The age-herald., 1898-01-29
SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS
Growth of the Industry for the
 Year, 1897.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES
In Alabama Alone Over $i,5oO, 900 Was Ex-
 pended on New MlIIs-Projected lm- prosements for This Year.

The growth of the cotton mill industry in the south for 1897 was nothing short of phenomenal. In Alabama alone over $1,- 5OO,OoO was expended on new mills. At Birmingham the Avondale mills were erected, and will make print cloths. Capi- tai stock, s5OO,O0o. It contains S5,OOO spin dies and HOO looms.
 At Cordova the Indian Head cotton mill will manufacture sheetlng. Capital stock. $600,00O, 25,OOO spindles and 800 looms. At Montgomery, the Peoples cotton fac- tory. with capital of s2OO,OO It contains 10000 spindles.
 At Oxford, the Blue Springs Cotton Man ufacturing company, to make yarns. Capi- tai stock. s50Oo0; spindles, 5000.
 At Spegner's, the state prison mill, to manufacture sheetings. It contains 5000 spindles. ~ tnt
 At Anniston, the knitting mills of the Anniston Hosiery company. to manufac- ture children's hosiery. Removed from Jacksonville, Ala.
 At Huntsville, the Huntsville knitting mills; sixteen knitting machines. The following enlargements and im- provements were made:
  company added 5000 spindles. At Tusca- loosa, the J. Snow Hardware company added eighty looms.
 A number of new mills and Improvements are projected and it is very probable that here given will be built this year. A duplicate of the Indian Head cotton mill at Cordova.
 At Greenville, the wellchester cotton mills. 1s
 The Birmingham Cotton Manufacturing company will double it's plant.
 The Selma Cotton MIN company will double its present capacity of 5000 spin dles.
 At ThomasviMe, the Magnolia Manufac- turing company capital stock s15o,0oo. 10000 spndles H''-
 At Decatur knitting mills; capital s16,0oo. The following new mills were erected in the south last year:
 Alabama, mills, 5; spindles, 5000; looms, 2,292 ~
 Florida, mills |; spindles, 2,oo0; looms, -. Georgia, mills. T; spindles, 45,OOo; looms, 626. 10.
 Jb looms, 80.
 South Carolina, mills, Il; looms s5,Ooo; spindles, 2,472.
 Tennessee mills, 3; -spindles, -; looms, 192.
 Total mills, s7; total looms. 256,7So; total spindles, 5,672.
 11he following new mills were erected in the north:
 Massachusetts, mills, 9; spindles, 35S4O; looms, 25
 Rhode Island, mills 1; spindles, =; looms, 17. g ..a-5s .tf.r3t
 New York, mills, |; looms, =; spindles, -. New Jersey, mills, 8; spdndles, =; looms, Pennsylvania, mills. 5; spindles, 4OOo; Total mills. 12 total spindles, Ss.S4O; total looms, 12
 A comparison of the above figures speak louder than amy words, of the growth of the cotton industry in the south
 Comparison of spindle growth with for mer years:
 New England-Spindles. 1897. 35,s4o; 1906, PIG, ,s52; 1895, 211 ,662; 1sei S9.O6.
 Eniargemenbs-Spin 1897, S1,A0; 1896, 4,56O; 1895, 66,156; 1894, 1OO,34S.
 Southern states, new mi,ls-1S97, 256 79O; 1896, Sse et5; 1Ss5, 493, 2S0; 1894, 143,572. En,argements-1sg7, 15O,09i; 1896, 42,0000; 1885, 152, 300; 1894, 119,709
 Middle and western states, new mills 1897, 4,OOO; 1896, 24,000; 1895 -; 1891, 19,000 Enlargements-1S96 10000; 1895, 10000 Number of spindles: New mills, 1897, 296, 62O: en.argements 1S1, ,334; total, 477,954. Comparison of new mill construction with former years: