The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-01
What Manufactures Do for a Town.

turing section OF tne SOutn, Inlrty
years ago Greenville was simply a
country town, where in winter time,
according to the Charleston News and
Courier, 1.-THE occasional and cabbage
and chestnut wagons, driven in the
mountain country to the primitive
stores, mired to the hub in the soft and
sticky streets, which under the influ-
ence of the summer sun became hard,
but dusty, painting the town red"
Then it had $500 inhabitants. Now it
has $4,000 population and is is the
greatest cotton manufacturing center
in the South Within radius of twenty
miles OF Greenville there are 665, 154
cotton spindle, and within the city linn
its and immediates outside theae are
254 600 3pindles. Its cotton mills rep
resent an investment of $4,000, 900 and
employ IL, $50 operatives, who support
by their labor 81, 65S people. During
the last three yerrs its bank deposits
have increased 1872 per cent. In addi-
ton to the cotton factories the city has
many other manufacturing industries,
and is one Of the most prosperous towns
in the South.
The history of Greenville is the his
tory in greater or lesser degree of many
other Southern towns and cities. The
industrial progress of the Piedmont re-
gion is something marvellous. The
traveller through Southern North Car
roina. and Southern Georgia, with a
knowledge of that region twenty years
ago, must be astonished at the wonder
full development of the past few years.
There one sees the greatest changes
that have been wrought in the South,
Nashville American.
The JIMPLECUTE reproduces from
the Bulletin the foregoing and earn.
estly and heartily recommends it
to those of our citizens who would
like to see Jefferson prosper, and
on basis which would be an alb.
solute guarantee of the continued
prosperity which would result
from following in the footsteps of
Greenville, S. G. Jefferson has
the great advantage of having wa.
ter connections with one of the
South's largest export markets
New Orleans. If a number of cot
ton mills were built here they
could export their product cheaper
than any mill in the South not
similarly located. The mills using
their own boats could virtually
put the product of their plants in
New Orleans at a nominal rate, for
the up freights would pay the
down trip. In this way mills To-
Gated here would have greatly the
advantage. If the citizens
should have prepared state.
ment of facts showing every ad-
vantage Jefferson has as point for
cotton mills and send them to ev-
cry mill in the East, not only send
one, but have enough printed, so
as to send to every mill these Cir.
culars not less than three times q
month. By continually sending
them attention will at least be Civ
en- them by some plant which will
lead to an investigation, the inves.
tigation will surely lead to locating
mill. 1t is not to be expected
that every mill man knows the ad
vantages Jefferson offers. The truth
is, the city has done so lite ad.
vertising along this line many Of
our citizens do not properly appre
ciate the very great advantage the
city occupies as manufacturing
point. The truth has not beer
given to the world as frequently as
it should have been. Now that the
mills of the East are looking tt
Texas, Jefferson should have pre-
pared the best of a write-up, going
into details and giving facts, 81
that those thinking of seeking loca
tons in Texas making an investi
CATION as to the great advantag,
Jefferson offers. Nothing pays Xix
printers ink judiciously handled
Let the world know what we have
and some will want something w
have and sure come after it. HOY
can we expect any oneto come ii
and investigate unless they frs
know what is here? The world ha
not the time to search for desirabl
locations; this is too we'll known
hence the amount of adyertisin
which is being done. 1t is tn
thoroughly advertised town whicl
reaps the best of results and goe
forward by leaps and bounds. LIE
US get up and go after somethin
which will do the city good. Wait
ing don't pay. Let us push tn
ball. Start it going up the hill
Don't procrastinate. 1t is ruinous
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