The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-31
THE CLEMENT .Ir1,.4CXMENr.

Cotton Yarn Direct from the seod-A Saving
In Labor and nn Improvement In Fibre--
Simple, Cheap and Convenient.
Condensed from the News and Courier.
"Thc Clement Attachment" is u
little machine which it is claimed will
rcyolutionize the Southern cotton
business and build up the broken for
tunes of tho Cotton States. Since the
perfection of the invention muoh has
been written concerning its capnbili-
ties, its manner Of operation and the
important work that it is destined to
do in the recupcration of tho South.
The subject Of its introduction in
many Of the Southern States has been
extensively agitated, and in this State,
as we'll as elsewhere, committees have
been appointed by the agricultural
societies of several counties to prepare
statistics and report, in order that it
may be determined whether or not
the machine can be put into operation
with reasonable prospects Of making
the enterprise pay. At Westminster,
S. c., OH the Air Line Railroad, one of
the mills has been in operation for
some time, the success of which will
be more fully shown hereafter. It
will, therefore, be Of much interest to
the State at large at this time to have
the subject presented in all it's details,
and with this end in view we publish
the following complete description of
the machine, with such other matters
relating to its operations as will be Of
interest:
"TIIE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT
is a small cotton gin used by tho yarn
top flat cotton-card for converting
differs from the plantation gin in the
following, viz: The saws are smaller
and are set closer together on the saw
the brush is smaller and more thickly
set with bristles, the saws and brush
both run much slower, and the brush
runs but little faster than the saws.
1t also has peculiar moter or set of
notes and trash from the lint as it is
taken from the seed. The seed cotton
is cleaned Of all dust, grit, and much
leaf trash and notes before it is passed
to the attachment, by a small and in
expensive machine called tho cotton
cleaner. It occupies space Of only for
ty by forty by forty-eight inches. The
size of tho gin is regulated by tho size of
the card with which it is to be con-
nected. The extreme dimensions Of a
gin for a thirty-six-inch card arc
eighteen by eighteen by fifty-six
inches. tits framed to fit the frame
Of the card, in place Of the ncker-in
and lap-roll, as used in the old method,
which entities it to the appellation
attachment" The Clement attach.
ment, therefore, is simply tho .planta-
Improved by Clement and others that
it works in direct connection with the
manufacturers card. 1t gently re-
moves the lint from the seed without
breaking or naping 1t, and transfers II
slow brush, without tangling, in ex-
act proportion to the capacity or re.
quirements of the card-no con-
densing, no tapping. Il at once dis.
penses with all opening or tapping
machinery, and forms new process
Of manufacturing, whereby seed cot
ton is made directly into silver. The
; silver Is then made into yarn by the
usual method.
4 After describing the old process Of
spinning from baled cotton, the .Neto,
and Coat1ier says:
cotton process. The first operation
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