The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-03-01

|
for Sumter.
The ParrOtt Milling Company is
the latest additic the business en-
terprises ~ ngaged in busi-
g" <lN>' sday and will probably be
- steadily by the last of this
> ~ek or by the first Of next week at
| latest
The Parrot Milling Company has
its plant near the foot Of Sumter street
and is convenient to all who wish to
visit it to do business with it. The
new Plant will undertake an industry
that is new to the State, their work
being exactly what the name implies,
the grinding Of corn meal for the use
of the people of the State. AS the en-
terprise is something out Of the ordi-
nary line it is we'll worth a visit The
new concern will probably mean much
to the users of meal as it gives them
a chance of getting stuff which is
guaranteed to be good quality at rea-
sonable rates.
The first carload OF corn came in
/, Tuesday and was unloaded Wednes-
day at the plant. 1t was cleaned out
and put in big bins where it will be
kept until it is turned into the mill
to be ground into meal. By the first
cleaning process several bushels of
cobs sticks, trash of various sorts
and particles Of dust, silk and bad
corn were separated from the good
corn, which was left clean for the
grinding. Later when the corn is
ground it will be again cleaned out
and then it will be bolted or turned
out unbolted, as the manufacturer
wishes.
The processes through which the
corn goes before it is ground and dur
although it must be seen before it can
be fully appreciated. Tne whole buhd-
ing is provided with small elevator
shafts through which the corn is car
ried up and down, from one bin or
hopper to another, and from place TO
place, until it finally descends into
the sacking machine and sacks placed
to catch it. There are ten Of these
shafts five for carrying the corn or
meal upward and five for carrying the
material downwards, through which
the corn must pass before it is 1inaI
ly sacked and ready to be sold. Con-
veyOrs are placed from the milling
plant to the cars which unload the
corn into the first Of these elevators.
The first car load Of corn came il this
week from Nashville, Tennessee, and
a second car came in Thursday morn
ing from Indiana. The first car has
already been unlOaded while the sec
!; ond car will be unloaded later.
AS soon as the plant gets in steady
operation it is expected that a carload
of corn will be used nearly every day,
at least four or dVa a week, Tfhss
, means that the company pays out
| daily approximately $3.50 for corn
) which is brought in here to be ground
into meal, as the carload lots average
about a thousand bushels each.
If this corn could be obtained from
local farmers it would mean that this
money would stay here instead Of be
ing sent off for western corn. Mr.. 1.
|. Parott is anxious to use only Local
corn, if the local farmers will raise
sufficient for his mill
In turning out its products the new
company Will use the utmost care te
keep everything clean and sanitary.
Mr.. l.. |. PARROT. the president Of the
company. who will take the road as
soon as the plant starts to operating
steadily, stated Thursday morning
that he would insist on this in the
plant and among dealers to whom he
sells his product, Cars would be lined
with paper before they were loaded
with the meal from the factory to be
shipped out Eirst class stuff, guar
antccd TO be clean would be sent
out, even if less SUM was sold and
higher price asked.
LEE HELD FOR KILLING.