Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-20
LOCKHART
Sketch Of Pretty Mil Village That
Lies on Banks Of Broad River.
SITUATED ON PICTURESQUE SPOT
Mill Employs eco People and Has
Weekly Payroll of Ss,5oo-spendid
Topsoi Road is Now Under Con-

Topsoil Road rs Now Under Con-
struction.
(By p. H. Fike, staff correspondent,
Spartanburg Herald).
Lockhart, Oct. 16.-Lockhart on
Broad river, 50 miles southeast of
Spartanburg and fifteen miles from
Jonesvil!e. terminus OF the Lockhart
line of the Southern railway, is one Of
the prettiest mill towns in this section.
1t has a population of 1900, and the
mill company owns all the land on
which the plant is located-500 acres
in Union county on the one side and
500 acres in Chester county on the
other side Of Broad river. Lockhart is
on state highway No. 9, splendid top
soil road, and the steel bridge over
Broad river at the mill plant is one
of the largest in this section, costing
$4,000. Just across this steel bridge
on the Chester side a force Of hands
is hard at work building a top-soil
road to Wilkesburg, distance of six
been constructed. When this link is
completed there will be an important
outlet from Lockhart to all points in
Chester and beyond. The building Of
this stretch will also give the up-coun-
try a modern highway from Spartan
burg to Rock HILL, good top-soil all the
way.
Railway to Lcckhart.
One mile below Jonesvillc on the
Spartanburg and Columbia division Of
the Southern railway is Lockhart
Junction, and here the Lockhart
railway taps this mainline. The Lock-
hart branch extends a distance of IA
miles to Lockhart mills. The roadbed
and right of way of this line is owned
by the Lockhart Mills company. The
Southern railway owns the cross ties,
the rails, and rolling stock, and oper-
ates the road under lease from the
mill company. There are four stations
on the line: Tabor, Adamsburg, Kelly
(the railway station for Kelton, two
miles away and LOckhart.
Lockhart mills was built 81 years
ago. there first being one mill. Ten
years later the second mill was built.
It's capital stock prior to recent merger
with Monarch mills of Union, was ST.
100000. In January, 1913, the Lock-
hart and the Monarch mills were merg-
Lockhart mills. The older mill has an
ed, and the name now is Monarch
equipment, Of $4,000 spindles and 900
looms, and the second mill $4,000
spindles and 500, looms. One plant
manufactures print cloths and the
other sheetings. Annually the two
mills at Lockhart consume 10000 bales
OF cotton, and the total annual output
of cloth in yards is 100000. The
Lockhart mills employ 500 persons and
the average weekly payroll is $4,000.
The officers ofithe company are: w.
E. Winchester, of New York, president;
Emslie Nicholson, of Union, treasurer;
J. Roy FAINT, secretary and assistant
treasurer. Superintendent, +. D. Lock-
man; overseer of carding, L. II. Holli-
day; overseer of spinning, John s..
Lockman; overseer Of weaving, John
p. Hillman; overseer Of cloth room,
w. A. Ross; master mechanic, l. NJ.
Burdette; outside overseer, Walter NJ.
HiX.
The Office Force.
Along with ]. Roy Fant, assistant
treasurer and general manager, there
is associated at the Offices Of the COM
pany the following: c. T. Clary, book
keeper; G. NJ. Worthy, paymaster;
Miss Belle Hames. stenographer.
Lockhart is a picturesque spot-a
more attractive site for mill village
could hardly be found. The big mills
and the company's offices and stores
are located right on the banks of the
big river, and on the hills towering
above are the homes of the employees.
A mile away is the plant Of the Lock-
hart Power company. A short distance
above the mills is the dam across
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