The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-20

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E. B. MURRAY Co.
AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE.
More About the Work of the Clement At
tachment.
Editors Constitution: Some months ago,
you we're kind enough to publish an artl-
Gle of mine on the new cotton process,
spinning the thread from the seed, or
right from the field as it were. This
new enterprise is now attracting much
interest throughout the country, and as l
s am answering many letters of inquiry, L
will ask the indulgence of your widely cir
culating columns once more. / have no
personal or pecuniary interest in this
business whatever, except to make known
its extraordinary claims and its peculiar
adaptability to the wants of this section
of the country, especially to the hard;
working and poorely requitted tilier OF
the soil who, as class, really form the
basis of prosperity in every land, and
upon whose success the comfort of every
citizen in a large measure depends. l
believe it to be an established fact that,
with present. surroundings, there is but
little profit to the planter who sells his
cotton for less than ten cents per pound.
It is equally plain that with continual
increase in the product of this crop, that
there is but little prospect in the rise OF
the price, and yet cotton is the staple
crop of this section; cotton raising, IN
the main, is the money process OF the
country. 49, y
Then, if the premises taken are correct,
the inevitable conclusion must be that
our outlook for the; future is one afford
ingibut- little encouragement to the cot
ton! planter at least; in fact, to sum it all
up, &c. Just about amounts to this PROPOSE
ton, in subtraction, that two from two
Leaves naught; and is not this about
the true history iof the case as It now
stands - \ !,
IF the matter could only be reversed
and be made to work by the rule of null
t;plication instead. of subtraction, cthel
we might look forward with brighter e1-
pectations. s.,, Z, sr.,rS1fr se1
We now propose the'new "cottua pro.
cessn as the finger board to the reversal
that will change the proposition, bye and
bye, to an example more like this, three
times three make nine. lk& &C., LIZ
In manufacturing the thread from the
field, the country will realize the value
of two crops for one-double the amount
of money in one year. On the Other
hand, it will curtail very large portion
of the expenses of the. old plan, and BY
saving money we add 1t to the profit
side.
With proper judgment and organiza-
ton. one or more Clement attachments
could be run in each neighborhood, Ell
ther-bysirdividnal capitalists, .or.by stock
companies of the farmers themselves,
utilizing the water powers or steam as the
case may suit best. Connected with
each mill might be store or stores, and
grist mill; and other enterprises would
cluster around, post-ofice, school, church,
shops for mechanics, ETC.. ...,.-,-...r: 49,.
Common sense indicates that right in
the heart of great cotton bel5 within
a region ias healthy as this, anda climate
uneaualled, where labor may be congre-
gated as cheap and as effectively as any
spot in tae wide world, capital and ma
chinery must eventually move to the
material, as noturally as the waters,
though obstructed for time, must make
their way to the sea. ~.,,srl1.-x. !.
The new cotton process is soiyert, sim:
ple that women and boys can do most of
the work; in fact the machinery of the
Clement attachment understands its bus
mess so well that all it needs is to be fed
and helped q little. The cotton from
the field is poured into hopper, and af-
ter making its trip through the machine
ry, comes out ut the other end q beautiful,
indeed the very best of thread, and can't
saw how far the day is of, when it will
drop the garments themselves ready for
use.
The Westminster mill is the enterprise
of q young mechanic, j. V. Stribbling,
who induced his father, MIR. Stokes
Stribbling, and two of his neighbors, Mr..
Vernon and Mr.. Shelo, all farmers, TO en-
ter stock Company with himself They
selected q small creek, afording about
six-horse power, put up cheap frame
building, 25x50 feet, with two floors, and
bought the machinery consisting of one
cotton cleaner, one Clement attach
ment, 300 spindles, two reels, a bunch
and bale press Total cost, s., 800.
They employ one superintendent
younger brother of the proprietor J sew
en- girls and one boy, and here are the
results for the first twelve months:
LIABIIIrIEs.
r150, 900 lbs seed cotton at
23c...................-.... 81, Us w
Operations and conting-
ent eIpers ], ,5O0 w
RESOURCES.
$4,000 lbs yarn at &c.,. $500 90 -.
1000 pounds wasted ........ IA 90
5000 bushels cotton seed. 4S0 90
Net. profit. .....-..-a............: 81 1853 90
This mill has now been in operation
twenty-five months, with results highly
satisfactory to all the parties concerned.
The proprietors are receiving hundreds
of'letters of inquiry and many visitors,
all of whom, SIS far as / can fiud out,
came away under deep conviction.
There are already six mills using the
Clement attachment in successful oper-
alton, as follows:
Westminster, S., Westminster
Manufacturing Company, proprietors.
Anderson, S. C.-Harrison estate, pro-