The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-11-15

or three years, at least six large factO-
ries in the South operated by negroes.
Mr.. Hunter expects to employ LOO
colored men and women in the near
future.
President Harper, of the Cherokee
Falls Is. C) cotton mills, which were
recently destroyed by fire, says that
the mills will be rebuilt next spring.
In the meantime his operatives will
work in other mills, all of them hav.
ing already secured employment.
A company will soon be organized
at Laredo, Tex, for the purpose OF
manufacturing cotton and woolen fab
RIGS, and it is expected to utilize the
old woolen mill building which was
erected several years ago. 1t is pro.
posed to place the capital stock at
$50,0C0, in $40 shares.
The Excelsior Knitting Machine
Manufacturing Company, South Beth
lehem, Pa, report business as very
good with them they are running
evenings until nine o'clock, and have
on their books orders for 400 OF their
new improved three.quarter automatic
machines. New orders are coming in
all the time.
A large textile plant may be located
at Dallas, Tex, in the near future.
The Commercial Club now has q
for such a plant, and it
may be accepted. A 5000 spindle
mill is proposed for making twines,
yarns, warps, etc., in connection with
which would be dye works and knit.
ting factory Of 400 machines.
The Henderson knitting mills at
Troy, Ala, which have been idle for
more than year, will resume opera
tions at once. Mr.. W. H. Curry, OF
PlainesYille, Conn, an experienced
millman, is to be the superintendent,
and fifty persons will be given en-
ployment. The equipment OF the
is now being overhauled
and reset.
The Barnesville underwear mills, at
Barnesville, Ga, which were estab-
ished about a month ago, are meeting
with the best OF success. There is no
ack OF orders, those on hand aggre-
eating nearly $1,000, and they come
rom as far north as Rochester, N. Y,
and as far west as Chicago. Messrs.
B. W. Elder and VIM. Gee, who are
among the incorporators, have charge
of the plant and business. Additional
will be added as it is deem.
I'd advisable.
The three cotton mills at Maiden,
Catawba county, N. c., which some
lime ago reduced the wages of their
operatives have voluntarily restored
,he old scale. They have also relieved
he operatives of the extra time which
mas been required of them for several
These mills are the Maiden
Cotton Mills, the Providence Cotton
Mills and the Wilson Cotton Mills, the
two former being owned by H. F. Car
penter & Son and the latter by Rankin
& Son.
Treasurer Boynton, Of the SacCa.
Kappa Hosiery Company, Westbrook,
Me-, has for several weeks been in
consultation with Calden Hess, who
represents Delaware parties. Mr..
Hess has been to Westbrook and
viewed the plant and stated his terms.
At meeting OF the directors several
days ago it was voted to take up with
Mr.. Hess offer, and Messrs. w. E.
Aver and Lemuel Lane, as represen.
tatives Of the directors, have left for
Philadelphia, where they will meet
Mr. Hess, and, if he has fulfilled his
agreement, close the contract. In
the closing of the contract additional
machinery will be purchased and the
plant put in operation about the mid.
die OF November. Between thirty and
forty hands will be employed on the
start, with Mr.. Hess in the capacity
OF superintendent and salesman.--
Wool and Cotton Reporter.