The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1911-03-30
CAROLINA BAGGING COMPANY.

One of Henderson's Big Manufacturing
Enterprises The Largest of Its
Kind. Outside the Trust. In the
World. When Completed.
The brick fre-proof factory tina
the Carolina Bagging Company
is adding to it's immense plant
in South Henderson attracts atten-
ton to an industry OF which there
are only few OF it's kind in opera
ton. this being the only one in the
State, and when completed will be the
largest bagging mill outside of the
trust.
1T is a great industry, a credit to
Henderson, and also to its vice-pres-
ident, Mr.. S. S. Parham, to whose
splendid creative genius and execu-
tive ability it is chiefly due.
ORGANIZED in January, 1908, busi-
ness was begun in the old Strause
tobacco factory on Chestnut and
Winder streets, March 18th, but the
following November the entire plant
was destroyed by fire, and the busi-
ness was at a stand-still for the next
five months and seventeen days,
opening again May |, 1909.
The fire was a heavy loss but it
paved the way for the present splendid
modern, brick, tire-proof plant. Fire
proof, fitted with automatic sprink-
lers, and n tank with capacity of
$4,000 gallons OF water and no feet
pressure, its fire protection is the
best, with water from two sources,
and hence its insurance rate is the
lowest.
Four Of the six acres in the site are
entirely covered by buildings, facto-
rips, storage houses, electric power
plants, machine shops and waste
cleaning houses, seven in all, and to
one who has never seen it before it is
revelation.
In one of the factories men are to
be seen picking and asserting huge
piles OF bagying Some of this can
bp priced. bnt some must be thrown
into the great suction pipe, and car
rIed first down and then yards over
head to the carding and weaving
room, where there are improved ma
chimes that shred, instead of break
the stock. And then the new jute is
ndded, and it i Carded in machines
that weigh rs we'll as card and twist
it. 1t is then woven into strong,
heavy bagging and packed in great
stoTe-hOuses to be sent, in August,
to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
North and South Carolina, and into
other parts Of King COtton's realm.
LII and around another building
high piles of ties are ~ be seen on
every side. These are first burnt in
the smelter, that all rust, old paint
and particles of cotton may be re-
moved, and that they may be an
nealed and made tougher and strong.
er than before. They are then made
straight again in the most expen-
sive pieces of machinery in the tie
mill, the double roller machines In
this the second pair Ut rollers run
more rapidly than the first and pull
and thereby straighten the tie as it
passes through. The ties are then
double riveted, when not whole
neatly bundled, dipped into high
grade enamel varnish that will not
stick to the hands, ana these, too
are ready for use in the great com
mercial world
To bring this order out of COnfu
sion 21O labOrers, large number O
whom are skilled wOrkmen, are EN-
ployed and paid 100000 annually.
Running day and night, year il
and year out, $50 rolls of re-rolleC
bagging in 30 yard lengths, 200 roll.
Of re-wovpn bagging, 80 yards to the
roll, and $50 bundles of new process:
ties are turned out daily. Both bag
glng and ties are superior to any
they have put on the market before
and with the constant adoption o
the latest improvements will be bet
ter and better.
The capacity OF the storage houses
is 100, 900 rolls OF bagging and IO0,-
600 bundles of ties, but the first day
OF last December not n roll of bag
ging nor tie was left. The demanC
exceeded the supply.
As soon as the new building il
completed its machinery will be in
stalled. Now turning out daily sui
ticient bagging to cover $500 bales
OF cotton, it will then turn out SUI
ticient to cover $500 bales, a 80
per cent. increase.
Its officers are: j. ID. Cooper, pres
ident; s. S. Parham, vice-president
J. IL. Parham, treasurer; W.
GhOlson, secretary; l.. W. Barne.
representative.
With excellent railway facilities. o
the main line of the Seaboard Al
Line, modern in all its equipment
and backed by some of the best bus
iness ability in the South, the Care
lima Bagging Company bids fair t
become one of the largest industrie
in the country.
The amount of capital investe
and necessary to carry on the bus