If Selma was concerned with bathtub gin, the Charleston, and the exploits of Charles Lindbergh, evidence in newspapers of the period does not show it. Instead, this period featured organization of clubs, churches and new manufacturing plants.
Early in 1920, Selma Cotton Mill was bought by a New York Corporation, Standard Coated Products Company, which spent some $500,000 in enlargement of the facility. They began the weaving of carded yarn used as backing for oilcloth.
In February, a report in the Smithfield Herald listed prospective or assumed enterprises and improvements for Selma during 1920: Cotton mill corporation, one million dollars; $100,000 brickyard; $40,000 bond issue for sewerage; $60,000 bond issue for streets and sidewalks; $50,000 hotel and new depot. “These are but a few of Selma’s new enterprises. With Selma’s unexcelled railroad facilities and financial advantages she is bound to grow,” the report concluded.
From the History of Selma - Centennial Program.
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