The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1895-12-04
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
Tho Industrial Condition as Reported
FOR the Past Wcek. tx

for tho Past Week.
Reports Of industrial conditions In
all parts Of the southern states for the
past week indicate that eight-oont oot-
ton docs not bring out tho Drop in
largo supply, but the movement is fair,
and, together with sales that were made
when the market was higher, has'an on
oouraging effeot on general business.
The south is in bettor financial condi-
tion than has been known for many
years. Crops have been good and
have sold we'll, and only in localities
dependent on single product, as in
the orange-growing section Of Florida,
is there any shortage. Tho restrained
output of lumber, agreed upon by the
association OF lumber manufacturers,
Is having good influence on the mar
kets. Supply and demand are moro
nearly equal, and prices arc
we'll maintained. Large opera
tors look for higher prices as
tho season grows later, and admit that
tho quotations as they now are give O
fair profit. Gotten mills are doing
we'll, and are running on full time,
New mills arc reported as coming into
operation from week to weok, most Of
them the property Of mill managers
already in the business, and in somo
instances built on tho cooperative
plan, in which much interest is mani
fested. Iron is steady; prices are
firm, the demand shows no sign of
falling off, and reports as to decreased
outputs are notoonfrmed. The south
ern iron furnaces ore doing moro
satisfaotory business than ever bofore,
and every Indication is that the winter
will be one Of activity and prosperity.
Goal mining is in very active progress,
induced by the steady demand which
takes the coal output as fast as it is
delivered from the mines.
Among the new industries in tho
southern states for the woek there is
reported the organization ut Now Or
leans, La, Of tho New Orleans Edison
Co., capital 83,000,00O, to engage in
the business Of electric lighting, fur
nishing electric power, ctc. tho Cu-
ban tobacco Co., Of 1T. Meade, Fla,
capital, $3.50, 900; the Panama Park
Land Co., of Jacksonville, Fla, capi-
tai, 100000, and the Big Stony Min.
ing Co., capital, 800, 900, Of Roanoke,
Va, have been chartered the Pen.
dleton Lumber Co., of Chilhowie,
Tex, capital, $4,000; tho Kanawha
Lumber Co., with the same capital, OF
st. Alban's, w. Va; snuff works to
cost S35, 900, at Louisville, Ky, and
tho Pekor Iron Works, of Columbus,
Ga, capital, $25, 600. A 800, 900 Cot
ton compress will be built ut Abcr-
deem, Miss. n $15, 900 brick company
is reported at Bolton, Tex, and n
$4,000 ooopernge at Macon, Ga. T;
cotton mill at Aberdeen, Miss. !;
oannery at Alvin, Tex; n
Touring mill at Stuart, Virginia;
and harness factory at Charlotte, N.
O. Ice factories are reported atAlex-
andrin, LIN. and Morganton, N. @. a
machine shop at Yoakum, Tex, and a
mateh fe":t,~~wt at, Meridisn n, Miss.
Woo? working plants are to be estab-'
lisned ut Lester and Little Rock, Ark.
New Borne, N. c., aud Pcarisburg,
Va. Waterworks are to bo built at
Gurley, Ala, Springfield, Tenn, and
Weimar, Tex. Among cnlargements,
oro brick works at Beaumont, Tex,
Touring mills ut Bell Buckle, Tenn.
and cotton mill at Selma, Ala. Tho
new buildings Of tho week include
100000 business block at Charleston,
s. O., n SIS, 600 church Mt Russo vile,
Ky, $50, 600 college at Georgetown,
Tex, an $4,000 courthouse at Pulas
Xxi City, Va, and one to cost $50, 600
at Winston, N. @. Iradcenan (Chnt
tanooga, Tom