The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-08-05
WONDERFUL NEW COTTON GIN.
Norfolk Man Has Invented That May
RevoIutionize Industry.

It viii be of interest to the people
of Norfolk to know that a Norfolk
man. J. ]. McNally, has invented and
patented a cotton gin that bids fair to
revolutionize the cotton industry of
the South. Mr.. McNally has been
diligently applying himself to the con-
struction of this gin for the last two
years, in one of the largest machine
shops in New England, and now he
reports ne has it perfected. Mr.. t.
H. Birdsong. a prominent ginner of
Courtland Va, was in the city today,
en- route home from Boston, Mass,
where he had gone to inspect the
working of this gin When seen by
a reporter of the Ledger-Dispateh he
seemed very enthusiastic over what
he had witnessed, and expressed him
self most emphatically as to its
merits. Mr.. Birdsong said:
THE gin Mr.. McNally has invented
viii, in my opinion, prove to be a
complete success, and no doubt revo-
lutionize the cotton ginning industry
of the South. / witnessed its sue
cessful operation, saw it rapidly pull
seed without breaking a single strand
and leaving no linters on the seed,
and, what is more remarkable, with
out the use of saws, knives or
brushes. 1t is a very simple affair,
constructed entirely of metal, and
does not require more than one-third
the horsepower required by the saw
gin"
Mr.. Birdsong showed the reporter
some cotton seed taken from the Nc
Nally gin, and stated: Il have seen
a great amount of cotton ginned, but
l have never seen the seed stripped of
lint so clean as that which passes
through this gin.
''The invention is process of gin
ming on entirely new process from the
old, and gins wet cotton as well as
dry, and is the only gin l have ever
seen that would successfully do this.
While in Boston / conferred with sew
eral capitalists who are DESTROYS of
taking financial interest in the pro-
ject and placing the gin upon the
work
Mr. McNally is to ship his gin to
my ginnery at Courland next week,
where it will be installed and given
an endurance and capacity test upon
thirty bales of cotton have held over
just for this purpose. Experts from
Boston and elsewhere are anxious to
witness its operation, and will be on
hand when notified, and I have no
doubt but what they will see a COM
plete success in the operation of this
gin. -
Mr.. T. H. Synon, of this city, who
has an interest with Mr. McNally in
this gin project, and financing the
same, was seen, and he said: "The
machine which Mr.. BirdsOng saw
operate is Mr. McNally's fifth con-
struction of this gin before he got it
ment on the fourth one | saw operate
last October. when l was called to
Boston by Mr.. McNally to consider an
offer for our gin patents, that was
made us by one of the leading firms
Of that city. We decided not to con-
slider any proposition in advance of an
and not until we had
machines in operation in ginneries,
but we did accept their offer for ma
chimes to be sent to Egypt and Peru.
The McNally pneumatic gin was re-
Gently seen by a party from Missis-
sippi, one of the largest and most
expert ginners in the South. He was
very much interested. and is now ne
gotiating with us for the purchase of
a number of them. 1t has been seen
in operation by nearly all the prom
inent cotton men of Boston, and they
state it should make a saving of at
least IS per bale by the increased
length of the fiber, and this would
mean a saving of $50, 100000 a year
10 the planters of the South alone"
Mr. Synon stated that he would en-
1eavor to have these gins manufac-
-ured in Norfolk when the time
comes.
Besides the gin, Mr.. McNally has
also invented and patented a continu-
Ous oil press now in successful opera
ion in a number of oil factories in
he South.-Norfolk Dedges-Dispatch,