The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-06
Columbia Regiaer.

Columbia Register.
AS striking illustration of what can
be accomplished by honest, intelligent
and efficient management of important
public interests, aud as striking con.
trast between the old and the new order
of things in South Carolina-the one AZ
represented by the corrupt scum of car
pet. baggers and thieves, and the other as
represented by men in accord with the
feelings and sentiments of the better ele.
ments of society-there is no place in
the whole State more worthy of DAYS
inspection than the South Carolina Peni.
Tertiary. In this belief, on our return
from view Of the canal work, we visited
this institution. For althoug gh it has
given employment TO the reporters PEN
Gil again and again, and the details
of its management are all fully
cmbracedin in the admirable reports sub.
mitted to the Legislature from time to
time by its superintendent yet there has
been latterly SO much of quiet, undem.
onstrative progress within its walls and
progress the extent and Importance of
which so few even of our own citizens
have had any full and intelligent knowl.
edge, that We felt persuaded of the fact
that TO many of our readers detailed
description of all that is to be seen with.
ia the walls of the penitentiary would
be new revelation.
The manufacturing enterprises that
are now established in the peaitcntiary
an& shat ere carried on zi,h convict Ia-
Dor are naturally the first points of in.
terest to the visitor, and before describing
the institution generally we will lay be-.
fore our readers brief description Of
+Lo,o foofureu pf tho institution
DIBERT's SHOE FACTORY.
This factory employs at present one
hundred and two hands, thirty.two of
whom are boys and girls. In the cutting
! room the uppers of the shoes are cut
q out and carried to the fitting room, where
4 they are all put together by machinery.
8 Thence with the bottom stock all dyed
q out by machinery, the shoes go to the
I lasters, who prepare them for the sole
sewing and mailing machines; from
thence they are taken to the heelers, and
thence to the heel shavers, who shave
] the heels. They are then given to the
edge trimmers and burnishcrs, and from
them to the heel burnishers, who pass
them on the sand paperipg and brushing
4 machines, where the bottoms are cleaned
and polished. Then the shoes 20 to the
4 shankers, who polish the shanks thence
4 to the treera, who tree them out, remov-
4 ing all wrinkles and placing the shoe in
condition for sale. This is the process
4 for the machine-made and nailed goods
3 being similar to that of hand sewed
4 goods, save that with the latter the soles
i are sewed on by hand. They are finished
4 in about the same manner as other goods
in this line.
i Hand-sewed work is specially at this
i factory, employing about thirty we
4 hands and turning out from sixty to
ninety pairs per day. This hand-sewed
work is mostly custom. work. i. e., single
pairs made to measure. The material
used is of the best, the greater part being
French and English tanned leathers
Mr.. Dibert naes, however, American
Il tanned leather, some of it being obtained
at the Columbia tannery. He has three
depots for the sale of his goods, one at
Columbia, one at Charleston and one al
81 trade III South Carolina and Georgia,
: and also at other points in the South
a Exclusive of local and factory sales, his
4 retail sales at present average about S70,-
4 coo year. The convicts learn rapidly
and appear to take decided interest in
4 the work. AIr. Dibert gives great deal
4 OF personal supervision to the work of
4 the factory, and when he is not there, is
ably represented by the agreeable and
q gentlemanly foreman, Mr.. Jackson.
THE COLUMBIA HOSIERY COMPANY.
A This new enterprise, owned and direc-
ted by the Messrs. Moulton, is on the
a highway to success and The work it turns
A out has already taken a high rank in the
4 market. The process of manufacture is
A al exceedingly interesting one to witness,
and one cannot but compare the old te-
dious way of manufacturing hosiery by
II hand to the rapidity IF movement and
81 al idea Of how rapidly the work is fh.
ished of, we will mention that Mr.
"a Moulton whilst showing US around timed
& one of the workmen Zone who was by no
means regarded as swift handy and u
"A stocking was started and completed in
two minutes Ind fifty seconds. The pro-
cess of manufacture is about as follows: ::
a Ihe yarn is first placed in skeins on
q Large spools; thence 1t passes to the
d winder, to which is attached n scraper
il that takes the knots out of the thread ;
q from here it passes TO an automatic top
81 machine, which is most ingenious con.
a trivance and O great improvement on the
g English top machine. At this machine
e the tops are cut in proper lengths, and
q then passed to the seamless knitting ma
y chine, of which last there are some fifty
g In operation. Of the other machines IN
81 use in the factory there are twenty rib.
bers for ladies' and children's hose. one
set Of plain looms for cheap grades of
half hose, and on these looms some 800
pairs day are turned out. There is
81 also circular heeler and footer, and
81 htteen Abel scanning machines. The
6 stocking passes from these last to the
rough members, who take up all the holes.
81 Ihis part of the work is all performed
"a BY female hands. One of the most in.
teresting machines, when in operation, is
the tfmming machine, which sews and
IS cuts at the same time. 1t is swift and
M noiseless il operation, making 800 rev.
Is. olntions to the minute.
81 On the lower floor of the factory build
& ing there is q washing machine in which
sne stockings are put when they come
"a from the knitting room, and from that
"a they are taken to the rinsing box and
- put under q steady stream Of water.
Inen they are taken to the dyeing house,
S which which is thoroughly equipped with an
ABUNDANT supply of hot aud cold water,
ana Whereeverythiag is prepared for COL
a oilng and bleaching, at a moments no.
uce. la this department of the factory
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