The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, January 01, 1901, Image 1
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E-ATABLISHlED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., T1UES[-)AY. JANVUARY 1, 11901.TIEAWK.15AYA1
MANY MILLIONS GO
INTO COTTON MILLS.
SPLENDID BIECORDJ TillS STATE HAS
MADE IN T HE YECAIt--AL1, RECORtDS
IAVE IEEN BROKEN.
Nearly Fifteen Allillons l'ut Into such EU
terprises iu the Last Two Years-Flue
showilng.
The State, Dec. 27.-No state in
the union will be able to keep up
with South Carolina's record this
year in the matter of building cotton
mills. Including the increases and
the charters granted this year, cov
ering of course actual subecriptions
of stoe: -nd organizations the total
is Fl,795,000. To this for the year
must be added the companies com
missioned, but which have not man
aged to file their returns and get
their charters in time for the annual
report. This adds $1,495,000, which
makes the handsome total for the year
of 1900 of $9,200,000. There have
been 31 cotton mills actually char
tered this year, while 14 have made
increases and enlargemonts. With
last year's charters this makes the
maguilicent showiug of $13,499,000
actually subscribed and invested in
cotton mills in a period of only two
years. Then there are the mills
commissioned this year which have
not sent in tWeir returns yet, but will
doubtless do so, aggregating in cap
ital $1,495,000, making a grand to
tal of capital projected in new cotton
mills in South Carolina in two years
of $14,994,000. The figures speak
volumes for the smallest of the south
ern states.
Here are the names, location and
capitalization of each of the new
mills for the year 1000:
THE CHARTERS.
Charters were granted to the fol
lowing:
The Clear Water Bleachery
and Mfg. Co., Aiken ....... ..$ 300,000
Anderson Yarn and Knitting
Mills. Anderson .......... ..... 200,000
Cox Manufacturing Company
Anderson........................... 50,000
Williamston Mills,Anderson.. 100,000
Rosemary Knitting Mills,
Barn well ..... .................... 30,000
Blacksburg Spinning and
Knitting Mill, Cherokee..... 15,000
Limestone Mills, Cherokee .. 200,000
Wylie Mills,- Chester............ 100,000
Hartsville Cotton Mill, Dar
lington ............................. 250,000
Fork Shoals Cotton Mill,
Greenville.... ..................... 50,000
The Carolina Mills, Green
ville................................... 5 0,000
lFranklin Mills, Greenville 45,000
Monaghan Mills, Greenville.. 500,000
DeKalk Cotton Mills, Ker
shaw.................. ......... 200,000
Goldville Manufacturing Co.,
Laurens....................... 50,0C0
Dillon Cotton Mills, Marion. 160,000
Iceman Mills, Marlboro... 200,000
Octoraro Mills, Marlboro ... 30,000
Glenn - Lowery Mfg. Co.,
New berry .................... 300,000
Newberry Knitting Mills,
Ne wberry ..................... 25,000
Orangejrurg Mig. Co., Or
angeburg..................... 200,000
Orangeburg Knitting Mills,
Orangeburg................... 10,000
Easley Cotton Milll,Piekens 200,000
Liberty Cotton Mills, Pickens 100,000
Capital City Mills, Richland 100,000
Woodruff Cotton Mills, Spar
tanburg............... ....... 250,000
Saxon Mills, Spartanburg... -200,000
Monarch Cotton Mills,Union.. 200,000
Alpha Cotton Mills, UnIon... 100,000
Buffalo Cotton Mills, Union... 600,000
Sutro Cotton Mills, York...... 50,000
Total (81) ..............$...4,850,000
INCREASE OF i'APITAL STOCK.
The following shows the net increaEe
of capital stock in cotton mills:
Andersoni Cotton Mills, An
desn...............,... 100,000
Cox Mfg. Co., Anderson.......150,000
Riverside Mig. Co., Anderson 150,000
Beaumont Mtg. Co., Spartan.
burg... ....................... 70,000
The Courtenay Mfg Co., 0cc
nee............................ 10,000
F. W. Poe Mfg. Co., Green
ville........................... 250,000
The Greenwood Cotton Mill,
Greenwood................... 800,000
Manchester Cotton Mill,York 60,000
Williamston Mills, A uderson.. 100,000
Fairnoeld Cotton Mills, F~air
field ............................ 185,000
Olytnpia Cotton Mills, Rich
* land................. ......... 250,000
Lincaster Cotton Mills, Lan
caster,......................... 850,000
-Glenn-Lowery Cotton Mills,
19ewberry,.................... 200,000
.Eureka Cotton Mills, Chester. 90,000
Total (14) ..........,......2945.000
Charters as above ..... 4,850.000
Total .- .........................$7,795,000
FORMER PIGURES.
Capital
Number. Stock
1898...-----.---..............0 $ 510,000
1899 (including Olyi
pia) .....................11 :3,275,000
1900..............31 4,850,000
This refers only to new charters
granted and does not take into consid
cration corporations commissioned or
increases of capital stock.
THE COMMISSIONS.
During 1900 commissIons were issued
to corporators of the following project
ed mills, which have not as yet filed
their returns and secured charters:
The Croft Mg. Co., Aiken... $ 200,000
The Winona Mills, Alkon...... 100,000
Wilmot Mills, A uderson....... 200,000
Barnwell County Cotton Mill
Barnwell .... -.. .............. 100,000
Cheraw Cotton AlIlis,Chester
field .. --- .... ... .......... . 100,000
Illacksburg Cocton Mill Co.,
Cherokee........................... 100,000
Johnston Cotton Mills, Edge
field ...... ........,................... 50,000
Verdery Cotton Mills, (reen
wood ................. ........ ...... 100,000
Kershaw Cotton Mill, Lan
caster........ ....................... 125,000
Ashby Cotton Mills, Marion .. 100,000
St. Matthews Cotton Mill,
Orangeburg ........ ............. 100 000
Inminan Mills, Spartanburg.... 200,000
Total (12) ..... ............ $1,495,000
Reported above..................... 'i,795,000
Tot at ................................ 9,290,000
And among these mills could be in
eluded two others which are assured.
One is the mill at Carlisle for which
the money has been raised, and the
other is a Union mill now under con
struction; yet neither have even asked
for commissions.
' C . W. T 3OM. x.A..
Bears the The Kind You Have Always BOUght
Signature
of
WHVEHE THE (EN'UriY DAWNs.
It Landed On Antipodes Island, In the P&
- cine.
[Pearson's Magazine.]
Where will the Twentieth century
first dawn? If the change of the
centuries took place at either of the
equinoxes -March 22 or September
22 -then, since those days the earth's
axis is at right angles to the plane of
the orbit and there is equal day and
night all over the world, the matter
would be very easily decided. The
dawn line would coincide with the
date line, and from pole to pule thd
first sun of the new century would
rise at the same moment.
But, unfortunately, this is not s->,
and the consequence is that the line
of dawn, as it sweeps around the
earth, first touches the date line to
the south of the equator, and then
gradually creeps up this line till it
leaves it far to the north. So the
first sun of the twentieth century
will rise on the places along or near
the date line in the order of their
position, from the south upward.
Now there is no land along this
line from the Antartic Circle to Anti
podes island, hence this tiny spot of
earth will first see the Twentieth
century dawn. A few minutes later
Bounty island will see it. Then it
will sweep along the northeast coast
of North island, New Zealand, then
over Vanua Levu in the Fiji islands.
Next it will shine on the scattered
coral islets of the Ellice group, and
after traveling about nine degrees
more to the north the light tide will
touch_the crossing of the dawn line
and date line at 6 o'clock.
Two hours and five minutes will
have to. pass before it reaches the
banks of the Yarra. In six hours
and twenty-five minutes it will gild
the temples and palaces of Calcutta.
In nine hours and fifty minutes it
will be flowing over Lion's Head,
and down the rugged sides of Table
mountain. In twelve honrggog\
twenty-five minutes it will hav~e
crossed Montmarte and touched the
base of Eiffel tower in Paris. Five
minutes later it will have passed the
cross of St. Paul's and be flowing up
Fleet street. In seventeen hours and
twenty minutes from the time it
crossed the dawn line it will b?e flow
ing around the feet of the Statute of
Liberty, and in three hours more it
will have reached the Golden Gate.
Thence it will cross a stretch of ocean
unbroken by rock or islet back to the
dawn line, and so will be accomn
plished the evening and morning of
the first day of the Twentieth century.
STRANGE INDEED IS
KINGSTREE'S STORY.
TilH DISPENSER UOEV.1 OF A VERY
LAOK NUM.
He,d Up by Four Malkml Aleni-111a hInd
lHad ixpired hut A rev Iatya hlefore
nud Nobwly i Rerpon.i1blo for Min
iges.
(SI-e.ial to The State.)
Kingstree, December 28.-Early
this morning, as business people
were entering upon their duties for
the day, it was whispered around
that the dispensary had again been
robbed and that Dispenser F. M.
Player had been "held up" and ro
lieved of over $1,800 in cash just be.
fore daylight ths morning.
Mr. Plavr, i. appeaxs, had re
lated ,ull particulars to Mr. R. It.
ituuts, town marshal. Mr. Stutta
Fayr i and Mr. Lemon were in the
dispensary last r.ight with Mr. Play
er until nearly midnight, couning
up Monday's siles of liquor; that he
had been robbed, and gave the fol
lowing particulars:
Player stated that he heard soni
one calling him from the outside, at
the back door and was immediately
covered by two guns, in the hands of
masked men, who demanded hi-i
money or his life, and, being unarim
ed and unprepared for any such emer
genoy, he was poweriess, and offered
no resistance, simply saying: "Gen.
tlemens, I is in your power."
Two others, making four men in
all, then came forward and entered
the dispensary, and took all the con
tents of the safe and (w.) bogs of
liquors, and deliberately walked oft,
telling Mr. Player to be careful and
not give any alarm for at. least 30
minutes, or his life would be in dan
ger. As soon as Player thought they
had left he ran to Stutts' house,
which is directly in front of the dis.
pensary.
Mr. Stutts says that after being
aroused he distinctly heard the bug
gies going across Black river bridge,
which is on the west side of Kings
tree, nearly half a mile distant from
the dispensary. Mr. StuttB says he
went on to awake Mr. H1. 0. Britton,
the county jailer and also clerk of
the board of control of this county.
Stutts recited everything to him,
and then went on to arouse Mr. Lom
on, whom he found drunk in bed,
and being unable to arouse him, he
and Mr. Player stayed there antil
daylight, when Mr. Britton came and
ordered dispensary looked up.
It is a heavy blow to the town, to
say the least of it, and will give
Kingstroe a black eye for many
days to come.
Mr. Player has always been looked
upon as a straight nman, and the
business people all seem to have con
fidence in him. He had not depos
ited any money for about two weeks,
and up to a short time ago he had
been depositing his money in the
safe of Messrs. 1-iller & Co., which
made it perfectly safe. The county
treasurer states that Mr. Player's
bond expired about the 15th of De
cember, and he promptly notified H.
0. Britton, clerk of the board, and
Mr. Brittea states that he promptly
notified the State board of control,
that Mr. Player wvas without bond,
and they paid no attention. The
county board, knowing Mr. Player to
be without bond, quietly let him go
acting dispenser, in the full dis
char~ge of his duties. To say the
least of this, it amiounts to almost
criminal careless[ness, and the senti
ment of the people demand at least
the promp)t removal of the board, as
'by this act alone they have shown
their unfitness for filling any snch
important business p6sition.
Mr. Stutte says that he is confi
dent that he knows the four men who
robbed the dispensary; that he bas
no proof, but that one of the men
wore a peculiar kind of macintosh
coat that gave him dead away.
I,f this wholesale robbery be al
lowed to pass unnoticed as has been
done in the case of every other rob
berry connected with the dispensary
here, the people will vote to put it
6ut of town. The graded school is
almost wholly run by the profits of
the disnananey at thi. plnae andif
the town were to lose this money it,
would cause the school to be closed
ono your or longer.
Capt. W. 11. Keiiedy, mayor of
Kimgstroe, has tried timo after timo
to got Mr. Player to deposit the dis
ponsary monoIy, ats the law requires,
onco Ia week, wit h1 the conlity treas
uror, but Without avail, ats it seems
that he deposited wh1en ho ploaseod.
Mayor Konnedy further states that
he appealed to Mr. Britton), who i.;
managor for tho board, to help huin
to get Player to deposit tho money,
but was given no satisfaction. The
county treasurer, It. ). lHollinw,
states that ho also advised Mr. Player
to be moro regular in depositing
money. Mr. Player hald depositod
only $25 during the month of I)o
comuer. It. is not known iow much
the shortago vill aggregate, prob.
ably $1,800 or may be is nuch as
$3,000.
Player has been dispenser about a
year and in that, timo hIas had tIbr(
robberies, lhi aist timliv being a coi
ploto cleaniig up. Every dispens
who has been connected with it here
has been robbed.
Oov. McSwvenoy is appoaled to
to offer a reward for the approlben
sion of the guilty parties.
'THlE INSPECTORI TIHIRE.
(Special to The State.)
Kingstree, Dec. 28.-The State au.
thorities have at lasIt begun to takO
some aiction in the great dispensary
robbery. Inspector Stansoll arrived
hero tonight and will endeavor to
put the officors on the t:-ack of the
robbers.
Mr. Stutts claiimjs that he heard
burglars leaving town and yet not,
an oflicor or any one lso has raised ai
finger toward making an effort, to
catch them. Mr. Stutts, the (lay be
fore the robbery, told Mr. Player
that this very thing might happen.
It is rumored on the streets to
night that the shortago will exceed
$3,000, but as I said last night no
one knows what it is, and will not
know until the inspectors make it
known.
WELL EARNED PROMOTION.
somelhing About Mr. R. H1. Ilardwick of
the Houther.
(The State, Dec. 28.)
Mr. S. H. Hardwick, the former
assistant general passenger agent in
this territory, who has just been giv
en a noteworthy promotion, has
scores of friends, won by his un
changing courtesy and kindness, who
will be happy to read the following
from the Atlanta Journal:
The promotions announced by the
Southern railway on Saturday are of
special interest.
The officials affected are all eit her
Atlanta men or so wvell known here
as to be regarded as home folks. Mr.
S. HI. H-ardwick lives here, Mr. W.
H. Tayloe was located hore until
three years ago and Mr. WV. A. Trurk(
had his hieaidquarters in Atlanta just
prior to the absorptioti of the Rich
mond and Danvillo road b)y theO
Southern, and( he has been a fre
quent visitor here since. Mr. RI. E
L. Bnnch, Mr. Turk's chief clerk,
who also gets a deserved promotion,
was once stationed here.
Atlanta's chief interest in tile
changes made centres in the promo
tion cf Mr. Hard wick to the position
of general passenger agent of the
Southern railroad. The position of
general passenger agent of a system
so impIortanlt ias tile Southern has be
come is in the first rank of modern
American railroad offices, and the
p)romotion of Mr. Hardwick to this
high place is a dleserved r wvard for
one of the most energetic and initel
loetual young railroal men in the
country. This is said1 in no spirit of
perfunctory compliment, but in sin.
core praise of a man in whose record
as a modern, p)rogressivo, honorable,
resourceful oflicial the whole south
takos pride.
Mr. Hardwick's career is in mainy
respects remarkable aind in every
way admirable. He is thle very type.
of the self made man. Hie started
in life poor, frail of body, with scant
prospects of getting up in the world,
but with a headh full of brains andh a
man's will. At 1., a pnn litle fel
loW for vvnm that. agv, ho m11ado a
itodest. ('ntry illto tho Illilroad lifo as
i tolegraiph op'rator. It was a ho.
roic strugglo that. tho hoyish tolo.
gra1per fought, for ho wia filr
from robulst, or strong, and only fni
1ncoinCIerallo will sutainlod himl.
Tho timo calme wholn his lihaltll forced
him to givo up activo work for moro
tha a year and go to tho North Car
olin 111miulitinils to sook it ronowail of
h1vnl 1h. It Was of tit( characteristic
Ovidenilt-s of thiti stroinuolus Will that
a1gainst sovero odds It gradually re
built Ihis broken healtI and bveaimo
strong again. Through sucevssiivo
grades in both tho freight anlld pas
songer departments of tho Goorgia
I'lacific, the Iichioiid and Danlvillo
and tho Southorn roads ho roso to
tho position VIhich for hoveral yoIrH
ho has occuipied, assistant general
passeiger ageont of the Southern.
Tompting ofrors of higher titles
% ith other roads havo bven mado to
h1im often inl tIho past. hillf dozen
yIars, but ho refused them all. Ito
Wtit his fortlines witi tho Southern.
Mr. 11ardwick, porsonally lovable,
with a happy kfack of winning
frionds, is widely regardod ats one of
tho ablest railroad men in tho cotin
try. Ht has ben siniigled out for
years ats i railrolld mlianl Wii it fli.
t itre. A mai of etiorgy, groat ciipae
ity for vexetivo management indi a
coinservativo intellect, ho 1ha1s gono to
tho front by sheer forco of merit. At
latai regrets to loso him, but the en
iro city, togother witi him frionds
all o ver 1 Iho southi, rejoice ii Iis p) ro
motion.
Tho olovation of Mr. Turk to a
higher position inl the cervict of the
Soliiern systemi will b receivod
with pleasuro by his Atlinfit friendh.
Mr. Turk is a railroad intin of a raro
Rbility anvid leads the) all in the
nimbor of his personal friends.
Beara tha V;. A!%asNto
Yigiitnro
Reorgitalittioni, Cont loney.
[Courior-Journal, Louisville, Ky.,
December 1,]
Tho Interstate Commorce Coi
mission in announcing a decision last
wook with reference to corlain rates
-larged to Lynchlburg, Danvillo
and other cities, mado at stateoment
which must have harrowed the fool.
ings of the stockholdors of the old
roads beloiging to the Southern
Riailway system. Tho Commission
in its decision, wvhich wan against the
Southern Itailwvay, assert.ed thait the
$120,000,000 of common stock in
that road had never had anything
pa1( idIuonl it, and1( finally, "that ij
do0e8 not rest in tihe whim of a1 Roor
ganzation Committee in WVall Street
to impose a taix upon01 the wholo
Southern country."
As the Southern Itailway's com.
mon stocks of tihe old ltichmon,d Toer
minal system, the sharon were paid
for and( v'ery dearly aIt that, as any
of tthe old stockhIolders wold( b)ear
witn[eos. Wh len the reorgamization
w~as (effeecd it was iln the dlarkest
period of rail road1 depjression and1(
tihe moost that wasl e'xpected1 mi the
new company was to save the chargos
onl the old bonds(1. Mlost of thiose
1)01n(1 wore aissessod and( tIe sitocks
were aill heavily taxed. T1he IRich
mond1( Terimnal shairehiolders had to
pay $10) a share and tihe Ea~st T1en
11o8800 common stockholders $7.20
po share, and1( give up 410 per cent
of their stockholdinggs. Th~lo 1,nrdon
wan tio heatvy and1( the Southern Rail..
way commnoni stock offered1 in ex.
many hIotler wVould( niot pay tile as
sesennnits anrd thbrew the buirdeon on
theo reorganiizat ion committee.
TheIi ratos complIained1 of b)y the
citizeins of D)anvillo may haive beenr
Loo high, but anty man who has owe d
stock in a1 reorganized corp)orationl
will bear test imony that tile process
in at costly 011e. Thei colmmn stock
of big indut.riall syndicatos whose
cont ituonit compa)fnies wore bought
ont att high prices in frequontly given
away to the p)romIotors, but in tile
case ol banruript railroads the re
organ i/.ed sHaros, however worth less
theiy may be, have co.st tihe originia
stockholders a great dleal of molney
MAJ. WM. H, MAULDIN
BREATHES 111S LAST.
('0-SF. OF A LI F EN IICUV A N) nUSi
INESS ENXiCICTION.
stil sii-sNiua41or Fromut limi.np10on WaVn Fnther
ofr To wn of I innp41 onm (3n Owimtr of the1
11, liossl ato siti Iirnetchlviila Railronti.
(Special to The State.')
J1.ampton01, Dec. 211)-Major Wil
liam II. Maiuldil, Iho Statosenator
from Hampn c 1 ouit.y, died today it
I I -25 o'clock, atfior an illnoss oxtend.
iig over nearly a month. lJo died
of at coim plicat ion of typhoid feor
and kidney it roublo. The funoral
services are to bo held tornorrow af
tomoon t I lamptoit. (icv. MeSweo
ny, who has hen tho lifIlong friend
of tho dad selator, and it nuiber
of others from ditrelint, portiotim of
tho State, wvil ll avo Columbia it
midtlight, tonight to attend the funer.
MAjor MAitnill wats 0110 of the
most vnergOtiV buiSsil88 111011 in the
Sitato of South Ctroliia. lIe was
the solo owner of the 1Ham1pton andl(]
Branichvillo railroad and had largo
inteorests in the section of the Stato in
which he resided. I Ho wits t he father
of the town of 1Hmn11iptonl, having
dono the work necessary to the sectir
ing of the location of the court, house
at thiatL point whe the county of
Hampton wits formed. lie wits it
gallant, Confederaoo soldior, known
aulong 1is coirados is ithe
"lighting (juratormastor" of the
famous Hampton legion. 110 wits
i strong 11m, aill valst mn,
aild at mall geoeral 1' beloved
by thoso who kIew him. Dur
ifig his illness mny i(Iuiries
havo poured into his home from poo
plo all over this and(] other States.
On hearing of his dat?h ysterdmvay
fternoon Gov. Mft-Swooney wired
his Son Col. W. C. Mlauldill, as fol
lows:
"My doopest symplat.hy goes out to
your mother andl(] ill the famjily. The
(death of your honiorod father is at
dlistinct loss to South Caroliit. MA'
God console you and a1ll of the be
reaved ones in this time of sad aillic
Lion."
ImTClCII 1118 . 1Fi.
William 11. Mauldin was 63 years
of age. Ie was born in William.
stonl, Anderson courty, and cano of
the well known Mauldin family. He
was sotn of the Rov. 13. Frank
Mauldin. His mother is still living
and now resides inl Auderson. He
had two brothers, 0one of whom (lied
a year ago. The other, Mr. B. F.
Mauld in, is nlow the cashier of the
Bank of Anrdersoni and( thle pre'sident
of thie Bank of Duoi \Vest. lie also
had two sisters. 113 was t he lirst
coulsin of L4iout. (Gov. WV. L. Matul
dlii, of Greenville.
W~hen the war broke out Major
Mauldin entered t ho Coinfederate
service and1( becatme quatrtrmaster of
Haumptont's legion, serving under
Matrt Giray. When it CameiI to fight.
inig he was always in the front tad
eatrned the soubritinot of "thle fight
inig qjuartormalstor."' H1( remiaimned in
the army throughout thle war.
Ini 1861 he marItried Miss Leoiiorat
Connors, w'ho was the daughter of
Col. Georgo WV. Conniors, of Anider.
501n county. Col). Conno1Irs was for
somo1 youtrs in charge of the experi.
mont sIiation dlepartmonlt of the South
Carolina college. Surviving him
b)esI(dos his wi(dow ard t wo sons, Mr.
.Joab Matulin, of UJlmers, and1( Col.
WV. C. Mauldin, of IHampton, who
113s beoa thie g'.neral mnager of his
father's bu.iiness. Hio also loaves
three daughters, Mrs. Lily Lightsey,
wife of Mr. J. C. Lightsey, of 11am p
toni, Mrs. Leonora lloper, wife of the
11ev. Mr. Roper, of .Spartanburg, arid
Miss. Helen.
Just after' the war Major M1auldin
went to Charleston, where lhe enga<.r
eoi in the lumI)bOr business for a period
of about two. years, ntiloting with
much success. Thon ho moved to
Altman stattion inl Bleaufort county,
andi later to Hoover's station, which
latter placo b)ecamne a p:>rtion of the
present town of Hampton. This
weas in 1874. lie engaged in the
lumber business at this point under
ihe firm name of Mauldin, Owings
& (9. A littl late the loatn. of
tho county saot of the county of
I Hampton becane a live issue. The
building commissionl appointed by
tho legislaturo (am to Hampton
County to lovato th b County seat. It
was duo almost entirly to Major
tauldin's efforts that the present
site wits selected rather than Varn
ville. In connection with George 11.
loover he offered onohialf of a 1,000
acro tract ald also $1,000 worth of
lumber if tho commission would de
6ido on that location. I He told them
t hat, this land would bo worth $5,000.
1hey), asled him if he would give
$5,t1011, and, though ho was only
worth about. $2,00() at the time, ho
said Ie would and fulfilled this prom
iso. Major Mauldin bmit a hand
some home at Hampton and was one
of tie original corporators of the
1lampton and Branchville railroad.
Ie was a inember of the house at
tho timo and was instrumental in
securing tho charter for this road.
I liter, when those who had gono into
the projiet, with him abandoned the
railroad, he secured a charter and
formod the lHampton and Branchville
Railroad and Lumiber company in
which Oen. Moore, Gov. McSwooney
and ot hers woro intorestod with him.
This was in 188-1. (r'.fually Io
bought the 11nterests of the others
and becamuo pract ically the solo own
or of the road. lIo procodod to
build it upon the profits of his mill
business, and at the tino of his death
the road was being built on to a
jnction with the Southern railway
at. St. GeorgO's. During the coning
year Major Mauldin hoped to ba able
to make this connection. His family
will doubtless carry on the work.
It was not until 1892 that Major
Mauldin ontored politics to any ex
tent in this State. Ie had, of course,
taken a great deal of interest prior
to this timo in county affairs. He
first. camo to the general assembly in
1892 at the head of the legislative
ticket. Ie his since that timo sorv
od almost continuously in the logis
laturo, being elected to tie sonate in
1891, succeeding Gon. More. He
was reelected at the expiration of
his turmu and at the time of his death
had two more years to servo. Major
Mauldin was always thoroughly
patriotic with regard to his section
of the country and frooly invested in
local onterprises. ieo was interested
in tho Mank of Hampton and other
business establishmnonts.
lo was a member of the Baptist
church and for a long time was a
deacon thorein. Heo was instrumental
in the building of the church.
In tine State legislature lhe was al
ways alive arnd widbe a wake and was
ever found in the ranks of those ad
vocatinug p)rogress and dbevelop)ment.
lie was a sound butiness mamn, hay
ing made and lost soveral fortunes,
yet ini his personalit.y be was a man
wvho made friends and held them.
I1lo was regarded as one of the truest
meon in the State.
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