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' The News and Courier of Chwieeton, Tuesday car
ried a long story regarding the May plant of E. I. DuPont
de Nemours A Co., Inc., which la now nearing completion
here. The story w(hlch was written by Thomas R. Waring,
managing editor of the paper, follows:
A year after ground was brol
construction of DuPont's first
mill for makiag or Ion now has
reached its peak. Although the
mill-will not be complete Until
next winter, the first production
line may be turning out synthetic
yarn for the market by summer.
Meanwhile, the tin hats of 850
construction workers .art fa
iliar and welcome sights in t
historic town. As they tread De-
Kalb and Broad streets in their
steel-toed safety shoes, the men
bring in pay checks that have
helped to save this community
from hard times. Last summers
cotton crop failure would have
spelled empty cash registers in
many a place of business had it
not been for the duPont pay
roll, now exceeding $30,000 each
week.
The figure 1 850 employees is
a peak for the construction phase
and will start Ur taper off July 1.
The building is almost finished
now, and some equipment has
already been installed. When fin
ished the mill will have coat $15.
000,000. Added to the $7,000,000
spent in research to develop or-
lon, the duPont investment m or-
Ion will represent $22,000,000.
Dress shop proprietors who
have had a preview of orlon fab
rics are estimating a brisk de
mand, and a backlog of orders
is reported already.. When con
struction is finished, the mill will
employ 500 production workers
as a starter.
The production is almost sure
to increase as the market for
orlon develops. That will mean
more jobs-several times 500. At
first only yarn will be manufact
ured, and this will be sold to
weavers for making synthetic
silks and other light fabrics. Later
the plant may be expanded for
manufacture of staple (similar
to wool or cotton) which would
make orlon available for many
additional fabrics. .
Research chemists say orlon is
more like the natural fibers of
cotton, wool and silk in many of
its characteristics than other syn
thetic products. They have pulled,
stretched, bleached, soaked, bur
ied and mistreated it generally.
They have tested its resistance to
strains, sunlight, insects and all
the wears and-tears they could
think of, and its score has been
better in many respects than ny
lon or the rayons.
After the laboratory stage, or
was manufactured in small quan
tities in the duPont plant at
Waynesboro. Va. This was a pilot
operation. The Camden plant will
be the first to produce orlon for
the commercial market.
The raw material for orlon is
called monomeric acrylonitrile.
DuPont purchases this material,
from other manufacturers. It is
made from coal, limestone, pet
roleum, natural gases, water and
air.
By a chemical process at the
Camden mill, the liquid will be
polymerized, which means that it
will be turned into a solid form.
This polymer (in flakes) then Will
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be dissolved and pumped into tall
cylinders under high pressure. The
solution will, be forced through
spinnerette cups, emerging as yarn
The yarn then has to be washed,
stretched, twisted and wound on
spools. Some of these processes
are trade secrets of the duPont
Company. <
Why did duPont come to Cam
den?
The choice of Camden in the
South was influenced by several
factors. Camden is dose to many
cloth mills. These will make a
market for orlon yarn, either for
weaving orlon cloth or for blend'
ing it with cotton or wool. A good
site was available, on the Water-
ee river near the main line of
the Seaboard Air Line
There is an ample supply of de
sirable labor..
People in this area have a long
history of skills in mill work. They
will learn the new orlon process
from the technicians sent from
Waynesboro. Some of the local
mill workers may be sent to Way
nesboro for training. ,
Because of the nature of the
chemicals, the mill will be air-
conditioned throughout. The pro
cess goes on 24 hours a day and
cannot be interrupted. If the solu
tion solidifies in the cylinders, it
must be reamed out at great cost.
Orion will compete with other
synthetic materials, and also with
natural fibers such as silk, cotton
and wool. Existing textile mills
will fabricate it for clothing, and
for awnings and various indust
rial uses.
Orion’s future .will depend, of
course, on public reception, man
ufacturing costs and other factors
yet to be determined. So far as
can be told in advance, and du
Pont has a notable record for suc
cess in bringing out new products,
orlon. will make its way. If some
cotton field hands are put out of
oba by the synthetic yarn, new
obs with steady salaries will be
created for somebody in the mill.
Thus again the balance of in
dustry is being changed by
science.
The Secret Explained
How was It that some “experts
so freely predicted that the Rus
sians wouldn’t develop the A-bomb
by 1952? ■ . . ■;
They made the mistake of think
ing that the Russians would take
as long as TSfe TJ. 8:” But the Am
slans didn’t have to experiment.
Their spies stole atomic secrets
from us and what they didn’t ateal
the government printed in a book.
Says Prof. Ellsworth Raymond
In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
“Even so Stslin might 1 have
waited until 1952 for his first A-
bomb if he had sought to follow
the American example and build
four large atomic plants simul
taneously, each using a different
method.
"The United States tried four
ways out of fear that one or more
would fall. Russia was able to
select the simplest type—the Han
ford plutonium type in order to
get a few bomba in a hurry.”
It’s that simple, this thing of
“security." It’s cheaper .to steal
than to build and the«8oviets are
past pasters at theft.—Anderson
Independent
The 160-ton blue whale is larger
than the largest of the dinosaurs
of former geological ages.
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free seed
valuable aid,
best resistant varieties available.
He points out that the following
stions from these
and that
tion on these subjects may be se
cured from
The importance of seed stocks
as nearly free from disease as
possible cannot be over empha
sized at this time. This warning
applies to all nursery stock, roots,
bulbs, tubers and seed. This free
dom from disease is secured in
numerous ways. Prominent
among them are the use, of cer
tified seed or nyraery stock, seed
treatment, inspection and grow
ing seed in disease-free areas. Too
much stress cannot be placed on
use of disease-free Irish and sweet
potato seed stocks.
Rotation has several values and
peat control is a very important
one. Rotation aids In the con
trol of several soil-borne disases,
insects, nematodes and weeds.
Rotation is one of the cheapest
means of controlling pests. No
one rotation will suit aO soils and
farm conditions in the .state;
hence it behooves the farmer to
know just which rotations work
best on his farm and in his lo
cality. Rotation as a means of
controlling pests has its limita
tions.
For a long time breeders have
analysis fellows:
Ammonia —.
Nitrites
Nitrates
8.00
4.00
_ 0.01
0.03
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J10.00
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analysis showed
itive and gas forming
absent
Some 540,000 fish books a day
re made by American manutac-
Stnce the beginning of the Red
Crosa National Blood Program un
til June SO, 1149, 2t regional blood
programs have been opened and
are now In operation, with approxi
mately MO Red Croes chapters
participating. In that time 276,497
plats of Mood were obtained and
konsands of unite of blood de
rivatives, Including. 1,918,000 vials
of Immune serum globulin to coin-
bat measles, had been made svaflr
able to the American people.
sought to add high resistant seed
to their varieties and in many in
stances have been highly success
ful. The work of the breeder is
never finished because
change and plant diseases d
—new strains of diseases may
develop and severely damage
here-to-fore resistant plants. In
making recommendations for va
rieties, this factor of resistance
is given due attention and many
times the importance of disease
resistance is taken for granted.
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1b Celebrated •>*
All Over Nation
South Carolina 4-H club meam
berm aad leaders 1x1
Krvance of Rational 4 4-H Club
Week, beginning March 4 During
this week -the 2,040^00 boys apd
girls throughout the nation vMre-
dedlcate "Heads. Hearts, Heeds
aad Health" to weridag together
awards a better home aad worM
community.
Stressing the theme. "Better Wr
ing for A Better World." 4-H dub
members and their leader^dmlng
the week of March 4-1A will with
national, state and local broad
casts, magaslne aad newspaper
articles, posters, exhibits sad dam-
eraatratioas further acquaint the
public with the 4-H club work of
the past and the goals for 1950.
Two South Carolina 4-H dub
girls, Barbara Best, Sorry county,
and Jinny Page, Barnwell county,
will be In Washington March 5-6
to serve as ushers at the national
4-H clnb breakfast, which is an
annual event staged In observance
of National 4-H CClub Week. Both
girls have done outstanding club
work in both achievement and
leadership. ,
In proclaiming 4-H club week In
South Carolina, Governor J. Strom
Thurmond said: "I urge that ail
citizens of South Carolina, particu
larly those hi rural areac, encour
age the continued growth and in
fluence of the 4-H clubs Four-H
club work makes for good homes,
good citizens and a more cultural
rural life.’’
In South Carolina National 4-H
Club Week will afford opportunty
for members and their clubs to
pheck on their efforts in carrying
out the programs and goals they
have already started. They wiU
use the observance week as s ‘‘4-H
a pari eC tfce 4.
Get 8*
mule its*'
largest rural youth
the world, the sol
Mn 4s Soath CaroBas 4-H stubs
win, Mag the wset. give the
public an opportunity to tabs a
look at «rlT oteh west ap flt Is
being carried oh fa
ties ami counties. ^
oti«r
4-H store
«PQ Programs,
oor meetings,
Notice To AO Daaiocrottc
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In 1948 the State Convention changed the
of Club meotmil from the fourth SatuixUrbi
$o the fourth Saturday in March. There/*
asking all Clubs to ’tiiset on the FOURTH
DAY IN MARCH, which will be Mar* j
perfect their organizations. They should
president, vice-president, sBcwiary-treai®^
rollment committee, executive committee .J
other committee that they may deem per ^
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Delegates to the County Convention
elected, one delegate to each 25 enrolled
the first primary in 1948 and one deleft^
majority fraction of twenty-five voters.
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The County Convention date has also beoai
ed. The County Convention wifl be held the
MONDAY IN APRIL at the Court House rij
o'clock. Be sure to have your dltb rei '
at the County Convention.
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