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* have flourishing churches. The mill
$ company operates a general supply
2 store.
2 SPARTAN MILLS.
? Organized 1889; capital, $1,000,000;
2 spindles, 85,000; looms, 2,000. The
2 annual dividend is 10 per cent, payw
able January and July. Power
$ steam; product, print cloth and
2 sheeting. W. S. Montgomery is pres%
Ident and treasurer.
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2 TUCAPAU MILLS.
J Organized 1894; Dr. J. P. Cleveland
$ president; T. E. Moore, treasurer,
Common stock $269,000; preferred,
$ $198,000; common dividend, 8 per
2 cent; preferred, 6 per cent; payable
* January and July. Spindles 64,741
? and 1,696 automatic looms. The
X product is print cloths. The mill
2 company operates a general supply
2 store. MIbs Bernlce Woods and usZ
sistants have charge of the schools,
2 Baptists, Methodists and Presbyte2
rians have churches.
f VALLEY FALLS MANUFACTURING
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? A factory was originally built at
$ Valley Kalis, on Lawson's Fork, five
^ miles north of Spartanburg, by James
jlj McMakin. It was afterward operated
by Henry White and William Finger.
* Subsequently F. H. Cash bought the
^ property. About 1892 it Was de*
stroyed by a stroke of lightning and
X in 1899 the present organization was
^ formed. The capital stock is $75,000
with bonds amounting to $40,000.
4|> They have 7,000 spindles an'.1 200
? looms. W. P. Roof is president of
ijf the company. They o.perate a gen<11
eral store and Noland &. Qossett also
& do a mercantile business. The postal
office is Lolo.
$ VICTOR MAXrPACTl'RlXG CO.
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Organized at Greer, 1895, on the
ilr Spartanburg-Greenville line. Capital
X 250 plain. The .product is stieettng.
$35,000 common stock and $05,000
<g preferred. Spindles, 8,322; looms,
*|j> $500,000 common and $200,000 pre
5 ferred. L. W. Parker Is president
* and treasurer. Spindles, 52,800;
Hi looms, 1,347, automatic. Common div^
idend 8 per cent; preferred G per
S? cent. It Is operated by steam and
^ the product is print cloths and fancy
Sfc dress Roods. The town of Greer has
y a population of about 1,500, and is a
flourishing trade center, with splendid
schools, churches and many subSp
stantial business houses and attrac^
tlvo residences.
$ WOODIttTF COTTON MILLS.
Was organized 1900. Aug. W. Smith
IP is president and treasurer. Capital
Sp $350,000, dividend G per cent, setnijp
annually. The product is shade cloth
and print cloths; Spindles, 37,000;
$ automatic looms, 750; Power, si-am.
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* WIIITNEV MAM CACTI KING CO.
^ Organized 1898. John M. Cleveland
president and treasurer. Capital
Vk $350,000; annual dividend, 8 per cent.
vV payable January and July. Spindles,
^ 20,572; looms (plain) 100; automatic,
G40; power, steam and water; projl>
duct, standard sheeting. Tin mill is
iti located on I.awson's Fork, three
miles from Spartanburg. The com^
munity lias a population of 400. The
mills company operates a general
tt) supply store and Sloan Bros, also
have' a mercantile business there.
J? The schools are in charge of Misses
(p Maggie Arnold and Sue Goodlett.
\t/ Methodists and Baptists have
churches.
* JOKDAN MAM CAt TI KING CO.
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w This mill for the manufacture of
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w towels and quilts, was organized in
1905, with $5,000 capital. E. C.
^ Kogers is president and treasurer
f It Is located near Wellfcrd, on the
sjz Southern, <'ind operates looms.
* TYflElt COTTON Mild,
$ Tills mill Is located on Tyger livei
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at Fairmont, 10 miles from Spartan^
burg. It succeeded the Fairmont
Manufacturing Co., in 1902. Capital
w C. F. Matthews is president and J
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and Methodists have churches am
' Miss Leila Collins teaches the school
The mill company operates a genera
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THE COTTON SEED OIL MILL IN
Dl'STRV.
J Spartanburg Leads Again; Mar
.Mills I ban Any Oilier County
<11 ihe I niled Stales lor
li< Manufacture of
Cotton Seed
Products.
A few years ago?easily within th
recollection of the present genera
tlo.r?cotton seed were considered
waste product. Huge piles could b
, seen around any gin-house going t
tion?cotton seed was considered
sufficient moment to be sheltere
from the rain, and hence were gen
ct ally left to rot.
Hut the time came when their for
' tiiizing qualities were recognize'
and thrifty farmers housed them an
in the spring compjosted them wit
, stable manure and thus cut dow
! the fertilizer account. It. is oul
in recent years that even this prac
tice has been discontinued and lit
material so lately considered wast?
Is now too valuaible to be used a
a fertilizer until it has gone throng
a manufacturing process and the o
( and linters taken away, giving onl
the fertilizer properties back to til
| soil, or the food .products saved f?j
cattle.
K A FID DE V ELOFME > T.
No single indusm* in the Unite
Stiites has niado more rapid progres
und development than the cotto
seed oil mills. They are strung oil
the entire length of the cotton be!
and far beyond. Many gigantic ir
dustrial plants are engaged in re
fining the crude products which thes
local mills turn out and cotton sec
in one form or another has come t
be a most important item in domes
tic economy. It is not strange th.i
Spartanburg County, which has al
ways been foremost in grasping ne\
ideas and in catching on to the pos
situates of turning her resources t
profit, should he formost in this in
dustry.
ADVANTAGE OF COMPETITION
Tiiere are eleven separate and dis
tlnct cotton seed oil mills in tin
county and new ones are being bull
every year, wherever there is enopg
seed in a given locality to keep th
mill running as long as four mouth
The fact that no two of these mill
are located in any one town anil tha
no two are owned directly or Indi
rectly by the same parties, gives th
farmers the double advantage of th
greatest possible competition in th
matter of selling seed and also ii
buying fertilizers.
"IT IS GOLDEN."
Many years ago, the lamente*
lienry Grady made use of this ex
pressiou: "It Is golden from the In
stunt it puts forth its tiny shoot. It
fibre is current in every bank." Th
full truth of this even he did no
then fully appreciate, nor is I
certain that all has yet been gotle
from tlio rntlnn nlont O.. ~' n.
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great developments of the next fe<
t years will he iho manufacture (
paper from the cotton stalks tha
, now have to he laboriously knock"
down at the end of the season t
make way for the incoming plow
man.
LOCATION OF TUB MILLS.
The largest mill in tin* county i
located in the city of Spartanhur
? n the ('. & \V. C. Railroad. It i
the Spartanburg Oil Mill, owned an
operated by the Southern Oil Con
puny of Atlanta, Augusta. Savanna
, and New York. (J. S. Fit/sin.-non
who has had many years experienc
in the business, is .president of tli
mill and manages it with great abi
' ity, giving satisfaction to tiie custi
iners and employees. P. I). Allen, als
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* a man who knows his business, is
j superintendent. This factory has a
I. capacity of 30 to 35 tens daily. The
1 product is oil, meal and linters. The
yield of a ton of seed is from 44 to
4S gallons of oil and 35 to 40 ponds
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- ? i iiiucis, uesiues uie principal product,
cotton seed meal. This is vised
for making fertilizers and feeding
4, cattle. The price just now is $28
per ton, which is higher than it has
been in years, the price last year
averaging $25. The linters, used !n
making mattresses chiefly, sells for
3 3-4 cents per pound. The price of
seed last year averaged 85 cents per
hundred pounds.
MILLS IX THE COUNTY.
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L. Cow pens Cotton Oil Co., locuted at
a Cow.pens on the Southern RailiOud.
c 11 miles uo:tii from the city, J. \\.
0 tanbury and Aslieville road, at Cam
a llrown, is president.
(i Cross Anchor Oil Co., located at
L_ Cross Anchor, five miles from Woodruff,
and about the same distance
.. from Enoree; M. C. Poole, president.
1 Tyger Shoals Milling Co., on Ty(j
get* river near Duncan; A. B. Groce,
Ij president.
n Fail forest Oil Mill, Fair forest; Ed.
v Foster, president.
Greer Cotton Seed Oil and Fertiliq
zer Co., Greer; D. I). Davenport,
, president.
Pauline Oil Mill, Pauline, on the
p Glenn Springs Railroad; A. O. Sinipij
son, president.
y Rich Hill Oil Mill Co., Todd,
e president. Rich is on the Spartanburg
and Columbia road.
Fingerville Oil Mill, at Fingervllle;
J. It. Idles, president.
Woodruff Cotton Seed Oil Co.,
d Woodruff, on the C. & W. C. railroad;
s Dr. G. F. Irby, president,
n The product of these mills except
it the oil and linters is nearly all dis11
posed of locally, very little meal or
i- hulls being shipped away. The dei
rnand for meal and hulls for stock
e food is so great that at times all
d these mills are taxed to their utmost
o capacity. The oil is shipped to rei
fineries, where it is prepared for
t food products, soaps, lubricating oils.
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i- IMKI1.M0XT t'Hi'AIt P.UTOKY.
About live years hko, .1. H. Fabry
left ihe rigors < f the winters in the
northwest and settled in Spartanburg
for the manufacture c f cigars. He is
i- a skilled workman and while he
b came to this city a total stranger and
t unfamiliar with the South, h was so
h charmed with the climate and the
people that he has been a standing
a advertisement with his home people
s in behalf of the "Sunny South." lie
I is today thoroughly imbued with the
- "Spat tan Spirit" and is building up
a splendid business in his line, being
" unable to supply the local demand
e for cigars. He uses both Havana
II and domestic tobacco and makes from
10,000 to 20,000 monthly, lie is himself
it skilled workman and employs
j only the best of the journeyin n cigar
makers. "Special Offer" and "Little
Victor" are bis favorite brands.
^ The Piedmont Cigar Factory i:s loeated
in the Spartan Inn building.
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"The poor you have with you always,"
unci no matter how many the
ad vantages, how great the prosperity
there will always be found those
who are unfortunate, who cannot
take advantages of circumstances,
who must needs be a charge upon
their fellow men. Hence it is that
alms houses for the care of the
worthy needy are provided. The
Spartanburg County parish comprises
nearly 500 acres cf excellent
land four miles northwest of the
city. There is a neat and substantial
dwelling for the superintendent and
five neat cottages for the inmates, a
splendid hospital for the sick, a neat
little church where services are held
almost every Sunday and all necessary
outhouses for storing food and
housing stock. S. M. Thomas has
been in charge of the place for three
years and lie and his estimable wife
nave dene a noble work for the welfare
of the old .people who are sent
there to live out their allotted time
in comparative comfort. There are
now 44 inmates, many being blind
or crippled, and all unable to do
,ia-d manual work. The nospital 1-*
provided with all necessary appliances,
but fortunately has no inmates
at present. The institution is
connected with Spartanburg by telephone.
In case of sickness Dr.
Bunch, the county physician, attends
the patients. Rev. L. C. Ezell, of
Woodruff, frequently holds services
In the church and when he cannot
come neighbors often gather for a
Bong Bervlce or prayermeeting. All
of the inmates appear to be contented
and as cheerful as circumstances
will permit.
FIELDER A: BROWN.
Wholesale grocers. This firm was
originally established four years ago.
This is the largest wholesale house
of this nature in the city and surrounding
country, and one whose
trade is becoming greater every year.
The members of the firm are Job 1
Fielder and J. F. Brown, both < '
whom are men of fine business ability
and leaders among the business
firms of Spartanburg. They carry
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way of groceries, cigars, tobacco,
lard, canned and cured meats, while
the premises occupied are 50x130
feet in dimensions, of two stores,
and is located en a spur track of tlic
C. & W*. C. Railroad. The business
done gives employment to ten people,
while three men travel in the
interests of the firm throughout the
adjoining territory.
HERRING FURNITURE CO.
II. H. Herring .proprietor, 27 East
Main street. Next door to the Argyle
Hotel. The proprietor of this establishment
is a native of North
Carolina, and has been established
in business here for nine years, and
the character and standing of !
firm is know far and wide as a
house for liberal and fair terms to
all. Mr. Herirng is a business man
of enterprising ideas and well knows
how to cater to the taste of his patrons,
for the vast assortments
which he carries are capable of fittiug
your home from the attic to the
cellar, if you give them a chance.
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Spartanhiir-ir. On tin1 same site the
leading III Iil.sln; r Ol' tllo llp-OOUIi! l\
has heeit run tor hull u century.
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Carolina whoso en . liest r< < '.loot ions
ill itnylliK hooUs are when llioy wont
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