The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-11-28
COg.EUN STALKS
CANBE UsED FOR MAKING NEWS
PAPER.
The Process is About Perfee'e ed For
the Utilization of areat
Waste Bacterial.

Olscus2lng ne 9eW l1CCSCIy CT uGll.
izing cotton sas!ka, man prominent
10 cotton circles ssys the manufacture
Of ps9er from tie fber Of the cotton
stalk is cns Of the latest and most in.
taresting Inventions Of the " con
uury. For many years expert invent.
crs haVa been busily experimenting
With tie cotton stslk, snd now it ap.
pe,s from recent developments that
their labor and expenditures OF money
are to be rewarded with signal an6
striking SUCCESS. Not only have these
Investigators passed tGe experiment.
al stage, but they ara rapidly being
shaped to be placed in practical oper-
alton. It has beea uaQuestionsbly de.
uonStrated thal all grs5es Of paper
from the best form Of linen qrsde to
the lowest, csn be manufactured from
cotton s,a!ks. In sddision to this, q
variety OF by.prCducts, such ss elco.
hol, niSrogs0, ma5erial for guncorton
and snokelsss power can also be secur'
Ell 10 paying Qus1ttstes.
The tlae Is not Row fsr distant
when paper plants, equipped with sll
modern machinery and deVises for
making paper, and the utilization OF
the ouher By nrod uets referred to will
be built and placed In operation
throughout the ooston-growing states
Of tie South. The establishment OF
these mills fCr the manufacture Of
pSper from Gotten stalks will at once
dsvetop q ne. industry OF quite eDor-
nous proportions, and institute the
u5il.zaEion OF Z wssas product which
st tae present. tiule has compsrsViVs-
" little OF no value. It will prove the
ensariog wsdSe Of checking the pre-.
sent Increasing c0ss Of paper, which is
becoming suon burden npo1the news
paper industry OF the country.
II is estimated that on an area Of
land producing 8 bale Of cotton at
lsas5 one ton Of stalks can be gather
ed. Upon this basis OF calculation
this new industry csn annually depend
upon from 10000, 900 to $4,000 900
tons OF raw material. This will not
only furnish I'll necessary supplies to
meet all home demands, but will also
permit Of the export Of pulp OF finish.
ed products to foreign countries. At
the present tins their is approx
nstely s2S7, 7,0c0,0 ,0C0 invested In
paper mills in the United States
with but few plants located In the
South. The bulk Of the material 60
ing into the manufacture Of papsr at
the present tuna is spruce pine which
is annually bscoming more expensive
IN the depletion Of the forests and
the high aricss which such timber
commands In the markets for other
uses. The utilization OF q waste pro-
duct, such as the Gotten stalk, manu-
factured inso conmsrcisi paper, will
be a boon OF inessimable value TO the
whole country.
The practical efecb OF shis new in.
yentton will be to !acrese the present
value Of tna Souoa's cotton crop
nearly 500, 900, 900 annually. The
growsr viii be amply psid for their
6el3s and delivery TO the paper plants,
and IA addition thereto receive prof,
it On this product Of their lsbor. In
Jhe southwestern seotion Of the cot
:on belt the new Industry will espec.
tally be OF yalus ard q blessing. Wish
the removal CT the cotton Etslks form
tee fslds in the early fall the death
Snell Ct the boil weevil will
be sounded and Its pres.
emit dsvssts lion influences reduced 10
q minimum. So that from every
standpoint the speedy developm snt
and extension Of this new industry
will ba Welcome n al sections Of she
cotson belt. PSpsr manufactured
from the cotton sralk is of the strong.
e55 texture sud sottsst finish. It is
reported 9ha6 several plants will bs
9rsc>ed during the nexs fev months
10 certain sections OF the South, which |
will be il full operation by january
|, 1907.