The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-01-03
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rows, its lurrahS and hcaltachc~, its
merry chimes and crushing lnrlls,
brilliant successes and shattered hopes.
is lost forever in the warp and w"oi
of Times old tIlcadbarc robe. 1t WAS
once bright like .Iosri.lI'S coat Of many
rnloi> with silver aud golden threads "i
many resolutions. 'lhO>r of sangul
nary faded with thu discarded
Christmas holly berries. others bowed
beneath lc heavy hand OF hoalI VIII
ter, or faded beneath the vertical i.iNs
of Il summer sun. 'iIiry 10 long dis
tIirh the tranquility OF the citl-il How
ing years. and ar, remembered only in
the faded ,obra> Il ha>,-lr>> shadow in
the fabric I;ut those resolutions
which shine. ont most prominently and
most beautifully are those behind
which can bc traced the sure silver
lining of determination, Pluck and
Energy. Here on this certain basis We
find that Anderson has built resolution
upon top of resolution, and with hen
characteristic pluck. energy, and de-
termination has reached out and grasp
cd the rewards, and now holds them
triumphantly in one steady hand while
the other is rcachinE with confidence
to grasp more and larger prizes.
Anderson mas never been Justly
charged with being visionary. Tor she
has never bent her tlcr=nr> To The Sc
curing of any enterprise or institution
that she did not secure She has pos
Sibly been too modest in no, demand
ing some rights heretofore nui cn.:oN,l
by her. but we have no fears thar sn'
will not asScr, herself a> soon as the
other more pressing duties Will allow.
Despite Il few sic, IindirLI'S, .Andcr
son has buSsumci and borne rich
harvest during the year Just closed.
Capital has rushed into Onr borders
and cmpticd with confidence great
horns of wealth into the spacious lap
OF munificicnt investment. Since the
old ncw year we have seen the birth OF
enterprises here in the city which
means millions of dollars to the taxable
property and the wealth producing
quality Of the City and County. 1t
means many thousands of good citizens
to be added to our population, and the
precedence over all other Cities of the
State as Il domestic commercial center.
1t means that old Anderson of 1893,
then the best town i'll the State, the
largest wagon market in the State, has
now surpassed herself beyond hOllcr-
ing distance nni has no idea of slow
ing up even on the home stretch.
Among the most OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
as of the year may bementoncd the Orr
Cotton Mills, on tho southern suburbs
of the City, IL corporation capitalized
ut 100000, of which Col. JAS. l.. Orr,
the mill wizard, is President. This
mill will employ 600 operatives, rum
ming 600 looms and $4,000 spindlcs.
Its annual consumption will be about
5000 bales of cotton. The phenomenal
success OF that able iinnncicr as prcsi-
dent of Piedmont Manufacturing Co.
is the best indication of the bright fin
ture of the Orr Mills. Then the Cox
Manufacturing Co. and the Riverside
Manufacturing Co. the former yarn
mill of 100000 and $4,000 capital re-
spectivcly, empties into the City mer-
chants Golfers tho wealth of 300 opera
tives and will spin of the farmers pro-
duct 2500 bales per annum. Invest
meat has looked at Anderson's natural
advantages in open-eyed wonder and
many smaller industries have been
started during the year which bid to
become powers in the industrial world.
The Sloan Underwear Company has
begun operation and is running to its
full capacity. Though It's yet III its
swaddlnS clothes; its monthly output
is about seven hundred dozen gar
mcnts.
There IS another enterprise which
sccms determined to spread over the
whole fac" of the earth. and that is the
irrcprtssiblc and tenacious Anderson
Mattress Factory, whose addition to
their mammoth plant Of an ovcralls
manuiactory places them in the fore
front of any similar industry Of the
South. The phTniX-likc pluck of this
concern is only II fair sample Of that
Andcrsonian upon his native heath.
I'hc SprlnglnS pOt new industries de-
manding cheap power has forced the
Anderson Water, Light and Power Co.
to provide new machinery to supply
Increased power, so that incxhaustiblc
power can now be had ut II minimum
Cast.
The coming year, then, holds in store
For lis Il perfect wealth of industrial
development. After the proposed en-
1lrgcmcnt of the Anderson Cotton
Mills by Sl0O.0oo, the busy whirr of
about 10000 spindles. the provisioning
and clothing Of about 1000 operatives
and the annual consumption of 10000
bales of cotton in Anderson City alone,
u City whose annual cotton receipts
are $4,000 bales, Anderson will contin-
ne to hum and be the pride of glorious
wealth Of hack -cO,1ntrv forever Gal