Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-04-15

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jeoted and cheap cottous that could bo
bought there might be run to q great od-
vantage snd profit 10 tho owners. rather
think.
sEoRoEs, COULD DE USED To,Do COARSE
YARN WORK
think that they oouldbe trained to make
very fair goods. don't think the labor
would be much cheaper than with white
operatives. We give our operatives good
wages aud take cafe Of their morals. If
you take our people at Piedmont and oom-
pare theirmoralsWitla any other class of people
similarly situated, tho comparison will be
very favorable to our people here. We get
our labor from the natives living around iu
the neighboripg county"
The stock Of the Piedmont Company, with
the exception Of 100000, is held ia this
State, and 146, 900 Of it is held in Char!es-
ton.
Westminstcr tThc Clement At.
tacAment.) NIill
Having made personal visit to tho cot.
ton factories of tho Stato aud having in
conversation with tho manufacturers them.
selves received opinions unanimously
adverse to tho praooabiity Of establishing
"The Clement Attachment" with nuy rea--
sonable prospect OF profit to those engaging
In the enterprise, thought it would be
valuable to those who arc discussing this
matter so generally in this State aud out nf
It, to have placed before them not only the
objection which the largo manufacturers
make to tho "New Process Machine" hut
also tho answers to these objections which
the agents aud advocates of the Clement
Attachment urge 10 its favor, together with
my own impressions and calculations, based
upon personal inspection Of tho process.
Accordingly boarded tho Air Line Rail
road at Grconvic, aud after ride of
about fifty miles I arrived ut the town of
Westminster, which is
IN ocoNEE, 0 MILES FROM TIE GEORGIA
For some time previous to arriving at the
station | became aware from the conversa-
tipn Of party of gentlemen iu the car that
I was not tho only pilgrim in search of
"Hho Clement Attaohmcnt," and when the
train stopped three gentlemen stepped out
with mo. | was in tho act of inquiriug
somethipg about The location Of the mill
when ono of the party, who seemed TO tc
oldest, saved mo the trouble by asking tho
station master if he could tell him, "whcre.
nbouts was that "IlittIc Spinning JinnyY
We were told That "rhc Westminster
Mills" were located about two miles off,
and that hack conld be procured after we
had gonc up to he "tntcl" and taken break.
fast. There is perhaps nothing which serves
so soon to break down the barriers of cti-
quette and place mcn on terms of intimacy
Us q mutual hunt for a meal in country
village in upper South Carolina y small
house was pointed out to us, about n quarter
of mile down tho railroad track, which
was distinguished by having two chinncys,
one at each cnd, in oontradstnction to the
other houses Of the place, which had one
chimney in the middle. This was the
"H Hotel" In f,ct, Westminster has become
famous 80 rapidly that there has not been
time to erect a more CONNEXIONS building
for the reception of guests. Before wc had
gone ten steps found that my companions
were Mr.. Holmes Harden. of Chester, the
President of the Chester and Lcnor Rail
road; Mr.. Osnnn Barber, tho representative
in the Legislature from Chester, and Mr.. |
Z. II. Barber, Of Rock IIiil was in
formed by them that they had como to cx-
amino the '.machno"
WITH A TO ESTABLISHING FACTORIES
in their localities Upon arriving at the
hotel | met another pilgrim. He had
arrived the night before aid was from
Bremond, Texas. Io introduced! himself
sa Mr. u, 7. Hayes, of the firm of
White q Hayes, proprictors of large |
cotton gins in Central Texas. lie had
'omc, he said, to make personal cxamina.
ion of the Clement Attachment in the
interest of several capitalists who would
upon his verdict determine whether they
would establish several f,ctorics near Bre.-
nond. Mr.. Hayes gave un amusing account
Of his chase after tho Attachment lie
first went to Memphis where lie was in
formed that one Of the machines was in
operation. He arrived thcro Just in time
% SEQ tho remains of the factory being
carried of to Alabama. lie then went to
Corinth, Miss, and found the machine, but
,s bad luck would have it, it was not in
operation. Eo then heard of the West.
minister Mill, and came on down with
half formed conviction that he would SEQ
this one riso up and fly away as soon as he
got near. Mr.. Hayes said to me with on
anxious look, "Well, think l have COR
nercd it at last, but will not be sure until !
get my hand on it," l mention these
fnots to show tho great interests which has
recently sprung up among the people
ALL OVER TIE SOUTHERN STATES
concerning this littlo machine, aud the sur
prising difficulty experienced by those
desiring to examine it in getting the oppor.
tunity to do SO.