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(0ur iftnntljli NOVEMBER, 1895 Clinton is waking up. Clinton has already waked up. She is going to arise and build that cotton factory and will begin work by the next cotton crop. MARCH, 1896 The prospect is that work will soon be begun on the Clinton Cotton Mills. These mills are to be built not for the fun of the thing nor yet for the glory of Clinton, but for the money that is to be made for the stockholders. It is proposed to make it pay from the day the spindles are started. It will be a 10,000 spindle mill, and will cost complete $150,000. The charter will be taken out with privilege of $500,000 capital, at the least. Only 5,000 spindles will be put in it, at first, the object being to work the thing up to its highest notch in the course of time. APRIL, 18% The site over on Sloan Hill, near "Lover's Retreat" has been selected for the factory. The building will be 80 x 200 feet. It will have a 130 feet smoke stack. One and three quarter million brick will be needed. It will be a ten thousand spindle mill. Work has begun. Now, if you want to get in on the ground floor, is the time to send in your subscription for stock. Mr. M.S. Bailey is at the hoo/1 nf fKio .-I in.au ui uno CllbCl |Jl lbC. The telephone comes with the factory. The wires will be swinging overhead shortly. JULY, 18% The first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Clinton Cotton Mills was opened with prayer. It is purposed to build honestly and truly and to make the enterprise conducive to the good of all parties concerned in it. AUGUST, 18% The cotton mill walls are about completed. During SeptomKiof* tttill L/> r wvimuvi UicJ mil UC UIIUt'1 rooi. By the 1st of January, the building will be ready for the machinery. Mr. M.S. Bailey, the President, has given Clinton a mill building to be proud of. SEPTFMBER , 18% The Cotton Mill building is virtually completed, the brickwork being about done, and everything will be ready for the machinery just as soon as the rr* ? J-1' nauuiav.iuici 3 L'dll UCllVCr 11. The building is thoroughly first class in every particular. Only the best material is used in its construction, and the greatest pains have been taken to make it solid, substantial and durable. Mr. Bailey has put his whole heart into the work. The machinery to be put in will be .the very best, latest, most improved. It is proposed to take (Reprinted in ehronologi J Monthly, the original wi am P. Jacobs, founde College and Thornwell C no second class position in anything, and yet this mill will be in everyway economically I built. I MARCH, 1897 On the 15th of last July work was begun, and on the 1st of March steam was turned on. The brief beginning of this mill , is remarkable for many reacAnc ~ -r JVIU, aim a ICV1 Ul 1 UI SOUIE unusual facts will impress one that no ordinary future awaits this powerful youngster. The capital stock of $100,000 has been all paid in, and with this capital, no borrowed money, a mill has been erected and equipped which will have a capacity of 10,000 spindles and 256 looms. President Bailey prefers commencing work with just half of the full capacity of his mills, and has his usual sound judgment behind this decision. The building is a very handsome brick structure, three stories high, 211 by 80 feet. The engine room is 40 by 45 feet, boiler rooms 32 by 50 feet, dynamo and fan room 21 by 31 feet. The brick were all made under the personal supervision of President Bailey, and he knows the cost of every solitary article making the total equipment nf tko mill Tlio VA MiV lUUi. 1IIC 111111 Id indeed a model of its kind. It is splendidly built and equipped, and it impresses all who see it. For undoubted authority, and to cite expert testimony, I shall quote a small portion from a letter to President Bailey, written by Mr. H.C. Chadwick, who was the engineer in charge of the construction a..d equipment of the mill. The letter was written in reply to an inquiry concerning some details of comparatively minor importance regarding the complete equipment of the mill, and contained the following remarks: "It has been my ambition, from the very outset, to P1VP vnn a mill ?ho( 0- . w J u aii<u Uia V TT UU1U reflect credit upon every one connected with its equipment. I have spared no expense consistent with economy - for furnishing you the very best equipment that money could buy. Your steam plant is incomparably the finest today made in the world and all of the machinery is of the most superb character." This shows what tremendous advantages will belong to the mill from the start, but very much more remains to be sold. A strong combination is generally a good thing in its way, and cash and management may be so considered. The Clinton mill is practically finished - only some machinery to be properly placed. The work so far has been done under the personal supervision of Messrs. M.S. and W.J. Bailey, business ical order from Our c/j ritings of Dr. Wilbr of Presbyterian __ hphanage.) | men of the first water. They ? have given the utmost care and t attention to every detail, and s have also declined to accept any pay for their invaluable services. Until the mill is actually making cloth no salary will 1 have been paid to these t gentlemen for services, as a nrpsiripnt trpacnror f , v? f ovvi cuii jr v and general managers. This e fact together with their business - ability, explains why this splendid mill has been erected at a cost of $15 per-spindle. The C work from the start has been a .rapid, as the dates show. To a build a mill and have it o manufacturing cloth in about tl eight months is remarkable e even for this electrical age. In s all of the work accomplished so U far there have been no n mistakes. No work has been c pulled down and done over, no a machinery has been placed in b position and moved again, no 1 laborer has been hurt. k h MAY, 1897 The Clinton Cotton Mills Co. has issued the following circu- c lar: e s Less than a year ago, dirt was j broken for the building of the ? Clinton Cotton Mills. In eleven c months, a very handsome building for Mill purposes, 0 complete in every particular, w and a village of operatives' w houses, and all other necessary C( buildings, except one ware- ^ house and a small one story n addition 80 x 90 feet for a larger loom room, have been complet- _ ed, for a plant of 10,000 spindles. Engine, electric-light plant, picker and slasher rooms, and :f every part of the establishment is on the same scale. But the ^ Company was formed with a capital of only $100,000. With ^ this sum, 5152 spindles and 140 n looms are now running, turning ty out 2H,5U() yards of cloth weekly, a sample of which is enclosed. At a meeting of the stockholders held on the 17th inst., it was decided unanimously to increase the capital stock to e $150,000. With this stock now n offered we will at once increase i? to 280 looms, 10,300 spindles, n thereby making it a standard 1; mill. r< e We are now authorized to $ offer this additional stock in the c mill for the present at par, 20 ti per cent cash, and balance as s| called for by directors. It is d *-? i ? lk.-iii? uiKi'ii iocany, ana many n of the old stockholders are h enlarging their holdings. We are n able to add that when this mill is complete, it will not cost over fifteen dollars a spindle. tl e! JUNE, 1897 R The addition to the Clinton tl Cotton Mill is under way. Five pi thousand more spindles and one r< hundred and forty looms will be si very promptly put in. There is tc progress all along the line. We c , gfl:.'..?) .? Hfcrir.U? rnton Mills: e Beginning ire glad to note that the mill is >eing put into thoroughly good hape for good work. JULY, 1897 Improvements are going on. lie special improvements are he erection of the Briggs' block ind the enlargement of the Cotton Mill - both imnnrtant nterprises. AUGUST, 1897 The new addition to the Cotton Mill has been completed nd the looms are being put up s rapidly as possibly, all being n hand. Mr. Bailey informs us hat the buildings and machinry are sufficient for a 13,000 pindle plant, and this will be le ultimate size of the mill. The lill is turning out a very fine lass of goods. Contracts are lready made to keep the mill usy for the next six months, 'he spinning department is ept running day and night. A andsome office is being built. September, 1897 We recently visited the linton Cotton Mills, and must xpress our gratification at the plendid condition of the plant, t was at first feared that rater supply would be insuffiient but the full pond after the >ng dry spell set at rest the fear f a short water supply. A new arehouse is being constructed hich will hold 750 bales of otton. The new office is a andsome little structure and is earing completion. The Mill as built for a 10,000 spindle rill, but only half that is now in. he Directors have decided to omplete the plant at once, and 1 less than two months, every Dindle will be turning. The a la nee sheet of the past month as a highly satisfactory one. he mill is being splendidly tanaged; the prospects are lat before another year is over, ie stockholders will be quite roud of their mill. JANUARY, 1898 The Cotton Mill has been nlarged to a capacity of over [),000 spindles. The loom room ? a splendid spectacle. The lachinery is all of the very itest construction. The Mill has ecently had its charter changd to admit of a capital stock of 150,000. The plant, however, ost $180,000. It is proposed in me to put in 3,000 more pindles. All of the work done, is one in a thoroughly substantial lanner. Notwithstanding the ard times on mills, this one is laking money. It would be an easv matter fnr lis town to supply itself with lectric lighting. President ailey stands ready to furnish ic town, the storerooms, and rivate dwellings with light at a jasonable cost, provided a ifficient number can be taken > make it pay to run all night, linton is growing so rapidly i ipo.r, i':-i Hxif 1895?1903 1 Years and so many people are here, that something of the kind is needed. APRIL, 1898 The Clinton Cotton Mills are in splendid working order, doing well, and are arranging MA... 4*.- j:?' J ? nuv> iu gu iiuu uie dividend paying business. The capital stock of the Company is $150,000. There are 276 looms and 10,150 spindles running. It is a well-managed affair. The population about the Mill is great and orderly. There are some noble people among them. JUNE, 1898 Some enterprising fellow citizen would do his town a benefit by finding out how many lights could be taken. For a sufficient number the Cotton Mill Company stands ready to give the town electric lighting. The town of Clinton has improved wonderfully within the past few years. A census would show a population of about 2,500. A year ago it was 2,250, and since then our Factory population alone, has increased several hundred. JULY, 1898 War has not interferred with the progress of the Clinton Cotton Mills. It is doing fine work and lots of it. Its stock goes at a premium now, with prospects of sharp advancement before long. AUGUST, 1898 The Clinton Cotton Mills' goods are rated as perfect, on the market. It is impossible to make much better goods of the class than are made here. The possibility is that this mill will soon be the best paying property in Clinton. SEPTEMBER, 1898 The Clinton Cotton Mill ?? splendid working condition, turning out a splendid, firstclass article of goods. The very latest improvements are used. January, 1899 The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Clinton Cotton Mill was held on the tenth. The affairs of the Mill were found to be in excellent condition and the Mill is rapidly being brought to a paying basis. A debt for machinery was incurred last year by doubling the capacity of the Mill. It was ordered by the stockholders that ancriiino npAfiu. i? I-.1MIO .tllUUHl W put to the payment of this debt, till it was wholly cancelled. February, 18911 The cotton buyers complain that the price of cotton in Clinton market is too high. Good for the Cotton Mill. And good for the farmer. May it go higher still. (Continued on Next Page)