The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-13
THE CINCINNATI EXPOSITION.
THE AWARD OF THE PR1ZEs-PRRMrUMs
AND SPECIAL MENTIONS.
An Interesting Summary.

THE AWARD OF THE PRlZEs-PREMleM ii 3
AND SPECIAL MENTIONS.
An Interesting Summary.
The Exposition Of textile fabrics at Cincin-
natl has been o complete success, and will, We
hope, be the forerunner Of a more intimate
commercial and social union OF the South and
West. As matter Of general interest We give
the names Of the successful competitors, aud
the closing remarks OF the Cincinnati Gazette:
THE PREMIUMS.
The Eagle Mills, Of Columbus, Ga, received
the premium for the best piece Of cotton warp
tweed. The premium was awarded to the Pu-
lask Manufacturing Company, OF Giles Coun-
ty, Tennessee, for the best bale Sc ounce brown
cottons. To the same company was awarded
for the best bile OF 78 brown cottons. The
premium for the best bale s6 inch medium
brown cottons was awarded 10 the Macon Man
ufacturing Company. The premium for the
Prattvlle Mills, Prattville, Ala; and for the
best pair OF cotton blankets, to the Eagle and
Phoenix Mills, of Columbus, Ga.
SPECIAL MENTION.
Cotton manufactures If the following manu-
featuring companies: Granitevllle aanutac-
turing Company, A. sheetlng|, Graniteville.
South Carolina; Crescent Cotton Mills, "A
sheetngs, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee; Eagle
Cotton Mills, "A sheetines, Allegheny, Penn
sylvanis; Macon Manufacturing Company, A.
sheetings, Macon, Georgia; Ksnnedale Mills,
A sheetIngs, Fusealeosa, Aiaoann1s Hauesvifte
Cotton Mills, 4 sheetings, GAINESVILLE, Ohio;
Pennsylyania Mills, 4 sheetings, Pttsburg,
Penpsylvania; Indian Hill Factory, A sheet
ings, PrattsvilIe, Alabama; Jewell Mills, plain
osnaburg, Warren County. Georgia; Manassas
Mills Company, plain osnaburg, CarroltoD,
Mlsslesippl; Gould Pearce & Co.,, Cincinnati,
Ohio, yarns, twines, seamless bags. &c.; Leh-
man, Dunn & Co., cotton yarn. Montgomery,
Alabama; Stonewall Manufacturing Company,
cotton yarn. Enterprise, Mississippi; FonteDoy
Mills, cotton yarn, Augusta, Georgia; Hope
Mills, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
TIE SALES.
Th, first day. "trade sale" was confined
almost exclusively to woollens, in which was
included "cotton blankets OF the Eagle and
Ph@nlx mills Of Columbus, Georgia; aud these
s1ld above manufac: :urers' prices. Upon the
second day WAS sold
The heavy brown cottons we're generally
sold by the blle, and went OF with whirl.
Nearly all these goods brought arst-rate prl-
ces, some Of them going decidedly beyond their
value. These were Purchased by some for
purposes Of advertisement, others were sought
because of their novelty, while many were
bought for their real intrinsic worth, sincs
these goods were principally from tue South
and OF excellent quality.
The premium A brown sheetinss OF the Pu-
laski Manufacturing Company, Pulaski, Giles
County, Tennessee, were sharply competed for.
1t was Chicago against Cincinnati, and the bid.
ding. which was exciting, terminated in the
triumph Of Cincinnatl, tho purchasers being
Gotlieb & Ezekiel, OF this city, at 194 cents.
mill, sold al 165 cents, also to Cincinnati.
The best bale of A brown sheetlngs Of the
Macon Manufacturing Company. OF Macon,
Georgia, that took the premium for best me-
dunn goods, was purchased by Bowen, Whit
man & Winslow, OF Chicago, at II cents-hom
1 to IL cents above their market value. The
Macon shIrting brought 15a cents. .
The first bale OF shirhnSs sold was that OF
the Batesville Mills, Of Batesville, South Caro-
lima, the first shirtlngs that reached the E1oo-
silion. They were A goods 81 yards to the
pound. They elected brisk bidding, and
brought 14Ec. A satisfactory result.
Ihe goods of the Granteville Manufacturing
Company, of GraniteviIle, South Carolina, we're
next reached. and sold at full prices. Their
heavy A A "A sheeting sold at Isl cents; E q
~ 14s cents; B 7-S sbirting IA cents; q
cents.
The Talassee Manufacturing Company's
goods, OF Montgomery, Ala, were disposed OF
at satisfactory prices, the A sheeting.. 7-8
sheeting and 7-8 drilling selling respectively at
153 16 aud 162 cents.
The products of the Augusta, Ga, cotton
mills scarcely brought what they deserved, and
we're carried off by Chicago; the "A sheetiug at
15c.; 7-S shirting, 12c.; 3-4 shirtlns, 11c., and
heavy drilling 164c.
The Houston Factory, of Houston, Heard
County, Ca, sold two bales "A sheeting, each
at 152c.
dale, Tuscaloosa County, Ala. Il A sheetlhg
and 7-8 A shlrting, sold ut 16 and lac. respes-
lively.
When the striped osnaburgs Of the Eagle
and Ppenlx Mills, Columbus. Ga, were put up,
Chicago again made dlsh, and wrcstled Wig
orously tor the ownership, but was compelled
to succumb 10 Cincinnati, that tIok them at
ia nts The second bale sold at: 16a cents.
lbe "A sheeting: 4 shirilng; e., anu the osna-
burQs of the Jewell Mills, Of Warren County,
Ga.. sold at Is. 13 anI II cents, respectively;
the kerseys, OF the same mills, oil wool filings,
at from 96 to 41s cents.
The five pieces Of standard sheeting, beauti.
ful goods. exhibited by the Crescent Mills, or
Lawrenceburg. Lawrence County, Tenn, sold
at II cents.
The Trion Sheetlng, OF tne ITlon Cotton
Factory Georgia. sold at 164 cents.
The osnaburgs OF the Iroup Manufactur-
ing Company, Georgia. went off at zig cents.
The premium plaid and striped osnabures 81
the Sylvan Mills, Shelbyville. Tennessee. sold
at 15c and 16c. The and / sheetlngs, of the
same mill, 12tc and 11c.. while the ti,kings
we're disposed OF at 81 cent?.
The goods OF the Bell Factory, Huntsville,
Alabama, o large line Of osnabdrgs, cotton
ades, tickings. &C., we're all sold, divided be;
tween Cincinnati and Chicsgo. Extra "A and
ticking brought IS aud 25 cents, respectively;
the check osuaburgs, 19 cents; plaid cotton.
ades &c cents; PLAIN osnaburgs 199 cents. The
"a 7.s and 8 4 sheetings sold at IA, 1Sa and
III cents. respectively.
The Indian Hill Factory, Of Prattville, Ala
bama. "A and 7-8 sheetings, sold at 16 and IL
cents, respectively.
At half-past twelve o'clock the last article