The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-03-06
A PUSHING CITY.
FhS obsOrvntlens of DIserimIuut:
CorrcspOndont, upOn the Progress u
Prospects OF SPnrtanburg

! EhS obsOrvntlons of a DiserimIunt.
CorrcspOndont, upOn tho Progress u
prospects of SPnrInHburG.
Captain L. Z. McKissick, the trav
| ing correspondent Of tho News a
Courier, gives his Impressions Of Sr
tanburg as follows:
'Spartanburg is just now euio
| great prosperity, and on all sides car
| seen the unmistakablc car-marks of
cess and Development Spartanburp
| on tho upgrade. Slow, careful, grad
anu sure has becn her growth, and n.
there can DO no back sliding, no ret,
| grading.
| 'SpartaDburg occupies au ackuo
| cogcd leading position fairly won
| nor factories, schools, colleges and
| or pubhc improvements. 1t may beN
Tor the encouragement OF other plat
where progress has just begun, to c
| attention 10 some Of the ways and inca
Dy winch she has been brought up
| the position of tho second taxpayir
| co"n*y IN the State. She is also I'll
| leading manufacturing county in
South. No county in the South
| show greater number Of spindles
| looms. The point that merits partit
lar attcntioE, as one Of the great seer,
oi hHr success, may be explained in
! ""td, namely, "conti!ence." A bold
"as made III the projection and bull,
| OF our railroads, which have contrib
| 80 largely to the material growth an
| lVoiopment OF this country; but they
| passed into the hands OF the syndit
| anu as they did not seem to bring
| money directly into our private DoC
| when other private enterprises
| mentioned the Wiseacres shook
cads and held fast TO their none,
! THE BEGINNING OF THE FACTeKI
"Whcm Clifton Factory was firsi
posed, although some of the best
ness men here took the lead, an
though it was known that it wou
| under the management Of Dir. >.
| Converse, now one of the authorities on
manufacturing in the South, the peoplc
mere shook their heads doubtfully, and
had to be persuaded to put their money
in tue mill. In short time Clifton is
declared TO be success, the dvidends
are paid; the stock goes up; there is
a change. Walker, Fleming & Mont
gomery and their friends, who had been
important factors in starting the Clifton
enterprise, turned their attention to
fumb'lnG Shoals, and John II. Mont
geometry, already great success in bpsi-
ness, goss INTO manufacturing and takes
Charge OF the building and the conduct
OF the Pacolet Mills. In few wears
Clifton is doubled, and now Mills No. /
and have $4,000 spindles and some
800 looms; Pacsct also doubles, and
has 26, 600 spindcs, with 800 looms.
Walker Fleming & Sloan, Che last sue
ceeding Mr.. Montgomery in the firm. }
turned their attention to Whitney, aud
DR.. 9. Il. Fleming takes charge Of it,
and soon has 10000 spin dies and 325
looms in operation, Cowpcps soon fol-
lows suit with 5000 Spindles, and with
X. Il. Brown as president. Ia a short
time Mr.. G. s. Coffin, Of Charleston, ap-
pears OF the scene and projects and now
operates the Enorce Factory, with some
20, 600 spindlcs and 600 Icons.
"When the Spartan Factory at this
place was projected it was only propos-
Ell to raise the money on the CO. Operative
plan in stock Of small amounts, paid in
by monthly instalments, but it was soon
found out that this was too slow pro-
cess 10 suit these thrifty people, who de-
mandcd that the money should be paid
IT, the stock Increased, and now. in
stead Of 500, 600 factory, with the as
slstance OF Northern capital it has paid
up capital stock Of $500, 900. The
Spartan Mills will be under the control
OF John IL. Montgomery, one Of the lead
ing manufacturers Of the South. 1t vii,
have thlrty-four thousand spindles and
eleven hun"rcd looms, using YEARLY
twelve thousand bales Of cotton.
'Bcsldcs the foregoing there Is in this
county the Glendale Factory, Of which
| MIR. d. e. Converse is president and
which has three hundred looms and tif
| ty t"" hundred spindlcs; the Pelham
| Factory, OF which Mr.. Arthur Barnwell,
OF Charleston, is president, which has
ten thousand Spindlcs and three hundred
looms, while Arlington, under the man
agcmcDt of Lewis and Austin Green, and
FlnGrlVtllc, under the management OF
capt. lien!y Lilies, are making prepara-
Non" tor enlargement and improvement,
| there are also several other smaller mills
IN The equity. All Of these mills are un.
der excellent management and yield
handsome alVldcnds. The water power
| "i SpaltanburS County, as is well known.
/ almost inexhaustible. Each Of these
| mills can Increase it's power at Will and
there arc still many shoals undcvcloped. y
| BANKING FACILITIES.
The correspondent then mentions the
ctty's banking facilities, supplied by the
| National Bank and the Fidelity Loan
and Trust Company under the manage
mcnt Of Col George Cofeld, and the
Mcrchants' and Farmers Bank and the
Peoples Building and Loan 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 building
| on NLagnoiH street.
| PROGRESSIVE FIRM.
| After \ reference to the newly-Started
| Beaumont Factory, under the presiden-
| cY Of hlr. }. II. Sloan, Captain McKis-
sick remarks:
"It la Il noteworthy fact that in the
| rapid growth and development Of this
city and county the firm of which Col.
| Joseph Walker is the head Las furnish
! ed President John II. Montgomery for
| the Pacolet and Spartan Mills; DR.. c..
+. Fleming for the Whitney Mill; Mr..
j. II. 6losn for the Beaumont Mill,
while Col. Walker himself is president