The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills
Chapter 69
THE MODEL MILL
The discovery of coal and iron made both the old Bishop and Westmoreland rich. Captain Tom sent James Travis to West Point and Archie B. to Annapolis, and their records were worthy of their names.
And now, five years after the great fire, there might be seen in Cottontown, besides two furnaces, whose blazing turrets lighted the valley with Prosperity's torch--another cotton mill, erected by the old Bishop.
Long and earnestly he thought on the subject before building the