Cherryville Manufacturing Co. or "The Old Mill"

Blanton, Brat Fourshee, Clayton Sisk, Walter Yount. Frank Robinson learned to doff spinning at 9 years of age. Moved to Gaston Mill around 1900, his father Sylvanis Robinson worked in Old Mill. G. D. Huss was an early overseer.Ben Alexander was the Machinist. Mack Hayes was Supt. at one time.

Cabiness Randall and son L. L. Randall, Jap Watkins, John Seagle, Hamp Self, Phillip McGinnis, John Shack Beam, Lawson Black, Boyce Williams, Lennie Poole, Bickle Carpenter, A. H. (Bud) Sisk Grier Sneed, Guy Sisk, Section Hand, John Lynn, Hube Quinn, Clyde Canipe, Lawson Hallman, Sam Cook, Hester Huffstetler, Dewey Ledwell, Albert Carpenter Frank Spakes family ant many others. The sons or daughters of many of these also started work here in this Old Mill.

Pink Black's family worked here. He was a shoe cobbler at home. Pink Street was named for him. The Company Store was run by Wiley McGinnis. He was helped by John Steve Stroup, Thad Farris and Jonah Rudisill, brother to Melvin.

Oscar Devine was four years of age when his family moved to The Old Mill. This was 77 years ago. He still lives there, and remembers going to work at 9 years of age. He placed bobbins on a reel for 5 cents per day. Two years later he was a spinner at night, for 12 cents. He came off the job at 11 p.m. Saturday nights. A 65 hour week for 1 cent per hour. He later went to Carlton as a spinner. Was made Section Hand of spoolers, overseers job in 1938. He retired in 1957 at age 65 having completed 56 years in textiles.

Clarence Rogers was the truck driver for the mill. They delivered wood and coal to the village employees and hauled coal for the boiler room at the mill, as well as general supplies.

This old mill closed some time ago and is now used for storing cotton for Mauney Cotton Co. D. R. Mauney Jr. owner.