The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-06-30
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forever sacred to every American,
for it was in this county at Kings
Mountain that the tide of the Ameri-
can Revolution was definitely turn
ed in favor of independence. Here
also is the famous Cowpens battle.
ground
The main industrial enterprise of
Spartanburg is the manufacture of
cotton cloth in which the county leads
the South in the number of spindles
and looms. It's twenty-seven cotton
mills with their 860,460 spindles and
2O,660 looms represent an invested
capital Of $17,65o,Oo0, an annual
payroll of $6,691,0 900 and an output
of almost $35,000,O00. Only one
other city in the United States sur
passes Spartanburg as buying cen
ter in proportion to it's size. It's
average monthly purchases in March
1920, were given as $40, 100000.
No mention of Spartanburg would
be complete without some tribute to
the Textile Industrial Institute, one
Of the most remarkable and admir-.
aole enterprises in the world. The
purpose of the institute is to offer
an opportunity for education and
technical training to the young m an
and women who work in the cotton
mills and who suffer from lack of
schooling. 1t was established nine
years ago by Rev D. E. Camak, a
young Methodist preacher without
funds or influence, but fired with the
zeal Of a great idea. With borrow
ed 500 Mr.. Camak set out on his
great mission and in less than ten
years has created an institution
valued in money at $4,000 and be-
yond all pecuniary value in what it
has accomplished for thousands Of
young men and women in arousing
their ambition, developing their char
acters, training their minds and set
ting their feet on the path to pros
perity and achievement
Mr.. Camak proposes to expand his
equipment so that he will be able to
train 900 mill boys and girls at a
sine. AS a means to this end he has
raised the funds for and completed
the building of model mill which is
declared to be the best built and best
equipped cotton mill in the world.
This mill will make about 1900
yards day of Character Cloth" so
named because the manufacture of
character is primarily the purpose of
the mill rather than the manufacture
| of goods. Here is what Mr.. Camal
himself has to say about this mill:
every one of the forty odd pro
cesses necessary to produce the bes
cotton cloth that it is possible tx
make will be done in our mill, from
the opening of the bale to the card
ing, combing, spinning, twisting
singeing, dyeing, bleaching, warping
weaving, finishing, stamping with
trade mark in selvage and selling By
parcel post to the home.
"We are not manufacturing con
cern. We are character factory
| We make human character aud dis
tribute it. Six states from Virginia
to Texas are represented in our pres
ent enrolment of two hundred and
sixteen grown, hungry, eager, cap,
able, clean, ignorant young Southern,
ers. They are working their way
through the character factory by
making character cloth"
1t is impossible for us to give
special notice to each one Of the
scores of hustling, progressive little
towns which stud the fertile plains
and nestle in the beautiful valleys of
South Carolina, but we cannot leave
the subjec. without some mention Of
! Greenville, one Of the most delight
fully situated and enterprising cot
.oN mill towns of the South Iii this
charming spot. lying III the shadow of
the glorious Blue Ridge Mountains,
th9 visitor may see in the course Of
a brief stroll the whole fascinating
| process Of cotton goods manufacture
t"oM tho growing of the fluffy, flow
cred plant to It's final emergenca from
/ c!a MN!l aS . finished fabric. Green
| VILE is thl home Of the largest cotton
m.,l i'll the world, an immense insti-
5ut.Ou which shelters under its roof
more .l,Nu 10000 spi,ldles.
Il is iIl this town that the Textile