Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-11-06
The farn1 aud fireside.
ANIMPORTANT ENTERPRISE.
MORE ABOUT THE WORK OF THE CLEMENT
ATTACHMENT.

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were kind enough to publish an article of
mine on the new cotton process, spinning the
thread from the cotton in the seed, or right
from the field as it were. This new enter
prise is now attracting much interest through
out the country, and as am answering many
letters of inquiry, I will ask the indulgence of
your widely circulating 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
poorly requitted tiller of the soil who, as a
class, really form the basis of prosperity in
every land, and upon whose success the com.
fort of every citizen in large measure de
pends. I 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. 1t is equal
ly plain that with a continual increase in the
product of this crop. that there is but little
prospect in the rise Of the price, and yet cot
ton is the staple crop of this section cotton
raising, in the main, is the money process of
the country.
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inevitable conclusion must be that our out
look for the future is one affording but little
encouragement to the cotton planter at least ;
in fact, to sum it all up, it just about amounts
to this proposition, in substraction, that two
from two leaves nought; and is not this about
the true history Of the case as it now stands
If the matter could only be reversed and
be made to work by the rule of multiplica-
ton instead of satisfaction, then we might
look forward with brighter expectations.
We now propose the new "cotton process
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.
In manufacturing the thread from the field
the country will realize the value of two
crops for one-double the amonnt Of money
in one year. On the other hand, it will cur
tail very large portion of the expenses of the
old plan, and by saving money we add it to
the profit side.
With proper judgment and organization, one
or more Clement attachments could be run in
each neighborhood, either by individual capl
talists, 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-of6ce, school, church, shops for
mechanics, etc.
Common sense indicates that right in the
heart of great cotton belt, within region
as healthy as this, and climate unequalled
where labor may be congregated as cheap
and as effectively as any spot in the wide
world, capital and machinery must eventually
move to the material, as naturally as the
waters, though obstructed for time, must
make their way to the sea.
The new cotton process is so very simple
that women and boys can do most of the
work in fact the machinery of the Clement
attachment understands its business so well
that all it needs is to be fed and helped a
little The cotton from the field is poured
into hopper, and after making its trip through
the machinery, comes out at the other end a
beautiful, indeed the very best of thread, and
can't say how far the day is off, when it
will drop the garments themselves ready for
| use.
The Westminster mill is the enterprise Of
young mechanic, j. V. Stribbling, who in
duced his father, Mr.. Stokes Stribbling, and
two of his neighbors, Mr.. Vernon and Mr.
Shelo, all farmers, to enter stock company
with himself They selected small creek,
aHording about six-horse power, put up a
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, bunch and
bale press. Total cost, $500.
They employ one superintendent (younger
brother of the proprietor), seven girls and one
boy, and here are the results for the first
twelve months:
| LIABILITIES
$50, 900 lbs seed cotton at 23c..$4, l25 90
Operations and contingent ex-
$5,625 OF
| RESOURCES.
! 46, 900 TBS yarn at l5c..."..."".... 800 OO
| $500 pounds wasted.............. IA w
5000 bushels cotton seed.."..... 450 90
7.4s4 OF
Net profit. Sl ,S59 VI
This mill has now been in operation TWEEN
ty-two 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, as far as
can find out, came away under deep convic'
ton.
There are already six mills using the Glenn
ent attachment in successful operation, as