The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-01-29
SOUTHERN, INDUSTRIAL
Industri.i 1lfcellanN.

Citizens Of Bradford county. Florida.
are agItatlng for the er.ciloa o! mil
for the manufacture Of spool cotton
from the Sea Island fiber. This move
ment has led 10 the suggestion tia;
Valdcsta. Ga. already the largest !n-
land icng staple cotton market In the
world. might enter upon Ike unter-
taking. Commenting upon this. the
New York Commercial says.
The -Starke region is rich one az
rlculturaliy. but Its resources are lar
gely undeyeioped. There has been COR
paratiyely little immigration from the
North and West into that section. but
the people are entering. practically
and ambitious. Ani II would rot,
,h herefore. be such a very strange
thing il the eotton- -gTowerG az Starke
should be the first in the Sea Island
belt to manufacture their pTodnet In
factories contiguous TO the plantations.
They may yet demonstrate TO the
spiunerz Of New England and the
United Kingdom that the Cracker cen
do all that the Yankee and the Scot
can-and perhaps do IL little bit bet
ter"
Arrangements have been compl eted
| for the establishment of the cotton faS-
| tory proposed at Orange, Texas. The
| Orange Cotton Mills Co. has been or
| ganized with capital stock OF $780,
| 900, TO build the plant. Its equipment
| will he 10000 spindles and 2d0 looms.
with space remaining for installation
Of 5000 spindles and 100 loCI:s addi-
tional. II. c. Cooke OF Houston Texas.
| is engineer in charge OF construction.
and will at once begin work. Contracts
for the machinery have been placed.
Adolph Suck of Boston. Mass, Is the
architect o. X. Scholars has been
elected president; r. Z. Mcfarland
first president; L. L. Mcfarland
treasurer, and A. NJ. Hatcher (of Hous-
tom, secretary. (This is also the plant
recently announced as to be located
through the efforts Of Messrs. A. NJ
Hatcher & Co. of Houston.)
Work is progressing steadily on the
extensive water-power improvements
Of the Dan River Power & Manufacture
ing Co. at Danville, Va. Construction
of the $500, 600 dam and power-house ii
being pushed forward steadily, and eX
cavation for the mill buildings begur
during the past week. This company
expects to begin in the early sprini
the erection of the first mill. which
will be followed by the second plant
There have been no material change
in the original plans as announced II
the Manufacturers Record OF Septem
ber %, 1902. That is, there will be tw,
mills Of 10000 spindles and 1,20O loom
each. costing about S1,100.O00. }. w
Bishop Company, Providence and Bos
ton. is the construction contractor
Messrs. Lockwood. Greene & Co c
Boston are rchitects-engineers j
| charge.
A meeting of the directors OF til
| Highland Park Manufacturing Co. c
Charlotte. N c.. was held during tn
week. A dispatch states that it wa
decided by the board to erect an add
. tonal mill to have 1000 looms and COS
S45O.O This will be the company
third mill, as it operates 13,500 spin
dies and .260 looms in plant at Chal
lotte and 1900 ring spindles and rs
looms in a plant at Rock Hill, s.
Ginghams is the product of both MILL
It has not been decided whether tn
: new mill will be located at Chariot
t or Rock Hill Further details will prol
ably be announced next week.
Gluck Mills. reported last week
incorporated at Anderson, S. C.. hi
, effected temporary organization
Messrs. R. s. Hill (promoter of the eI
: terprise), Joseph n. Brown. \. B. Su
livan, r. E. Ligon and ]. r. Vandiv'
: were elected directors. Four more d
!, recto,s will be chosen later on. Ov'
1 S265 900 has been subscribed at Anie
, son to the authorized capital Of $3.50
| 600. The company contemplates usir
steam-power and manufacturing fl
e goods. Possibly a steam plant lar;
y enough to operate $4,000 spindles al
$50 looms Will be needed.
t. In his report for January 9 CT
}. Henry G. Hester, secretary Of the Ne
). Orleans Cotton Exchange, shows TIL
q the amount of cotton brought in
2 sight during 131 days OF the prese
!. season was 7,160, COZ bales, an increa
Il over the same period last year OF q
# 674 bales; the exports were 3.7I3.c
s bales. a decrease OF 77.045; takings
d Northern spinners, 1,131,69 bales.
n decrease of 81, ,5S4; by Southern spi
.. ners SS6,515, an increase of 94.13O.