The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-07
SAVES PLANTERS MONEY
The sol,n(l- Bale. 'lc>s> ;,t Wcdon NJ C---
I1rcc Ginning. FREQ l'.ling and no
Insurance CHARGES.
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arcl Ia fotinii.4 the bale il
aorcl} ~nei. ai'iui: lhc care hy he
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- sl..os "y'or'li'1 - H.. velocity Of
;h. ire- y bale c,nrliiy BE- com
lel''i within ,ri. minutes, alr! when
Tho entire plAni is working to its full
ruH-lty II can iutn out tvclrc bale,
an hour rr nearly 800 every twenty
four llnnr I'm Indicator shows when
lle limit Of the bale l,a, been reached
and by merely pushing Il lever the
machinery l. stopped. A covering Of
hurl@ri is then placed in position and
the lrc>S roll, i, around the cotton.
Ihc isnornl Il the cotton from the
l';cs~ j, al exceedingly simrIc opera
ti"n, requiring less than 4 niinut E.
AFicr he covering j. stitched together
tl'' ends are closed in The same man
le1, ;t'sr eAjiutins the core. Noxt
tiic bale Is weighed and the weight
stamped un ,lir outside, while Il label,
inoicniing the point whore il ha, been
made np. Is also pasted on the cover
While ti.c lalins i, in operation Il
grmcruns sample Of The cotton i, taken
FROM tie press. This sample is used
by the cotton blycrs, and hence it is
I not necessary TO open Il b,lc anI rX
! rn,c tie interior to damage from the
weather aud other causes, which every
cotton rlautcr knows forms not Il
small ten: Of loss each year. The
, sample is taken out aud numbered
! similar to The l.al", accompanied by Il
certificate signed by the supcrintcn-
/ dent OF the press and others, sn that
! there is no question hat il is srcci
men Of ilc Grade Of the bale from
whici, il was taken.
by the side of The cotton press
/ building, and within ten feet OF Tie
press itself is branch Of the Sea-
board Air Line Railroad. An empty
ear is pushed to the door and Tic
bales loaded Oh the car by hand di-
rcctly from the building without
transfer. The car stands under the
same shed from which the pipes pro-
/ jcct, and it is not an unusual sight to
see il wagon load Of cotton being drawn
into the press and the finished bales
| being loaded into the car at the same
time. Snch is the rapidity with which
operations are conducted that the ma
tcrial brought to the plant in the
morning may he shipped in two or
three hours by train to the Norfolk
market
The simplicity Of the mechanism is
/ especially noticeable. AS already
stated, water power is used at this
plant entirely. Bat sixty horse
power is required to run the ginning
machinery and the baling press. The
latter alone requires but twenty five
horsepower. This is supplied by one
turbine wheel, and power can be turn
cd on and off rs easily rs if it were
steam or electricity. There are no
intricate parts to get out of order, and
about the only possible delay that can
occur is by the slipping Of belt,
which is Of little signiiicancc The
various rollers arc mounted with Il
heavy covering Of rubber, which pre-
vents tie cotton from clogging in any
way. II the movement Of the cotton
into the press ceases from any cause
the machinery can be stopped immc-
diatcly. The force required t. oper-
ate the ginning and baling plant com
prises but five or six hands, including
the superintendent. The only expert
required in the Operations Of the plant
is Mr.. \. T.. Wilson, the superintcn-
| dent. Judging from the success which
has already been attained, MIR. vii
son is evidently the right man in the
sigh. place One man can operate
the levers of both presses. \ negro
boy is usually placed at each to pick
oil PARTICLES Of cotton which may occa-
sionally stick to therollcrs or to watch
that the feeding of the press is rcgu-
lar. One man can attend to the
operation Of all of the gins. while an
other is kept to assist in handling the
bales. The scale of wages at this
place is not over SIS per week for each