Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1921-12-29
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A short time ago we received a
letter from Reginald Tompkins
who is assistant foreman In the
finishing department Of The Cara
leigh Textile Mills at Raleigh, N.
c. We are taking the liberty of
having it printed at this time. 1t is
as follows:
Dear Friend Raymond have
been nightly interested in M. &
MS "News Notes. and although 30
turned out some fine specimens in
the line of orators, cartoonists, mu-
sicians, etc., (probably etc. am
very glad to see her at the top, still
producing geniuses and introducing
/ into the course of study subjects SO
essential to good living and the
practical needs of the business man
and woman.
I'm proud to be Buckeye, not
because the chief executive came
from there. no not altogether, but
because she's the grandest old state
in the Union. She puts out folks,
real folks.
l rather expect for you to go
through textile mill, one weaving G
ginghams would be treat to lot
of you. You see cotton mill is al
most all windows like any up-to-
date factory. We get the raw cot
ton in bales. This is picked apart,
washed, bleached and then dyed the
different shades (browns and blues
being the fastest colors in almost
every case) before it is run on the
lappers to insure even thickness
before carding It is first drawn
off in a rope about an inch in diam
eter and is then run over slubbers
intermediates and finally speeders
before being spun, which in our mill
is spun down to No. &c thread.
Skipping over spooling, beaming,
Warping, leasing, drawing in and
the slasher we come to the weave
room. In this department we use
humidifiers to keep the air moist
in order that the warp will not kink
or get dry and break.
Before weaving, the warp has
to be run through definite proper
tions OF starch, wax and softener to
give the warp the correct degree of
smoothness and strength Every
piece of yarn is dyed before weav-
ing, thereby making both sides "the
right side"
Perhaps you wish to know why
some. ginghams shrink? The cloth
is woven and taken to the finishing
department, and stretched on ten
ter hooks or pins. This is run over
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stretched and dried on the pins,
Some mills gain 3 yards in length
in rs.
Now folks keep in mind that
there are exactly So separate and
different processes through which a
yard of gingham goes before being
placed on the market, SO don't com-
plain to Messrs. Brewster, Coulson
or White about prices of good ging-
hams any more.
Having been chosen editor-in-
chief of the high school annual. I
have resigned as editor of the
"Unonian News" Mr.. Appleman,
a very hard and intelligent worker.
has been selected as editor-in chief
for the rest of the school year. Mr..
Appleman needs no Introduction to
the students of NJ & M. He has a
winning personality. There is no
need Of saying more. We believe
he will make "our" paper better
than it has ever been in the past.
Students, stand by your high
school paper staff. Help make 1T
the most interesting section OF the
local paper, a credit to the high
school and the community.
The staff are going to take va
cation during the holidays. On &C
count of this, we will publish no
notes next week.
One of the most apparent things
to be noticed at M. & M. is the fight
ing spirit in athletics and the splIit
of cooperation and Willingness in
the other school activities. Among
other things the high school orches-
ira has attained wonderful degree
of perfection. 1t is n real treat to
hear it open M on st'me llVfIy
march, or whatager il be. <n'e is
reminded of Sousa when the mar
tial music peals forth. We are
proud of our orchestra as we be-
lieve any high school would be. No
dead music at M. & M. 1t is the
spirit behind it that makes music
good.
And now athletics. Those of you
who have seen the M. & M. basket
ball team in action will not ques-
tion it's never say die" spirit. One
io1 iuc nP
who showed the fighting spirit was
Lee Nell in the GAINESVILLE game.
After throwing his knee out OF
place and receiving deep cut over
the eye and several other haru
knocks Dutch" refused to with
draw from the game. We suspect