The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-10-16

Total necessary expenses. SIT 81
BESIDES these items, we incurred some en-
pcnSc unnecessarily. and which availed moth
ing. For instance the belt Shiftcr, or what
ever else IL may he called, was not on the
press when il was run by hand power. we
put up the slIafting some distance in front oi
the press, and when the belt Shilter was
screwed up the press, il was seen that 1t was
ncSceSSary TO lave the betting run pcrpcn-
dcular or else the belt shfter was useless
After making arrangements Tor addlllonai
pulleys. Mr.. Sullivan, OF Anderson, who is a
Skillul machiniSt and 4 liberal dealer in Ell
sincs, suggested that we get our blacksmith
to for &c an iron to drop in the hole OF the
band-Shifter which would do the work. 10
two hours Lie work was done. None of the
waste, amounting to several dollars, Is III
clidcd In the above statement. ,
Mr.. s. +. Evans, the machiniSt ut the oil
mill had previously suggested plan similar
to the one which we finally adopted. He put
our machine to running. Mr.. James Tnsgart
lid the work OF putting up the Sh;iting, ana
for skill at doing such work lie cannot DC
beat
The engine was bought at the suggestion
and through the agency of our friend, Mr.. Z.
H. Prince, of the Florence Times, who uses an
cnging OF the same kind. 1t is the latest and
best improved machine that is made. -,
The amount expended is smatl, but 1t Will
be of much value in running our presses, the
expense OF press work being reduced ABOUT
four-fitths, and the length of time In
when TO do u gwen amount OF WOrk Will III
so be greatly reduced.
If any one should ask us why we bought
two-horse engine TO do about tho work OF
half horse, we would say that we did so
two. horse engine cost about SG5 more than a
one. horse engine would have cost, but two
horse engine will run--it is said by men OF
eXperience--with much less fuel than one
horse engine, and the larger engine Will do
the same work with less strain, and with
much lower head OF steam.
At present, we are greatly pleased with our
Investment. and would not part with IL un-
back to the old way, even If we could get our
press turned without any expense at all. The
Increased length of time required TO do p CIV
cn amount of work would make 1t expensive
TO let n man turn it without charge, for the
reason that the man who turns is not the on
~ man whose time is occupied while the
press Is running.
Within the last three years we have added
greatly to our facilities for newspaper and
Job work. In February, 1887, we bought
Campbell press and laid aside our Washing
ton hand press which we afterwards eN-
changed for "Rivar, paper gutter since
then we have added Il hali-medium Gordon
press. and three large imposing stones. In
that time we have added q great variety OF
printing material in every line, intending
labor-saving rules, leads, cuts, borders, JOB
types, furniture, chases, galleys, stanuS,
racks, cases, sticks.
Previous to the time when we bought the
Campbell press, we had all the type that
were necessary on which we could print
two book pages at once. Now, we can print,
and do print, sixteen pages on the Campbell
press, and four pages on the half-medium
Gordon press. In pamphlet work, the In
creased press facilities necessitated the buy
ing of much material, if We would reap the
full benefit OF our presses. This we have
done, and we have q well-equipped Office, in
which an indefinite amount of job work may
be done. We are constantly extending our
business, as our work and our prices are be-
coming known. We do nearly all the work
for Abbeville village, and orders are received
from every quarter of the county. We have
some customers in distant cities, and occa-
siona orders from distance are not an un-
usual occurrence, and the best of 1t all is,
that, as q rule, we hold 10 all we get.
Long ago. we gave work 10 not more than
one-thrd or onc-fourth of the people who
now look to the Press and Banner for en-
ployment. This of itself, we think. is some
evidence that the Press and Banner is doing
reasonably well. IN connection with this,
we note with pardonable pride. the kind
words of the Abbeville correspondent OF the
NetcS and Courier:
1.-The Press and Banners press is now run by an
oil engine which shows that Editor Wilson does not
intend to be left in the journalism race. Mr.. vii.
sou is now doing great deal of job work that would
be done elsewhere, md he does it as cheap, II not
cheaper than the same work can be done elsewhere,
and he does good work"