The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1875-07-16
COTTON SPINNING AT HOME.

bat, or SlUcr, and Il sample OF the yarn,
which | have now before mc--the yarn,
though it, as Mr.. Archer states, was made
from inferior cotton, is well spun and strong,
anil Is ,ccU adapted f0r crpor to Mclia and
Chmo, especially. The Clemens attachment
here alluded to, is adapted to any quality or
number of yarn that would be profitable for
us to spin, and there is 10 reason why we
should not supply Europe and Asia with
yarn spun from at least two to two and
half million of bales of our cotton, thereby
increasing the annual value OF our exports
more than one hundred million dollars
We have the white labor in tho Southern
States (no,o almost unemployed to spin all
the cotton and wool we now raise, without
taking any from the fields, if our rich men
would but realize that there is some higher
obligation than to loan money to needy bor-
rowers at extortionatc rates ofintcrest. La
Dor (aohite) for cotton spinning and manu-
featuring can be had dd lbitum in the
South, at from three to six dollars per week,
according to the character of the service.
Yours, truly,
WINBORN LAWTON.
EXTRACT FROM LETTER.
TAYLoR's DEPOT, LAFAYETTE Co., Miss.
May 18th, 1875.
WinJorm Lawton, Esq, Charleston S. G.
DEAR SIR 1: 1t affords me much pleasure
to reply to your letter of the 10th inst, re-
ceived some days since, and will do so rath-
er desultory. "Nountain MWs," the facto-
ry mentioned, is located in North Alabama,
four miles south of the Memphis and Char
lesion Railroad, between Huntsville and
Corinth, Miss, Post office, Barton Station.
Alabama. The proprietor of the Clemens
Attachment, lives at Corinth, Miss, and is
erecting factory upon the new plan, soon
to begin operations, that will turn out eight
b""arcd 600 lbs pounds of yarn per day.
= r.-I I WIItsis the proprietor ofsaid
densoastrFaa1tSSd oy ~ Sord d ohich has Jec,l
thermore, could not nu, --is.nc,t Fur
perform the labor 7 have done without com.
pensation, but for lie great iovc Ihayc for
Our South Mnd This little machine, if
properly handled and duly appreciated ,c,N
help an wonfcrJM degree to redeem our
matcrial prosperity. = x
l will also send you small sample of yarn
spun in my presence from ve,y poor sect
cotton, as q test, also, bat or silver. *
[ must be allowed to state that an IN no
seay Interested IN the patent, and respectfully
refer you to Col. Il. L. Whitfield, Corinth,
Mississippi for any information you desire
about sales, etc. | would also state that it
IS practicable to spin and manufacture in
any part of the world VIII ere cotton is grown.
Hoping that the printed matter accompany
ing this will be satisfactory,
remain, very truly, yours,
B. T.. ARCHER.
MR. ARCUER'S REPORT
The following is so much of Mr.. Archcr's
Report to the Lafayette County, (Miss) J
Grange, as is essential to the purpose of this
article, and all for which we have room:
BY appointment from this honorable body,
on the 18th of July last, repaired to the
"Mountain Mills" Alabama, in company
with 3. +. Whitfield, one of the patentecs
of the Clemens attachment, to examine
and test the quality and benefits of the new
machine. And | must say, after careful cx-
perimcnts and test, of every kind that | am
fully satisfied of its great utility, and that
1t will perform even more than has been
claimed for it by theproprctors. This ma
chine, known by thesnamc given above, is
simply miniature cotton gin and motcr
combined,and attached exacly to that part of
the old iron card stand which accommodates
the part called the "Licker-in."
The Lickcr-in is takcn off and the attach
ment put on in fts place.
This attachment gins the cotton and de-
livers it to the card "untangler" clear of
notes and trash, and with the fbcrs straight
and parallel with each other, and also with
the machine, which is discharged through
the do1er in CONTINUOUS roll or "sliver"
susceptible at once of great attenuation, and
in the most perfect condition to make the
best Of thread
We know we arc not mistaken, for we fed
Y the seed cotton and kept sight of the same
lntil the thread or yarns were completed
and handed to us by the boss spinner sam
pies Of which are hereby transmitted; also,
samples Of the seed from the cotton, slivers,
etc, etc, for your inspection. Hence VIC
conclude many savings and advantages will
accrue in manufacturing Of cotton in the
South.
Ginning, baling, COMPRISING, use of the
entire machinery of picker room, and from
two-thirds to four ffths of the machinery of
the card room, together with the motive
power, buildings, and operatives necessary
to run said machinery, all rendered useless,
and wholly superseded ; and so great is the
strength Of the slivers, rovings and thread,
that they seldom let down or break. thereby
enabling fewer number Of operatives to
run given amount of machinery in the !
carding, spinning, and weaving room alSo>
enabling said machinery to Go more work
This amounts in reality to saving of one
third of the buildings, machinery, motive