Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-05-16
The yYes.minster Manufacturing
Company.

county formed company with view Of
establishing factory to spin cotton according
to tho new process from lint on the seed.
They set to work, bought the machinery and
have begun operations under tho most favora.
bio prospects. Wo visited this factory last
Saturday and was shown all tho machinery
and the manner of operation. 1t is located
two miles South Of Westminster, on tho head
waters Of Chocstoc Creek, the stream not
being moro than ono-third as large as Cane
Creek at Burns' mill, though the power is
ample for all purposes.
Tho building is substantial wooden one,
fifty by twenty-five feet with two stories and
basement. Besides the factory, it contains
saw and grist mill, turning laho and other
machinery, run by Bodino Johnyilc Tur-
bino Wheel lG inches in diameter. Tho corn
mill will grind from 10 to IL bushels Of corn
oycrY hour. The spinning machinery is
turned by o similar wheel IL inches in diam
ctcr, and this looks incredible, when one sees
tho heavy machinery connected with the
establishment. Every thing is admirably
arranged, tho heavy wheels and betting being
in the basement, while or the second floor by
floor, thorc is nothing visible but the machery
proper, with no danger or possibility of
becoming cntanglel in it. Everything seems
to DO in its place, and for ncatncss and con-
vcnience VIC have never seen machinery 80
we'll arranged.
. Tho machinery proper consists Of q clean
sor, an attachment, consisting of gin and
cards, drawing Franc, q speeder and two
spinning frames. The cleanser was manu-
facturcd at Kewbern, North Carolina, and
though not indispensable, is Of great valuc in
cleaning and preparing the cotton. The
seed cotton is first put in this, when it is
whipped thoroughly, cleaning and separating
the locks, which come out singly us they worc
picked from tho field. 1t is then weighed
pound by pound by person who foods the
attachment, which is done by spreading
pound on yard square of q revolving table,
which rs it moves feeds tho attachment with
pcrfcct regularity. Gao hand weighs and
spreads this cotton with case. AZ it falls in
tho gin tho seod aro removed and drop to tho
basement, while tho lint is taken from the
brush wheels Of tho gin by tho revolving
cards and passes out in what is known rs
silver or continuous rolls falling into re-
volving can This is next taken to tho draw
ing frame whcrc it is doubled 2SS times and
farther clcanscd, dropping into revolving
cans. 1t then passes to the spcodcr whore it
10 spccdcd on spools in tho f)rm of largo soft
thread or ropiug, thon thoso spools 90 to the
spinning frame whore j: is spun into yarn.
This process has many advantages, both in
point Of economy and safety, rs well as by
reason of obtaining by it stronger and
smoother thread. 1t is estimated that this
process dispensos with fully one-haf the
buildings motive powcr, machinery and
operatives required under the old process and
saves ono-half tho waste. Tho attachment
supcrscdcs tho gin, tho pross &C., and also
disponscs with tho expensive and Injurious
machinery Of the picker room and card room.
tho cotton under this process passing without
injury directly from the socd to the cards,
with its lint straight and unbroken, by rapid
ginning or by whipping out the maps and
tangled fbrcs, which necessarily result from
ginning and baling. Tho lint coming straight
from tho seed to tho cards enables the cards to
perform fous times as much as when tho
tangled lint Of balcd cotton is used. There
is greater eafety, because sccd cotton being
used there is littIc danger of fire, while there
is great danger with tho rapid machinery of
tho picker room under the old process.
Tho thread is stronger and smoother, bo
cause tho lint is gcntly removed, Strengthened,
coansed and at onco carded and spun. There
is no cutting tho abro by rapid ginning, nor
mapping and taugling it by balng to be
broken by the scverc process of tho picker and
lapper rooms Tho thread is stronger for
anothorrcason. While cotton remains in the
soed tho fibre is continually fed from tho oil
Of tho seed and thus kept strong and flexible,
while whom 1t Is ginned and pressed it not
only becomes dry and brittle, but tho itto oil
ia tho lint tends to rot it from tho close com
presJ. Those .aro moro rcasoas for facts
which will readily appear from observation
of tho yarn, as, also, by actual test Of its
strongtb. .a
While at tho factory wo observed the spin..
ming for long timo and tho breaking Of a 4
thread was rarc, tho operatives having little
to do but watch for those occasional breaks.
We'fcel saro that our people will find tho
thread stronger and smoother than that Of the
old process and will find 1t to their interest to
uso IL.
Tho saving in bagging, interest on, mn"
chinery, waste, Insurance, &C., oftho new