The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1905-06-16
PICKS THE CuTTON.
Measrs Jaudon and Bond Have a New
Cotton Picker
Patents Have been Secured amt
Working Model Made Which
Does .,l that is Claimed

The News and Courier says after
eight months Of experimentation, al
teration and investigation, Messrs J.
Q. Jaudon and S. L. Bond, of Charles
ton, have perfected and patented a cot
ton picker which, they believe, will
make the picking Of cotton by hand, a
thing of the past. The machine has
just recently been completed, and after
securing the patent papers from the
Government offices, the picker has been
exhibited to q number of friends, most
OF whom believe that Messrs Jaudon
and Bond have good thing.
Ine machine Is one man affair.
One laborer, not necessarily very in
telligent laborer either, can operate
the machine. There are no complica,
ted cogs, delicate mechanism or tiny
bolts and wheels to snap at the first
heavy strain-in fact, the remarkable
simplicity Of construction and ease of
operation are two of the most striking
features Of the picker.
There have been cotton pickers and
cotton pickers, but most Of them were
huge, cumbersOme affairs, requiring
many men to operate and costing a
small fortune. For some of them, cot
ton had to grow in very precise and
straight rows and others not only
picked the cotton which was open, but
snapped of green bolls and all and
mashed the whole into mince pie.
The JaudOn- Bond machine is differ.
ent. In appearance it reminds one
strongly Of rapid fire gun. The SIM
plicity Of the thing strikes one at first
glance. The picker Is mounted on
three wheels, like tricycle., and the
two larger wheels are close together
so that they can easily be pushed be.
tween rows Of cotton Without injury
to growing plants. Between the two
wheels is suspended sack, and over
the mouth Of the sack opens a long
hollow cylinder.
AT the end of this cylinder, are
two short cylinders, fitted with teeth,
and as one turns crank, these two
cylinders revolYe, catching the fibre
OF the cotton and depositlng it In the
long cylinder, whence 1t is carried to
the sack by narrow belt. The opera
ti0n Of the crank runs the two picking
cylinders and the conveying belt.
There is nothing to get out OF order
or to mystify the operator, and tiny
delicate wheels and complicated joints
and cranks are conspicuous by their
absence.
MesSrS. Jaudon and Bond are conf
dent that they have at last solved the
! cotton picking problem and while they
are aware OF the fact that hundreds of
| other inventors have failed to perfect
a satisfactory machine,-they are eager.
ly awaiting the cotton season, so that
| the machine can be given practical
test, and are convinced that 1t will do
| the work.
Planters have become somewhat
wary OF cotton picking machines, and,
in the language Of the street, all OF
them are from Missouri and have to
be shown. If the machine will do the
work of five or six men, at the ex,
pense or one, the charleston men have
u good thing II the machine will
pick five or six hundred pounds per
day, they will have little trouble in
selling the machines.
MIR. Jaudon said Saturday that he
had received number Of letters and
inquiries relative to the machine, but
does not seem anxious to dispose of it,.
A number OF farmers and planters
have seen the machine and have ex-
amined 1T when in operation, and all
agree that 1t Is good thing.