The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-31
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four years and are better fitted for x
pansion than heretofore.
We know the Club has been very ben
efcial to it's members. The attendance
at each meeting speaks for itself. And,
too, we can see the results and the
good we are doing by the daily work of
each of you. The lessons here learned,
impressed by the use of u stereopti-
can views, not only advance US to bet
ter positions, but prepare us to serve
the mill and it's shareholders in a more
economical way, in many different ways.
I will just call your attention to what
we have accomplished here at u for
mer sessions. We have learned how to
test stock in order to make perfect
yarn and economic with the different
kinds of waste from this cotton. We
have made perfect the study of picker
room machinery by the use of slides
showing every mechanical part of it.
The air current which is the most
important, has been thoroughly un-
| derstood. Also the s OF the
cleaning trunks and prevention Of
fire.. The calculations with refer
ence to these machines have been
well mastered by some of US, and in
this many textile students have failed.
For instance such examples IS these:
How many revolutions does the friction
pulley make for each tooth the head
block raises? How many inches does a
point on the face Of the friction pulley
travel for each tooth that head-block
raises?
We have also studied the construc-
ton of cards, speeds, the principle OF
: centrifugal force, draughts, calcula-
tons, production, etc. The railway
head has been discussed at length vari-
GUS times. Rolls and roll drafting have
been understood by many Of us along
with the use of many processes of draw
ing frames on certain classes of yarn.
desire again to thank you for your
kind attention and interest in the work.
MR.. J. MARION DAVIS,
| superintendent of the Newberry cotton
mill, addressed the Club as follows:
Gentlemen: Il is a pleasure to me to
see the interest being manifested in
this Club. It shows an appreciation by
the members of the value of the organ
ization.
A textile educational training is ne
cessary in order to grasp the opportu-
mites which present themselves in the
manufacturing industry. Our position
being such that we have to work daily
in the mill for a livelihood, we take this
method of gaining a theoretical as well
as a practical knowledge of cotton mill
work. Here we meet for consultation,
to solve if possible the many knotty
questions which present themselves In
the practical experience of every cot
ton mill man.. Here important ques-
| tons and theoretical problems are dis
cussed by practical men in a practical
way. Here we meet for mutual coun-
sci and for the benefit of each other,
/ gaining valuable information which,
under existing circumstances, can be
I had in no other way.
Here, by the aid Of the stereoptican
views, we can discuss the settings of
/ the different machines, bringing out In
| detail the need for and the effect Of the
different parts. Here the defects in
the product are carefully considered at
every process of manipulation, together
with the best and most logical way Of
overcoming them.
All these things are beneficial to you
as well as to the company for which
you are working. Competition enters
into every branch Of life, and while the
/ field is broad in the cotton manufacture
ing industry in the South, still every
man is pitted against his follow-worker,
and the reward is proportional to each
as he excels in skill. In the keen COM
petition of today competent men are
needed more than ever before, and the
opportunities for such men grow better
as time goes on. The young men of
today are the mes who must take the
places of the old men of yesterday.
With these facts before us, it be-
hooves each and every one, it matters
not what his position in the mill may
be, to take every legitimate means of
placing himself in aposition to grasp the
opportunities as they are presented.
No n questions the value and neces-
sity of sound training in order to fit a
man for a position of responsibility in