The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-04-18
SOME STRIKING STATEMENTS.
A North Carolina Company Leads all Others.
The Value of Improved Methods in Cleaning and Handling
Cotton Largest Cotton Press Builders in the World.

but we have saved our customers many
a dollar because they did buy from
factory near enough to be easily reached
and have their wants promptly supplied.
Did you ever wait for a repair for a
thresher or a moving machine, or
reaper, to come from the West? 1t you
ever did, you may have lost enough
money to pay express from the factory
on nearly the whole machine.
ENGINES, BOILERS. SAW MILLS,
PULLEYS, SHAFTI NG, ETC.
So much has been said in this adver
tisement about gin machinery that the
reader may think that's all We make.
Far from it. We build more steam en-
gines than any factory in the South. The
country is full of our saw mills. We sold
a hundred last year. We turn out shaft
ing by the mile, and pulleys and hangers.
Some of the best cotton mills in the
country are equipped with our power
transmission machinery. We have built
more cotton presses than any factory in
the worId-a broad statement but true.
COMBINATIONS CAN'T COMBINE
OUTSIDE INVENTORS.
The days OF the single gin with no sSs-
TEN of unloadingis numbered. The man
who puts up modern up-to date ginnery
which will gin the cotton direct from the
wagon will surely get the business. If
he buys the best no competitor can come
in later and take away his business. Out
fits which do not include the Murray
Cleaning Feeder cannot be considered
among the better class. They may have
been so considered some years ago, but
must now take back seat, and like old
men, they can only glory in the past and
boast of what they have been. The
world does not look to such as these for
advancing it's best interest They die
hard, OF course, and get together in one
big combine to kill opposition aud finally
been possible, but they couldn't kill the
inventors of methods which are better
than theirs.
WORTH ONE-QUARTER CENT
MORE TO A COTTON MILL"
Catawba Electric Power Co.,
(Mountain Island Mills.)
Mountain Island, n. c., Nov. 81, 1899.
Genteman:-In reply to yours OF the
18th inst, have to say that we are very
much pleased with the operation of your
Ginning System, with Murray Cleaning
Feeders | am of the opinion that no
ginnery in our section compares with
ours in the item of cleaning cotton. We
had no idea that there could be as much
dirt in bale of cotton as the Murray
System. including the Murray Cleaning
Feeders. takes out. In fact, we consider
per pound more to a cotton mill than on
any system we have seen.
Yours truly,
w IT JORDAN ManaUor
ANOTHER BIG COTTON MILL NAN
SPEAKS.
Exposition Cotton Mills,
Atlanta, Ga, Nov. Z, 1899.
Conference.-The had the pleasure of
seeing your Murray Ginning and Cleaning
System at work during the Georgia Stat e
Fair held here recently, and can say the
cleaning attachment discharged dirt and
leaf in continuous stream, while ginning
was going on, and the staple was left in
good condition. We have purchased
! nineteen bales OF cotton which passed
| and in good condition for spinning. In
our opinion, there is going to be more
difference made between badly handled
| and clean cotton than heretofore. We
noted that there was little or no dirt or
no sand that went to the gins, which
would result in quite saving to manu-
facturers.
We made comparison of the nineteen
bales purchased from you, with other
cotton We had on hand, and found yours
| to contain less sand and dirt.
Yours truly,
Exposition Cotton Mills,
j. D. TURNER. President.
| WHAT THE LARGEST COTTON
BUYER IN THE SOUTH SAYS.
Atlanta, Ca, Nov. 1899.
Gentlemen.-I saw your Murray Gin
ming and Elevating System in operation
| at our State Fair held here this fall, and
can recommends to those who may want
to buy improved ginning outfits. The
| attachment for separating the leaf and
! dirt from the cotton before it reaches the
gin saws, did it's work well, and is a saving
! to the gin saws and brushes. This sys-
| tenn will no doubt receive the endorse
ment of our cotton mills, as it is inn
| portant for them to have their cotton
! cleaned we'll at the gin. Your exhibit
was a very creditable one, indeed.
HUGH T. INMAN.
Address the Manufacturers, 0a