The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-02
COTTON MILLS IN DIXIE.
THIS SECTION AHEAD OF ALL
OTHERS IN THIS LINE.

Georgia Leads in the Number of
Spindles and Looms-North Carolina
the Best Supplied With Mills-2e4
Mills With l,4o5,14 Spindles and
81, OO6 Looms in the South.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 1.-The ManlJ'dcttVer's
Record for this week will publish special
issue devoted to the cotton manufacturing
interests of the South, having compiled the
information through direct correspondence
with every cotton mill IN that section,
giving the name and location of every
cotton mill, with the number of spindles
and looms in each. The number
of cotton mills south of the Ohio river
and including Maryland and Nir-
ginia in 1887 was 179, with
713,9S9 spindes and 15,222 looms.
On Jan. l, 1888, in the same territory, there
were 294 mills, with Laos, 145 spindles and
34,0O6 looms These figures show an in
crease of over 100 per cent. The mills now
under contract, and those for which the
money has been secured and upon which
work will shortly be begun, and additions
to the plants of old mills viii require, as
shown by the Records report, 2i2O
splndles and 80, ,SOO looms.
GEORGIA FAR AHEAD.
In the number of spindles and looms,
Georgia leads far ahead of any other South
ern state, having $50, 440 of the former and
9,001 of the latter, while North Carolina is
first in the number of mills and second in
the number of spindies, though the percent
age of increase in that State, as well as in
South Carolina, is greater than in Georgia
The reports from the cotton mills show
that the aggregate value of the product of all
the Southern mills in 1881, was about $43, 700
600 against S2l 100000 i'll 1870 The Record
says the best proof of the advantages of the
South for cotton manufacturing Is the ex-
perience of those in the business, and this
experience is shown in the constant enlarge
ments of the mills in operation. All
through the South the old mills are enlarg
ing and putting in new machinery.
SOME OF THE MILLS ENLARGING.
Among the mills that are enlarging the
following are given: Clifton Manufacture
ing Company of Clifton, S. c., building an
additional mill 10 hold 1900 spindles and
600 looms; Pacolet Manufacturing Company
of Pacolet, 5. c., building mill No. ,, for
IA, 600 spindles and $50 looms; Pelzer Manu-
featuring Company of Pelzer, S. c., a
second mill for 10000 spindles and 800
looms.
The Piedmont Manufacturing Company
of Greenville, S. c., of which Col. II. P.
Hammet, one of the most successful cotton
mill managers in the South. is President,
will build another mill for 1900 spindles
and 44S looms. This will make three mills,
having A 620 spindes and l,016 looms, un-
der President Hammet's management
The Maginnis Mill, of New Orleans, will
increase its capital from S50O000 to 81 ,0O0,-
600, and add 23, 900 sp!ndles and 546 looms.
MOBILES MILLS.
The Sibley Mills, near Mobile, have re-
Gently been purchased by a New England
cotton manufacturer, who will move his
machinery to these mills, putting in 1900
spindles and other machinery.
The Brookside Mil, of Knoxville, will add
5000 or 5000 spindles and number of
looms
The Soque Wooden Mills, of Clarksville.
Ga, Will add 5000 spindle cotton mill to
their plant.
The Exposition Mills, of Atlanta, now
running 5000 spindles and $50 looms, in
tend to double their capacity, adding 10000
spindles aud $50 looms
The Mississippi Mills, of Wesson, Miss,
will increase their II, 900 spindles to about
$1,000 or 1900 an1 the looms proportion
ately.
Tie Tombgbee Manufacturing Company,
of Columbus. Miss, expect to add 1900
spindles and l20 looms.
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company,
of Augusta. viii add 1900 spindles and 800
looms, and the Alabama and Georgia
Manufacturing Company, of West Point,
Ga, will add 5000 spindes and 62 looms.
The Record publishes special reports from
leading cotton manufacturers of the South,
including John Hill, the expert OF the Eagle
and Phenix Mills, of Columbus, Ga. Col,
II. p Hammet of Greenville, S. c., and
about thirty-fve or forty others, giving
Their views upon the future of this indus
try. These reports show that Southern
cotton mills are now very prosperous and
are yielding large profits, and'that the out
look is very bright.