Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1920-04-28
THE CoURTENAY MILLS BOUGHT
by Large Corporation Headed by w.
l.. Gassaway, Of Grcenvillc.&
(Farm and Factory, April 22.)

L IN fApAlA q. s
Announcement was made the lat
ter part Of last week that the cotton
mill at Newry, owned and controlled
by Messrs. Campbell and St. John
Courtenay, had been sold. The deal
includes, we understand, the ada
cent real estate, buildings, etc, only
the Courtenay home place being ex-
cepted. The purchasers are under
stood to be several capitalists, head
cd by w. l.. Gassaway, of Greenville.
Mr.. Gassaway has not made public
the purchase price, and as yet there
Is no indication at Newry that the
property has changed hands. One
enterprise associated with Mr.. Gas
saway in the purchase is a towel
mill in North Carolina.
The COurtenay Manufacturing Co.
mill is rated as one Of the Jest pro-
perties Of It's character in the State.
The machinery has been kept in al
most continuous operation, on high
grade material, for months.
Transfer Of the mill to the new
owners will be made Immediately,
we understand.
Campbell Courtenay will probably
remain at Newry for the present. St.
John Courtenay, however, contem-
plates an extended vacation, which
will take him to several parts of the
United States and to Canada and
Alaska.
Because Of the interest these gen
tlemen have always taken in local
affairs, and the help they have put
forth for the good of the county, as
we'll as the Industrial workers, the
news of their temporary retirement
from the county, is a ma er of keen
regret locally.
At the first meeting of the Seneca
Chamber Of Commerce, held in the
dining room Of the Oconee Inn last
Friday night, the following paper
was read by the president. DR.. e. A.
Hines, and approved by a rising vote
Of every member present:
Since 1t has come to our knowl-
edge that the Courtenay Manufacture
ing Company has been sold by the
present wner and will soon pass
into new hands; and since this ill
In all probability involve considera-
bic changes In both business and do
nestle life of he Courtenay family,
we would, therefore, in the first
place. express Il appreciation OF the
contributions which his excellent
family made in the Industrial devel-
opment and general welfare Of our
community in the person Of both
father and sons during a period Of
more than n quarter Of a century.
We realize that our community
would be much poorer than it is, in
many ways, to-day had not the Cour-
tenays come here to make their
home n establish our first manu-
featuring enterprise. And we would
express u hopes that. whatever
changes this business transaction
may mean for them, hat it may not
take them from our community,
either for their residence or for bust
ness.
w would also pledge them, as a
representative gathering Of the bust
ness men Of this community, that,
should they see fit to launch some
other industrial Or business enter
prise in the community, that our
confidence in their integrity and
ability is such that we feel that they
can have most any backing that they
could reasonably. expect from the
community.
In other and briefer words, what
we are trying to say is hat we APP
%prcciatc what they have been to our
community in the past, and want
them to continue with us and help
us to carry on to larger a~ttainments
h work which their father began,
and which his sons have continued
so successfully"