Sellers Manufacturing Company

Located in Saxapahaw, N.C., the Sellers Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1927 to produce fine combed cotton yarns for the hosiery industry in Alamance County, N.C. Starting out with fewer than 10,000 spindles, the company expanded until, at its peak, it employed 1,000 people and operated approximately 75,000 spindles.

The Sellers Manufacturing Company also owned the Royal Cotton Mill in Wake Forest, N.C., and the Sellers Dyeing Company, Jordan Spinning Company, and National Processing Company. Charles V. Sellers was the company's president, serving from 1927 until his death in 1941. B. Everett Jordan was the company's treasurer and general manager.

Located in Saxapahaw, N.C., Sellers Manufacturing Company was incorporated in 1927 to produce fine combed cotton yarns to supply the hosiery industry in Alamance County. Charles V. Sellers was the company's president, serving from 1927 until his death in 1941. B. Everett Jordan was the company's treasurer and general manager.

Starting out with fewer than 10,000 spindles, the company expanded in size and in range of products, until at its peak it employed 1,000 people and operated approximately 75,000 spindles. In 1930, the company began producing mercerized combed yarns and, in 1931-1932, established one of the South's first silk-throwing plants for making raw Japanese silk into thread for the hosiery industry. By 1961, Sellers produced a wide range of knitting and weaving yarns-combed, carded, nylon blends, dyed and natural, mercerized, and stretch.

In 1939, Sellers Manufacturing Company acquired Sapona Cotton Mill in Randolph County, which was then reorganized as an affiliate and named Jordan Spinning Company. In 1945, Sellers acquired Royal Cotton Mill in Wake Forest, N.C., a yarn spinning mill that produced a coarser range of yarns than the Sellers products. That same year, Sellers also acquired National Processing Company, a mercerizer. In 1951, Sellers established a dyeing operation, the Sellers Dyeing Company. The company further expanded its product range by spinning and blending nylon and other synthetics with cotton.