Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-03-17

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1t may be said in connection with these
mills, that they are the only establishments Of
the kind in the State that manufacture color
ed hosiery yarns. Six large vats and eight
tubs are used, and the dyeing is done in the
raw material and in the skein. The process
adds ten per cent. to the value of the yarn,
which meets with ready sale in the South.
In conjunction with this department is also a
bleaching room, with all the necessary ma
chinery for making bleached goods. From
the waste, the company also makes large
quantities of white, brown and colored wrap
ping twine and rope, which also meets with a
ready sale, and goes very far to reduce the
per centage of loss by waste in the process OF
manufacture.
Another very useful and profitable depart.
ment which is attached to the factory, is the
department for covering the rollers which are
used in the process of drawing and doubling
the silver. The expense of having this work
done at the North is quite an item in the ex.
penses of cotton mill. The Camperdown
Mills do their own roller covering as well as
the same class of work for other factories.
The Pendleton Manufacturing Company.
This cotton factory is situated three and a
half miles from the Town of Pendleton, on
"Twenty.three Mile Creek" and is within
easy distance of the Blue Ridge Railroad.
The mill is owned by Col. A. j. Sitton and
j. W. Norris, Esq. Col. Sitton is the presi.
dent of the company, H. P. Sitton is secre
tary and treasurer, and, and B. F. Wilson is
superintendent. The factory is constructed
of red brick and is two stories high. The
main building is $50 by so feet, and the ma
chine shop and packer room is rs by % feet
The mill was built in 1888, and was run by
company, of which Mr.. B. F. Sloan was
president, up to 1866. 1t was then bought
by Messrs Grady, Hamilton and Perry.
This corporation was dissolved, and the mill
fell into the hands of Mr. Perry, who organ
lied the Pendleton Manufacturing Company,
and operated the mill under that name.
The company was unsuccessful and failed.
The bondholders bought it in and ran it for
fifteen months, and then it was sold to Col.
Sitton and Mr. Norris for Sl0,350. The mill
has been put in good repair by its present
owners, and the machinery has been renew
ed with all the latest improvements. The
capital invested is $4,000. The capacity
of the mill is 1900 spindles. The consump-
ton of raw cotton for the month ending
24th of january, was 23,767 pounds. The
production during the same time was
22,l18 pounds Of bunch yarns and chain
warps from No. to No. ~. The waste
in the process of manufacture was 1,649
pounds, which is only 6 9 per cent.-a less
waste than any other mill in the State
shows. The cost of the cotton for the same
month was 1868 cents per pound, or total
cost of s2,53S.31. The total expense for
the month, including operatives wages, sala.
ries and supplies, were s23O.18 The yarn
manufactured sold for from % to 23s cents
per pound, or an average of % cents per
pound. The gross receipts, therefore, for the
production during the month were 81 866 81.
The total cost Of manufacture was $2,768.49,
and the net profit for the month was $2,09S.37.
This is a magnificent showing, and if the
same rate of profits continue throughout the
year the capital will double itself. Ofcourse
the expenses Of shipment, insurance, drayage
and commissions must be deducted from the
profits as given above, but placing those
expenses at the very highest figures, they will
not amount to more than Is per cent;
and on the other side there were receipts
from bagging and ties and sweepings and
notes which would swell the profits.
The mill is now engaged in working off an
order for lot of 4 and 81 yarns, which will
keep them working for six months. The
cards are run from 6 A. NJ. to IL o'clock
midnight in order to keep the spindles sup.
piled.
The factory employs so operatives, three.
fourths Of whom are females. Spinners re.
ceive 40 cents per day, and the highest price
paid per day for any operative sSl.75. These
operatives are accommodated in 80 tenement
houses, which are owned by the company,
and are furnished rent Free Two hundred
persons are dependent upon the factory for
support. The water force employed is 63
horse power applied to two Lefel turbine
wheels.
The profits of the factory for the last year
have been invested in new machinery and i'm
provements, and the property is now valued
at $4,000. The per centage of profit for the
year was over 20 per cent. on the capital IN
vested
As to the prospect for the establishment of
manufactures in this State, Col. Sitton, with
whom | conversed stated that he had been
working his mill since last April under con-
tract For the Is months previous to that
time it was pretty hard to get along. Now
they were always behind hand in their work.
"Ihe demand for our goods" said COL Sit
ton, "is unprecedented, and for the next five
years, at least, there is a great deal Of money
in the business. The revival of trade all over
the country helps us, and there is not day
that do not have to decline orders"
About the Clement Attachment, Col. Sit
ton said 81 have never seen one OF the ma
chimes. I have seen the yarn and it is good.
| have nothing to say against the quality OF
the goods, but if any practical man will read
the statements made by the agents of the
machine, he will see that they are not prepared
accurately. For instance they claim great
saving from the fact that the planter need not
bale his cotton, while the truth is that the
planter makes money on all the bagging and
ties he uses. He pays Sl.25 for them and gets
S2.l0 on every bale for the additional weight.
Another objection l have to it is that l am
told that it does not gin clean. If this is so,
the percentage of waste must be very great.
They can't work their waste over like We can
portion Of it, by running it through the
cards again, because they can't get it to the
cards without running it through the gin, and
it won't go through the gin without the seed.
III my opinion the only use it will be found
profitable to put it to, is to work up the cot.
ton on small plantation. They say that
they consume 500 pounds of seed cotton and
turn out 100 pounds of yarn per day. There
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