The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-01-01
MANY MILLIONS GO
INTO COTTON MILLS.

ANAV WI VN WlUuO,
SPLENDID RECORD THIS STATE HAS
MADE IN THE YEAR--ALL RECORDS
i.AVE BEEN BROKEN.
Nearly Fifteen Millions Put Into Such Eu
terprises III the Last Two Years-Fine
Showing.
The State, Dec. 27.-No state in
the union will be able to keep up
with South Carolina's record this
year in the matter of building cotton
mills. Including the increases and
the charters granted this year, COW
erlng Of course actual subscriptions
Of stoc..: snd organizations the total
ls $I705,0QO. TO this for the year
must be added the companies COM
missloned, but which have not man.
aged to file their returns and get
their charters in time for the annual
report. This adds 81 ,405,OOO, which
makes the handsome total for the year
Of 1900 of $0,200,0OO. There have
been 81 cotton mills actually char.
tered this year, while II have made
increases and enlargemonts. With
last years charters this makes the
magnificent showing of $l3,400,0OO
actually subscribed and invested in
cotton mills in period of only two
years. Then there are the mills
commissioned this year which have
not sent in their returns yet, but will
doubtless do so, aggregating in cap
ital 81, 405,OO0, making a grand to-
tai Of capital projected in new cotton
mills in South Carolina in two years
of $l4,004,000. The figures speak
volumes for the smallest of the south
ern states.
Here are the names, location and
capitalization of each of tho new
mills for the year 1900:
THE CHARTERS.
Charters were granted to the fol-
lowing:
The Clear Water Bleachery
and Mfg. Co, Aiken ....... ..9 100000
Anderson Yarn and Knitting
Mills. Anderson ..........,..... 100000
Cox Manufacturing Company
Anderson. n........................... $4,000
Williamson Mills, Anderson. 100000
Rosemary Knitting Mills,
Barnwell ..... .................. 10000
Blacksburg Spinning and
Knitting Mill, Cnerokec~.. $4,000
Limestone Mills, Cherokee :. 100000
Wylie Mills. Chester. ........ 100000
Hartsville Cotton Mill, Dar-
lington ................".......... 25o,ooo
Fork Shoals Cotton Mill,
GreenVille.... .................... $4,000
The Carolina Mills, Green
ville........................ $4,000
Franklin Mills, Greenville $4,000
Monaghan Mills, Grccnville. 100000
DeKalk Cotton Mills, Ker-
ShaW "....... ........."... ...... 100000
Goldville Manufacturing Co.,
Laurens.. ........ .................. 10000
Dillon Cotton Mills, Marion... 10000
Iceman Mills. Marlboro.... 100000
Octoraro Mills, Marlboro .... 10000
Glenn Lowery Mfg. Co.,
Newberry ....................... 100000
Newberry Knitting Mills,
Newberry ....... ................ 5000
Orangeburg Mtg. Co., Or
angeburg g.......................... 100000
Orangeburg Knitting Mills,
Orangeburg. .................. 10000
Easley Cotton Mills, Pickens.. 100000
Liberty Cotton Mills, Pickens 100000
Capital City Mills, Richland 100000
Woodruff Cotton Mills, Spar
tanburg. rg.............".. ...... 250,0OO
Saxon Mills, Spartanburg...... 100000
Monarch Cotton Mills, Union. 100000
Alpha Cotton Mills, Union. 100000
Buffalo Cotton Mills, Union. 100000
Sutro Cotton Mills, York...... $4,000
Total (31) ......... go. ....S.. a, 1850, ,OG0
INCREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK.
The following shows the net increase
OF capital stock in cotton mills:
Anderson Cotton Mills, An
dersOn. ....... ....................8 100000
Cox Mfg. Co., Anderson. ......". 10000
Riverside Mfg. Co., Anderson 100000
Beaumont Mfg. Co., Spartan.
burg. ........................ 10000
The Courtenay Mfg Co., Oco-
.................. 10000
y. w. Poe Mfg. Co., Green
Observation-Disclosures. 25o,ooo
The Greenwood Cotton Mill,
Greenwood.........,. 100000
Manchester Cotton Mill, York $4,000
Williamson Mills, Anderson. 100000
Fairfield Cotton Mills, Fair