The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-11-04
BUSY LIFE Al ANDERSON.
From Mr Ittt,i. LlccL9,vr.

Olk. EDITOR INC AnlClSpH IUttuu
Mills arc situated in the northern lin !,
it's Of the corporation Of the city oI}
Anderson, s. c. This mill was builtf
about seven years ago and has bccnE
triplcd since. The location is bcautl /
full. The mountainous fill OF thct
Blue Ridge Railroad runs in front Of
the building. y gentle sparkling
brook flows from culvert in the flk
and runs alongside the mill, furnish
ing water for the boilers and conden-
ser that drives the machinery. On
the southeastern side the ground has
a gradual rise which terminates on thc
public square. On the opposite side
of the brook, on a gentle slope that
rises probably scycnty-tvc feet in half
mile. is located the factory village,
which is laid off with streets running
between every two rowS OF houses
which arc built roomy and good dis
tanec between each.
The natural drainage bciu. perfect
makes this one Of the most pleasant
and healthy dwellings for cotton mill
operatives in the State.
The company have 4 commodlous
two-story building. The first floor is
used for school. where the bcs,
teachers arc employed ten months in
the year, for the educational advance.
mcnt of the children of the operatives.
The second story is used for hall
where the MasouS, Odd Fellows aud
debating clubs meet Grcc Of CHARGE
to climb the greasy pole. Idle the goat,
and dcclaim the nation $ glory.
On the premises arc Methodist
aud Baptist church, where services
arc regularly conducted. With these
church privileges, school facilities and
the freedom of attaching ones self to
the different secret society lodges.
should make this desirable place for
mill operatives to live.
The officers Of the mill arc }. A.
Brock, president and treasurer, who
also is president Of the Anderson Ma.
tioual Bank, aud stands in the from.
rank Of the business men Of the State.
He is made IF material which means
success, for il is said that everything
he puts his hands to succeeds. The
saying hac proven true in regard to
the cotton mill business. Robert +.
Ligou is the efficient secretary and su-
pcrintcndcnt, who is quito young TO
be 50 far advanced in the mill busi
ness. lie is wide awake III mill lore,
sleeps with ono csc open watching
the interests Of the company, and will
make his mark high up in the annals
of cotton manufacturing in the South,
The carding and spinning is in the
hands of NJ. II. Vaughan, formerly
cardcr Of Nos. | aud , Exposition
Mills, atlanta. Ga. Prior to this was
cardcr at the Lynchburg VaD Cotton
Mill six years. and run carding aud
spinnin. at the Robcrdcl (N. c. Mill
Eve years. This long experience j in
the best Mills in the country ma Is
him practical cardcr or spinner. q
is ably assisted iu carding by Charl, !
Wood; iu spinning by Frank Smith,
who arc both young men and deter:
mined to rise to higher plane and
take rank in the higher line Of their
respective avocations.
The card room is equipped with
kitson pickers, three process single
beatcrs, one hundred and thirty.two
Within improved stationary flat cards.
divided into eighteen sections with
railway heads; eighty-cight drawing
deliveries, two process, same make as
cards, six slubbing frames, tifty-two
spindlcs each; six intermediates, one
hundred and four spindlcs each. eight.
cen fine frames, one hundred and
twenty-ciyht spindlcs each; on three
hank rowing; all Lowell Machine Shop
make. The spinning contains eigh-
teen thousand Of the famous Within
gravity spindles, all running on twcn-
ty.onc warps and twcnty-thrcc filling;
spoilers and Wrappers, Within make.
The weaving and slashing is man
aged by w. w. Rogers, who is very
young to have the experience he has
in the art Of weaving, though he ls Il
born weaver, being son Of James
Rogers, Of the Enoree Mill; who stands
in the top row of the wcavcrs Of the
South. The son. though young, can
manipulate the warp and wcft TO put
a finish Oh the goods that will aston
ish older heads. He is assisted by }.
y. Smith. as second hand who is
young and a student with cAtraurdipa
ry talent, and will some day stand on
the TOP round Of the ladder If woven
fabric fame.
The weaving is made w Of .jA hun
dred Within plain looms, on 56S6O
pick goods, which find ready sale in
every place Of prominence in the South
and Northwest.
In the recent three months the able
management, with their corps of over
secrs, have gone to work and put tho
plant in 4 condition to turn out class
of goods superior to any yet produced.
The mill has been successful from the
start. but the prospects arc better now
than ever. This shows hat wide
awake business men can do, while some
mills arc closed down, crying hard
times. These men do not keep any
politics in trade, and dou't care who
is elected. They will run just as if
the election came Of in Europe, for
either Bryan or Mckinley means
hard times for the careless, slothful,
indifferent business man Of the South
Notwithstanding the improvement
in the old mill, they are pushing the
new building, which is now up to the
frat foor, aud will rise as if the mag
ic wand had been shaken over it. and
will stand completed January first
next. This will have capacity of
10000 spindles, and be equipped with
the best machinery that can be pro
cured, which will produce class OF
goods equal to any on the market.
This and the old mill will be driven
by electricity generated at the Port.
man Shoals. on the Seneca River. eight
or ten miles away There are now a
large force of men at work building
the dam that will bride the ten thou
sand horse power which has laid dor
mant these thousand years.
When this power is turned on the
old city it will set her spinning, and
give her such shaking us that all the
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