The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-05-31
4 Visit TO the Brogon Mil.

Strange it is, Mr.. Editor. how long
one may live right in sight and under
the sound of SO much enterprise and
progress and never know what is going
on except the little he does himself.
That is what Il great many of us are
dong. notwithstanding our claim of
Intelligence and common sense. There
III your progressive city is Il mill max
ing q class of goods that are equal to
England as to that mattcr-I mean
the Brngnn Mill--and we never knew
anything about it. | had heard that
they had another "iactOry" at .lndrr-
son, but thought they were only MAX
ing-likc the other mills in the South
brown shlrtings and sheetings-
''naId hnmcspln' we used to call it
but we found it quite different from
our expectation when we saw through
this magnificent mill. Through the
courtesy Of Mr.. j. A. Brock, the Grand
jury was given Il pass over the City
Street Hallway to the BrOgon Mill and
permit to 90 through and view the
work 1t is doing. Mr.. Wilton T.. Lee
kindly showed us through tho various
departments, explaining to us the
various processes that the cotton went
through until 1t came out Il finished
fnDilc oil very superior quality, finish
not know that such goods were made
this side of New England, and if had
seen them lying III the shelves of any
of our dry goods stOrcs-which no
doubt have seen-l would have Just
thought that they came from the North
or from Europe, for really they do
look just like store bought goods.
When we went through tho weave
room, seeing the cloth woven, thought
III tl-klll III -
Hill making common CiIeck goods
but an inspecting Of the goods in the
cloth room ciiiyi1ced me that | was
mistaken in the common plaid theory
The various manipulations and pro-
cesses gone through would be hard to
explain. except by m expert. which |
90 not claim to be in the manufactur-
ing business. However, can tell you
how saw il: First they dye the cotton
various colors before it goes to the
plcker-room. This, presume is to
insure uniform color, for you know
that it is very difficult job to dye n
yarn OF even Il uniform color in the
skeln or hank" as my mother used to
call 1t: have seen her "dyeing bluo"
and she would take the skeins and
compare them over and over, one with
another to get them to "look alike"
and 1T takes an expert eye to detect q
SAASAe NllSlCltc III COtoE DGIOEe IS
woven into cloth, but tho slightest
difference will show UP in the goods
after 1t Is finished, and rs was the GUS
tom before and during the war of 1861
To 1860, made into ladies' dresses.
Sometimes they would want stripe
III the diess that would not be q solid
color--to look kinder notified. Then
they would dyea few skeins. of "cloud-
cd' blue, which was done by tying
strips Of shncksaround the skein about
an inch or more apart. the portion be-
tween the strips OF shuck, when dip
ped III the bluepnt, would DO of 4
deeper or darker blue than that por-
tion under the shuck, so that when it
was woven into tho web of clotA it
made beautifully notified appearance
III tho cloth. have come scraps Of
this sort now in n quilt that has been
made perhaps IS or 50 years. But, rs
| was going, on to tell you about the
"dye room," they have number of
large Kettles or tanks that are used
tor dyeing the raw cotton, in which it
IL dyed various beautiful colors of
green, blue, yellow, brown and many