The Russellville Democrat., 1882-12-14

fOTcibls shown from the result of the vote ior or against prohibition which
 was carried by aH overwhelming ma joFity. ant s1-day there Is not a
 loon within the borders of our eoun- .ty; the traffic of that hideons mon
 ster, liquor, IS stopped by the voice
 of the people, and the downfall oF its
 sale in our midst is received IS aH
 omen of prospecity Likewise her churches, which arc five in number,
 viz: the Noitb and South Methodist
 the Christian. the Presbyterian, and Baptist. speak volumes for . town Of
 this size, tue potency Of whose in- ference is felt in the humblesE cot
 in our midst, and which binds our
 people together in s spirit of harmo- ny and christian charity. And not the least of our enterprises, IS our
 handsome school building. A build iug that accommodates four hundred
 pupils, and presents So beautiful au
 appearance with hundred foot front.
 is well worthy the pride of much larger and wealthier community
 than this, and is deserving ol great
 commendaiion.
 Besides the above improvements the town can boast of one of the most complete, convenient and handsom
 est cotton mills in the Union. On
 the 23d uIE., fire was placed in tue furnace under tue gigantic boiler,
 and in less than an hour the steam
 cocks were hissing and spewing
 which indicated that everything was
 ready tor starting. MT. Berry, the engineer. turned the steam throttle.
 tue steam passed up into the cylin der, the piston rod moved back as though by magic, and the first revo,.
 tuition of the mammoth engine was
 made. No eagine could have work ell nicer or given more satisfaction.
 She is a beauty, and for neatness,
 takes the cake" The line of shaft ing. of which the company has BIO feet, was turned with perfect ease,
 and the engine made about IS much
 noise IS SD ordinary sewing machine.
 IL was our honor and pleasure to pull the wire to the whistle that blew one among the first blasts that told s'the Melrose Mills are running"
 Mr. Carr began grinding the cards
 on the 2sth ult, it IS quite curiosi 1 " to see him grinding. He is as sisted by MT. Jack BulgeT who is
 also quite an expert in this line. { The company has two grinders, the grinder Is . shalt covered with shell with 6 right and left handed thread on the shaft, on the shell Is boss, which travels back and forth. the boss Is covered with No. 10 eIn.
 cry, which puts fine, sharp finish on the wires, the emery Is secured t0
 the boss with glue. There are sey-
 CT workers and three shippers to a card, these are ground by one Of HaFdy's grinders. is takes forty hours to grind one card. The liar { dy grinder came last Friday, and was put in operation ju three hours after 1t arrived They can grind four strIppers oE fOur Workersss~. ,ee Hardy at once. Mr Carr iss,ss' asssss' aasAs' section 0I the essr,ls rlaghed aud four
 oi the carsls auud rrs.fy y aud com l plete fer cl.erati9n. H. hogan Mon | day last t0 closhe the secnud section,
 which he wid have ready for the ! grinders ay 1he time the first section Is ground. The rajIasv head for tine first section O. cards Is in position, and the cam table tt into tue floor and ready for use The dFawing : frame fO- this section Is lined, and ! the cam tables in tue floor and coup ! led up ready for the goods from the cards The speetler also, for this ! section Is leyeled up and all ready ] for running. The spinning frames,
 fifteen in number. are all ready and ! finished complete for the full r1n- ming of the mill. The twisters, six
 iu number, are all up and com ml,,ete only waiting for the belt tO be piaced
 or the wheel to start for business. { Also the ballers are all ready for Op- eration, and makes the prettiest aad uealest machine in the mill. Mr l Wallace, of Little Rock, came up the ' 20lh ult-, and is busilY engaged m cutting belt-holes, Of which there
 will have to be cut 22j through Q fiYe inch floor. The mill Is running night anal day grinding the cards, and vill continue t0 do 50 9ntii the mill Is all completed and the present orders filled. The last Of this week
 Mr Hsuey expects to have one fourth of the mill running and turning of goods. The mill is 8 beautiful sight nov and the rolling of the cards makes one almost believe he Is somewhere in New England. Tue ! last of this week will be extremely lively around Melrose. MT. Nelson. who has been setting tue spinning frames. speeders, drawing frames and raIlway heads. and who repre- sented the Bridesburg Mig. Co. of
 Philadelphia, left for the east on the
 2d inst, after completing his work
 in a most satisfactory manner.
 Alr. Russell. of kitsou. Martin
 * Co. of Lowell. Mass, arrived last
 Monday to set and start the lappers
 and trunk system which was de scribed 8 few weeks ago.
 Mr. Thomas Cox has pushed his