The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-11-23

lore. It allc~s the Granh: cotton
r.1i!l, ncy being built near Columbia.
The cotton lai 10 10 cleared away
from tie site, and the picture shows
the brick layers Il: work, while twcaty
;va::is nwnz-. hands are picking cotton.
This nil is three huu,!rc,l and seven.
- feet long al} one hundred anu
twenty seven lest wide. What picture
:co;,ii mora torcib!y TIL Of the rapid
growth cf manufacturing in the South
Mills situated right il the cotton fields.
/ living object lesson, showing tie fol
" Of transporting raw cotton one
thousand miles for manufacture: The
mills viii come to the cotton, and
freight saved Will be moneT IN the
;plarte:'s pocket, as we'll US Tor the
i:njil man.
In tn county Of Marlboro we
have Il factory ut NIcColl, built with
ihorie capital ond o!Iiccred by homo
itaient t'ivc years ago there were
::aree stores and GboHt one hundred in
i,abiiants in tie town. i fcw enter
'pr:sinc spirits determined to build 4
;nctory. Fifty thousand dollars was
subscribed, a2t: q factory costing
$110. $50 "as syon il operation. Last
June tie sixty Thousand debt wss eau
cel!eG, and the rlant increased fifty
thou:allGi dci.ars, tic new stoc!: being
divided among tla old share holders.
The result IS that every LII who in
vested one hundred dollars, Las cne
hundred nnI sixty dollars il stock.
Tie population has increased to eight
hundred, with schools ard churches q
the most modern architecture, while
the factory makes the town ci.e Of the
best cotton markets il Marlboro, or
Marion. What was possible at AIcColl
is possible at any town n South Caro-
liaa, where there is Tataln aud
Gibson.
The President Of q large Massachu-
sets :2iil, just moved to Georgia, has
the following interview in an Atlanta
paper: "i;re b@iit this factory Ct ten
thousand spirales IL Georgia for pure
J. business reasons. We believe the
manufacture Of cotton yarns in the
South 2orc profitable thar in Masse-
chusctts. Cotton is cheaper, coal is
cheaper and iabor IS cheaper. For IL
stance, We pay four dollars ton fo1
coal II massachusetts, while I have
contracted fer supply 1or, our mill
here next year at $50. We shall
continue the operation Of our mill N
Lowell. Having decided to enlarge it,
VIC made tic addition here instead Of
there Tic decision Of this company
to make its extensions and enlarge
ments il tic South, rather than IN
New England, viii doubtless be repeat
cd by many New England concerns.
Tic following occurs in the Boston
Herald and is clipped from the ''Man-
;,tacturer's Record" "Ghc CONNER
cial prinacy Of the world IS very like
lv to be viii. tie coantr: tia. caEr-15rr0= pro-
du:c iron and s11sel most c6eaply. In
o1o;'5cfS II - s5Ad dfta, eHGf.sE2 i:9a
States is cyi2oZ becoming the seat
Of all the commercial activity which
depends on the ability to produce iron
and steel cheap@ than can be done
elsewhere And the South can pro-
,:rcc iron at a lower cost than any sec
ticn, ana will eventually do the same
liz steel making, tie commercial rrll1l'
ICY Of the world must cosne to this Sec
tion. The handwriting is Oh the Wall
Southwark the course OF empire takes
it,, war, and so the great business Lead
rrs. who made Chicago and the Nest,
now see that they must take an active
part ii! the South development IN Or
;:lcr to share its prosperity. With Ten
years more Of protection, the COUSIN.
vrs IN the North, the great centres OF
population. will cry for free trade as
they did in England ifty years ago.
Aside from factories, among the
other ''in!a1t Industries Of South
Carol;nn. tobacco culture plays con
sp;caor;a part. Our tobacco is bring
Jug the top Of tue market. One OF
2Iar}borvs farmers told ne that his
tobacco crop netted him eighty-two
and one half Per acre. The News q
Courier aGd Register have Thoroughly
advertised eastern Carolina IL
the tobacco industry. The other day
L w:ls attracted by the curious antics
Of passenger on the c. S. i \. hall
road: l.2 got of the trsiu, kicked up
some dirt, telt it in lis fingers, pnEi"tI
ND Il cnrnstai.z anl did the same tl'nG'
cot Of ut the nryt station and the next,
and repeated his c"pers. Ay curiosity
s:as aroused. and I asked Linn if ke Was
s.uomc YaHkoe hunting dirt to adrl-
terntc meal and tio1r, with. i4"l
know our Marlboro dirt Is most 9oo.I
caonch to cut.I He said "Ch no.
that he l1ad read ~. Z. \. and WAS
hnntiug land 70 make tobacco upon:
that he was from Virginia. and tho'lGEt
there VIZ: fortune il South CarnI!n'i
tobacco, JIG s%-'. lint We "o"l', 7'Oi L.
luvc monopoly i'll ccrtnin grades OF
tu!'accO.
IL soil. aati natural resources: tac
two a.cti1i.s will n9t hear comparison.
The tivl.!s uf 1ac South are richer than
ever with uuf;ii!iug crops: her 1alnes,
scarce developed. each year Increase
their proi'.ct of irczElaVStih!c wealth.
with manufacturing industries con
staut!y expanding. aud railroads
spreading over ali a:ailnhlc territory:
We have but to turn orr hearts and
Or hands to utilizing these vast re-
Sources. and out Of the ashes OF defeat
we vail pluck : glorio"s victory. " hen
the South maiies bread and meat to
iced her people, aid with her Own Own
mills: unins her own cotton. then VIII