Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-08

AN' wv "aSoo iotoa hopper, anQ
passes up on an endless belt to second story
wbeuce it is fed into three 70 saw self.
feeding gins. From there It passes to the
baling press. The seed passes out from the
gins on belt to small room adjoining
from which BY means of q trap door ar.
raogcment it's deposited back into the
farmers wagon Which in tho mean time has
been driven beneath tho trap door. BY
tho time the planter can get his seed and
drive around to tho back door the cotton is
already pressed ond baled for him. Last
year tho company ginncd 700 bales and this
year they have ginned over 1900 bales.
The timo occupied is Is minutes to each
bale. Tho company has also in operation
upon the same place
A ACoTToN BATTING MILL
which turns out about $500 pounds a
month. A wool cardipg mill is also at
tached, 10 which 5000 to 10000 pounds of
wool is carded for the country people. A
largo saw and planning mill is also in full
operation, and is kept continually busy.
The Profits arising from these several in
dustries were not included in the statement
concerning tho profits of the factory.
Tweoty additional hands are employed in
these several departments. Mr.. Twitohell,
with whom | copversed, gave it as his
opinion that the negro was not apt enough
to learn tho business properly. The whites
would not work in the same room with a
negro, and as mos, of the work was done
and paid for by tho piece, tho labor if
mixed must necessarily give very unsatis
factory results.
for cotton manufactures in this State he
considers better than it he's been for Eve
years. There is steady aud increasing
homo demand, no accumulation of stocks
and good export demand. The State
exemption from taxation on all new mill
property hc thought would prove great
indacement to capitalists to establish now
factories.
THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT,
Mr.. Twitchel said, he thought, might be
used to advantage by two or three planters
to use up their own cotton, but it would never
amount to anything more. 1t only dis
pensed with QUO intermediate machine, and
the storage room required for the seed cot
ton would be enormous. II don't think it
will succeed" he said, "but if it does it
will not hurt the large manufacturers one
particle"
Upon the point of the relative cost of
water power Mr.. Twitchel said: alt de
pends entirely on the situation. l believe
that
A MILL COULD BE RUN IN CHARLESTON
by steam just as cheaply as wo run ours.
Charleston has a cotton market all the year
round, whilo we have to buy up all we ueed
for the year before it gets out of tho coun-
try"
The goods manufactured at Glendale arc
hauled to Spartonburg in wagons and ship
ped from that poiut principally to New
York, Boston aud Chicago The demand
for the goods Is much greater than the
ability to supply.
The factory building is a very handsome
a,ructure of rcd brick, four and half
stories high and l3O by 80 feet in dimcn-
sions i, was originally started in 1867
aud vas under tho management If j
Bomar g. Co. Mr. Bomar died in 1870,
aud after his death it was sold to the
present owners The success has been so
gratifying that new company to be known
as the Clifton manufacturing company has
been organized, with Mr. Converse as Pres
idcnt, Mr.. James Anderson Vice President,
and a. H. Twitchcll Secretary und Treasu
fer.
The purposn Of the company Is ~ first
start a compact yarn mill Of S ,000 spindics |
aud then open the books for subscription to
a larger enterprise Of the same kind. The |
capltnl required to start tho first mill is
Sl25 600, 100000 of which has been
This entire subscription was
made within ten duys, and tho whole of the
stock IS held in the county of Spartanburg.
If this adventure is successful, a factory of
10000 spindles and 800 looms will be es
tabIishod. The factory will be located on
the Pacolct River, ut pace known as Hur
rcano Shoals. Tho work will be commenc.
cd by the first of April next
Gas far as [ am concerned" said Mr..
Twitche'I, 81 would put my last dollar in
cotton manufactures in this State. When the
Northern mills ,0cre iesing money zoe ,o~re
mahing money, and no,o aOhilc everything
IS booming upward aoc are of course
making handsome profts.'
Everything at Glendale botokcns good
and prosperity. Tho opera
tivcs arc said TO TO an orderly, thrifty set,
who have laid up considerable money, and
iu somo cases have bought land in the
vicinity.
The Fingerville Factory.
This is very small factory, owned by
Mcssrs. Johnson Il Finger, and is located
on tho Pacolet River, about ten miles from
Spartanbnrg County. It has in operation
900 snindlcs 10 anrds md I 3 loomo o,5