The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 06, 1895, Image 2
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 6, 1895.
IMPROVED COTTON BALES.
From time to time the subject of the
needed improvement in the method of
baling cotton for market has been dis?
cussed in the newspapers and trade
journals, and great emphasis has been
laid on the necessity of a radical reform
io the prav3?ling method ; but so far
the discussion bas been unproductive of
noteworthy results. It is admitted on
all hands that, there exists tbe necessity
for a change in the shape and in the
method of covering the bales, a?d this
much being admitted, it is now time
for the reform to be made. There is
nothing to he said in favor of the
method of baling cotton now in vogue,
unless saying that it has always been
do ne after this manner is construed as
an argument The bales are unwield
ly, wasteful of the cotton, easy to catch
on fire and require compression and re
haling for exporting. Even after com
. pression and re-baling the cotton reach?
es its destination in a dirty aud dilapi?
dated condition. From the consular
reports we learn that the cotton from
America reaches England and conti?
nental Europe in an incomparably
worse condition than the cotton from
India and Egypt. Cotton growers in
these countries pack their cotton in
smaller bales and take much more care
in covering them so that the lint is not
exposed to dirt and the danger of fire.
By reason of these precautions, based
on ordinary common sense, the cotton
is cleaner and is consequently given
t8e preference over the same grades of
American cotton. Besides the waste is
less, the stealage is reduced to a mini
muuj and the rates of insurance are so
much lower thao on American cotton,
packed io the ordinary manner, that
this item alone amounts to a considerable
sum. ID addition to these items of
expense and loss, the expense of com?
pressing for export must be taken into
consideration and charged up against
the present method. All of these ex?
penses come out of the pocket of the
cotJn-t producer, for in fixing the price
o? American cotton the English cotton
.fcu7-^.< and manufacturers, who fix the
price for the world, consider these items
and make a maximum deduction from
the price to be paid per pound. They
see to it that they pay for clean cotton
?ud not for the jute covering, iron
ties and dirt that accumulates in the ex?
posed cotton while in transit. There
is no means of ascertainicg the total
amount tba1; the cotton planters of
the South hare paid out for the privi?
lege of packiug cotton as it always has
been done. But it is plainly to be seen
that it has amounted to au immense
sum-millions of dollars since the war.
The American farmer is reckoned as
thc most intelligent arid progressive, on
aa average, to be fouod io the
world, and it would seem that
they would would bring this
in*elligence luto play in the consider?
ation of this matter. If they would do
so and look at it in a business light,
considering it simply as a selfish busi?
ness proposition, they would adopt some
one of the improved methods of pack?
ing and baling cotton and free them?
selves of the stigma of preparing cot?
ton for market io the most slovenly and
VFasteiul manner known to the commer?
cial world, and at the same time rid
themselves of the heavy tax that ad?
herence to this method very properly
entails.
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There are two methods of packing and
baliDg cottou that are at present being
brought Drominently before the public,
both of which accomplish the same re
result. These are the Bessonette and
Anderson systems. Of these the Bes?
sonette is. perhaps, the best known and
best. The Bessonette bale and method
of nackiog is described as follows :
"Tbe Bessonette bale is cylindrical,
weighing on an average 500 pounds,
entirely covered with cotton duck,
which tare when removed at the mills
leaves 495 or 49G pounds of cleao, dry
net cotton. The density being, at will,
from 30 to 30 pounds per cubic foot.
Thus mak'tDg it possible to ioad 46,000
pounds, or from 70 to 80 bales iu the
standard 34 foot box car.
This cotton is wound on a three-inch
steel wave core, being a continuous bat
66 inches wide and at mill from 4 to 12
inches in thickeess. The bat is fed be- r;
tween compression rollers which practi- (
cally exclude all air, thence it is wound
directly under a pressure cf about 1,
000 pounds per square ioch.
A sample of this bat whose even run?
ning character is guaranteed by the j \
system is drawn as the bale| is in pro- ? I
cess of rolling, and in this sample is in-j
sertcd the number and mark which is I b
to identify the bale clear through to the 11
mills. On this s?nrple the bale is sol
directly by the eompany through
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character and grade is guaranteed, its
manufacture being in the hands of the
responsible seller who is bound to the
spinner; and thus also is removed all
necessity for cutting the bale and expo?
sure to loss and damage, the opportu?
nity for useless handling and expenses
and additional middle men.
"One half of the sample is sect,
with the tag identification card still* n
it, to the broker or representative.
Thus the mill gets an actual sample of
every bale. Tbe insurance saving both
at the mill and in transit is great ard.
what is by far more importance, is thc
greater safety to the mill-no loose cot?
ton, no flash hazard and a scarcely com?
bustible stock The saving of storage
space is enormous and of consequent
money saving."
The American Cotton Bale Improve?
ment Company, which controls the Ben
sonnette patents, is putting in plants as
rapidly as possible, and already has; a
humber in Texas, where the new pro?
cess is growing in favor with the farm?
ers ; it has aiso received the highest
commendations from exporters and mill
men. The company prefers lo unite
with the ginner who has a suitable
plant and to whom a press wiil be fur?
nished free of expense, but the compa?
ny will establish ginneries throughout
the South as rapidly as possible, where
they cannot unite with the established
?inner.
The Anderson system differs from the
Bessonette io that the bales are covered
re-ith sheet steel instead of cotton duck
ind the ends of the rolls are not covered.
The bales are flat cylinders A bale
>f 475 pounds is a cylinder 24 inches
oog and 36 inches in diameter. The
5overing is of sheet steel, No. 28. The
?ircular ends of the cylinder of cotton
ire ordinarily left open, since it. is
siaimed that it is packed so tightly it can
lot admit much dirt.
The cotton comes down over endless
)elts tn a continuous bat, and is wound
iround an axle, aud there "wrapped by
he sheet steel automatically.
The bales average about 475 pounds
md deliver to the mills as much cotton
is the common compressed bales which
tverage 490 pounds. This weight, hus
>een adopted because people are used
o calling that amount of cotton a bale.
These bales arc composed of a continu
)us bat of cotton which weighs when
ed to the machine about 1 1-4 pounds
>er yard of length. It is very ?vi?
tent that this bale can be unwound
ust as the laps in the mills are.
The transportation companies ?Ilow
hirty cubic feet packing space f.>;. an
?rdinary bale, while the Anderson o* es
>nly require 15? cubic fset, anr- 108
>ales cao be packed into a 34 foot car.
Che condition of the fibre is iuipiovd
iver that in the common method It
s better cleaned and is ginned wiih j
ess breakage. A perfectly fair na mp -
s drawn at the time of baling A
jresent the manner of doiog this in t
egular intervals to pick out wvc-'t.
mall pieces from the bat as it go s
nto the press. There is also au auto
natic device which takes a little cotton
di the time.
JOHN A. MOROSO DEAD,
i?he City Editor of the News and
Courier Passes Av/ay.
John A Moroso, City Editor of
he News and Courier, died at his !
esidence in Lynch street at 8 !
>'clock yesterday morning Though
ie had not been in perfect health for a
nonth, he was not considered by his
Wends to be a sick man. Saturday
norning he was not only io his place
ri the office, but was apparently in
he best of spirits. Until 10 o'clock
saturday night he was at his desk, ?
ind when he left the News and]
fourier building he went to the
Academy of Music, where he sat
brough the concluding portion o?
he play. Returning horne he com- !
)lained of pains in his head, but !
?either he nor his friends attached j
?erious importance to his trouble \
Vt 3 o'clock in the morning the j
)ains became more severe, and he !
;alled for water and a light. - When
hey were hrought he was uncon
;cious from a 6troke of apoplexy. A
?w moments later he seemed to
ecognize one of his chilien, but re
apsed immediately. The physician j
vho was summoned gave no hope of
n's recovery, and he passed away in
perfect peace and quietness a few j
ninutes before 8 o'clock yesterday j
norning
John A. Moroso was born in !
Charleston oki September 2, 1840. !
Iis father was a native of Italy ; his j
uother was au American, a South j
Jarohnian His father was a fruit \
tierchant, and before the war was j
ngaged in the inportaiion of foreign j
ruits, and was interested in a ship !
ting firm whose vessels plied direct- !
y between Charleston and the Weet I
ndies.
Young Moroso was a remarkably !
?right boy and was of studious na?
me. Ile acquired his primary train- j
og in Carroll's School, where hoi
effort and natural ability, and when
he entered the College of Charleston
he maintained his position and made
good the rich promise of his youth
He was graduated from this institu?
tion on March 26, 1867, in the class
with Mr. G. H Sass, and the theme
of his graduating speech was "The
Immortality of the Sou!." The
newspapers of the day spoke in terms
of admiration of the eloquence and
thoughtfulness of his discourse.
After completing his college course,
Mr. Moroso determined to follow the
profession of law and entered the of
fice of Gen James ?Simons as a
student Ile was most diligent in
his studies and when he had finished
the required course of reading he is
said by his examiner to have been
the best equipped law student he bad
ever known to go up to the Court for
admission to the Bar. He passed a
most creditable examination and was
admitted to practice by the old Court
nf Appeals, at its last sitting before
the inauguration f the Reconstruc?
tion era Ho omened an office in
Charleston and did some business in
the Courts, lie could easily have at?
tained distinction at the Bar but his
tastes lay in another direction ; he
preferred the mental excitement of
newspaper work, an(i. abandoning the
profession of law, he adopted the
profession of journalism For more
than twenty-five years he was an ac?
tive, zealous, untiring, brilliant
worker in this field, and up to within
eight hours of his death, through
summer and winter, in storm and
sunshine, through cyclone and earth?
quake, he was in the harness, doing
what, he could, ?nd all that lit; could,
to instruct, to entertain, to please the
public, who read what was written
without much thought of, or any care
for, the man who writes.
Mr. Moroso's first newspaper work
was as correspondent of the Sumter
Watchman His genius as a letter
writer was undoubted, aud his letters
to that paper speedily attracted at?
tention. He was given a position as
reporter on the old Charleston Courter,
and continued in its service until ils
consolidation with The Daily Neus
While connected willi the Courier lie
was its Legislative correspondent
and wrote about the exciting events
in Columbia under the norn de plume
of "Vidette." His letters wer aread
able and established his reputation as
a news gatherer and as a descriptive
writer. When the Courier was ac?
quired by 'Hie News and became The
Neics and Courier, Mr. Moroso be?
came a member of the reorganized
staff and served as a reporter on this
paper until the Journal of Commerce
was established, when he accepted
the position of City Editor of that
paper. It was during his service on
the Journal of ' Commerce that Mr
Moroso edited the Charleston Sunday
Dispatch, and with marked successs.
Upon the suspension of the Journal
of Commerce he returned to his old
position on the staff cf The News
and Courier. He served as local re?
porter and staff correspondent until
the death of Capt F. W. Dawson, in
1889, when he was appointed City
Editor of the News and Courier,
which position he held up to the
time of his death.
How To Prevent Croup.
Some reading that will prove interesting
to young mothers. How io guard against
th** disease.
Croun i.? a terror tu yomg mothers and to
post them concerning Tt>e e?iuse, first symp?
toms and treatment ia the obj.-ct of this item
The origin of croup) is a common cold.
Childrc-n who are subject to il take cold very
easily und croup is almost sure to follow.
The first ?y mp toro ?3 hoarseness; this is soon
followed by a peculiar rough cough, -..hieb is
easily recognized ?rd will never be forgotten
by one who has heard it. The tim-* to act is
when the child first becomes hoarse,. If
Chatnt>eriain's Cough Remedy is freely given
al! tendency to croup will soon disappear.
Even after the croupy couyh has developed it
will prevent the attack. There is no danger
in giving this retr.edy for it contains DOt?ing
injurtous For sale by Dr. A. J. China.
nto!? A ? c.
Every Limb Achid With 'Muscu?
lar Rheurna?:s?r?
A Perfect Cure by Kc-ed'o Garsa
pc, .'lia.
Thc cause of riiemnatism is hi-:ic
acid in rho blood, which accumulates
in the joints, and gives theviotiui such j
dreadful pains and itches. Hood's ?ar- j
saparilla neutralizes the acid, purifies I
the blood and tims cure.-: rheumatism.
"Five years agc I had ray first attack
of lumbago oi* muscular rheumatism.
X ^vas in bcd two
wicks. I had a
good physician
brit lae did not do
me any good. A
friend recom?
mended Hood's j
Sarsaparilla and j
I sent fer a bot- ?
tie. At that time j
? r ched ir: every j
limb, especially ;
ia my back and ;
hip. I felt as j
though I had a
fever and for a
, Jmm?m^m few hours at .
Mr. Thomas .-j. Palxuer .
Abbeville, s. C. night ?.t was im?
possible i o sleep. I suffered untold stonies.
Constipation was not the least of my j
troubles. I commenced to take Hood's '
Sarsaparilla and felt a decided change in
three days. ? was abie to ge* ou-: of bcd
Hood's ^ Cures |
and ?it nt the fire rr .>.:. .? of a week, j
lean recomm? nd it .ns tholes! remedy for j
ind i-.rest ii?n : nd dy ; : '.: 1 ever tried."
T.3. iWL'r,:... Abb. nils. 8. C.
OFFICE OF
THE SOUTHERN
Distilling Company,
DISTILLERS, IMPORTERS, REC?
TIFIERS A>*D WHOLESALE
LIQUOR DEALERS,
No. 119 Princess St., Wilmington, N. C.,
529 Hnd 531 Walnut Sc., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The largest dealers in the South,
Send your orders direct ; don't buy
from agents.
We can save you 25 per cent, on
your purchases. Write for price
list and send your ordeis to the
SOUTHERN DISTILLING 60,,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 9.-Ira.
Are you coining 'o the Exposition ? If so,
stop nt the Leading Cotel, where Kcoommo
dations are to be hud tor 1,000 guests per
day The oaly ?rii-cliiss Hoiel in the City
charging only ?2.OG per day.
THE
VICTORIA HOTEL
J. W. GOL1TCKE,
Manager.
Nos. 30-32-34 Sauth Pryor Street,
Half Block From Car Shed,
Atlanta, Georgia,
Burglar proof s?fc for valuables, cars pass j
the door every five minutes for Exposition |
Grounds. Everything first-cUsd. Tue nest
beds in the city. Teirgraun or write ahead
for accommodatioi s. Remember we will
treat you right, and charge you only $2 00
per day for Board and Lodging. Porters at
nil trains.
Sept. 18.
Lively
Times have been the rule
in business circles since
?IMES thc fall season opened
and cotton jumped up
from four to eight and
a half cents. Sumter has
been the liveliest place
in the State, and LEVI
BROS. have had the!
BIG liveliest sort of time in j
their store. Crowds flock j
there to get a few ol the j
great
They offer in all lines
They have a LARGE and
complete 6tock of GEN?
ERAL MERCHADISE
and the wants of all per- |
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sons are supplied at the j
Lowest Prices ever heard
of. In fine Dress Goods,
Trimmings, Prints, and j
Domestics they can defy 1
competition. The Shoe j
A.T Stock is large and the j
pricesright. Try apairand ;
the only trouble you will
hav? will be in wearing
them out. But it is use- j
less to attempt to enu-1
merate the bargains or to
describe the stock Levi
Bros. are well known
All who deal with them
are sure to be satisfied.
A large lot of new goods
received this week ; see
them before buying.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Go-Educational Institute,
(Formerly known as the Williston High School.)
For the past four years this School h*?s oeen known HS the Willison ?li-.:h School.
Year by year its patronage h?s steadily incieis'-d, ti ti r ? i: tr the tm-t session student.* attending
from almost "very wion or South Carolin? d -Iso from Georgia. Tile- patronage being
so large i'r.e Bo-.rd of Trustees ?t ?heir Ins? a'-nuai meeting decid-d to pul un !?r?;er r.uild
ii'i:s, increase the r.i;n;r.er nf teachers, raise the s'andard of ?he Schoo! and chance the nama
to the South Carolina Co-Edcationa-l Institute Th* Institution has been granted a charter
by the State and is the largest boarding school between August*. Ga., and Charleston, S C..
LHSI December our Dormitories wei e des' rot ed by fire Wt lake pleasure io announc?
ing to the public that larger and commodious buildings of modern architecture ?re now be?
ingerected on a beautiful Campus of eight arres These buildings will be "completed and
comfortably equipped tu time to accommodate 150 boarding studt*nts by the. opening of the
session Our boarding arrangements for M;?- 'fexf ses-son will far b*t?er than ever before
and will not ne excelled by any school in the S-ate ?Separate buildings for '-ovs nod giris.
Teachers live in same building with students Our teacher? ?re Ki 1 specialise in their
branches Faculty consists of five Profes^rs and four Lady Teachers All students are re?
quired tc attend ?tie church and Sunday school <>r tht-ir choice.
The Insri'ute is divided into five cUsst-s, Freshman, Sophomore, Intermediate, Junior
and kSe<.ior Besides the u*ual English Course, iusrnic.ion is gtwn in the following branches:
Ancient ?nd Modern L-uiguages, Music, Ar?. Kiocution, Typewriting, Calisthenics and Mili?
tary Tactics.
vVe guarantee that any young man ctn enter the Literary Department of our Schoo! and
: atet-T?d :he entire session of nine scholastic months for from $!0T> 00 to $125 00 according to
I claps entered. Thts amount covers Board, Tuitio ?*. Washing. Light?, Fuel and in fact,
\ every expense except books ano clothing $115 00 :o $125.00 covers similar expenses for a
young indy.
Reduced rates given to two or more students from s^.rne family and also to the children of
ministers
One scholarship of free luition is given if each count v. (Jfe scholarship worth S'CO ts
givfji in the State at ?arge. Competitive examinations will r>e licld in ;-nch county between
the I>t and 20'h of Sep'ernhtr. lt you desire to ?rv the ex-mioation apply to the President
of tlie Sou'h Carolin? Co-Educational Institute. By paving ct.jh at beginning of session for
the whole niue months students c>?n get a discoun: of IS per cent, off of the ano^e price,
which will reduce the expenses to *n ??mount ifss than S ? 0 'J.
Music, Vocal cr Instrumental, per session.SH.1: 00
Art. . oj i*0
PALMETTO BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Connected with th? South Carolina Co-Educational Institute is me Palmetto Business
Collfge. Thc course ol study is the same as in any first class Busings ?J >! v.-p. - .
Tuition, full Business Course, unlimited Scholar-inp.S30 Ou
Tuition, complete Course Stenography. ?() co
Send for circulars and write for full particulars to R. B. CA?N. Sec.. Willigon, S C.
F. N. K. BAILEY,
H. F. RICE, President.
Supt. Military Department.
Sept. 4.
Would annnounce that her complete stock of
Is now readyfor exhibition and sale.
Hats and Bonnets in Felt, Velvet, &c , adapted to fine and medium
trade Imported and original ideas in colorings and combinations, em?
bracing many of the recent effects in trimmings. Latest novelties in Rib?
bons and Velvets. A full line Ostrich Feathers, Bird Fancies, Aigrettes,
&c , &c.
Orders solicited, and prompt attention given to same.
Oct. 9
Sell on a fi?me market
and save money*
The Opening Sales on Thursday and Friday,
August 29th and 30th, were satisfactory
in every respect.
ON AN OPENING SALE,
Pounds sold on 29th, 25,952,
Average per hundred $12.04.
Pounds sold on 30th, 20,097,
Sales throughout Season. Eleven regular buyers stationed
ehre.
Warehouse charges low. Highest pru for all
Heavy freight and warehouse charges saco'
home.
Full information furnished promptly by