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GREATCLASSICablbal1 The Union Manufacturing Company to)is Sucoeeding.JtTHE CANDY FACTORYhisof.I I Is the Lsrgeet lo the South With One Escep* 1 CIVbtlon—Cracker and Soap Factories Are To Be I Started by Next Spring—The Splendid Worko! This Athens Industry.hitAthenians know that there is such a manufactory here as the Union Mauu-1 ;factoring Company, bat they have no conception of its importance or magui- | !e turte unless they go down and see it.o It is a credit to Athens and wonld be o a credit to a city of Atlauta’s size , and 1 a 1its future is bright with promiseIt otigicated a few months since with y five wholesale grocery firms of this city, | js e Talmadge Bros. Co., G. II. Hulme if Co , J. S. King lt;fc Co , Webb Craw-1 IV1th1.1 ford, and the Arnold Grocery Co.The gentlemen making up thoie firms i saw a good opening for this kind of s J 1C :i. manufactory, applied for a charter am f \ I set the manufactory in operation. I S(ps It is located on the Seaboard Air Linen railroad just east of the depot, has ten IHUillitj”acres of ground, a portion of which is covered with buildings and all of which I pa will be utilized sooner or later by the Qf various departments of the company. j to The candy factory first claims the at-1 iu m teution of the person who visits the, ar vt plant of the Union Manafactnriug Com-! sa rlt; pauy. It is the largest candy mauufac-ai lory in the south with the siugle excep- th d- i ion of Frank E. Block s establishment ve in Atlanta. igThe equipment of the candy factory is complete in every respect. The ma-|]) a ehinery is up to date aud of the very dy finest make. They are equipped there I w m for the making of all kinds of candies, | thct- from the plainest to the fauciest.♦is, j The plant is now turning out daily nlt; as- ; four thousand pounds of stick candy and (\ynd j five hundred boxes of fancy candies, in- geecat; eluding the most delicious, chocolate I p]mr ; bon-bons. This candy is finding a ready ial ‘ market all over this section of the eonn-m* | try. Twenty-live hands are now em* I ^ [he ; ployed and that number will be doubled h within the next few months. This fur-ipt » uish€*8 quite a neat weekly payroll and I ^ vin i the city wonld be much better oft if it I nket | had several more payrolls of this kiud.The manufacture of candy does not• take up all the attention of this compa-• iny by any means They are now putting up in packages the very best of soda and also of salts, as well as bottling castor oil and turpentine. These goodswhich are prepared with great care, are readily finding favor with the public.The company is also engaged in the manufacture of vinegar and this is tonRlt;tansdtEbe made one of the greatest department*« of this manufactory. One entire build- c4illemg is being devoted to this department and its capacity will be increased.The Union Manufacturing Company j \ has put in a large coffee roaster, and will begin this week to roast coffee and put it up in pound packages. They will make a special effort in this direction to supply tlie trade throughout the southern states. They will put up an article superior to Levering’s or Arbuckle’s and are satisfied that it will meet withIgeneral favor as soon as it is introduced.The next articles to be mauufac tured will be crackers and soap. It will require two new buildings for these departments, and they will be const rncted and equipped by the opening of npxt spring, when Athens will have as large a cracker factory and soap factory as any city in Georgia. When that time comes the Union Mannfactnring Company will be employing nearly one hun drcd handst| This company is the exclusivo owner of the “Oconee” brand and all the goods they put up bears this brand, which is
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Athens Daily Banner
Athens, Georgia, US
Wed, Oct 09, 1901
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