The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-21
GOLDSBORO COTTON OIL MILLS
Start up for the Seasonal Description
of These Splendid Mflls-The Cotton
Trade Brisk-Republfcan Headquar-
tiers Opened Contributions to the
alveStOn Fund.

Correspondence of The Mesenger.)
Goldsboro, n. c., September Is.
The Goldsboro cotton Fec oil mills
up for the season yesterday.
The Messenger man dropped in un-
awares last evening only to De most
cordially received by Superintendent
Chas. F. Taylor, who by h way, is
the right man in the right place. At
ter pleasant greetings / told Mr.. Tay-
lor / was around TO pick up any cotton
seed oil m1l information he had 10 give
away, and he kindly took me through
out the plant, explaining in detail the
various methods Of converting cotton
seed into oil, meal and fertilizers. DIR.
Taylor said he had just given the en-
tire plant a thorough overhauling,
making all necessary changes and the
mill since its start in the early morn
ing was working most beautifully. No
stop had been necessary during the
day. The mill proper is a three story
brick building S0x100 feet, supplied with
up to date machinery. The propelling
power is a 80 H. p. engine. The build
ing is also supplied with automatic
sprinklers and, in addition TO
ton with the city water system, they
have a large tower tank. Thus is the
plant prepared against fire. The seed
warehouse is 300xS0 feet and all seed
are handled by suction fan n eleva-
tor. The company have two storage
warehouses 45Ox3O feet. Their ware
house for fertilizers is 300x30 feet.
There is a two-Story storage ware
house for III 100X30 and a one-Story
building for same purpose 20OX30. The
iron tanks for oil have a capacity of
8 900 horraI. Tho cnrpnanu noala oil
cotton seed meal, hulls n fertilizers.
They crush eighty tons of seed per
day and make 100 tons of fertilizers.
How much oil Mr. Taylor"
WELL" with a knowing smile, 'over
there is our ginnery. Its capacity is
forty bales daily. 1t is the Winship
system ginnery. The yield is far bet
ter than the old system. If a wagon
came up loaded with cotton to be gin
ned the farmer drives onto those scales
yonder. The weighing through with
up goes his cotton through that ele-
vator-the suction fan system. If he
wishes his seed, he drives to that bin
and dumps them in. If he wishes to
sell us the seed away they 60 by the
same system through that long way
there to Jul warehouse over the way.
Should the farmer bring in less than
a bale of seed cotton and wish to go
back for more it is weighed Inc goes
into that building" pointing to a
smaller building to the west of the
ginnery, land when he completes his
bale away goes the cotton through
that receptacle to the ginnery by the
same suction fan system"
The plant runs day and night. 1t is
lighted throughout by electric lights
supplied from the company's dynamo
on the premises. A ready sal is found
for the entire product of the mill, and
u-h;1a 4ho r1onf SC ra0arInJ nnccihlxy
the best equipped in the south it is
not amiss to say it is one of the city's
most successful enterprises. Its off
GERS are E. B. Borden, president; F.
K. Borden secretary and treasurer; G.
F. Taylor superintendent.
George D. Best, of Fremont, vice
president of the new bank and one of
ed Our large tobacco breaks today. In
Iced it was a pretty sight, the floors
covered with h bright yellow leaf,
and to listen to the sol of the auc-
%tioneers and watch the activity of the
buyers.
this morning. Walnut street from
John to Centre and John street for a
block or more were almost impossible,
so thick were the carts and waSons
loaded with the f1eecy staple. Prices
will fetch the production in and it
beilOoves our buyers to strain every
point to make Goldsboro what its To-
cation and railroad facilities warrant
1.-THE cotton market of the east.
Chairman Moses b. Farmer has
arisen from the recent overwhelming
defeat of his party and opened repub-
lican headquarters in the law building
over the postoffice. Mr.. Farmer says:
'FWe are wide awake to the fight in
national politics and can be found ct
our headquarters ready for business"
Well, a glorious defeat again awaits
h party of Mr.. Farmer. The negroes
of the Second congressional district
cannot again name the congressman
from this district. That the negro is
in evidence yet is evidenced by his late
doings at Weldon in naming the repub-
lican congressional candidate.
Colonel L. D. Bass went squirrel hunt
ing this morning and brought back a
hawk measuring 5k feet from tip to
tip. Mr.. Bass was so mortified over
the possibility of his having slain the
American Eagle he positively refused
to fetch back any squirrels at all.
and of the variety that sports a grey
head. His hawkship from appearance
could claim relationship to a species
Of eagle tribe.
The following gentlemen-Joseph
Rosenthal, George C. Royal, G. A.
Norwood, Jr., John Slaughter, T. A.
Robinson, A. B. Hollowell, A. J..
Brown, and K. E. Bizzell, were ap-
pointed a committee at last nights
meeting to wait on our people to take
their offerings to the Texas sufferers.
1t was thought by some best not to
taxi up an offering at the meeting, but
appoint a committee to wait upon the
citizens Notwithstanding there seemed
to be a willingness to contribute liber-
ally by those assembled. One party