The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-04-10
REPRESENT S2O,OOO,O00.
ACTIVE CAPITAL OF OUR MASSACHU-
SETS VISITORS.


Who They Are and the Mills They Repre-
sent-Iesterday Spent in SpartanburGs
Big 1lills--To be in Columbia Saturday
Morning.
SPARTANBURG, April 4.-The Massa-
chusetts mill committee today visited
and inspected three of the largest mills
in South Carolina. They saw that
the South is not onlv a competitor Of
the New England manufacturers in
certain lines. but that the Southern
mill developments are steadily going
on. In almostevery place they visited
additions to present plants were being
made, showing the confidence Of the
owners in the enterprises. The COM
mittee came to the South with view
of seeing what was to be seen, not on
a pleasure jaunt. No time was lost in
unnecessary sightseeing or frolicking,
but the entire day has been spent in
an active canvass of the mill situation
as demonstrated in the larger mills Of
a Southern State, which has distinc-
lively large and successful cotton mills.
Most of the committee had not pre-
viously made personal visit to the
mill district of South Carolina and
were surprised at the development of
the last few years. It was very large
ly through the instrumentality of Mr..
D. 4. Tompkins of Charlotte that the
committee came to the South. as Mr.
Tompkins. who is a thorough believer
in the possibilities of the South, want
ed the mill men to see for themselves
the favorable conditions for cotton
manufacturing existing in the South,
as ne mas demonstrated in his own en-
terDriSeS
The trip was arranged through cor
respondence between Mr. Tompkins
and Mr.. Lowering, and the men who
are ont on the trip represent active
capital to the extent of at least $50
00(, 900, on basis of SIG for each
spindle of the million managed by the
mill men who constitute the commit
tee now in South Carolina
AS q matter OF general information,
the following is brief summary of
those in the party: Mr. William G.
Lowering, president of the Arlwright
Club of Boston. This club is made
up of owners and treasurers of the
principal mills in New England. Mr..
Lowering has interests in various mills
of more than 120, 900 spindles and en-
ploys more than 3, 900 operatives. He
is careful student of industrial inter
ests. Then there is Mr.. Thomas Mot
ley, nephew of the historian He
represents the Chicopee, Saratoga and
Victory mills, Mr.. W. c. Amory, is
treasurer of the Amory Mills, Man
chester, N. H., and is also a director
of the Amoskeag Mills. the largest
cotton mills in the world, and other
large mills. Mr.. Henry G. Howe is
partner of Lawrence & Co., who han
die all the goods of the Pacific, Law
renee and other large mills He is
also 6. practical manufacturer Mr.
Arthur Amory sells all the goods of
the Jackson Mills and Nashua Mills in
Nashua, n. H, which mills have just
got permission to 60 out of the State
and build in other States to manufac-
ture their own brands of goods. Mr..
Amoly is also the agent of the Lancas-
ter Gingham Mills at Clinton, Mass,
and the Appleton Mills at Lowell, Mr..
Henry B. Coke, Jr., is in The mining
business and represents Coke Bros. of
Pennsylvania, who handle 5000 tons
a day of Lehigh anthracite coal. Mr..
D. A. Tompkins of Charlotte, n. c.,
has been in entire charge of the party
since it left the North, and expects to
remain with it until its return. He is
deyot]ng himself entirely to the task
of seeing that the party has every
possible attention. Mr.. Fred Oliver,
who is largely interested in South
ern cotton mill enterprises, IS also
with the party. Mr. R. H. Edmonds
of the Manufacturers Record, who
has done so much for the development
of the South, is also along, taking in
everything that presents itself, and
more determined than to do what
he can for this section. In addition to
these there are with the party, repre-
senting the Southern Railway, Traffic
Manager Culp and his secretary, Mr..
Powers: General Passenger Agent
Turk and his secretary Mr. McCants;
Assistant Traffic Manager Drake, also
Train Masters Boyd and Ramsuer;
Superintendent Turner and his secre
tary, Mr.. Lawrence, and Traffic Mana
rer Glover and Secretary Floumov Of
the Seaboard Air Line.
When it is known that Mr. Tomp-
kins, for the committee, has already
received over 100 invitations to visit
various points, it will be appreciated
that no little importance is attached
to their movements. Requests for
visits have come all the way from
Birmingham, Ala, to Weldon, \. G.
They have come from Atlanta, Co.
lumbus, Tucker and Macon, Ga,
from Rock Hill Blacksburg and Co.
lumbia in South Carolina. From
Rockingham, Weldon, Shelby, Mount
Holly, Moncure, Raleigh: Lincolnton,
Wilmington and a score of other
towns in North Carolina. Of course
II Is pHySlcaj ILupoSSloIlIIt loi :he
committee to visit all the places that
have solicited visits, but from the
present outlook the following intiner-
ary will have to be closely followed:
Leave Pacolet Thursday at 7 p. m. for
Asheville; leave Asheville Friday
noon. arrive at Clifton Friday / p. N.
Leave Clifton Friday Up. H.; arrive
Charlotte Friday 9 p. M; leave Char
lotte r,ia Seaboa,d Air Line Friday 9
p. m.; arrive Columbia Saturday S q.
M; leave Columbia via Southern Rail
way Saturday for Augusta; leave AU.
.gusta Sunday p. m. via Port Royal
and Western Carolina and Green
wood. arriving at Moncure Sunday
night, sleep at Moncure, visit Lock
vile Shoals Monday morning; at Ra-
leigh 1880 to l:3O Monday: at Wei
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