The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1881-04-15

''Nli' hS Sopl us VIC WcTC lulOTtncu
this, Miller employed David Bradic Mitch.
ell, of Savannah, to bring suit against Ball
and Fort. The suit was brought in the
District Court of the United States, aud af.
ter considerable delay it was tried in Savan-
nah before Judge William johnson, one of
the Judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Ball employed Peter Eariy,
of Wilkes County, to defend the case 1t
was ably argued on both sides, for these two
men were men OF great abilities, and dec
ly read in the law. The decision was against
us and we lost our patent.
"lt was terrible blow upon me, but Mil
Ter, think. was more affected by it than
was. In short time thereafter Ball aban
doned the cabinet business and commenced
the making of gins. Cotton planting now
innraasal- ,,i.ll l.---i -i-.l----i-.---;-------e
tobacco and indigo declined quite as fast
These two industries were materially
affected by the cultivation of indigo in
Gumcmala and tobacco in Virginia and
Naryland and We're cc"sing to be profitable
when the gin was invented. | met with
much sympathy from the people, who felt
| was entitled to the invention, and should
reap the reward Of the originator of Il great
ly useful machine. Sympathy was my only
reward from Georgia, but South Carolina
generously donated me $50 900. and this is
really the only benefit ever derived from
the invention"
At the time received this narrative
from Mr.. Whitney he had in New Haven
a gun shop, and he was experimenting upon
improvements he had made in fire. c.arms.-
This never came to anything. This was in
1920, but he realized considerable money
from contract for furnishing arms to the
United Stltcs.
Eli Whitney was born in Massachusetts
on the Sth of December, 1864, and died in
New Haven, Connecticut, on the Sth of
January. 1925. lie was libcraly educated
which was due alone to himself for he
taught school to obtain the means TO carry
him through college, and he did not grad
uatc until he was considerably advanced in
life. Immediately after graduating he came
to Georgia. lie was then in the twenty
ninth year Of his age, having arrived in
Savannah in 1773 This was very soon
after the introduction of the green seed or
short staplcd cotton into the United States
Previous to that time that cultivated for
market WAS the sea island or long staplcd,
black seed cotton. This latter had been.
as it is now, ginncd by the roller gin, which
would not gin the green seed. This variety
grew luxuriantly away from the influence
Of the sci brccZ., which was essential to the
production Of the long st"picd. 1t was, too,
| better adapted to dnues,ie purposes, because
it was spun with more facility, aud made a
coarscr web, and more enduring one, anil
was suited for clothing, to the wants of the
laboring classes, and the common uses OF
the people generally.
The first mention of cotton to be found
is in the writings Of IIcrodntus, about $50
years before the birth of Christ. Cotton
cloth was introduced from India into Rome
and Greece before the Christian era 1t
was applied by Ec:es, in Sicily. for the
vcring Of boats, and as tents, aud for the
later purpose was used by Julius Cesar
1t is supposed to have originated in Arabia,
and thence found its way to India and
China This is snpposition. 1t seems in
some variety or ether to have been indigo
nous to all tropical countries. 1T is certain
it was found in the West India Islands,
and, in some varieties, in South America
1t is n common c:rrr to suppose all created
n,;r ~ .;r,lo croa,;on anI ,rhom u.o
have any ono limo in rho animal or vcrot,.
blc kinGl,n tn , n,;nt wLnr. j. !. nn, Grs,
seen or known wc ot onco oscr;ho ;,s or
,hn;r or;a;r 70 ,h,, n,;,t w. oomn.r, c,n,a,
inc ,h,t Tho no,ycr r. crc,,c cnulL nrnjnco
many rs we'll rs ono and lnc,tc ihosc -,
| pleasure over the globe.
| The green seed cotton was found grow
bean sea and on tho B,h,mos From ,hcso
| isl,oJ, :, wo, ;,tro,1,,nod ;,,,, a., J.,';,,1
S,,tns and IN thn nro.rnss nr :,s on,,;,a,;on
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1;ff.yon, n,r,s NJ tho wnrIl rio lnr, .,a'