The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-03-06
A PUSHING CITY.


| f"rr"spondcnI. upon the Progrrss II
; P'oAnCctS OF ~HnrIanburg.
y. pt%tE l.. i. Mcliissick, the t.ay
'uS Cu:!C ,p1n',vnG OF the News u
Courier, gives MS Expressions Of Sr
tahhurg rs follows:
"SpartanburG IS just now enio
great prosperity, and on all sides car
hr|n the unmlStakablc car-marksof
rc>" aud Development. Spartanbure
on tn" upgrade. Slow, careful, urud
ami sue has ovcn her growth, and n.
there can be no back sliding, no rct
| grading.
"SportanIurg occupies au uckpo
! edged leading position fairly won
her factories, schools, colleges and
or Pu"Ac improvements. 1t may be,
| !cr tAc encouragement Of other pla,
| where progress has just begun, to
| attention - some Of the ways and mva
| by winch she has been brought up
| ,hc position Of tho second taxpuyi,
| county in ,hc State. She is also Il
| Lending manufacturing county in
| S"uth. No county in the South G
| 7h0% greater number Of spindles a
| looms. The point that merits partit
lar a!tc"tioE, as one Of the great sccr
~ -: success, may hc explained in.
! ""'", namely, "contidcncc." A bold
"As made III the pre- lection and bull.
ii our railroads, which have contril
50 largely to the material growth an
Vo!opmcnt OF this country; but they
| preset INTO the hands OF the syndIt
aA's n8 they did not seem to bring ,
money directly into our private poo
Whcn other private enterprises
mentioned the Wiscacrcs shook
c;'d8 a"d held fast to their money
TiIE BEGINNING OF THE rACTeKI
"NThcm Clifton Factory was fra;
H"Scd, although some Of the best
"css men here took the lead, AL
though it WAS known that it wou
under the management Of Dir. -.
Converse, now one Of the authorities on
manufacturing in the South, the people
here shook their heads doubtfully, and
hAi to be persuaded to put their rioncy
III TIC mill. In short time Clifton is
drC!""cd TO be Il success, the divicende
are r"id; the stock goes up; thcre is
change. Walker, Fleming & Mont.
gomery and their friends, who had been
lmFortant Factors IN starting the Clifton
enterprise, turned their attention to
fumb'lnT Shoals, and john II. Mont.
H";nrry, already great success iu bpsi
tess. ."ss into manufacturing ard take.
ci"r!" OF the building and the conduct
"l the Pncnlet Mills. In few year.
Clifton Ia doubled, and now Mills No. /
an" ? have $4,000 spndles and some
l,500 looms; paCelct also doubles, and
has 25,OOO spindlcs, with 500 looms
Walker Fleming * Sloan, Che last sue
r'sdiHE Mr.. Montgomery In the firm, :,
turnci thelr attention to Whitney, and
DR.. {. + Fleming takes charge Of it.
%H:' >"pn has 10000 spisdlcs and 80;
!oonrS in operation, Curpcns soon fol-.
loHs ,uit with 5000 spirdes, and with
| X X. Brown as president Ia a shUr,
time Mr.. G. s. Coffin, Of Charleston. Nm.
NtHis o2 the scene and projects and low
operates the Enorce Factory, with soma
$4,000 spind!cs and 600 Icons.
"Whe0 the Spartan Factory at this
place was rejected it vas only propos.
: Ell I" raise the money on the CO. operative
p.aE In sock Of small amounts, paid in
by monthly instalments, but it was coon
tUUnd out that this was too SLOW II pro.
cess 10 suit these thrifty people, who de-
mandCd that the money should be paid
II, the stock !ncIeascd, and now, in
stead OF 100000 factory, with the as
slstance Of Northern capital it has Il paid
up capital stock OF $5OO,OOO. The
Spartan Mills will be under the control
OF John III. Montgomery, one Of the lead.
ing manufacturers Of the South. 1t will,
nave thlriy-four thousand spiudles and
eleven hun"rcd looms, using yearly
twelve thousand bales of cotton.
'jcSidcs the foregoing there Is in this
comfy the Glendale Factory, Of which
Alr. d. f.. Converse is president and
"Aicn has three hundred looms and tif-
ty t"" hundred spindlcs; the Pelham
Factory, Of which Mr.. Arthur Barnwell,
OF EhHricstGn, la president, which has
ton 'h"usan'! spindlcs and three hundred
looms, While Arlington, under the man
agcmcnt of Lewis and Austin Green, and
| flnGriv!Ilc, under the management of
Capt. iirniy Lilies, are making prepara-
Nnna for enlargement and Improvement,
thcr" ar also several other smaller mills
IN IN" c..uuty. All Of these mills are un
&c: excellent management and yield
handsome iividcnds. The water power
81 @pu utanburS County, as is wei! known,
Is almost inexhaustible. Each OF these
mills can Increase its power at VIII and
there arc still many shoals undcvcloped. "
BANKING FACILITIES.
| inc correspondent then mentions the
cLty, y banking facilities, supplied by the
National Bank and the Fidelity Loan
aud Trus, Company under the manage-
mcnt OF Col. George Cofeld, and the
Mcrchants' and Farmers Bank and the
Peoples BdildinS and Lpnn Association
under the presidency Of Col. joseph
| Walker 1t is noted that the National
| Bank, in order to meet the demands of
Its growing business, has completed
| plans for The erection Of new bulldiDo
| on SIagnOIiH street.
| PROGRESSIVE FIRM.
| Attcr 4 reference to the newly-sturtcd
| Beaumont Factory, under the pre.lden-
cY Of Mr. }. II. Sloan, Captain McKis-
sick remarks:
| at IA 81 noteworthy fact that in the
| rapid growth and development Of this
! citv nnd county the firm of which COL
| Joseph Walker is the head Las furnish
| ed President John III. Montgomery for
| the P"coIet and Spartan Mills; DR.. G.
+. Fleming for the Whitney Mill. Mr.