The Tarboro' southerner., 1869-02-11
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\ correspondent oi the Raleigh
.SiaadQrd gives the following interest
lag facts CONCERNING this institution.
II am reliably Informed that the
First Co,too Factory in North Carolina
was projected By Henry a Doaelaou,
the cornerstone Of which was laid in
3Sl6 at the above mentioned point
The building vas constructed $50 the
present cwuer intor:ns ine) in 1877.
under the immediate dire ction Of Doue!
son, and under the psopri"toFehiP of
,Eool Battle, Esq. Col. Benjaiuin L.
Battle, Henry y. Donelson aud Peter
Evals. YHe entire structure was Of
rocI-gran,te-with which tIe spot So
abounI,, and three stories high with Il
basement. Without data, no conc1p-
ton can be formed Of the original cost
Of the factory Wit! all lis appurtenan-
ces inc,uLiug the machinery. but it
must have bc>n enormous at that early
Gate. 1t was operated by joel Battle
and lis sons until 1913. when it pass
ea INTO the hands Of JuHes S. and
William s. Battle, who re.itled it with
new and improved machinery. IA
1853 William 5 Battle bcc.1.e sole
proprietor.
Ioe yi~issitudss Of w2r did not per-
nit the venerable pie" to pass tue
f~rY cr,,tal Unscaths,!' however. y
detachment Of New York c9va!gy raid
cd from Eew Dyyoc in l,G3 an! turn'
cd the factory ard gris. n;li with
other buildings TO the grourd--of the
SrSt, ouiy leaving blackcncd and ccum>
bling walls 70 mark the remains.
Mr.. Battle with a true spirit Of
enterprise add rroviGent eye, see:n.
that so Hla It.,itcut = wa,ar power
should not remain "onlttuncd to the
watts Of man" ccnmonccl in 1866.
and completed in 1891 splenled bric.,
building on the old site, The founda~
ton is Of rock, and with the basamcnt.
a large and comG.odious room, !, equal
in room to four stories. The basement
i devoted to the looms, the Erst story
to carding, the second to spinning, the
th;rd 70 the reels, in which the dress
ing" is also effected.
The factory contains thirty>ejJM
Icons. Sirfeen handyed spindies. and all
necessary adjuncts. The machinery is
new and Of the most improved kind
put up to order by the Rogers Locomo-
tion and Machine Works Of Patterson.
New Jersey. la full operation it has
c4pacity to consume 200 pounds ot raw
cotton per day, and the lcoms will turn
out about 200 yards of shifting and
500 pounds Of cotton yarn.
Fifty operatives find daily employ
alent in this Institution; and when it
is rcmcn bered that they arc exclusive.
ly native whitoS, with a large prcpon~
dcTanca Of lema!es-principalIy be,
tween the a@es Of l. and 25-thc heart
# the moralist will thank Mr.. +. for
enabling so many poor girls to earn an
honest livelihood, and avoid the paths
oi crime to which destitution SO fre>
quently drives them. This class Of Ia,
borcrs is always abundant and cheap,
as they Infinitely prefer working il
numerous consPanionship in the shade,
for cc}ta'n wages, to farming, exposed
to the weather with remuneration more
uncertain.
The water power embraces the en-
tire volume OF the water Of Tar river,
which. at this point, is about eighty
yards wide, aud averages SIX or seven
feet in depth. There is Il natural fall,
but the water is rendered available by
substantial dam, constructed Of massive
blnclis OF rock hevu out Of the large
rocks lining the river, which gives a
FIJI Of fourteen feet, and which, by
raising the dam, could easily be made
twenty, giving force equal to seg>
er;'l rdred horse power. This aqua
ticmonster is not allowed to expeud it
self on the cotton factory alone, but is
made su3servlent to large and pelfec-
tIy appointed wheat and corn mill, runs
ming five pairs OF tstones, and complete
" fitted with every convenience Of a
first class Touring mill, and a large
circular saw mill The cost of rebuild
Ing the factory, mills, store room: re-
fitting with machinery, &C., couldn't
have cost, in 1867, less than sixty or
seventy thousand dollars.
The operatives live in neat white
cottages, efficiently numerous to have
the appearance Of a village, situated
within a convenient distance to their
labor.
With the multitudinous advantages
offered by this location, within mile
Of the Wilmington and Weldon Rail,
road, aud the terminus of the Tarboro'
branch, which will soon be completed
to WILLIAMSON, on the direct line of
the railroad contemplated to run from
Rocky Mount to Clarksvilie Junction,
in Warren county; accessible to any
market in the United States; in the
heart Of the richest section of North
Carolina, thus guaranteeing. at cheap
rates, a bcuntlful supply Of the raw