The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-07-04
THE NEW COTTON GIN.
. WONDERFUL INvENTIoN FOR THE HANDLING
OF COTTON.

. WONDERFUL INvESTiON FOR THE h"HDL'''
OF COTTON.
Sxp,crsr. y. Y. June This city mas
mover aspired to fame nS co'on ass
centre hut il may achieve fame as inc o'r'"
place OF n cotton roller gin when - u'
tined TO revolutionizc the manu'"o'"io "
,h,, grcat commercial pr"duct-cou"n'
-, Tho d,v Eli Whitney invented the cot
ton saw Gin TO the present there has been
.,c,,ly growth and advancement III the inc-
cb.pisS,os7 which the fabric is prepared 10,
market ct with oil Of the invcn'Ne sN.'
displayed, the principle OF the "h""'' M
10 .till followed. Some hve years "t" 49,
I r. Montague, q Matchmaker anu
of syracuse was much impressed ny I'll
,ko, ,nneorcI in the Scientific 1mrTt-
49,, Which s,atcl that what was now wah'ea
80, . co,tan gin which would separate tne
6brc from the seed without injury 10 ,hc
staplc. There WAS nothing on inc i"' nv
,nen, tho saw gin. which was baroar""s
method of handling so delicate '"i"s 80
cotton. For the last hundred years eNpe',
mept, have been mnle without nuin"cr' "nu
much wealth and energy cNfch'e' Wv
cndeayor to secure n gn which wo"i' S'iA-
r,,c tho seed without tearing the coi,oh'
Nr Montague realized the ncei 81 x"
rh;ch vnull do the work better aun HuIchc''
and after wears Of Industry ana N'"E ""
succscded At times it seemed ah ~ '"t'e
WAS no way of overcoming the "''"c"',
md he would I've tempted u give VI
But he stuck to il. Friends became in''l
estcl i'm the movement, amt .wh'h '"'y 'NN'e
nizct the merits Of the lnNch'ion' s"" :, ,"v ~,
Nos "millinnS in it. The Montague "''''
Cation GIN Company was incorporated
,omp,sed of Southern capitalists ana "hc"
interested in the manufactures o' GUY
They backed MIR. Montague anh '"'"'H WV
machine is ready io be placed on thc "'', NV
The working Of the mnchine has just "''"
witnessed here. ,, ,
This roller gin, the mrs. ."'"l''''
o,,;no of its kind. j. a simple lo"kIn' nn"'
onI Ions NOT look as though it would make
all th, stir and cOmmOtl"u among '"',"'
r,;.crs auI dealers that II - cIhiln'' ''''
!, will The implement IS about hEe I've
high and about tho same IN Wl"'n' ""
10 n h,rrrr " hich extends across 'h' -"
In this is placed the cit"n l"9t ~
come. from the fed. Nnd"rnca'm Wv "'i
pcr is n ''rckrr t" separate H. nv ''''',
is delivered from these r"ls To u. "'' ~,
ribs. running nj great vcl"c''! M"''
Co. III. cation from dirt, >iui and piece
or Tho loaf Tine cotton then drops u II -
or s,cc, rolls ouc-halt an inch III circ"i
ference which have II play "' ""'"'
inches Above this il an ''aHltN'r' ""'O
turns the seeds around, and i'll tr,ce the
are separated from the staple. 'he 'N>
In lis INTO
white lint into another. Th" whole 'h'"@
M compact a, it car tc, AMI i cH'''y reg
latci. 49,, -.
1t was given n most thorough ''''i ~
those who witnessed it, oreratiohN were =
thusiaSlic in its praise. rests were "'''
with sea i.lani, pcplcr and upland c"''o
The tests seemed To demonstrate ihu u
si.ntnguc rol'ct is just TIA" 'h'nE h'''
for sea island and rcclcr cotton, lr.VihE I,
fibre as fine and long rs though r'cNen
h.ud The Sou'hcrn gentlemen WHO "'
seen tho Gin say that this mcan> n Er'''
enhanced value for tins Sraic "i '"'''
Every fraction of cent Stvct ON f""'
of cotton means thousands of dollars
some one Mr. Montgomery says Ah"' II
advantage claimed il the manner IN WIN
the fibre i cl"ancl from the sect IN
saw gin more or less fibre alhcr'' IN
seed which is removed Ivy slow Proc'
LmLIis. CT -. ths ,ccd J. clehnr" P"r''''
OF the Montague gin III tho cotton grow
States.