Roanoke Rapids herald., 1923-09-14
LOCAL MILLS AT
CAROLINA EXPOSITION
Both Rosemary Manufacturing C.m-
pany and Roanoke Mills Company
are planning Exhibitions for
Made in Carolina" Building.
MR. F. F. PATTERSON IN CHARGE

I +. f. Patterson, assistant
manager Of the Rosemary Mills,
Of Roanoke Rapids, N. c., and
representing the Roanoke Mills,
of the same place. arrived in
Charlotte today to begin the
preliminary work of installing
the largest exhibit of textile
work ever made in North Caro-
lima, which is to be seen in the
Made In Cardinals Exposition
here the two weeks of September
"a October 6. The two mills
will install four looms, two
Jacua"tS. in the Made in Caro-
lina's Exposition Building, two
IRON the Rosemary and two
from the Roanoke Mills, on
which table damasks, napkins
and cloths VIII be manufactured.
The Rosemary and Roanoke Mills
are the largest and finest manu-
facturerS OF damask k cloths in
Tie world.
Eesides the exhibits of the
manu- 'u--d and process of
manufacturing goods in the
mills SHOW, there will be side
exhibits that will attract much
attention. There will be q conf
plet"ly furnished dining room,
with table spread over with a
fine dam: Goth, and with
nap!-as to match, and silver ser
vice and dishes; and a sitting
room with a display of patterns
Of table cloths and napkins.
Little-Long Company will
have on display during the two
weeks of the Exposition, in their
show windows. the patterns of
cloths and napkins manufacture
ed by the Rosemary and Roam
oke Mills. These goods will be
on sale at the Iittle-Long store.
representative of the Textile
Distributing Company, of
Petersburg, Va, being here for
that purpose. Out of town or
ders for these goods will be han
died through parcel post.
All looms Of the Rosemary
and Roanoke Mills exhibit here
will be motor driven, and there
will be 2,100 watts of lights in
stalled at the exhibit to give
plenty of the right kind of light
for viewing the cloth patterns.
Besides Mr.. Patterson, the as
sistant manager of the Rosemary
Mill, there will be four others
here to assist in the exhibit. Mr..
Patterson's father, S. F. Pat
terson, is general manager and
president of the mills, both of
which are separate organizations
but under the same manage
ment.
The cost of the exhibit to be
placed here at the Exposition
will be more than $4,000, f. F.
Patt rson estimated today.
The color scheme of ROYAL
blue and white. with the use of
chrysanthemums, will be car
ried into effect in the exhibits.
The latest improvements in
motor driven loom machinery
in the way of stop motions that
control the pattern cards, on
which the designs are woven in
to the cloths and for filling in
the warp, will be used.
Mr.. Patterson has engaged a
number of carpenters and cleo
tricians to install the Rosemary
and Roanoke exhibit in the Made
In Cardinals Exposition build
ing, and it will take fully two
weeks to place the exhibit on the
floor. The floor space covered
will be 800 square feet.
In addition to the manufact-
ured\ products exhibited at the
Exposition by the Rosemary and
Roanoke Mills, the various work
being done in the community in
the nature of welfare work, boy
and girl scout movements, and
in school affairs, will be shown
on transparencies. Rosemary
has 1,276 looms with $4,000
spindles, the Roanoke Mill using
$4,000 spindles with 1900 looms.
The Rosemary unit is three COM
plete mills in one group, the
Roanoke unit being two mills in
a group.
Seventy two percent. of the
total cotton damask manufact-
ured in the world is made in the
Rosemary and Roanoke Mills.
The total valuation of the mill
plants and property is from
fifteen to eighteen millions of
dollars.
Rosemary's output is from
100000 to 100000 pounds of
cotton cloth a dav. while Roam