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Greenville Lodge No. 64, A. O. U. W., was instituted November 25, 1873, with the following named charter members: W. J. Cummings, A. J. Zahniser, R. Emerick, I. Leech, W. C. Ferguson, J. L. Smoyer, J. J. Donahue, J, Welk, M. Hamill, J.T. Evans, W. H. Dunn, John Bloodhart, Jr., J. S. Chapman, F. Hammor, B. E. Mossman, W. G. Taylor, W. T. Sample, T. McClimans, John F. Sankey, George R. Scott, W. H . Clift, W. C. Flemming, A. Pifley. The present membership is ninety-six. Only four deaths have occurred in its ranks since organization, three of which were original members, and the fourth a member who had joined by card. Averaging the annual membership for fif- teen years at fifty, would make $11,000, the total amount paid in. Meetings are held every Tuesday evening in Masonic Block, corner of Main and Mercer Streets.
Excelsior Legion No. 11, Select Knights, A. O. U. W., was organized January 2, 1884, with the following as charter members: William McMillen, H. V. Powell, H. Book, W. H. Clift, A. Hildebrand, J. B. Richards, John Bloodhart, Jr., W. C. Ferguson, A. D. Walker, W. H. Miller and W. H. Miles. The present membership is thirty. Meetings are held on the first and third Monday evenings of each month in the A. O. U. W. Hall, Masonic Block, corner of Main and Mercer Streets.
Apollo Lodge No.966, K.of H., was instituted March 20, 1878, by S. A. Hughes and Mr. McCarnes, with the following named charter members: A. E. Achre, J. T. Blair, Alexander Bright, George H. Brown, C. Davidson, J. W. Fruit, Aaron Fell, S. L. Hendrickson, W. P. Leech, L. D. Leech, R. J. McDonald, F. H. Oliphant, Jr., J. S. Price, W. J. Lohr, D. P. Packard, W. J. Sutton, John H. Waugh, N. Beck, J. R. Artherholt, W. Beatty, E. T. Beatty, J. F. Carmichael, W. W. Davis, W. H. Findley, W. B. Henry, H. C. Hoomer, James Loutzenhiser, William McMillen, B. E. Mossman, John B. Osgood, I. D. Stinson, J. N. Whiteman, William Paden, R. Turan, H. E. Camp, H. N. Shrom, J. P. Beatty. Its first officers were J. N. Whiteman, Dictator; William McMillen, V. D .; J. S. Price, A. D .; William Paden, Chaplain; D. P. Packard, Guide; E. T. Beatty, Treasurer; W. J. Lohr, F. R. ; John B. Osgood, R. ; J. P. Beatty, Guardian; Robert J. McDonald, Sentinel; J. T. Blair, Alex- ander Bright and A. E. Achre, Board of Trustees. The lodge meets every
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second and fourth Friday of each month in Apollo Hall. It has a member- ship of forty-two.
Blair Council No. 21, R. T. of T., was instituted December 27, 1878, with the following charter members: E. C. Thompson, Daniel Whiteman, L. B. Speir, Robert J. McDonald, John E. Hull, David Crowell, George H. Hotham, J. T. Carmichael, J. T. Blair, W. C. E. Martin, Charles R. Wray, G. W. Carskadden, Mrs. M. E. Peate, Mrs. M. J. Hull, Mrs. Hannah Thomp- son. The first officers were Charles R. Wray, S. C .; R. J. McDonald. V. C .; E. C. Thompson, P. C .; G. W. Carskadden, Sec .; L. B. Speir, Treas .; Daniel Whiteman, Chap. ; David Crowell, Herald; Mrs. Hannah Thompson, Guard; George H. Hotham, Sent .; W. C. E. Martin, Med. Ex .; Trustees, J. T. Blair, W. C. E. Martin and, J. T. Carmichael. The present membership of the council in good standing is sixty-five. Since the institution of the order only eight have died, their families receiving over $14,000 in benefits. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month in Alhambra Hall, Main Street.
Branch No. 7, Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, was instituted in December, 1878, by C. B. Freedman, of Titusville, Penn., who was induced to come by Michael Hamill, a member of the first branch instituted in the State. The first officers were M. Hamill, Pres .; P. Jones, Treas .; P. M. Ryan, Rec. Sec. ; James Kerr, Fin. Sec. ; M. O'Day, Jr., First V. P .; John O' Brien, Second V. P .; Thomas Aheran, Chancellor; M. O'Day, Sr., Guard, and M. Hawkins, Marshal. The branch now contains over thirty members. The insurance is $2,000. Meetings are held on the first and third Thursday of each month in Johnston's Block.
Equitable Aid Union, No. 356, was instituted the 20th of August, 1881, with the following named charter members: D. P. Packard, William A. Taft, Mrs. J. H. McCafferty, Henry Austin, Edward McMannus, Burton Adsit, John Likens, Dr. G. D. Kughler, J. T. Blair, D. H. Ford, Mrs. William Beatty, I. W. Jones, Mrs. D. P. Packard, Mrs. L. A. Carmichael, John E. Sankey, J. E. Millhouse, J. R. Bean, J. P. Dickey, J. W. Koonce, Mrs. J. W. Koonce, I. D. Stinson, Mrs. William A. Taft, William McMillen, John Beatty, William Beatty, Mrs. John Beatty, Mrs. William McMillen, Dr. B. E. Mossman, Charles R. Wray, William McDowell, Mrs. William McDowell, Mrs. B. E. Mossman, T. P. Garber, N. R. Beck, Mrs. N. R. Beck, Albert Fiske, Mrs. Albert Fiske, L. B. Speir, Mrs. L. B. Speir, Peter Durst, G. G. Stage, C. R. Beatty, Mrs. C. R. Beatty, Mrs. G. G. Stage, H. N. Shrom, Mrs. H. N. Shrom, Abbie Gangaware, Charles L. Dilley, J. T. Harney, Joseph Partridge, Mrs. Joseph Partridge, Jacob Burghart, Adam Miller, Mrs. N. Block, Ella C. Beatty, W. H. H. Dumars, Mrs. W. H. H. Dumars, T. H. Linnell, Mrs. T. H. Linnell, F. W. Looser, Mrs. William McDowell, A. R. Davis, W. W. Sankey, Mrs. W. W. Sankey, Mrs. I. D. Stinson, J. H. McCafferty, Mrs. L. D. Brown, Peter Saal, I. D. Keck, Mrs, Priscilla F. Peck, Frank Keck, A. Hildebrand, Mrs. A. Hildebrand, Mrs. Dr. G. D. Kughler, Mrs. Charles Wray, Mrs. John Likens, Mrs. D. H. Ford, Stanley W. Brown, Mrs. Stanley W. Brown, B. A. Higley, Mrs. B. A. Higley, James L. McCray, Mrs. James L. McCray, Jack McCray, A. T. Kreps, Mrs. A. T. Kreps, Mrs. Florilla Kreps, H. V. Powell, Mrs. H. V. Powell. The first officers were: D. P. Packard, Chancellor; I. D. Stinson, Advocate; William A: Taft, President; Mrs. William A. Taft, Vice-President; Mrs. J. H. McCafferty, Auxiliary; William McMillen, Secretary; Henry Aus- tin, Treasurer and John Beatty, Acct. The first meetings of the union were held in the Knights of Honor hall. After a time the I. O. O. F. hall
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was occupied. The meetings are now held in the A. O. W. W. hall in the Masonic Block, corner of Main and Mercer Streets. The present membership is forty-two, and only four deaths have occurred since the organization of the society.
Shenango Council No. 670, Royal Arcanum, was instituted April 11, 1882, with the following charter members: T. P. Garber, C. A. McNally, B. F. Nunemaker, L. D. Bumpus, S. A. Crill, F. W. Brown, F. R. Maish, C. W. Pettit, Dr. B. E. Mossman, William Taft, G. W. Miller, Samuel Marks, E. T. Beatty, Nathan Block, Nicholas R. Beck, R. S. Henderson, J. H. Phillips, S. H. Ross, Penrose Miller, A. A. Reichards. The present membership of the council is thirty. It meets in the Knights of Honor Hall in Merchants' Block, corner of Main and Mercer Streets, on the second and fourth Monday evenings of each month.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was organized on the 18th of December, 1883, with Mrs .. Charles R. Wray, president; Miss Mary Dumars, secretary, and Mrs. Mercy Finley, treasurer. The work of the new organiza- tion, imperfect and crude at first, has been systematized until at the last county convention of the unions, the Greenville union was credited with having accom- plished one-third of the total evangelistic and temperance work of the county. A room has been recently rented over Wagner & Kamerer's store, and in this a library, containing standard temperance and miscellaneous periodical liter- ature, is already placed. It is intended to make this a leading feature of the work hereafter. The present membership is 140.
Sergt. J. C. Dickey Post, No. 433, Department of Pennsylvania, G. A. R., was organized April 23, 1884. It was named in honor of Sergt. J. C. Dickey, who was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., January 2, 1839. His parents were Robert and Matilda Dickey, the former still a resident of Greenville. Several years prior to entering the service he attended Wilmington College, but the breaking out of the Rebellion brought him to the field, and on August 29, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment Pennsyl- vania Volunteers. While on duty he participated in the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Culpeper Court House, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Deep Bottom (two engagements), Weldon R. R., besides numerous skirmishes. In the encounter at Weldon R. R., August 22, 1864, he was captured by the enemy and confined in Salsbury prison, where he died Februray 2, 1865, from starvation and exposure. The charter members of the post were: E. C. Thomp- son, Plimpton Leech, W. H. H. Dumars, Isaac Keck, D. D. Kreps, W. A. Keck, J. E. Brown, Curtis Arnold, John Love, G. O. Keck, W. A. Kreps, John Bacher, A. L. Koser, H. Reagle, John W. Woods, J. T. Loutzenhiser, E. F. Bennett, J. E. Brockway, J. C. Campbell, J. H. Morford, W. F. Harpst, A. T. Clark, M. D., S. H. Larmer, W. F. Braden, U. Forrest, O. A. Carlin, W. C. E. Martin, D. H. Weikel, J. R. Bean, J. B. McClimans, Abra- ham Sahn, D. H. Ford, Henry Roadhouse, W. H. Beil, Valentine Beaver, Harmon Miller, E. Hawks, James R. Snyder, H. H. Boies, A. Hildebrand, S. C. Dickey, William W. Washburn, Theodore Betts, J. G. Nunemaker, William Amon. The first officers were: W. H. Beil, P. C .; J. C. Campbell, S. V. C .; E. C. Thompson, J. V. C .; W. A. Kreps, O. D. ; E. F. Bennett, O. G .; J. E. Brockway, Chap .; A. L. Koser, Q. M .; Dr. W. C. E. Martin, Surg .; O. A. Carlin, Adjt .; J. R. Bean, Sergt. Maj .; H. H. Boies, Q. M. Sergt. ; Trustees, A. T. Clark, W. A. Keck and A. Hildebrand. The first meetings of the post were held in the A. O. U. W. Hall, but subsequently, in the I. O. O. F. Hall. A room was then secured in the Merchants Block, corner
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of Main and Mercer Streets, and a G. A. R. hall fitted up, in which the meet- ings were held till recently, when they sold out and rented a furnished hall in the Masonic Block.
Custer Lodge No. 469, K. of P., was organized September 24, 1884, with the following named charter members : G. W. Rector, Jerry Haskins, W. A. Kremm, W. J. Christman, J. M. Saul, H. J. Bishop, J. T. Harvey, H. V. Powell, H. Rudkin, E. Beil, C. E. Greenawalt, S. Gravatt, George Alden- derfer, August Deifenderfer, L. F. Deifenderfer, Marcus Deifenderfer, J. B. McClimans, G. F. Shaeffer, J. A. Donaldson, F. H. Gaiser, A. T. Clark, C. Rice, J. B. Heilman, William Miller, C. J. Strachen, J. B. Kyle, Augustus Sieger, W. A. Clift, M. G. Van Wagner, M. B. France, M. G. Fritz, R. C. McClure, Andrew Blair, W. A. Steckel, B. F. Huber, C. V. Huber, E. Bellows, William McKinley, Joseph McGrath, Louis Grim, J. A. Heilman, V. Beaver, A. Huber, W. S. Steel. The first offi- cers of the lodge were: A. Huber, P. C .; C. J. Strachen, C. C .; G. W. Rector, V. C .; M. Deifenderfer, Prel. ; A. Blair, K. of R. and S .; B. F. Hu- ber, M. of E .; R. C. McClure, M. of F .; J. Haskins, M. of A. ; H. J. Bishop, I. G .; V. Beaver, O. G. The first meetings were held in the Haurigauri Hall, but are now held in the Opera Block, corner of Race and Main Streets. The membership of the lodge is at present seventy-five.
General Vincent Camp No. 179, S. of V., U. S. A., was organized March 17, 1887. Its charter members were: F. H. Keller, J. W. Leonard, A. W. Woodward, W. F. Heilman, G. R. Reagle, T. C. Roberts, A. P. McClure, F. D. Brown, C. F. Kidd, R. F. Campbell, John J. Kreps, A. G. Beaver, J. A. Boord, A. M. Woodward, J. C. Kemp, R. W. Brown, Miles Reagle, W. D. Christy, Frank Wright, A. W. Roberts, Charles Ort, Till Reiss, W. J. Rodgers. The following were chosen officers at the first election: F. H. Keller, captain; J. W. Leonard, first lieutenant; T. C. Roberts, second lieu- tenant; J. A. Bond, chaplain; R. W. Brown, first sergeant; John J. Kreps, quartermaster sergeant; J. C. Kemp, sergeant of the guard; C. F. Kidd, color sergeant; Frank Wright, chief musician; R. F. Campbell, corporal of the guard; A. P. McClure, camp guard; W. F. Heilman, ticket guard; camp council, J. A. Boord, Till Reiss and A. W. Woodward. Meetings are held on the first and third Friday evenings of each month in the S. of V. Hall, Commercial Block, corner of Main and Mercer Streets.
Greenville Circle No. 18, P. H. C., was organized August 14, 1887, with the following officers: James Heilman, past president; Rev. R. H. Eisenberg, president; James Madge, vice-president; Henry Garrett, guardian; Rev. George Brown, chaplain; C. Van Tine, recorder; Mrs. N. M. Dumars, accountant; John H. Martin, treasurer; F. M. McCoy, guide; Miss Nelson, commander; Mrs. James Madge, porter. The membership is ninety-four. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Monday of each month in the A. O. U. W. Hall.
Midnight Ruling No. 36, F. M. C., was instituted in 1887. The charter members are: George Aldenderfer, J. R. Baxter, J. A. Clark, George Draves, M. H. Fetzer, W. A. Kremm, J. B. McClimans, B. E. Mossman, I. D. Morse, Ed. McMannus, J. B. Richards, D. A. Smith, Lyman B. Speir, W. A. Wash- burn, J. H. Baker, F. M. Bullock, John P. Derr, W.'S. Davis, T. P. Garber, J. D. Madge, C. L. Meacham, G. W. Miller, Thomas McMillen, M. L. Oster- hout, J. M. Roland, R. E. Thorn, J. O. Wasser, M. L. Hengist.
MANUFACTURES.
The first mill erected in the vicinity of Greenville, the saw and grist-mills
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of John Williamson, constructed in 1799 and 1800, was a log structure. In 1825 a frame 30x40 feet in dimensions was built in its place. This stood until 1840, when it was torn down by the digging of the canal. Grists were brought from fifteen to twenty miles on wagons and sleds, a dozen families often joining and sending their grain by some neighbor. It is related that the business of the mill was so brisk that farmers were frequently compelled to wait two whole days for their turn. The price charged was one bushel for every ten ground. The original mill of Williamson remained in his possession until January 7, 1806, when it was purchased by Jacob Loutzenhiser, by whom its business was directed until his death in 1821. The sons of the latter, especially David, continued its operation until the building of the canal neces- sitated its removal. In 1851 they rebuilt near the site of the demolished structure, and continued the milling business until 1864, when they were bought out by Stinson & Reznor. The latter firm met with the misfortune of having their building destroyed by a fire that occurred in 1867. Immedi- ately afterward the present structure, known as the " Old White Mill," was built and fitted out with five run of stone, and with machinery capable of producing 100 barrels of flour daily. On the death of Mr. Stinson in 1867, and the admission of William Achre, the firm became Stinson, Reznor & Co. Since 1884 the mill has been idle, its dam having been broken down, and the newer process of manufacturing flour having rendered its machinery obsolete.
The City Flouring Mills, owned and operated by Mathers Bros., stand on the site of the original log grist-mill erected in 1815 by Jacob Loutzenhiser. The latter conducted it till his death, in 1821, when his executors disposed of the property, together with the tract of land upon which the main business portion of Greenville stands, to Joseph Keck. The mill was kept in active operation by Mr. Keck till 1828 or 1829 when he failed in business, and the property was sold at sheriff's sale, and bid in by Jacob Loutzenhiser, Jr. In the fall of 1829 it was purchased by Andrew Campbell, who replaced the old log mill by a frame structure in 1832 or 1833. He ran the new mill some four or five years, when he got into difficulty with the canal authorities about the water-power, and sold out to Ezekiel Sankey. After about one year's expe- rience the latter disposed of it to Matthias McDowell and F. R. Sill. This firm operated it till 1841, when the late James Mathers obtained an interest, but did not remain long in the business.
It afterward passed through numer- ous changes, Messrs. Irvin, James C. Brown and James Mathers, George A. Bittenbanner and Achre & Co., all having been connected with it. In 1870 it again came into possession of Mr. Mathers, who controlled the business up to his death, in February, 1888, since which event his sons James F. and Mead P. have carried it on. The frame mill was burned down in August, 1880, and in the fall of the same year the present brick building was erected. It was furnished with the old grinding process, but in 1882 the Odell roller process was put in. In 1885 the building was enlarged and remodeled, and the capac- ity of the mill largely increased, its daily output being now 150 barrels of first-class flour.
The Pacific Flouring Mills, familiarly known as the " Evans Mill," were erected by Samuel Goodwin in 1865. Mr. Goodwin was a native of Maine, and came to Greenville in 1831. In 1843 he purchased the machinery and land belonging to John Christy and Owen N. Rice, who had dammed the Little Shenango about 1832, and erected on the north bank a carding, fulling and grist-mill shortly afterward. His son-in-law, Clark Evans, succeeded Mr. Goodwin in operating the mill, and after the death of Mr. Evans it was carried on by his widow till January, 1888, when she sold it to Davis & Wiley, who now conduct it.
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Robert G. Mossman was one of the earliest manufacturers of the town. Prior to 1820 he established a chair and cabinet factory on the west side, which he carried on several years. He was also engaged for a time in operat- ing a tan-yard. In 1834-35 he erected a grist-mill and furniture factory at the east end of the bridge, on the north side of Main Street, and constructed a dam across the Shenango just above the bridge. It was known as the "little grist-mill," to distinguish it from the larger one then operated by Andrew Campbell. William Laird purchased an interest in the business in 1835. They soon after established a woolen mill on the opposite side of the street, and, taking John M. Graham into partnership, placed him in charge of that factory. In 1836 Mr. Mossman was elected sheriff of Mercer County, and soon afterward sold out to Mr. Laird, who added thereto a saw-mill. In 1838 Laird disposed of the property, and it was operated as a furniture factory un- til the business ran out as unprofitable. The building was afterward- used for various purposes, and finally burned, which fate also overtook the woolen factory on the opposite side of the street.
Vaughn's Carriage Works .- The establishment of W. A. Vaughn & Son, the oldest carriage works in the city, was opened by the senior member of the firm, W. A. Vaughn, in June, 1847, across the street from its present site. The business, as may be supposed, was small at starting, and the buildings cheap and simple. In the spring of 1850 he put up a shop where he now carries on business. The present works were erected in 1873, and consist of a brick warehouse, two stories in height, 60x28 feet; a blacksmith shop, two stories, 65x32 feet; a painting and finishing shop, two stories, 60x32 feet, and a wood- working department, two stories, 24x18 feet. The specialties of the firm are carriages, track-sulkies, road-wagons, track-wagons and break-carts, while a gen- eral repairing business is also carried on. The productions of this company, notably the Vaughn road-wagon, are used in various parts of the United States, thus giving the firm an ample market. The firm at present consists of W. A. Vaughn and his son, J. W. Vaughn.
Excelsior Carriage Works. - The first proprietor of the works from which the present establishment sprang was William McDowell, who opened in a small way a wheel-wright's business in 1844. He afterward took in Mr. Cook, and McDowell & Cook were succeeded in 1873 by the firm of Cook & Ford, who conducted a general carriage manufacturing and repairing business up to October, 1884. Mr. Ford then ran it alone until January, 1886, when the present firm, consisting of D. H. Ford and R. E. Thorn, took charge as Ford & Thorn. A two-story frame building, 60x120 feet, conveniently divided into suitable apartments, is now occupied. A large local trade is supplied with the products of the Excelsior Works, and the "Milburn wagon," for which the firm are agents.
West Side Carriage Works .- This establishment, owned by John Smoyer and Charles Frey, was first opened by a gentleman named Charles Stahr, in 1862. In 1864 his business was bought out by Moyer & Smoyer, under which name the works were run until 1880, at which time the title of the firm became Smoyer & Son. The present firm of Smoyer & Frey was formed in 1884. The products of the concern are wagons and carriages of all grades, sleighs and sulkies.
Pearce Woolen Mills .- The company that operates these mills, the Pearce Woolen Mill Co., Limited, was organized in Harmony, Penn., in 1865. The mills were conducted in that city until February, 1885, when the superior advan- tages offered by Greenville secured their removal to the latter place. Their products are flannels, yarns and blankets of all grades, and in the manufacture
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of them twenty-five workmen are employed. The motive power is supplied by an 80 horse-power boiler and a 50 horse-power engine. The building is a brick, 50x120 feet, and three stories high, erected in 1885. The secretary, treas- urer and general manager of the company is Mr. John Pearce.
Greenville Planing Mill .- This establishment was opened in 1865 by McPherrin & Son, who were succeeded by the present owners, J. A. & J. B. Heilman, in May, 1879. T. E. Heilman also had an interest, which he sold to his partners in 1880. The premises now comprise an acre of ground, upon which are located the mill, the dry-kiln, the warehouse and the office. In the mill is found the latest improved machinery, which is operated by a 40 horse- power engine. The products of the firm are doors, sash, mouldings, blinds, brackets and general planed lumber, which receive a ready sale in local markets.
Hamblin, Sons & Co., manufacturers of automatic balance slide valve steam engines, circular saw-mills, head blocks, saws, brass goods, pipe and fittings, are the successors of a business enterprise that was established in March, 1838, by J. K. Hamblin and Gardner Bond, in a small frame building directly opposite the present site. It is claimed for the firm of Hamblin & Bond that they were the first foundry operators in Greenville, and one of the first in Mercer County. Their products were mainly plows and lock castings for the Erie Canal, which was then in course of construction. In 1850 the name of the firm was changed to Bond, Heath & Co., and three years later to Hamblin & Heath, under which title the enterprise was continued with vary- ing success until 1866, when the works were destroyed by fire, with a total loss of all machinery and products. Shortly afterward, however, the business was resumed by J. K. Hamblin, who built and occupied the present quarters. March 15, 1870, by the association of Hon. Jacob F. Kreps, of Westmoreland County, Penn., and Samuel Hamblin, a member of the present firm, the title of the business became Hamblin, Kreps & Co. On the 28th of August, 1871, a reorganization took place, and the present firm, consisting of J. K. Hamblin, Samuel Hamblin, H. M. Hamblin and A. T. Kreps was formed. Since then the business of the foundry has been considerably increased, and the market now extends into several States, as far south as South Carolina, and west through Ohio. Connected with the enterprise is a general jobbing depart- ment, in which all sorts of castings are made and miscellaneous repairing done.
Hodge Manufacturing Company .- The nucleus around which the present establishment bearing this name gathered was a small shop 11x17 feet in dimensions, opened in 1876-77 by Mr. E. W. Hodge, a native of England. He began a small brass foundry, which became the Hodge Brass and Iron Foundry and Machine Shops; the business increasing, a company was formed in April, 1883, with a capital stock of $10,000, divided into 100 shares of the par value of $100 each, and composed of W. R. Field, president; P. E. McCray, secretary, and E. W. Hodge, treasurer and general manager. The works consist of a machine shop 25x40 feet, a blacksmith and engine room 20x40 feet, and a foundry 40x60 feet, in which is placed the best improved machinery, the motive power of which is furnished by a 100 horse-power boiler and a 25 horse-power engine. The products of the company, which find a ready sale in a market embracing the entire State, are railroad, rolling-mill, coal bank and saw-mill castings, sash weights, sled soles, school and farm bells and heating stoves, in addition to which repairing work is also done.
Tanneries were at one time paying institutions in Greenville, though none are now in existence. Early in the twenties George and Samuel Lodge
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