The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-12-07
WELDON. N. @. November 10.

ssFree Ginnery Cotton ginned free
of charge and covering included at the
Weldon Round Bale Tinnery, if sold
to the company at Weldon price OF
square bale the day cotton is ginned,
or, if preferred, we will gin and bale
for the fifteenth and guarantee Nor
folk prices for the cotton.
No charge for covering, samples,
insurance or drayage.
Highest prices paid for seed cot
ton.
Seed bought at market prices.
6 All we ask is trial.
ssWELDoN OIL MILL
This notice reads somewhat strange
II to the average cotton planter. He
: has been accustomed for SO many
years to pay not only the expenses OF
raising his cotton, but have all OF the
expenses charged to his account from
the time the staple is loaded on the
wagon en- route to the gin to the time
when tits sold to the factor that he
has come to regard such expenses as
! natters Of necessity, and would doubt
less follow the time-honored custom.
FOR the next century we're it not for
new system Of bailing.
The notice referred tots issued by
the management Of the round bale
cotton press at Weldon, N. Q. This
is the only plantof its kind within
che borders Of the State, but although
ithas been in operation only a few
weeks. has attracted attention from
al the cotten-grow districts owing
to the, many Improvements over the
old system, which are SO manifest
that no argument is needed to con-
vince the planter Or cotton handler OF
It's superiority 1t is located but a
FEN hundred feet from the railroad
station at Weldon and is operated by
water power from the Roanoke River.
The power canal was described in the
& lfaap5f p5facturer' Record several years
ago. and The mill property at its ter
minus is owned by Hon. Den Came
ron, Of Pennsylvania. At present a
corn mill, cotton-seed-oil mill and q
ginning plant aud the press referred
to are operated by this water power.
Arrangements, however, are being
made to place in operation model
Touring mill at the same point in the
near future, and the machinery for
this is now being installed.
The bailing press, which is the
device controlled by the American
Cotton Co., is Of the double variety,
turning out two bales at the same
time. 1T is, Of course, connected
with series Of gins, and such is its
capacity that it takes the entire pro-
duct when both presses are running OF
four Munger gins each Of seventy
saws capacity. The building contain
ing the gins and press is not over oOx
{ 25 feet in dimensions, and one fea-
ture Of the plan which especially COM
mends itself is the small space requir-
ed. In fact, from the outside it ap-
pears Insignificant, but when visitor
finds the plant in operation, as did the
writer, he is very forcibly inn ressed
with its value and utility, and does
not need to hear its praises from the
farmers who have become among its
warmest supporters, that is, those
who have had dealings With the COM
pany and have taken their cotton to
this point to be prepared for the mar
ket.
The planter drives his wagon-load
Of cotton under an open shed, from
the roof Of w'sich are suspended two
pipes, looking not unlike furnace
pines, which are about a foot in
diameter. From that time until he
receives his money for the cotton and
the cotton-seed he has nothing to do
except amuse himself by watching the
machinery or to help feed the cotton
into these pipes. AS far as the latter
operation is concerned, however, a
child can attend to it. These pipes
are adjusted SO that their open ends
are few inches above the mass OF
cotton. An exhaust fan is then
placed in operation, which carries the
material up By suction through the
pipes and lateral conveyers to the
gins, which are supplied in the usual
manner. The suction system is SINH
lar to that employed in saw mills and
woodworking establishments in re-
moving the sawdust and shayings,
and, while extremely simple, is very
effective. The gins do their work SO
thoroughly that it is said many of the
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