The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-05-10
Clear the Track-We're Coming.

Despite the fact that Abbeville is one OF
the best towns in the State. and notwith-
standing that other fact that from 1890 10
1900, the United States Census shows that
Abbeville increased her population consid
erably more thsn a hundred per cent, there
are yet people who are 30 far behind the times
as TO think this town is not progressive.
N order 10 satisfy those who would have
the town grow faster, 1t Ia quite probable that
they will be offered an opportunity 10 help
the town to grow.
Suppose that we see how much can be
raised 10 build both q yarn mill and a cloth
mill.
The furniture people have q good plant
which they might be willing TO convert into
a yarn mill. II 80. then we cannon well un-
derstand why other citizens should not put
some ready money into 1t 10 mske 1t 60. The
manu- facture OF cotton bias been reduced TO q
science, and there can be no such thing as
failure as long as the presidents office is ju-
diciously managed.
Perhaps you are repeating some Old rot
that you have heard about nothing succeed
ing in.Abbeville. Maybe you think the Alb.
beville Cotton Mill Ia a failure. II so, revise
your opinion. It's success for the last year
has been phenomenal. If,reports which we
hear In the streets are correct, NO mill In the
State has made more money during the last
year. The stock is higher now than 1t has
been for years, and 1t seems to us, bar.
ring unforeseen misfortune. that the stock
will be at par as soon as the holders or the
buyers of stock look INTO the matter.
rt-.-- - XI.x -~,, ,Ly~I, hhauJIla man
cannot run cotton mills. II 80, you we're
never more mistaken. Abbeville men can
run cotton mills better than anything else,
and better than anybody else, Cotton
mills are our speciality. No failure has
ever been recorded against any Abbeville
man.
And Abbeville has furnished more good
mill men than any other town. Mr.. Lewis
W. Parker, now of Greenville, is one OF the
first mill men in the State, and receives a
larger salary than any man in the State.
Dent forget that he is an Abbeville man.
Mr.. Augustus w. Smith built a big mill
at Woodruff and is running 1t successfully.
The stock In his mill has never been less than
81. Good dividends have been paid regularly.
Don't forget that Mr.. Smith is an Abbeville
man.
And then there ia Mr.. John A. Harris,
president OF the Abbeville Cotton Mill. He
Ia an Abbeville man. Since he took charge
OF 1t, no mill In the State has made more
money, or been run more successfully. The
stock of the mill will be at par. When he
took charge Of 1t, few men about here would
have the stock at any price.
By a united effort we can build another
mill.
By half an effort, If the furniture people 80
will 1t, we can furnish the money TO set a
spinning mill to running.
A warehouse Is a small matter. It gives
employ to only two or three men. But
the Investment is q safe one, and we can
build a new warehouse.
This editor would like to see all three Of
these enterprises set on foot. And while We
are not rich, we will make a subscription to
the capital stock Of each and all. We Will
ask no questions as to who will be president,
or where the enterprises will be located.
Whether In town or out OF W Whether
on your land or on the real estate OF Jim
Jones.
What we want is the cotton mill, the spin.
QluR Mill, anu Tue "dISuoubO.
favors TO ask, and no axe to grind. The
man who can put up these things Is what we
want. II, by accident, the wrong man should
be put in charge, we can call him down, and
then put in a more suitable man.
We are In favor OF the election OF presl-
dents by the stockholders, or II need be, We
will take anybody that may want the plaoe.
Mr.. Gillespie Smith Is one Of the men who
could make a success OF a cotton mill, or DR..
f, Z. Harrison could make 1t 60. And then
MIR. Will White. and a dozen others could
make q cotton mill the best Institution IN
town. Mr.. Albert Henry or Mr.. L.. L. Miller
would succeed. In fact the town Is full OF
good men for q mill president. and a good
mill president has the best job on earth-one
that pays the biggest salary for the least
work. Why not reach out for 1t, gentlemen ?