The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-10-26
AN ExAMPLHFoR UNION GouNry.


to the CottonI1Vhat has Jeem IctuaW1
accomplished at Columbus, Gu.
COLUMBUS, GA, September 2S.-You
may pr'bably be interested to know somc.
thing more OF this enterprsing little interior
town than that it is at tho head of steam
BOAT navigation and has population of
some fifteen thousand people. a soiourn
OF OF day or two here would inform you of
the fact that it is the foremost manufacture
ing town in the South. The close of the
war found it desolated by the vandals of
Wilson's command, its factory buildings de-
stroy its population reduced, its cyideu-
E5sssof f6fhsF iroossPSl1rs hfsseraia aa snSf,
us brave spirits wer" not vanquished They
went to work with Il will, rebuilt what is
now the EaSl and Phoenix Factory. two large
brick buildings, one for the manufacture of
cotton fabrics and another for woollen, fur.
nlshlnS employment for over seven hundred
persons. Good management, close attention
to business and fair dealing, soon brought
tneir. reward, and orders came in exceeding
their capacity to supply them The board
OF directors resolved to build auother larger
and inner mill than the two already in such
successful operation, and the new building,
now completed, and filled with the finest
machinery of the very best quality, mcasur
ing some four hundred feet iK length. sixty
ieeet III width and five stories high, will soon
be In operation, giving employment to eight
hundred more employees This company
now manufactures torty.sx different kinds
of goods, from spool cotton totwelv,.ouarter to-
coll l,,,;
averaged over IS 900 per day, filling orders
from Virginia to Texas, and from Florida
to Missouri. They have no agents, but
everything is sold at the factory. Their
sinS hams, diapers, ticking, denms. Jeans,
casslmeres, &c, compare favorably with the
best products from English and Northern
looms OF similar quality. Their water pow
er is immense, being the whole Chattahoo.
ciee River, which at this point at this time
is sevcn hundred feet wide The capital of
the company is 81 100000. Their profits
for 1876 were S126,S75,6O The stock on
hand on lst January last, (timc of last re.
port,) consisting of cotton, wool, manutac-
tured. goods, dye stuffs, chemicals, &C.,
Aa0aRted to $409, ,46ls2S;; CASH -aud.sight.
S2lO,63O SO. There is a very commodious
savings bank connected with the establish
ment, the books of which show amount due
depositors (chietly employecs) S429,417 7S.
Across the street near by is we'll stocked
retail store, under the management of some
of the leading men of the factory. The
president of the company is MIR. N. j.
Busy. MIR. w. II. Young, one Of the d.
rectors, seems to be the chief directing head
of this vast and very successful enterprise.
There are other cotton factories higher up
the river, and it is said that Northern capi-
talists are prospecting for sites along the
banks OF the Chattahoochce, which furnish
es eligible water power for forty miles up
There is q mandatory of cotton bagging
here, from jute, which turns out an article
superior to the New York bagging, and sells
freely. all they make at12. Gents. There
are large -four mills, an iron foundry, &c.
The streets are wide; the main street two
hundred feet, is frequently thronged with
wagons loaded with country produce
What corollary may We draw from what we
have seen Of this little inland Southern town?
What she has achieved others may hope to
do. Enterprise, judgment, capital can
command success; diversity of interest is
necessary TO permanent prosperity; the
looms should come to the cotton a good
product will find purchasers at remunera-
tive prices. Will South Carolina embark
more extensively in manufactures ?-rUR-
BINE, IN News and Courier.