Fort Gaines Sentinel 5 Oct 1900 "Blakely and Bluffton" [visit to Bluffton] “It was our pleasure to meet up with our friend, Mr. J. R. Mansfield Monday afternoon and accept conveyance with him over to Bluffton. En route we went by the large saw mill of Mansfield & Rambo, two miles south of Bluffton, and were surprised to find an enterprise of such extensive proportions. It is one of the best equipped mills in this part of the state, being provided with all the latest improved contribance for the rapid manufacture of first class lumber, embracing powerful propelling power for saws, planers, matchers, cut-offs, etc., every thing, from the conveyance of logs up an incline track to the delivery of the lumber at the dry kiln being operated by machinery. We saw great stacks of lumber every where-- about 700,000 feet and yet there are several delivery wagons running all the time. Our old friend John Quattlebaum had the job of putting all this splendid machinery in place, and the steadiness and ease with which every piece of it performs its work is an evidence of his mechanical genius of which he may well be proud. His long experience in the saw mill business makes him a master of the art having no superior in this part of the country. We were pleased to note in Bluffton many indications of the era of prosperity dawning upon this section, there being improvement of greater or less importance going on all around. Mr. J. E. Mansfield is erecting a residence on the site of his old home that would be an ornament to fashionable quarters in many of the large cities. In fact it is the handsomest and best constructed building anywhere in this section. It is a two-story structure with nine rooms, built on a pretty modern plan, and having broad colonades, pretty balcanies and all the conveniences know to latter day architecture. It will indeed be a thing of beauty, and may it prove a joy forever. We are greatful to our many kind friends at Bluffton for the courtesies extended us, and especially to ther liberal merchants for the patronage with which they favored us. Owing to the length of this article we will be forced to merely call attention to the advertisements of the Bluffton Supply Company, Rambo & Harrison, Lee & Son, and Mrs. C. R. Sanders’ millinery store. Next week we will make separate mention of them all.”