Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-01-18
SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON MILLS.


Just completed tabular statement containing
statistical information concerning the cotton
mills OF South Carolina. The total number
of mills enumerated is twenty-sx, counting
the Graniteville and Vaucluse Factories, which
are under. one management, as one mill.
The names, locations and class of product OF
the mills are as follows
The Reedy River Manufacturing Company
OH Reedy River, Greenville county, manufac-
lures A and rs Sheetings and drills.
Fork Shoals, on the North Fork of the
Reedy River, Greenville county, manufactures
No. S yarns. This mill has been running on
ly two months.
Pelzer Mills, in Anderson county, Oh Salda
River The enlargement of this mill will pre-
vent operations until February, 1888,
Pendleton Factory, on the % Mile Creek,
Anderson county, manufactures yarns.
The Belle Monte Cotton Manufacturing
Company, Sumter county, manufactures Nos.
II to % warps
Orange Mills, Orangeburg, manufactures
carpet warpS, + to IA.
Red Bank Factory, Lexington county, on
Red Bank Creek, manufactures No. 20 warps.
Cedar Shoals, on Fishing Greek, Chester
county, manufactures carpet warps.
Fishing Greek Manufacturing Company, on
Fishing Creek, Chester county, manufactures
warps and twists. Has only been running
four months.
Rock Hill Factory, York county, manufac-
lures No. 20 warps and 16 to 30 yarns.
Cherokee Falls Manufacturing Company, on
Broad River, in York county, manufactures
No. 20 warps. Has been running only seyen
months. .. ..-.
Clifton Manufacturing Company, on the
Pacolet River, Spartanburg county, manufac-
lures standard Sheeting and drills and No.
to IA yarns. Has been running seven months.
Glendale Cotton Factory, on the Pacolet
River, Spartanburg county, manufactures STAN
dard sheetings, shirtings and drills.
Valley Falls Factory, on Lawsons Fork,
Spartanburg county, manufactures No. s to 10
warps.
Fingerville Factory, on the west fork of the
Pacolet River, Spartanburg county, manufac-
lures shirtings and No. to 13 yarns
Crawfordville Factory, on the Tiger River,
Spartanburg county, manufactures rs shirt
ings and No. 8, 9and 10 yarns.
Batesvlle Factory, on Rocky Creek, Green
Vile county, manufactures No. yarns. This
mill was recently burned and rebuilt
Pelham Manufacturing Company, Greenville
county, manufactures No. II yarns.
Cedar Hill Factory, on the South Tiger
River, Spartanburg. manufactures 7-S shirt
ings and s, 8, 10, II and II yarns.
Huguenot Mills, Greenville county, on the
Reedy River, manufactures plaids and buys
warns. This mill has been running only two
mOnthS
Piedmont Mills, on Saluda River, in Green
vile county, manufactures standard sheetings
and shirtings and No. to II yarns.
Langley Manufacturing Company, Oh Horse
Creek, in Aiken county, manufactures stan
dard shirtingS, sheetings and drills.
Graniteville and Vaucluse Mills, on Horse
Creek, Aiken county, manufactures standard
shiltings, sheetings and drills.
Saluda Mills, on the Saluda River, in Lex
ing-on county, manufactures yarns
Camperdown Mills, on Reedy River, in
Greenvile City, manufactures hosiery and
double yarns, dyed and bleached.
Charleston Manufacturing Company, in the
City of Charleston, manufactures to II
yarns, and will soon commence manufacturing
standard sheetings, shirtings and drills. This
mill has recently commented operations. Or
the mills above enumerated, not including
Pendleton, the proprietor of which refused to
give any information whatever, twenty are run
by water power and steam, and four by steam
alone. The estimated horse-powerrequiredt to
propel the machinery of all of them is 7,42O
Looms employed, APO; spindles, $50, 121.
The total capital invested is 81, 547 900 num-
ber of hands employed, 4,262 wages paid per
annum, S72S,900. No. pounds cotton con-
sunled per annum, 9,946, 2G9 total value of
cotton and other mill supplies, Sl,716,35l.
Products s-43, ,537 1854 yards cloth S,O32, 975,
pounds yarn value, $3,047, ,032.
The Agricultural Department found great
difficulty in getting at the percentage of net
profit. and only in few instances was this
given. In the cases where it is
mentioned the net profit ranges from 10 to 20
per cent. The percentage of waste ranges
from 1G down to per cent, the average being
about twelve per cent.
Under the head of spindles we have included
500 mule spindles used at the Fingeryille Fac
tory, 10S1G mule spindles used by the Gran
iteville and VaucluSe Factories, and 4,Ol6
mule spindles used by the Camperdown Mills.
All the other spindles used are frame Spindles.
The totals given above are not absolutely
complete, as there are necessarily some omls-
sions in the cases of those mills which have
been running less than year. Then, again,
the Pendleton Factory is omitted entirely for
the reason that the proprietors refused to give
any information. Two years ago this factory
was running 800 spindles and was producing
annually 2G5, ,416 pounds of bunch yarns and
chain warps from No. to No. ~. The waste
was So per cent. The annual consumption
was 2S5, ,204 pounds of cotton. Sixty opera.
tives were employed, the annual amount Of
wages being paid $4,000. The horsepower
used was 63. The capital employed was $685.
600, and the annual net profit was about 20per
cent.
The Pelzer mill, which will be running in
the course of a few weeks now, will pay out
,npuo1l, ,hnut S100 O00 i'm WarpS will con-