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\ SUCCESSF i?0x\' Conducted b Orangebu ?\Ht"r of tttt iVetC?and Cou Tit at tho time when our peo ?ting about for something to _lact. nf cotton planting as a , r. some facts connected practical and successful ,( 0f :i -mall enterprise, avail ' jjujost any community of our v |,rove suggestive and hclp ioaie ot your readers. That the uiay bc presented in as cou rm a? possible I shall briefly bthe success of Mr. 1?. li. Hay, .r.field. S. C., in the canning and refer any of your read ,rfuller information to him, who, inured, will cheerfully give Information. [Jay was ruuning a gcueral hindUiog business at Kiug's , <. C., when, in 1888, the DSl0U of thc King's Mountain l practically ruined his business, j |t on the lookout for some occu- j ?i? which he could earn a sup- ! for himself and family his atten- ? ?s turned to the cannery then ration at Hickory, N. C., and j ?an to investigate the subject j i view to engaging in a similar prise. With this in view he d and examined the plants at ory and Lexington, N. C., and, undod correspondence, fumiliar bituself with all the details of usiness. ?De by nature a man of fairly mechanical ingenuity, he, at rativcly small outlay, thoroughly nid a small plant and began op n. His mechanical turn has of great assistance to him sn jct aud to adopt many of the sary appliances at a much less ban to have purchased them out from the manufacturer. His ear. besides the canning of veg 5. bc canned largely of the ber na fruits native to that commu Thc native berries and fruits, er. have never proven rcmune . owing to thc fact that they are popular goods in the home mar ... which the smallness of his has generally confined him. three years' successful opera { hi? plant at Kiug's Mountain moved to his present site in eburg County, four miles south f Springfield, S. C. HAT MR MAY'S PLANT'COST. located at present, it was his in ti to do the neighborhood can f vegetables and fruits. From ? year he has perfected his plant itended his business until he y supplies the market of the nona small towns with the rd brands ol' canned goods. His i> equipped almost entirely uf made appliances most admirably d tn the work, and consists of a ory. 20 by HO foot, frame build ectcd at a cost of not more than The first or ground floor is the y i mper, where all packing and g is doue. The second floor is . room for material and packed and where the labelling is done. CS consist uf two galvanized ettles about three feet in diam nade according to his directions tinner of Blackville. These are a brick furnace and are supplied water by means of piping coo lhill a small tauk at tte well. ?er used is fresh from the well, og of vegetables is done in wire ls. made by the local blacksmith, istructed as to be readily han kered and raised from the ket ?7 means of a home-made revol rane with windlass and pulley, lbaskets are also used for haod fe packed cans to and from ?he io boiling their contents be eping and scalding. The og and paring tables are homc ?ccording to plan of Mr. Hay. Qit parers and soldering outfit, "j" adapted to capping and seal e bought patents. The ubovo c main features of Mr. Hay's QCIU, ami are estimated to have ?ut $30. 1 "'IO'l SAM) CANS PER DAY. B tins plant Mr. Hay calculates ipacity at about one thousand er day, requiring the employ hom ten to twelve hands, clever, running, as ho does, ll?dd times, has never worked ?D>s full capacity. Before last 'has never planted moro than joe-half to one acre of vege ' spending mainly on toll work .P 1dm running. Last year he d>our acres, besides h?ving a orchard of three acres just Emto good bearing. . For toma e estimates 2,000 No. 2 cansa iveragc yield per acre of first ?oods. lT ME niAROES FOR CANSINO. rates for canning, where fruit jetables are delivered at his ?? he furnishing cans and doing **i is 5 and 7 cents per can for lod N*o. 3 catw, respectively. lcs furnish their own cans his lre?cents and 4 cents, respect UL CANNERY y Mr. I?. R. Hay in vg County. ively. With the exercise of reason able care in opening and cleaning thc cans they can be used satisfactorily for several years. Mr. Hay informs us that he used cans the past season for the sixth time. JJn his own goods he realized a net profit of about two cents per can for the output of last seaSOD. Mr. Hay is prepared to put up every variety and grade of goods known to the trade, except one or two j varieties that require special process. ! The grade of the goods depends on , the quality of the material used as i well as on the manipulation, hence ; the grade of his toll work may vary; but be takes great pride in his goods : packed for the trade, and sends out i none but the strictly first-class. As a j consequence his gooda are sought ; after in the markets where they arc i known. His profits, while they have been fairly good, are not what they ought tobe, from the fact that his trade has been limited to markets where only the cheapest grade of goods are handled, and where to the purchaser canned goods are canned goods, to whom the chief recommen dation of aoy goods is the cheapness of the price. HIGH GRADE OF THE HAY OUTPUT. As to the quality of his goods the following extract from an article in the American Journal of Health of recent date, by Dr. M. ll. Craig is very complete: "In acquainting our readers with the names of those brands truly de serving of their confidence we have satisfaction in giving our gratuitous endorsement to the canned goods of fered by P. K. Hay, of Springfield, S. C. Very thoroughly was this superlative brand tested by us, and the best reasons found for cur en dorsement of it. We found that the contents of the cans we examined were not only of the best grade, but that all those precautions and safe guards which the modern system of canning bas devised were scrupulously observed. Thus the goods were both of the best quality aud when opened in splendid condition. "The readers of this journal should realize the difference between some canned goods and others. This differ ence exists in both original quality and in the manufacturer's method of handling. Hay's canned goods, for example, are exclusively composed of thc best materials obtainable, and are put up in a factory run upon several hygienic principles, where strict cleanliness reigns, and where no pos sibility of contamination oxists. And the goods are canned according to the best method, so that no subsequent deterioration can happen, because 'he cans are imperious to any deteriora ting infiueuces." HEAVY OUTLAY UNNECESSARY. Th'e above extract is given to show that an expensive equipment is in no wise an indispensable requisite for thc best results in ?anning: and that, all things being equal, a first grade goods eau be produced at about the same outlay as a poor quality, the main difference being in the method of handling. It has been mainly from lack of proper attention along this line that most of thc canning enterprises of this State have cither failed or met with poor success. I do not know that I have ever seen the goods of a South Carolina cannery classed among the first grade goods in our market. From what has preceded it will be inferred that Mr. Hay's goods are manipulated entirely by hand. His tomatoes arc cored and packed whole, or as nearly so as is practicable. By a process of his own the natural flavor is so well preserved as to make a palatable raw tomatoe salad possible in midwinter. This result is not ob tained by chemicals, for he uses no chemicals, but is brought about in the packing. Peaches are pared with patent parers, but the stoning is done by hand, each peach reduced to two pieces. These, together with all fruits, arc packed in two classes, pie and syrup. Thc syrup fruit would be biassed as heavy syrup; and by a method of packing peculiar to him the natural flavor of all fruits is very re markably retained. 'SIMILAR* ENTERPRISES. Asan outgrowth of Mr. Hay's enter prise there are a number of similar small enterprises in the surrounding country; but with the exception of C. M. Odom, of Springfield, and Mr. Mims, across the Kdisto river, in Barnwell County, they only do toll work. As to the grade of their goods I am not able to speak, but suppose they arc up to that of Hay's, as they learned the work mainly from him. What these entefprises lack and what every community of small canneries should sttive for is concert. All goods should be packed by the same formula and method so as to secure a uniform grade of goods, and then marketed together as far as passible, so that markets where thc best grade of goods are appreciated would be open to them, not, as in this case, where they have to compete wtih the cheaper grade of goods. VARIETY OF CANNED ARTICLES. truite a variety of articles have been canoed at some of these factories. I have eaten white head cabbage and string-beans which for color and flavor I could not distinguish from that fresh from the garden; as also sausage and liver puddiugs in midsummer as fresh in taste as in the height of hog killing time. Besides the articles already mentioned, except meats and cabbage, Mr. Hay also cans thc juice of the grape, which makes a most pleasant and healthful drink, aud needs only to be known to be sought after. The only goods that he linds standard in the markets that he sup plies are peaches, pie and syrup pears, tomatoes, and okra and tomatoes com bined. There is, strange to say, very little demand for native berries and fruits, okra alone, string-beans, apples, or grape juice. His work in these is conlined almost entirely to his toll business, all of which goes to show thc advantage to be derived from some concert of action among the amall canneries. NATIVE HERRIES AND FRUITS. In the native berries and fruits alone there is the possibility of a very extensive business if they were canned in sufficient quantities to warrant ship ment to more distant markets where they would be appreciated. And now, in conclusion, I am ready at any time to give any further infor mation regarding this business that I may be able; or would refer anyone to Mr. P. lt. Hay, Springfield, S. C., who will take great pleasure in an swering any question regarding the business. S. Springfield, S. C., Jan. 24, 185J9. Saw The Point Himself. The following story is told by the Youth's Companion of a Philadelphia millionaire who has been dead some years : A young man came to him one day and asked pecuniary aid tc start him in business. "Do you drink?" asked the mil lionaire. "Once in a while." t "Stop it ! Stop it for a year, and then come to sec me." The young man broke off the habit at once, and at the end of the year came to see the millionaire again. "Do you smoke ?" asked the suc cessful man. "Now and then." "Stop it ! Stop it for a year, and then come and see me again." The young mau went home and broke away from thc habit. It took him some time, but finally he worried through the year and presented him self again. "Do you chew?" asked the philan thropist. ''Yes, T do," was the deperate reply. "Stop it ! Stop it for a year, and then come and see me again." The young man stopped chewing, but he never went back again. When asked by his anxious friends why he never called on thc millionaire again, he replied that he knew exactly what the man was driving at. "He'd have told me that now that I have stopped drinking and smoking and chewing I must have saved enough to start mo in business. And I have." Not as bad as Fighting. A veteran of the war, who was uot particularly remarkable for his brave ry in the ranks, but who, nevertheless, is in receipt of a comfortable pension, was relating his experience as a sol dier. ' "Were you ever taken prisoner?" he was asked. "I guess I was," he replied, em phatically. "I was a prisoner of war for eight months, and slept on th?3 ground in the open air all the time. Some days I would get something to eat, and some days I wouldn't. I nearly starved to death." "It must have been a terrible ex perience," remarked one of his lis teners. .'lt was indeed, a frightful experi ence; but I tell you, gentlemen," and here he lowered his voice and spoke very earnestly, "it wasn't near as bad as fighting." Dangers of the Grip. The greatest danger from La Grippe is of its resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain's Cough remedy taken, all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for la grippe we have yet to learn of a single case having re sulted in pneumonia which shows con clusively that this remedy is a certain reventive of that dangerous disease, t will cure la grippe in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. - mm I mm - - He had come upon her dozing in a hammock, and when she woke up she accused him of stealing a kiss. "Well," he said, "I will admit that the temptation was too strong to be resisted. I did steal one little kiss." "One !" she exclaimed indignantly. "I counted eight before I woke up." MONKEY COTTON PICKERS. Successful Experiment of a Mississippi Cotton Planter. Two years ago, at thc Vicksburg Fair, in thc Pall of 18%, as Prof. S. M. Tracy and Mr. W. \V. Mangum were watching some trained monkeys perform their various tricks, Prof. Tracy said to Mr. Mangum : "As sure as yon are alive. Mangum, those monkeys can be taught tu pick cotton better and more cheaply than our Negroes do. and perpetual fame will be the part of the man who lirst tries the experiment." At first Mr. Mangum was inclined to laugh at the idea : but the more he thought over the matter, and the mure he watched thc monkeys at their vari ous tricks, the more he became con vinced that there was something in it. and the uext day as he left the Pro fessor at the Carroll House, he said : 'Well, Professor. 1 have been thinking over your suggestion of teach ing monkeys to pick cotton, and I am determined to try the thing and see if it will work. They have been taught to do much more difficult things than that, and I am almost sure they can be taught to pick cotton. We can t rely on the niggers much longer, and next Fall I am going to buy a dozen monkeys and see what can be done." The next Fall, that is in September of 1807, Mr. Mangum bunted up the owner and trainer of ten trained mon keys in New York city, and made ar rangements both to buy the monkeys aud to get thc services of their trainer who understood the business, and as sured Mr. Mangum that it would bc the simplest thing imaginable to teach the monkeys to pick cotton. These monkeys were placed upou one of Mr. Mangum's Mississippi plantations about the middle of Sep tember of that year, and thc training began. The monkeys belonged to the race known to scientists as Sphagtalis Vulgaris, and the males weigh about 110 pounds and the females about 00 pounds each. Bags were made for each monkey, which would hold about 25 pounds of seed cotton, and a bag placed over thc shoulder of each. It i? surprising to see how rapidly the trainer taught the monkeys to pick the cotton. Baskets to hold tho cot ton were placed at the end of the rows, and one man, over and above the trainer, was necessary to take the cot ton out of the sacks and put it in thc baskets. The females proved much better pickers than the males, for they nob only picked cleaner cotton, but they would also pick more of it in a day. In less than a month after the monkeys were started at the work they could pick on an average of 150 pounds a day. They picked in weather in which negroes would not pick, and picked cleaner cotton. The c?st of picking was much less, and in every way they made much better pickers than the average negro. The first experiment, although on a small scale, proved to Mr. Mangum that monkeys could bc used with great success as cotton pickers, so in Juue of 180S he made another order for SOO monkeys of the same breed, on an ex porter of monkeys from Africa, with thc understanding that most of them were to bc females. About the first ol September of this year the new batch of monkeys arrived, and thc services of thc old trainer were en gaged to train this new lot. Kut this was not such an easy mat ter as was at first thought, for many of thc monkeys were still wild. But the trainer thoroughly understood his bus iness, having served for a long time under liarnum as trainer of monkeys. Finally, with the aid of the ten old monkeys, who were of great assistance and a great deal of punishment and rewarding, thc new gang were pretty well trained by the middle of October. I have watched this experiment with greater interest than I have watched any new things in years. I have kept in constant correspond ?ncc with Mr. Mangum about this matter, and about the middle of November I visited his plantation near Smcdes to see the monkeys at their work. I must admit that it was a glorious sight to see. and one that did my heart great good. Thc rows were filled with monkeys, each one with her little cotton sack around her neck, picking away quietly and orderly, and without any rush or con fusion. When they got their 'sacks full they would run to tho end of the row, where a man was stationed to empty them into the cotton basket, when they would hurry back to their work. The monkeys seemed to actu ally enjoy picking. That night I stayed all night with Mr. Mangum, and we had a long talk about this matter. I asked him to give me the plain facts about the case so I could give them through the Cot ton Planters' Journal to the cotton growers of the South. Mr. Mangum said in substance : 'T consider the day that Professor Tracy suggested to me thc training of monkeys as cottou pickers as the most fortunate day the South has seen in many years. It means more to the South than a cottou picking machine, for the monkeys are a success as pick I crs while the machines have been failures. The monkeys are io every way superior to negroes as cotton pick ers. In thc first place the cost of picking is only about one-third. Then they are more careful than negroes, and pick a cleaner grade of cotton. Even in this rainy fall, when all other cotton was of a low grade, that picked by the monkeys was all middling, and sold for at least one-half a cent more than that picked by the negroes. Then they will pick in weather in which you cau't get a nigger in thc held. In fact, I believe that it is the greatest discovery that has been made for the cotton planter since Whitney discov ered the cotton gin. People laughed at me at first when I tried this thing, as they always do when a man tries! anything new . but now that it has I proved a success all ni y neighbors are wild about it. Thc negroes have made ] repeated threats to kill the monkeys ; but as yet they have not done >o, and j 1 apprehend no very great danger in J this direction." In closing Mr. Mnnguin said: "You may say to the cotton planters of the south that it is a grand success, and that next il une I shall make a large importation of monkeys from Africa, and I would like to have other plant ers join me. My address is Smedcs, Miss., and I would be pleased to correspond with any one interested in this matter." 1 believe that Mr. Mangum is a greater benefactor to thc cotton planter than KU Whitney. I have just given him un order to import me 'JUD mon keys next summer, und 1 feel sure that we will soon be independent of the negro so far us cotton picking is con cerned. T??.M C?. LANK. The Proper Hedtimc. A physician of courtly old school munncrs used to give prescriptions marked respectively for early bedtime and late bedtime. A discussion arose the other duy between several friends as to what constituted early uud what late bedtime. Some of the ladies maintained that 10 o'clock was the limit between the two; others thought that curly bedtime lusted until ll. and u few, who believed in beauty sleep, pleaded that early bedtime began at S und ended at i):5H) o'clock. So many people are engaged all day, und the dinner hour is necessarily, in city life, deferred to so lute an hour, that families do not break np from their quiet evenings until after 10. Society pushes its hours later and la ter, and the votaries of fashion come nearer having no bedtime at all. snatching their rest when they can be tween ono gay rout and another. Tin; invalid and the aged person and the child must perforce retire early. For those steady-going persons, who reg ulate their lives by rule, and who habitually rise at an early hour, and breakfast punctually at 7 o'clock, 10 is certainly a good bed-time hour. Brain-workers would find their account in seeking thc repose of the couch and the darkened und silent chamber, with preferably opaque curtains to exclude light of thc moon and street lamp alike at 10 o'clock. A long sleep rests the mind as well as the body, and prepares one for the work of thc next day, whatever it may bc. Far better than an opiate or a narcotic is the habit of seeking the pillow at an carly hour, and quietly lying .-till with cinsed eyes and relax ed limbs, until sleep, gently wooed, comes with its healing touch and soft ly weaves its spells of balm. The good doctor probably meant by early bedtime any time between S and 51:30 o'clock, and regarded the later pc pcriod as between !b30 o'clock and midnight. (?rowing children cannot too careful ly bc enjoined to get plenty of sleep. The boy or girl who has lessons to learn must waken early after a good night's rest, and this is insured only by punctuality in retiring. Hight o'clock is a good bedtime for all young people under 15, and should be insist ed upon by parents. Waiting. A western widow owns and occupies a cottage under thc shadow of a church steeple which is supposed to be in danger of falling when a high wind blows. At midnight, a few nights ago, when the wind blew fiercely, she got up and dressed, called thc chil dren up ami dressed them, and then folded her arms with the remark : .'Now, then, if the stccj le falls and kills us, people will know what we were a respectable family anyway, (jcorgc, you brush your hair a little more, and Sarah, you take your feet off the stove-hearth, and pin your col lur a little more to the left." - "It seems to me," suid u Vermont judge to his daughter, "that your young mun calls a good many times a week. My court doesn't sit anywhere near as often as yours does." *'Oh, well, papu," was the blushing reply, "I am engaged to him you know, and that entitles us to a court of special sessions." 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M. Hiii'1'i.sK, Jxuttje. nf Vmhntt. WI!ERRAS, \V. ll Chatnbleehmi applied to me to grant hint Letters of Ad ministration on the Estate ami elTecta of Robert T. Chain blue, deceased. These are thereforo to ult? nt?;1 admon ish nil kindred and eredilor.s or tho naid Robt. T. Chara hlee, dee'd, to bo and appear hofnro inc in Court ol' Probate, to beheld nt Ai.dcrson C. H. on tho Kith day of February, IS'.?!', Htter publication hereof, to show cause, il' any they have, why the saiil Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, thia aist day* nf January, IH?Mi R. Y. ii NA is CR, Probate Judge. I'OI) 1, 1S'.';? ?{li 'Z Notice to Teachers. TH ERK will boan Examination of Teachers on tho LSth inst. All np pilcantH must ho provided with paper, penn, ink, ?Vi-. Those wishing to .stand tho Examination should be here prompt ly at !? H. m., in order to avoid confusion and delay. R. E. NICHOLSON, ( o. Supt. ot Ed. NOTICE. WILL lot to tim lowest rcsponsiblo bidder on Wed ?enday, February I.*, le'.K?, at ll a. m , tho building of a new Bridge over i'renk near L. R. Watson's mill, on roan leading to Five Kork?. Plans anti specifications mude known on dav of letting. "W. 1?. BN KLG KO VE, Co. Sup'r. W. G. McGEB, S?RCEGN DENTIST. OFFICE!--rout Rmn, over FawwerB and Merchante Bank ANDKK8ON, h. C. F?h ?. 1898 33 NOTICE. riMIE management of the Equitable Ufe X Assurance Society iu thia territory ia desirous of securing tho services of a man of character and ability to represent its interest with Anderson as headquarters. The right, man will bp thoroughly edu cated in the science of Lifo Insurance ami tho art of successful soliciting. There is no business or profession not requiring capital winch is more remunerative then a life agency conducted w'th energy and ability. Correspondence with men who dosire to secure permanent employment and are ambitious to attain prominence in the profession is Invited. W. J. 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