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TIE n OBJECTION.

There never has been nor Can be
but one objection to the new process,
that is that on the first of January
an eight months supply, Of seed cot
ton must be held to run the mill un
till the next crop comes in. This
will continue to be the case SO loog
as Southern farmers remain slaves
to commission merchants, middle
men, spectators, Northern capital
lists ard manufacturers. In both the
old and new process some n
must hold this supply Of cotton, and
must be paid for 50 doing.;-.but it is
better for the manufactured to receive
this pay or lose the interest for three
OF four months, by which time he
can repay it with manufactured
goods, than to pay the gambler in
spots and futures fifty per cent for
holding it for hin-which was the
case last year. But as one Of the
many offsets to this only objection to
the rev process, Il will state what
l know to be true and what I think
will be entirely satisfactory to any
one except middle-men interested in
continuing the cotton bale system
that seed cotton, being in bulk from
eight to twelve months, enhances in
market value from II 10 2 cents per
pound (lint), absorption of oil from
the seed by The tIaue@:ts which gives
the staple a rich, creamy color, in
.creasing its weight and tracti)ily and
causing ia to work up with less waste.
Whilst baled cotton, standing the
same length of time, detriorates in
marked value irou l to II 'ents per
pound. becomes dry. seasoned and
brittle, losing on the average from is
to % pounds per bale lro.n drya3e,
and loses greatly from waste in De-
ing worked up in this dry state.
The International Cotton Ex-
change of London in 1876 or 1877,
resolved that %"cotton standing in a
compressed state sixty days was in
jured more than one class or grade
There are no half grades, and me
difference between grades or classes
is about &c per pound. The same
body also resolved that Whereas,
'he deduction of tsre for bagging and
lies in Europe caused complication,
etc. therefore be it resolved. that
hereafter th4 said iare he deducted
in The first po'cbase OF The cotton in
he couotry where it is grown.'
This Of course al not approved by
our national Pity cotton exchs
bot I have YET 10 see TIE farmer Who
does not believe he gels more for his
bagg'ng and ties than he paid for
them.
+. E. WHITFIELD, Sr.
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rayace and stealage, all the expenses,

yas and stealage, all the expenses,
speculations, &c., Of the guerillas Of
the South and tie great cotton kings
OF the North; also the expenses in
our seaport towns, where it is, or was
recompresse1 to be shipped to Eo-
rope, the expenses of the shipment,
aud the expenses after its e'clVal
there until it is sold to the maniac
turer. Now, if to all these you add
The expenses, profits, &C., of The
manufactured goods returned ihen
you will have some idea Of what
mildle men receive, and .what. the
new process will save, whea eneral-
ly adopted, to our impoverished but
still beloved South.
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Answer This,

Did you ever know any Iersan 10
be ID without inaction OF the Stom.
-TcN, Ii7er or kidneys, or did von ever
know one who was we'll when either
was c~bstructsd OF inactive and did
you ever know or hear Of any case Of
the kind hal Hop B!tters would not
cure.-Ask your neighbor this same
QUESTION. 2t 8.
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CoRINTE, MISS Dec. l6. 1879

CoR1NTH, MISS Dec. l6. 1879.
Editors Post and MewS:
Some FIVE years since, Bishop
Paine, of Aberdeen, Miss, called al
my Office in this place ard casually
remarked that he had recently seen
In Cincinnati some yarns of superior
strength and sheen, which had been
made directly from seed cotton by
some Middle Tennesseean whose
name he could not recollect. I be
came Immediately interested, for ]
Ia ct.npFGed such a thing during
tf@sSrsa5 os1ack ot15sktsA
full machinists, who were nearly all
in the army or in government ma.
chine shops. On the Bishops return
home he sent me the address OF
Lewis Tresband Clements, Of Smyrna,
Tenn, as the man who had invented
a new process of converting seed cot
ton directly into yarn.
l Immediately wrote to him and re.
ceived a prompt answer from jos. A.
Ridley, stating that Clements had &C
cideptaIly lost his l:fe some Two years
previous: that his machine was at
Pulaski, Tenn, wle.s it was made,
and had remained since Clements
decease-and appointed a day to
meet me there and show it to me.
THE FIRST MACHINE.
We met. l found the machine as
he had lett it. 1t had likely not
been opened Stnce=hia death, and was
deeply covered with dus:. On ex-
animation I did not exclaim but men
tally said Eureka" The result
was I became a third owner and
general agent for the other seventeen
owners of the patent which Clements
had taken out. I went to see B. B.
Smith, who had assisted Clements in
making his machine, and after con-
sultation it was determined TO make
some slight changes, which resulted
in the present attachment, which
was after the great originator Gle
ments." Smith in doing this secured
a patent connected with The at
tachment. After completing and fully
testing it Cat Pulaski where it was
made) with closed doors, I removed
it to this place, and on receipt Of
yarns from various factories. both
North and South, where l had sent
slivers made by the attachment to be
spun into yarns, all of the Northern
factories believed from the strength
and sheen of the silver, rove and
thread that it was some new kind of
silk cotton of long, fine staple lately
introduced in the South, when in
reality it was made of dirty, short
staple cotton grown in the mountins
around Pulaski. The yarns and ma
chine created great interest, and had
man. to see them. l became alarm
ed lest The machine should be i'm
proved on and patented by some one
te-the detriment of It's owners, and
had the card AMI attachment remov-
ell to a small factory m~achine-shop in
the mountains of North Alabama,
where I kept it twelve months, eS-
perimenting and securing other pat
ents, so as to cover the whole thing,
at the expiration of which time the
first mill was started at this
place, which was followed by mills
in Tennessee, South and North Caro-
lima. The Clements patent was for no
new invention, but for the combina,
ton of the principles of two ma
chimes that have been in use for
three .fourths ola century namely,
the gin and card, for converting seed
cotton by one operation, directly in
TO slivers. {
a DESCRIPTION. J
This nsuhige copsivts ST as-fgcA ?:
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The State Treasurer has paid out
during the month Of January ior in
tsle.t The SUN of Sal, l2i.92. Du
ring the same time lie paid ou5 on
warrants $4l,4l835. aggreg,ting
900 570 81
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A GREAT SIX PAGE WEEKLY.

Ni..o 1erys columns & ~".h rrgs-rhT
length aMY width OF the columns, ana
the Style oftype, give the WEEKLY NEWS
- larger quantity of reading matter than
any paper ever published in South Caro-
lima 20 increase in the price.
So 4 Year.
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NOTICE.

DESrROUS OF reti,ins fom active
business, I haved.spnsed of my in
terest i'll the tirm ofJohn NJ. Clark & Go.
to my s9ns, who will continue the bust
mass Of the old fen. Thanking my
friends foe their libcrakpatroRa@c during
the past many.yea,s, L ask q continuance
oil the same tor .the.new firm.
rSiyuedl JOHN NJ. CLARK.
Augusta. Ga, jan. ], 1850.
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Or We;

An educational ioua.~l i44s 2e.
acribes the. trouble a Frfsachmanaad.I
with the verb break !
II begin to. understand yanr.A all
guage better" said my French liend,
Mr.. Drl,ojs, to Inc ".but yotr lelbs
trouble ne still, y5u miz illst up
SO with propositions,
Il am sorry YOU fad t!eR so
Troublesome" was all hat | gould
say. >.
saw yoar friead Mrs. Narke-
son just now" he continued. "She
says she Intends to break down louise
keeping. AN fright there s.
Break up housekeeping, sa9must
have said
"0h, yes, I remember; brdk UP
housekeerins.'
WAY does she do thsiR' I
asked.
Because he. i2ai;a is JoEsn
into .
"Brokco Gowa."
Broken DOM? Ot, YES IAN ].
indeed, siac4 tie s"mzTrT75!S ~ oT0-
ken ur in our cit.
'Bc3ken out.
"sha TANKS she will leave i for .
few weeks
Evil sac leave her houSs asne ?"
No, she is &li;i:t II al be
bloken--brcker-ho 10 ! say
thaL?'
"Droken inio."
"Cerasiniy. il IA what me-: I; /"
say" .
us hsr so.i to be nauled %soon?"
"No, th~t engagement Is E1-ls'-
broken
Broken cf?'
yes, broken eff
"Ah, I had not heard lhat."
She is very sorry about II. EI'r
son only broke the ness down Il her
last week, Am l tight? Iamanx
ious to speak English well.
He merely broke the pe1s'; no
proposition this time"
at is hard to und rstana. That
young nan, har son, is Il iine ypung.
fellow; a breaker, | think"
"a broker, AMI a vely tise Sbung
fellow. Good,lay. I'd 4
So mach for the verb "lo brrak.
The name Of the new S,!.atorlirom
mississippi is james Z Ge1rge. The
V~ickshurs HeraW asserts .rhaLSs
conservative, and tta. in him "Mr.
Lamar viii receive al able and will
Ing coad utor in that poilcy Ct recon.
citation belween the sections Which
has been t:le Chief esd Of his.publis
services, and to The Importance Of
which all o;ler qa2slioGs have,been
uniformly suho:dmaleI by !in re-
ga dis 81 consequences IN he WY of
censure or cri;i ism at home. Senator
George has bee Chief Justice Of the
Mississippi Snrrems Court sinec3an-
uary. 1878. At csc time he vas re-
porter TO the Court, AID is author of
Georges Digest Of Mississippi Re-
lie was Chairman al The
State Democratic Executive Commit:
Tee in 1875. J
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The New South.

A Full History and Description Of
the Clement acknowledges
aud Facts Showing What 1t May Ac-
complish--It is Success,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-02-12

Prize Stnrios, by Southern Aulhnrs.
Chess Chronicle, Edited by I. l.. Orch
ard, ESQ, the Chess Champion OF the
South Agricultural Department. select
I'd from The hest Agricultural Periodic
ais in the United states. Latest te'e-
graphic,nows. Childre1's Stories, writ
ten expressly by Southe:n Authors for
Southern Boys and Girls. Gu; 'Ieston
City news-a record of tho Daily Life OF
the City OF Charleston, such az no othc.
paper can give, South Carolina State
news ONLY & 4 YEAR.
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THE COST.

The entire capital necessary for
the smallest size new process. mills,
including building and motive power,
is only $500, and will net a profit
of 80 to 80 per cent. per annum-see
report Of Westminster, South Carroll
ma. 1t saves all expense, loss, waste,
drayage, perquisities. general average
accounts, stealage, speculation, sc.
on cotton in transitu fr .m the field
to the factory, be thai distance Is or
$4,000 miles, as from India to Man
chester, England.
Take a bale Of cotton on a farm
near Corinth, Miss, and see the ex-
penses, etc, in sending it via Mem
phis to Boston, Massachusetts,. Haul
ing 10 Corinth, sampling, weighing,
deduction of from two to four pounds
from each bales actual weight, prof
its to purchaser, freight and iasur-
ance to Memphis, drayase to cotton
shed, storage and insurance, dress
commissions for selling,
general average accents, brokerage
for buying, dress boring, second
repair, drayase to com,
press, COMPRISING, drayage to steam
or or depot, freight and insurance 10
Boston, loss on bills of exchange, &c.
Fs these add waste, loss, damage,
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O.
1885 inches), is substituted fer the
licker.in and feed-rollers of the card;
its saws are seven inches in diameter,
with IA teeth to the inch, and re-
wolves from $50 10 200 times per
minute. The brush connected with
the saws is a cylinder covered with
bristles its periphery re%volves a
little faster than the saws, and has
also a traverse or horizontal motion.
The periphery ofthe card travels a
u Tile faster than that Of the brush a
feed liable is placed above the card
and connected with the attachment
by a chute, and gives a regular sup
ply Of seed cotton to tie attachment.
a STOP motion is U. ed to save vase
ia case of accident. These, with
a drawing between the dofer and
csllender r%ollets, 10 reduce the
silver to the ordinary work
Iog size, and a ian motion 10 re
ceive the silver, a.e all the changes
and conditions made in the card, and
there are none made elsewhere.
The seed cotton is spread upon the
endless apron of the feeder table,
and passes thence through The chute
into The attachment, where the lint is
removed from the seed, and whist
on the fine saw teeth (after passing
the ribs) passes through a set OF
combing plates, removes all extra
neous matter, and delivers the fla
ments to the brush, which. delivers
them to the card, and thence through
doffer, small drawing and calender
rollers, are delivered as perfect silver
into a revolving can.
By this process only four machine:
are necessary to convert any alnooo
of seed cotton INTO perfect yarns, viz:
card, as changed, drawing frame,
feeder, and spinning-frame it is
true a cleanser of seed cotton is used
as a preparatory machine; its size is
22s2Sx44 inches; cost, SIS; capac'-
ty, 5000 pounds of seed cotton per
day power necessary to drive, one
half of one horse.
The new process ~dispenses with
fully one half the building, machin-
cry, motive power and operatives
hitherto necessary to convert any
given amount of seed cotton into
yarns; causes the card, with the
same amount Of motive power, to do
five times as much wo'k saves one.
half The usual waste, and produces
stronger silver, rove and thread than
can be made of baled cotton, which
on account Of their extra strength,
seldom break or let down, thereby
enabling operatives to attend more
machinery and each machine 10 do
more work. The thread is equa! in
Grey respect to that made Of baled
cotton, fifty per cent. stronger and
more sbeeny.
The attachment s eercedes the
gin, press, and Impress, because
they are lnc--ded and only used, to
lender cotton t%rausporSable the viii
lower, Topper. .double-lopper. breaker
and four-6ftIs Of The cards, besause
they are only used to ny to remedy
the Injury done by the gin, press and
aonpress ;ifaapercedes the raiIYsy,
railway drawipg-head, also all jack
frames: ,lubbers, mules, twisters,
e%venets, &C., &C., simply becausathey
ale costly and unnecessary machines,
aud perfect thread can be made with
out them.
rs ADVANTAGE.
The reason why the card will do
FIVE times as much using seed cotton,
and same amount Of motive power,
as it did by the old process using
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Tie Annual Volumes Of HARrER's
BAZan, in pea: cloth binding, will be
sent by express, FREQ of expense pre-
vidnd i'm freight docs not rxcncd one
dollar per volume) for 81 each. y com
ple,e set. comprising Twelve Volumes,
sent on receipt of cash at the rate OF 50 %
per volutnc, freight 1T the expense cf
purchaser.
Cloth Cases FOR each volume, suitable
Tor binding. will he sent by mail, post
paid. ON receipt Of 81 each.
Remittances should be made by Post
Office Money Order or Draft, to avoid
chance Of loss. Address,
HARPER & BROTHERS,
New York.
ian. ~. 1850 tf6
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a Mammoth Newspaper.

With the first issue in January, 1880,
tho WEEKLY NEWS Charleston, S. c.,
will he enlarged by two additional pages.
It will then be
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-02-12

f. E. WHITFIELD, Sr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1880-02-12

A CERTAIN cure for Cough, Cold
Il m!d Group. Try q bottle !; price 90
cents 1T
PESN'S GpRUG sTGNE.
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lis

are not permitted to leave thu ma
cbinery, fly, or become tangled, but
are kept straight and parallel, and
carding is but Strengthening Of the
cotton 6laments. The saving of oue-
half the usual waste is because fresh
live cotton is used and The usual ma
chinery dispensed with. The extra
S; rength of the thread ard skein is
owing to the working ofihe cotton from
the seed, the oil of which has kept
it alive, light, elastic and Aexlb 2,
with all its alternating qualities per
feet and to ihe fact that it has new
err been mapped, cut o 'aoGled, by
The sin, pressed, compressed or per
mjtted to become dry, seasoned and
brittle in this tangled condition, nor
has it been injured by willower, lop-
per, double Topper, breaker and
cards, where the damage done by
the gin, press and compress are
sought to be ,enedied. But these
advantages ig,eat as they sre) are
not half that are claimed for the
new process" The ginning, bal
ing, baggipg and ties are saved, the
seed Insure 10 the manufacturers-no
loss from falsely packed cotton, no
strikes amoog operatives for it is
the poor mans factory. and his
daughters are the operatives.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-24
The Inventors.
Aad some Of the Queer Things They Arc
Getting Up.

Tho latest wrinkle in gas.meters
10 the patent of n Norfolk man, a
price. Indicator, showing in dollars
aud cents the amount due tor gas.
An automatic railroad switch
signal has been patented 10y - Hart
ford hotel clerk. Ii shows danger
when % switch is Displaced, and will
not right itself until the last OF the
indefinite number of switches to
which it may be attached has been
properly placed.
Clocks can now be made self
winding-that in, electric clock OF
the Copenhagen variety. Louis
SPmderberg, the Dane, in charge
OF them, applies to them II Ineclian'
ical cOntrivance which periodically
cuts OF the stream of electric fluid
from the battery, and brings IN
electro magnet to bear upon the re-.
Taxing handspring IN such n way
a. to renew it's tension instauta.
neOusly.
A young New Yorker has patent,
skate is an mir vessel made of zlnc
and herinetically scaled; il about
Ave feet in length, ten inches
broad aud five inches deep, with
vertical sides, and tnpers of tore
aud att, or ut the toe and heel, like
u steamboat. On ;he deck or up.
per surface there is u socket into
which the foot is set, the opening
being guarded by u rim of metal to
keep the water from washing INTO
the socket. The bottom is fitted
with double gang of automatic
paddles, one gang forward and the
other aft, with five blades in each
gang. The blades are set on saiv.
els ina frame ten inches square,
that hangs vertically with the bot
tom of the skate. AS the skate is
pushed forward through the water
the blades are opened and offer no
resistance, but when the foot rests
30 as To begin "a forward movement
with the other foot, the pressure
backward closes the blades aud
gives purchase on the water that
materially aids in propulsion. Each
skate weighs about eight pounds,
but in the water, owing Ia lis bnny
ancy, II has no pricrptihic weight
on the foot, One day the inventor
walked ACROSS the surface OF The
Harlem river on them, the move
ment being n sort ot gliding step.
in which the skate is not lifted out
Of the water.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-24
Automatic Wash Boiler.

THIS Invention of greatest Importance
/ To housewives IL now being introduced
throughout Claiborne and other parishes
by the undersigned.
This boiler Is blessing that will he
appreciated a- such in every home where
u may lie tiled. IL will thoroughly wash
- shirts IN - minutes, no matter how
much they are -nllrd. aud that too with.
out rubbing or pounding.
One woman, by this process, can wash a.
much III one hour ~ would rrquir. two
days ~ complete under the old plan. No
greater amount "f soap Is required.
IL Is the greatest invention "f the age
bccau~r " reduces fifty field the most
dreaded labor that falls t. the lot of our
wives aud daughters. One copper bot
TONED hoilci. with family right, will be
sold for Sll.
We refer, by permission. Ia j. IL SIM
mons, II. 4. Robinson. X. J. Hart. +. ;.
Sigh and Nrr, many others who have
tried this boiler.
Il. T.. THOMPSON,
V. '. THOMPSON.
Wards Mill
Sent ~ i-,n -.in
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-24
GUARDIAN.
InTAelI0s.

Two boats rocked on the river,
In the shadow Of leaf aud tree;
One Was in love with the harbor;
One IVES IN love with the sen.
The one that loved the harbor
The winds of fate outhore,
But held the other, longing,
Forever against tue shore.
The one that rests Oh the river.
10 the shadow Of leaf aud tree,
With wistful eyes looks ever
To the one far out nj sea.
The one that rides the billnw,
Though sailing fair aud fleet
Looks back to the peaceful r'"r,
To tho hArOor safe an west.
One frets against the qniet
o. the nI',-s- grow shaded shore;
One -igh- that IL may rnt-i
That harbor B.vrrnorc.
One w-aries of the dangers
OF the t-np-st's rage and vail
On- dreams amid the lilies.
or = far -oI snowy sail.
OF all that life can teach us
There's nnught al trur ~ this;
The winds 1T fate blow ever,
hut ever blow amis,. c.R.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-24
Louisiana State Lottery Company.

This Institution was regularly incorpor
raied hy the Legislature Of the State for
Educational and Charitable purposes in
l-6s. FOR The TERM or TWENTY-FIVE
YEARS, to which contract the inviolihl-
faith Of the state is pledged, which pledge
has been renewed hy an overwhelming
popular vote, securing its franchise IN the
new constitution adopted December 2'i, A.
ID. 1879, with Capital of sl0OO,OOo To
which il has since added reserve fund Of
sSO,mO. Its Grand Single Number Dis.
tributiOn will take place Monthly, on the
second Tuesday. II nerer scd'e' or po'tposes
Look at the following distribution:
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-24
HOMER MALE COLLEGE.

V,UE TWENrY.FlE>T SESSION will be-
gin the First uf september.
The Fall Term ends the I'D of December.
The Srring Term will hc.ln the 81 81 Jan
nary. and end the I'D al June, l-ei.
Tuition, =. aud : dollars per month,
pavnhlr At the end "i each month, uLlcss
ni her arrangements are made.
A liberal lrdurtiun for tnition paid in
ddrdnc' per term.
Contingent Zee Il per tenn paid on the pm
pills entrance.
Board, including tights and fuel, Sl3 per
month ia private families.
Board at the COLLEGE. ihciudlng washing,
fnrl and rniIinu. nom II to Ii dollars per
month. payable monihiy in qdrance-lo per
cent. allowed for payments III advance per
term. Address
K. 4. SMITH, Pres.
July ~, l--o. 4-;y
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-24
NEW SALOON.

THE PUBLIC AND MY FRIENDS ARE
/ informed that have removed III, Bar
acros. the street. To- ia, building formerly
occupied by J. G. Drew, on the Southeast
corner of the Pdhlic Square, where Will
supply the wants of all who call on nir,
with the PrRE>r WINES and LIQUORS
ever sold in Ilomrr-Fiu- Ciga's III low
pricrs-thr best BEER made III the Cni-
ted States. and everything usually Kept in
a well regulated Saloon.
shall he grateful for all patronage cx-
tended To me. MARTIN NALLE.
Feb. l. ESQ. ID
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-11-24
Upholstery and Mattress.
Making.

THE undersigned Announce. to the people
/ Of Clniborne parirh that he is engaged
in the UPHOLSTERY business in all it's
branches FurnitWrr r-pairr,l. cleaned and
varpished. MATTRESSES made to order;
old ones rsrsisrA and worked over.
Shop ON Moth Main street. in rear Of
A. W. Bsrrswb ete~.
80 yvLU-e IAHNHpI.p.