Decenber 15. 1944
BAILEY BUGLE
Underwood's Mi II
THIS
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Tim FIRST III A
:S OP PORTH COM
ING ARTICLES ON OLD
MILLS OF TIE BAILEY
SECTION. {Editor)
The present . site
/oiovm as Underwood’s
Mill has quite an in
teresting history. The
i-.iill itself has chang
ed hands a nmber of
ii.^e s #
Sion Saunders,
first owner, built
r.ii 11 and c o 11 on
v/ith slave labor,
cotton press was run
by raoans of a wooden
scrcv; v;ith long side
beans pulled by horses.
the
the
gin
The
EIoDiZi
TTE RUNS MILL
Mr. Saunders sold the
::ill and gin to Daniel
"'issotte. In addition
the raill
to operating
Mr. Bissctte ran a
tavern at his hone
situated between the
railroad and nill. His
residence v;as conploto'
ly destroyed by the
farious eye lone of 1888
visiting this section,
Sone tine afterwards,
Burt Hicks bought the
nill and operated
followed in turn
M. C. Biflsette,
a short period Mr,
Bissctte sold the nill
to Jin Underwood,
GIN DISCARDED
Soon after Mr, Under
wood bouglit the nill,
he discarded the cot
ton gin, sincc its
operational . nothods
were so old, but con
it.
After
tinued to rim the corn
and floui’ nill.
Later a b
and broke
ig rain cane
the dan.
v.’ashing the nill house
dovm the strean. The
dan rebuilt, the pond
was turned into a
swinning pool.
The pool v;as operated
for several years and
then another big rain
caiue; o.gain, the dan
v;ac v/ashed out. As no
one has ever built the
dan back, there is nov/
only a snail s.troai;i
loft,
MRS. WATSON;
vocabulary ■
period) "Use
cnthusiasn in a
tenoe''^
TOMMY PERRY: "The
thusio.sn was in
pockct
(during
building
the word
a sen-
en-
his
WE WISH TO ALL OUR, OLD CUSTOMERS AND TO
OUR. NEW ONES A VERY MERRr CHWSTM A S AND
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
vie Wi 11 Try To Furnish You Lumber For A11 Your Needs
J. w. STONE
BAILEY> N.C.
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