called the "Klondyke Mills" $50
spindles, 8 looms and other necessary ma
chinery. Scott Bros. operated the Klon'
dyke Mills until the spring of 1901, when
they sold their plant to the Cedar Bluff
Wooden Company. In this way the two
enterprises were united and are now being
run as the Cedar Bluff Wooden Company.
This company now has 818 spindles and
II looms, with all other necessary machln'
ery in the two mills. The firm which now
owns and runs the industry is composed
of Messrs. ]. Marion Mcclure, T. A. Nc
CURE, and H. T. Hall. They are putting
great energy into the business and it is on
verv prosperous basis.
MIR. 7. A. MCGUIRE is general business
manager of the company and is thoroughly
capable in the discharge of the work. lie
is painstaking, but active business man,
and has bis work thoroughly in hand. Mr..
c.. E. Goodwin, a man OF extensive expe-
rience in wooden goods manufacture, is
SUPERINTENDENT of the mills, and l. w.
Daily, who has been with the COM
pany since 1896, is clerk and in charge OF
the warerooms where the manufactured
goods are stored and sold.
The year which has just closed was a
most satisfactory one in business way for
the Wooden Company. During the year
rs, 900 pounds of wool was handled, from
which more than 10000 yards of cloth
and blankets were manufactured and
10000 pounds of yarn spun and sold.
There we're twenty operatives employed
during the year in the mills and eight agents
kept busy selling goods and buying WOOL
This, the eldest industry in the county,
promises to grow in interest and usefulness
as we'll as to profit to its owners.
Both of the mills are run by water
power, of which there is all abundance for
present and future purposes.