The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1910-03-23
new COTTON MILL.
ABBEvILLE MUST HAVE 1T, OR THE
Pendulum WILL SWING BACK.
ABBEVILLE CANNOT AFFORD NOT TO
BUILD THE MILL.
Men Suggested to Lead In The Matter.

10 one who has the welfare of this towI
at heart, it cannot but be distressing II
witness the utter Indifference manifested
! by our people at the present time as tt
measures looking to the prosperity ant
!, advancement of the same.
Some twelve months age a movement
was set on foot with q view TO the building
l of another cotton mill, and for g LITTLE
: while it locked as if it would o DO Of
Il. accomplished fact, a. there was more sub
scribed to the capital stock thereof, by the
citizens Of the town, th6n was by them tC
that Of the mill which we now have.
Matters progressed SO far as that the
man to head the enterprise, as president
was settled upon, and assurances were
given by more than one party who haC
achieved marked success in the cotton
mill business, men Of %undoubted influen ;,
in financial circles, that with the amount
Of home capital which we had subscribed
as a nucleus, and with 5heir assistance in
the matter, which was promised, sufficient
out side capital could easily be had tc
build d first class mill.
But strange to say, just as we were be-
ginning to felicitate ourselves upon the
bright and promising out look for the OLD
town, an unaccOuntable apathy took pos.
session of those who were expected to lead
in the matter and the enterprise seems to
have died in the borning, as for months we
have heard nothing more Of it. But shall
we, MIR. Editor, on account of this dis.
appointment to our expectations, give up
and make no further effort to better our
condition.
1t would seem that this is the conclusion
to which our people have ONE
If such be true, it will not be long until
we shall awake to the fact that we are not
only not advancing or lettering our con-
ditiOn, but that we are actually %retrograd.
ing and that too at q pace not to be easily
checked.
In order that our town may grow and
keep pace with other surrounding towns,
We must have additional enterprises such
as will afford employment to a population
and such as will bring more money into
our midst, and we know of no enterprise
so well adapted to meet these ends as that
of a cotton mill.
We understand that the mill which we
no V have, diSburSes something like $780,
600 ANNUALLY. in it's operating expenses, OF
which, at least, 81 per eon1 is spert in our
town.
Consider for a moment what an impetus
would be given to every class Of business,
were we to have another such mill.
The farmers for a radius OF from five to
ten miles around the town would feel the
effects of it in the increased demand for
all kinds Of farm products, and a conse-
quent increase in the value Of their farms.
The clerks in Our stores would be bene-
fitted thereby, as the business Of their en-
~ployers being so much improved, they
could afford to pay them better salaries.
The merchant who now pays an average
clerk forty dollars per month could better
! afford to pay such clerks forty five or
fifty dollars q month with the advent OF
anOther mill.
with another mill OF the size Of the one
we now have, there would come an add
ton to the population of the town OF from
seven hundred and fifty to n thousand
persons.
It would be hard to estimate the bene.
fits which would result to merchants, ply
%sicians, dentists, butchers and every other
class Of business men, such an addition tc
our population would bring about.
It does seem to me that every individ
ual of the above enumerated classes ever
i'll he viewed the matter solely from 6
selfish stand point, could not fail to SEE
that it would be decidedly to his interest
to help along such an enterprise by taking
stock therein to the utmost Of his ability
And this I believe he would do were the
matter properly presented to him.
But what we need and must have In or
der to succeed in IN undertaking OF thi;
i hluu, 10 SOluO OLlC w. uIOlC VI Jul llOol
prominent citizens Of recognized bushes!
capacity, Of public spirit, and who have
shown their interest in the town by wha
they have done in the past toward build
ing it up, to take hold OF this matter
The question then Is. To whom can WI
turn in this our hour of necessity VIII
is it that can fill the bill?
To my mind the men for the emergency
are Mr.. G.. A. Yisanski and Mr.. Hugh vii
son.
There are no two men in the place VIII
have done half so much In the interest o
the town as have these two, and I believe
they are still willing to spend and b
spent in furthering the good work,
Fl. Parker, B. S. Barnwell and Jno. A. Har,
ris, that we are largely il not entirely In.
debted for the splendid cotton mill which
we o havel
There was a time during the construc
ton of that mill when, II these men ha(
not come to the rescue by giving their In
dividual notes to raise money to satisfy
certain im%portunate creditors, the enter
prise would have fallen through.
OF these five only Messrs Visanski ant
Wilson are with us, the others having al
"passed over the river.
Therefore in behalf of the citizens OF thi!
town I call upon these two men to lay
aside their modesty, avail themselves o
| the experience which they have in thu
building Of the mill we now have, and So
the ball in motion, looking to the building
of another mill. -,
Gentlemen! will you not heed this cali
Aside from the benefits which would as
surdly accure to each of you in the EN-
HANGED value Of the real estate In the toWI
| of which you are both large owners VIA
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