The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-05-04
GROWING GREELEYyIL-s.
The Hamlet of a few Years Ago is Now
ThriYing Business Town and the Center
of a Fine Farming Section.

Greeleyville, April % "A town that
has taken good gait in the progress
i've race is Greeleyville, in Williams
burg conuty, S. c., named in honor
of the famous Editor Horace Greeley,
who went on jeff. Davis bond. It is
in grand level farming country, rails
ing lots of cotton and corn and great
deal Of the land would grow tobacco
splendidly.
Citizens say that in the event of a
cotton mill being built that not only
the material is handy but the labor
could be handily secured. Truck
farming will also prove remunerative
and there is timber for wood working
industries, and the main enterprise of
the place is that of the noted Mallard
Lumber Company.
Greeleyville has nine months
school, and handsome M. E.
Church, and the erection of Baptist
edifce has just been commenced this
week.
It is very healthy place, where ar
tesian wells flow on the public streets,
and it is peopled by Intelligent and
social citizenship.
In 1870 S. j. Taylor came here and
started turpentine still in the woods
with partner. The first year they
did "only tolerable," the second year
better and the third year Mr.. Taylor
bought his partner out, paying him
So, 600 which be borrowed, paying 1e
per cent interest. At the end of the
year he was $4,000 to the good. He
owns 1000 acres around and in town,
| and 1000 acres more in the county.
He has big mercantile trade and a
$50 saw Munger ginnery which he
will replace with 70 saw stands, and
he handles machinery, vehicles, and
all needed for the farm. His hand
some two story residence has acres Of
| orchards, and floral and vegetable
gardens, in fact he is wealthy man
who after four years in the army, 9Th
S. c., Regt. was color bearer at Ap-
pomatox, and came home with his
knapsack and a plug of a pony. The
day after he got back he was putting
in crop, and had to take many rests,
owing to weakness, but he made
enough to get some clothes. He start
ed the turpentine business on credit
and became the daddy OF the district.
His mercantile business is ably man
aged by his son Vincent Taylor and
his son-in-law N. D. DeLorme, and
his son W. L. Taylor is boss on the
farm.
He confidently expects Greeleyville
to handle 1,500 bales OF cotton this
year.
THE MALLARD LUMBER COMPA-
Manufactures yellow and pitch pine
and gum and cypress lumber. ship
ping same north, but the greatest con-
sumption is in the Carolinas, and
there is no lumber industry in the
state that is more harmoniously man
aged.
The cornpany's timber is in Will
liamsburg and Clarendon counties,
and there is enoughs at the present
rate of cutting $4,000 feet per day)
to last half dozen years-the capac-
ity Of the saw mill, however, is from
40, 900 up to so. 600 feet per day.
The mill was rebuilt last year and
has engine Of 125 b. p. and 4 boilers
aggregating $50 b. p. double circular
and gang edger, and the planning mill
is very complete with planers, match
ers and other auxiliaries, capacity 20
600 feet per day. There are dry
kilns which when stocked hold IS, 600
feet Of lumber, and the company has
grist mill, big store with from S10,-
600 to $4,000 worth of goods and
about 50 cottages which are nicely
painted and inviting in and out
A new steam skidder, capacity 90
600 to 10000 feet, has been added to
the Quits in the woods, where from
40 to 45 mules earn their oats
The Mallard Lumber Company has
also $50, COO plant and properties at
Greenville and they own about $4,000
acres in Williamsburg county. includ-
ing 315 in cultivation, being 115 acres
in oats, l25 in corn and IS acres in
cotton, and employ in mills and woods
in this region from $50 to 175 men.
E. G. Mallard was years ago a mem
ber of the firm of Mallard &; Griffin at
Lynchburg (Magnolia), and he now
manages the company's interests at
Greenvi]le
The company was originally formed
by Boyle & Hogan and in 1891 Mr..
Mallard became partner, and being the
senior. the enterprise was named in his
honor. Z. j: Hogan takes a general
supervision at Greeleyville and is
member of the firm of Boyle & Hogan
who own lots CT land and real estate
independent OF tie Mallard Com
panv.
T. W. Boyle was born in Fairfield
county. He came here l6 years ago
has been main spoke in the wheel
of this regions progress and he is
fine man commercially and socially and
as manager has few equals.
Messrs Mallard, Boyle and Hogan
are all jolly Masons and jolly gentle
men. G. Q. Joiner the head sawyer
is from Sumter.
R. H. johnson, band and circular
saw fler learned himself the trade with
this company and j. F. Montgomery
who has been II years with the COM
pany is knight of the Woods
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