The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-03-28
SPRING HILL.
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Located here is an industry that is q
most important factor in the material
welfare of the Spring Hill community.
This is the Ewell Mills. which manu-.
facture -four. meal and feed. 1t is a
stock company. with the following
officers: Walter Bailey. Pres, Geo.
G. Brown, Vice Pres. E. H. Ayers,
Treas. W. B. Parham. Manager.
The mill began operation Oct. 1901,
and though so lately before the public
have already established nice trade,
both locally and throughout the South.
The machinery is all new and modern.
being an exact pattern of that in use
in the largest Touring establishments
of the country.
The mills make the following brands
of -four: Creme de la Creme, fancy
patent, Vesta, patent, and Ceres,
straight They also manufacture a
first-class quality of meal which the
trade takes readily. One of the special
ties is pure wheat bran, entirely
free from admi xture with foreign
substances. This, it is said. is not
always readily procured in the mar
kets. The fancy patent flour, Creme
de la Creme is made by a process of
separation and selection whereby is Sc
cured unique product, pecliarly rich
in o11, fan This Sc xxyhof 80 1ra ~,
milling circles as cream" -four and
seems appropriately named. 1t is of
rich cream color, instead of being pure
white as fancy patent fours usually
are, and is a suggestion of condensed
cream to the touch as to the eye.
AS illustrative of what this product
is, it is stated by the management that
but 80 barrels of this -four are taken
from every 100 barrels made; while
ordinarily mills get 70 barrels of the
usual best grade out of every 100 bar
rels. Possessing the lowest percentage
of starch, and the highest percentage
of gluten, it will readily be understood
that this flour is particularly rich in
nutrient qualities and possesses merits |
DIS ~ utdluu DOuI. mdIuldCbuTtu DTl-
marily for the home trade, its reputa ,
tion has spread until demand for it
has been created in neighboring towns
and communities, and in some of the i
cities.
Mr.. Parham. the manager, who is
a man of many years experience, and
who has handled wheat from all sec
tions, is quite enthusiastic regarding
the wheat of this section. He says it
is the richest in those ingredients
needful to make gluten flour of any
wheat he has handled. And in pro-
ducihg this -four great care is ex
ercised in the selection of the wheat.
This is said to be the only establish
ment in the State manufacturing this
peculiar grade of -four.
The patent and straight grades have
made good reputation. This indeed,
is true of the entire product of the
mills.
The mills have daily capacity of !
1876 barrels of -four and 100 barrels of
meal
The milling company is at all ,
times in the market for corn and :,
wheat. Other grains are also handled. :
Busy Bees. +
Another industry here Of quite a i
different nature but equally important
n it's way is the Ewe1l Station Apiary, h
owned and managed by Jno. M. Davis d
This apiary was established in 1870 v
" it's present owner. So far as is tt
mo wn the first Italian Queen bee to o
inter Maury county was introduced il
n to the apiary in 1871. For a time il
he business was conducted in small h
way in connection with other business.
Vow the owner operates about 325 p
olonies of bees in Maury and William II
on, and devotes his entire time in pro- Ii
ucing honey, and rearing and ship RI
ling Italian Queen bees
In order to breed the Italian bee in
is purity, all bees within ~ miles of &C
he two Queen yards have been bought Of
nd moved away. Only Queens of the &c
urest stock are used as breeders, m
lany of them being imported directly n
rom Italy. Besides the Queens used ra
{ home, Mr.. Davis has large ship ri
ing trade, 1892 making the record for 10
ast year. This apiary is now import gi
10 sires-drones- the Mexican m
order. The honey produced here is he
10 well and favorably known to need by
oecial mention. The owner thor Fl
lghly understands the busy bee" in th
/ his moods and puts his soul as well wi
his time into his work HI
Ewell Farm. in
Adjacent to this station is the Eweli en-
arm, famed in the stock annals or OBJ
@ State, now owned and operated by
co. Campbell Brown.
Judge G. W. Campbell, prominent
affairs state and national during. the
ct half century of our country's his (
~, purchased the lands included in \
is farm, in 1904 From him they
we descended by inheritance down
9 line to the present owner.
This farm. in its modern history,
d its beginnings under Gen; Ewell,,
40 having married Major Cam pbeli
owns mother, resided here and
lrted the breeding Of thorough bred
rseys. After Gen. Ewell's death, n
sior Brown continued the develop N
mt of the property as stock farm.
wing particular attention to Jersey "