Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-12-17
Textile Work at Clemson.

The annual report of President Nell
to the Board of Trustees has been
sent to the printer and will be out
soon. incorporated in tho report is
the following report of Prof. j. HI.
Nj. Beatty, head of the textile depart
ment, in regard to the workings of
that branc hof the college. 1t will
doubtless prove of special interest to
many:
"For the past few years the in
crease in the production of manufac-
tured cotton goods in the South has
been at an enormous rate, so that at
present Southern mills practically.
control the output of plain white
fabrics. So long as there is a bale
of cotton in the South to be manu-
factured 30 long may we expect
cotton mills to be erected in the
South. But as the coarse goods
supply is already up to the demands,
the prospecting manufacturer must
look into the production Of a finer
class of fabrics.
"It is the purpose of this school to
prepare young men SO that after thew
leave here they may be competent to
secure positions in mills making eny
class of goods whatever. This de-
paftment has endeavored, and, /
think, succeeded, in keeping abreast
of the Southern mills, yet all of the
divisions of the work are more or
less hampered for lack of proper
equipment.
Several new machines and also
considerable amount of apparatus for
experimental purposes, have been
added to the department, but still
the need of additional equipment is
urgent. The supply of power looms
ls not adequate. Sometimes there
are several students working on the
same loom, or standing idle waiting
to get loom on which to demon
strate designs gotten out by them.
This prevents getting the best work
out of students.
PRINTING AND MERCERIzING.
"As yet there is no machinery in
the school for printing. mercerizing,
ETC., and as all of this sort of work
now has to be done North for South
ern mills, it is quite important that
we should make arrangements in the
near future for giving instruction
along these lines. To add such ma
chinery will require a considerable
sum OF money, for two reasons:
First, these special machines are
expensive secondly, the multiplica-
ton OF textile schools over the coun-
try has caused such drain on the
generosity of machine builders that
they have arrived at the point of not
donating, but of selling at half price.
SO in the future we may expect to
pay something like half price for
additional equipment"
TO this report President Nell
adds: "Prof. Beatty also reports that
the past year has been the most sue
cessful in the history of the school.
The scope and thoroughness of work
have exceeded that of former wears.
All the instructors have been inter
ested in their work and their stu
dents and have put them through a
broader and more systematic course
OF study in textile industry. Many
OF the graduates are holding import
ant positions with some of the mills
of the State"
In substantiation of this last state
ment of DIR. Mell's the following in
formation has come to this cores
pondent through a member of the
Textile School faculty:
Mr.. Fl. B. Jennings, 1902, has just
accepted a good position with the
Russell Manufacturing Company, of
Middleton, Conn. The position was
secured upon the recommendation of
the textile department here, to which
application was made by the above
firm.
Mr.. w. G. Templeton, 1902, mas a
lucrative position with the Draper
Loom Company, and Mr.. S. M.
Sloan, 1900, has an 1900 position
as superintendent of the Winnsbc
Cotton Mills.
Other graduates of this depart
ment have positions in cotton mills
at Liberty, Lancaster, Anderson,
Columbia, Darlington, Edgefeld,
Pacoiet.