The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-30
TIE ANDERSON COTTON MILLS.

THE ANDERSON COTTON MILLS.
For years past the building ola cotton
mill in Anderson has been talked of, and
several times the matter has got nearly
to the point of organizing a company for
the purpose of building it, but each time
the enterprise would fall through and,
for time, interest in it would apparently
die out. During all this time, however,
9 few Of our enterprising citizens have
never given up all hope, but would move
quietly along, and when the opportunity
presented itself would speak word for
the cotton mill. At last their hopes are
to be srealized-the building ofa cotton
mill in Anderson is an assumed fact.
The Company which was organized this
summer have determined to make q sue:
cess ofthe enterprise, and they are going
to dot
Mia. Brock, the active and ener;
getic President Of the Anderson Cotton
Mills, has just returned from visit to
the Eastern States, where he received
some valuable information in reference
to erecting the mills and procuring the
machinery. On last Monday a1meeting
ofthe Board of Directors was held, and
Mr.. Brock gave them all the information
he had obtained. The Board decided to
60 to work at once, and have called for
the first intallment Of 20 per cent. of the
subscriptions, to be paid on or by the
10th of October next.
The Company have purchased from
the r. & D.. r. R. Company site for the
mills. It is sitnated about one half mile
from the Court House Square, on the
Blue Ridge Railroad, and contains about
"a acres, which will afford ample room
for all the necessary buildings. A more
favorable location could not have been
secured in the corporate limits Of the city.
There is an abundance of wood on the
land, and il is believed . superior quality
5of, clay for making brick can be had on the
ground. It's intended to have a@large
number Of brick made during the fall,
and make other necessary arrangements
during the winter, so that early in the
next year the bricklayiDg can be com.
menced and pushed to completion. II
is believed, BY pursuing this course, the
necessary buildings can be erected il q
most substantial manner at; compara-
lively low cost.
The Company have not yet secured the
amount Of money desired, and the com.
.mittee in charge Of the subscription books
will continue their efforts. We again
appeal to, every citizen who feels any
interest in the welfare and prosperity of
both our City and County to come for
ward and .subscribe to the enterprise as
literally as he possibly can. t is the
duty Of every man to subscribe to it, for
the building Of the Anderson Cotto n
Mills WILDE q benefit to every class OF
our people, AZ close corporation is not
desired, but q large number of stock
holders is what is wanted. The crop
prospects are very promising, and wesee
no reason. Why many additional subscri-
bers osthe capital . stock may not be
secured the next few weeks. The install.
ments win be called for from time to time
ass the money is needed next year, and
tie payments may be easily met.
The benefit Of . large cotton mill in
Anderson could not be easily estimated.
The population Of the city will be in.
creased, and hence the number subject
Ito street tax and other taxes will be
increased, thereby enlarging our city
revenue. The trade Of the city will be
larger, and in this way our merchants
benefited. A large demand for labor
will be opened. and the working class
Twill find employment. A market for
country produce will be enlarged, and
those who have vegetables, fruits, melons,
chickens, eggs, &c, will Of course find q
reader sale, aud 3 better price: The
material wealth Of the County will be in.
creased. Instead of getting about nine
cents q pound for our cotton, it will be
kept here and manufactured, and we will
get back into the County an equivalent
| to about fourteen cents q pound, and
thus our County will be benefited.
Also, in consequence Of q cotton fac.
tory in. Anderson, money will, to a con:
siderable extent, be in circulation all the
year around. We are not paying a price
| I5forl this, either, but it's simply making
an iinvestment, g. which in addition to q
profitable return, will bring these advan.
tages with it. Every business interest in
the community will be benefited by the
cotton mills. Who, in the face Of these
facts, will refrain from investing all he
can possibly spare in the Anderson Cot.
ton Mills? Itis the purpose of the Di.
lrectors to build just as large factory as
| possible with the subscriptions they may
be able to secure, and 30 to build as in
1.-THE future to be able to add to it and
enlarge it. However, it will be decid
l-edly preferable to begin with as large 9
factory as possible. The larger the
amount started with, the greater will be
the benefits resulting from it. Therefore,
ne would urge our citizens not to delay
their subscriptions.
a Georgia man has invented cotton
chopper that gives promise of revolu.
ttionizing the present system Of thinning
out the plants and getting rid of the
grass. This machine acts upon an
entirely different principle from any
other, in that while others have rotary
knives, his machine works with knives
having q lateral motion. He claims that
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