The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-17

gion. There is something i'll the cllinate Oh
the Piedmont region that tends to develop
and strengthen the Engish-speaklng race
whether Saxon or Kelt and this climatic
influence is nowhere more potent than IN
North Carolina. Georgia has prohteu ny
this even more than North Carolina, ior III
the drift of population southwark ana west
ward this state has caught and held the
sturdiest men of the race. The mixture OF
Scotch and Irish with the pure EnSllsh
stock i'm middle Georgia has developed that
peculiar humor which makes the Georgian
branch of American Neutrality-suspicious.
by I.ongstreet, Thompson, Johnston ana
others-a thing apart; creation at ono"
representative and unique. Even Simon
Suggs was a Georgian. They tell story
of how Johnson Hooper, Of Alabama, used
TO live in Jasper county and there met Mr..
Suggs. When he wrote his book some one
showed a copy to one of Mr.. SuSgs helsh-
bors and this neighbor went straight nome
with the information.
Don't you remember little Jonce Hoop
err said this neighbor to Mr. Suggs.
"yyhy, l reckon / do" replied Mr.. Suggs
.<gtvaIl sir" the neiehbor declared, little
JClce Hooper has gone and noveiv,i yV"i''
Mr. Suggs rubbed mis- chin thoughfully.
"yNell dang his scaiy hide" 1t is not on
record that Mr. Suggs ever revised his re-
mark or reau the book, or that ne ever
put on any extra air because he had been
"roveled" by little Jonce Hooper.
MIR. Kincaid belongs To DOIn Hluule Nfcoi-
gia and the Piedmont region, and his humor
some times bubbles over into the local
newspapers The readers OF the con
stitution no doubt remember the story OF
the 'possum farm in Spalding county that
went the rounds of the newspapers of the
country awhile ago. Mr.. Kincaid contesses'
with something like q sigh, that ne Is the
author of that piece. The sigh arises from
tbe fact that his private mail rs over
vbelmed with letters from people VINO
imagine that they are Interested in the en-
tcrprise Scientific men have written TO
him for ligaments Of the 'possums tall' and
for information regarding the marsuplai
development.
remembered all these things as l sat
II, Mr. Kincaid's office watching him dis
pose Of his correspondence. Every feat
1lre of his face calls for business pure ana
simple, except his eye, and there Is twin
kle in that that seems to call for an Oc-
casionaI frolic. He manages two cotton
n, lis EMPLOYS 400 hands, and consumes 4,OoO
bs les of cotton a year. That means a good
d,al of business for Griffin and for Mr..
IIlncaid. and the frolic the eye calls for
ought to mean considerable vacation, but
il means only a day or two at warm
Springs during the summer, and some times
"a hour or two at the club.
''There is but one trouble with the mlll
business i'm the SOUTH" said Mr.. kincaid,
closing his desk and turning to me- they
are all doing the same kind of work. 1hey
are all spinning and weaving the
goods that can be made OUT
Of fourteen yarn. The result Is
-. ~, NOV have flooded the market
adtb mat particular class of goods. am
NOT making and special complaint because
the trouble / am telling you about Is hatuf-
M almost inevitable 1t grows out oil a
lack Of technical knowledge on the part Oh
those who go into the mill business III the
10, ffFo1pG
Brown, who is a good business man ana
somewhat ambitious, conceives the notion
of helping himself and his community by
starting a cotton factory. SO he gets up
the stock, and has everything ready, ana
then he makes a visit to the nearest mlll
He looks into it a little, and then goes
home and duplicates the plant. This Is
about the history of the cotton mill busl-
ness in the south"
Doesn't this hurt some?' | asked.
cit has a tendency to hurt" replied Mr..
| Kincaid, land it will surely hurt IL cotton
manufacturing in the south is to be devel-
| oped along the same old lines. The south
ern mills have no competitor in New Eng
land They ran that out ten years ago. As
| a matter of fact there is no line of cotton
| manufacturing the south may take up in
| which outside competition can stand against
! us You understand L am not talking to
| YOU as developer a promoter but as
| plain. practical business man, who has some
| knowledge of the milling business.
"The cotton manufacturing industry Is
| i'm it's babyhood in this section. We are
| just at the beginning of it. We have de-
veloped the little end of it almost too well.
| We have gone about far fourteen
| yarn will carry us. We have got to take
| hold of twenty-eght and thirty-two, and
| that means point cloths-calicoes-and
| bleached ginghams. II L were twenty
| years younger, would go into the stripping
room-the room where the cotton is I'M
| dressed, and I'd work my way through the
| mill. Why? Because when / came out I'd
know all about the business. I'd have
knowledge that could be turned into cold
| cash. I'd go into business that way be-
cause ] know just as well as / know that
I'm standing here, that this Piedmont sec
| tion-the upper part of Georgia, the upper
| part of South Carolina, and the upper part
| of North Cardinals going to be the center
of the cotton manufacturing of the world.
Every condition is here except that of
! technical knowledge, and that will not be
wanting when the demand for it grows inn
! perative.
THE time is ripe for the south to enter