The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-08-14
COTTON MILLSAND MILL MEN
What is Being Done in North Carolina
in the Textile Industry.

George B. HISS. OF Charlotte y G..
and J. ". and J. G. Rhodes, .; cherry
VILE, y. c.. are the incorpora.ors q q
$500 900 cotton mill at Lenoir. \ c. The
new mill will start With II 600 splndles
both spinning ana weaving. The site
IS on the Catawba river 10 miles from
Lono.r, at one Of the fines. water pow
ers IN that part Of the state.
The new 'RevoluIca.. mills Of Greens
bcro, \. c.. manufacturing cotton flan-
nels largely will start up operations
regularly the first Of September. This is
a splendid plant. aai he ou.pu- VIII in
clude a new departure in the manufac-
tu1a Of certain grades Of gels
p l. Woodard, OF Spriughope. Nash
county. y c.. is pushing again his plans
TO establish a cotton mill at that place,
where labor IS plentiful and ether bene-
fits available
The new Shelby cotton mills al Shell
by, n c., are ready TO begin opeTat ions
The mill is equipped with 5000 spindles
and 175 looms anl there is space sufi-
cient for installing 900 additional looms
in case of an increase in capacity. II. d.
Wilson is president of the neY mill.
|. A new weaving room to Mooresvlle
cotton mill No. l is being bui!t and the
foundation for the new mill No. , has
been started at Mooresville, \. {
Oyerseer II. G. Welborn changes from
the Harden, \. c.. High Shoals" mill
to the "Ossipee" at El0n College, \. c.
Mr. Welborn IS one Of the graduates Of
the South Carolina Textile School, at
Clemson College, s. c., and it is pre-
dicted that he viii develop into an unus-
ually valuable practical mill man.
At the big new mill which the "Coolee-
NEE" Company is building at Cooleemee
cor Jerusalem,) n. G. Mr.. L j. Reed.
| formerly Of Lexington, n c., mills, has
| been made superintendent. This is to be
| cne of the finest mill plants in the
| South-cne of the largest and bes'
| equipped. The company has ample cap
ital to carry cut all its undertakings.
At the Bynum, \. G., plant Of thC
| Odell Manufacturing Company which op-
crates a half dozen mills in Concord anC
| other North Carolina towns, Mr.. w. L
! Carter, who recently resigned the posi-
! ton Of oyerseer of spinning at the Wes
| Durham, \. c., Erwin mills, has take1
| charge of the carding and spinning de
| Dastments.
The "Hucomuga' mills at Greensboro
| Y. c.. have a new general manager, wh'
| also becomes secretary and treasurer o
the campany, viz, Clarence c. Cone,
| relative of the owners of the mill
| Messrs Moses and Caesar Cone. Mr.
| Clarence Cone, was, until last week, con
nected with the Asheville, n. G., mills
At the "Henrietta," Rutherford county
| N c., mills, which operate re1riy 100,
O00 spindles and about 2 800 to 5, 900 loom
| WI head
j OF departments have recently been made
the following are now in charge: su
| Derintedcnt, j. F. MOrel2nd, at null No.
and NJ. Duval at mill No. 2; overseers o
| carding w r. CulbertsOn (No. u an
/ J. NJ. Lumbley (No. p and j. r. Scrugg
(No. p; overseers of weaving, t.
Digby (No. u ard c. G. Boone (No. p
In mill No / about { 800 additional spin
dies are being installed.
The Edna mills at Redsville, y. G
have a new engineer in the person c
t. L. Bass.
Overseer of Carding G.. w. Clayton, c
the Reidsville n c., Edna" mills, sus
tanned a painful accident a few DAYS age
by which he loses portion Of one of hi
hands.
Former superintendent T. ~ Dcnnine
OF the Durham, y. c :, "Pearl' mills. i
| HOW
Albcmarle, Stanly county, n. c., wis
cassett' mills, a plant operating 90,
GOO spindles, 5000 of which have jus
been added. AS assistants filling posi-
tons of overseer5 he has: as carder, \
7 E. Chance; spinner Geo i. Breitz. an
these are assisted by Assistant over
seers c. II. Chance anG ]. !. Cole, re
spectively.
W. Land becomes ass istant cycr8ecr {
weaving at the RciGsville \. c., Edna
mill, having been promoted from the pc
sition CT loom tiXer.
Superintendent z. J. barnett. Of til
Florence" mills, of Forest City, y. c
has the following ovcrseers at rreseI
on duty: weaver, A. b. Brandon; spin
ner, L. 3. Reid; cardor, NJ D. Harris
assistant weaver and spinner, J. H FL
(. banks and r. H. Clayton
President ]. VI. Spencer, Of CEar!ott,
,. G., who is at tho head Of the Forres
City, \. c., Florence" mills, tells a
Reporter correspondent that II
equipment at this mill has been treble
within the last year Mr.. Spencer an
his directorate took charge less than
months ago when he capacity was 30
/ spindles. tho plant then being about
+ year and half OLD Since then cradu;
, improvements have been made all alor
the lines until Tow the mlll is no. on
! caTable OF turning 3u- three times il
fcrmer production. but is much bette
equipped in every respect, ard rEnnin
, at full speed and capacity night al
! day.
: William r. Hearst. President CT 4
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