Facts about the textile mills of the South Southern Textile Bulletin DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 with funding from Duke University Libraries https://archive.org/details/factsabouttextil01unse Facts About The TEXTILE MILLS of The South Interesting Statistics Compiled by Southern Textile Bulletin, Showing Spindles Added and on Order and the Total Spindles, Looms, Knitting Machines, etc., in the South. Copyright 1921 Published and Printed by CLARK PUBLISHING CO. Publishers SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN Charlotte, N. C. Introduction This pamphlet contains reprints of interesting and valuable statistics, relative to Southern cotton mills, which appeared in the Annual Review Num- ber of the Southern Textile Bulletin. The Annual Review Number was issued on Jan- uary 27th, 1921, and covered the textile develop- ment of the South during 1920 and statistics of January 1st, 1921, the latter being compiled from the January 1st, 1921 edition of Clark’s Directory of Southern Textile Mills. It may be noted by some that the statistics given differ in some cases from those given by other authorities, but by reason of our close asso- ciation and intimate knowledge of Southern tex- tile mills we are in position to obtain more accu- rate data than others. The statement of the number of spindles upon each number of yarn is based upon estimates, but all of the other tables were carefully compiled from accurate statistics. CLARK PUBLISHING CO., Publishers of Southern Textile Bulletin, Clark’s Directory of Southern Textile Mills. 6>77 T'SS'S'F Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 5 Clark' s Annual Spindle Increase Cist The following list shows the number of spindles installed in Southern mills during the year 1920. New mills are indicated by a *: Alabama. Installed 1920. Alexander City Cotton Mills, Alexander City 6,528 'Russco Mills, Alexander City 11,856 Anniston Mfg. Co., Anniston 1,368 Cowikee Mills, Eufaula 448 Cherry Cotton Mills, Florence 1,680 Lincoln Mills, Huntsville 3,418 Mobile Cotton Mills, Mobile 5,808 Opelika Cotton Mills, Opelika 7,500 Wehadkee Yarn Mills, Roanoke 2,694 Eva Jane Mills, Sylacauga 1.352 Sally B. Mills, Sylacauga 3,264 'Sylacauga Cotton Mills, Sylacauga 2,000 Total 47,916 Georgia. Southern Mfg. Co., Athens 1,080 Sutherland Mfg. Co., Augusta 904 'Calhoun Yarn Mills, Calhoun 2,000 Bibb Mfg. Co., Columbus 52,000 Hamburger Cotton Mills, Columbus 1,048 Elk Cotton Mills, Dalton 2,080 Egan Cotton Mills, Egan 816 Georgia Mfg. Co., Gainesville 2,252 Mary Lelia Cotton Mills, Greensboro 4,100 Jefferson Mills, Jefferson 1,664 Bibb Mfg. Co., Macon 11,196 Manchester Mfg. Co., Macon 372 'Marietta Cotton Mills, Marietta 3,300 Monroe Cotton Mills, Monroe 2,396 Bibb Mfg. Co., Pordale 29,456 Anchor Duck Mills, Rome 10,616 Arnall Mills, Sargent 2,500 Thomaston Cotton Mills, Thomaston 15,000 Total 142,780 Kentucky. Louisville Cotton Mills, Louisville 1,000 Total 1,000 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 50S114 6 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South Mississippi. Mobile Cotton Mills, McComb 4,168 Tupelo Cotton Mills, Tupelo 9,460 Total 13,628 North Carolina. Efird Mfg. Co., Albemarle 20,000 ’Acme Spinning Co., Belmont 5,440 ’Crescent Spinning Co., Belmont 13,056 ’Sterling Spinning Co., Belmont 13,056 ’American Cotton Mills, Bessemer City 3,000 J. M. Odell Mfg. Co., Bynum 4,000 Cherryville Mfg. Co., Cherryville 2,712 Howell Mfg. Co., Cherryville 5,548 ’Rhyne-Houser Mfg. Co., Cherryville 6,000 Cliffside Mills, Cliffside 1,000 Brancord Mfg. Co., Concord 2,880 Roberta Mfg. Co., Concord 416 White-Park Mill Co., Concord 1.000 Gem Yarn Mill, Cornelius 2,832 Delburg-Linden Cotton Mills, Davidson 2.848 ’Dixon Mills, Inc., Gastonia 6,144 Loray Mills, Gastonia 50,400 Osceola Mills, Inc., Gastonia 2.000 ’Ridge Mills, Inc., Gastonia 6,500 ’Cloverdale Cotton Mills, High Point 5,000 Eno Cotton Mills, Hillsboro 1,300 Bell Vue Mfg. Co., Hillsboro 5.000 Cabarrus Cotton Mills, Kannapolis 20,000 ’Margrace Mills, Kings Mountain 5,184 Springfield Cotton Mills, Laurel Hill 5.000 ’Prince Cotton Mill Co., Laurinburg 13,000 Cleveland Mill & Power Co., Lawndale 500 Daeotah Cotton Mill Co., Lexington 4.224 Anderson Mills, Inc., Lincolnton 416 Boger & Crawford Spinning Co., Lincolnton 5,000 Indian Creek Mfg. Co., Lincolnton 224 ’Roseland Cotton Mill, Lincolnton 4.544 Long Shoals Cotton Mill, Long Shoals 4.800 ’Liberty Cotton Mills, Maiden 2.500 Mooresville Cotton Mill, Mooresville 2.500 ’United Mills Co., Mortimer 5,000 ’Globe Yarn Mills, ML Holly 5,040 ’City Cotton Mills, Newton 3,000 Grier Cotton Mills, North Wilkesboro 1,000 Rex Spinning Co., Ranlo 4,720 Red Springs Cotton Mill, Red Springs 2,000 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 7 Hannah Pickett Mills, Rockingham 4.000 Barringer Mfg. Co., Rockwell 3,192 Roxboro Cotton Mills, Roxboro 10,000 Cleghorn Mills, Rutherfordton "68 ‘Grace Cotton Mills, Rutherfordton 6,000 ’Diamond Cotton Mills, Salisbury 7,396 ’Klumac Cotton Mills, Salisbury 5,040 Marsh Cotton Mills, Salisbury 2,576 ’Rowan Cotton Mills, Salisbury 5,040 Salisbury Cotton Mills, Salisbury 2,000 ’Eastside Mfg. Co., Shelby 10,240 Spencer Mills, Spindale 2,704 Spindale Mills, Spindale 2,520 Lola Mfg. Co., Stanley 6,000 Yaldese Mfg. Co., Valdese 8,000 Harden Mfg. Co., Worth 1,952 Total 326,212 South Carolina. Santee Mills, Bamberg 4,096 Hamilton Carhartt Cotton Mill, Carhartt 1,520 Glenwood Cotton Mills, Easley 2,016 ’Cash Mills, Gaffney 10,240 Brandon Mills, Greenville 5,892 Camperdown Mills, Greenville 1,526 Inman Mills, Inman 7,072 ’Helen Yarn Mills, Rock Hill 2,000 Spartanburg County Mills, Spartanburg 5,000 Fort Prince Spinning Co., Wellford 1,000 ’Keowee Yarn Mills, Walhalla 2,600 Winnsboro Mills, Winnsboro 2,928 Total 45,890 Tennessee. Eureka Cotton Mills, Englewood 900 ’Romac Mills, Memphis 2,000 Prendergast Cotton Mills, Prendergast 10,080 Total 12,980 Texas. Consolidated Textile Corp., Bonham 776 ’Navarro Mfg. Co., Corsicana 2,500 Denison Cotton Mills, Denison 1,000 ’San Antonio Cotton Mills, San Antonio 2,500 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 509114 8 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South Waxahachie Cotton Mill, Waxahachie 1,000 *Waco Twine Mills, Waco 1,500 Total 9,276 Virginia. Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Danville 42.664 Fieldale Mills, Fieldale 19,200 Matoca Cotton Mills, Matoca 1,900 Total 63,764 Total by States. Alabama 47,916 Georgia 142.780 Kentucky 1,000 Mississippi 13,628 North Carolina 326,212 South Carolina 45.890 Tennessee 12,980 Texas 9.276 Virginia 63,764 Total installed in South 663.446 ‘Indicates New Mills. Spindles to be Installed The following is a list of the spindles that have been purchased for new mills and additions that are to be built in 1921 and 1922. We have dropped from this list all of the prospects that, we had reason to believe, would not be completed. With a few exceptions it is certain that all of the new mills and additions named below will be built: Alabama. ‘LaFayette Cotton Mills, LaFayette 10,000 *Opp Cotton Mills, Opp 4,928 Coosa Mfg. Co., Piedmont 16,000 NSylacauga Cotton Mills, Sylacauga 5,040 Georgia. Berryton Mills, Berryton 5,000 Willingham Cotton Mills, Macon 10,000 ‘Peerless Cotton Mills, Thomaston 27,000 Louisiana. Orleans Mill (Magnolia Text. Corp.), New Orleans 1,296 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 9 North Carolina. Cliffside Mills, Avondale 10,000 'Acme Spinning Co., Belmont 10,000 'Linford Mills, Belmont 16,320 'Perfection Spinning Co., Belmont 16,320 'Stowe Spinning Co., Belmont 20,000 'American Cotton Mills, Bessemer City 5,000 Belbro Mills, Charlotte 5,000 Savona Mfg. Co., Charlotte 18,000 Sapona Cotton Mills, Cedar Falls 4,000 'China Grove Cotton Mills, China Grove 15,000 White-Park Mill Co., Concord 5,000 'Champion Mills, Dallas 10,000 Lawrence Cotton Mills, Durham 7,600 Alexander Mfg. Co., Forest City 5,000 'Ivanhoe Mfg. Co., No. 2, Four Oaks 10,000 'Adams-Spencer Mills, Gastonia 6,500 'Arkray Mills, Inc., Gastonia 20,000 Flint Mfg. Co., Gastonia 23,000 Gastonia Cotton Mfg. Co., Gastonia 5,200 Hanover Thread Mills, Gastonia 4,030 'Mildred Cotton Mills, Gastonia 12,000 'Shuford Mills, Inc., Gastonia 10,000 White Oak Cotton Mills, Greensboro 20,000 Highland Cordage Co., Hickory 5,000 Pickett Cotton Mills, High Point 8,000 Cabarrus Cotton Mills, Kannapolis 10,000 Mason Cotton Mills, Kings Mountain 5,000 'Melville Mfg. Co. No. 2, Lincolnton 6,000 Durham Hosiery Mills, Mebane 6,000 Alsace Mills, Mt. Holly 2,000 'Union Mills No. 2, Mt. Holly 10,000 Catawba Spinning Co., Mt. Holly 6,760 Grier Cotton Mills, North Wilkesboro 5,000 'Oakboro Cotton Mill, Oakboro 5,000 'Priscilla Spinning Co., Ranlo 20,000 Vance Cotton Mills, Salisbury 5,000 'Stonecutter Mills, Spindale 18,000 Lola Mfg. Co., Stanley 5,000 Ernaldson Mfg. Co., St, Pauls 9,000 'North State Cotton Mills, Taylorsville 5,000 'Watts Spinning Co., Taylorsville 5,000 'Nancy Cotton Mills, Tuckertown 10,000 Green River Mfg. Co., Tuxedo 5,000 South Carolina. Arcadia Mills, Arcadia 15,000 Pacific Mills, Columbia 3.512 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 10 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South ‘Musgrove Cotton Mills, Gaffney 15,000 Spartanburg County Mills, Spartanburg 7,000 Winnsboro Mills, Winnsboro 38.940 Tennessee. Thatcher Spinning Co., Chattanooga 30,000 Columbia Cotton Mills, Columbia 5,000 Texas. ‘Lone Star Cotton Mills, San Antonio 12,000 Virginia. Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills, Danville 16,800 Total 631,046 ‘Represents new mills. Total by States. Spindles. Alabama 35.968 Georgia 42,000 Louisiana 1.296 North Carolina 408.730 South Carolina 79.252 Tennessee 35,000 Texas 12.000 Virginia 16.800 Total 631.046 Class of Goods to Be Made by Spindles to Be Installed. Spindles. Cordage 5.000 8s weaving yarn 16.336 14s to 16s hosiery yarn 10.000 18s to 20s hosiery yarn 27.500 20s weaving yarns 36.560 24s weaving yarns 15.000 24s hosiery yarns 5.000 30s weaving yarns 16.000 30s hosiery yarns 5.000 40s weaving yarns 28.000 40s hosiery yarns 6.500 50s weaving yarns '. . 15.000 60s to 80s combed yarns 206.670 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, X. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 11 Duck j • 15,000 Sheetings and print cloths 46,240 Damask \ 18,000 Colored goods 76.800 Tire fabrics 1 80,940 Total 631,046 Spindles On Market Yarns It is very difficult to compile accurate statistics relative to the num- ber of spindles upon each class of yarns as many mills change the num- bers being made and those making several numbers vary the number of spindles upon each number of yarn. We do not guarantee the absolute accuracy of the tables given below but they have been compiled from sources of information that make them reasonably accurate. This list does not include mills that manufacture yarn to be woven or knitted in the South by mills under the same management. It is intended to show the number of spindles that produce yarn for the market. Spindles on Hosiery and Underwear Yarns. Spindles. 10s and below 64,564 12s, 14s and 16s 181,608 18s to 20s 340,250 24s and 26s 264,150 28s, 30s and 32s 326,124 36s to 40s • 75,736 50s 30,032 60s and above 81,144 Total 1,364,608 Spindles on Hard or Weaving Yarns. (Single and Ply) Spindles. Cordage and twine 64,196 8s, 10s and below 269,326 12s, 14s and 16s 305,558 20s 320,402 Tire fabric yarns 140,386 24s to 26s 222,696 28s, 30s and 32s 397,324 36s to 40s 214,112 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 12 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 50s 168,808 60s and above 456,494 Total 2,559,302 Total Spindles on Market Yarns. Spindles on hosiery and underwear yarns 1,364,608 Spindles on weaving yarns 2,559,302 Total manufacturing market yarns 3,923,910 Mill Corporations This list gives the number of spindles owned by each of the mill corporations. It does not include spindles not located in the South. 1. Riverside & Dan River Mills. Danville, Va 415.000 (Have 16,800 additional spindles under construction). 2. Victor-Monaghan Company, Greenville, Arlington, Greer, Jones- ville, Seneca, Union and Walhalla, S. C 241,376 3. Bibb Mfg. Company, Macon, Columbus, Porterdale and Rey- nolds, Ga 226,656 4. Pacific Mils (South only), Columbia, S. C 198,736 Have 3,218 additional spindles under construction). 5. Avondale Mills, Birmingham, Sylacauga, Pell City, Sycamore and Alexander City, Ala 195,914 6. Consolidated Textile Corp. (South only), Lafayette, Ga., Pel- ham, Ga., Henderson, Ky., Burlington, N. C., Raleigh, N. C., 7. Cannon Mfg. Company, Kannapolis, N. C., Concord, N. G., and York, S. C 175,672 8. Erwin Cotton Mills, West Durham, Duke and Cooleemee, N. C 157,360 9. Woodside Cotton Mills Co., Greenville, Fountain Inn and Simpsonville, S. C 153,920 10. Union-Buffalo Mills, Union and Buffalo, S. C 152.800 11. Lancaster Cotton Mills, Lancaster, S. C 139,608 12. Monarch Mills, Lockhart and Union, S. C 136.712 13. Pelzer Mfg. Co., Pelzer, S. C 136,000 14. Carolina Cotton & Woolen Mills, Spray, N. C., Draper, N. C., 15. Pacolet Mfg. Company, New Holland, Ga., and Pacolet, S. C... 132,664 16. Chadwick-Hoskins Company, Charlotte, N. C., Pineville, N. C., 17. Proximity Mfg. Co., Greensboro, N. C 113,000 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 13 18. Loray Mills, Gastonia, N. C 107,000 19. Merrimack Mfg. Co., Huntsville, Ala 105,248 20. Mass. Cotton Mills, Lindale, Ga 102,016 21. Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Ga 100,000 22. Wiscassett Mills, Albemarle, N. C 96,000 23. Mt. Vernon-Woodbury Mills, Tallassee, Ala., and Columbia, S. C 95,092 24. Brandon Mills, Greenville, S. C 93,700 25. West Point Mfg. Companv, Langdale, Fairfax and Shawmut, Ala 92,000 26. Cabarrus Cotton Mills, Kannapolis and Concord, N. C 88,000 27. Clifton Mfg. Co., Clifton, S. C 86,800 28. Bemis Bros. Bag Co., St. Louis, Mo., and Bemis, Tenn 86,164 29. Spartan Mills, Spartanburg, S. C 85,000 30. Lanett Cotton Mills, Lanett, Ala 83,532 31. Brookside Mills, Knoxville, Tenn 82,408 32. Henrietta Mills, Caroleen and Henrietta, N. C 75,116 33. Thomaston CoPon Mills, Thomaston, Ga 75,000 34. Dwight Mfg. Co., Alabama City, Ala 74,492 35. Easley Cotton Mills, Easley and Liberty, S. C 74,008 36. Eagle and Phenix Mills, Columbus, Ga 72,292 37. Anderson Cotton Mills, Anderson, S. C 71,392 38. Revolution Cotton Mills, Greensboro, N. C 71,000 39. Glenn-Lowrv Mfg. Co., Whitmire, S. C 71,000 40. F. W. Poe Mfg. Co., Greenville, S. C 70,354 41. Ware Shoals Mfg. Co., Ware Shoals, S. C 70,200 42. Piedmont Mfg. Co., Piedmont, S. C 69,412 43. Clinton Cotton Mills, Clinton, S. C 68,512 44. Gaffney Mfg. Co., Gaffney, S. C 67,264 45. Clinchfield Mfg. Co., Marion, N. C 66,000 46. Tucapau Mills, Tucapau, S. C 65,184 47. Columbus Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ga 65,000 48. John P. King Mfg. Co., Augusta, Ga 64,608 49. Belton Mills, Belton, S. C 63,036 50. Highland Park Mfg. Co., Charlotte, N. C., and Rock Hill, S. C... 62,400 51. Grendel Mills, Greenwood, S. C 62,080 52. Orr Cotton Mills, Anderson, S. C 62,000 53. The Trion Co., Trion, Ga 60,760 54. Efird Mfg. Co., Albemarle, N. C 60,000 55. Exposition Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Ga 60,000 56. Republic Cotton Mills, Great Falls, S. C 58,848 57. Dallas Mfg. Co., Huntsville, Ala 58,752 58. Durham Hosiery Mills, Durham and Chapel Hill, N. C 58,252 (Have 6,000 additional spindles under construction). 59. Harriett Cotton Mills, Henderson, N. C 57,792 60. Graniteville Mfg. Co., Graniteville and Yaucluse, S. C 57,000 61. Mays Mills, Cramertown, N. C 55,000 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 14 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 62. Washington Mills, Fries, Ya 54,624 63. Newnan Cotton Mills, Newnan, Ga 54,000 64. American Spinning Co., Greenville, S. C 53,760 65. Roanoke Mills Co., Roanoke Rapids, N. C 53,000 66. Judson Mills, Greenville, S. C 52,640 67. Cliffside Mills, Cliffside and Avondale, N. C 51.524 (Will install 10.000 additional spindles). 68. Darlington Mfg. Co., Darlington, S. C 51,392 69. Marlboro Mills, Bennettsville and McColl, S. C 51,000 70. Dunean Mills, Greenville, S. C 50,720 71. Meritas Mills, Columbus, Ga 50,000 72. Muscogee Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ga 50,000 73. Crown Cotton Mills, Dalton, Ga 50,000 74. Lane Cotton Mills, New Orleans, La 50,000 (The above list includes corporations with 50,000 or more spindles) Cotton Mill Groups This list arranges according to size the groups of mills of over 50.000 spindles. We have grouped the mills that are under each management. We have also included single mills of 50,000 or more spindles where such mills do not belong to groups. 1. J. W. Cannon Group, Cannon, Cabarrus, Franklin, Gibson, Kesler, Barringer, Tuscarora, Patterson, Edfird, Wiscassett, Buck Creek, Imperial, Social Circle, Bloomfield, Paola 603,860 (Have 10,000 additiona lspindles under construction). 2. Riverside & Dan River Cotton Mills 415,000 3. W. E. Beattie Group, Yictor-Monaghan Co. (8 mills) and Pied- mont 310,788 4. Lockwood, Greene Group, Pacific, Wateree, Addison, Winnsboro, Hogansville, LaGrange 294,184 (Have 42,158 additional spindles under construction). 5. Erwin Group, Erwin, Durham, Pearl. Oxford, Locke and Alpine 244,600 6. Cone Group. Proximity, White Oak, Revolution, Minneola, Ashe- ville and Salisbury 242,722 7. Leroy Springs Group, Lancaster, Kershaw, Fort Mill, Spring- stein and Eureka 234,080 8. Woodside Group, Woodside and Easley 227,928 9. Geo. H. Lanier Group, Lanett, Fairfax, West Point, Riverdale, Shawmut and Anchor 217,532 10. B. B. Comer Group, Avondale (8 mills) and Cowikee 209,478 11. F. E. Whitman Group, Union-Buffalo, Santee (2 mills) and Fairmont 199,104 12. Ellison A. Smith Group, Pelzer and Belton 199,036 13. Consolidated Textile Corp. Group. Own 8 mills and manage Postex 196,916 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 15 14. J. P. and B. B. Gossett Group. Riverside, Toxaway, Brogon, Pelham, Calhoun, Williamston and Cohannet 182,536 15. Victor Montgomery Group, Pacolet and Gainesville 175,008 16. Phinizv Group, Augusta. Sibley, Graniteville and Warren 174,136 17. W. H. Langley Group, Aiken, Langley, Seminole and Anderson 174,048 18. Aug. W. Smith Group, Brandon, Poinsett and Woodruff 165,508 19. Alfred Moore Group, Gaffney, Tucapau, Jackson and Fort Prince 162,184 20. C. W. Johnston Group, Highland Park, Anchor, Johnston, Brown, Norcott, Jewell, Eastern. Park Yarn and Belton 158,616 21. Emslie Nicholson Group, Monarch Mills (2 mills) and Excel- sior 142,328 22. Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills 133.848 23. Ben D. Riegel Group, Ware Shoals and Trion 132,960 24. W. S. Montgomery Group. Spartan and Laurens 129.832 25. Robinson-Rankin Group, Lowell, Peerless, Avon, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Atherton, Robinson, Alba, Lola, Catawba, Globe, Aileen, Eureka and Wampum 128.584 (11,760 additional spindles under construction). 26. W. S. Forbes Group, Henrietta, Edna and Cherokee Falls 128,436 27. D. D. Little Group, Marion, Clinchfield and Florence 120,800 28. Lineberger-Stowe Group, Acme, Chronicle, Climax, Crescent, Imperial, Majestic, National and Sterling 120,004 (Have 87.640 additional spindles under construction). 29. Chadwick-Hoskins Company 119,676 30. Geer Group, Judson, Lois, Roswell and Laurel 108,490 31. Loray Mills, Gastonia, N .C 107,000 32. Merrimack Mfg. Co 105,248 33. Separk-Gray Group, Arlington, Flint, Gray, Myrtle, Parkdale and Arrow 104,336 (Have 43,000 additional spindles under construction). 34. J. D. Hammett Group. Orr and Chiquola 103,280 35. Mass. Cotton Mills, Lindale, Ga 102,016 36. Calloway Group, Elm City, Hillside, Valley Waste, Unity, Man- chester and Milstead 101,692 37. Armstrong Group, Armstrong, Clara, Dunn, Mutual, Piedmont, Seminole, Victory, Winget, Monarch, Helen, Wymojo and Lockmore 101,444 (Have 22,000 additional spindles under construction). 38. D. Y. Cooper Estate Group, Harriett and Henderson 101.184 39. Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills, Atlanta, Ga 100,000 40. S. F. Patterson Group, Roanoke and Rosemary 97,500 41. Standard Textile Products Group, Mobile (3 mills) and Meritas 95,536 42. Mt. Vernon-Woodbury Mills 95,092 43. Alex Long Group, Aragon, Arcade, Blue Buckle and Baldwin.. 92,456 44. Hightower Group, Thomaston and Aldora 88,874 (Building Peerless Mills, 27,000 spindles). Cont. Page 18 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. CLASSIFICATION 0< In the tables given below, an accurate tabulation of the spinning, wea b$ equipment. The mills are grouped according to their equipment and produ mills that spin and weave, spin and knit, knit only and weave only. The ta > : and knitting machines, and the total figures, by States and for the whole The convenient arrangement of the tables clearly shows each division : this information has been presented in this form and it should not only be L:k contained in the tables compiled from Clark’s Directory of Southern Text: v SPrNDLEiS L( STATE Spin Only Spin & Weave Spin & Knit Spin & Wea Mills Spindles Mills Spindles Mills Spindles Mills Loon Alabama 36 372,866 32 864,254 2 18,408 32 20, 9( Arkansas 1 6,656 1 7,800 1 1; Georgia _ 49 562,466 86 2,081,444 7 62,112 86 47,51 Kentucky 5 49,788 2 51,040 2 1,7 ( Louisiana 1 5,184 2 90,000 1 8,000 2 2, It Mississippi .. 3 17,766 12 166,816 1 5,000 12 4.6C Missouri _ 1 2,472 1 29,000 1 7c N. Carolina __ 219 2,454,318 123 2,646,900 *11 246,728 122 71,5c Oklahoma 1 5,712 1 t S. Carolina __ 32 282,114 128 4,751,258 1 5,616 128 117.SC Tennessee 12 169,872 8 207,444 4 39,800 8 5,3S 'Texas | 3 14,096 16 144,284 16 3,85 Virginia 2 15,378 10 602,980 — 10 17,48 Total 364 3,952,976 422 11,648,932 27 385,664 421 293,84 *One mill included in this group has 26,496 spindles and also spins and :r ' SOUTHERN MILLS ig and knitting mills in the Southern States is shown, together with their Mills that spin only are grouped acordingly and the same is true of the i also gives the number of mills in each State, the number of spindles, looms iith. f the mills, together with their equipment. This is the first time in which (resting, but exceedingly valuable for reference purposes. The information Mills and figures are as of January 1, 1921. MS KNITTING MACHINES Weave Only Spin & Knit Knit Only Total Total Total Total Mills Looms Mills K. M. Mills K. M. Mills Spindles Looms K. M. 3 1,523 2 112 8 1,105 81 1,255,528 22,425 1,217 2 14,456 133 2 416 7 3,106 29 3,349 173 2,706,022 47,950 6,455 2 54 5 400 14 100,828 1,759 400 1 400 2 161 6 103,184 2,100 561 1 300 16 189,582 4,606 300 2 16 4 31,472 730 16 10 2,026 9 2,985 151 16,518 513 5,321,450 73,562 19,50? 1 5,712 64 6 214 1 360 13 1,265 180 5,038,988 118,016 1,625 8 740 69 9,877 93 417,116 5,395 10,617 1 100 20 158,380 3,858 100 -- -- — 16 2,190 28 618,358 17,483 2,190 23 4,233 29 8,003 296 34,981 1,131 15,951,076 298,081 42,984 aves and is counted in that list. 18 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 45. W. C. Ruffin Group, Mayo, Washington and Twine 88,698 46. Bailey Group, Clinton and Lydia 88,512 47. J. P. Abney Group, Grendel and Ninety-Six 88,272 48. C. C. Twitty Group, Darlington and Hartsville 87,456 49. Clifton Mfg. Co., Clifton, S. C 86,800 50. Bemis Bros. Bag Co 86,164 51. Brookside Mills, Knoxville, Tenn 82,408 52. Huggins-Mitchell Group, Ashcraft, Martel, French Broad. Pal- metto, Irene, Lexington, Valley Falls and Middleburg 75,828 53. Dwight Mfg. Co 74,492 54. Graham Group, Camperdown, Alice and Enoree 73,840 55. W. C. Hamrick Group, Limestone, Hamrick, Cash and Broad River 73,520 (Have 15,000 additional spindles under construction). 56. Claud Gore Group, Marlboro, Raeford and Great Falls 72,848 57. Eagle and Phenix Mills 72,292 58. Glenn-Lowry Mfg. Company 71,000 59. F. W. Poe Mfg. Company 70,354 60. Thatcher Group, Coosa and Thatcher 70,312 (Have 46,000 additional spindles under construction). 61. Ware Shoals Mfg. Company 70.200 62. Hagood Group, Glenwood and Pickens 68,056 63. W. P. Cole Group, Hannah Pickett and Steele’s 66,500 64. J. L. McNair Group, Dickson, Scotland, Prince and Waverly... 65,000 65. Columbus Mfg. Company 65.000 66. Ligon Group. Arcadia and Mills 64,952 (Have 15,000 additional spindles under construction). 67. John P. King Mfg. Co 64.608 68. Orr Cotton Mills 62,000 69. .John A. Law Group. Saxon and Chesnee 61,396 70. L. D. Tyson Group. Knoxville Cotton and Knoxville Spinning.. 60,228 71. Exposition Cotton Mills 60,000 72. Republic Cotton Mills 58,848 73. Durham Hosiery Mills 58,252 74. H. B. Jennings Group, Dresden, Jennings and Lumberton 56,696 75. Geo. W. Summer Group, Mollohon, Cochran and Fitzgerald 56,490 76. Mays Mills 55,000 77. Newnan Cotton Mills 54,000 78. American Spinning Co 53,760 79. Roht. E. Ligon Group, Gluck and Equinox 53,704 80. Judson Mills 52,640 81. Cliffside Mills 51,524 82. A. G. Myers Group, Myers, Dilling and High Shoals 51,288 83. W. L. Gassaway Group, Issaqueena and Courtney 51,024 84. Dunean Mills 50,724 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 19 85. K. S. Tanner Group, Spindale, Spencer, Cleghorn, Clover and Roseland 50,096 (Have 18,500 additional spindles under construction). 86. Muscokee Mfg. Co 50,000 87. Crown Cotton Mills 50,000 88. Lane Cotton Mills 50,000 Q lark’s Knitting Machine Increase List Alabama. Knit. Machines Russell Mfg. Co., Alexander City 4 Anniston Knitting Mill, Anniston 60 United Hosiery Mills, Bridgeport 48 Total 112 Georgia. Climax Hosiery Mills, Athens 22 Collier Mfg. Co., Bainesville 95 ’Blue Ridge Knitting Mill. Blue Ridge 25 ’The Cartersville Mills, Inc., Cartersville 14 ’Barnes Knitting Mills, Cedartown 40 ’Cornelia Hosiery Mills, Cornelia 38 Dalton Hosiery Mill. Dalton 20 ’Forsyth Hosiery Mills, Forsyth 42 Kincaid Knitting Mills, Griffin 50 ’Colier Mills, Macon 20 Kennesaw Hosiery Mills, Marietta 40 ’Moreland Hosiery Mills, Moreland 50 Total 456 Kentucky. ’Louisville Knitting Co.. Louisville 25 Preister Hosiery Mills, Paducah 20 Princeton Hosiery Mills, Princeton 30 Deamond Hosiery Mills, Williamsburg 55 Total 130 Louisiana. ’Floradel Knitting Co., New Orleans 36 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 20 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South North Carolina. Wiscassett Mills, Albemarle 220 Acme Hosiery Mills. Asheboro 25 Asheboro Hosiery Mills, Asheboro 30 Atkinson Hosiery Mills, Atkinson 26 Winner Hosiery Mills, Boiling Springs 36 ’Excelsior Knitting Mills, Bryson City 64 Brown’s Hosiery Mills, Burlington 24 Edwin H. Gant Textile Works, Burlington 14 ’Graham Hosiery Mills, Burlington 36 ’Standard Hosiery Mills, Burlington 36 ’Crescent Mfg. Co., Canton 69 Charlotte Knitting Co., Charlotte 28 Gaston Knitting Mills. Cherryville 2 Collettsville Hosiery Co., Collettsville 8 ’Lily & Boone, Denton 42 ’Durham Hosiery Mills, Dunn 25 ’John O’Daniel Hosiery Co., Durham 56 Louise Knitting Mills, Durham 25 Edenton Hosiery Mills, Edenton 24 Ideal Hosiery Mills, Elizabeth City 9 Standard Mfg. Co., Elizabeth City 11 Parsley & Tanner, Forest City 38 Gibsonville Hosiery Mills, Gibsonville 78 ’Glen Alpine Knitting Mill, Glen Alpine »o Durham Hosiery Mills, Goldsboro 39 Henderson Hosiery Co., Henderson 6 Elliott Knitting Mills, Hickory 40 Amos Hosiery Mills, High Point 51 Commonwealth Hosiery Mills, High Point 66 Crown Hosiery Mills, High Point 20 Durham Hosiery Mills, High Point 73 ’Guilford Hosiery Mills, High Point 30 ’Harris-Covington Hosiery Mills, High Point 70 Slane Hosiery Mills, High Point 40 Whittington Hosiery Mills, High Point 17 Louise Knitting Mills, Jonesboro 40 Kernersville Knitting Co., Kernersville 120 ’Vance Knitting Co., Kernersville 50 *Shoaf-Sink Hosiery Mills, Lexington 60 ’Madison Hosiery Mills, Madison 30 ’McDowell Hosiery Mills, McDowell 20 Mayo Mills, Mayodan 3 Durham Hosiery Mills, Mebane 200 ‘Sanford Knitting Mills, Mocksville 20 ’Vandois Knitting Mill, Morganton 105 *J. R. G. Hosiery Mill, Newton 15 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 21 Wilkes Hosiery Mill, North Wilkesboro 55 Henshaw Hosiery Mills, Oxford 15 Scotland Neck Cotton Mills, Scotland Neck 15 'Roanoke Hosiery Co., Scotland Neck 30 'Elmore Hosiery Mills, Shelby 26 Walton Hosiery Mills, Statesville 5 'Panola Knitting Co., Tarboro 25 'Tarboro Knitting Co., Tarboro 45 Ragan Knitting Co., Thomasville 25 Liberty Hosiery Mill, Yaldese 10 'Pauline Knitting Mills, Valdese 20 Waldensian Hosiery Mills, Valdese 50 'Crescent Hosiery Co., Waynesville 100 Indera Mill, Winston-Salem 10 Total 2,557 South Carolina. Sunlight Hosiery Mills, Blackville 60 Pee Dee Knitting Mill, Cheraw 24 Total 84 Tennessee. 'Fashion Mill, Athens 16 Tennessee Textile Mills, Alton Park 50 'Bothwell Hosiery Mills, Chattanooga 50 'Kyle Hosiery Mills, Chattanooga 75 Mountain City Knitting Mill, Chattanooga 15 'Wardlaw Hosiery Mills, Chattanooga 135 Knox Hosiery Mills, Cleveland 20 Magnet Knitting Mill, Clinton 65 'Elizabethton Hosiery Mills, Elizabethton . 50 Englewood Mfg. Co., Englewood 15 Pryor Hosiery Mills, Jasper 20 Appalachian Mills, Knoxville 20 'Holston Mfg. Co., Knoxville 150 'Kingsporth Hosiery Mills No. 2, Knoxville 125 Standard Knitting Mills, Knoxville 10 Magnet Knitting Mills No. 3, LaFollette 35 'Star Knitting Mills, Memphis 30 Sunshine Hosiery Mills, Murfreesboro 65 Davis-Hale-Ranson Co., Nashville 38 Hartford Hosiery Mills, Nashville 50 Louden Hosiery Mills, Newport 50 'Chilhowee Mills, Peceville 34 'Loudon Hosiery Mills, Seviersville 100 Robinson-McGill Mfg. Co., Shelbyville 7 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 22 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South Aycock Hosiery Mills, South Pittsburg 25 *Aycock Hosiery Mills, Whitwell 50 Total 1,300 Texas. ’Texas Hosiery Mill, Dallas 100 Virginia. Guy Hosiery Mill, Bristol 79 ’Wood Hosiery Mill, Bristol 76 ’Gem Hosiery Mill, Norfolk 16 ’Virginia Hosiery Mill, Norfolk 30 ’Petersburg Silk Hosiery Co., Petersburg 40 ’Paul Knitting Mill, Radford 80 Total 321 Total by States. Alabama 112 Georgia 456 Kentucky 130 Louisiana 36 North Carolina 2,557 South Carolina 84 Tennessee 1,300 Texas 100 Virginia 321 Total 5,096 Motive Pozver of Southern Mills There are 1,146 textile plants in the South and 516 of them use elec- tricity for power; 284 use steam, 227 use steam and electricity; 45 use steam and water; 27 use water and electricity; 35 use water only; 28 use steam, water and electricity; 3 use gas and 8 use plain kerosine oil en- gines. The above list includes the 26 mills under construction and the 17 mercerizing and bleaching plants. The power used by the mills in the different states is as follows: Alabama — 30 mills use electricity only; 31 steam only; 2 water only; 17 use steam and electricity; one steam and water; one water and elec- tricity and one steam, water and electricity. Arkansas has two mills, one using steam and one steam and electric- ity. Georgia has 56 mills using electricity; 65 steam; 34 steam and elec- tricity; six water and steam; nine water only; 6 water and electricity; and two steam, water and electricity. Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, X. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 23 Kentucky has 8 mills using electric power only; 3 use steam only; 3 steam and electricity and one steam and water. Louisiana has 6 mills, 4 use electric power and two steam and elec- tric. Mississippi has 16 mills; 1 using electric power, 9 use steam; 5 use steam and electric and one uses water only. Missouri has 1 mill using electricity and 3 using steam for power. North Carolina has 271 mills using electric power only; 248 use steam only; 35 use water only; 227 use steam and electricity; 45 steam and wa- ter; 27 water and electricity; 28 steam, water and electricity; 2 use gas engines and eight oil engines. Oklahoma has one mill using steam for power. South Carolina has 72 mills using electric power only; 47 steam only; 3 water only; 35 use steam and electricity; 11 steam and water; 9 water and electricity; 6 steam, water and electricity. Tennessee has 93 mills and 53 of these use electric power only; 27 steam only; 15 use steam and electricity; and one uses steam, water and electricity. Texas has 12 mills using electric power only; 6 steam only and 3 steam and electricity. Virginia has 8 mills using electric power; 11 steam; 4 steam and elec- tric; 3 steam and water; 1 steam, water and electric, and one water only. Hydro-Electric Power in Textile Mills The use of electricity as a motive power for textile plants is at a continually increasing rate. During the last year when the capacity of hydro-electric plants were fully absorbed the most acute problem has been where electric power could be procured and whether the building of such plants would keep pace with the demands, as the latter was grow- ing at a faster rate than plants could be built. Some of the Southern States are approaching their maximum devel- opment of water power. A Government report on “Electric Power De- velopment” in 1916 gave the following figures: Maximum Water Potential H. P. Percentage State — Water— H.P. Developed. Developed. Virginia 976.000 94,229 9.7 North Carolina 1.090.000 99.105 9.1 South Carolina 766,000 227.012 29.6 Georgia 699,000 217.555 31.2 Alabama 1,070.000 82.466 7.7 Tennessee 862,000 97,835 11.3 Missouri 184,000 20,670 11.3 Arkansas 69,000 2,200 3.2 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 24 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South From the same report we gather that the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut have developed 47.1 per cent of their potential water horsepower. It is true that the States of Georgia and South Carolina are approaching the maximum pos- sible development for the reason that the “potential water horsepower” may not be capable of full development for commercial reasons, also since that report was made (1916) there have been some additional plants put in service but with the two exceptions noted there is plentiful water power if the capitalist and engineers can be found to carry on the work. Economically speaking, there is no more reason for a textile plant to make its own power than it should make their own shuttles or bobbins. Such a plant buying power from a power company is a much more simple one than one that includes a power plant; if electric power can be bought as cheaply as it can be made by the mill, the capital investment can be reduced about 15 to 20 per cent or else the money can be diverted to greater spindleage. This fact has been recognized, especially in the Car- olinas, where 70 per cent of the new spindles that have been added since 1915 have been placed in the Hydro-Electric Zone purchasing power from the Power Companies, while 40 per cent of the new spindles in the South- ern States have utilized agencies of similar kind; one company supplying power for 4,500,000 spindles in 1920 and delivering 100 per cent service night and day, less one hundred sixty-eight thousandths (.168 per cent) of one per cent loss of time. The service given by power companies can and does equal the power generated by the individual plant. The Southern States have undeveloped water power that should be put in service. As it is the most convenient and economical power that can be had. The use of hydro-electric power has almost revolutionized the tex- tile industry in the South. It has brought about an increased use of indi- vidual drive motors and the installation of many improvements for sav- ing power and increasing production. Enormous quantities of small mo- tors, chain drives, ball bearings, etc., are purchased annually for new mills and to replace old power equipment in the South. These improvements are brought about almost wholly by the use of hydro-electric power which can be purchased at very low rates in the Southern States. Dyeing and Finishing in Southern Mills The dyeing, bleaching and finishing business in the South has grown rapidly during the past few years and on January 1, 1921, there were 327 mills in the South doing their own dyeing, bleaching, and finishing. There are seventeen plants in the South doing dyeing, bleaching, mercerizing and finishing for the trade. In the knitting industry there are 131 mills of the total of 325 which Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 25 do their own dyeing, bleaching and finishing; 38 dye and finish, 12 bleach and finish, and 11 dye only. Of the 806 cotton mills, 62 plants do their own dyeing, 28 dye, bleach and finish, 36 dye and finish and 10 bleach and finish. North Carolina leads in this line with 62 knitting mills and 19 cotton mills doing their own dye, bleaching and finishing; 18 knitting mills and 22 cotton mills dye and finish; 6 knitting mills and 20 cotton mills do their dyeing, and 5 knitting mills and 4 cotton mills bleach and finish. Georgia 'has 22 knitting mills doing their dyeing, bleaching and finish- ing; 3 knitting mills and 5 cotton plants doing their dyeing and finishing, and 19 cotton mills do their own dyeing. South Uarolia has 7 knitting mills and 3 cotton mills doing their dyeing, bleaching and finishing; 4 knitting mills and 6 cotton mills doing dyeing and finishing, and 6 of the cotton mills do their dyeing. In Tennessee where the greater part of the textile industry is devoted to knitting, there are 33 of these plants which do their dyeing, bleaching and finishing, and 7 that dye and finish. This line of the industry is growing rapidly in the South and each year sees new plants built and much new equipment installed. Purchasing Agents Sam R. Zimmerman Purchasing Agent. The following is a list of the mills for which Sam R. Zimmerman, of Greenville. S. C., does the buying: Spindles Looms American Spinning Co., Greenville, S. C 53,760 1,104 Anniston Mfg. Co., Anniston, Ala 14,284 360 Aragon Cotton Mills, Rock Hill ,S. C 23,552 566 Arcade Cotton Mills, Rock Hill, S. C 18,576 452 Baldwin Cotton Mill, Chester, S. C 31,488 790 Blue Buckle Cotton Mill, Rock Hill, S. C 18,840 1,000 Camperdown Mills, Greenville, S. C 14,208 612 Dunean Mills, Greenville, S. C 50,720 1,200 Enoree Mills, Enoree, S. € 36,000 842 Excelsior Knitting Mills, Union, S .C 5,616 Graniteville Mfg. Co., Graniteville, S. C 57,000 1,694 Manetta Mills, Lando, S. C 18,000 338 Monarch Mills, Union, S. C 78,528 1.825 Monarch Mills, Lockhart Plant, Lockhart, S. C 57,184 1,604 Panola Cotton Mills, Greenwood, S. C 17,472 400 Piedmont Mfg. Co., Piedmont, S. C 69,412 1,972 F. W. Poe Mfg. Co., Greenville, S. C 70,354 1,700 Victoria Cotton Mill, Rock Hill, S. C 17,460 627 Virginia Mfg. Go., Fountain Inn, S. C 5,248 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 26 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South Warren Mfg. Co., Warrenville, S. C 36.080 1,000 Victor-Monaghan Mills — Apalache Plant, Greers, S. C 19,712 500 Greers Plant, Greers, S. C 25,600 730 Monaghan Plant, Greenville, S. C 60.032 1.540 Ottaray Plant, Union, S. C 22,656 540 Seneca Plant, Seneca, S. C 19.840 450 Victor Plant, Greers, S. C 59,136 1,511 Walhalla Plant, Walhalla, S. C 18.816 510 Wallace Plant, Jonesville, S. C 15,584 424 935,158 24,291 Luther VI. VIcBee, Jr., Purchasing Agent. The following is a list of the mills for which Luther M. McBee, Jr., of Greenville, S. C., does the buying: Spindles Looms Alice Mills, Easley S. C 23,552 532 Banna Mfg. Co.. Goldville, S. C 14.224 352 Belton Mill, Belton, S. C 63.036 1,400 Brandon Mills, Greenville, S. C 93.700 2,268 Brevard Cotton Mill, Brevard, N. C 4,100 Brogon Mills, Anderson, S. C 27,780 900 Calhoun Mills, Calhoun Falls, S. C 25.600 600 Cherokee Spinning Co., Knoxville, Tenn 15,000 Clinton Cotton Mills, Clinton, S. C 68.512 1.522 Cohannett Mills, Fingerville, S. C 9.000 Conestee Mills, Greenville, S. C 20.292 505 Courtenay Mfg. Co., Newry, S. C 25.344 624 Cowpens Mills, Cowpens, S. C 17.360 384 Franklin Mills, Greer, S. C 11.120 385 Georgia Cotton Mills, Griffin, Ga 28,000 910 Glenwood Cotton Mills, Easley, S. C 45.016 1,160 Greenwood Cotton Mills, Greenwood, S. € 48.880 1,000 Hartwell Mills, Hartwell, Ga 8.080 216 Hermitage Cotton Mills, Camden, S. C 16,640 390 Issaqueena Mill, Central, S. C 25.680 630 Judson Mills, Greenville, S. C 52,640 1,288 Lois Cotton Mills, Douglasville, Ga 21,760 520 Lydia Cotton Mills, Clinton, S. C 20,000 500 Necronsett Mills, Cumberland, N. C 10,000 Norris Cotton Mills Co., Cateechee, S. C 19.968 452 Oakland Cotton Mills, Newberry, S. C 26,432 600 Osage Mfg. Co.. Bessemer City, N. C 16,272 400 Pelham Mills, Pelham, S. G 10,156 Pelzer Mfg. Co., Pelzer, S. C 136,000 3,100 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, X. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 27 Pendleton Cotton Mill, Autun, S. C 3,250 Mills Mill, Greenville, S. C 31,000 816 Pickens Mill, Pickens, S. C 23,040 606 Poinsett Mills, Greenville, S. C 27,756 726 Rabell Mfg. Co., Selma, Ala 12,480 312 Republic Cotton Mills, Great Falls, S. C 59.848 1,320 Riverside Mfg. Co., Anderson, S. C 47,360 Toccoa Cotton Mills, Toccoa ,Ga 8,500 256 Toxaway Mills, Anderson, S. C 30,384 788 Union Bleaching & Finishing Co., Greenville, S. C Vardry Cotton Mills, Greenville, S. C 4,320 Watts Mills, Laurens, S. C. 43,200 984 Wiiliamston Mills, Williamston, S. C 32,256 750 Woodruff Cotton Mills, Woodruff, S. C 44,052 910 1,270,590 28,106 E. S. Tennent, Purchasing Agent. The following is a list of the mills for which E. S. Tennent, of Spar- tanburg, S. C., does the buying: Spindles Looms Abbeville Cotton Mills, Abbeville, S. C 28.900 964 Arcadia Mills, Arcadia. S. C 33.952 780 Arista Mills Co., Winston-Salem, N. C 17,500 446 Beaumont Mfg. Co., Spartanburg, S. C 42,864 886 Bellwill Cotton Mills. Wilmington, N. C 7.616 353 Broad River Mills, Blacksburg, S. C 13,280 324 Cash Mills, Gaffney, S. C 10,240 250 Chadwick-Hoskins Co., Charlotte, N. C 90,320 2,001 Chadwick-Hoskins Co., Pineville, N. C 11,336 312 Cherokee Falls Mfg. Co., Cherokee Falls, S. C 28,020 564 Chesnee Mills, Chesnee. S. C 20.160 440 Cleghorn Mills, Rutherfordton, N. C 7,328 Clifton Mfg. Co., Clifton, S. C 86,800 2,660 Clinchfield Mfg. Co., Marion, N. C 66,000 1,600 Consolidated Textile Corp. — Bonham Division, Bonham, Tex 15,776 433 Ella Division, Shelby, N. C 11,320 241 Henderson Division, Henderson, Ky 49,504 1,697 Lynchburg Division, Lynchburg, Va 56,796 1,424 Ossipee-Hopedale Div., Burlington, N. C 18,728 355 Pelham Division, Pelham, Ga 12,128 360 Pilot Division, Raleigh, N. C 10,752 425 Postex Division Mills, Post, Tex 10,080 296 Union Division, Lafayette, Ga 23,152 462 D. E. Converse Co., Glendale, S. C 36,444 980 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, N. C. 28 Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South Darlington Mfg. Co., Darlington, S. C 51,392 1,243 Deep River Mills, Randleman, N. C 18.320 878 Eastside Mfg. Co., Shelby, N. C 10,240 260 Edna Cotton Mills, Reidsville, N. C 25,300 540 Erlanger Cotton Mills, Lexington, N. C 46,000 1,100 Eureka Cotton Mills, Chester, S. C 25,752 600 Fairmont Mfg. Co., Fairmont, S. C 12,608 328 Florence Mills, Forest City, N. C 18,960 536 Fort Mill Mfg. Co., Fort Mill, S. C 42,000 1,249 Fountain Cotton Mills, Tarboro, N :C 6.528 Gainesville Cotton Mill, Gainesville, Ga 43,008 1,220 Griffin Mfg. Co., Griffm, Ga 31,000 940 Hamrick Mills, Gaffney, S. C 25,000 624 P. H. Hanes Knitting Co., Winston-Salem, N. C 27,000 Hart Cotton Mills, Tarboro, N. C 16,000 200 Hartsville Cotton Mill, Hartsville, S. C 36,064 880 Holt, Gant & Holt Mfg. Co., Elon College, N. C 6.500 285 Holt-Granite Mills Co., Haw River, N. € 20,784 686 L. Banks Holt Mfg. Co., Graham, N. C 29,100 1.052 Henrietta Mills, Caroleen, N. C 48,416 1,059 Henrietta Mills, Henrietta, N. C 26.700 710 E. M. Holt Plaid Mills, Burlington, N. C 426 Inman Mills, Inman, S. C 40,096 1.000 Kershaw Cotton Mills, Kershaw, S. C 12,160 482 Kincaid Mfg. Co., Griffin, Ga 48,800 1,672 Lancaster Cotton Mills, Lancaster, S. C 139.608 3.006 Limestone Mills, Gaffney, S. C 25,000 650 Loray Mills, Gastonia, N. C 107,000 Lowe Mfg. Co.. Huntsville, Ala 27,000 612 Marion Mfg. Co., Marion, N. C 35,840 840 Marlboro Cotton Mills, McColl, S. C 36,000 110 Marlboro Cotton Mills, Bennettsville, S. C 15,000 Martinsville Cotton Mill Co., Martinsville, Va 17,920 444 Mayo Mills, Mayodan, N. C 24,696 Mollohon Mfg. Co., Newberry, S. C 40,190 1,012 Oconee Mills Co., Westminster, S. C 13,000 298 Pacolet Mfg. Co., New Holland. Ga 57,580 1,765 Pacolet Mfg. Co., Pacolet, S. C 75,184 2,080 Pomona Mills, Greensboro, N. C 24,416 650 Puritan Mills Co., Fayetteville. N. C 10,192 434 Rushton Cotton Mills, Griffin, Ga 14.960 354 Saxon Mills, Spartanburg, S. C 41.216 1,000 Spartanburg County Mill, Spartanburg, S. C 5,000 Spencer Mills, Spindale, N. C 8,704 Spindale Mills, Spindale, N. C 5.520 Springstein Mills, Chester, S. C 14.560 570 Stonecutter Mills Co., Spindale, N. C 400 Compiled by SOUTHERN TEXTILE BULLETIN, Charlotte, X. C. Facts About the TEXTILE MILLS of the South 29 Twine Mills Corp., Roanoke, Ya 9,378 Union-Buffalo Mills Co., Union, S. C 89,920 2,132 Victory Mfg. Co., Fayetteville, N. C 14,336 430 Washington Mills, Fries, Va 54,624 1,550 Kennonah Cotton Mill Go., Lexington, N. C 12,736 378 White-Williamson Co., Graham, N. C 8,200 200 Whitney Mfg. Co., Whitney, S. C 30.652 850 Yadkin Finishing Co., Salisbury, N. C 2,335,656 55,988 Allen Jones, Purchasing Agent. 299 Broadway, New York. Spindles Looms Lexington Mfg. Co., Lexington, S. C 6,784 204 Middleburg Mills, Batesburg, S. C 10,624 320 Palmetto Cotton Mills, Columbia. S. .C 10,320 300 Saxe Gotha Mills, Lexington, S. C 11,200 288 Martel Mfg. Co., Egan, Ga 11,220 382 French Broad Mfg. Co., Asheville, N. C 5,712 116 Ashcraft Cotton Mills, Florence, Ala 7,488 201 Trainer Spinning Co., Chester, Pa 14,592 12 Beaver Mills, North Adams, Mass 32,392 14 Beaver Mills, Waterford, N. Y 25,392 12 Valley Falls Mfg. Co., Spartanburg, S. C 12,480 300 148,204 2,149 CAPITAL STOCK OF SOUTHERN MILLS The capital stock of Textile Corporations which reported their capital is as follows: Alabama $ 25,469,000 Arkansas 265,000 Georgia 58,879,000 Kentucky 1,935,000 Louisiana 4,530,000 Mississippi - 2,405,000 Missouri 1,535,000 North Carolina 153,422,000 Oklahoma 250,000 South Carolina 109,713.000 Tennessee 16,449,000 Texas 5,525,000 Virginia 18,047,000 Total capital reported $398,424,000 A large number of mills owned individually, and others for various reasons, do not report their capital. If all of these could be included, the figures would show a total invested capita! well over half a billion dollars. In the number of mills reported a number of groups are counted as one, and the total number of individual mills is at least 1200. southern Textile Bulletin “ The Leading Textile Journal of The South” Is read weekly by the executives, super- intendents and overseers of practically every textile mill in the South. tj Edited by a textile manufacturer who understands thoroughly the conditions and problems in this field and regarded as a bureau of information on matters pertain- ing to the textile industry. It is actively connected with the work of the various textile Associations, and is in very close touch with the managements of Southern Mills. Ask Any Southern Mill Man Published by CLARK PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLOTTE, N. C. 509114 ■S22SF 7 " iSSF mm