The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, August 08, 1884, Image 1
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vOL. .]EASLEY, SOUTH CAROINA, FIDAY yAUGUST 8, 1884.N.
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Enteaed itt the Pi*otoffice at Easley
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J.t. IIAGOOD, Etlitar aUnit Prop'r.
'TEN10 S OF VIS.CWRIPTLION.
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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