Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-15

ing two and a half stories high, and is 10 o
toler"ble state of preservation, considering
the hard times it has seen. 1t has been in
operatlc" 'or SO short q time under tho
new Dan. ent TINT it is hard to estimate
the por ceutage Of profits that have thus
far been made. Tho owners, however,
express themselves us being perfectly salts
fled with the results.
a gentleman who hns had considerable
experience 10 manufactures in GroenviIle
County, while giving mc somc information
concerning the Batesville Factory, ex-
pressed himself very positively concerning
the Clement Attachment
"IHAvE NO FAITH IN THE MACHINE"
he said, II think the community are in
error, and think the newspapers arc
assuming great deal of responsibility 10
giving it go much uotoricty. In the first
place, the men who ore n. king such pro-
missing representations about this machine
are not ,uanufa' turcrs, and they cannot
take into account many of the difficulties
which are apparent to manufacturers In
tho first place the party who ruus Clement
Alta .hment will have 10 combat the preiu-
dice of the planter to sell his cotton in the
the kinds of yarn that the Clement Att,ch
mons can make is limited, They don't
c'uim to be able to make any of the higher
numbers. Everything at present is on
boom, and it is hardly fair to judge it's
capabilities by its results to-day. A cotton
factory which is not making money now
had better close up at once. 1t is absurd
for the Clement Attachment men to say
that they cannot supply the demand when
they have no production to speak off,
Huena Vista Factory.
This factory, which like the Batesvillo,
acquired considerable prominence during
the war, is oow under the clond of a lawsuit
and is not running The property is stu
ated on tho Enoree River, und is partly in
Spartanburg and partly in Greenville
Counties. Its cnpncity is 1000 spindlcs
and 40 looms. The machinery is all old
fashioned, aud the building itself is some
what dilapidutcd. 1t is nevertheless a
very valuable piece of property. BY
recent deorco Of the Court the portion of
the property in Grecuviilc County has been
ordered to be sold shortly and the portion
in Spartanburg County is still 10 tho pos
session of the creditots of Leslcr g. Bobo,
tho former owners. The water power
under control is Estimated ct 100 horse
power, aud the entire property includes 600
ucros of land If purchased by tho right
sort of men the property can be made very
valuable und productive.
Cedar Hill Factory.
This is another of those little miniature
manufactures which are 90 thickly crowded
in between Greenville aud Spartanburg,
and which appear to thrive aud grow rich
in region which seems utterly desolnte
and cut off from the world. The factory
is owned by Green & Tylor, and it is
located on the South Tiger River. in Srar-
tanburg County, ten miles from Grecnville.
Tho mill is run by 30 horse power turbine
wheel, only 20 horse power being used. 1t
runs 800 spindlcs aud 16 looms, and manu-
features 7-8 shifting and 8, 8 and 1U
yarns. 1t employs thirty operatives, all of
whom arc white and two-thirds of whom
are females. Mr.. b. Il. Hutchins is the
Superintendent The capital invested is
S3O, 900, which includes the value of tho
factory, a two and half story frame build
ing, the bonscs for tho operatives and 240
acres Of land. Ths production is 1000
yards of cloth and i50 pounds of yarn per
day The average rate Of
WAGES FOR SINNERS Is 333 GENTS
per day The maciocry is American, and
is partly ncw Tho consumption of raw
cotton is 800 pounds day. The factory
hus been running off and on for forty years
and has been ia charge ut its present
owners for about four ycnrs It is being
advant,geuusy managed, snd is paying
from 70 to 20 per cent upon the capitnl
invested. The steam Which runs the
factory has force Of rs horse power, and
there is probability that the factory will
be 30 enlarged rs to require tho utilization
of the whole Of it. The manufaotured
article is hauled in wagons ten miles to
Grcenvilc.
The Fork Shoals Factory.
This factory is owned By the Sullivan
Manufacturing Company. 1t is located on
Fork Shoals Creek, about Is miles from
Grcenville g. H., which is tho nearest
available depot Tho c"pital invested is
s25 900. 1t is now running 1000 spin9les
and has 50 looms which aro now 10 opera
ton. The operations of the factory are at
present confined to tho maDufocture of from
6 10 20 yarns. The force Of the stream is
20 horse power. Sixty-fvo white opera
tives are employed at an average rate of
40 cents per day for spinners. The com-
pany furnishes houses for its operatives,
rent free and community of 200 persons
are dependent upon tho factory for support.
The consumption of raw cotton is 600
pounds per day, and tho production is
i,o0O pounds of yarn per day. The factory
building is constructed of red brick and is