The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-08-25
ORION II.

srom q man It C~herryville. N. c., and
dug up a map to find where in
north Carolina Cherryville might be.
FINALLY 1 located it in the edge of
CASTOR county. SO close to Cleveland
ar Iancoln that a slight jar might set
il over in either county, and l con-
cludcd to have a look at the place.
This section of the state was once
IN Tryon county, created in 1863 to
do honor to Gov. Tryon who lost his
popularity in the early revolutionary
DAVIS. and the county was a few years
ltter cut up into Lincoln and Ruther-
ford and Tryon forgotten. 1t is an
old county. a historical spot in the
days of the American revolution. and
interesting in its tales Of the ancient
days.
presume it is all right to abomi-
nate the name of Tryon, for as far
AS | can recall the reports circulated
about him Tryon is not a man the
self-aSsertive American could stand
territory and figuring it as a lump,
territory and figuring it as al Jump.
the disposition is to include about
what was probably Tryon county
when Tryon county was a county. for
there is much in common between
those counties which grew out of the
disruption of TryOn.
The scenic exposition is bounded
by the Blue Ridge on the west, by
Kings mountains and its neighborS on
the south. by the hills Of the Cataw-
la on the east, and connected by ex-
cellcnt roads everywhere.
A Fertile Soil.
ON the hills of this rolling terri
tory are substantial farms. A glance
tells what the fertile red soil will do
under anything like reasonable cult
walton. The growing crops announce
the result. The farm houses and
schoo houses and churches and rural
mail boxes and telephone lines all
give testimony to what TryOn county
might have been if Gov. TryOn had
been good and deserved such a mOnu-
ment.
Cherryville is a town that reminds
you of "A boy who has just been Civ
en- his first pair of boots.
When the railroad came up
through this country here was a cross
roads commissary, and tradition says
that an occasional gave
tho revenue officers excuse to get
up into the fresh air belt. Probably
Cherryvilie commenced with Johr
Georges school Mr.. George came
to Cherryville with enthusiasm al
high pressure and he made the schOo
one that caught the attention Of peo-
pie. and they commenced to drift ir
toward the town with the schOo
house.
Takes IN Modern Ways.
Then the Mauneys and some o.
their associates commenced to tall
about cotton milling, and that thins
started. Now Cherryville is spinning
seven or eight thousand bales of cot
ton a year, and taking on ~Strictl.
modern ways.
Six mills. if / am right in my count
and have not overlooked any of them
are putting the town on the map o
the textile trade. Cherryville is a.
interesting little community in it
self. but it is so typical of what i
going on in North Carolina in a broa'
general way that the town is wort
nothing. 1t has reached that stag
oil its growth where it is betwee
shucks and grass. and is rapid
heading for the grass.
When the schoOl started to grOv
The road led from the station out t
the country, and the school hous
was out the country way on the rOa(
The calf path that Sam Walter Eos
made famous. had its counterpart i
the farms by the Cherryville station
ana the boys and girls followed then
ieople built houses on the indefinit
routes of travel. and in the cours
oi time the road toe the name {
street and Cherryville became ambit
Gus.
Process Of Development.
As streets developed buildings b.
gan to range up beside each 9TH
on the street. The signs of an al
proaching village became apparen
me mills multiplied. Farmers can
INTO town from the country to Sc
lhelr stuff to the mill hands. Me
GIANTS developed from the commi
S'rleS. a bold pioneer picked out
.''"h the road which had advance
~ 4 street built a brick store o
another followed. The streets he
"'ueS by this time, out except tn
.p'he buildings commenced to affOl
."en' a lining they were still only Il
i|adS. with a little bigger settlema
oi neishbors.
one Thing After Another.
avery move suggested another on
"ut'hes popped up here and the
= tue budding town. banks opene
n'lcahtIle corporations were forme