The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-06-09
LATEST MILL NEWS.


S. c., will msnuf cure p:iat cloths
exclusively.
The Cotton mill movement a: Con
yers, Ga. have behind it nan otabiii
ty and propose who viii! announce their
plans rs coon as consumnatei.
It i, understoo that the Rich!anls
Cotton Mills. Columbia. ). G., will
pay q good dividend il. jn!y, besi'!cs
applying large sam Oh the payment
of machinery.
There is a report in circula'i)n that
land i, being bought III around TIE
sh ,als on The Pacolet about a mile c
low the Clifton M lis, 5. c, and that
work on another large cotton mill
will soon commence there.
Tho Cheraw, 5. c., cjtton mill
rumor recently reported ttom tnece, ii
is now said will be established if the
business men raise S50,090 offered by
outside cspit,lists. the citizens Of
Cheraw are talking it ever.
The cloth room at the billing Co.,
ton Mills, Kings Min \. G., has been
doubled in siz, and otherwise improv.
ed. TIE walls have been completed
and the interior work is a!So about
completed.
The officers If tie new Valley Falls
Mfg. Co Spartanbuvy, 5. G., are /, Il
Trimmer Pres, JOS NJ. Sp!awa Gen
Mgr, aud L Z. E?ton, So. AMI
Treas. The 5000 spindle, they iG-
stall will be run night and day.
The stock subscribed at Anderson,
S. e., for the new Or CJ;t)r Mills has
90 far ovc!rua the promoters cA?cn
tations that half million doliaes ;>
now placed as the capitalization. V@n
mill may be operated by electricity.
L. G. Potter, Sec. and Treas ci tac
Ves:a Cotton Mills, Charleston, $. G.,
states that their negro labor is a big
success and they have quantity OF
cloth on hand now ready to be stamp.
ed and baled as soon as the cloth
room is started.
Greenwood S. c., may scol have
third cotton mill. \ gentleman living
near that p!aco has offered w l..
burst, Pres. of the Greenwood Cotton /
Mills, the land for mill site for the
erection of another mill, which Mr.. !
burst is considering. If he decides
to accept new mill company will be
organized.
The Columbia 6. c. Mills Co., has
decided to greatly enlarge the plant,
a. its product of duck, saiclo.h,
twines and yarn has been sold lar in
advance. They now operate $4,000
splindles and weaving some Of their
duck looms are 134 inches wide they
will build an addition for new H.
600 spindle equipment.
The Greensboro, n. c., Record has
it straight that contracts have been !
signed by Moses III. Cone and some !
Northern parties, which provides for
another new mill for Greensboro.
This mill is to manufacture fabric
not now being made in this State, and
indicating new departure for the
South. The mill will be one of the
largest yet located in this section
Work is to be begun on the buildings
and tenement houses at onca
l.. w. Parker, Pres and Treas of
the Victor Mfg. Co., Greers, s. c., is
now in the North negotiating tor more
capital to enlarge his mill. More ma
chinery was recently added, making it
now 10000 spindle AMI 292 Nor
throp loom plant on print cloths The
plans under contemplation would
double the size of the factory, requir.
ing the expenditure Of 100000 ad-
ditional.
New cotton mill companies are or.
ganizing 30 rapidly in the South that
the price of lumber has been advanced
81 per 100. The new Smylhe Mfg. .
Co., at Belton, S. c., to erect 10000 I.
spindle mill only escaped paying The .
advanced price last week b. few .
minutes. The lumber mill agent hal .
concluded trade with the Smythe
mill builder, and returned to the
hotel where he found telegram ad. .
vancing the price Of lumber. The
BeltCn Mill will thus save several .
thousand dollars.
The men of the Abbevilc 8. G
Cotton Mills have religious turn of
mind. Last Sunday at the Iaiil school
house they organized Sunday school
with IS, present. The 10 lowing officers
were elected: G.. ". Etherdgc Supt.,