The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-04-01
THE MOLLOHON MILL.
The Building Nearing Completion-Machin
cry Soon to Be Installed will he In
Operation BY July 1st.-The Glass or
Goods to Be Manufactured

Newberry has always been too MOD
est. Somehow she has never believed
il advertising her resources and her
enterprises as some other towns and
cities, and has never pushed herself
forward as she should have done. 1t
is one of the oldest and one Of the best
towns in this part of the State and has
a citiz .uship of good, sturdy business
men, but as rule they nave been very
conservative. If she had advertised
her d rvantages mora and kept them
! before the public, no doubt the popula-
zion would have been today twice wnat
| it is However, her growth has oeen
steady and substantial. It was here
that one of the first lotion mills IN the
State to be operated exclusively oy
steam was built In fact at that time II
was considered somewhat of an expert
ment. The experiment has proven
verv successful, and the Newberry Cot
ton Mill has been one Of the most sue
cessful industries in the State. 1t was
first built some twenty years ago ana
a few years since the capacity was
doubled and it now represents capt.
| tai of about a half million dollars, and
is we'll managed and has beeh profta-
| BILE to the stockholders. Even with
these facts before the people, however,
| they were slow to take hold of another
/ mill.
Last year some of the young business
men of the community resolved to build
another mill and it was not long until
q capital stock was subscribed and the
work begun on the new enterprise. The
capital stock of this new mill is $780,
900. The purpose is in the near future
to double that. At the head OF this en-
terprise is Mr.. Geo. W. Summer, OF the
firm of Summer Bros, who have been
yery successful in the mercantile bus
mess, the three brothers moving tothe
town from their farms in the country
some fifteen years ago and entering the
mercantile field in a small way. They
have gradually increased their business
until today they do one OF the largest
mercantile businesses OF any firm IN
this part of the State. There are three
of the brothers who have been assocla-
ted in this business, bnt from this time
on Mr.. Geo. W. Summer will oeVote
his entire time to the new mill.
Mr.. E. B. Wilbur, an experienced
and very competent cotton manufac-
turer, is associated with Mr.. Summer
in the building of the mill and will be
superinteudent when it is put in oper-
alton.
The new uiIl is beautifully and con-
veniently located on the Atlantic Coast
Line and South hern railways in the east
ern part of the city. The contract for
the erection of the building was let to
Mr.. J. F. CRANKY, of Greenville. The
winter just closing has been very Sc
we're one for work of this kind, but the
building has progressed very rapidly
and is now nearing completion. In
fact, the boilers have all been in
stalled and the work of putting in
machinery will begin in the next ten
days and it is expected to have the mill
in operation by the first OF July. The
present building is three stories In
height, 104 23S it, and as stated above,
is so built that the capacity can be
doubled without stopping the mill for
a single day. They will install at once
II. 900 spindles and 300 looms, though
the present building has a capacity OF
l4,OOO spindles and $50 looms, and
when doubled will have $50 looms and
2s, 900 spindles. The most modern ma
chinery will be used, and they will
make the class of goods, which, up to
this time, has not yet been made by
any Southern mill During the past
two years when there was a depression
in the market of other goods and mills
making the coarser goods were running
at loss. the mills which manufactured
the class OF goods which this new mill
will make were running at good profit.
The machinery is arranged for spin
ming No. ASS warps and 65's filings,
and these goods have netted the manu-
facturers profit of six cents per pound,
| making the earning capacity OF this
mill about $4,000 annually, or 20 per
cent. on it's capital. Other finer goods
which il is proposed to manufacture
constantly net Northern mills from six
to eight cents per pound profit, equiva-
lent to an earning capacity of 25 to 80
ner cent. on the capital stock of this
mill.
They will use 800 Stafford D obbie 16
aud 20 harness looms, capable Of doing
a greater range of work than any other
Southern mill:
The mill village will contain about
ifty houses of modern, convenient, and
comfortable structure, for the opera
tives, and will compose very neat and
and attractive village. All OF these
houses are practically completed an6
some of them occupied and will bE
roodv for the operatives when the mil