Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-04-12
SOUTHERN COTTON FACTORIES.
The Spirit of Enterprise in North
Carolina.

Carolina.
ham Recorder, under the head of Cotton
Factory Dots" which shows that our North
Carolina neiehbors are alive to their inter-
ests- The books of the Knoxville Cotton
factory are still open here for the subscrip-
tioE of stock, and is is to be hoped that the
most of the stock will be taken by our
home people, and that they will
reap the benefit The enterprise is sure
to pay largely, and those having money to
invest could not do better than subscribe for
this enterprise. Our wholesale and and
even retail merchants would find it a pay
ing investment in more ways than one.
Besides handsome dividend on the capital
invested, it would give employment to a
large number of hands and increase the
business of the town. Let all who possibly
can make up their minds to take some
stock. But here is the article:
The first we notice is the Raudle1nan
Manufacturing Company, in Randolph coun-
ty. This mammouth establishment is four
hundred and fifty-five feet long, including
the Il, and fifty feet wide They are
now turning out more than twenty thousand
yards of beautiful plaids daily. A beautiful
town has sprung up from forty or fifty in
habitants few years ago, and to-day num-
bers not less than fifteen hundred
Three miles farther down Deep River we
find new brick building 1920 feet two
stories high, just completed by DIR. j. NJ
l. 49,
being flied with the latest improved ma
chineiy.
Two miles down the same river large
factory is now in the course of erection by
the Diffee Man ufacturing Company. This
is one of the most convenient and best To-
cations on the river. This building is 481
200 feet, and when completed will be filed
with machinery and managed by Messrs
Diffee and Frazier.
In going down the river in a space of
five miles we pass Cedar Falls Factory,
FrankliusYille Bag Factory, the Randolph
Manufacturing Company and Columbia
Factory; all are doing thriving business
and enlarging as rapidly as possible.
Four miles below Columbia is the Enter
prise Factory, that is running full blast and
turning ont thousands of yg-ds of sheeting
and plaids
The Odell Manufacturing Company, of
Concord, have made large additions to their
works, and the Bynum Manufacturing Com
pany continue to enlarge their business.
R. L. Steel d Co., of Rockingham,
Richmond County. n. c., built in 1867 a
cotton factory 54x164 feet, five stories high,
and in 1878 another 54x17O feet, four sto-
ries, and now they are preparing to build
the third one this summer of equal dimen-
sions Of the last named, all on the same
stream. These factories are from three to
i've miles apart, and turn out warp, yarns,
white and plaid goods. Here is a little
stream known only to hunters and fisher
men before the war, alive with machinery
humming like forrest of locust singing the
song of success.
There is new cotton factory at Company
Shops on the railroad, in Almanac County,
| owned by L. B. Holt & Co., to be run by
steam, and is 4Sx40 feet, three stories.
This Mr.. Holt owns another cotton factory
IN the same county, run by water, 50x220
| feet, four stories, framed, turning out white
| goods.
| Capt. John n. Williamson, of Graham,
has built'a twostory brick factory, 52x152
He Is also part owner in the Carolina
| Mills, on the same stream, five miles below,
out of which he made money enough to
build and equip this one.
Jordan F. Jones, of Louisburg, Franklin
County, N. c., is preparing plans and esti-
mates for cotton factory on Tar River, in
| the town of Louisburg, which he intends to
| build this year. He also owns a mill on
| Sandy Creek, eleven miles from town,
for spinning warps and Irvine only, built in
| 1871, with which be has made money
| enough to buy the site and build this one.