THE OHABLOTTE BTEWS, JANUARY 13 1911
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Late Mill News
Whltmlr®, 8. C.—Tb© Glenn Lowry
C)ttx)n Mill haa paid Its repiilar divi
dend of 8 1-2 per cent on $300,000.
Lancaster, S. C.—Tti© T^ncaster
Cotton Mills paid semi annual divl-
dondB as URual on both common and
preferred etocka.
Cordovai Ala.—Tho Indian Head
Mills of thia place havo rosnmed work
ai^ln after suspending: for one week
to make some reralr;; ard overhauling.
Shclbyvlllo, Tenn. - It is reported
th.'it W. J. McGill and others will
f:i: ip a luill to manufacture cotton
\7^i^and cloth. KJodrlc power will
I'o used.
Lockhart, S. C.—The Lockhart Mills
h.T,\e paid dividends amounting to $22,-
r.7.'> on pn forn d stock, this being their
rt'",ular senil-unnual dividend. This is
3 12 per cent.
Lowell, N. C. It hit' been decided
Ui - hanjre tho produciion of the Peov-
!t. Mf,:.;. To. fi'nm I'a’‘kil to combed
ya'np, and a c-ontra't has been
:nA inlivl for t’. noc« ?;:.u’y combers
a-.tl (Ir.nwinu enuii'V.irrr
Lexinqton, N. C.- It 1';s been an-
\ • :i« i (1 th r T .■ ('ov'- of this
bavo luoi.. > during the
; yr>a . ’.•'!» r.' ar.;. >’ >''meni oflh'^
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nion, S. C —T' ■ A' 'na;ch CoMon
!i;n ' ;«'i,l : .pir rot;ulrir
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Newton. N. C —T'.e Ne'^ ton C >tton
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r-.ev.berry. S. C.- \ T‘ . ovrod ]at
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G-'s!}:-;-. N. C.—T*;:^ r-uular an-;
I 2: of rh .'•(X'Uholder^ ofj
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• • • .!;:n :;:!y ;»• 'a. The meet-*
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Cuero, Texas.—Plans are being for
mulated for the re-organizatlon of
the Cuero Cotton Factory, and the
doubling of the machinery. It is
hoped that all arrangements will be
completed early this month, so that
this enlargement can be undertalvcn.
There are .">,000 spindles and 150
looms in the plant now.
Salisbury, N. C.—The Vance Cotton
Mill will soon double Its capacity. The
new addition Is to be a fine yarn mill.
It is stated by the owners of the mill
that there is nothing In the South
now like it. A new mill building the
size of the prepent building Is to be
erected along beside the old one and
the work Is to l>e commenced in the
early spring If not before.
Coolecmee, N. C.—The North Cool-
eemee Hosiery Company has complet
ed its plant and liegun the installation
of niachinerj'. Its building Is 100 by
40 feet. The company was organized
several months as;o with a capital
stock of $2r>,iOO. and J. M. Greontield,
of Kernersville, X. C., has bf>en elect
ed trea.suror.
Tallassee, Ala.—Tho Tallassoe Falls
:\lfg. Co. has about coi!n)ieted the in
stallation of it-^ 500 additional looms
lontractcd for ^.lTuc wo’ks a."0. Those
looms have bi-en f’unlshed by the
Draper Co. of Honedale. Mass. They
incr'-ase the T;'.lla?see equipment to
l.r.oO looms, which v\ill weave into
cloth the product of the company’s C7,-
swindles.
Burlington. N. C.~Tho Scott-Me-
ban.' .Manntacluring Company, with
fai'tories i\'r the maniifacture of
overalls in Dniham and Burlington,
annouuccd I'nat on .January 10 its
Burlington factory would resume op
erations, 'i'liis mill has been idle
for al'.or.i oiirhi monrhs. The opening
of Mii'-. i.lan v. ^ivo cmploynieaT
'o abo”' olio I'luiiiir.Mi ])eonlo,
Meridian. Miss.—The PriscilUi. Mill,
nianui'acturer 01' I’OHieiy, has complet
ed ii.-^ y.irr -pinning: plant announced
some mon’iis ai?o. It has erected
building? ois;ln-, SlT.ru'.t and installed
a 50n0,-s])indle equipment costing
about $^v!,000. All tbe machinery is
driven by ek'ctricity. the motors being
I'or I'M hf'r;'e-po\\er. Other details
wc'.e stui-'d inevioMsly.
Hartwell, Ga.—Joan *AI, Geer, of
Easiey. S. C., will prol)ably complete
arraui^enients durin»v ihe present week
lor hi.s ijV0j)0st u r; organization (men-
tioi ed several v oeks ago) of the Wit-
'■ at': ('otton -Mil'.r. at Ha;'tv\c?ll, Ga.
There are 6,000 spindles and 180 looms
in position and it is contemplated to
,add 2,000 spindles and 15 looms. This
would require an expenditure of prob
ably $50,000.
Anderson, 8. C.—The Gluck Cotton
Mills, located just south of this city,
has Increased its dividend this year to
10 per cent. Year before last the mill
earned approximately $90,000, and
during 1910 It is understood the earn
ings were about $112,000. The insti
tution has been paying an 8 per cent
dividend practically since it be
gan operation.
Troy, N. C.—The Smitherman Cot
ton Mills are now operating by electric
power, this being obtained from the
Smitherman Power Co.’s development
of the i)ower at the Little Whitney
Falls on Little River, six miles south
of Troy. This mill company is close
ly allied with the power company. It
has a plant of 5,824 ring spindles and
216 broad looms for manufacturing
yarns, domets, etc.
Wilson, N. C.—Wnlson Cotton Mill
has gone Into receivership and Mr.
W. I\t. Farmer was appointed-'receiv
er. The capital stock of the mill is
$75,000 and the asset^ are as follows:
Real estate $45,000 and machinery,
etc., $75,000. The debts amount to
$50,000. The present stockholders
will probably buy in the property
when sold and reorganize and enlarge
the plant.
Cuero, Tex.—The Cuero Cotton Fac-
tor>' will expend $50,000 for improve
ments. It will erect additional build
ings, install 2,000 spindles with accom
panying picking, carding and weaving
machinery, overhaul present equip
ment and install humidifiers and
steam-heating plant. John Hill, of At
lanta. Ga.. will be the en,gineer in
charge. .7. C. Saunders of the Bonham
Cotton Mills, Bonham, Tex., will be
the manager.
Chattohoochee, Ga.—The Whittier
Cotton ]\Iills are installing the comb
ers contracted for recently and now
arrivin;,; at the plant. This is a ^.lOO,-
nOb company, which has 15,000 ring
spindles, 4,041 tv.ister spindles, and
300 1iraiders, in its plant. Other ma-
cl’.inery in position consists of 15
cards, d:> eing equipment and electrical
transmission power apparatus. Six
hundred operatives are employed. This
company’s president is Paul Butler
and its sales are made direct.
Easley. S. C.—The Alice Mills are
progressing steadily witii the construc
tion of their buildings, the main one
to be 107 feet 4 inches by 330 feet
0 4-4 inches and the warehouse to be
three stories high. 60 by 100 feet. De
tails of th.is company’s organization
and plans were stated some weeks ago.
When completed the plant will have
an equipment of 20,000 spindles and
500 looms driven by electricity on the
production of fancy shirting. This is
a $250,000 enterprise.
Burlington, N. C.—The E. M. Holt
Plaid Mills are having their looms
equipped with the electrical stop-mo-
tion, which will be an Important im
provement fpr economically operating
the machinery. This is a $40,000 com
pany, owned by L. Banks Holt and as
sociates v/ho own several important
Southern cotton factories. It has 140
narrow looms for the production of
fine ginghams, which are dyed and
bleached in the plant.
Rock Hill, S. C.—The Gallivan €0.
of Greenville, S. C., is making progress
with its contract for the erection of
the Arcade Cotton Mills’ additional
building. This conti*act calls for a 50
foot extension to the Arcade Co.’s
present building so that 6,272 spindles
and accompanying machinery can be
added to the plant. There will be 200
automatic looms included in the new
equipment. The Arcade Cotton Mills
now have 12,100 ring spindles, 314
looms, etc. Details of this enlarge
ment w'ere stated some time ago.
Walhalla, S. C.—Last week a solid
car of hosier^’^ was loaded and shipped
by the Hetrick Hosiery Mills of Wal
halla. The car left here and went
through solid to St. Louis, from which
point its contents v/ill be distributed,
several of the cases going from there
to Salt Lake City, Utah. The mill is
doing a nice business at present. The
company is making improvements in
the property, also, as occasion re
quires, the latest addition to the plant
being a bored well, which is to sup
ply the mill with water in the future.
Anderson, S. C.—The stockholders
of the Riverside and Toxaway mills
have imanimously indorsed the resolu
tions adopted by the directors of both
institutions on November 18 to reduce
the present capital stock to 25 per
cent, and then issue preferred stock to
pay off the Indebtedness of the mills.
This iii in accordance with the plan
of Captain E. A. Smyth, recently elect
ed to the presidency of the mills. The
capital of the Toxaway mills, includ
ing the preferred stock, under the new
arrangements, will be $355,000. That
of the Riverside mills will be $398,750.
• Clio, S. C.—In the United States
Court a bill for receivership has been
filed in the case of W. H. Chadbourn
trustee, et al., vs. the Octoraro Mills
Company. By order of Judge Pritch
ard, before whom the matter was
brought at Asheville, N. C., recently.
W. H. Chadbourn, of Wilmington, N.
C., is appointed receiver for the con
cern. In the complaint it is set forth
that the ^capital stock of the mill is
composed of ^iOO .shares of the par
pbaanratloBt tekea at 8 & n., MTMtT-flfth merldlkn tlni*. ^
180BAB8. or continaouB lines, pass through points of OQual al9
pressore.
lAOTH£BM8t or doMod linen, pass through points of equal tem*
peratare; they wil] be drawn only for zero« freezing, dO^and 100®.
> 8tbcqox#8 indicate state of weather; Q clear; (A partly
«loudy; ^ oloudfi (g)snow; ^report mUslng.
Arrows fly with the wind. First Ogurc, minimum temperatur#
for past 12 honraj^second, 24-hour rainfall, if it eaaala .01 IttOiu
Jhird, wud Telocity of 1>0 miles per hour or more,^
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value, each of $100, and that W. H.
Chadbourn owns and controls 225 of
them. He claims that the concern
owes him $23,217.
Salisbury, N. 0.—Commencing the
other night the Kesler Cotton Mill be
gan a double shift in its weave de
partment. That is the mill began
weaving night and day. This is done
so that the mill will be aWe to meet
the increasing orders or in the words
of Superintendent J. 0. Mason to “get
out the delivery.” During the summer
months in common with the cotton
mills throughout the country there
was % curtailment in t' e output, and
while many of the mills of the East
and South closed down for months,
the Kesler only suspended a fev/
weeks. The company has continued to
enlarge ana add to its plant.
Columbia, S. C.—The Westervelt
Mill, one or Greenville’s two new mill
ion-dollar textile corporations, the oth
er being the Duncan Mill, was charter
ed this week by the secretary of state.
It Is understood that deeds to the site
of the plant near Greenville will be
passed immediately. Mr. J. L Wes
tervelt is president and treasurer. Mr.
W. B. Smith, vice-president and assist
ant treasurer, and Mr. C. E. Tatch is
secretary. The directors are Messrs.
A. A. .Tenks, L. M. Campbell, James
C. Potter, J. H. Moes, Frank Ham
mond. H. .T. Hanes worth, A. G. Fur
man, W. B. Smith and J. I. W’ester-
\elt. Messrs. Haynesworth & Haynes-
worth are attorneys for the company.
The charter fee was $522.50.
THE WEATHER.
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For Charlotte and Vicinity.
Fair tonight and Saturday. Colder
Saturday.
For North Carolina.
Fair tonight and Saturday, except
fair near the coast; colder Saturday
in w'est portion.
I Weather Conditions,
j Cloudy, unsettled weather continues
! over most of the country except the
{east Gulf and South Atlantic coast
i states, and precipitation has occurred
ioA'er the central valleys. Lake region
land Middle Atlantic states. Rain was
{falling at S a. m. at most stations in
I the central valleys and Middle Atian-
} tic states. Precipitation has also oc-
icurred over the Rocky mountain re
gion and the Pacific states under the
influence of an area of low pressure
central over Utah. The extremely low
temperatures continue over the upper
Missouri valley and the Canadian prov
inces and zero temperatures are pre
vailing as far south as southern Ne
braska. Calgary reports a minimum
temperature of 44 degrees below zero.
Unseasonable weather obtains over
the Gulf and South Atlantic states,
where temperatures are considerably
above the normal. Temperatures in
excess of 70 degrees occurred through
out this region Thursday. The pres
sure IS high over the eastern half of
the country being the highest over the
upper Missouri valle.v. Owing to the
unsettled conditions • prevailing
throughout the Mississippi valley, tiie
weather will remain uns-ettled in this
vicinity and rain is indicated tonight
and Saturday. Colder Saturday.
M. C. FAl’T.K
Temporarily in Clia’ - .
Weather Ail Over the South,
By Associated Press.
New Orleans, .Tan. 13.—Fopp,
Louisiana, tonight and Sat tiro,
erally fair; light easterly winds
coast.
Arkansas, tonight and Saturda:
settled, rain tonight or Saturday o
er tonight, freezing in north poiiic'
Oklahoma, tonight and Saturda
settled, cqjder tonight.
East Texas, tonight and Satni
unsettled, light to moderate eas:
to southerly winds on the coast.
West Texas, tonight and Satur
unsettled.
Washington, Jan. 13.—Geors?:^
Fair in south, rain in north por;
tonight or Sa+urday, colder ^
in noi'th portion; light var^;
winds, \,
Florida—Fair tonight and\Saturd,
light to moderate northeast in
winds.
Alabama and Mississippi—Fair
south, rain and colder in n(uih ^
tion tonight and Saturday; light
riable winds.
—No. 135, northbound Seab'-':
train struck and instantly killed
horse attached to a wagon, yester.;
morning. In the wagon were Mesr
Henry Fox and E. W. Carpen^
Tlie collision occurred between P
Creek station and the river.
Fox and Carpenter saw the train
time to jump fro mthe wagon.
Mothers, get Moiner’s Joy and snr?
your little child from suffering w u
colds, and croup and pneumonia.
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