The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1903-07-11


works AS they might think necessary for
| the Manufacture of iron. upon n tract of
| land containing 3.OOO acres which WAS
| two-thrds of oll tbe land owned hv
| Churchman in Cecil Chester. and Lon-
/ caster Counties. and which seems to have
been embraced in one tract The tract to
| he selected bv Hughes for thc iron works
| il WIS stimulated in thr article nf oyran-
mcnt, which may he seen among the land
| records of the comfy. was tn embrace, +hn
| Horse Shoe Bend. in the Octoraro Creek
near the junction of the three counties
before named. Hughes was to furnish
| the capital for the ENTERPRISE and
thurchmnn was to be resident mounpn~
the profits being equally divided between
| Them Nothing is known of the history
of this enterprise. but the land records
| of the county show that the forge which
WAS Just below the Horse Shoe Bend,
where the Cecil PAPER Mill now stands
was built some time previous to 1875, ut
which time it was in the posspssion of
certain John Jones and Thomas Rogers,
1t was subsequently purchased in 1901
| by John Frey and Matthew Irwin. and
was known for some time AS Frev'S
The Cecil Manufacturing Componv.
whose mill for the manufacture of linen,
wooden. and cotton goods. WAS ON thr
Little Elk Creek. Just above .larlry. was
organized in 1874. This company is be-
| lpved to have been organized hy IN,
| efforts of Colonel Henry IIollingsworth.
of Elkton. who was at this time. the
owner of the site of Marley Mill This
| gentleman purchased ten acres of land.
on both sides of the Little Elk. from
John Anderson, on the :,1st of July. 1874
| for t1OO. The company. which consisted
of the following members. viz: Colonel
| Henry HullingSwOrth of Elkton: Levi
IIollngSworth and paSchnll Uollinrs-
worth. of Philadelphia: Francis Par
fridge. John Gilpin, Levi Uollingsworth,
Jr.. and james Mackcy, of Cecil county
and SOlOman Maxwell and William
COOch. of New Castle County Dnlawurn
are believed to have organized ON the | St
of the following November. for on that
day Colonel HOllingswOrth executed n
deed to the others for cight-tcnths of the
ten acres he had purchased from Andrr-
son. retaining the other two-tenths for
his own share. The company proceeded
to build stone factory, the walls of
which were quite thick and are now
standing. though the wood work of thu.
building WAS consumed by fire many
years ago The durability of the stout.
work of this mill seems TO have war
rantcd the assertion of an historian. who.
| in speaking of il in 1907, said if WAS the
best mill of the kind i'm the United
States. Some of the machinery used in
| this factory was imported from Europr,
| In 1I9i the company purchased upwnrds
| of five hundred acres of land adjoining
the site of the mill. in order TO obtain
pHSturagc for the sheep they intended 10
keep for the purpose of obtaining wool to
supply their mill. In 1903 the company
obtained the services of John Wilson. ,
native Of Yorkshire England. who had
learned the art of manufacturing brood-
cloth in his native country. and who had
onc-trnth interest in the business, This
cumpauy manufactured n considerable,
amount of goods, and if is said presented
EX-prrSidrnt Jefferson with cloth sniff
cicnt to make him II suit of clothes. which
he wore when being inaugurated Prpsi
dent of the United States.
Owing to the custom which then pre-