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SAVES PLAN! The Hoiand-Bale Pres Free Grinning-, Fr< Insurance KS Correspondent Man j ? "WELDON, N. 0. November 10. Scattered all over this section arc handbills which read as follows: "Free Ginnery.-Cotton ginned free of charge and covering included at the Weldon Round Bale'-riuucrj, if sold to the company at Weldon price of square bale the day cotton is ginned, or, if preferred, we will gin and bale for the fifteenth and guarantee Nor folk prices for the cotton. "No charge for covering, samples, insurance or drayage. ' 'Highest prices paid for seed cot ton. "Seed bought at market prices. "All we ask is a trial. "WELDON OIL MILL." This notice reads somewhat strange ly to the average cotton planter. He las been aocustom?d for so many years to pay not only the expenses of raising his cotton, but have all of the expenses charged to his account from the time the staple is loaded on the wagon en route to the gin to the time when it is sold to the factor that he has come to regard such expenses as Matters of necessity, and would doubt less follow the time-honored custom for the next century were it not for a new system of bailing. The notice referred to is issued by the management of the round bale cotton press at Weldon, N. C. This is the only plant of its kind within the borders of the State, but although ? it has been in operation only a few weeks,- has attracted attention from all the cotton-growing districts owing to the many improvements over the old system, which are so manifest that no argument is needed to con vince the planter dr cotton handler of its superiority. It is located but a few hundred feet from the railroad station at Weldon and is operated by water-power from the Roanoke River. The power canal wa3 described in the Manufacturer ? Record several years ago. and the mill property at its ter- ! minus is owned by Hon. Don Came ron, of Pennsylvania. At present a corn mill, a cotton-seed-oil mill and a ginning plant aud the press referred to are operated by this water-power. Arrangements, however, are being made to place in operation a model flouring mill at the same point in the near future, and the machinery for this is now being installed. The bailing press, which is the device controlled by the American Cotton Co., is of the double variety, turning out two bales at the same time. It is, of course, connected with a series of gins, and such is its capacity that it takes the entire pro duct when both presses are running of four Munger gins each of seventy saws capacity. The building contain ing the gins and press is not over 50x 25 feet in dimensions, and one fea ture of the plan which especially com mends itself is the small space requir ed. In fact, from the outside it ap . pears insignificant, but when a visitor finds the plant in operation, as did the writer, he is very forcibly impressed with its value and utility, and does not need to hear its praises from the farmers who have become among its warmest supporters, that is, those who havo had dealings with the com pany and have taken their cotton to this point to be prepared for the mar ket. The planter driveB his wagon-load of cotton under an open shed, from the roof of w*:ich are suspended two pipes, looking uot unlike furnace pipes, which are about a foot in diameter. From that time until he receives his money for the cotton and the cotton-seed he has nothing to do except amuse himself by watching the machinery or to help feed the cotton into these pipes. As far as the latter operation is concerned, however, a child can attend to it. These pipes ?readjusted so that their open ends ?re a few iuches above the mass of cotton. An exhaust fan is then placed in operation, which carries the material up by suction through the pipes and lateral conveyers to the gins, which are supplied in the usual manner. The suction system is simi lar to that employed in saw mills and woodworking establishments in re moving the sawdust and shavings, ?nd, while extremely simple, is very effective. The gins do their work so thoroughly that it is said many of the mills where this cotton is sent use no carding machines upon it. The seed is, of course, caught in receptacles at thc bottom of each gin and then trans ferred to the oil mill, which is about 100 feet distant. Leaving the series of gins the ma terial is conveyed to the top of the press into what may be termed tlie reservoir through a conduit of sheet metal. Front the reservoir it travels on endless belts of cauvas to a series of heavy metal rollerc until it reaches what is to be tho core of thc bale. The cere is simply a cylinder of steel about two inohes in diameter, hollow fERS MONEY. ss at Weldon, N". C. se Bailing and no ? Charges. ufadu vcr'a Jiec?rd. in the 'center and slightly larger at one end than at the other. In this shape, when the bale is formed, it can be easily knocked out by a wedge and hammer and again utilized. In tho form of what might bc termed cotto.i batting thc material reaches the core and is adjusted then in less time than is required to describe it. Thc space between the rollers gradually dimin ishes in size, and the density becomes greater aad greater until the limit is reached. In forming the bale is merely wound around the core by the machinery. The lenth of time requir ed varies aecording to the velocity of the press. A bale can easily be com pleted within ten minutes, aud when the entire plant is working to its full capacity it can turn out twelve bales an hour, or nearly 300 every twenty four hours. An indicator shows when the limit of the bale has been reached, and by merely pushing a lever the machinery is stopped. A covering of burlaps is then placed in position and the press rolls it around the cotton. The removal of the cotton from the press is an exceedingly simple opera tion, requiriug less than a miuut After the covering is stitched together the ends are closed in the same man ner, after extracting thc core. Next thc bale is. weighed and the weight stamped on the outside, while a label, indicating the point where it has been made up, is also pasted on the cover. While the baling is in operation a generous sample of the cotton is taken from the press. This sample is used by the cotton buyers, and hence it is not necessary to open a bile and ex pose the interior to damage from the weather and other causes, which every cotton planter knows forms not a small item of loss each year. The sample is taken out and numbered similar to the bale, accompanied by a certificate signed by the superinten dent of the press and others, so that there is no question that it is a speci men of the grade of the bale from which it was taken. By the side of the cotton-press building, and within ten feet of thc *press itself is a branch of the Sea board Air Line Bailroau. An empty car is pushed to the door and thc bales loaded on thc car by hand di rectly from the building without transfer. The car stands under the same shed from which the pipes pro ject, and it is not an unusual sight to see a wagon load of cotton being drawn into the press and the finished bales being loaded into thc car at the same time. Such is the rapidity with which opera;ioDS are conducted that thc ma terial brought to the plant in the morning may be shipped in' two or three hours by traiu to the Norfolk market. The simplicity of thc mechauism is especially noticeable. As already ?tated, water power is used at this plant entirely. But sixty horse power is required to run thc ginning machinery and thc baling press. The latter alone requires but twenty-five horse-power. This is supplied by oue turbine wheel, and power can be turn ed on and off as easily as if it were steam or electricity. There are no intricate parts to get out of order, and about the only possible delay that eau occur is by thc slipping of a belt, which is of little significance. The various ? rollers are mounted, with a heavy covering of rubber, which pre vents thc cotton from clogging in any way. If thc movement of thc cotton into the press ceases from any cause the machinery can be stopped imme diately. The force required to oper ate the ginning and baling plant com prises but five or six hands, including the superintendent. The only expert required in the operation of tlie plant is Mr. A. E. Wilson, thc superinten dent. Judging from the success which has already been attained, Mr. Wil son is evidently thc right man in the right place. One niau 'Can operate the levers of both presses. A negro boy is usually placed at each to pick off particles of cotton which may occa sionally stick to the rollers or to watch that the feeding of the press is regu lar. One man can attend to thc operation of all of thc gins, while an other is kept to assist in handling thc bales. The scale of wages at this place is not over ?3 per week for each hand, and from this an idea of the economy of the operation can be gath ered. The planter who takes his cotton lo the Weldon press saves the charges of ginning, insurance, baling, etc., and can obtain as high a price as if sold tu a tactor. The result ni' this otTer has been to keel? thc press almost con tinually at work, except during thc election period. Every planter within n territory ol' thirty miles or more around Weldon who has been able to get his cotton to this point ha.-, done so. With thc extremely low pi iee. of thc staple and the series ol' charges saved thc producer by the new sys tem, it is not difficult to understand why thc company should have such an extensive patronage. The writer conversed with several planters who were waiting at thc press to have their leads turned into bales and found that they were unanimous in their support of its system. Roberts and his Wives. The action of thc next Congrcsss on the case of Brigham il. Roberts, who has just buen elected a Representa tive from Utah, may be significant as foreihaeowing thc future relations of j thc General Government to thc Mor- j mon Church. While nearly all of j Utah's Congressmen have been Mor- J mons, and at present both Senators] and the one Representative are ardent followers of that faith, the question of polygamy has not been directly raised since Stateho d was granted. Cannon, Rawlins and King arc Mor mons, but not polygamists, lt has long been charged that this Mr. Rob erts is an actual polygamist, and with that understanding he has been nomi nated and elected to Congress. Other polygamists have lind seats in Con gress from Utah, notably George Q. Cannon, who was a Territorial Dele gate, but when Utah became a State she prom.sed in the most impressive manner to abandon plural marriages and forever prohibit them within her borders. These were the terms of the enabling Act. If, so soon after these promises were made, Utah elects a man to Congress who can be proven to be a polygamiss, it will certainly look as if her good behavior agree ment did not mean much, and may foreshadow a wholesale reversion to polygamy before many years are pass ed. , In discussing Mr. Roberts' right to a seat in the House the question is: What can Congress do about it, even if he is a polygamist? A similar question might bc asked as to the attitude of Congress toward a general renewal of polygam in y in Utah, in case it should ever be undertaken. Representative Cooney, of thc 7th Missouri District, says that Mr. Rob erts was beyond doubt fairly' elected by the people of Utah, and, that being the case, should not be unseated if he had a thousand wives. Other Repre sentatives also announce their inten tion of voting against unseating Mr. Roberts. The Utah man himself says that the demand of the American peo ple, as expressed in the enabling Act, went no further than this: "Perfect tolerance of religious sen timent shall be secured, provided that polygamous or plural marriages ar forever prohibited. Thus the demand went so far as to prohibit future poly gamous marriages, but no further.'' It thus appears that Roberts makes the point on "future" polygamous marriages, and evidently regards the continuance of those which had already been formed at the time of the adoption of thc new Constitution as perfectly proper. This is a typical Utah view. By a sort of common consent thc old polygamous marriages are allowed to continue, under some little disguise, perhaps, but the mak ing of new contracts of that sort by the younger generation is looked upon as at variance with thc agreement of the Church. Whether the Uuited States Government will take this view of the case in regard to Mr. Roberts remains to be seen. Mr. Dingley is quoted as saying that thc election of a pob'ganiist to Congress, in thc face of Utah's sol emn pledge, is an affront so grave that he thinks thc House could not avoid taking some notice of it, and if the charges could be proved might easily lead to his expulsion from the House. There is a strong suspicion in many quarters that the United States has its real Mormon question yet to meet. - St. Douis Globe-Democrat. Disease is a great and treacherous ocean. Man ever stands upon its shore and gazes out over its calm surface without a thought Of danger. It licks bis feet-it advances and recedes almost playfully-but all tilt: same it will crack his bones and eat him, and wipe the crimson foam from its jaws as if nothing had happend, as it lias been doing ever since tile world began. A man who carelessly saunters along thc shore of the insatiate sea of disease, will some dav cucouutci a gu-ui. btorm in the form of some fatal malady and will be en gulfed, because a mar. di s not have togo to bed when he sufi rs from a trivial indi gestion, because he docs not have to give up work when he gets nervous and cannot sleep at night, because he can still force down an unsatisfactory meal when he is suffi; ring from loss of appetite, becam e by strong effort he cnn add a column of figures willi aching head-is no reason that these disorders are trifling or to be neglected. They are thc wai tiing ; ut .-. lions sickness. A man who promptly heeds them, and re sorts to the right remedy, will sp< edily re cover Iiis usual health. Thc man who neg lects them will find that he i- bi the grip of consumption, sonic nervous disord , or .som!- other dread malady, due to improper or insufficient nutrition. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is thc best i?f rill med:.-ines for men and women who suf fer in this way. lt restores tiv..- lost appe tite, facilitates the How of dig< live juiei , invigorates iii'- liver, purifies and enriches thc blood and tones and builds up Hie nerve?. It cures qS percent, of a! I eil run ic. bronchial, throat and lung affections, and is an unfailing remedy for nervous pros'. ?iou. Medicine dealers sell it. j A Fortune. One day a man was walking along the street, and he was sad at heart. Business was dull. He had set his desire upon a horse that cost $1,000, and he had only $800 with which to buy it. There were other things, to be sure, that might be bought with $800, but he did not want,those; soho was sorrowful, and thought the world a had place. As he walked he saw a child run ning toward him. It was a strange child ; but when he looked at it its face lightened like sunshine and broke iato smiles. The child held out its closed hand. ' (?ness what I have 1" it cried glee fully. "Something tine, I am sure," said the man pleasantly. The child nodded and drew nearer, then opened its hand. "Look I", it said : and the street rang with its happy laughter. The mau looked, and in the child's hand lay a penny. "Hurrah !" said the child. "Hurrah !" said the man. Then they parted, and the child went and bought a stick of candy and saw all the world red and white in stripes. The man went and put his $800 in the savings bank, all but 50 cents; and with the 50 cents he bought a brown hobby horse with white spots for his own little hoy; and the little boy saw all the world brown with white spots. "Is this the horse you wanted to buy, father?" asked the little boy. "It is the horse I have bought," said the father. "Hurrah !" said tue little boy. "Hurrah !" said the man. And he saw that the world was a good place after all.-St. Nicholas. - "He I have to stick this stamp on myself?" asked a dude of the clerk at thc postofficc. "Oh, no," replied the clerk; "you couldn't go in the mail bags, aud, besides that is a letter stamp and you are not first-class mail matter." Mr. H. A. Pass, Bowman, Ga., writes : "One of my children was very delicate and we despa rec? of raising it. For months my wife and I could hardly get a night's rest until wc be gau the use of Pitts' Carminative. We found great relief from the first bot tle.'" Pitts'Carminative acts prompt ly and cures permanently. It is pleas ant to the tasto, and children take it without coaxing. It is free from iu iurious drugs and chemicals. Th? Pleasure of his Company. A San Francisco hostess, famous for j her tact und resourcefulness, tells a ! good story on herself. It seems that I an officer in one of the Tennessee j companies, a very shy young man. j brought letters with him when hisreg j iment came to the coast, and presented ; himself one evening at the (let us say) ! Van Ness avenue residence. As he ; was the son of a well-known public mau and a mendier of an old family, ? ii is hostess exerted herself to entertain 1 him. "Wo should he glad to have .thc pleasure of your company Friday at j dinner." she said as he was leaving j "the Hawaiian commissioners are to bc with us." Friday came and the commission, j Shortly before thc hour for dinner thc butler excitedly entered thc room. "They's a regiment of soldiers, mum, outside." "No doubt in honor of the commis ! sinners; ? will tell them." I Just then the lieutenant was an i ? i ; no it need. I "When you are ready," he said, "] j will have the men to march to theil : places in formation." j "Why," said thclady, "whatmen?' ! "It's my company," was thc reply, i "all but 10, and they're very sorry. but they couldn't come."-The Argt naut. A Remarkable 'Name. I Tiie following is a true story of a I Mr. Ottiwell Wood, who was a minis j ter of the gospel, and whose son, Mr. ! John Wood, for many years chairman of the board of inland revenue, vouch j ed f??r its correctness. Mr. Wood had j to appear as a witness in a North j Country Assize Court, and was asked and gave his name in due course. "What?" asked the Judge peevishly, being rather deaf. Mr. Wood re peated his answer. "Can't hear you: spell it out," snapped the Judge. "0, double T, I, double U, E. double L. double ?, double ?, D/' The Jud -e threw down his pen in despair. -Household Words. Pains iu the chest when a person has a cold indicate a tendency toward pneumonia. A piece ol' flannel damp ened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the chest over the seat of ?'ain will promptly relieve the pain and prevent the threatened attack ol' pneumonia. This same treatment will cure a iame back in a few hours. Sold by LTill-Orr Drug Co._ IRO?NT BEDS, BED SPRIGGS. Big lot of BUREAUS just in. WHITE SUITES, CHERRY SUITES, PARLOR CHAIRS. DINING CHAIRS. *?. EVERYTHING to be sold SO LOW that Cotton-raisers CAN AFFORD TO BUY. COFFEES AEt?D CASKET? In stock to be sold at LOW prices. Just get my prices to know how much you gain by buying my Goods. FEANK OBAYTOM. 19.S.B. The Great Oliver Steel Beam PSow. OVER ten times more OLIVERS sold in Anderson than any other make. They have been tried. Thc verdict is unanimous for the OLIVERS. The Steel Beam a great feature. Warranted to stand anywhere. Handled in Car lots we give lowest posai bio prices. The sizes for this section are Nos. 40, 20,19,13, etc. Buy only the Oliver Steel Beam Plows if you are after the best. DiSC, SPAD?MG AMD SMOOTHING HARROWS, &c. Twenty years experience has taught ns the needs of the farmers, and we know our Harrows are just the Implements for this section. An absolute, broad, personal guarantee given by us. S?LLIVAN HARDWARE CO. TUE i Si ?jj? BUY YOUR . . . Y'tiJXli?*7 tactos rm wan ^ixzzS?S oavanrM Q .^Szzzfi*' And we will keep them Shined FREE as long as you wear them. COMB and seo our SHOES ami ?OS?ERY before httving anywhere pise. Wo will SAVE YOU MONEY. Try us once, and you will try us again and again. School Shoes and Rubbers J&y L?10 K[Ti3i<ire<ls. Your money saver?, <T. T. LIG-Olsr <3c CO m T?ie Kind Yo:; Have Ahvays Bought, and which has been in use for ovo:- 30 years, oas borne tiie signature of , ,-M....I.II-T-- anti has been made under his per C?XJ&J?ttfas sona2 supervision since its infancy. vuzrvs, / ctocjuw. KxhiV, no onc t0 dcccivc you in tiiis. AH Counterfeits, Imitations and Substitutes are but Ex periments that trifle with and endanger the heaith of Infants and Ch?dren-Experience against Experiment. Vh?t is CA; IR Oastoria is a substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soot??ng Syrups, it is Harmless and Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Ii s age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness, it cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Tlie Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. NE ALWAYS Bears the Signature of le Kind Yon Haie Always Bought SR Use For Over 30 Years. THC CENTAUR.COMP*NV( 77 MUDRAY STRCET, NEW YORK CITY. SHOES TO BEAT THE BAND. ' WE don't ha vt* to talk through our hat? to sell our Shoe*. Tho Shoes soil them selves if you will only tako tho trouble to look ac them. Quality and Prices do the \ work. We just staud a*dde and ?;riu. You don't have to buy from us just because we grin. Wo have io tfrio, anyway, because we can't help it. When our Shoe ealeif almost double kiet year's we don't have bo look sad-eyed and Imposed upon, because we can't. So come on to tho plane where th? brainiest feet in Anderson County are shod, and if we can't Shoo you and your family, your sou Jehu and his family, it'll be because you rather go barefooted. I*. Si.-We can also "Shoe" the inuer-rnan with such substantials as DEAN'S PATENT FLOUR and J. K. NO. 2 COFFEE that will make his mouth water, au* clothe comfortably the legs ol' tbt> outer-man with a Fir?t Class, Capital pair of Gen tleman's PANTS for Sixty Cents that will just elevate tae superannuated linea from tho infantile i^brubberv. BEAN & R?TUFFE. AT. 25.-Partlt-s owing us on Not? or Account will save themselves considerable expenso by settling up same brtbco December 1st. If von haven't got a clear roceio; from us we are talking to YOU. " DEAN ?fe RATLIFFE. 0. D. ANDERSON & BRO. strictly in li at Lowest Possible Prices. Two Cars Texas Ked Rust Proof Oats, And all the country raised Oats vou want. These have go, no matter what Cotton sells at. Pure Wheat Flour Rock Bottom Prices. We can give Country Merchants close figures on CHEESE. OYSTERS. TOMATOES, SALMON, SARDINES and TOBACCO. Everybody knows we bsat tbe Town on SHOES, and we propose to koep up our reputation. * BAiiGISii? and TIES uuarantoed prices. $SD- Send UR your orders Yours for Business, O. D. A Fi SE KS ?Ri & BRO. M IS WHOLESOME. IT is manufactured in a scientific manner by cleanly machinery, aud is PURE, so that a short infusion extracts all the good qualities. DIRECTIONS-Take half usual quantity, see water boils. Pour off after live minutes steeply TELLE Y'S CEYL?N-INDIA TEA. "Two cups in one." Fragrant! Delicious ! ! SURPASSING COFFEE. Blue Ribbon, Genuine Mocha and Java, 25c. per lb. For strength and richness of lia vor in the cup it surpasses any co?ee on the market. It's a great seller. Don't Buy Fruit Jars-Buy Sealing Wax. Manufactured exoressly for putting up fruit. You can use "any old thing," and we guarantee the fruit to keep perfectly. Soliciting your orders.. Very respectfully yours, JNO. A. AUSTIN & 00. t'uniituTi - OF - Still in the Lead ! They have the Largest Stock, Best Quality, and Certainly the Lowest Prices ! OTHERS try to get there, hut they miss it every time. New, beautiful and .select Stock of Furniture, &c, arriving every <iay, and at PRICES XEVER HEARD OF BEFORE. Here you have thc Largest Stock ; therefore, you can get ;ust what you want. Here you have the Best Grade of Furniture ; therefore, you can get Goods that will last. ^ Here you have thc very LOWEST TRICES ; therefore, you save good % big nunn y. Come along, and we will ?io you as we have been doing for the las forty years -si il you the very best Furniture for the very lowest prices. ; ' ,. Thc largest Stock in South Carolina and the Lowest Price in the Southern States. New Lot Baby Carriages Just Received, fa ^ Tfll 1 W JP_ ^i^iM Depot Street, Anderson, 8. C.