The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-10-10
NEWBERRY TO HAVE BIG
BON MANUFACTURING PLANT
Chamber OF Commerce Announces
Coming Of Industry Which VIII
Mean Much 20 COUNT

The fact that Ncwbcrry is to have
: new manufacturing enterprise ms
Just been made public by the New
berry chamber Of commerce. ara 1t
is needless &c say that the announce
ment Will be received by the citizens
Of Newberry city and county with
great Ge.i Ct satisfaction inasmuch
as the one great need Of the city ct
the present time is more industries
and more homes TO take care Of the
additional number Of people that will
come to Newberry to work in these
industries.
The new enterprise announced IS
a big box manufacturing plant, the
deal for this plant having been closed
on Thursday afternoon. A concern
! in North Carolina is promoting the
PROPOSITION. This concern is operat-
ing under the name Of Vance d
Dwiggins company with heade7ar-
! ters in Kernersvilie, North Carolina.
Some weeks ago this company con-
tracted for a considerable amount of
: timber, which is located between New
berry ard Whitmire, and of course
their plant will be located at point
where it will be convenient to maui
the timber to the plant, and in select
/ inc a location this matter had to be
taken into consideration. The loca-
ton decided upon is on what IS
known as the Lake property which IS
three miles from the city, and a deal
was closed for a sufficient amount OF
acreage for the plant, which in all,
! is, about nine acres. This site lies
between the Laurens highway and
the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens
railroad just at the junction OF the
Whitmire highway and the old Wait
n,ire road which runs across to the
+; Laurens highway. This makes an
ideal location, in view of the TACT
that some time in the future It IS
possible that the company will BUY
timber from some section up the
! Laurens highway.
In making the announcement pup
lie, Secretary Mcdaniel of the cham
her of commerce said that he was
not in position to make all detalls
known at this time, other than to say
that representatives of the company
left Newberry Thursday afternoon
Immediately after closing the deal to
make arrangements to have all equip
ment and material for erecting the
plant shipped at the earliest possible
date.
| The plant, when established Will
employ twenty-five men, and OF
course as the business grows addl-
tional men will be put into service.
In speaking of the financial standing
Of the company who is back OF the
proposition. Mr.. Mcdaniel stated that
they we're sufficiently financed TO
take care of an even greater proposi-
ton than the one in question. Two
saw mills will be required to keep the
plant supplied with timber. One ol
these mills is already in operation
and another one will be established
within the next two weeks, IN order
to have large supply Of lumber on
hand when the plant opens so there
will be no delay. The kind OF boxes
to be manufactured by the company
will be especially designed for can
ned goods, such as canned corn, peas,
etc, and their output VIII be approx
/; irateiy five hundred and sixty thous-
and per season.
The citizo:,s Of Newberry city and
county should extend a warm wei
cme to this new enterprise and should
cooperate in every possible way TO
make it a success. Because the plant
will be located three miles from New
berry is no reason that it should not
be 3 pat Of Newaerry, for in time
Newberry will grow and the first
we know this new enterprise may be
right in the city.
! The announcement of this new en-
terprise should give al Of US ar in
sni-atio to push forward and forget
ell about "hard times" Let Us work
together fer more industries and
more homes, which Of course, means
greater Newberry city and county.
Cook-Hendrix