Cabarrus County NcArchives Photo Document.....W. R. Odell Letter 1897
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Submitted by John Blair Hagler, who received the letter from Joe Sims, the son 
of John A. Sims who was the original recipient of the letter. 

The letter was written on Odell Manufacturing Co letter head paper from 
Concord, N.C. that shows J.M. Odell, President and W.R. Odell was treasurer. 
The letter was dated Nov 27/97 to Mr. John A. Sims and says: 

Dear Sir:

When we carried Prohibition 
in Concord we had only 2 Cotton Mills 
with a capital of $132,000 - Since that 
time 5 mills have been built & put in 
operation & we have another now in 
course of erection, when completed & 
equiped we will have invested in 
Cotton Mills alone $800,000 - We have increased 
in population about 3000 people since 1886. 
All this has increased other businesses 
in the town - We had 5 Saloons previous 
to the time of our Election -
Tell those good people in Raleigh if 
they will come here we can show 
them the best town in the State & 
it is largely due to Prohibition -
                                         Yours truly
                                         WR Odell

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