WILL DO THE WORK
THAT IS WHAT IS CLAIMED FOR
THE COTTON PICKER.
Full Description of the Machine
Written for tlio Technical World
Magazine.
The following description of the
*1V n \ Ulll|;ivic F 1UIV AII Jlft"
chine written ior the Technical
World Magazine by Carl Crow will
be read with interest by all, as we
are interested in the picking of cotton
:
"In my opinion Mr. Campbell has
invented a machine that will mean
es much to the cotton pro lucer as
the harvester has been to the grain
producer. It will mean that one man
can go in'o the field and pick as
much cotton in one day as 20 or 30
men can pick by hand in one day,
and the total operating expenses of
the machine in one day, in my opinion.
has* d on my actual experiences,
will not exceed $10 a day, and the
cost of picking the same amount of
cotton by hand, figuring on one-half
.bale to the acre, would be not less
than $4^.
1 believe it would not take a Solomon
to see that this difference
would mean a net profit of $3 8 on
one day's operation, to say nothing
of the trouble tbat the producer is
compelled to go to to secure these
hand pickers and to provide a place
for th em to live, and many other annoyau
es that are familiar to the
man v th a laree cotton acreage."
Durug the cotton picking season
of 1910 the Price-Campbell Machine
was in almost continual operation In
Texas, moving from one farm to another,
much as the self-binders or
the threshing machines move in the
Northern States. During the Texas
State fair, which Is held in Dallas
during each October, the machine
gave daily demonstrations which
were visited by thousands of skeptical
farmers, many of them suffering
from "misery in the back" because
of man* seasons of cotton picking
by hand.
j\ more SKepncai, doubting Jury
was never before empaneled than
Ihis one. yet their verdict was unanimous
in favor of the machine.
Farmer f"otn a hundred cotton
planting neighborhoods visited the
machine every day and went hack
home to to'I their neighbors that at
last the impossible had been accomplished
with the invention of a machine
which would pick cotton.
The machine itself is built on a
chassis of about, the dimensions of a
60-horsepower automobile. The
wheels are steel traction and the
axles are high enough to pass over
the cotton stalks without breaking
them In the places where the dashboard
of an automobile would he are
the i ' flocking steel fingers which
pin k th~? cotton from tlie opened
bolls nd a conveyor which carries
the lo hs to two bins or sacks suspended
from the rear of the machine.
As fast as filled these sacks
are d > ached and replaced. In front
sits the one operator with a steering
wheel ml throttle in ecsy access.
The onarno is mounted just to the
rear of 'he driver as .1 is connected
by me ,ns of a chain drive.
M-pv obstacles are found to the
JTIU-l-?-1 II I uptTil I 11)11 t>I a COIIOIl piCKing
1 nchino. In the first place, cotIon
<* not ripen all at once, as is
the case with wheat and corn and
other rops. In July the bolls which
are n. ^st the ground and therefore
the farthest advanced may be ready
foe the pickers. On top of the same
plant will lie many bowers and green
bolls.
It is important that the picker
take the locks from the ripened bolls
without harming the flowers, the
igreen Ivlls or the plant itself. Again
the <o on plant, though sown in
parallel rows, like corn, has a great
lateral growth and ripened bolls
may be hidden by the more rapid
growth of branches of the plant
above The machine must not only
pick all hit is in sight, hut it must
do in : iis steel fingers must creep
hene.t' the branches and pick out
that which is hidden.
This the Frice-Camphe'l machine
does, host now its flexible steel fingers
ae ;tilre this almost human
touch 1 do not understand, though
1 ha\i seen. I believe that if Angus
Cnmi'*'l had invented the cotton
pick J00 years ago he would have
bet i ! tnged as a disciple of 'lie devil
and l,;s machine burned in front of
the nearest cathedral.
\a J understand it. the PriceOn
ini1'" 11 cotton nicker docs not em
body any strikingly novel features.
Indeed, every mechanical dis.-overy
had b ?*n utilized by former inventors.
Different ones sought to solve
the proi leiu by ns'ng magnetism,
electricity and pneumatics. One of
the latter class of inventors preceded
the vacuum cleaner by patenting
a machine designed on the same
principle.
The contraption provided two seats
in the rear for hoys who atmed the
point of the business end of the suction
pipes at the opened bolls, secur'ing
their transportation to the
wheezing Interior of the machine.
The machine was a success, but so
much depended upon the agility of
the lads who handled the suction
plpee that it never proved any faster
than the ordinary negro picker.
The Price-Campbell machine seem*
to be a success because of the fact
II-..
TOLL OF THE SEA
MAHINE DISASTERS WILL TOTAL
OVER $30,000,000.
The Fondering of Three Vessels?the
I'orclless, the Wwratah and the
Kurdistan
The ye.tr 1910 will rank as one of
the blackest In the history of Lloyds,
blacker even than 1909. which was
one of the worst since the inception
of the great maritime institution.
The tale of sea disasters makes sad
reading. The casualties both to life
and property have been numerous?
so numerous that even experts are
disinclined to calculate the actual
financial loss involved.
Hut a close perusal of the list
brings out the astonishing fact that
the more prominent losses of the
year alone account for no less a sum
than $15,000,000. The minor casualties.
however, make tip in number
what they lack in fln?ancial importance,
with the rec.'lt that they swell
the total approximately to 0,000,000.
This figure, huge as it is, by so
means represents the actual loss of
the year to the skipping world.
Many vessels there are which go to
sea whose owners have not safeguarded
their interests by insurance
and the loss of which, if taken into
consideration, would add considerable
to the aggregate.
According to one member of the
Lloyds (he claims settled on the hulls 1
of steamers during the last few
months have been quite unprecedented.
Added to this is the fact that
during this year (lie cost of repairs 1
to damaged vessels is infinitely
greater than has ever yet been known
1Hrt nncn TU. - I . '
. ? ...? ^?oc. in*- ii-iimjii ase n nen I
is the increased cost of labor and I
materials, caused chiefly by the unrest
in the labor world.
The biggest loss of the year was '
undoubtedly the Aberdeen l'ncr Pericles,
which sank after striking a 1
sunken reef off the coast of An?tralia.
The vessel carried a valuable 1
cargo, which, with the hull, was
valued at over $3,250,000.
N'ext in importance came the illfated
l.und liner Waratah, the 1
claims on which, amounting to about
$1,500,000, were not settled until '
this year. The steamer Kurdistan, '
which foundered while bound front '
Manchester to the Persian gulf, also '
accounted for no less than $1,500,000.
that the inventor has worked carefully
over every detail of the construction
for eleven years. Of course,
the machine is not perfect, but tests;
have proved it to be far superior to j
the old hand-picking method. Not |
long ago t wo hales of cotton were I
picked from the same Texas field,
one by negroes, tlie other by the machine.
The bales were tinned separately
and then sent to the Wamsutta mills,
at New Red ford. Mass., for a thorough
test. Accurate account was
kept of the waste in all the processes j
at the mill and it was found that the
percentage was in favor of the machine-picked
cotton, its percentage
Doing .0792, while the hand-picked
bale showed a loss of .092 0 per cent.
Further teats showed that the breaking
strength of the machine-picked
cotton is greater.
The waste in tho cotton field has ,
been mentioned as five to ten per !
cent, which is usually no larger than i
when the average shiftless negro is
employed to do the work. Reing a
traction machine, the picker cm not
operate on soft ground, but rains
will retard hand picking an well. I
Neither can it operate on hilly country
for tho same reason that early '
automobiles could not climb hills.
Doubtless much of the heavy weight
its 30-horsepower engine now carries
will later l?e eliminated, just as
the weights of the other machines!
have grown gradually less. |
You could scarcely lift the first
typewriter from the floor, but yon
can buy good one now with a weight
of less then six pounds. The gul ;
leys which now would impede the!
passage of the machine through the
average cotton patch may be filled
i up or replaced with tiling just as
| has been done with wheat fields. I
i There are not enough hills in the I
i cotton produt ing country to constitute
any serious obstacle to the
general use of the machine.
When Campbell started in to invent
a cotton picker be didn t stop
with that one task accomplished.
While studying the growth of the
cotton plant., with a view to invent
ins a picker he saw that much of
the other -vork done in connection
with the crop could be performed
! with a machine. To make a machine
pick cotton was the most difficult, so
after he completed it to its present
stago of perfection he made it a
handy man of all work around the
farm.
It will break up the ground with
a disc attachment, then plant it, chop
it out aft-^r the seeds have come up,
pick It when It matures, chop up the
stalks when the crop has been
picked, and then when the season is
over it can lie put In the barn and
with a belt around its by wheels, l^s
30 horsepower can ho used to run
anything from a power churn to :i
cotton gin.
Don't mistake 90ft words for tendor
loving ways.
EXPRESS RATES DROP
FEAR OF PARCEL POST CAUSES
COMPANIES TO ACT.
Won New Schedule (Joes Into Effect
Only One Charge Will Re Made on
ShipunicntfKOfhcers
and representatives of
nearly all the transcontinental express
companies met in New York
city this week and agreed upon a
reduction of ratee that means the
abolishing of the so-called "doubleguarantee
charge." At present
charges are made on a package by
each and all companies that handle
it. The new rate will he the minimum
charge for carrying the pack
?i;?- ireiwirn lnirr-coni pany points
on the bnsis of the single company
charge. On an average, it is said,
the reduction to the ordinary Bkipper
will mean, in the course of a
ear, a saving of lve to seven per
cent on hi3 expressage expenditures.
The action follows an investigation
by the Interstate Conunerce commission
which was brought about by
complaints from thousands of shippers
throughout the country.
It has always heen customary
when express shipments were handled
by two or more companies
wher? joint rates were not in effect
to make the charge equal to the sum
of the local charges for each company.
Under the new plan onlv onn
charge will be made. An example is
made of the shipment of a ten pound
package from Plainfleld, N. J., to
Boston. Mass., by way of New York
city.
The present rate. Plainfleld to New
York, is flO cents: from New York
to Boston, by way of another company.
45 cents, thus bringing the total
charge to 75 cents. Under the
,i"w tariffs the distance would be
considered from Plainfleld to Boston
direct, as If one company handled
the package, which would bring
the charge to 55 cents, a difference
of 20 cents.
The real cause of the change of
rate on the part of the express companies
may he traced to their fear
that the Government will carry Ps
parcel post experiments to a successful
result. At present this Government
lias agreements with ail the
civilized countries of the world concerning
receiving and sending packages
by mail. Under this system it
costs 04 cents to send a four-pound
paCKage through the mails betweei
any two points in the United States.
The sanio p.irkage could be mailed
to Berlin. Germany, for 4 8 cents because
of tha German parcel post system.
Such Irregularities as these and
the fact t.hat the Wells Farso Express
company paid a dividend of 200
per cent last year and the Adan.s
Express people one of 200 per cent
on four per cent bonds in 1007,
made it possible for the Interstate
Commerce commission to force some
reduction. It is still maintained that
the express companies contribute to
railroad graft and further changes in
rates may be expected.
.Imli* Hubert K. Copes.
The News and Courier pays an unstinted
and deserved tribute to the
new JudRe of this circuit. Here Is
what it sa/s about him: "Robert E.
Copes, of Orangeburg, elected Wednesday
by the General Assembly
JudRe of the First Circuit, to Til
the vacancy caused by the death of
Judge Charles G. Dantzler, is one of
the youngest men ever elected to the
Bench in South Carolina, being but
slightly more than 2.1 years of age.
"Judge Cope's education, bagtin
111 mi' ecuuois at ?irangeDurg, wan
completed at Wofford College. Me
read law under llaysor and Summers,
the well known Orangeburg Ann,
and was admitted to the Bar in
After serving one term as County
jTreasurer, succeeding his lamented
i father. Judge Copes was. in 10<tL',
[elected probate judge and master,
which office he sirtce has held conjtinuously,
having been reelected in
I 1910.
' "Although In the actual practice
of his profession Judge Copes' experience
his been somewhat limited.
| on account of his early entrance lotto
politics, his duties as jud-'e of
'probate and master of one of the
largest and most important counties
jln the State, where frequently he
I was called upon to solve Intricate
legal problems, have undoubtedly
served to give his mind a judicial
training and perhaps better equip
him for his new duties than if he
were called directly from the ranks
of active practitioners.
"A student and a thinker, of unspotted
character, of a qu'et disposition.
and possessing an attractive
personality. Judge Copes is hound
to be well received In every part ol
the State where his duties will coil
him and will add dignity and ability
to the Bench of South Carolina."
1 v i 1 i <-< 1 l>\ Purine.
At Newberry John Pope, colored,
was struck by Columbia, Newberry
l^aurens engine No. 3. backing in
I front the Mollohon mill, just below
the Moundary street bridge, and
killed Thursday afternoon. He was
{about 4."> years old.
| Don't fear to soil your bands in
helpfulness if you would avoid de
filing your heart.
THEY ARE AT OUTS
JIM TILLMAN THINKS HIS UNCLE
SHOWS INGRATITUDE.
KxclmnKiiiK Compliments of ilio
State* Senator, Nephew and Uncle,
Exchanging Couiplimncts
11
The Spartanburg Journal says 1
that when Col. James H. Tillman, !
who La 111 iu Asheville. saw the state- M
ment to the ecect that he was ilyiug <j
In a lonely cottage, poverty stricken i
and friendless he replied through ]
the press that this was a mistake. J
And when Senator Benjamin It. Till- ]
man was asked about this statement i
bo replied, as stated in the Journal ^
Saturday afternoon. He Is reaping j
what he has sown. Nemesis Is dog- \
ring his footsteps and will dog them !j
to the grave." N
On learning that the Senator had
made this remark about him, James a
Tillman called his sister, "Mrs. Geo. 2
A. Hunch, of this city over long dis- 1
tanco phone and said to her: "Sen- 2
ator Tillman can go to hades. He {
has not yet reaped what ho has sown 2
aud when he does, it will he much 3
bitter than that which James H. Till- 2
man Is reaping. Ho thinks that he 1
Is fooling his Jesus but he is not."
Mrs. Bunch in an interview with
a reporter for the Journal said: "It is
a poor kind of gratitude that Senator
Tillman is showing but we are f
not asking for anything. Ho seems
to have forgotten that James Till- ~
man is his own nephew and that Col.
George Tillman, father of James
Tillman, an dmy father, and an older
brother of Senator Tillman was more "
like a father to him than a brother. ^
Why ho assisted him in an educational
manner and helped him financially
and politically. Ho borrowed
money from him when lie made the *
race from liitn when he made the
race for the governorshjp of South
Carolina.
"If this brnnch of the Tjllman ~
family was as anxious for publicity '
and wanted to get in the limelight
as much as Senator Tillman floes,
some sartling revelations might be
made public. Things of which the "
publje has never dreamed of. *
"James Tillman does not need any
money from Senator Tillman nor
has ho asked anything of the Senator.
Fntliermore he will not ask -
...........is "i ofuuLiir tinman. n was '
on account of Hon Tillman that
James Tillman first got into his trouble
and he was being used as a tool
by Hen when his downfall in the political
world started. James was fol- lowing
the advice of Senator Tillman '
and was not heeding the advice of
his own father. Yes, it is hard to
believe that tills is the kind of gratitude
that is being shown for it and
it seems hard to believe that Ren Tillman
would say: "Ho is reaping V
what he has sown."
"1 have just returned from Aslieville."
continued James Tillman's
sister," where 1 have been some time
with my brother. His health is fine. 1
have never seen more marked im- /
provement in any man. Why. when
he was carried thero it. was on a
stretcher and the man was scarcely
able to lift his head. It was necessary
to get him out of the train on
tlie stretcher and his condition was 1
grave. Now he is able to sit up on
the porch and eat many things. He
was well enough to phone to me
Saturday night. And It will he seon
that his health must be pretty good,
as a sick man could not write a reply
to a published statement as
James did.
m- mis everytning he wants, Including
the services of Dr. Carl
Reynolds, one of the best physicians
In Asheville and a trained nurse. It
is true that we changed nursese but
it was because the previous one was <
too meddlesome and it is said, that
she wrote to Senator Tillman for
money. If she did it was without
the knowledge of James or myself.
She perhaps was trying to obtain
other money from the senator to us?-|,
for herself. Since she left we have
learned how this same nurse was
discharged from a hospital in Baltimore
for meddling in some of her
patients' private business.
"James lives in a nice little cottage
which is very comfortable, lie
jhus nnore fruits and other delicacies
J than his physicians will allow him to
eat. The statement that he is friendless
and dyinr in poverty is the most
absurd thing that I have heard in all
my life."
Mrs. Hunch continued: "The first
statement that we saw appeared in
an afternoon paper in Asheville. I
' was on the point of leaving and had
1 already hoarded a train when James
sent a message to the station asking
" ire to come back for another dav
The shook at seeing lios in print
made him worse for tlio time and the
excitement that it brought on did
him no Rood. 1 stayed several days
longer with him in Ashevllle and
will go back to him at any time I
can bo of service to him or can help
him in any manner." *
A dispatch from the Philippines
says General Pershing, commander
of the department of Mindanao, has
ended the punitive campaign in the
Davao district, having killed or oapi
tared all the marauders and dispersed
all the lawless Manabo bands.
Just such dispatches as the above
use to be sent out by Spain when
she owned the islands. We then eonI
detuned them.
I Burduco Li\
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stipation, Dyspepsia, Nerv<
Coated Tongue, Bad TasU
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Makes a Swee
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$1.00 per bushel. Address, J. J.
Elttlejohn, .lonesvllle, S. C.
'o. 1 Mammoth Yellow Soja Hcnim
$2.2f? per bushel f. o. l?. here.
E. C. Carter, Fairfield, N. C.
lubber Stumps?Your name 9 cents,
with your full address, 1 r? cents.
P. O. Hot 122, Hack Hay, Hoston, '
'.Mass.
ndian Runner Duck Eggs Tor hatcning,
$2.00 per dozen. Descriptive
leaflet free. CI. C. Vowell, Ellenton,
Fla.
lend names and address of ten
heads of fam'lies. 1 will send yu
free one Beautiful Tea Spoon. Ciiiy '
Mnyberry, Newberry, Ind.
'rushed Oyster Shells lor Poultry
Oao hnndreo pounds, sixty cen^
flro hundred pounds. $2.50. Prer
lauer, T^s"hlcott? & Co., Waverl*
Mills. F C.
lice Flour, 100 tons fresh. Ric
Flour, Hay, Grain, Bran, Chops
C. S. Meal and etc . \lbert. Bl?
choff and Co., 31 Elizabeth Street
Charleston. S. C. ,
Vonien, sell guaranteed hose. 70
per cent, profit Make $20 uallv
Full or part time. Beginners l?s
regtlgate. Strong Hosiery. Bo*
4029, West Philadelphia. Pa.
tgent*?Why don't you sell novelties
that sell on sight? Quick
salea nnd great prollts Send today
for catalogue. Zeigler Drug
and Novelty Co., Manning, S. C.
The Dittle Tell Tale which tells the
Truth. A complete egg record of
the day, the week, the month, and
the year. Price 10c. Address,
Mrs. M. B. Roberts, Dade City,
Fla.
rim High Point Detective Aircucv r?"
Columbia ioei a reuer&l deteotiv?
business. White and colored d*
tectives at your eonreniemWrite
ns. W. S. Taylor, Mknatr
Columbia. S. C.
Girl or Woman each locality; good
pay made, at ting as Roprosentatire:
address envelopes, fold, mall
circulars. Material, stamps, fur
nished free Rex Mailing Agency,
London. Ontario.
Lulling' Aiisglo t omli Rhode itizoi
Reds and "Crystal" White Orp'nr
tons win and lay when ?the^i
full, stock i'?d egg* for ado. *c; '
for matin; list. (J. A. Dobbs. Hox
11. 24.. Gainesville. Ga.
Farm, Fruit and Truck Lands In (
Hillshorougli County, Florida. I
Write me your desires. Can fill j
any requirement. J. R. Snyder, I
Llniona, (near Tampa) Florida.
Correspondence solicited.
N'orlli Sii??e Life Insurance ('<?., of
Kingston, N*. C.. operates only in
the two Carolinas and has more
Carolina Uvea insured than auv
other Carolina cofpany. A*onts
wanted where the company 'a not '
w represented.
Farm LnntK?I have for sale niagnlfeent
larni lands in South and
Southwest Georgia, the best cotton
growing part of the State.
These lands are perfertly level
and can be brought up to any
state of cultivation. Smith 1).
Pickett. Km pi re Life Building, Atlanta,
Ga.
Lents anted?Make big mut.ej ?In*
photo pillow tops fhc: kmides,
2E>c: portraits. 35c: olWt.o?
30c. We produce works of ar'
guaranteed, lowest prices, large*
studio, prompt service, credit gi?
en; samples; portrait and fram- t
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catalogue free. Hitter's Art Studio.
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iood l.lve Agents wanted In every
town to sell a nierltorlouB line of
medicines extensively advertised
and used by every family and In
the stable. An excentlonal opportunity
for the right parties to
make good money. Write at once
for proposition to L. B. Martin,
Box 110. Richmond Va
In order to introduce my high grade
Succession Flat Dutch and Wakefield
Cabbage Plants to .hose who
have not used them before I will
give with each first orde- for s
thousand plants at a $1.25, a dollar's
worth of vegetable and flowet
toed absolutely free. W. R. Hart,
Plant Orowor. Knterprlse P. O.,
a o
IVitntcd?Fverv man. woman an#
child In South Carolina to know
that tho "Alco" brand of Sash,
Poors and Blinds are the beat
nnd arv made only by the Augusta
1-uinbtM Company, who manufacture
everything In Lumber an*
Mill work and *!"> ? ?<?rhword 'r
"Quality." Write Augusta Lumber
Company, Augusta, Georgia,
for prlcer on any order, large >
-mill ^
U'unti <1 Live, energetic men, to represent
reliable old line life insurance
company. Very attractive
contract; experience unnecessary.
More money made by
the hustling agent than any other
line of business. All forms of policies
written. The joint life policy
a specialty. Call at 14 21* Main
street, or write J. \V. I.add. Slate
Agent. Manhattan Life Insurance
Co., Columbia, S. C.
-MfMI
Manager Frank J. Sliaughnessy,
of llic Virginia League
Champions, found Noah's
Liniment best for
Sors Muscles
bruises, scratches, stitTncss.
One trial will convince you.
Noah's Liniment penetrates.
Requires but little rubbing.
Here's the Proof
"T have had occasion to use Naah's
I.lnlment on two of my players' arms,
and the result was most Kratlfylriff,
Itoth were immediately relieved of surliness
and aide to resume throwing with
^'iclr former speed Have also used it
mvself, and eonslder It the best linlm-Tit
1 ever tried. It Is fine for bruises,
scratches, stiffness, etc. Frank .T.
Shau?bnessv, Manav< r, Uoanoko Champions,
Koanoko, Va."
NimiIi'm I.lnlment Is the best remedy
for llheurnatlsm. Sciatica, Lame Hack,
Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat,
Colds, St ruins. Sprains, Cuts, Bruises,
I' i.imps, | .. t
loom- j<jV'T-Zl 'O*
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Nerve, Hone anil v;~ "*TfMV--vff\
Muscle Actios and
Pains. The Ren- ^ 1 t
nine has Noah s r'Vnwwjf ^rniUl]
Ark on every ^ SVTb
package els. I7~yj) W g y_ B
Sold hy dealers In / [|T.l
medicine. Sam- k L /* 1 I ^1
pie hy mail tree.
Noah Remedy Co., U 14 k 11
Richmond. V a. m ' ~tl"
MihIi Liquor Money.
Columbia got. $92,919.99 In excess
of its estimated Income. The dispensary
income was estimated at
$<>0,000, while tho actual income
was $1 24.202.97, from this one
source for 1910.