The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-12-19
SPCRT OF THE SPINDLES.
South Cardinals Rapid Gain in Cot
ton manufacturing.

! ton Manufacturing.
South Carolina, starting out with &
! population Of 2t0 whites in 1910. anG
the raising Of cottr n on her soil begin
ming o:rr a GENTRY later, finds herse]i
at :Lc end of thI: year 1895 standing At
the head Of the southern States in the
matter CT cotton manufacturing. Con
sidering her size and white population
Site may Ec said to be yery far III the
i.a;l.
| seems bcwildering hu: it is fact
that during the past year, since the
agitation If tic matter Of erecting
mills w's recommended here. The
State being among the earliest and
most persistent agitutors, :'6 ncw cot
ton mills have bccn projected with au
aggregate capital of&t, 1G3, 900. Twenty
ot these have received their charters.
which nIeans that the bulk of thcir
cal!tal has not ouly been subscribed
but paid iI--that work hos actually
'ecn begun on their construction, aud
i'll many instances that the mills are
already in operation. These twenty
MILLS represent q combined capital Of
3,G25: 600.
The IL mills that have applied for
charters, having received their COM
missions: but not having as: yet filed
the return securing the charters, rep
resent combined capitri of $1,47o,-
2Dp. Nearly all Of thcm arc backed
! by the most solid business lien and
there will not be moro than two Or
three that fail to start all right
! The great feature Of this growth Of
! the cotton manufacturing industry is
that nearly all the capitnl put into
these mills is home capital, put i'll hy
citizens Of the State. They are begin
ming to realize very fully what sclf-aid
means, In it all Columbia shows mp
handsomely. Her citizens have come
to the front, and the mills projected
herc represent IN ultimate capital ot
nearly q million dollars.
Not including the ''pr6iected mills
which means the entire 36 mentioned
above, it. vas some time ago figured
That South Carolina had S3S. .03G
slinilos anu 21,273 looms-1o, n0r
more spindles than North Carolina and
252, 600 more than Georgia, the next
highest State; that she bad 5000 more
Icons than North Carolina and 1000
more than Georgia. In none Of the
other Southern States during''thc past
year has the impetus given to the erac-
ton Of cotton mills been anything like
as great as in South Carolina: so it is
easily seen that South Carolina ends !
this Year far in the lead of ali tic |
Southern States.
K is q pleasant subject to dwell |
upon, ard it makes the future look s
roseatc for South C&rolina, for she@
brings the mills direct u the fields sSS
Laal ntls
Another pleasant glance at the fu.
turc is that while South Carolina is g:
rapidly becoming cotton mannf
turing State, Columbia. is to become
lie leading manufacturing city. II
verT short order now th@ huge 5000 t.
5000 horsepower electric p ant, utlliz,
Ing the great waterp'wer OF the Co.
Iumiia canal. will be transmitted SC
easily and at such snail cost that III.
most any point in the city may become
millsite
South Carolina at present hasn't as
large number of mills as several OF
TIC other Southern States, but their
size is very much greater.
It is notable fact that in 1882, but
little more than decade ago, the com,
hiuei capital of the mills then Ill
operation and projected WAS only 81.
oSi, eco, not as much as the proposed
cnpital Of the New mills of 1898.
It is really hard to contrast the
ISL. 743 spindlcs and the 3,AlS looms
the State lad in 1882 with the present
figures. The possibilities OF cotton
manufacturing in this cottou-growinS
State seem unlimited, When it is con-
si.1crad that the State has all estimated
watcrpower Of 800, 900 horsepower. 1t
takes about ii,uOO Of this to run about
zoo, O0n spjndies and aioo"t 900 looms
Figure it Up and sec what vast power
is as yet untitled. Columbias new
electric power plant will furnish more
power nlouc than was utilized in the
whole Siltc in 1924.
The twenty mills -wntC'i have been
"chartcrcd'' during the pust year are
as fellows:
The Lewisviilc Mills company. Ches-
ter---s775, 900 capital.
The Lockhart Mills. Lockhart,
Union county-S5OO, 900 capital.
The Richland Cotton Mills, Eoinm-
hia-S150, Gao capital.
The T. ". Poe Manufacturing Com
i,any, GrecnvilIe-25n.Do0 capital.
Chcraw Knitting Mills, Cheraw-
So, coo capital.
Saxe-Gotha Mills, Irene. Lexington
couuty-$5G, 600 capital.
Aiken Manufacturing company, Al
ken-S4OO, 900 capital.
Wa!halla Cotton Mills, Walhalla-
So, 600 capital.
American Spinning Company, Green
vilIe-sl25, 900 capital.
The Colleton Cotton Mills, Walter
bore, Collcton county-SlQ0, O0o cnpl'
tul
Norris Cotton Mills Company. Cen
trai-$100, 900 capital.
The Mills Manufacturing Company,
Grccnyillc-S10Q, 900 capital.
Carolina Mills Company, Columbls
--S25U. 900 capital.