The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-01-10
THE NEW SOJTTH

ffastorS Post and News.
some five years since, Bishop Paine, of
Aberdeen, Miss, called at my office in
TINS place and 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. / became immedi-
ately interested, for had attempted such
thing during the war and failed for lack
of skillful machinists, who were nearly
all in the army or in government machine
shops. On the Bishops return home he
sent me the address of Lewis Tresband
Clements, of Smyrna, Tenn, as the man
who had invented new process of con-
verting seed cotton directly into yarn.
| Immediately wrote to him and re-
ceived prompt answer from DR.. Jas. A
Ridley, stating that Clements had acct
dentally lost his life some two years pre-
vious; that his machine was at Pulaski,
Tenn, where it was made, and had re-
NAMED since Clements decease-and APP
pointed day to meet me there and show
it to me.
THE FIRST MACHINE.
We met. found the machine as he
had left it. 1t had likely not been opened
since his death, and was deeply covered
with dust. On examination / did not ex-
claim but mentally said Eureka" The
result was became a third owner and
general agent for the other seventeen
owners of the patent which Clements had
taken out. | went to see B. B. Smith,
who had assisted Clements in making his
machine, and after consultation it was de.
termined to make some slight changes
which resulted in the present attachment
which was called after the great origina.
tor elements" Smith in doing this Sc
cured a patent connected with the at
tachment. After completing and fully
testing it lat Pulaski where it was made)
with closed doors, removed it to this
place, and on receipt of yarns from vari-
Gus factories, both North and South,
where had sent slivers made by the at
tachment 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 introdu-
ced in the South, when in reality it was
made of dirty, short staple cotton grown
in the mountains around Pulaski. The
yarns and machine created great interest
and had many to see them. | became
alarmed lest the machine should be inn
proved on and patented by some one to the
detriment of its owners, and had the card
and attachment removed to a small fac
tory and machine shop in the mountains
of North Alabama, where kept it twelve
months, experimenting and securing other
patents, SO as to cover the whole thing, at
the expiration of which time the first
mill was started at this place, which was
soon followed by mills in Tennessee,
South and North Carolina. The Glenn
ems patent was for no new invention, bur
for the combination of the principles of
two machines that have been in use for
three fourths of a century; namely, the
gin and card, for converting seed cotton,
by one operation, directly into slivers.
A DESCRIPTION.
This machine consists of a 36-inch top
fiat, self-stripping card, the attachment
(Which IS diminutive gin ISx3o
inches), is substituted for the licker-in
and feed rollers of the card; its saws are
seven inches in diameter, with II teeth to
the inch, and revolves from 100 to 200
times per minute The brush connected
with the saws is cylinder covered with
bristles; its periphery revolves little fas-
ter than the saws, and has also traverse
-
the card travels little faster than that of
the brush; feed table is placed above
the card and connected with the attach
ment by chute, and gives regular sup
ply of seed cotton to the attachment. A
stop motion is used to save waste in case
of accident. These, with small drawing
between the doffer and calender rollers,
to reduce the silver to the ordinary work
| ing size, and a can motion to receive the
silver, are all the changes and additions
made to the card, and there are none
made elsewhere.
The seed cotton is spread upon the end
less apron of the feed table, and passes
thence through the chute into the attach
ment, where the lint is removed from the
seed, and whilst on the fine saw teeth (af-
ter passing the ribs passes through set
of combing plates, which removes all ex-
traneous matter, and delivers the filaments
to the brush, which delivers them to the
card, and thence through the doffer, small
drawing and calender rollers, are deliv-
| cred as perfect silver into revolving can.
By this process only four machines are
necessary to convert any given amount OF
seed cotton into perfect yarns, viz, card,
as changed, drawing frame, speeder, and
spinning frame; it is true cleanser OF
seed cotton is used as preparatory ma
chine; its size is 22x2Sx44 inches; cost
Szs; capacity, 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, machinery, motive
power and operatives hitherto necessary
to convert any given amount OF seed cot
ton into yarns; causes the card, with the
same amount of motive power, to do five
tines as much work; saves one-haif tint
| usual waste, and produces stronger sliye
rove and thread than can be made of balet
: COTTON. which. on account of their extr;
: strength, seldom break or let down
thereby enabling operatives to attent
t more machinery and each machine to o.
1 more work. The thread is equal in ever.