The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-01-29
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
Iud,iStrial TiSC2,lauy.

| IUduStftfi LIS CSii3UN.
| Citizens OF Bradtord county. FLORIDA,
arc agitating for the erection OF y mill
| for the manufacture Of spool cotton
| from the Sea Island Hhcr. This move
mcnt has led to the suggestion that
ValdoSta. Ga. already the lar%e&; in
land long staple cotton market in lhe
wor!d. might enter upou like under
taxing. Commenting Epon tniS. the
New lOrk Commercial says:
me Starkc region is Il rich one az
flcultllrally. but It's resources are lar
HelN undovclopcd. There has been com.
paratlfcly little immigration from the
North and West into that section hu;
the people arc entering. practically
and ambitious. And it would not,
therefore, bn such Il very strange
thing if the cotton growers Uf S,arNc
Shouid be the first in the Sea Island
belt TO manufacture their pruiu"t in
factories cnntiGUCUS to The plantations.
Ihcy may yet demonstrate 10 tnc
spinncrS OF New England and the
united Kingdom that the Cracker can
90 all thai the Yankee and The Scot
| can and perhaps do il q lite" bit bet
ter"
Arrangements have been completed
for the establishment nr tho Gotten fac
tory proposed at Orange. Texas. The
Orange Cotton Mills Co. has been o.
SaniHcd. with capiini stock oE $lGo.-
O0o. to build the plant. It's eQuipm"nt
VIII be 10000 spindlCS and 2iu looms"
With snA"" remaining ioi installation
of 5000 %rimGlcS and !2O iuums adhi-
tionul ". G. Cooke or Houston. rcX@S
is engineer in charge Of construction.
ana Viii at once begin work. Contracts
Tor the machinery have been placed.
Adnlph Snrk OF Boston. Mass. is the
architect. o. Z. Scholars has been
elected president; Il. T.. Mcfarland,
first vice president: T.. l.; Mcfarland,
treasurer, and A. NJ. Hatcher tut iinuS-
tom. secretary. (This is also tho plant
recently announced rs to be located
through The efforts Of Mcssrs. A. NJ.
Watcher Il Co. OF lIoustOn.)
Work is progressing steadily on the
extensive water power improvements
nf the Dan River Power e. Manufacture
ing co. ut DanvilIc. Va. Construction
OF the s%Q0.0 dam and powcr-house is
being pushed forward steadily. and en-
carat!on Cor the mill hllldings begun
during The past week. This company
expects to begin in The early spring
the creation OF the first mill, which
will hv followed by the second plant
There have been 10 material changes
in the original plans as announced in
the Manufacturers Record Of Septcm-
Der 20. 1907. That IS, there will be two
mills CT 80 040 Spindlcs and 200 looms
each, costing about $780, 900. J. W.
Bishop Company. Providence and BOs-
;ou. - the construction contractor.
N"Ssr#. LOCKWOOD Greene 4 Co., of
Bostor a:c acrhitccts-ruginecrS IN
charge.
\ meeting; OF thc dilrvtols o.. the
Highland Park Manufacturing co.. of
Charlotte. y. c.. was held during the
week. \ Dispatch states that it was
Gc"ldrh ny n" board to erect an nddi-
'onHi mil 10 hay" 900 looms and cost
$500 coo. This Will be the Comp;ny's
lh!rd mill. as IL operates 1880 spin
dies and l.2Gn looms in ~ plant at Char
lotc and i,3t0 ring spind!es ana I%G
looms III IA plant at Rock Hill. S. {.
GinEhamS is the product OF both mills.
Il has no; been decided whether the
new mill will be located at Charlotte
o: Rock Hill. Further details will prob
ably hC announced next week.
Chuck Mi!is. reported last week as
!.itorpoHatM at Anderson. $. G.. has
rhcc1rd temporary organization.
Mcssrs. r. S. Hill (promotcr OF tho ell
tcrDrise), Joseph n. Brown n. r.. Sui.
Ivan. r. T.. Lig0n and J. r. NandivCr
we're elected directors. -Four more di-
rcrtors will he chosen late: on. Ovrr
SZ6a 600 has been @ubscrhcd ut hnlrr-
son to the authorized capitai OF $aUo.-
uH0. IEc company cUntcMpiat@S u%:.l:;
steam power and manufacturing fin"
GOODS. Possibly \ steam plant large
enough 10 operate 1000 SpndicS ard
80 looms will h" needed.
IL his report Tor January !! Hni
Henry G.. Hester. secretary OF the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange, shows that
the amount Of cOttCn brought iniO
sight during l"l days OF the DvV:''nt
season WAS I.l60. .O02 bales. an increu"c
over 1hc same period last year Of 49,
GA bales: the exports were 3.773,t%I
bales, Il decrease Of 77,0i5: takings t.:
Northern spinncrs. 1.13l.69 bales. :.
decrease OF 81 1884: by Southern spin
ners S86,515. an increase Of 4.1Hu