The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-25
FOAM AND FLEECE.
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pL ,tor mower Of South Carolina has
rr"nchiy estimated at three million
y move vo1er and it is stated that Of this
~, only $4,000 horse power is now
;.aJ hy all kinds of mills in the State,
rins @ 2i9S5,ooo horse power unenploy-
IIs - there any probability that this
- ,,nloyed power will ever be brought
An examination of tho pro.
of the State in manufactures will
4 ~ ~ a partial solution of this question,
4 i th;nk will Show that in few years
,mmcrous streams flowing from our
"a.ans and uplands as they rush
Inc down in quest OF the sea will
I SsE in fall after fall with the noise Of a
4iiinn spindes till they leap at last into
r,eat oceans plain below and are si-
Esfore proceeding further, let me say
Il, south Carolina has supplemented
III ,s,ural inducements she offers to
s;,aI;sts in her unexcelled water pow.
hy wise aud liberal legislation. Cap
1 invested in cotton factories is exempt
In taxation of all kinds, except the
! i ~ mill school tax, for period of ten
2ls,. and when, ut the last session of
legislature, an effort was made to re-
q :, The law granting this exemption, it
4. voted down by an overwhelming
aaiori,y, showing conclusively that the
isis,e does not contemplate any change
q her laws in this respect.
IA 1870 there were 1854 manufactu--
Il Establishments in South Carolina; il
10 2O7S; in 1870 the capital invested
a, S 401, lis; iii 1880, $ll, ,O05, ,S9i; in
s3-o the average number of hands en-
loved was S,l47; III 1880, 22,12S; in
SIo the amount paid in wages during
,e year was 81 ,543,7l5; in 1880, 1885,
59: in 1870 the value of material was
sjj,736; in 1880, $9,SS5 ,53S; in 1870
IL ysIue of products was 50, 1858, 9SI in
SS1 Sl6,73S,0OS. This includes manu-
Sc,ures of every kind and character.
! In letter published in your issue Of
2anuary 7th statement was given of the
Sunber Of cotton mills, &C., in 1870 and
sSN, and the increase shown was re.
3arkable, but statistics recently COM
sied by Major Harry Hammond TO
shom am greatly indebted for much of
he valuable information herein con-
Ained) for the State Department Of
\ agriculture, make indeed a marvellous
iIhbt of the progress of the State in
DE erection of cotton factories, and
] slearly establish the fact that the mills
Ire rapidly coming to the cotton, and
'hst South Carolina is leading the South
,ru States in this new departure. The
census of 1850 only reports Is mills, but
here we're at that time including the
Westminster mill Clement attachment)
Is mills in operation.
The mills not giving any census had
57 looms and 3, $50 spindles. The census
lgures are, with this explanation, again
speated in the following comparison
p 1880 there were 10 mills in operation
n 1882, 26, counting Granitevillc and
'aucuse as one. In 1880 there were
.1176 looms and 92,78S spindlcs in the
Otton mills in the State; in 1882, 4,120
ooms and lS0,70l spindles; the mills
aid in wages, in 1880, s340,l66, and
nployed 2,l95 hands; in 1882 the wa
es paid were 1928, 900, and 1862 hands
Iere employed. Capital invested in
$50, was $2,76S, 500; in 1882, $4,547,-
%. This does not include Pendleton
'actory, from which no information
ould be obtained; neither does it in
lnde the number of hands employed
nd wages to be paid by the Charleston
lanuiactu:lng Company, it having just
egun operations. The Pelzer mills have
rpended operations until February,
sS5, for the purpose Of enlargement,
ID the number Of hands usually en-
loyed aud wages paid by this mill are
80 omitted. 1t has been found impos-
Die to obtain some important facts re-
ardlng these factories but the foregoing
atements show the most important fea.
Tres and all the points omitted are cor
'spondlngly encouraging. The value of
e stock of every company except five
above par and the stock Of these five
IL at par ; the stock of one company,
angey, sells at $173; Graniteville and
:aucluse, Sl7o; Piedmont, $3.50; Reedy
l'er, Clifton and Camperdown at $l25
arryvllle and Pelham, $l20; Cedar
loa!s and Valley Falls, $l10. The
'idends paid, as far MS reported, ranged
ON lo to 20 per cent, the Cedar Shoals
'ylpg the largest per centage ana the
'luda Mills the next highest 124 per
mt.
IE cKANIrEvILLE AND vAucLusn
MILLS.
re located on Horse creek in Aiken
,untty. The power for propelling their
Schlnery consists of two steam engines
iour hundred horse power, and three
'Ier wheels of eight hundred horse
Wer, they havo 894 looms and 81 ,552
'me splndles and 1886 mule spindles.
le capital stock is six hundred thousand
liars. They employ eight hundred
1ds and annually pay in wages $780,
y. The mills consumed 5,625,0
unds OF cotton during the year and
'uuced fifteen million yerds Of cloth.
THE CLIFTON MILL
located on Pacolet river, in Union
uaty' 1t has been running seven
'nths. It utilizes eight hundred horse
Net OF water; it has 422 looms and
lelesn thousand frame spindles. The
|, n'sa! stock is five hundred thousand
I!aS. la The company employs siG hun
y haGta and nays out 500, 900 III
yes. 1t consumes seven million seven
aafed and fifty thousand pounds of,
non ION per annum, and produces eight
,non , yards Of cloth and six hundred
nifty thousand pounds of yarn. The
aapany manufactures standard shecting
! drills and No. 8 to ID yarns.
THE PIEDMONT MILLS,
situated on Saluda river, in Green
e county. These mills have eight
uItea = looms and twenty'three thou.
5000. They employ $50 hands and
out one hundred thousand dollars in
sss They consume four million eight
Iated thousand pounds of cotton and
Uuce nine Dnil1ion civ hundre1 thou