Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-11-27

The building and other improvements cost
1900; making the total investment, $1,000.
The capacity Of the factory is only l5O,O0O
pounds of seed cotton. They employ the su.
perintendent, the lad "going on twenty years,
seven girls and one boy, with the following
results for twelve months:
LIABILITIES.
$50, 900 pounds seed cotton at cents..S4 800 0C
Total"-."...."""....." 00O w
RESOURCES.
46, 900 pounds yarn at 16 cents.........S,36O $3.50 0O
$500 pounds waste...... l45 w
5000 bushels cotton seed...""....."..... $50 90
Total ....................."..".$7,e5 ,e55 OO
Net profit......................." $50 O0
This factory is owned by four farmers and
is operated on small stream afording only
about six-horse power. By increasing the
power and machinery to greater capacity, OF
course the expenses would be reduced and the
profits increased.
The element Attachment" is simply at
taching the principle of the ordinary cotton
gin to the carding machine in such way
that the lint cotton, as soon as separated from
the seed, passes directly on the cards and
comes out in the shape Of silver. The rest OF
the process is the same, and the machinery
the same as in any other factory, and there is
no reason why just as fine thread may not be
spun by factory Of this kind with fine ma
chinery of the latest improvements as can be
spun in any factory. We brought some Of
the silver and the thread home with US that
shows for ITSELF
The great saving by the "Clement Attach
ment" is in doing away with the expense OF
gins, gin.houses, presses, &c. The seed cotton,
just as it comes from the field, is put right
into the hopper of cotton cleaner and pass
es right on into the attachment, and then
right on the cards as stated above, coming out
in the form of silver. The cost Of the gin
houses in this county would be more than
enough to pay for the erection of one of these
factories in every neighborhood Of three or
four farms, if the farmers would only club to-
gether and build them. By dispensing with
lint-rooms it decreases the risk Of fires. 1t
saves the expense of bagging, ties, &c. 1t
saves the expense of handling the cotton by
speculators and paying freights, storage, &c.
It would give employment to labor at home.
1t will force capitalists to bring factories to
the cotton fields, and, what is better than all
the Yankees can't cheat US out of it, for it
can't be utilized at the North, as they have no
seed cotton. We are delighted with it, and
firmly believe that it will revolutionize the
whole cotton business and enable the South
to hold the balance of power in handling the
cotton crop. We hope at no distant day to
see these New Process Yarn Mills dotting all
the streams of the South, afording employ
ment for skilled labor, which will start the
South upon a new departure Of peace and
prosperity.
lBil Arp In Atlanta constitutional
have been greatly honored. Some Of the
luminaries of your lightning city invited me
to excurt with them to the pleasant village of
Westminster and see the Clement attach.
ment. When 1 reached your town. I found
the Grant boom a booming around among
the Democrats like Japhet in search Of a
father, but nobody seemed quite ready to &C.
knowledge the bastard. Forty men asked
me in whisper what I thought of it, and
looked like they were afraid somebody would
hear 'em.
|. "Who is the daddy of the orphan ?" said l
to Grady, one of the editors of the Constitu'
tion.
"Nobody," said he. General Grant, sir,
is the nations ward
care you afraid of him ?" said /.
"By no MEANS" said he. "Tilden is not
dead yet. I am for Tilden, but if they take
up Grant and Lochrane, then I'm for Loch
rane. I would rather see him Vice.Presi.
dent than anybody, and when he is elected
I'm going to do like Tom Howard did when
Colquitt was elected Governor. I'm going to
sell out everything I've got in the world and
throw myself in his arms"
"Dear Loch-I give myself away,
IT'S all that I can do"
"What will he do for you ?" said /.
"Do! why anything everything" said
he. "More than | could ask or think about
He'd make me Minister to England, charge
d'Afairs to France, Ambassador and Consul
to half dozen Kingdoms. He would con-
soldate the whole business into one grand
syndicate and put me at the head Of it. I'm
running Tlden on one ticket and Lochrane
on the other. General Gordon is running
Bayard, and the Constitution is for the Demo
cratic nominee, and they are all our friends
Lie low and keep still, William Arp. 1t we
pool our freight We are bound to win. Don't
you see?"
81 see," said I, "as through glass darkly
but I'm going to stick to the old ship. She
hasn't sprung leak as yet. Let 'em take
to the life-boat if they want to, but they'll
never git to shore. If that ship does 60 dowr
III take my chances on hen-coop."
"How are you Arp" says Colonel How
ard, land what do you think of the Grant
boom?"
"I've swore off" says I. "I'm not dealing
in political futures. My wife, Mrs. Arp, has
delicately turned my attention to materia
interests, and I'm going to see the Clemen
attachment"
"Who are going with your" said he.
"Well, there's Howell and Grady, ant
General Gordon, and Grady, and MIR. Kim
| hall and Ju1ua Henderson and Grady an(