Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-08

"What do you think about The Clement
Attachment" asked.
81 don't think tho Clement Attachment
will hurt anybody" Mr.. Rowland replied,
"except those who Invest in it. thiuk it
will break 8 out of every 10 planters that 60
into IT. My main reasons for thinking 80,
arc that it will be next to impossible to
store enough seed cotton to run largo
mill, and small mill will not pay.
"Yarn cannot bo made without The em-
ployment Of skilled labor, and it will not
pay to engage suoh labor for small mill
which only turns out few punches of yarn
day. At any rate it will not affect tho
large factories in the slightest, because if
they manufactured all tho cotton in the
State into yarn We would manufacture moro
cloth and finally the South would manu-
tacture all tho coarser goods, leaving New
England to mako the finer goods which she
can now manufacture cheaper than VIC
oan."
The property OF tho Grantcyile Dianu.
iacturing Company is valued ut 81 900 900.
The 0ranitcvillc Factory is built OF solid
granite blocks, and is provided with every
modern appliance in Che way of machinery.
The system of fire protection is perfect, and
tho grounds in front of the factory arc
beautifully laid off. The Vaucluse Factory
is strong red brick building, three stories
high Every thing around the place is
new and clean, and the owners claim that
it is recognized to 30 the best mill of it's
size for the manufacture of brown goods in
the United States. 1t is Furthermore, they
claim, the only mill in the South that paid
anything during tho first year of its opera
ton"
Tlae langley NIanufacturIng
Company.
The Langley Factory is within easy DIG
tancc of tho Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta Railroad, and is directly on tho
line of tho South Carolina Railroad.
William 9. Sbley, of Augusta, Ga, is the
president Of tho mpany, and NJ. H. Foster
is superintendent. The town of langley,
which, like Granitcvillo, is,not Incorporated,
is neat little village with a population of
825 Inhabitants, all of whom are dependent
upon tho factory for support. Tho fac
tory is handsome red brick building.
three and.a half stories high, and is sur.
rouddcd with grounds neatly laid off. Tho
- ~ VIZ" "PooSo VI oue huuuTeC OWcll-
ing houses, of from three to eight rooms,
in which the operatives of the factory re-,
side, ana for which they pay from twenty.
five to thirty seven and q half cents rent
per week per room, a chorch is now be-
ing built By the company which will cost
So, ,00C, and school is in operation.
towards the suppost of which the company
contributes handsome sum annually.
The company owns the entire village, aud
they haze, including their nonds. 4 900
acres Of land.
Everything about the place is kept cx-
quisitey ncat and clean, and the observer is
impressed at glance with the perfect
order and good management which every
where prevail. The factory was erected in
1866, and in 1868 the company having it
in charge failed. In 1870 the present
company was organized with capital of
$500 600, with the privilege Of raising it
to S40O, 900. BY reccnt act of the Leg.
islature the company has the privilege Of
increasing the copital stock to sS00,OOO.
The capacity Of the factory is 1880
spindlcs, S28 looms and 101 cards. The
machinery is all American, and was
made by the Lowell (Mass.) Machine Shops
Tho water power is obtained from Hurse
Creek, and 800 horse power is used. by
means of extensive dams two ponds covering
an afen of Tl8 actca are formed above tho
factory which furnish fall of 20 feet upon
an American Turbine wheel. Tho Langley
factory has an advantage over the Granite
vile and Tancuse factories with respect to
its water supply, as it has the use of two or
three tributaries to Horse Creek, which flow
in below Granitcyillo
TIE GLASSES OF GOODS
manufactured are: 7.9 langley & ahirting;
3 Langley shirting, rs a drills; 7 s B
drills, 4 langley A drills and 4 Lang.
ley B drills.
The production Of The factory is shown in
the following statement taken from the
books. Tho consumption Of raw
cotton for the year ending 9th December,
1879, was 2,4lG,622 pounds or 5,599 bales.
The amount of cloth turned out during tho
same time was 2,l32, ,24o pounds or $685..
7o4 yards. Tho waste is estimated ut l34
per cent. net. Tho number of operatives
employed is $50, all white and two thirds
female. The average rate of wages per
day is 7S cents, and tho pay roll for tho IL
months ending December 271S79, was
SIT, $50 40. During thclast twelve months
two semi annual dividends Of 6 per cent.
each have been paid, and during tho three
years previous dividends of per cent.
semi annually were declared. Besides the
payment of these dividends the company
has laid aside o commercial capital of
Sl5O, 900, ard has made inprcvem cnts to
the property costing many thousands Of
dollars.
I asked Mr.. Foster, the Superintendent