The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-11-24
WOULD TAKE STOCK
IN SUCH ENTERPRISE
IF PEOPLE WILL COOPERATE
AND SHOW PROPER INTER
EST IN THE MOVEMENT.
BEST SECTION HE HAS SEEN
Was Heard at Meeting of Citizens,
And Enthused All by Stressing the
Opportunities and Possibilities of
This City and Section.


This City and Section
Awaking to the fact that if Dawson
is to keep a place among the enter
prising and progressive smaller cities
of the state she must have more in
dustres and larger payrolls leading
business men and other interested cit
liens, meeting with the mayor and
city council Thursday afternoon, dis
cussed the matter of a cotton mill with
Mr.. F. B. Cole, capitalist and presi-
dent of the Cole Manufacturing Co.,
of Newman, Ga who came to Daw-
son to make an inspection of the large
engine which his company recently
sold to the city for the water and
light plant.
Mills Coming South
Outlining the benefits to be derived
by any community from a modern
cotton mill Mr.. Cole said there are
many mills in New England looking
for locations in Georgia, and there is
no doubt that Dawson could induce
one or more Of them to locate here If
proper cooperation was assured, as
the mills are anxious for just such
pleasant conditions as Dawson offers.
Mr.. Cole said that cotton mill is no
longer an experimcnt-that is is only
question OF enough spindles and
good management-and if local capital
would invest i'll a mill handsome re-
turns on the investment would be real
lied and also that he would be glad
to assist in establishing a mill here
by subscribing to as much stock as
was necessary to get the enterprise
under way. He would, he said, be-
come a resident OF Dawson one or
two years to insure a correct begin
ming Of the mill. Stating that he had
received dividends totaling 900 per
cent from his mills at Newman and
that the stock was now worth FIVE to
one, Mr.. Cole modestly referred to
the fact that he had never been con-
nected with a mill or any other enter
prise that had made failure; there
fore, he wanted to be sure that the
people Of Dawson would cooperate
and take the right attitude toward a
mill should one be located in the city.
Dawson a Desirable Location.
After the meeting Mr.. Cole was en-
tertained at dinner by committee
from the council and the Kiwanis club
who conferred with him concerning
steps necessary to be taken to induce
"a New England mill to locate here.
He assured the committee that he
would. at once get in touch with the
arrangements of several mills, and
recommend Dawson as desirable To-
cation
Mr.. Cole was much impressed with
Dawson and Terrell county, and said
that were he farmer he would GER
tainly move here, as no where had he
seen as fine farm lands
The question OF cotton mill for
Dawson, which has been agitated for
some time, is only one of a number of
important and progressive movements
now on foot, which include the cree
ton of new 100000 modern fire.
proof hotel and the paving OF over
SO miles Of the county's roads.
The spirit OF cooperation and pro-
gress that is now manifest, and the
fact that Dawson people as well as
the country as whole are looking
to the future growth of this section
will put over any movement that is
undertaken 1t is almost assured that
Dawson will experience a marvellous
growth in the next few years.