The age-herald., 1902-02-03
UNIONTOWN COTTON MILL
 TO DOUBLE ITS CAPACITY
BY AoMER R GEORGE.

Uniontown, February 2.-(SpeciaL)- The success of the first half years work of the Ella White cotton mills has brought a determination upon the part of the company's stockholders to double the capacity of the plant. Plans are be- ing carried out rapidly, and within a few weeks work on the addition will begin.
 At present the capitalization of the company is $75,0OO. This will be increased 100 per cent. the money realized thereby being used to build the additions.
 The success of the company is a stim- ulating example of what any other com pany properly managed may do in this same locality While of course efficient management is the direct cause of the wonderful success. still the situation of the city and the excellent farming sec tion surrounding it has aided materially.
 The grade of cotton raised on the farms near here plays great part in making and assiting in keeping customers for the products of the plant. Cotton is grown without the use of fertilizers, and is of a staple so excellent as to make it the most desirable It is strong, clean and easily worked The products of the mill are thus easily placed on the market.
 But the present demand cannot be met, to say nothing of making provision for orders which will naturally follow the in- troduction of the product. Hence the in- crease of the mill, and hence the oppor- tunity for other investors to secure a most desirable location for investment
 The Ella White Mill.
 The Ella White cotton mills have been in operation only six months. The mills came as the result of careful work by MT. J. H. White, its first president and lead ing spirit. It has S5,OOO spindles
 Forty-five to- fifty persons are given employment and houses are furnished near the mills The company owns sixty seven and one-half acres of level land just one mile from the city. The plant is equipped with new machinery from Lowell, Mass Three picking machines are used, four bales of cotton being made into yarns each day.
 In the plant is a modern engine of enor- nous capacity, made by a Birmingham firm, which has recently been attracting much attention. The company has it's own electric light plant and waterworks sys- tenn. Its entire equipment is. first class, and it stands as a model-paying, soundly- operated business mill.
 Officers Are Young Men.
 The present officers of the company are Walter J. White, president s. T. Whit field. vice president, and Val Taylor, sec retary and treasurer. All are young but strong business men, MT. White is unmar- ried 35 years old and cashier of the Planters and Merchants Bank. He is very successful and the successor of his brother, J. Fl. White. MT. Taylor is young man whose business ventures have been marked by the display of excellent judgment
 The superintendent is Charles L. Ham, mock, practical mill man from Griffin, Ga
 Other Local Enterprises.
 The Uniontown Cotton Oil Company has been in operation three years. Its plant is complete and is situated on the side of the railway tracks. The Union- ~~>><+>>><->~-~> La. "a s75OOO packing plant at New Or leans, La, $20O,00O packing plant at Richmond. Va, a pottery at Clarksburg, w. Va. $50O000 pulp and paper mill at Memphis, Tenn, a $50,000 rice mill at Abbeville, La, $1O0 900 rice mill at Hous- ton. Tex, $25.OOO sandstone company at Barlow, Tex, saw mills at Leeds, Ala, and Central, Fla, stava and spoke mill at Pemberton, Va. a telephone sys- tenn at Siler City, N. C., a $50.OO0 tobacco manufacturing company at Raleigh. N C., $50,O00 tobacco warehouse com pany at Raleigh, N. C. and S1O0O00 wheel factory at New Orleans, La