The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-04-03
ANTE CITY, La. March 81. 1s7s

ANTE CITY, La, March 81, 1873.
EDITORS CLARION: As an illus ration o
the fact that Southern mechanical enterprise
and genius can aud DO succeed, when prop
| erly combined with the absolute essential.
to success in any calling and anywhere
the history of the works at this pIace fur
nish striking and abundant proof. The me-
chanic~l genius of B. d GULLETT the in
ventor and manufacturer OF the famou.
| gins bearing his name never rested UNI
til success, the fullest, was achieved. Now
the horns are in his possession. and as there
is literally no farther to go in improve
ment, he will Likely hold them perpetually
1t is doubtless most pleasing reflection &c
Mr.. Gullett, who is now considerably at
vanced in years to behold the victory hs
/ has won in the chosen labor Of his life
Many of the older planters of Mississippi
will rem mber his struggles before and
| since the war; when without aid. and rely
! ing upon his own strong arm. and with a
resistless determination, how H. bid capital
defiance. To-day he is Independent, owning
| the land for a breadth of four miles on each
1 side the railroad with a village and daily
/ and Sunday schools tor the children of en-
| ployees requiring the services OF three
| teachers. The latter is work of philan-
| thropy and is conducted entirely at Mr.. G s
expense.
! 1t had long been my intention to stop here,
but not until to-day did the opportunity
offer. The gin works are situated just on
the suburbs of the beautiful little village OF
AmiUe, just sixty eight miles north of New
| Orleans.
| In the factory proper there are EN- ployed,
even at this, the easiest period OF the year,
about ninety hands. most of whom arc
/ skilled mechanics, embracing numbe Who
have been in the employ of Mr.. Gullett for
| years. The native pine and magnolia useG
in the wood work grow right here in abund-
ance, and goes from the forest to the drying
house, thence to the factory where it i pre-
| pared through machinery especially adopted
to the purpose. Everything moves like
clock work. The moulding of che iron
work is done on the grounds by competent
persons. Thence you pass to the apartment
where the beautifully delicate preparation
of the steel saws is going on; thence to the
finishing room where the gin is supposed 10
be perfect. l say supposed, from the fsc'
that each gin has TO go to the test room and
be carefully tested before it is allowed to
leave the factory.
| But what are merits of this gin which
gives it such widespread celebrity and
popularity. Though l have by nature !.
foHdness for mechanics, must admit my
inability to do full justice to this wonder
| full piece OF mechanism. No planter VIII q
has seen its operation will deny that it ia
the simplest and most efficient. The Outlet
| self feeder, is now considered indiSpensa-
bic. The cotton is put in a hopper, and is car
red by an endless apron of the feeder to
the revolving drum with needles, which
! picks the cotton up, lock by lock, and puts
it into the gin, feeding the gin with a reSu-
larity impossible by hand. 1t is next to
impossible for it to get out of order. OF
the Outlet Gin naught more need be said
except what has already been said by the
| thousands who use them, and none other
each season.
The very latest i'm provement of the in
ventor OF the GuIIett gin is his patent press
feeder and condenser combined with i
patent cotton press, which is simply ar
attachment having two boxes, one of which
is being filled by the gin while the other
is pressed aud tied. This improvement
cleans the cotton from dust, and is in itsel
an insurance against fire; the loose lint
hanging about lint room being done away
with, as the cotton goes direct from the gir
into the press in solid sheet or ball.
uniformity of sample is procured by this
process which cannot be obtained by blow.
ing the cotton into lint room, and re
duces the cost of ginning and pressing tC
much less than one-half what it was for
merly.
Last year the works were pressed beyond
their capacity and so loud and urgent wa
the demand for the gins that suits, in two O.
three instances, were brought against gen
eral agents for failure to fill orders a
promised. Latterly, the capacity has beef
dot bled, and can be run night and day, sc
that all orders can be filled promptly,
have written thus lengthily, though ia
from concisely, thai our Southern planter
may know something about the capacity a
well as the acknowledged efficiency of tn
Gulett gin. An inspection of the gin ant
its splendid attachments at any agency will
convince the most skeptical of its merits
Tnere are thousands of unsolicited endorse
ments coming in. One notably, from E
Richardson, Esq, the largest cotton plan
ter in Mississippi, who gives it his unqnal
flied approval.
Let US wish Mr.. Gullett the full success
which long and persevering labor so emf
nently entitle him to. JAW