Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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K-' n Camden Oi South Carolina 11 ■? \ B An _ ployed in EnfUnd to . email act of Arlrwright smuggle them out of the coun try. The DeKalb factory, which was located in .the game that the Wateree plant of the Kendgll Mills is now jed, was one of the earlier cotton factories established Souh Carolina, according to a most interesting article early South Carobna nulls written for T%e Camden ,nicle by Judge A; P. Du Bose. The article follows in a ‘ "V * ,V . , /i' ' y .' r ■ t has been .... B t issues of Booth Carolina for shipment. ■ Then tice to a . wright He read an account of the liberal bounty granted fay the 1*- islature of Pennsylvania to a per son who made a carding machine and of the large rewards itoW os i j^a^rkabla tMKatb 0dtton »in* in South and particular mention ma u d « rfj 1 * <* d ****- glhHHill Which began operation The beginnings of the industry in America is an interesting suV The spinning jenny, - power loom w< in England and country had for many yean held n monopoly on cotton manufac- *S U L a 5 turi ?i Soci eties in bott the North and South offered 40 - ont who would mtroduce the machines and the Revolu America, fie embarked in tember. 1789, bringing with no models, drawings or to Sap* him of __ immediaba^after m, determined to secure a set of any kind that might aroma the suspicions of the English authori ties. Three years later he had com pleted the machines, and the wat er was turned on and Samuel Slattar was famous. In 1791, the that die cotton gin was toe -CM MiDr was built at Pawtudket Samuel Slater not only the fuel to introduce improved methods • of spinning cotton, but established tEe first Sunday* ScbtSei in America. There was another pioneer whose name is not so well known es Samuel Slater’s. In 1797. two Auto Seat Covers Individually Tailored BY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN Youselect the material and style you mt and we Tailor Them To Your Tagte. ANY MAKE —ANY MODEL Tops—any kind—and Headlinings in- illed. e specialize in Ante Upholstery jobe. And—W*’U B* H*m TOMORROW !>»*■*? OGNER MOTOR COMPANY *70 ItS E. DeKalb Si. and six yean fae- — i **- suater i at in 1898: into four staaree: Thomas Lang, Thomas A. Ancrum and William Anderson, oWning each e share; toe fourth is owned by A Young and William Gardiner, toe skilful superintend ent, Whose personal attention is constantly given to toe various branches of the establishment The factory was established in 1838, with one thousand spindles n, but up to 1846, Increased so - double that A l,«to spindles, 40 looms. _ run daily, making yarn and cotton osnaburga, gpd consuming * amount to a mill for making yam. equal In of SjOOO to 4.000 spindks, accord ing to calculations usually made at the North. Last year over 1,000 bales were mourned and during toe past „ oath 99 bales were worked up, making 8,205 pounds yam and 47,995 yards osnaburga. The osnaburgs weigh one-half pound to toe yard and are well known in the Northern and Southern mar kets, and we learn from one of the company! that they always ice than the company! that they command a higher pric those made at the North. reral yean past principal operati ivee ex cept in the department of weav ing, but white operatives are now generally employed, because they are less difficult to procure. The blacks have been discharged, ex cept about 90 that belong to the The white now 72, male _ We ape informed that the experi ence of the company is, that toe blacks as operatives can compare favorably with toe whites and un der some circumstances may be preferred. We believe the company have never realised leas than 10 per cent upon their capital, but they have constantly invested the profits in improve ments. so that toe sum now In vested is about double the origi nal stock. Their immense water power is used also to drive other machinery. A Grist lfill brings to the com pany 1,000 bushels of com in toll, and the mill to grind bark supplies an extensive Tannery at hand, whore large quantities of good leather are prepared. In connec tion with the tannery, a shot fac tory has been in operation for some years, where an excellent article of negro shoes, pegged and sewed, is made, of. which thou sands are sold annually, far ior to the N •old at the same price The work- ment belong to the South and use leather tanned at their door. We are told that this little vil lage can well compare, in point of morals and good order, with any in the Uhion of the same sire and doubtless much of it is attri butable to the interest manifested by the churches in town in their spiritual welfare.” f© v 8* Comoro and Slater built at Pawtucket, Mrs. Ramage, the widow «f a South "Carolina planter, established and began operation of toe South’s first jeotton factory. This mill was on James Island and was rated by horse power. In 1790 a factory for spinning cotton, run by water power, was built at Statesboro (Stateburg), South Carolina, and within the next few years, carding and spinning fac tories were established in East Tennessee and Georgia. In 1840 the South consumed about 71,000 bales of cotton. New England 160,- 000 hales and Europe 1,000,000 bales, but toe South on account of labor and transportation prob lems rapidly turned from manu facture to production and at the " time of the outbreak of toe Civil War had only increaaed her con sumption to 93,006 hales, while the rest of American used 750,000 bales and Europe three and one- half million bales. An insight into toe organization and conduct of an early cotton factory is given in an editorial appearing in the Camden Journal of June 30,1845 (Historic Camden, Part II, pegs 31) In reference to Reese Refrigeration Service GIVES Prompt, Efficient and Courteous Service CALL JACK REESE (A * PHONE 7SS-W UK Broad Street in Refrigeration end Air* Conditioning) COMMEtijCIAL NIGHT PHONE 104 Camden Motor Co. Bids. To reduce our large dock of Asphalt Shingles and other building materials we ore offering for cosh for the next thirty days the following REDUCED PRICES: 210 lb. Flintkote Thickbutt Shingles $ 6.25 per Sq. 165 lbs. Flintkote Re-roofing Shingles $ 5.00 per Sq. While Asbestos Siding, seconds, $ 7.00 per Sq. White Asbestos hiding, first grade $10.00 per Sq. prices. (HIY PLANING HILL & LUMBER CO. /yy Ojy '/•ctfisJ <c y\now J' O OF PS ND A &L £ £ UJHCR& TO GO zr / > Ac ' C eace of Mind all the Night l General Auto Repair ■MM ^ % ' 5 r3ifiifam Elorfrl^ vfllllllvll Llvvll IV Hot Point Appliance* SALES end SERVICE 155 1 I. IN I fanwltn Cabinet fcr: Works s .AU Makee Ol Care Sports haihiBianl- lak- Outboard Motors Wilson and Spaulding ill th a convenient Extension Telephone I within arm’s reach W. a md E. C. EUSott 1 lamoen D0«y inop BODY sad BIOGRAPHY OP CLARKSON RHAME As a boy, Clarkson Rhame opened his eyes to opportunity in Camden, and like many successful business men be has made good in his own home town, having been bom here forty years ago. Mr. Rhame is manager of the Sports Equipment, Inc., 1026 DeKalb Street, selling high quality sporting goods, including Wilson & Spaulding ware; also Martin outboard motors. Mr. Rhame iparried Miss Mary Goodale of Camden, and they are toe happy parents of two children. Before entering toe sporting goods fiel< in the automobile business for five years. Mr. Rhame is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is prominently identified with movements for local political bet terment, and he is secretary of the County Democratic commit- His •n^ainatn for ffrhing, hunting, baseball and football-— with filing and hunting as his hobbies—end his well-rounded comprehensive knowledge of “sporting g^ods*’ gives hi* custo- T. A Bradley Electric Plumhinn fa. riuiiiviiiy %ws — w inng| • rswusiup Air Conditioning Lewis F. and J. L. OENEHAJL MACHINE AND