The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1902-06-04
100000 LAST MONTH
in COTTON MILLS.
What Anderson has Accom-.
plishea in the Last
Twelve Years.

already invested in the cotton mill in
dustry in and Immediately surrounding
the city of Anderson.
The BrogOn Cotton Mill, under the
management of Messrs. j a. Brock
and II. +. LigOn, set the pace by or
GaniziDg about the middle of the
month with half Il million capital, and
they have practically gone to work.
The contract for brick. over two
million, was awarded last week to
j. J.. Mcmillan, of \ Abbtvillc. and the
contract for lumber, or most OF it, will.
in all probability, be- placed this week.
All the material will be- ready and at
the depot here by the time the side
track to be- built irGin the Blue Ridge
Railroad to tins mill is completed, and
all arrangements for the building Of
this track has been complet. H.
Following the organization Of the
Brogon Mill, Mr.. ID. =. McBrayer, of
the Riverside Mill. comes to the front
with plans perfected to build immedi-
atcly mill Of not less than 10000 spin
dies and the Investment of probably
$300.0O0- Supporting Mr.. McBrayer in
this additional industrial development
are MIR. j. A. Brock, of Anderson, and
Capt. Ellison A. Smyth, of Pclzer. No
stronger combination than this could
be desired to guarantee the immediate
building and success of the enterprise.
All are men of large experience and
wide influence, especially Messrs. Brock
and Smyth. and Mr.. McBraycr's cxpc-
rirnrr in the cotton business reaches
ov. u period of seventeen years, in
:, he has met with marked success,
~..ning ana mcriting confidence in cv-
cry position he has filled.
The class OF goods to be manufac-
turetl by this mill il not yet decided
upon. This will be determined later.
The field in this particular is broad
The markets for manufactured goods
are wide open. The primary question
to decide is whether the manufacture
ing of cotton will be engaged in. the
class of goods to be manufactured can
be made an after consideration.
Sufficient progress has been made in
the matter of dollars to warrant Mr.
McBrnycr in making the statement
that inside of thirty days the organlza-
tiOn of this mill be complete aud the
work Of its erection begun.
Following close upon the heels OF
this big mill came the announcement
last week that n hosiery and yarn mill,
with Mr.. George w. Evans mt the head
of the management, will be immedi-
ately built. The capital Of this mill
will not be less than $4,000, all of
which has been practically subscribed,
and an application for commission to
organize has been forwarded to the
Secretary of State by the following:
Geo. w. Evans, w. A. Power, r. E.
Ligon, w. II. Osborne. J. w. Roberts,
superintendent of Riverside Mill, Cal
houn Harris, f. F. Geiger and r. f.
Burriss. The commission will be re-
ceived this week al organization will
be ut once completed.
This mill will begin with forty ma
chimes, giving employment to about
forty operatives. The work will begin
with the manufacture of hosiery. for
which there appears to be II strong de-
mand in all the markets. a similar
mill at Sumter is said to be unable to
supply the demand for the manufac-
ture of this class Of goods. Yarns will
not be manufactured for the present,
but everything will be put in shape for
this branch OF the industry
How rapidly are the people of An
derson waking up to the fact that rich
rewards will flow to them from the
development OF their resources. Upto
twelve ago there were no cotton mills
in nor Immediately around the city.
With the highest grade Of upland
middling cotton produced in the State
growing up to their very doorsteps, the
people were asleep to their opportuni-
ties. In 1899 Mr.. j. a. Brock, to whom
more honor is due for the rapid and
prosperous advancement of Anderson
than to any other man, organized the
Anderson Cotton Mills with capital
: OF 100000. This was considered ex-
Spermental by many, and it took heroic
efforts to secure the desired snbscrip-
tlons- At the end Of three years the
enterprise was found success and tho
capital increased to $780, 900. and later
this was doubled. Doubt gave place
20 confidence and the march has been
steadily forward, until results now ap-
pear to mark o continuous "boom' for
Anderson in industrial developme ent
ilfec the past twelve years. Here is the
showing to-day:
Anderson Cotton Mills. $4,000 spin
dies, employing 1900 operatives; Orr
Cotton Mills, 25,4S0 spindles, employ
ing $50 operatives; Riverside Mill, $500
spindles, employing 100 operatives; Cox
Mill, 5000 spindles, employing $50 op-
eratives; Brogon Mill to have $4,000
spindles. 9 dyeing and finishing plant
and to employ not less than 500 opera
tives, the new McBrayer Mill, to have