“Reid home moved from the property being developed by Giti Tire Company……”
City Directories and History: Rogers Reid Home
This historic house was moved to the current location when the Reid family sold their farm at Richburg, S.C. and relocated their home. Their farm was sold in 2015 to Giti Tire Co., constructing a massive new manufacturing facility on the Reid’s historic dairy farm.
“When you turn left on #9, the first house on the right was Uncle Jim Reid’s, now known as the Rogers Reid place (about a month ago, Rogers moved the house to a lot on the Lizzy Melton road). The Lizzy Melton road runs into the McDaniel road or Knox Station road from #9. The next house on the right after the Reid house was the Tom Ford place, then the Joe Whiteside place, here #9 turns into #901 to Lando. On the left on #9 was the John Taylor house, the next road ran behind the Whiteside place, on the left next to the Whitesides, the Marion store, on the right across the road was the Marion place; on the left going down – the John Neely place, the Henry Maybin place, then the Will Reid place where the big house burned, there Elizabeth Reid and Charlton Kirkpatrick built their home here. From the Whiteside and Marion place on the right, we come to Dr. Young’s house and office and orchard. Dr. Young moved to Chester and sold his place to Mr. Will Reid after his home burned.
Next we come to the Henry Melton place and Union A.R.P. church and cemetery. Across the road is the Richburg School. From here we leave #9 and go on #901 into the town of Richburg.”
THE ROAD TO RICHBURG by Arthur S. Lynn – October 19, 1986 (Information courtesy of and from: CDGHS Magazine)
COTTON SCREW – “The farmer packed his bales of cotton in the ancient cotton press. It was peculiarly but solidly constructed and did its work well. A square pit was excavated, probably 10 by 15, and about 9 feet deep. In this pit, two feet or more from the dirt wall, was a box-like structure of heavy timber and boards well braced and bound, about 13 to 17 feet in depth, the inside, the dimensions of the cotton bale, and all secured in a heavy frame of four large posts. Eighteen inches or more from the floor of the pit, the bottom of the box or press rested, where four bolted doors were unfastened, the bagging was now put on and around the packed bale, the ties adjusted, and the finished bale was ready to be lifted to the ground above by means of ropes and the windlass. A heavy weight, just large enough to move up and down the box without friction, was fastened to the end of a tall wooden “screw pin,” which was as long if not larger than a telegraph pole of unusual size. The screw pin was run up and came augur-like through the circular grooves of two pairs of large blocks securely fastened and placed about 5 to 8 feet above the top of the press. The screw pin was moved and governed by two inclined stout, square-hewn shafts pinned at its tip, where they butted, and when the screw was down, the ends came within two feet or less of the ground. These two mighty arms were called “sweeps,” to which mules at the earthly end were hitched to pull down as they were driven around and around, and the sweeps also maintained the equilibrium of the packing concern. When a bale was to be packed the screw was run up until the large heavy weight swung clear and got conveniently above the top of the press, which was about four feet above the ground, and reached by a platform across the pit. Two men tramped the cotton as it was brought from the lint room and put in, until the box was full, the weight was then turned around over the cotton, and the sweeps soon carried it down.” – From: Echoes and Etchings. By: Eli Alston Wilkes *** The remains of a screw press are on the farm of Rodgers M. Reid near Richburg, the only one known in this area.
(Information in part from: Chester County Heritage Book, Vol. I, Edt. by Collins – Knox, Published by the Chester Co Hist. Society – Jostens Printing, 1982)
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