The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-05-11
SOME NOTABLE INVENTIONS
Marked Success That Finally Came to
r. NJ Brasington Marlboro the
Champion Cotton Growing County In
the World.
Bennettsville. S. c.. May 2.


Bennettsville. s. c.. May =.
For some time I have contemplated
writing a short Industrial letter for
publication In your popular and wide
" circulated Journal Having been
connected with Journalism for the past
twenty-five years have had something
TO do with noticing. and keeping before
the public mind the new industries and
prospective enterprises, as they came
under my observation. Bennettsville
IS the county site or Marlboro, the
champion cotton growing county in
the world ! mean hat this county pro-
duces more cotton per acre thar any
other. Marlboro Is a small county but
Is a veritable garden. and until q few
| years ago her citizens were SO wrap
| ped UP in growing and producing cot
/ ton unttl but little attention was de-
| voted to manufacturing Industrial de-
velopment, or inventions OF any char
acter. II will be remembered that only
q few years ago Captain Z j. Drake.
OF this county (who, by the a - 4
| direct descendant Of Sir Francis Drake
OF England-and today being the eld-
| est male member OF the Drake family,
is entitled TO the peerage and honor
Of Baron De Drake received the
| prize offered by the American Agricul-
turist 100000 lone thousand dollarsb
for the largest corn yield per acre In
the world-he having produced on
one acre. 25i 2-3 bushes OF shelled
corn. Your correspondent saw his
corn while growing, and never before
or since has any cereal Appropriated
this phenomenal yield But under the
influence OF the intensive system Of
farming. this county is paying more
attention TO inventions and manufac-
turing. There are five cotton mills In
his small county one manufacturing
long staple and Egyptia cotton. Five
railroads cross the county, and ar
rangements are being perfected for the
construction OF a road from Benefits
willie to Blenheim, thence to deep wa
ter, either at Georgetown or Southport
on the Atlantic Coast. There Il talk
of a trolley line from Bennettsville via
Blenheim to Clio and back &c Ben
nettsville, the county is level and fer
tile, thickly populated and would pay
handsomely. The L.ytch. or Eclipse
cotton planter, the Breeder IN. OF P'
Guano distributor, the Acme or Nc
Call and "Eagle distributors all are
inventions of his County-also the
Breeder Stalk cutter. These are popu-
lar and extensively used agricultural
machines. Please allow me 10 speak
of an inventive genius and the pro-
duct of his inventive brain. I have
no interest in his inventions whatever.
but have watched his progress for
many years. About ten years ago Mr..
7. NJ. Brasington came to Bennettsville
from Arson county. y. G. At that
time he was at work on two or three
inventions. one of these was the
Star Pea Huller' he expended a for
tune, built quite a large number OF
these machines. discovered that they
u-ara 1afaHtiya ~ allied them all in re-
funded all money received for them.
and went to work II remedied the
? defect making greater Improvements.
until today he has the completest ma
chine, and most useful invention on
{ the market for producers OF peas. Mr..
Brasington expended and completely
lost 100000 before he succeeded,
!, He is now manufacturing these Star
! Pea Huliers'' in Bennettsville, Chatta-
nooga and in York. Penn. Besides the
pea huller, Mr.. Brasington has invent
ed and is manufacturing a shredder
! equal to any machine on the market
For Pears Mr.. Brasington lost money
= but had faith in his machine. continu'
:. ed to persevere until today he ha:
I paid back every dollar lost and Dor
I rowed. and is in a position to sit bach
f and eniov the fruit of his labors." II,
has purchased the Breeder Stall
4 Cutter and is manufacturing that ma
chine here at his shops. also Is build
L ing the Acme and Eagle guam
distributors here, but cannot this sea
g son begin to supply the demand. Dur
It ing the coming year Mr.. Brasingtol
e expects to manufacture six or eigh
q thousand 'Star Pea Hullers.' and
large number OF shredders. beside
= several thousand stalk cutters and tn
different brands OF guano distributor
T.. There are few such men as MI
% Brasington in the south, and his in
n ventions mark the beginning OF n neN
% era for the south, which will add {
q her material growth and prosperity
:, All Of these machine have been thor
/ oughly tested and are now being OK
e tensively operated throughout tn
II south.
le simply desired to present thes
facts to your readers, in order to fuI
= nish the Information. and to stimulai
: others who might be discouraged an
1 ready 10 give up. Mr.. Brasington hel
i on, when his friends plead with him
pr desist, but he knew he had good an
rs perfect machines. and never stoppe
until he completed them and today
~ receiving hundreds OF testimonial
congratulating him upon his gran
:" triumph and marvellous success. II
'h is a native North Carolinian, and
OF one of the few southern inventors VII
al is realizing profits from his own IL
ventions. Nearly all southern inveI
~ tons nave been sold To corporation
- and syndicates who generally NAL
NC large profits, while the poor invento
y, die ineolvent. J. p. p.
Death Of DIR. Daniel Shaw.