The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-03-23
MACHINERY REPRE- SENTATIVE
TALKS INTERESTINGLY.
OUR SPLENDID PROSPECTS
Sets Forth Many Salient Points
When Investment in Such
Concern viii Produce Splen.
did Results for Country.

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A. II. Washbuu Of Charlotte, y. c.
a cotton mill machinery concern, is
In the city today Mr.. White is
turing the state and investigating the
possibilities of this section OF the
country as a future cotton manurac-
touring tho state and investigating the
center. Mr.. White is interested in
several cotton mills IN the state OF
North Carolina and is director ol
one or more mills also general man
agcr Of the Taylorsvllc Cotton
mills. Mr.. White las but recently
come here from Guthrie, where he
inspected the mill at that point.
Mr.. White speaks cncouragingly OF
the prospects for a mill in Ardmore
and gives some startling facts why
"a will with a capital stock Of about
.$I5o,0OO for the manufacture OF den
inns would pay I'm speaking of the
mill proposition Mr. White says:
"Thc cotton mills Of the world
have enjoyed period Of remarka-
bic prosperity during the past TWEEN
~ years. The demand for cotton
goods and the vast increase in the
number Of uses TO which cotton
goods are put as we'll as the devel.
opment and civilization of tropical
countries is largely responsible for
the great demand for cotton prod
ucts. 1t Is only necessary for the
people of your city to consider the
great advantages that they have over
cotton mills in any other section OF
the entire world 10 see that they
are neglccting enormous opportuni-
ties for profit ON capital and for
the development of their city.
"The city of Greenville, $. c.. fif-
teen years ago had no cotton mill
and population of 5000 and was
about as dead town as could be
found anywhere. About that time
| they built a cotton mill and Its
great success was responsible for
! the rapid building mp of the cotton
industry in their city and today
they have about fourteen mills with
"a total of around 100000 spindlos.
Aside from the fact that these mills
have paid on an average OF about
% per cent per annum, they have
actually changed the community
from little country town to a thirty
ing and beautiful city. In 1907 the
cotton factories OF Greeuville, 5. c"
paid out in wages slightly over 49,
coo OOO. Nearly all Of which filter
ed through the hands of the mer,
chants and business men of the city
which now has population Of about
$4,000.
The history of this town Is nothing
more nor less than that OF % or
more other towns in the Carolinas
and Georgia. Greensboro, y. c.
Charlotte, y. c., Danyille, Va"
| Spartanburg. :. c., Union, s. c., Col
umhia $. c.. Augusta, Ga, Coium
bus, Ga. Macon Ga. Griffin, Ga.
Newton Ga, and Lagrange, Ia, are
all cities that entirely owe their
growth end prosperity to the cotton
mill industry.
you have such remarkable ud
vantages in your locality that | sin
ccrcly believe that modern prop
crly equipped cotton mill, making
goods such as could be disposed o
! i'm your immediate vicinity would
make enormous profits and while
! wish to be conservative In my state
ments, | firmly believe that such
mill here would net the inyestor
! easily 30 per cent per annum, be
! sides which the industry would prove
: to be a great factor in the upbuild
! ing OF your community, | want q
, call your attention to the principl
! advantages that you have over tn
: mills located in the cities that
; have named to YOU as we'll as thos
: mills In the New England states,
: In the first instance, the cost @
Z manufacturing power in the Carolina
I and Georgia with 4 modern stear
power plant is at least twenty-fiv
\ dollars per year per horse power Tn
4 same power could be manufacture
here using natural gas i'm a gas el
gino for at least seven dollars pc
h annum per horse power; making
q net saving on n 5O00spindlo mill {
n 81, 400 per annum Another aiyantag
\ is that in the raw material whic
n would be at least one cent per poun
q less than the manufacturers OF Ne
= England would have to pay aft,
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