The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-05-13
WATTS MILL WORK
MAKING PROGRESS.
Walls Five Feet Above the
Ground.
COTTAGES FRAMED.
New Town Springing Into
Existence.
How The Mill Is Leading to the Deyel.
Opment Of Other Eroperty-New
Stores and Houses.
COTTAGES FRAMED.

The walls of the manufacturing
building of Watts Mills are now five or
six feet above ground and the work is
going forward rapidly. In u very few
weeks the construction will be ready
for the roof.
The building contract is in the hands
of Nicholas Ittner of Atlanta. The main
building is directly in front of the old
Watts house about 100 yards and occu-
pies the crest of the hill-perhaps the
highest point for miles around. From
this point the Laurens Mills appears in
a depression.
The buildings end is towards the
highway. Lengthwise it is over 500
feet. The western end of the building
will be n story and the eastern two {.
The building will cover more than two
acres. The first story will be about
five feet or more above ground. This is
on account of the fine quality of goods
to be spun requiring the greatest pos
sible amount of light. The shafting
will be placed in the space between
the ground and first floor. This will of
course add to the cleanliness Of the
manufacturing. In these features the
building will be the first of the kind
constructed in the South.
THE MILL VILLAGE.
Forty or so cottages have already
been framed in and fully 1875 are to be
built. A straight street running par
allel and close to the railway spur
across the property from the G. s. w.
G. to the @. N. 81 L. will be opened
The cottages are located beyond the
point where the railway spur crosses
the highway and on both sides of the
highway. On the west side the cot
tages extend to with about rs yards of
Fl. B. Kennedy's premises and on the
east to the northern limit of the pro-
perty,-the Badgett line.
The old Watts house will be put in
good repair and will be occupied by
some employee OF the company. The
grove around it will not be disturbed.
When the house has been mended a
little and painted, the man who occu-
pies it will have q beautiful home.
An artesian we'll is to be bored, to
furnish the operatives with pure water.
The construction of the mill is Of
course giving employment to a great
many people. Mr.. Dave Balentine is
building 80 cottages. Mr.. Claude Full
Ter has the contract for furnishing
sand-thousands of cubic yards,-and
the Laurens Iron Works is doing q
great amount of casting. Scores of
brick.layers, carpenters and laborers
are getting plenty to do.
A meeting of the Mill directors was
held Friday afternoon. Mr.. Walter s..
Montgomery, president of the Spartan
Mills, Spartanburg, was elected q
director at this meeting.
OTHER BUILDINGS.
The Watts Mills establishment has
led to the construction of a village on
j. d. Watts place, on the borders of
the city and south of the Mill property.
This suburban village has been named
by a friend of Mr.. Watts "Dunktown."
1t has for its central ornament Mr..
Watts fine plantation barn which looks
as though it might be the town court
house. Mr.. Watts has ten tenant
houses surrounding the barn, at some
distance, and facing the highway.
On the opposite Dr. eastern side of the
highway, neal the town border, Senator
o. r. Goodwin has built a substantial
frame store-house and has placed a
stock of goods in it