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

4 Georyia Inlan Toyn Brm5ingHc Mus
to The CottonE1Vhat has been !ActuaNy
accomplished at ColumJus, Ga
COLUMBUS, GA, September 2S.-You
may probably be interested to know some
thing more of this enterprising little interior
town than that it is at the head of steam
boat navigation and has population of
some fifteen thousand people. A sojouru
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-
stroysd, its population reduced, its eyidon-
cssS fUfh6F 1hosp5srvys s<Jtfteratta
lts'brave spirits wer" not vanquished They
went to work with will, rebuilt what is
now the Eagl and Phoenix Factory, two large
brick buildings, one for the manufacture of
cotton fabrics and another for woolen, iur.
nlshing employment for over seven hundred
persons. Good management, close attention
to business and fair dealing, soon brought
their. reward, and orders came in exceeding
their capacity to supply them. The board
OF directors resolved to build auother larger
and finer 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 iH length, sixty
teeet Ill width and five stories high, will soon
be in operation, giving employment to eight
hundred more employees. This company
now manufactures torty-six diffcrcnt kinds
of goods, from spool cotton totwelv,.qu
blankets. Their sales during the last month
averaged over $4,000 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
Sinshams, diapers, ticking, qcnims. jeans,
casslmeres, &c, compare tavorably with the
best products from English and Northern
looms Of similar quality. Their water pow.
er is immense, being the whole Chattahoo-
chee River, which at this point at this time
is scven hundred feet wide. The capital of
the company is 81 ,250, 900. Their profits
for 1876 were SIG, 60. The stock on
hand on lst January last, (timc of last re-
port,) consisting of cotton, wool, manufac-
turcd goods, dye stuffs, chemicals, &c,
aml4nted to $4QS, ,46l.=2S-;; cash audksimht-
S21O,6 53. There is a very commodious
savings bank connected with the establish.
ment, the books of which show amount due
dcpositors (chiehy employccs) S429,417 7S.
Across the street near by is well 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. Mr.. w. ii. Young, one Of the di-
rectors, seems to be the chief directing head
of this vast and very successful enterprise.
There are other cotton factories higher up
tho river, and it IS said that Northern capi-
taIists are prospecting for sites along the
banks of the Chattahoochcc, which furnish
es eligible water power for forty miles up.
There is q manuiactory of cotton bagging
here, from jute, which turns out an article
superior to the New York bagsing, and sells
freely all they make at 124 cents. 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 remuncra-
tive prices. Will South Carolina embark
more extensively in manufactures ?-rUE-
BINE, in Nc,cs and Courier.