Cotton Mill to be Built on W.H. Phifer's Land, Nov. 16, 1905

From the Monroe 15 Years Ago column: Officers were elected yesterday for the new cotton mill that is to be built here just as soon as the material can be placed on the ground. The site selected is a piece of ground belonging to Mr. W.H. Phifer lying west of his residence and between the two railroads. The following are the stockholders: Charles Iceman, W.S. Lee, M.K. Lee, Adams, Jerome & Armfield, Lee & Lee, W.H. Belk & Bro., J.R. English, W.C. Heath, Crow Brothers, J.M. Fairley, R.A. Morrow, W.H. Phifer, E.C. Winchester, R. Redfearn, J.F. Laney, T.J. Shannon, W.M. Gordon, G.M. Stewart, W.M. Perry, R.B. Redwine, R.V. Houston, J.D. McRae, L.C. Bickett, F.M. Sutton, W.E. Cason, T.C. Lee, Tim Helms, Dr. J.B. Eubanks, Rev. George H. Atkinson, W.A. Lane and Dr. J.E. Ashcraft. (From The Monroe Journal, Nov. 16, 1920)