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

manhood that accrue3 from the instltu-
ton each year As not only 90 ID interest
on the investment, but large surplus
accumulated for the good Of the State and
of humanity.
Some years ago new enterprise was
begun in Concord the manufacture of
seamless bags These bags are used By
the thousand for picking salt, grain and
many other products that require a
closely knit bag that cannot rip. The
machinery by which these bags are made
had 10 be designed especially for the
purpose. The machinery with which
the works at Concord were equipped, is
the inv ntion OF Mr.. Will Kerr, aud is
the best bag making machinery ever de-
signed.
The corporate Was called The Kerr
Bag Manufacturing Company taking the
name Of the Ingenious young inventor
The OdeIls were largely interested in
this com 2any and, after some years, the
business of Big manufacturing was in
corporated into the Odell Manufacturing
Goa pauy. The Odell Company now
rurrs out these bags by the thousand,
and finds a ready sale or the III wherever
such an article is in demand This pro-
duct has acquired A wild reputation, and
The trade has stead y increased.
The Odeil plaids are known far and
wide, and are in demand wherever they
are known. The brands of shoetiugs and
shtings made by the firm have an es
tabli ,ned reputation, and an extensive
sale
To accommodate the demand for their
goods, the company i c0mp9.l led 10 con
sanity increase It's plant ard equipment
aud barely year passes that the spindies
and Looms that turn out the popular pro-
ducts are not substantially increased.
During this year several Thousand
spindles and number Of new looms have
been added to the Thousands of wheels
and spindles that run IN these rusy mills.
The dates Of The erection Of the several
mills that have grown up around be
parent factory are evidence Of the steady
| increase in patronage which the mills
| ha G enjoyed.
Capt j NJ Odell is also the president
OF another large cotton manufacturing
establishment, situated ia the sane town
with the works of the Odel Mapufactur-
ing Company. This is the Cannon Manu-
featuring Company This mill turns out
sheetings by rhe Thousand yards There
is in the equipment $500 splndles, and
go looms, and 81 cards. A battery of
four boilers supplies tho steam power
that keeps this myriad Of wheels in
motion. Every year this factory turns
five thousand bales of fieecy fore into the
finished product. The capital invest d
IN th, enterprise is 1925 900. Mr. j.
w. Cannon is the treasurer aud Mr.. L d
Duval the superintendent
The new Buffalo Thread Mills, located
on the southern suburbs of Concord, is
the latest achievement of the Odells, and
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as we write, new brick building, full of
new machinery, is joining in the indus
trial chorus of Concord.
When Capt. Odell and his associates
bought the Forest Hill factory, Concord
was small village, the county town of
an industrious and honorable pop
alton. The county was made
up chiefly of German and Scotch
Irish, the town being the dividing
liue betv cen the original settlement of
the Dutch and the Scotch Irish. The
Scotch-Irish settled on the best land
for cotton, and early prospered
more than their frugal and industrious
Dutch neighbors They early gave TO
the State patriotic, God fearing, Calvin
istic, edo your duty" population that
loved learning and had the best state
pride consistent with the devotion to
clan. 1t was the Cromwellian devotion
to duty in these scotch-Irish of Mecklen-
burg and Cabarrus that inspired
the Declaration of Independence. But
while that part of Cabarrus in
which the Scotch-Iris settled prospered
earlier than the more billy fields and stock
ranges of the frugal German, this pros
perity led TO demand for more Injuries
and great expenditure of money. The
German farmers, on the other hand, as
rule, made their own bread and meat,
establis he'd college in their most fertile
section, worked hard and lived e3onom
ically, until to day their side Of
the county is perhaps freer from the bur
dens of debt, and contains population
in h.a nf
This may be said with truth Of the en-
tire population of Cabarrus. 1t is far
above the average i'll education, thrift,
independence Of the masses, az in those
things that evidence growth in all that
is best in our modern rural civilization.
Oabarrus is good cotton county and
Captain Odell found here abundant cot
ton in the local market to supply the de-
mand5 of his factory, without having to
pay any freight charges. The success of
his enterprises has been largely the re-
suit of his capacity to take advantage OF
every local condition that could be utll-
lied, and with the cotton field adjoining
the factory, the money that usually goes
to middlemen and for transportation was
kept in the treasury Of the factory
1t is the saving of the Titles,
the close attention to the smallest details,
the stopping of all leaks, the quick
ness to take advantage of every new con
dition as it arises, as well as comprehen
siva business sense, that marks the
difference between the successful manu-
facturer and the unsuccessful one Capt,
Odpll, from the first Taade himself mas
ter of every detail of his factory opera
tons, reared his son to the same scrupu
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lous care about the smallest things,
and required all the officers.
from the highest to The lowest,
to regard no labor as beneath
them but to know how to do every and
all things necessary to the success and
growth Of the enterprise. It is to this
lnsistencs upon the mastery of details
emphasiz by his own knowledge and
lis own never tagging industry that has
inspired all whom he has associated with
him in business to an ambition to
emulate his industry and ''h0rse sense
More than this: 1t has caused cap
italists in other places to seek the
assistance Of Capt. Odtll in making
their enterprises successful, and so fire.
quent have been the urgent requests
made by other companies for him to
take the presidency Of their mills, that
he has been forced 10 decline dozens Of
such offers. Not two months ago, the
e ding moneyed men Of certain large
town in the State were talking about es
tablishing cotton factory in their town.
There was no trouble abont raising the
capital; al the difficulty was IL
occurring the right men to take charge of
the business. Oae of the company pres
ent, who had been expected 70 take 3d.,
500 worth OF stock said: II will take
$40 900 worth of stock if you can get
Capt. j NJ Odell, of Concord, to become
PRECEDENT His acceptance of the presl
deDcy would insure confidence in the en-
terprise, and guarantee dividends. He
is dividend making and dividend de
caring mill man, and that's the kind.
Not only has he achieved this sue
! cess in his own business, but Capt Odell
has helped thousands Of men and wo
men in a strictly business way, not to
speak Of his charities and gifts TO religion
and education which have kept pace with
MS business success. There are not few
N aud women, including widows,
who have money they desire to
invest safely, and they are always
anxiously watching for good and safe
investments. Whenever there has been
need of additional capital in snv enter
prise in which he has been eonnecleo, in
vestors have been glad 10 furnish as
much "a Cap ain Odell would say he
! could use prodtably In this way be has
helped the money classes. There are in
every COuuly u0Ay WbilbB udhGS tudI
need employment, men and women who
have not the means or the inclination
to go away from home to seek work, but
ara quick enough to learn, and capable
enough to do The town of Concord
and the county of Cabarrus had plenty
of such men and women who have found
employment 10 the Odoll mills and in
other mills that have been built by en-
terorising men in this manufacturing
cantIe.
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gagernent8 - eDgr0.s al his time. He
, has always been pm lo spirited citizen,
taking Interest III wbat-vr related to
the well being Of bis neighoOrs Since the
Raleigh public so5aolS. under re 0rgani.
zationS because the pride Of the city, Mr.
R0seuthal has been memDerOf the school
Board, and is now Secretary and Treas
urer of the Board. Mr. Rosenthal is
never too busy 70 give his time to the ad
vancement of Ralegh's public schools,
and his associates on the Board lean
upon his judgment.
Mr.. ROsenthal is typeOf the successful
Hebrew manufacturer and citiz-n There
are many of "the scattered nation" in
North Carolina, who hold positions of
prominence and imp ance in North Car
DINA business enterprises, and Mr. Rosen-
thai stands among the most esteemed
and successful among them. Like all his
race, he is generous and quiet in his
gifts to the poor, but in Raleigh there
are few families that are more bel oful to
the needy than.Mr. Rosenthal's
Mr.. E. B. Barbee, the President
of the mills, is also one of Raj
eigh's most prominent and success
full citizens Mr. Barbee is not a
practical cotton mill man, but he is a
trained and experier eel cotton mer-
chant, whose shipments extend into the
leading cotton markets Of the world
The other owner of the Juanita proper
ty are en;crprising and successful bust
ness mea. In the HANDS of these hut
ling gentlemen TIE Juanifa will 90 for
ward in the line OF progress.
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of Haw River, whose waters have for
half century been turing thousands
of apindles
The Juani.a Mills are equipped with
lappers, cards and 172 spiu"les Of
modern design aud proficiency, and III
der its eff 3ent new arrangement
the mills are humuipg every day and
night, making cotton warps that are
anxiously sought after hy the ending
weave mills Of the c0antry Nj Bsroee
the president Of the mills, is senior mem
Der of the large cotton shipping and tx
porting firm Of Barbee u Thompson, of
Rsleigh. Mr. Roseathal, the secretary,
treasurer and general manager, is also
citizen If K leigh. He is a trained
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-11-28
THE ODELL MILLS
ENTERPRISE ON WHICH CON-
CORDS PROSPERITY Is
FIRMLY FIXED.
NAME A SYNONYM FOR SUCCESS

The First Cotton Mill to Bear the
Name of OdeH Was Organized in
IS7s.-The OdeIIs Are Now Cotton
Mill Kings and Their Factories Dot
the State--The Large Works at Con-
cord, and the Fine Community That
Has Grown UP at Forest Hill.
Some names are inseparably con-
nected with cotton manufacturing IN
North Carolina and in all the long list
of energetic, capable men who have
found fortune in this development no
name stands higher than that of Odell
The rapidly of this industrial develop
ment is apparent when we remember that
it was as late as 1878 that the first cotton
mill bore the name of O1ell, and that In
the comparatively brief period that has
elapsed since that date they have at
tanned leading rank among the m inu-
facturers of the South. They had a
large faith in it's future, and by keep
ing everlastingly at it" they have reached
out, their mills have multiplied, and the
nama has became the synonym for sue
cess.
Capt. J. NJ Odell is native of Ran
dolph county, and at an early age went
to cierking in the store at the Cedar Falls
Cotton Mills He soon became interested
as a part owner of the mills and obtained
q thorough knowledge of the business.
He sold his interest in the Cedar Falls
Mills in 1870, and five years later bought
the Concord Mills.
Within one year after he bought the
mill the Odell Manufacturing Company
was organic d, and then began the man
ufactu ring career that has resulted in
such remarkable success. From that day
to this the management has been 'un
changed and the progress unvarying
Mill has succeeded mill, until now four
large structures are taxed TO their ca
pacity to supply the demand for the
products of the company. The first
mill was erec ed in 1910, the second
in 1889, the third in 1885, the
fourth in 1890 There are 26, 900
spindles and 1926 looms in the
equipment Every day these busy wheels
turn from the raw material into the fin
isbed product twenty seven bales of cot
tor The mills manufacture ginghams,
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They duanifa

"White City," made up of attractive and
comfortable nicely painted tenement
houses, and around them are large gar
dens and laws.
The warps and yarns made by the
Juanita Mills have ab0u3 them a
smooth, even finish. that at
tracts the most careful buyers
in tue market, and as rapidly as they
come from the reels, in the Juniata,
they go into The dye houses and weave
rooms of the leading plaid and sheeting
mills IN the State.
Mr.. G r )sentbal, the Secretary and
Treasurer, and the man ager of the en-
terprise, is citizen of Raleigh, where he
is highly esteemed rot only for his
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T. B BARBEE K leigh, N O., President
Jaanita G ,tton Mills.
cotton mill man and gentleman
with whom it is al al times a pleasure
TO deal
The Juanita NJ lis are spinning 800
bales of cotton year, and within five
years from now, when North Carolina
will be spinning its entire cotton pro
duct, the Juanita Mills will be 6pinning
their proportion
1t is an important individual factor
in the States cotton mill industry, and
ia keeping pace with lis general march
of progress.
The Juanita Mill buildings stand upon
an elevated Island between Haw River
and email stream, one of its tributa-
ries. Just above the mill IS built sub
stantial dam, and from this a
race, through which the water
comes, passing over the wheels and
into the creek on the other
side of the mill this creek, forming a
complete mill tail, carrying the va -er
back into the river. TIE buildings are
substantial brick structures of mo1ern
dTCuiLtcJuIt anu arrangement
A few feet from the mill is the com
pany's store house and Offices In the
store is kept a general line of
merchandise for the convenience of the
operatives and the companies other
patrons. The extensive landed estate
owned by the company located as it is
in one of the richest and most pros
porous sections of the State, is one of
its valuable assets, and while, under the
efficient management of the mills. sub
stantial dividends to its share holders
are assured, the ever increasing value of
IFS realty will add year by year to the
company's wealth. The company owns
its own teams drauRht and carriage
horses with first class barns and stables
On the crest of the hill is little
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sheetipg5 ard seamless bags, and their
products have made place for them
selves on the markets of the world.
Half million dollars capital is the
financial basis on which this industrial
structure rests, and one hundred stock
holders have their dollars invested N
the enterprise.
j. NJ Odell is president of the com
pany, J. A. Odell is vice president, and
W. r. 0dell is secretary and treasurer.
Capt J. NJ. OIell is also largely inter
ested in the Durham Cotton Mills, at
Durham; in the Cannon Manufacturing
Company, another leading Concord IL
dusry in the J NJ Odell Manufactur-
ing Company. whose mills are located in
Chatham county in the Pearl Mills, at
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church and the State. Their cooperation
gave the old college new lease on life,
and it has been steadily growing and
ever since In the mean
time it has teen improved in every de
partment, and now is on a firmer
basis than it ever was before. Tn gen
tlemen who own the college. the Odells
among the principal stockholders, d. not
ask any return from the investment, re
garding the increment of educ 4ted NO
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We Do Not Claim

To be 1t present the big
gest thing In orth Ca, O.
lima, al hough we hope to
be, and expect to be, the
lie ding took sellers Of
the State; but
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THE JUANITA MILLS.
4 VALUABLE MILL PROPERTY
IN A NEW COMPANY'S
HANDS.
SUCCESSFUL NEW MANAGEMENT

The Valuable Big Falls Mill Property
on Haw River Bought by "a Company
of Which Mr.. f. II. Barbee Is Presi-
dent, and Now Successfully Operated
as the Juanita Miils-.Mr. C. R0sen-
thai, an Experienced Manufacturer,
is Secretary and Treasurer.
Juanita pronounced Wah-nee ia, of
course is the new name given to that
splendid Cotton mill property, formerly
the Big Falls mills, of Alamance county.
This property embraces the JuaniCa
water power; the large two story brick
cotton mills and the Juanita landed
estate, comprising $50 acres of land,
lying on both sides of Haw river, aud
situated three miles north of Burlington
These mills were built in 1887 by The
Big Falls Manufacturing Company.
and were bought in July of
last year by a company composed
of Mr. f. B. Barbee, Mr.. A A. ThOmp-
son and Mr.. G. Rosenthal of Raleigh
and Messrs. W. Z. and d. A. White, of
Mebane. A company was organized
and named the Juanita Cotton Mills
with Mr.. f. B. Barbee President, Mr..
W. f. White Vice President, and Mr..
&. Rosenthal Secretary and Treasurer.
These new owners took charge of the
property in July "a, and Mr.. Rosenthal,
whose talent and experience peculiarly
fits him for the work, became the general
manager of the enterprise.
The Juauita is one OF the most vaua-
BILE properties in the Sac. 1t is de-
lightfClly situated in t-e midst Of
cluster Of picturesque hills on the banks
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Durham; in the Bank of Concord; in the
Greensboro Female College. He is pres
ident Of the Bank of Concord, Of the
Durham Cotton Mills, of the Cannon
Manufacturing Company, of the J. M
Odell Manufacturing Company, and OF
Concord Electric Lighting Company, is a
director in the Pearl Mills, and mem
Der of the board of trustees of Greens
boro Female Col ege A large interest
in all these enterprises Is owned by the
Oaells
Mr.. w. r. Odell is Secretary and
Treasurer of the 0dell Manufacturing
CO., and of the j. NJ. Odell Manu-
featuring Co. Mr. Will Odel. as every
fody calls the Secretary and Treasurer,
ID ''chIp { If the old blGck,n one Of the
most popular and useful men IN the
state, interesting himself not only in i'm
sortant business enterprises, but in al
religious movements working for t1e
taaterment of men and women.
concord has in little more than a
o.,Gade grown into one of the leading
manufacturing towns in the State, and
its prosperity is firmly anchored to the
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Do Claim

To be able to SILL books,
station ~, s hool sup
plies, and everything Ia
our line, cheaper for cash
than any other house In
the State.
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acknowledged business qualifications but
for the high honor and integrity that is
accorded him by his neighbors and
friends
Mr.. r senthal has been in the cotton
mi / business for a qnarjer Of a century,
out has not permitted hi3 business en-
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The Mayo Falls Manufacturing Com
pany is erecting Large Is 0O0-spindle
mill at Mayodan F FL Fri, s, OF Salem,
is president. The capital stock is
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-11-08
The Knnsas lden.

With much regret we note that u
Wichita (Kan.) man has got into
trouble about kiss. 1t is never pleas
ant to hear of Misunderstanding
about kiss. A kiss is such a harmless,
necessary thing bcstowing of it
such simple, innocent, and pleasant
form OF recreation-that to have any
sort of trouble follow it is discouraging,
to say the least. But in the Kansas
case under consideration the sorrow
that such things should be is rather
swallowed up in wonder at certain de-
tails of development. The thing has,
of course, got into the courts, or moth
ing would be known about it. Mrs
Wertz, who was kissed, is suing Mr..
Pulliam, who did the kissing, for dam
ages. Realizing, apparently, the utter
absurdity of such thing as damages
having any possible connection with so
benign thing as kiss, the lady's law
yer has fallen back on his legal base of
supplies and put forward the astonish-
ing plea that the defendant kissed the
plaintiff in loud, boisterous, feloni-
Gus, malicious, and unseemly man
ner, against the peace and dignity of
the state of Kansas" Now isn't it hard
luck enough to be hauled up for so
small an act as kissing, without having
heartless lawyer unload such a lot of
misfit adjectives upon a person. Sure
ly the law could impose no greater PEN
atty than to permit beokish bar
rister to get his fell work in in such a
manner.
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THE joys of married life are differ
emily estimated by different people,
and it has been alleged that some of
the sweetest pleasures come in the
making up" after family jars. On
this ground, opines the New York Sun,
Mrs. Isaac Brewster, of Monroe coun-
ty, Pa, has been getting full meas
ure of satisfaction out of her twenty
two years Of welded life. In that time
she has deserted her hus band Just
forty-two times. She and Isaac would
disagree about something, and she
would promptly go away, first to her
parents and latterly to her married
children. Forty-two times she was
coaxed back by her disconsolate hus-
band, and everything was lovely for a
few months each time, until the next
outbreak. One time, when they parted
over custard pie, II cost Isaac two
hundred dollars and the deed to q
house to get his erratic spouse back.
But now she refuses to go back again,
and the courts have been asked to ap-
point a guardian for the estate.
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in hand, he would suddenly utter
cry of pain, perform series of contor-
tion acts and then land full length on
the wet and muddy boards. Then he
would slowly pick himself UP, carefully
examine the walk, shake his head and
jog along in a state of curiosity and ig-
nOrance.
Among the interested spectators of
these peculiar actions was Officer Der
rig, of the central detail, who is sta
toned at the Union depot. After wit
Messing the downfall of five or six men,
the officers curiosity led him to make
an investigation.
The officer slowly walked over to the
spot with the air of man who was
about to unravei deep mystery. He
began to pace back and forth on the
old wooden sidewalk, and after having
made the trip in safety several times he
began to look at the "cabbies" with a
wink and twirl his rosewood club with
all the confidence of one of the finest.
Finally he strode down the middle
of the walk on the way back to his
post, confident that the men who had
fallen must have mixed their drinks.
Suddenly one of his brogans descended
on the head of a big, iron spike which
protruded half inch above the plank
A look of pain overspread his features,
a cry of surprise burst from his lips,
and then there was whirling mass of
blue cloth, brass buttons, tin star and
rosewood club.
Derrig finally landed on his back, as
had many before him. Struggling to
his feet, he gave hasty glance at the
sky and then at the sidewalk. For mo-
ment he was dumb, and then turning
to the roaring cabmen he exclaimed:
'Be gorrah! wus sthruck be light
ninr'
Securing an ax, Derrig tore up a
half dozen planks and then discovered
the cause of all the trouble. Directly
underneath the middle row of spikes
an electric light wire had been strung.
The ends of the nails had worn away
the insulation from the wire and the
weight of a person above pressed them
against the uncovered wire, forming a
perfect connection. The wet walk
only served to increase the power Of
the current, giving the passing pedes-
trian sufficient shock to throw him
sprawling on the sidewalk.