The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-05-02
Cotton Mill,


mittee, who viii receive subscriptions to
Mr. A. B. CaIvert's new mill, was held
tn!E. W. Ewbank's Office on Tuesday
evening. o. G. Station was elected per-
manent chairman and E. w. Ewbsnk
permanent secretsry. The committee
take . favorable view of the situation
and are confident the required amount
OF stock will be subscribed.
The following agreement of subscrip-
tion was drawn up for circulation.
We, the undersigned citizens of the
town OF HendersonVille and county of
Henderson, realizing the enormous ad-
vantage and benefits to be derived from
the establishment of cotton mill in this
community and appreciating the great
value Of cotton mill stock as an invest
ment, do hereby agree to subscribe the
amount set opposite our respective
names hereto affixed, for stock in
the proposed mill to be built by and un-
der the management of Mr.. A. B. Cal
vert, OF Spartanburg, 8. c., Tor IN the
event the said Calvert should fail to con-
sumate the said construction of mill
then by j. 81. Morgan, Of GreenYille, S.
C,) The said Mill to be built within
two miles Of the Court House in Hen
dersonville, Provided, however, that
the said proposed mill shall be detinate-
ly commenced or the consummation
thereof guaranteed by the execution of
acceptable bonds within four months
from the date of these presents, other
wise these subscriptions to become null
and void.
Witness our hands and seal this the
= day Of May, 1907.
A letter from Mr.. Morgan, of the
American Spinning Company, of Green
vile, g. c., was read. This is the sec
ond communication from that gentlemen
on the cotton mill project and was re-
ceiYed by Mr. Ewbank last week. In
Mr.. Morgan expresses desire to take
up the matter should Mr.. Calvert not
see his way clear to GO ahead with it.
The American Spinning Company is a
large corporation, with heavy surplus,
and should they take hesmatter in hand
it would be pushed right thro'. IS
1t Is the general opinion, however,
that the two propositions need not con-
hict. tits generally recognized that the
labor question is one of the main
considerations which will prompt the
building Of cotton mills here. This is
what undoubtedly brought the Henrietta
dreds of families who have left the
mountains to seek employment in the
Southern mills, who would flock back
Immediately on hearing Of the erection
of mill here. The mill men are sup
against it" on the labor proposition, and
they simply propose to bring their mills
to she labor, as the labor wont come to
them.
Mills in Charleston, in Augusta, in
Mississippi, have proved financial fail
ures for this sole reason. It is generally
admitted that the labor of this noun
tain section is extremely desirable for
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the peculiar atmospheric conditions
which prevail here, and which makes
it superior to New England states as a
cotton mill location, will undoubtedly
influence not only the two present pro-
moters, but many others to locate near
Hendersonville, where they NAV find
abundant labor,a large part of it already
skilled, and where they will not con-
tinually be up against the proposition of
their help leaving them during the
summer months.
With the abundant water power, the
ideal atmospheric conditions, the best
labor in the world, and unexcelled eli
mate, it is thought by many to be only a
question of time until this entire noun
tain section will be dotted by great cotton
mills