The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-04-30
Local News.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 80, 1902.
The Cox Manufacturing Company.

county, Is the COX manufacturing
Company. situated on the Blue Ridge
Railroad, about half mile beyond the
city limits. This mill was organized
in 1890 through the efforts of Judge w.
+. Cox, and in 1900 began operation
with $50 spindles.
A distinguishing feature of this mill
is that every dollar of capital invested
in it belongs to citizens of this State,
and all of it, except few thousand
dollars, was furnished from this imme-
tliate vicinity. There is not dollar of
Eastern or Northern capital used and
the control is strictly Southern. Sue
cess attended this mill from the begin
ming, and six months after starting
building to double the mill WAS begun,
ard ut present it operates c,53G spin
dies. Yarns only are manufactured,
and the tinenesS Of thesc-siZes from
40 to 40 require a longer staple cotton
than is produced i'll our Piedmont sec
ton. Most of it is grown in MISSISSIPPI
pi, and the staple measures from /. to
]. inches in length. Ready sale for
these yarns is found III Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New York and pcnnsyl-
vania, where they are used in the
manufacture OF fine dress fabrics.
The demand has been steadily incrcas-
ing, and this mill is now kept running
night and day The operatives en-
ployed number IA, and 1000 pounds of
long staple cotton are consumed in
manufacture daily. No other mill in
Anderson County is using long staple
cotton exclusively in manufacture.
In cnlarging the mill building from
the original size, provision was made
for manufacturing into cloth the yarns
produced, should the demand for th".M
fall Oft, or to increase the number OF
spndles should the demands for the
warns increase. There is ample space
N ~ building for 1000 additional
spr -. Should it be decided to put
~ romS, tho manufacture of dress
.-..". TOrstcds, pants goods and the
like would follow ut once. From this
it will be seen that Anderson is in IL
position to engage Immediately in com
petition with the New England mills,
and may probably very shortly ,lo so.
The question Of wool supplies here will
be rs easily solved as was the question
OF cotton supplies there.
The construction of this mill is plain,
substantial and convenient. 1t is Il
double story Lick structure 300 feet
long, divided into two sections, - and
% feet wide respectively, well vcntila-
ted, and the arrangements for recciv-
ing coal, cotton and other supplies, and
loading its products for shipment,
could not be more convenient.
The equipment of machinery is in
keeping with the fine grade of work
done and strictly Up-to-datc. In de-
tail The machinery used is, one liitscn
opener, one receiver, one intermediate,
one iinishcr, which comprises the
picker system; eleven improved Within
cards. four drawing frames. two stub
bcrs. three Intermediates, seven speed
crs. thlrtytivc spinning frames, six
spoilers. eleven water twstcrS, bv
which the threads to be twisted pass
through water, eighteen reels and one
Den warpcr with electric stop motion,
by which when Il single thread breaks
the machinery is stopped and the exact
location of the break Indicated
The power used is steam, n 200 horse
power cross compound cOudensing en-
gine being used. For fire purposes the
mill is equipped with largo under
writer's pump with capacity Of T5O
gallons OF water per minute. Thirty
frame cottages, neatly painted, furnish
homes for the operatives, and they are
beautifully located on hill, immedi-
ately above the mill, which overlooks
the city and the country far to the west
end south. A healthier location could
scarcely have been found. BY special
arrangements, the children of this viii
iage attend the graded school Mt the
Anderson cotton mills near by.
Churches are also convenient to the
operatives, though there is no Church
building on the ground President
Cox has, however, about completed the
furnishing of large hall, which is to
used for religious worship and rs a
school room.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders OF this mill was held Tuesday
92nd inst, and a satisfactory showing
made OF the work of the past year.
Every one was pleased and the showing
convinced them that thcrcapital could
not have been better invested. w. +.
Con is president and treasurer, J. X.
Nanuivcr vice president and Charles
Poorc secretary. Mr.. NJ. Is. Pitts is
the efficient and courteous superin-
tendcnt. y. Is. Sullivan was added
to the old board of directors, all
OF whom were reelected. The board
is as follows: w. +. Cox, j. l.. Trib-
BILE, j. r. Nandiver, j. A. Hall, E.P.
Eandiver, j. l.. Orr, 6. w. Evans, F.
&. Brown and N. b. Sullivan.
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