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- f 'V' ' J j ' Y. ( Y. X NORTH STATE PRESS. ADVEUT,SN RATES. Httcal and IVewi Journal. - X 1SHED "WEEKLY -i Br 0 r ii ill 1 1 1 1 f v i x v n - sr n 1 1 . , fT r r 1 1 1 . i w 1 1 i 1 1 i n ra Ni n i 5 Arr I i ; r i 'A m.Y ifi JROWN. & BRO. &ISHER3 & PkOPKIITOKS. Hates of Subscription I Cony one tpup 00 10 65 I inunns, ..M. ........ 1 three montlis............... WASniNGTON. Ur. Jo John McDonmM Mayor. i .. Minor. W. 7. Vfnrtnn Ti! Ttf rt5jr7arren' Romeo LItUe Commlssion- f f HojtTown Clerk. 1 " rDti" T reagnrer. jF. Bur bank Town Constable. COUNTT. . probate Jndee Geo. E, Bnokman. zliter of Deeds Richard Grander. E erHrO. W. Dixon. Coroner i 4 CarTeror ; . . Examiner . Commimfonerfl T.IT.Hlonnt. R.T.Hodarei .BolIock, ITenrr 'Harding, W. A. B. i "rney R.TT. Wharton. 1 MAILS. "or New Berne daily. ' " Tarboro.JamesTUIeand Plymouth very Monday, Wednesday and rnday. Hyde county Tuesdays and Fri- days. 11 Sooth Creek Tuesdays. T from New Berne daily. . 11 i Tarboro Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. " Jamesille and Plymouth Tues days, Thursdays and Saturdays. ITyde county Mondays and Thurs days, i , South Creek Tuesdays. : M ii LODGES. Oirr Lodee, No. 104. A. F. & A. M., meets ASt and 3rd Tuesday in every month. 1 - . ertfy Friday night, j - M 1 WVUCi iWi 1V A v a tuccu Pamlico, lfwr"!,!. O. G. T., meets every nday mght. I , f v-' 1 V ! Washington Lodee, K. of H., No. 1,490 tneets every Thursday night. cnuitcnES. i Emscopai. CHcncH--Services every Sunday morning and evening; Rev Nathaniel Harding, Reijtor J "J . . PaiSBTTf riav Crobch Services every Pun dai morning and night. Prayer Meeting vejry Wednesday night. Rev. Samuel M Smith, Pastor. j , ; Methodist Chcbch Services every Sunday morninar and nieht. Prayer meeting every "Wednesday night. Rev. W. C. Doub, Pas- torl Baptist Church. Services Third Sunday of every month, mornincr end evening. Rev T. Carrick, Pastor. W.z. HARTIN & MORTON, ii '"V ' I ttorneys & Counselors at Law, -WILTIAMSTON, N. U. piactice in the Courts of the District JHy Collections made in all parts of the Ute. -!. . . cct7:tr. IT. C A HO, CLEMENT MAflbl CAH0 & MANLY, J it Attcrnes Counselors at Law, Stonewall, Pamlico Co., N. C. rte in the Rtinerior Courts of Pam- Rpmifnrt. Hvde and Craven counties and laltbe Federal and Supreme Courts of the ,6nti. i - - i dec.S tf. ,"E. S. SIMMONS, Attorney ttt JLn.-w. WASHINGTON, N. C. Practices in the counties of Beaufort, Hyde. Mattin, Pitt and Pamlico. June 3, 1879:m. Wlit. J. LEARY, JR., Attorney & Counselor at Lazv, SWAN QUARTER, N- C rompt attention paid to all business in hands. SYLVESTER DIBBLE, nltSSOR F FINB ARTS Ntzt Door Co Dr. McDonald's Drug Store, !MAlp STREET, , 5iv sni;xo, nr. c. fuCbrtssingand Shampooing, Dye ing JSrecuUd i iM Most Artistic; Manner. JlntnV only rstiM Workmen and guar Jtig served at residence rhen so desired. tf. A week in your own town and no capital risked. You can give the business a trial without ex no The bfest ODUortumtv ever offered for those willing to work Lhould trv 'nothing else on- til TOP iee torPP"!" y e,;fa here. . MP3 w? Ste ali your time or only your . Yoi Pa ar.u-KciTnMfl.and make ereatpay mP m W 'rrhirVou work. Women make for enVSerid for spyclal private terms as mitfB M g!J wbich we mail free. $3 outfit ana pi ',rrniniaiii of bra limes wnue y ou THlSPAPERS may be found on file at l.Via Bureau (10 bpruce u vol. m. THE CLEMENT ATTACHMENT. A Full History and Description of its Operations, tost, etcs Corinth, Mips., Feb. 17, '80. Same fire years- since. Bishop Paine. of Aberdeen, Miss., called in my office at this place and casually remarked that he had recently seen in Cincinnati some J yarns of superior strength and sheen,' which had been made directly from the seed cotton byamiJdle Tennessean whose name he could not recollect. I became immediately interested, for I had-at tempted Buch a thing during the war, and failed for lack of skillful Machinists who were nearly all in the army or in Government machine shops. Od the Bishop's return, lie sent me the address . of Lewis Tresband Clements of Smyrna, lean., as the man who bad inveuted. a new. process of converting seed cotton directly into yarn. '( I immediately wrote to him and re ceived a prompt answer from Dr. J. A. Ridley, stating that Clements had acci dentally lost his life some two years be fore; that his machine was at Pulaski, Tenn., where it was made, and had re mained since Clement's decease. and ap pointed a day to meet me there and show it to me. ' TUB FIRST MACHINE. We met. I found the machine as be he had left it. It had likely 'not been opened since his death, and was deeply covered with dust, etc.' Ob examination I did not exclaim, but mentally said, 'Eureka." The result was I ibecame a third owner and general agent for the other seventeen owners of the patent which Clements had taken out. I went to see B. B. Smith, who had assisted Clements in making hs machine, and after consultation it was determined to make some slight changes, which result ed in the present attachment. which was called after the great originator "Clem ents. " Smith, in doing this, secured a patent connected with the attachment,: After completion and fnlly testing it, (at Pulaski, where it was made with olosed doors) I removed; it to this place, and on receipt of yarns from various factories. both North and bouth.wherel had sent slivers made by the attachment to be ftpun into yarnsi(all of said Northern factories believed from the strength and sheen of the sliver rove and thread that it was some kind of new cotton of long, fipe staple, lately introduced in the South, when in reality it was made of dirty, short staple cotton grown in mountains around Pulaski ) the yarns and machine created great interest and many -came to see them. 1 became alarmed lest the machine should be im proved on and patented by some one to the detriment of the owners: and had the card and attachment removed to a small factory and machine-shop in the mountains of North Alabama, where I kept it twelve months, experimenting and securing other patents, so as to cov er the whole thing, at the expiration of which time! the first mill was started at this place, which was soon followed by mills in Tennessee, South and North Carolinai The Clement patent was for rno new invention, but for the combina tion of the I principles of two machines that have been in use for three-fourths of a century; namely, the-"gin' and card," for converting seed cotton, by one operation, directly into slivers. A DESCRIPTION. vims macmnek consists m mi 't? i i a 36 inch top-flat, selfiStripprns card, the attach ment (which is a diminutive gin 18x 18x36 inches) is substituted for the licker-in and feed roll era of the card; its oaws are seven inches in diameter, with 14 teeth to the inch, fand revolves from 140 to 180 times per minute. The brush connected with the saws is a cyl inder covered with bristles; its periph ery revolves a little faster than the saws abd has a traverse or horizontal motion. The p riphery of the cardUravels a lit tle faster than that of the brush; a feed table is placed above the card aud con nected with the attachment py a chute. and gives a regular supply, of seed cot ton to the attachment. A stop-motion is used to saye waste in case of an. accident. These, with a small drawing -at - between the doffer and calleudar rollers to reduce the sliver to the ordinary working size, and a can motion to re ceive said sliver, are all the changes and additions made to the card, and there are noue made elsewhere. I The seed cotton is spread upon the endless apron of the' feed table, and passes thence through the chute iuto the attachment where the lint is removed from the seed, and whilst on the fiue saw leein auer passing me riosjpasses through a set of combiug plates, which removes all extraneous matter aud de livers the filaments to the card, aud thence through the doffer, small draw ing and calleuder rollers, are delivered as perfect sliver into a revolviug can. By this process ouly four machines are necessary to couvert- any given amount of seed cotton into Perfect yarns viz : card, as changed; drawing frame, sneeder aud epinuiue-frauie; it la true a cleanser of seed cotton Is Used aa i preparatory machine; its size is 22x28 x44 inchee; cost, $75; capacity, 6000 pounds seed "cotton per day; power ne cessary to drive, one half of ono horse. The new process dispenses With fully WASHINGTON, BEAUFOET COUNTY, N. 0.', TUESDAY, MAE0H 2,1880. jpne-h'alf the building. motive power, ma chinery, and one-third of the operatives hitherto necessary to convert auy given amount of seed cotton iuto yarns, causes the card, with the same amount of mo tive power, to do five times as much work; saves one-half the usual waste, and produces stronger sliver, rove and thread than can be made of baled cotton which on account of their extra strength seldom break or let down, thereby en- abltng operatives to attend more ma-i chinery and each machine to do more work. The. thread is equal id every re spect to that made of bale I cotton, fifty per cent, stronger and inore, sheeny. , The attach iueut tupereeJe9 the gin, press, and compress,, because they are mtended and ouly used, to render cot ton transportable; the willower, lapper, double lapper, breaker aud four fifths of the cards because they are ouly used to try to remedy the injury done by the gin press and compress; it supercedes railway, railway drawing-head, also all jack frames, shubbers mules, twisters. eveners, &c, &c, simply because they are 'costly and unnecessary machines, and perfect thread can be made without them. ITS ADVANTAGES. The reason why the card will do five times as much, using seed cotton, and same amouut of motive power, as it did by. the old process using baled cotton, is because the filaments are not permit ted to leave the machinery, fly. or be come tangled, but are kept" straight and parallel, and carding is but the straight ening of the cotton filaments. The sav ing of one-half the usual j waste is!' be cause fresh live cotton is used and half the usual machinery dispensed with.fThe extra strength of the thread and sheen is owing to the working of the cotton fresh. from' the seed, the oil of which has kept it alive, light, elastic and flexible, with all its attenuating qualities perfect and to the fact that it has never been napped, cut or tangled by the gin, press ed, compressed or permitted to become dry, seasoned and brittle in this tangl ed condition, nor has it been injured by the lapper, breaker and cards, where the damage done by the gin press and compress are sought to be remedied. , a But ; these! advantages (great as they are) are not half that are claimed for the new process. The ginning, baling, bagging and ties are s-ived the seed inure to the mauufaturers no loss from false ly, packed cotton, no strikes among op eratives, for it is the poor man's fac tory and his daughters are the opera tives. . " ',. THE COST. :,'J' ' The entire capital necessary for the smallest size new process mills, includ ing building and motive power, is only $3.700,, and will pay a net profit of 30 to 60 per cent, per annum as per re port' of Westminister Mills at Westmin ister, fc. C. L This is true, notwithstanding EI ward Atkinson, Secretary of the "New Eng land Cotton 'Manufacturer's Association says, "At cotton factory to pay well must have a capital of $150,000, be lo cated in a densely populated country, and have a machine shop on one side and a paper mil? on the other It saves all expense, loss, waste.drv age, perquisites geueral average, ac counts, stealage and speculation, &c., &c, on cotton "intransitu" from the field to the factory, be that distance 15 or 15.000 thousand nnles.as from Indii to Manchester, Great Britian. The gross profits made by speculators on the entire crop of 1878-9 was the difference between 8ceutspaid the pro ducer and twelve cents paid by the man ufacturer, barely enouii paid the poor producer for its production and $90, 000,000 gross, or about $65,000,000 net paid the gambles, in 16,000,000 of spots and futures. By the new process, seed cotton on ly, can be used, and it will not bear long transportation. This cuts off all competition from the North and Eu rope. Take a bale of cotton on a tarm nea Corinth, Miss., and see the expenses, &c, in sending it via Memphis to Bos ton, Mass. Hauling to Corinth, sampi line, I weighing, deduct of from two to four pounds from each bale s actual weight, profits to purcbaser.freight and insurance to Memphis, drayage to cot ton shed, storage and insurance, deep sampling, commissnns for selling. gen eral average accounts, brokerage tor buying, deep boring, second weighing repairs, drayage to compress, compress ing drayage to the steamer or depot, freight and insurance to Boston, loss on bills of exchange, &c. To these add waste,loss,dimage,drayage and stealage all the the expenses, speculation, ottv, of the guerillas of the South and the great cotton kings of the North ; also tle expenses in our seaport townswnere it is or was re-compressed to be ship ped to Europe,)the expenses aud profits of the shipment, and the expenses after its arrival there until it i sold to the manufacturer. Now if to all these you add the expenses, profits, &o., of the manufactured goods returned South, you will have some idea of what middle men receive, and what the new process will save, when generally adoptca ,to our im poverished but still beloved South Aa nroot oi ine superiority oi me yarns, 1 would state that the Centennial Exhibition awarded premiums to three citixens of the State of Mississippi, ona of which was a medal of honor and dip loma of tnei it, to Whitfield Mabafaetar ing Co., of Corinth, Miss.i for their "new process" yarns. Awards were al so made at the State Fairs of South, Car olina and Georgia, (two States more advanced in cotton manufacturing than any in the 8outh,) to the late Pi E. Harrison, of Andersonnille, S. for similar yarns made by him. Als see opinion of Buckjnham & Paulson, -arn commission merchants of New .Yor i, of the new process yarns. ' They fiud r sadj sale in all the markets at highest pi ice?: We nave seen some of your yarls ia Philadelphia, and they are the blnd Bomest grxAls we have everea;'. J,We have a demand here for an extra quali ty of yarns, and would like to have a shipment from you.": "There are no better yarns make, and they are put up in excellent shape " . "We wish you would make us a shipment of yarns to Philadelphia, as we have an outside trade for it there, and for a superior quality of y arn such as you make us can fiud; a ready mar Ret. THE ONE OBJECTION. There never has been nor can be but one objection to the new process, id est, that on the 1st of January an 8 months supply of seed cotton must be held to run the mill until the next crop comes in. This will continue to be the case as long as Southern Farmers remain slaves to commission and oUier merchants, middle-men, speculators, Northern cap italists and manufacturers. In both the "old" and "new process"sorae one must hold this supply of cotton, and must be paid for so doing; but it is better for manufacturers to receive this pay or lose the interest for three or 4 months, by which time he can repay it with manufactured goods) that to pay the gambler in spots and futures fifty per cent, for hplding it for him which was the case last year. But as one if the many offsets to this only objection to the "hew process" I will state what 1 know to be true and what I think will le en tirely satisfactory to any one except middle-men interested in continuing the cotton bale system; that seed cot ton being in bulk from eight to . twelve, months,' enhances in market value from 1 to 1 to 2 cents per pound, (lint) by absorption of oil from the seed by the filamepts which gives the staple a rich, creamy color, increasing its weiirht and tractilify and causing it to work up with less waste. Whilst baled cotton, stand ing the same length" of time,de.teVior ates in market value from 1 to cents becomes dry, seasoned and brittle, los ing on 'the average from 18 to 22 R3 per bale from dry age and loses greatly from waste in being worked in this dry state. The International Cotton Exchange, of London. 1876 or 1877. resolved that "cotton standing in a compressed state sixty days was injured 'more than one class or grade " There are no half grades, and the difference between grades or cUsses is about of a cent per pound The same body also resolved, that, "Whereas the deduction of tare for bagging aud ties in Europe caused complication, etc; therefore be it reolv ed that hereafter the said tare be deduc ted in the first purchase of the cotton in the country where it has grown." This of course was not approved by oiir Na tional and city cotton exchanges, but I have yet to see the far-oer who does hot believe he gets more for his bagging and ties than he paid for them. Lest I tire you of the new process. I will write a few lines atfout the natural advantages of the South over New Eng land aud 'Europe, in manufacturing our great staple, which will conclude this ar ticle. I consider the South as having every facility of the North and Europe in the manufacture of our cotton and in addi tion, cheaper land, food, fuel, labor, building material, shorter and milder winters, more reliable water power, di rect reclamation for false packing, ex emption from strikes; and more than all these combiued, an abund-mt supply of undameged cotton an every farm. With these natural advantages, no wouder we see our papers crowded with such notices as these : "Augusta Fac tory of Georgia, paid a dividend 6f 28 per cent, last year "Mississippi Mills Wesson, state by authority, that no stock of. this factory is ou the 'market at any price. It caunot be touched for ls)v ou the dollar." In speaking of the Eigle and Phoenix Mills the same paper says: "during the last thirty days their sales have been a quarter of a million dol lars," whilst English mills four thous- ui i les j way from the cotton fields, are suspended or running ou short time, an I our New Englaud mills doing but little if any ' better. A, TEW WORDS TO MIDDLE MM. The substitution of the vnewMfor the "old" process of manufacturing cotton, will be gradual, and will not necessari ly produce the convulsion in the preseut system of trade aud commerce appre heuded by many. For bales of yarn will by degrees, supercede bales of cot ton, and bales of cloth eventually take the place of bales of yarns. 'Jhese two latter beiug greatly more valuab'e than the crude cottou . affo.d a larger margiu of profits iu comia-ions to the Coin mis siou Merchant, the Broker or cottou buyer. the bauka. iu bills of exchange J and the insurance companies. The dray- age. storage, and transportation Wooid be nearly the same; also bagging and ties would be necessary in baliug cloth. Gins, presses and compresses would be justly dispensed with, as they , greatly damage the staple, and are only intend ed to render raw. cotton tianspotable. Cotton textiles are used by. and are indispensable to, every enlightened, civ ilized, half-civilized, and many of the savage nations of the world;Ten South ernStates produce two-thirds of the cot ton of the commercial world, and of the finest staple known, of which they only manufacture about one twentieth. The conversion of her last year's crop into yarns would have increased its value over $200,000,000, and into textile fab rics many fold more. Her last year's crop of cotton at 8 cents did not more thau pay the cost of production, by hired labor. A two-thirds'urop of cotton Sells for as much money as a full crop. Cot ton grown, only as a surplus crop, al-r ways pays. Every article of prime ne cessity, both of food and raiment can be produced in the Southi Every product of the soil, mine and forest should be manufactured to its utmost value before it is put on the world's market. Cotton I believe, is the true key to prosperity of the South. Tue Whitney gin gave this key to the capitalists ot the North and Europe, but the "Clement Attach ment" restores it to the South, for when she diversifies not only her soil pro ducts, but her labor, iu utilizing her immense water power m manufacturing the products of her soil, mines and for ests, particularly her great cotton crop then it matters not about Bourbon or Radical, Democrat or Republican, Greenbacker or Resumptionist, a solid South.oi a solid North, a natioa, or the United States, they all dwindle into in significance, for so long as she produces all the necessaries of life (which she can aud should do) grows, manufactures, aud- coutrols the indispensable cottou fabrics ot the world, slid will be self- sustaining A I prosprous and independ- cut. ! F. E. WHITFIELD. Sr. ADDENDA. In answer to the many enquiries re lative to the Clement Attachment which are propounded to me through letters, sometimes at the rate of 100 per week, I submit the following, which I have compiled as coveriug all the important points in relation thereto.. -lu 4U-4t-iud uection it will not be improper for me to state that the many newspaper arti cles which have appeared and are now. appearing, have been solicited by said newspapers, and L nave oever paid tor the, iusertion of.any of them nor have myi agents, to my knowledge. First Is there a special factory es tablished to manufaci ure these machines?' If so, at what place, and at what price? Ans. I made arrangements with R. M. A Very, a gin staud maker in Mem phis, Tennessee, to make attachments. He died of yellow fever in 1878. .Then I got the Carver Giu and Machine Co., of the same city to make them. Had a few make in orth Alabama, but have lately made arrangements with the Brideburg Manufacturing Co., (office 65 North Front St., Philadelphia.) to make complete sets of new process ma chinery, with all the latest improve ments. The first entire new set made by them was for T. A.Barnes, Senoia.Ga. who writes me his mill will be in oper ation by the 1st of March' Mr John o, Sinbling, in Westminister, o.VJ.,nas promised iuc to have a shop started in South Carolina or Georgia1 especially for making Attachments and changes on the card, aud ultimately, the cards, drawing-frames, speeder, and spinning frames etc. The cost of an entire set of new machinery at Bridesburg would be about $4,000, and if bought part new aud balance good second baud machine ry, it can be had for about $2,500 or $3,000. Two or"more sets bought at ouce would be some ntteen per cent cheaper. Second How many spindles to one attachment ? Ans.- 400 spindles for yarns num bering from eiglit to fourteen, and 450 to 500 for yams numbering from four teen to tweuty-two I Third How many pounds of cotton used in a 10 hour run 1 Ans. From 550 to 700 pounds, as to quality of machinery aud thread. Fourth How much floor space does one machine occupy ? Aus. One entire set of machinery requires 1,400 square feet of steady floor, and au attic room for feed table, cleanser, and temporary supply of seed cotton. Fifth What steam power will drive ouo machine If . -k Ans Seven to eight horse power is ample for one set of machinery; and all other thinw beiug equal, reliable wa ter power is $2 to $2 50 a day cheaper thau steam when wood ia worth $1.70 per cord.. Sixth. How many hands, and what kiud, and the duty of each, to tend one machiue"? Aus. Seven to eight operatives are necessary to attend one entire of ma chinery, all women and girlr over ten years old, and would be distributed about as follows : One up-stairs to,at teud cleanser and feed table; oue card and drawiug frame; one spe-der (with, kalf ber time to spare) are) two the spinning : I " NO. 36 frames, and two the reels and thread press. ':--' j j Seventh. How many sizes of yarn will it spin ? j Ans. I have seen it make the first quality of yarns of all sizes, from three and oue-half (carpet filling) to No-22. and have no doubt it will make No.200 or fiuer than can be made of baled cot ton. " j ,'- Eighth . Is this Clement Attachment anything more than the old baud spin ning ginny on a larger scale ? Ans.- The Clement Attachment or new process of converting seed cotton directly into sliver, and thence by oth- er.machipes iuto perfect yams, is a cot ton factory, requiring steam or water power, skilled labor, an expert Sup t., two-story building, and 2,000 square feet of floor for the smallest tsized mill, whilst the old baud spinning criunv on ly required 15 square feet of floor and a uegrq girl to run it. They are as dis similar as the ordinary cotton mill is to the hand cards and spinning wheel of our, ancestors. ,' Niuth. do you consider the model of this spinuing arrangement quite per fect and not susceptible of great im provement aud consequently of great changes t - j f Ans.; I have partly answered this question elsewhere in this circular. U will be extraordinary if some addition al improvements are not made. It will J -ii t ' i : . " t . uo au x rcpreseut iu its present condi tion. .: ' ; 1 j'l r Tenth. -Is it your experience from actual transactions that you double the value of one pouud of cotton by spin ning into yarn ? Ans,- 'fhis depends on circumstances Ordinarily, a bale of cotton when con verted into yarns, from Nos. 8 to 14, is doubled in value. If the numbers are from 14 to 28 there is added say 125 per cent by the conversion. By the new nrimMS thai pnhanr.pci v1iia ahrwiLl Ko j 80raethiug inoreUhan by the old process for the thread is more sheeny and much stronger, j .' Eleventh. Do you find a ready sale for your thread, and is it stronger and better thread than that spun from ginn ed cotton ? ; ( ' Ans. Yes. See foregoing circular. I am informed that there are 25,000 looms in Philadelphia whose propria- I tors do not own or us? a single spindle, i but buy all their yarns; and in Europe j the spinning is done by one set of mills tli-wavingby anotUfc -.aluooBi a universally . Twelfth.; Do you have to purchase cotton enough and hold it for a year's supply ? Ans. See the foregoing circular un der item ' 'The One Objection." An i eight rmonth's supply of seed cotton must be held on the 1st of each Janua ry. The yarns spun in four monthswill refund the cost of the seed cotton, j Thirteenth.; Is it your opinion that when these machines become thorujugh ly tested they will supercede gins, and make a great revolution in Southern in dustries ? 1 . ' I Ans! Yes ; beyond the shadow of a doubt. 1 am an old man of sixty-seven years, and may not live to see it. but my children may live to see the day when hot only cotton bales will be su perceded by bales of yarns but bales of yarn by bales of textile fabrics. Fourteenth What kind of a house is necessary ? . j Ans. It shonld be forty to sixty feet wide and ten or 11 feet pitch for first floorj, The firstoor should be steady, the room well lighted and comfortable in winter -have strong, steady girders or lines of posis to hang shafting. The building may be of stone, brick, frame or Shanghai. The cheaper, if comfort able, the better, for it is the money in vested in machinery, and; not in fine buildings, that pays dividends.' Fifteenth What is the, net proceeds per pound for the seed cotton, when properly managed ? j Ans. One cent per pound on the smallest size mill, and over.one and a half per cept per pound of seed cottou:, where four or more attachments are run in the same mill. ' ! ' Sixteenth. Is the attachment coraf plicated ? What about its durability ? What its cost? 1 Ans.; It is as simple as any other gin ; not liable to get out of order, wil last four times as long as common gins because it funs only oue-fourth as fast Its cost perse, is, say, $200, and with all the other changes iu the card, say $375. The royalty, at present, is only $150 on each attachment, but will be advanced on the! 1st of April next to $300.' . ' 'i-r' .. .j Seventeenth.-4-Do you sell county aud State rights and at what price ? Ans. Yes ; at reasonable prices. In pricing territory, the population, wealth , amount of cotton grown, water power,: facilities for transportation, etc., are considered County rights vary from $400 io $1200,- and State rights from $8,000 to $28,000 Eighteenth. What is the usual a mount of loss in ginning seed cotton by the Clement Attachment? j Ans.- Nothing is lost in the ginning, for the entire lin is removed from the seed thus saving the 6 or 8 per cent of lint obtained from cotton seed by oil mills, i But in the other machinery used. the watte is abat half what it is by the old process say 8 wstdad of 10 rer oent. j ' VB V) r I u a a SPACE III 5 O llnch 100 150 200 250 350 2 in's 200 3 00 4 00 450 60" 3in'f 250 450 550 650 1000 icol. 400 555 750 900 1200 col. 100 1000 1400 110012000 I 1 col. 1200 1800 2400 3000'350O 500 15(0 100O-15 1500 2S 1800 20 12061 1500 240K)3500 50 4000 5500100 Special contract advertizing for larger ipact may be made at the office of THE, NOR Til STATE PHESS.l Office on Maid i - Street the rear of U. M. Brown' e Drug Store Nineteenth. Have sizes of Attachments 7 Ans. We have as you different yet only made them to suit a 36-inch card. They can be made to suit any card from a 30 to i 60 inches, and to suit all kinds of cot ton cards, say ordinaiy top-feieds, self strippers, worker and strippers of the ' roller cards. ; j ' Twentieth. Where can new process t': factories be seen in operation I Ans. At Windsor, N. C.I address C. T. Harden, Prest. ; West Minster S. C, address, West Minster Mfg. Co., at Matthews Depot ; Mecklenburg Co., N. C, address E. C. Grier & Son ; at . Anderson ville, 8. C, address! the rep resentative of the late F. E. Harrison ; al New Bern,- N. C, address George -Allen. A mill will commence opera- , tions March next, at Senoia, Ga., ad dress T. A. Barnes; also at Ttscumbia, Ala., Henry Habbelen. There are also mills beiug erected at Conway, Ark,, and atMt. Pleasant, Ark., address Win;. ; Coleman. Many sales have been made iu North Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama and many applications from Louisiana Tennessee, Florida, Georgia and Tex . as. v . ' Twenty-first. Are you satisfied with . it ? Is it a success ? Ans. It is more than I hoped to find it, and does and saves all I ever repre sented it. The mills are' netting from ' 33 to 50 per cent per annum on their entire investment, at least all that I have" heard froml ; The one at -Windsor, N. , C; is the only one of all new machinery and latest improvements ; it at last re-1 port', was converting 700 lbs. Beed cot- ton, daily into 220 lbs. yarn on each card. ' ' Twenty-second. Are the patents all secured, and title perfect? Ans. Yes; to my certain kn swledge, notwithstanding some of tht isecular press middle men, state to the reverse. Twenty-third. Can a supply of seed cotton be had ? 1 - ' ' Ans. There has been no difficulty thus far, nor will there ever be, when a fair price is Offered for it in cash. Twenty-fourth. Won't Veejd cottcn rot, if kept over a year ? : Ans. No ; if put up dry it will kppp a number of years, and the lint thereby increases in market value, in weight, in. tractility and when worked gives off. less waste , whilst just the reverse in all these points, is the case when baled cot ton is kept over. 1 " Twenty-fourth. Where can second-hand machinery be had and at what price?' j j'V .. Ans. Good second-hand machinery can be had in Philadelphia, Now York, Lowell, Falls River and Boston,' Mass , and in all large northern towns at from half to one-fourth the price f new ra chinery, but none but ah honest expert should be intrusted with buying second hand machinery r' t Twenty-fifth. Wont it euire ex pensive warehouses to hold a Supply of seed cotton? Wont the different gradet get mixed, and would not a leak iuifer roof ruin the whole ? Ans. A house cost $100 will hold from 170 to 200.000 lbs. seed cotton, enough to run one attachment twelve months. I would advise a larger build- ing. with wagon drive through the cen- ter, and 10x12x16 feet pens on. each between floor b- side with 6 inch air chamber! the pens, ventilated from" the tween tho pens this enables you to put and keep , separate the different grades a leak from the roof if permit ted to stand a year, will only rot a per pendicular hole through the; cotton about two or three times the sij p"th leak, j !' I own a third interest, or more, in all the patents connected with the now process and am general agent for all others interested therein am jthe only person authorized to oiake conveyances of State or county rights, or rights to' use the new process machinery, j C. T. Harden, of Windsor, N. C.,U ny agent for that State ; M. E. B icon,, of Oko lona, and A. O.i Withers, ot Holly Springs, for Mississippi ; Jiiward Is. Gay, of Faunsdale,' for ' Alabama ; Dr. Jas. A. Ridley, Nashville, Tbou., for Middle Tenn. A new process cotton mill of one card of latest and attachment, all new and improvements, driven by water power, if properly managed would pay about as follows : Cost of machinery say Freight and setting up say $4,oob 130 150 Royalty - j -Building and motive power ' DAILY EXPKN3ES. 1 ' , 7 operatives at say 55c ts per day $3.85 1 sun t say gl. 50. incidentals at 81.50. . - - 3.00 oi 650 1 lbs seed cotton, Zc per lb 22.75 $23.00 .Total daily expense ,i DAILY TXARS EARXINOS. 100 lbs yarns no. 10 c 22c p lb $41.80 434 lbs cotton seed c $8 per ton 1.00 60 8 per cent hard and good waste 3o per U say. $43.00 31430 Net daily profit. A. Kansas boy I earned a nice Bible by consmitiing 300 verges to meniory, and t&ett fca traded his Bible for a sliot-gao stud tccJiSfftfjrabot hii aaot ia the e.7. '(V ;' r - 7- V 1 - I I i i A 1 1 ""' ; 4- ric i.,.htniiowMiiw"" i "3 r V
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