The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1853-03-08

the hody, and lie had ceased TO live!
Such is the secret Of General Smiths
popularity with his officers md men.
AN EvE-W1rSEss.
Paper Mills at Ss;eti. s. C..
The following very interesting de.
scription of the Paper Mill, at Bath,
on the railroad, six miles from Ham.
burg, we copy from the Charleston
Standards:
The waters of Horse Greek are
destined to be celebratedi fin the his
tory cf South Carolina manufactures.
Besides their grist and saw mills,
more numerous probably than that
of any other stream Of Fthe same
length in the State, she has in few
miles of each other, Vaucluse, Gran
itcville and Bath. The first two are
already well known, and therefore
we pass them by. ButsgWhat and
where is Bath? This may well be
asked. Two years ago its was the
site Of an old saw mill that had been
abandoned, the timber, mill, dam, all
gone, it was known only as what had
once been NIilton's Mills! Now it is
a beautiful little village t5n the South
Carolina Railroad, eq6fdistant be,
tween Graniteyille and Hamburg, -
| The fine water; ps:gsr 81 ;,tll!s the creek
~ fss =
little Streams wlicIf tl.eFsl sy INTO
it, attracted the atterEitn2 Of some
persons now connected with the
South Carolina Paper Manufacture
ing Company. They had searched
long time for such site. The
Augusta Canal and other water pow.
er had been carefully examined, but
no where else could they find the sill
vary water SO necessary to making
white paper. At Bath, therefore,
they secured site and hundred
horse water power, and at once erect
ed their mill and cottages. The
former is of brick, in width SO and
length $50 feet, besides wing 40
by 40 feet, stock house Of 40 By
80, and receiving anl delivering
depot on the railroad turnout of so
by 60 feet. These buildings make
up the most complete manufacturing
arrangements. The stock. house has
a railway along its whole length,
which extends to the mill and the
depot, so that the rags and other
material for paper to be stored there,
cap be transferred from one to the
other with great facility. The ma.
terial reeciycd daily, at the depot, is
easily transferred IS wanted, to the
second story, at ON, end Of the mill.
and from this point it progresses con-
stantly until in the shape of paper,
bleached, pressed, folded, ana in bun
dies for market, it is passed into cars
at the other end of the mill. So
much for the buildings; il any can be
more complete, we would like 20 see
them.
The machinery is all of the latest
and most approved construction, and
consists Of one Eour-drinier and one
cylinder machine, each G6 inches,
eight large ircn engines. and one
large iron cylinder bleach, besides
bleach tubs, steam boilers, rag cut,
tcrs, busters, devils. ETC., all of
which, duringa months trial, have
been found to work admirably.
'Thc establishment now employs
20 to % men and boys, and Is to
20 girls, who turnout between $500
and 5000 pounds Of paper. The
same number Of hands, after little
more experience, and with the mill
IN full operation, will be able to make
more than 5000 pounds. The quail.
ties vary from ,!,c finest book IA, cr
to the strongest and c,ascst wrap
ping paper No writing !acr is
made there, experience elsewhere
having proved that even largo estab,
lishmcnts should not attempt to make
so many different qualities.
'We would willingly describe the
process Of manufacture, but could
not do so lntelligibly without proper
awnings. The following skeleton
may, however, serve to give some
idea of the successive steps in the
process. The rags, as We said be.
fore, arc passed into the second sto.