The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-08-25
A New and Important Industry.

A New and Important Industry.
Now that public attention. ha- been il
| rcCtod III Charleston t. the rr;"tIcabiity
OF establishing manufactures. there - ev-
| cry indication that great progress VIII DC
| made in this direction within the next
| five wears The sucrcsl Of the Charles
| ton tagging Factory - known 10 Tie
| public the foundations Of the ni!l"of III"
| Charleston Cotton Manufacturing Com
| panv arc being laid, aud the Announce
rncnt iS now made OF the establishment.
| q: Cotton Seed OI! mill. The projec,
| has been under adviscnicrt for some
, time. but WAS carefully withheld from
| the public until all the plans We're deter
mined upon The company, however.
| has lecn formed, all the stock taken. and
| application has been uIllr Ia the Clerk
OF the Court to-day for "a charter fer the
company III accorlanrc with the pipyis-
ions Of law. Col. John :. Fairly is the
president. and Mr.. Arthur Middleton the
secretary and treasure: of the new COM
pany The Stockholders are all well
known business men OF this city, OF re-
cOgnizcd ability, and enjoy the entire
confidence of the community The pres
idcnt oi the ncw company expresses con
fdcucc III the hope that the mill will be i'll
operation carly next November The COM
I,any has secured a very eligible site Oh
Shipvard Greek, next north Of the En-
wan Phosphate Company. where tho
buildings will soon be erected
1nE PROCESS OF MAKING "orr"> SEED
OIL.
cotton seed. when hauled 10 the mill-,
| il ccN erc1 with short lint which the cot
ton gin cannot take OF. Is the SANS are
not close enough together. Tbc seed is
first put in q scrct of cylindrical form
| and the dust s.ited ont, then it is wiz
moved or famed against II screen. 80 that
dirt and heavy substances fall from It.
| The close set gins are then used to .crapc
| the lint from I'll" seed. The seed then
goes into cylinder containing cyi:ndrl-
| cal knives and as this cylinder revolvc,
| the seed is cut up very fine, after which
| the hulls are separated from the meal.
| The meal ~ pressed between rollers and
put in woollen bags, which are placed
| between horse hair mats having leather
| backs. f;utcd inside so that the oil can
| escape easily when the meal is put
| i'll the press. The meal is Subjected to :,
| Hydraulic pressure OF no tons. Ihe bags
| are LETT iii press about seventeen minutes.
| The oil runs OIL and the meal is pi cssed IN
TO a solid cakcoil cake. This oil is pump
| I'd intc room, called the oil room, and
either barrclcd in II cru,ie state or refined.
1t is refined by treating il with caus,ic
| soda. In refining the deposit falls to the
| bottom. and the refined oil amounts 10
| about - per cent. of the crude.
| The first product derived from this
about 3 per "nEt Of crop--tlat is the
country gin takes O. per cent Of the crop
and the seed retains 3 per cent, which
the mills secure. The cotton is very
white and clean but very short, and tho
best of it sells at six cents per pound 1t
is used TO make cotton batting and the
shortest fibre as paper stock. The crop
of tho oil mills amounted, il is said tO
500 bales last year
Second. Tnc huil> constitute abou,
l,..ls a
fuel to run the mill. and thus the mills
need 10 buy but very little coal. Tho
ashes make n valuable fertilizer, and
they arc also l"ached for the purpose o.
Obtaining I've TO make soap.
Third The oil amounts In about l.. .0OO
600 gallons i'll the United States. and
about l0,V000o gallons are yearly eX
ported To Europe, where it is used Il
adultcratc olive oil. Three gallons ofcot.
ton seed oil and one of olive oil ma!,
four gallons OF the average olive oil. ant
tho cotton oil can hardly be detected.
The question naturally arises, if W,
have to cat olive oil which is made froir
cotton seed, would it not be well iui
nome manufacturers To prepare it ant
not allow the consumer to pay two
trcightS across the Atlantic.
Fourth The oil rake is of IL rich yellow
color, and is used principally to fcct
stock. for which use it is ground and fe,
like corn meal. II is shipped in sacks
each weighing 200 pounds. 1t is also
most valuable fcrtiiizing agent. Expert
ments made by leading farmers in tn,
State show that 800 pounds Of meal yield.
more cotton, corn or other grain thar
ton of cotton seed, and il cspcciall
effective i'll protecting crops from the ef
iects of drought.
Fifth. The deposit left when the oil i
refined is used To make soap and also Ia
, making dyes. Thus nothing is lost
In addition to this, it has been recentl,
discovered that the oil of tho cotton Sect
. may be substituted for lard. Col .. @
Nelson, OF Huntsville, Ala. SAYS he h:l
repeatedly used cotton seed oil ut hi
, house and finds it equal to the hest articl
, of lard. \ hotel-keepcr ut Memphis pui,
lishcS u statement to the same effect.
has been tried by several citizens of Tus
cumbia, Ala, who say that they cal
find no difference between the oil M,
lard ns an article for cooking. The hes
th!nS aho:it Il. as iiiOst economical mouse
wives will say, IL the cost, that brin
now not more than half the price Of tn
pork extract. And should this discover
turn out Il fact undcninblc what a royo
lution it will produce in tho pork trade
And what an impulse it will give 10 tn
cotton interest. coming Just in time I;
. speed the revival of Industry and enter
prise i'll the South. Everybody grease
the deathly pan the hygienist for Iii
, roll. the bccf-catcr for his steak-and al
will heartily welcome the sweet. trans
lucent distiilatiOn OF nature.
EXTENT Of TIE BUSINESS
There are now in the United State
about iitty-SiX cotton seed oil mills q
which nine are in Mississippi, eig;,
each in Tennessee and Texas, nine il
, Kentucky tall in Louisville fDur in Ar
kansas, two each in Missoeri and All,
bama, and one in Augusta, Ga. Som
years ago mill was started in Columbi
, in this State, but either through ba
, management or for some other cause til
project was given mp. The amount a
seed used in tho mills is about 40 90
tons yearly.
The Charleston mill will give employ
} nlcnt TO quite a number of persons, an
will, it is believed, pay tho investors
= fair return on their investment Neu
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