The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28


+. DILLTNG,
Secretary any Treasurer Dilling Mills,
Kings Mountain, y. c.
that long list of splendid cotton mill
plants that hayefheir. home in this
county. ~
The DiIlingfaA filts afe asaeI,g he
newest plants IN he ltsyRas
erected and steam tssase Oh aust
little more than yeae stxess ut is
one of the model mills of the South,
built and equipped under the supervis-
ion of such practical men as its Presi-
dent, Mr.. II. S. Chadwick, of Char
lotte, and Major +. 'Dilling, it's Score
tary, Treasurer and Manager The
building is of brick and is "a model of
imposing architecture and convenient
arrangement. The enterprise was
planted firmly on a capitalization Of
S13O000, and the Corporation has
among its stockholders, besides Mr..
Dilling and Mr.. Chadwick, such sub
stantial men as j. II. Craige and l.. l..
Jenkins. of Gastonia L. A. Smith
and William Anderson, of Char
lotte; and W. o. s5yare and A.
Dckey, OF Kings Mountain. When
the first mill building was completed
it opened it's broad doors 10 the admis-
sion Of 5,5GS new spindIes and go
new Knowles looms. Thesspinning and
weaving of popular grade Of cotton
fabrics was begun.
Somehow these North Carolina cot
tOn-mill people have a way-of enlarg-
ing their plants almostg before. they
are completed and in operation. The.
Dilling Cotton Mill had hardly started
under good head of steam before
ground was broken on the outside for
an addition, the exact size of the first
building, that would just double the
capacity of the mill. This addition is
now nearing completion, and the ma
chinery viii soon be in place.
Major Dilling is a firm believer in
what fnanciers term sound money"
and he believes that if the POLITICIANS
would (as the small boy saysl button
their lips for a short season, the coun-
try would go forward and its indus
trial interests prosper.
Upon this kind Of a basis he Diltfhg
Cotton Mills have been established,
and Major Dilling, who was mainly IN
strumental in inspiring its erection,
has been put at the helm he is 81
wise, sagaciOus man, prpdents care
full, economical manager, and under
his supervision the magnificent plant
that has been added to the Seuth's
volume of industrial wealth has. al
ready stepped TO the front.
Mr.. II. S. Chadwick, the busting
young president of the Charlotte Ma
chine Company and the president Of
the Dover Yarn Mills, is also the presi-
dent of the Dilling Cotton Mills. His
work in the cotton mill industry Of the
South has been potent and fruitful.
His money and his influence has gone
into different sections and suostan-
tally aided in the erection of several
cotton mill enterprises that have add
ed to the wealth of the section in
which he has planted himself and his
business activity.
The Dilling Mills is among the most
prominent of the enterprises that has
received the benefit of Mr.. Chadwick's
name, influence. money, and the ben
eft of his wise counsel i'm its manage
ment.,
This enterprise is one of the most
buoyant of the Souths new mills. and
has bright and propitious future.
Major Dilling talks sound money
md sound business principles straight
from the shoulder, and he conducts his
business enterprises on the principles
that he breaches. He is unsWeryinr in
his devotion to his convictions and
among these convictions is a we'll
grounded belief that in this southland
the carding, spinning and weaving of
the south's king Of products is going
forward until our section will be
second to none in this great industry.
Major DiIling is a close observer of
industrial matters. He is a careful
calculator and the fact that he has
planted a portion Of his own wealth
in the milling industry is substantial
evidence that the opportunity is in
yiting. lie turns his attention to this
industry, not simply because there is
probable profit in it, but duly appre-
ciates the fact that in the erection OF
n cotton factory he is providing a
means for hundreds Of people to OBJ
tain profitable employment=-pe people
who are a part Of our social fabric
good, honest men and women who
love our sunny skies, and who love
them even more when under them
they can obtain reward for their labor
sufficient to make homes cheerful and
happy,
This fact had it's effect in2the cree
ton of the Dilling Millss and when
the new addition is completed three
hundred of these people VIII find en-