The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-12-15
NUMBER so.

Iulred OF machine for this purpnsc has
wcll>nish sti,icd the general public that
success in such an undertaking is beyond tho
range of possibility, and the announcement
that machirc has been built and tested in
the field with satisfactory results is apt to
bc received with some lack of confidence in
the achicvmtmcut by those who have not
personally witnessed it.
THE INVENrOR
oi tho machinc now alluded To is Mr.. Dan.
lei Is. llaSclton, of this city. Mr.. lIasclton.
who Is 4 native of the State of New lIamp.
shire, came to Charleston in 1856 and has
resided here ever since. lie is master
machnist, and of late years has been Goa.
Quoting the business Of selling and repairs
Ing sewing machines.
Alter the war, when the labor problem
was 50 suddenly thrust upon the pcopl2 of
the South, Mr. lIaselton realized that tho
one great necessity of the Southern cMton
planter was the means to gather his c5op
alter he had made it, independents Of the
very uncertain and expensive mode Of pick.
ING The cotton BY hand. !Icacc, rdinsly dc.
voted his energies towardc the invention Of
machine whch should take the place Of
the l'bIrcr as cotton picker and at less
expense. In 1880, after long years Of
thought AMI experiment, Mr.. lIasclton con.
ccivcd the plan Of the machine which has
been recently tested. a patent was secured,
and III 1881 another patcut covering an
improvement was obtained. Being \ poor
man, without the means of pr. ctically carry.
ms out his idea, he made repeated efforts TO
obtain assistance in this city to enable him
10 pu''u 'u'' 0;--' """hino A small mo-
del was exhibited at the Cotton Exchange
and was explained to ncar!y al the capital
lists Of Charleston. The machine was ac.
knowlelccd to be remarkably ingenious, but
there WAS dorb; rs to is practical usefulness,
and
FINANCIAL AID WAS WITHHELD.
Atthc Cotton Exposition in Atlanta, last
year, Mr.. lIasclton exhibited his model and
explained it to thousands of people. The
belief, however, that practical cotton
picking machine is an impossiblity was so
deeply rooted that the required assistance
"a' Sill! withh"id' The managers OF the
Exposition awarded Mr. IIasclton the pre-
nlum offered for such a machine, although
he had exhibited only a small model in com
pc''''oh WIN other iuil slzch machines which
were 'c''cu anu l'und ihpractlcabi2 Dis
eout'oc' oy MS r'pc''cu i'llurcs 10 salts
y 'nc southern puolic or the value OF his
."'cn''o"' VIZ IL 'sc'toh returned to Char
'cS'oi uc'cr''''hc' 70 make an effort ut the
,'o''" '"'' before leaving ior the North
'.'' SUMMER "o"c'er' S'N gentlemen OF TINS
wy 49, "''"'' ''e ''1'''e' c'P''a'' '' agree
'''''' o''"cc" INC parties was regularly
'""" w "'.', w.. anu ''' "''A o' con-
'''''"o '''' -''"'' Ill ''''''''
''r "''''" oF l''h CONSTRUCTION
oi the machine would be, perhaps, bu; a
repetition OF the experience Of every invcn-
tor since tha world began, and although
every citort was made to push forward the
work cXaspcratins delays and unlocked for
difficulties presented Themselves nearly
every day. Huch work as 1t was necessary
TO nave d1Ho at the North was executed
promptly enough, but the Charleston ma
chine a!''P' We're SO crowded with work
that they e'tlles ilaty refused to do any Of
the work for the machine or took month