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**-8 vOL. .]EASLEY, SOUTH CAROINA, FIDAY yAUGUST 8, 1884.N. Alif e fg &i%.luy Jffe mimenyr. Enteaed itt the Pi*otoffice at Easley . C., (.jI Aec-comdl Chn Mlatter. J.t. IIAGOOD, Etlitar aUnit Prop'r. 'TEN10 S OF VIS.CWRIPTLION. () ,a o IrI, - - (I i lV;IlIe A'...... $1.00 . x mo11 h () ---114a ...... 1) I tA'T K 4' A D" IRTEs ING. o)iw' square (1 ich) I intsertion ...... 75 j4 11(eh1 s tse( twivla in)errio ...... ......40 Liberal di.wotiit oun contraets or b% 41ho f-olu m., halft or qularter cohImnII. Ma rriangot ijotesv4 free :l soliCitvt( ()hitnaries over 12.lies e(dIrgstf for. Correv4pam zit. to insu-i ire atitention,. 1u11.t gve t heir fiiIj a (ir(11 so. Wt. are int responsible for the opin one1 Of ourtorspoes .\ll comnuuiattions for the ae all. it he aii- Sv:0) tio 1 Ie Elit or filISlies let t iers. t% 1 lti he Pu b liher ofk I li Bil, ARilP Visits-4 Sua4ler, Soith Carolina, an, Stees the Colton Picker. I hi4ave 1teen tlt cott*J picker (oitidecev is 1 a lit of slowI growth1. I rem embe tha11:-t w4.her tihe iewspap Jer first, begann to tel uIs about a seimuebime 1100l ilias I It.) lw ad 1(1 inventel thalt woul do as- much work inl aI day as5 a Lhundrlted. women(hi witb tlheii neeIdji's I was incredulous anld I was ind.ion:ut. I didellt believt that a mnhi)e11ouh imitate thi linimbile delicate lands, ant I felt like 1. dident Wan.t it, to (1 it 11) how. My gooI mot her had been SOwing for mi(! years, tind w hei she finisheld for her dar ling somn , I niC-e pleAAfted bAsomh shirt, I w:S prodil of her a)d I-oud oftle shir too. iut thile rolle(l on and thw Grover & Baker iachine Not t circulating 'round, ani I found out that .it was a good thilg and would s;av..1I power of work, a So I bolugfht onte for. mv vife with 'ot ,anJy premon111itIionl. WAt a L: bea ut iful .1 amilst. ress. Hlow nicelv did she ianipulate the needlie aIj( .how darly I loved to sit h)v and see her make stitch aifter stitch on1 the m~l4sl in or calIi things that womleui andi chihireni and1( inifanits had to w~ear. Wer have hiad( i Uranuts at ou r house, va riouis infants, :and it has bcen a world of wvork to. .keep 'emu agoing an stop51)1 em from squlalling, but1 still t here hlasbee pC~I1laur in i it. Al go(d wife too1k it all natuirally and like au maternal hleroinle as she is. I thloughit it wasi riglit 'uinny for a wvhile, u t thiLie iiun wore( ofl ond1 set tled downi to busi uess. We ha ve bly thet dozen'1 and by the cordl~but1 weO have never hadl one comle t~o 0111 1iouse that wasent welcomIe, f'or they alwas come dlecently and in trood ord(er' and the / have grown up1) to he goo(d boy S an1(d better rirls1 and glad.len oir hearts with their plresence. But I Iluire got oft the track of my thoughts. I have seen the cotton picker and I want to tell you a bout it, Now I didenlt holieve that anyv maciniie coilbl take the place (of hunnn tinger.s in sewing and just so I have been incre(dilous about tlhis cot tol pick iig binXess. The truth is I iniade sport of it anid tol mlu. rolks that it Was impossi bile, utterlyv N impossible, for' no ma1 chine could see, it dident hn ve Oeys 1n1d couldelnt fiuid the boils and solle of, the 1)ols were 11half open :ui somie t wo-thir Is and some Iling (ow1n' an:d some stOol up anid SOMe Opellnle east ail( soe))(! openi (d west and Some one wav and -Mille 1 )anothier and soii I haul no( '%ai th 1 no1t abit. - W bi e here at, Snumilter I was inl vited to valk (ut to Mir. MoIu'm worksliop :a I Went. M r. MI li onl is a brighlt intellig-ent man11:1 :IhoIit, thirty years old. lie lovs I11(1)!) a d Ihves to talk a nd will Iay (ownii bis tools and tell you ' evry in hI~le kno( ws. .1 don't supposw lie has ai v secrets 0rom )nyvbw I -y, n1o dooMrs locke'1, no pri v e om, nI hijg pla-e for his Wouderful work. lie shows vo - everytlihing2m, aiid n1 .d l(lis you what lie thinks oth-i n tat he has not hlmIe. lie gave Me one of the lit tie r'evol ving tules that picks cot toll fromi the bolijs. I c is sex (I iIes Ion and a u J)())t I inches inl la imeter. This little t hingo- is the iivetion. All 1.1 rest. of the Con t.ri va uce is to) put, it in motion. Fou)Ir dozenl of tlieli will be work i :i at ou cc ot a ottoni stal :l anud if t here is any- cottuul open they' Will liud iL- The41re are twvo u1prighit, .ylluders three feet high ta. str(nbiles a cotthu row like a sulk pluw sirui lle's a row of corn, an1(1 tlese Iitt.le tubt1es) rvevoJve lorizoii ly .in th'e cvliu1der.s.. They turnt) roun111d amd rmuud rapidly.' The cou v I ii 1 1.8) .()ja]) x i' u'v linderQs re'volvye Oil theirI axis ani I ese tiulbe's 'evoljve om tlieirs s they fol o 1w the eyjinders rouil ad ro umi~ . '.1'he are surte t~o touch ever'y hol atJd if tile co&)tton hias op~ened and~ sw&els ou1t a raLe - poinjts of the jpickers get it andi roll it all out ii n isustit andi by a re'versedI mioloiUdIa( it on 'a plaltforin and from t.here it is ear iIed up and1( pIut iul a c n packed until it~ is .fu 1. 1 lorse poweV(r pul 1 s the maeO bjnie along th le r'Ow. The machine weighsli j;ound(s. SomeI of th.em are nuinde for' three'( feet, ()t tOn aind (1some for f'ouur aud five. 1 saw the little spiud4 Ies set to work 01) cotton hol1ls haif openedt( :ntil tIbey' left niot hing. a m1( ,yi 1 he- will ...1 ..ly iiV l in each spindle. Th are just un 1er the surface and will catch the lint but not your flesh or the leaves rw steis, The 1mperfect imachiie, '>f hast year picked 300 pounds anl borti. The perfect machine which lie has Iow is expected to pick 600 ponds all horn-. Mr. Mason has his owni hat'. . and his dies andfl1 stao mps and h els and everything. He is backen b capital nIimitedI and his refusled a million of dol lars that was offered him. lie is inaking harge imncihines ihr 'Texas aind Arkansas ant smaller onesi for the E4"astern States. IIis pil is to charge a rovalty ami let the iachiiles he mntade alvwhere. It is a thing of life atial sense and does just wiat yonl tell it to (o. When the cottoll is well ()en for the tirst picking- it ooes aong anl picks it andi theiu you wait ror the next picking. 'It takes in no tratsh (r la(l leaves, Iothilg ) but cotton. Nov Ie has a gin t hat operates oi t he same principle. These little pickers have eXpanl(led into a cyl inder as lom. as the sIaft and' as large round as a giln saw and they atchl the lint , l n i rolln bar kee1p s the seed I fromi fol1lowi ng.- the lint a1,1 Vl('e$s thimi bavk. T,hen Ilnt is not (,Lct or tore. IlIe is usiI inl' a Winship frae, taking oout t le sazlws alid put tting his cyXinlder inl their pInle. It gins twice as I'a st as the saws anld there is no dan0ger to han0s oW arms, I put m 1pe h:and I->n the kc ylinider' while it, wa aking . .,)1000 revoluitions a1 liii nute. Ile dIrlpIed a hanidfuil of' nails in the openingoY anti LIey were carried1 th rouglh in an nstant nd (dit o harm. x perts ronii nIorthIern factories say tle tint is worth tei per cit. more t lint cit 1byv the oblt umthl.. I was rninating o ver this new m14) Ie of pic king~ cot ton, and to my mind it is going to work a revohi 1ion in our '1armg.W In the first aea poor~ mall canl't hiltv onle. [i the next , phkic e cal't. affoI. 1 .0 giVe ti ty. co41h a hnil Ired 1- r picking when his nabor, who has! t;ot ai mbiniie cain icik his for' ten I ensa hnadire i or less. Then i iga.ini the mac.nhine wantill wo)rk wel I mI ,rough4~1 or hilly land, and( so5 th at indc or land~ wvii have to b~e planit ad1 in somxething else. So I take it that poor llks and pooMr land wil have to (uit cotton, adu that will be a htessing. It nay be, hobwever', that somew inter prising( felleris wvil buLy a umicine1W .ind( go a bout. ini the settlenmnt 1. e: go abI out no(w thri eshing thieirl heat. WV hat will become of thme mggeri W~ woe and cLI~hilein inl cot on1 timie, I dlon't know -, maybel weK ~an hire them to .co anti wash~ ifter while wheni they cant ge: Anythmuhg else to (d0. 1 hope so. Sumter a a m'nd ald town; - th )est shaded town I know of; ehus An(d water oak's everywhere, and lovely cottage homfles set back in 4pacious lots and surrounded with ilade and beautiful flowers, ad the sweetest girls sitting in the brwoad piazzas. and the prettiest c'hildreni playing in the grass, n'4 the good people are So hospital and homelike and the prenehers so gentle and kind and have sitch good eating and our jolly .anddlon of the Jervey House so 'merry and entertaining. There is no ehance to )he bliue or homesiek in Sumter. I never passed two days more plelasaitly and h:ad rather make an Manual pilgrimage here than any Where I have been. The best pros poect for a coming crop t hat I have seen, is here. The -otton is splen. (lid and the corn hig'h and heavi Iy cared1 all the way to M ann iuis, which is ano1tler lovely town, tlough 11o So old or so5( ltarge ' Sumumter. Thiec people go slmv but they go sure anld live happily and ('0)1 ten t. Ihe*v Show coltelt and leisuire in their form and 1featur e, in their walk and cnvlersation. e are not in a 1hr-rv. The ha ve, time to talk to you. The' love their State aln their tow'n an11d their people. Tey stani d p to thei r preae ber an their states - men. Tieir boys are Sober and lilligenbit and Imlanily. and thei r cris are mollst. w ish the boys a111 i ris were so (very wbere, b's ihey are not, I was iI a town not long ago and a goodl manl told m1e be had baitt, one dau:ghter, and there was not a young mal in the town be was willinr fo' 1r to Ilarrv, fo k-hey all drink on the sly an1111I had l( good principles to back thUm. PlThen I heard a youn.g man iln all >tler tovnI Say he did lot marry )V(eMUse hie could no[ afford to, fok. he best girls did nlothin tilt dress mhd visit, and he was afraid to narry one of thei. \Veli, Ihat is )ad and sad aiit it'? But uaybv .he pictu re is overlrawni . I hope 4o. One thing I kmow. The hope >1 the ialion and its t;salvation in m~d the good farming coutntry that oLIpports Lhem. [he young folks re4. uo4t afrai to marr~iy therMe andi bey do umarry anid go to workl anmd ive happily aitul humble andu do tot strmainu to keep up wit hI society oeiety ! Fa2shionble, by pocri:i :al soiety. I k14ow 0f no greater' ourse to anmy landu ')r people. I ws avery younig manm when he nmai.u-e mad t he courage to say to his soci.. key friends, "Now, see. ' herte, w Isave started out with small cap)ital add we cant tollow you. Whe&n y/ou are sick I wvill iturse You, w hen you (die I will hlp dig' the grv in d bury you, butt don't you try to oil miy wife off inte> your' extr'ava anumt notionis anid vour so. et v