The Russellville Democrat., 1884-11-06
Industrial Notes.

Industrial Notes.
A new steam cotton factory is to
be erected at Columbus, Ga.
There are 315 cotton mills in
the Southern States, against $50
four years ago.
The incease in the cotton yield Of
Georgia for the last ten years is 100
per cent.
An effort is being made to organ
ice another cotton factory company
in Rome, Ga.
AT Rockingham, N. c., six thou
sand spindle cotton mill is receiving
its machinery.
The Savannah, GA, Cotton Ex-
change does business of thirty five
million dollars annually.
II is reported that Northern cap
italists will build a cotton factory
near Lockville, Chatham county,
North Carolina.
During the past six years Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas. Nebraska, Minnesota,
Missouri and Ohio have establlhed
over 900 creameries.
Clearing the potato bugs from
an acre of potatoes by the use Of Par
is green is set down BY potato grow
ers at IS in the cost OF cultivation.
The board bill for grasshoppers
cost Missouri in 1874 $l5,000,000,
and in the same year impoverished
and drove a thousand settlers out Of
Kansas.
II. A. HARRISON. of Selma, Ala,
has received an offer from Northern
capitalists to put two hundred thou
sand dollars into new cotton mill,
provided the business men Of Selma
will raise an equal amount. Nego-
tlations are pending.
The machinery is being put in pc
sition at the Robardel Cotton Mill,
Rockingham, N. G, The full capac
ity Of the mill is six thousand spind
les and two hundred ana fifty looms,
but it will be started with three thou
sand spindies and one hundred
| looms.
In 1880 Texas had seventy one
| looms and two thousand six hundred
and forty eight; now the figures have
grown to one hundred aud sixty five
looms, and twelve Thousand two hun
dred and seventy four spindles, an
increase of nearly fifty per cent. per
annum.
1t is said that twenty years ago
there were nearly fifty cotton mills
in Glasgow. Scotland. To day there
is barely dozen, and those lkley
to be closed. It. might have been
added that there are now about fifty
cotton mills in the Southern States,
where there were only q dozen t~en
ty years ago. This is sufficient to
show the drift of the business.
John Paul, La Crosse, Wisconsin,
has in operation in his own yards
his recently patented machine for
hosting and piling lumber. Its use
fitness to manufacturers and dealers
in lumber has been fully demonstat
ed 1t not only saves considerable
labor. but the height of the pile can
be largely increased, consideration
Of no mean value where ground is
valuable.
Layers of paper or paper pulp,
formed into corrugated sheet, with
lining of asbestos to bear on the
hot surface. IS a new form Of boiler
tagging, and is well spoken Of The
intention is to make air spaces be-
tween the boiler and the tagging, and
yet have strong covering which will
prevent the radiation of heat.
The once despised saw palmetto OF
the South is likely to become very
useful tree. The fibre obtained from
the inner lining of the bud is manu-
featured into substance so closely
resembling human hair that it is
employed as substitute for the gen
nine article. Paper fibre. hats, fans,
and in all probability cordage and
clothing, can be furnished by this
tree, hitherto considered only IN in
cnmbrance to the soil.
The Norfolk Virginian SAYS that
the last years crop Of peanuts in that
State foots up about 100000 bush
els, about 100000 bushels of which
were handled in Norfolk. The crop
is nearly all in and only 100000 re
main In the market here. Reports
from all sections show the crop to be
in fine condition, and the acreage is
increased about 80 per cent over last
years paintings. With fairly good
season 1t is estimated that the Vir-
| ginia crop will reach 100000 bush
els,