The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-10-28
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2s, 1919
A COTTON MILL.

If the city of Abbeville is to grow
the people must make it grow. IL
will only grow with the establish
ment of other-manufacturing enter
urises. For the agricultural develop
ment of the county the present city
is large enough. No more business
houses are demanded now by tins
development. Manufacturing enter
prises are the enterprises by which
all other cities hereabout have been
built. We can only become larger
and more important by travelling the
same road.
In manufacture as in any other
business, the thoughts Of the people
must be turned to logical lines. 1t
would not be profitable to manufac-
ture silk in this section because we
do not produce silk. We cannot es-
tablish iron fcundrics because VIC
have 10: the iron. The oily product
which. we have in abundance is cot
ton. The only raw material which
we can manufacture here with proht
is cotton. Then if we are to go for
ward in this day of forward moves
ments we must look to an enterprise
of this character as our means of
progress.
A meeting of several business men
of the city, believed to be interested
in the welfare of the city, and their
own, has been called for today. The
meeting will be held at the hour sug-
gested, and the scheme will be out
lined. A cotton mill man of expert
ence, and one who has made a sue
cess of the business, has been invited
to meet our people. He is in the
prime of life, with storehouse Of
enthusiasm and energy. He is will
ING to build a mill in Abbeville if
the people want it. He can build a
mill at some other point if he desires
No favor will be conferred c.: I'm by
his selection as our leader, and if a
better man can be suggested by any
one, he will be glad to see him Sc
lected. However, if we are to build
a mill we want man of his calibre,
and lust now we know of no one who
will more willingly come to our as
sistance.
Looking to the advancement of the
city we earnestly hope that the peo-
ple of the town, after demonstrating
their ability to meet the tasks as
signed them by the government in all
the great calls which have come to
us, and at a time when our people
are thoroughly awakened along pro-
gressive lines, and ready for SONG
thing better; at this time when
things look brighter in Abbeville than
they have ever looked before, whe1
there is money in the banks and in
peoples pockets, when cotton is ev-
erywhere, and the people happy and
contented-we earnestly hope, We
say, that no man will come forward
to throw a monkey wrench into the
wheels of progress, but that every
good citizen of Abbeville will take
measure of his ability to help, and
determine to help TO the full extent
Of his ability. 1t will take one mil
lion dollars to build paying cotton
mill, and there is no good reason in
this year of plenty why the people in
the city of Abbeville and in the sur
rounding country should not take
stock to the extent of one half the
amount.
There are many reasons which we
might mention impelling us to take
up the work. Everybody knows what
they are. It is sufficient to say that
we have been too slothful in the
past, and that other towns and cities
have done five and ten and twenty
years ago what we are now thinking
of doing. We must continue to be