The Rock Hill Herald on June 9, 1887 reported – “Mountain Shoals on the Enoree River has been sold to a company in Charleston. They plan on building a large cotton factory on the Spartanburg side of the River. At least 100 tenement houses are to be built on the Laurens side of the river and an iron bridge will span the river.”
City Directories and History: “The Enoree Manufacturing Company is situated on the Enoree River at Mountain Shoals. It is about the same size as the Charleston Cotton Mills. The capital stock is $400,000. There are 20,000 spindles and 576 looms in the mill. About 400 operatives are employed and the character of the labor is excellent. The operatives live in tenement houses, numbering about one hundred comfortable homes. A well-appointed school house has been erected and a handsome church is about being completed.
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- Old Enoree Store – Images by photographer Ann L. Helms – 2018
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- Trestle at Enoree, S.C.
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- Lodge at Enoree, S.C.
The officers of the company are: Grange S. Coffin, president and treasurer; F. Enzel, secretary; directors, A.B. Rose, William E. Huger, F.J. Pelzer, and A.R. Guerard; superintendent, K. McGowan. It will be seen that these officers and directors, with one exception, are Charlestonians, and distinguished for their business enterprise and wealth. In fact, this factory may well be called a Charleston factory, for nearly [all] if not all of the capital stock is owned by Charleston capitalists.” (Reprinted from South Carolina in the 1880s: A Gazetteer by J.H. Moore, Sandlapper Publishing Company – 1989)
The Yorkville Enquirer on Nov. 28, 1894 reported – “Mr. F.H. Barber of the Fishing Creek Manufacturing Co., has leased the factory to Mr. McGowan of Enoree.”
The Yorkville Enquirer reported on Nov. 29, 1902 – “Thieves blew open the safe in the cotton mill office at Enoree and stole between $2,500. and $3,000. in cash plus valuable papers. The post office which was located in the office lost money and stamps worth $400.”
The Rock Hill Record reported on Sept. 16, 1907 – “The new freight and passenger station of the Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad at Enoree was destroyed by fire Saturday. The fire was probably started by a passing locomotive. The loss is $15,000.”
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