Birmingham age-herald., 1895-04-05
Are the Massachusetts Mill Com 2 - mittee Now South
INSPECTING THE FIELD
Programme for the Remainder Of Their Visit-Cood Words
 for the Future.

sPARrANrURa, s. C., April 1.-The Massachusetts mill committee today visited and inspected three of the largest mills in South Carolina. They saw that the south is not only competitor of the New Eng land manufactures in certain lines, but that the southern mill developments are steadily going on. In every place they have visited additions to present plants are being made, showing the confidence of the owners in,ihe enterprises.
 The committee come to the south with view of seeing what was to be seen, and not on a mere pleasure jaunt. No time was lost in unnecessary sig ght-seeing or frolick- ing, but the entire day has been spent in an active canvass of the mill situation demonstrated in the larger mills of south ern state which has distinctively large and successful cotton mills. Most of the com. mittee had not previously made a personal visit to the mill dis surprised at the development of the last few years. It was very largely through the inslrumentalities or Mir. D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte that the committee came to the south, as MT. Tompkins, who is thorough believer in the possibilities of the south, wanted the mill men to see for themselves the favorl bic conditions for cotton manu- facturing existing in the south, as he has demonstrated in his own enterprises.
 he trip was arranged through corre- spopdeDce between Mir. TomLkins and the men who are out on the trip, representing capital which amounts to at least SEQ ,00O, 900 on H basis of $20 for each spinale of the 1,C00, GOO managed by the mill men who constitute the committee now in South Carolina. As matter of general informa- tion, the following is a brief summary ot those in tL party:
 MT. William C. lowering, president of the Arkwright club of Boston. This club is made up of owners and treasurers of the principal mills in New England. MT. Lowering has interests in various mills of more than 120, ,000 spindles, and employs more than 5000 operatives. He is a careful student oi industrial interests. Then there historian. He reprt sents the Chicopee, Saratoga and Victory mills. MT. w.. c. Amory is treasurer of the Amory mills Manchester, N. H., and is also director of the Amos k.ag mills, the largest cotton mill in the world, and other large mills. MT. Henry c. Howe is president of Law renee & Co.,, who handle all the goods of the Pacific mills, Lawrence and other large mills. He is also practical manufacturer. MT. Arthur Amory sells all the goods of the Ji ckson mills and Nashua mills in Nashua, N. H., which mills have just got. ten permission to go out of the state and buiid in other states to mauu- fLcture their own brands of goods. Mir. Anory is also the agent of the Lancaster glngham mills at Clinton, Mass and the Appieton mills at Lowell. MT. Henry B, Coxe. Jr., is in the mining business, and represents Coxe Bros. oi Pennsylvania, who mine 5000 tons u day of Lehigh anthracite coal.
 MT. D. A. Tompkins, who has been in entire charge of the party since it left the North and who expects to remain with it until thelr return, is deyoting himself en- tirely to the task of seeing that the party has every possible attention.
 MT. Fred Oliver, who is largely interested iEsoutLern cotton mill enterprises, is also with the party. MT. R. H. Edmonds, of the Manufacturers Record, who has done so much for the development of tLe south, is also along, taking in everything that presents itseli and doing all that he can for this section.
 In addition to these there are with the party representing the Southern railway, Traffic Manager Culp and his secretary, MT. Powers; General Passenger Agent Turk and hls secretary, Mir. McCant; As- kis.ant raffic Manager Drake, also Train Masters Boyd and Ramseur; Superintend- ent Turner and his secretary, Mir. Law reEce, and Traffic Manager Glover and his secretary, Mr. Flournoy, of the Seaboard Air Line.
 The Seaboard Air Line had charge of the committee until Charlotte was reached where 1t was turned over to the Southern, who will turn it back to the Seaboard Fri
 
 are doing everything possible for the con- ven1ence of the party, and just now Messrs Turk, Culp and Drake are doing every. thing in the finest manner possible. Au- gust Kohn, a special correspondent of the News and Courier, joined the party today for his paper and the Southern Press asso. citation.
 When it is suggested that MT. Tompkius, for the committee, has already received over 100 invitations to visit various points 1t will be appreciated that no little im- portance is attached to their movements. Invitations for visits have come all the way from Birmingham, Ala. They have come from AtlaDta, Colum bus, Tucker and Macon, in Georgia; from Rock Hill, Blacksburg and Columbia, in South Caro- lima; from Rockingham, Weldon, Dur ham, Shelby, Mount Holly, Moncure, Raleigh, Lincolnlon, Wilmington and Of course it is a physical impossibility for the committee to visit all the places that have solicited visits, but from the present outlook the following itinerary will have to be closely followed
 Leave Pacolet Thursday afternoon for Asheville; leave Asheville Friday noon; arrive at Clifton Friday at 4 p. m. leave Clifton Friday at 6 p. m.; arrive at Char lotte Friday at SD. m.; leave Charlotte via the seaboard Air Line Friday at p. m.; arrive at Columbia Saturday at 8a. m. leave Columbia via the Southern railroad Saturday noon for Augusta; leave Augusta Sunday at Sa. m. via the Port Royal, West- cru and Greenwood, arriving ,at Moncure Sunday night, sleep at Moncure; Lockvllle Shoals, Monday morning; at Raleigh 10:30 to l2,S0 Monday; at Weldon p. m. to p. m. Monday; Portsmouth Monday night.
 The party IS due to arrive at Asheville at