The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-08

greet asset to the Gown s.nd county,
employing numbers of men and pay
ing into the county treasury thous-
ands of dollars in taxes.
THE LANCASTER COTTON MILLS
Incorporated 1895.
Capital Spindles Looms
S15O,0OC 10000 $50
NJ. Increased in 1900.
Capital Spindles Looms
S1,00O,O0O 74,764 -, l,57S
s1t Increased, 1914. s,,s....
I Capital Spfndles Looms
>$2,5O0, 900 -. 137s6SS g M 3,00S
l'Ha, Employ $40 People.
Pay Roll for l2 months $225,314.2S.
i}%tG Cotton. -,
Daily Output is s4,s4o Yards Cloth.
l-ys5$<i 5000 Pounds Yarn;
Building Covers 81x Acres. Floor
M Space, Of IS Acres, ,l,5 ....,
Total State. and County Tax Of
Lancaster County is $126.000. OF
pays $13,220, or nearly 1-9 OF this
The Lancaster Cotton Mills is the
largest cotton manufacturing COM
pany under one management in the
United States and at time when
so many like, concerns have shut
down entirely or at best are running
on short time, the Lancaster Mills
50 ever, and give employment to
hundreds of men and women and
Cotton was shown at every stage
its manufacture. from the time
il leaves The bale Until it is woven
into fabrics of many Kinds. After
carding il goes through certain
processes, eight i'm number, each one
quite interesting. before it is strong
and fine enough 20 be spun into
r-cad and woven into cloth NIpch
of The yarn goes away to be knitted
into lace curtains. Other qualities
are shipped also to be woven into
undervests, hosiery, upholstery
Turkish towels, the carpet warps
go on the back of carpeting and
rugs and strong yarn is also used
in the making OF cord which will lift
16-pound weight. The exhibit
was artistic rs we'll as highly in
structire and it was explained in de-
tail by Mr.. Thomson. He had made
white balls of Che softest yarn and
these were hung at regular inter
walls on twine. string as a border
and added a pretty touch to the
whole cleverly designed display of
the cotton mills. 1"., & raa
LANCASTER COTTON OIL MILL
EXHIBIT, 'C.' 90.
Another Of the manufacturing
concerns Of which we have reason
TO be proud is the Lancaster Cotton
Oil Company, which had highly
creditable exhibit at the fair and one
which excited the interest OF every
visitor. On table at the left of the
entrance. Mr.. A. c. Ellison, the
! capable manager of this concern
had arranged with care the several
/ products, showing Them all the way
/ from cotton seed to refined cooking
and salad oil. First the lint was C. re-
! fully removed and the IinSG-s and
cotton thus obt2ned, was exhibited
, The seed after being freed from lint
| is hulleG, the outside taken off and
the heart of the seed left This is
! next ground finer, then finer still
after which the oil Is extracted and
the meal formed into hard cakes
From the oil in it's crude state
various commodities are made and
refined, it becomes a valued cooking
and salad oil, Snowdrift, etc. A big
sack of hulls and one of meal ready
for shipping as we'll as cans of oil
and buckets of Snowdrift formed a
part Of the exhibit. Mr.. John T.
Stevens, who is president of several
oil mills in the state, is also at the
head of this large and flourishine g
CONCERN.
POULTRY EXHIBIT.
| y Under the management of Messrs
j. T. Woodward and w. II. Cunning
ham, the poultry exhibit in the lower
hall OF the court house, was one OF
the finest displays to be seen at the
| fair and did credit to the energy OF
the men who managed it, as vel
as to all the other exhibitors. Many
| bounced it the very best they had
ever seen at county fair. The
coops or pens were well made and
| presented a neat, attractive appear.
| ance and the variety of birds on ax-
| hibit was splendid.
The poultry department of the
! fair has been well attended and
! judging from the remarks of hun
dreds of visitors, it is as fine show
as is usually seen at other fairs and
/ above q good many The managers
OF this department, Mr.. j. II. Wood.
ward and Mr.. w. III. Cunningham
are very much gratifed with the
good will and help of all those who
so kindly responded, sending theil
various exhibits and wish to thank
all OF them heartily for their co
operation.
On Saturday, a meeting was hello
in the treasuror's office, and the
Lancaster County Poultry Associa
tion was organized and, the follow
ing officers elected: .r ,,.,- IL, ;