The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 25, 1896, Image 2
Cotton Seed Industry in the
South.
The magnificent opportunities
which exist at the South for the mak
ing and buildings of homes by immi
grants, for the profitable investment
of capital, and tbe practical applica
tion of the arts and sciences, are now
so well known to reading and ob
servant men that it is almost a waste
of time to call attention to detailed
conditions in the South.
If any one is skeptical on the sub
ject, he need only look at 'the small
population per square mile, the fer
tility of the lands, the climate, the
email cost of living, and the numer
ous natural advantages and resources
of the South to see that a condition
must necessarily exist there more
favorable for comfortable living for
the frugal antf industri?os poor, for
accumulation of wealth for the intel
ligent small capitalist, and for the
doubling of-- fortunes for those al
ready wealthy, than in any other
part of the United States to day.
Iuetead of dealing, therefore, with
the general subject, I wish to give a
practical illustration of one of the
Hues of future development of the
Sooth, which is characteristically
Southern with which I happen to be
. very familiar from a long business
connection.
In short, I wish to point out where
a practically inexhaustible source of
wealth existe in a product of which
the general public outside the South
knows almost nothing. I allude to
' what is familiarly known in the South
by the name of cotton seed bulls
Tbe name itself belittles the charac
ter and value of the product to such
an extent that one is almost tempted
to torn away from it in disappoint
ment, without investigation, on sim
ply hearing it mentioned.
"Hulls'' is a term we associate in
our minds with husks, or the outer
covering of some valuable nut, fruit,
or grain, which serves tbe purpose
nature* intended it for, of protecting
and preserving tbe kernel, but which
in itself, for al! parp?se of commerce,
is worthless
While each in part is tbe defini
tion, such is not the character of
"cottou seed nolle." It beare more
tbe relation of bran to wheat than of
husk to kernel ; but even this de
scription is not adequate ; for the
'hull of the cotton seed both in
weight and vajue bears a much more
important relation to the kernel of
the seed than bran does to wheat
The hull comprises 45 to 50 per
cent, of the weight of the seed . As
turned out by the oil mills, this ar
ticle consists of little capsules, more
or less broken up, of which the outer
or convex part censiste of a closely
adhering snort cotton fiber, compris
ing about 25 to 33 1-3 per cent of
iiie weight ; and the inner, o?* con
cave part, of a tough, dark brown
-shell of mucilaginous matter resem
bling the covering of apple seeds
This is not quite-all, for these fiber
^covered and broken capsule capture
and retain, during the oil mill pro
cesses of hulling and separation,
however well performed, a portion of
the kernele in a finely divided state
Tbe proportion of the kernel thus
caught, and forming a real portion of
the halls ae marketed, vari?e from
1 1-2 to 5 per cent, and is rich in
oil and nitrogenous matter.
In tbe dry, looee and somewhat
mailed condition in which the hulls
are usually seen,* they present a very
unpromising appearance, but years of
experience have demonstrated con
claeively that they form a perfect and
entire feed for cattle. It ie only for
the purpose of raoidly fattening cat
tie that other more highly cuneen
trated feed etuffs, generally cotton
seed meal,, are added to the hulls.
There are now anttuaPy ' crushed'"
in the oil mills of the South about
1,500,000 tons of cotton seed, ttivin/
a product of hulls of about 675 1 00
to 700,000 tons There are annually
grown and passed through power
gins, to abtain the 8,000,000 to 10,
000,000 bales of cotton which are an
uually marketed, and additional
quantity of 2,500,000 to 3,500,000
ions of cotton seed whicb are not as
yet hanied out to the oil mills, which
are generally located at some dis
tance from the gins and plantations
The total seed crop is by weight
twice as great as the cotton crop.
If all ?hese seed were manufactured,
the weight of the hulls might be
taken, speaking roughly, as equiva
ien to the weight of the cotton, or if
put up into 500 lb bales like cotton,
as 3,000.000 to 10,000,000 bales of
hulls?the same quantity as tbe cot
ton crop. This gives the present
productive limit of this useful article
aud makes it pretty certain that,
with such a large seed and hull sup
ply, not now worked, available as new
mills are opened, no great or rapid
advance in the price of hulls need be
expected.
Owing, as already stated, to their
unpromising loosing appearance and
unfortunate name, for long years no
attempt was made to dispose of the
hulls commercially ; and until about
ten years ago, when tbe experiment
was made of feeding them to cattle,
they were literally thrown away or
burned for fuel at the mills.
This article has had the hardest
kind of a fight against ignorance and
prejudice to find ite way into profita
ble consumption ; but such intrinsic
merit has it that to-day, out of 300
or more oil mills in the South, I do
not know of a single one that is
burning its hulls. A considerable
supply of crude potasb, in which the
hulls are rich, was taken away when
these ashes were no longer obtaina
ble
"In many States, particularly Texas,
many thousand head of cattle are an
nually fed, and with the addition of
cotton peed meal are fattend upon
cotton seed hulls- Much of the Chi
cago dressed beef shipped all over
the country in refrigerator cars is
simply concentrated cotton seed
hulls. The price at which hulls eel!
is far below their intrinsic value as a
j feed stuff and varies from $2 50 to
$5 per ton at the mills, though as
high as ?10? per ton has been paid for
it in some cases when the demand
unxepectedly exceeded the supply,
when the mills were not running,
and this is about its real value I
believe that every dairy in or about
the cities, I ke Memphis, Atlanta or
New Orleans, is now feeding its
milch cowne on cotton seed hulls
Competent chemists figure that 90
per cent of the value of the hulls is
available for fertilizer after being
used for feed. Hulls are little known
or used outside the South, but there
is a new enterprise at Memphis, the
Tennesse Fiber Company, working
under letters patent, that 1s success
fully taking the hulls from the oil
m ills and concentrai ing, in more
suitable for shipment, tbe nutritious
portion of the hulls, which is termed
"cotton seed bran,'* and separating
the lint for use of paper makers and
packers, which .is turned out in small
compressed bales
Having now shown what cotton
seed hulls really are, their value,
their great actual and numerous pos
sible production, we are prepared to
consider the* merits of this article as
a wealth producer. It will first be
necessary to say something in regard
to the location of the cotton oil mills. 1
Though same of the large cities, like 1
Memphis, Atlanta, Houston, New 1
Orleans, have more than one mill
each, they are. as a rule, very wide
ly distributed over the Southern
States, and generally in the towns
which vary in population from 2,500
up The average price at which cot 1
ton seed hulls can be obtained at the 1
mills is about $3.25 per ton. Their
intrinsic value as a feeding stuff is
about $10, say ?8. The average J
freight from the the South to the \
New England and Middle States is :
about ?6 per ton. It could hardly
be possible, therefore, unlees under
exceptional circumstances, to use j
cotton seed hulls in their ordinary ?
form outside the South. I
From the fact that the oil mills are (
located in the towns and cities, and J
that the lands near them heve been jl
cultivated longer and more closely *
than those at a distance, thus being ?
morj in need of fertilizers, it is evi- *
dent that the most profitable use to 1
be made of the hulls is by farmers or 1
stock raisers on the lands near the -
oil mills. A farmer, therefore, loca
ted on land which needs fertilizing,
near an oil mill, who also raises cattle
or keeps a dairy, and who has a mark
et ready to his hand for his farm
products, is prepared to make an as ?
tonishing profit upon this article ,
Estimating the cost of freighting to ?
the farm at 75 cents per ton, the ]
average cost of tbe bulls at the mills ]
at ?3 25 per ton, and the intrinsic ]
value of the hulls as compared with (
other feed stuffs or fertilizers as only (
$8 per ton, the farmer will makae pro (
fit of $4 per ton on every ton of hulls <
he consumes. If we add to this 90 per (
cent of the intrinsic value, which per- ]
centage the chemists allow for it ]
after feeding, he would have $11 per. ]
ton as the total profit, or ?7 60 per J
ton as the net profit over and above (
other feeding stuffs and fertilizers. It (
is difficult to conceive of any situa J
tion in which a farmer could be ]
placed in populous territory in the ]
United States where he starts out ]
with conditions so favorable to sue ]
cess, or where he has a finer oppor- ]
tunity of producing wealth from ]
using an undervalued product which j
can be had in practically unlimi ]
ted quantity Add to this that such (
lands as have been described can be (
had at a very low price, because of J
their more or less worn condition and j
also because of the present general ?
depreciation in real estate, the pro \
bibility of a large profit from the en <
richment of the land, and the unearn- ]
ed increment from the probably rapid 1
growth of all Southern cities in the 1
near future, and it is scarcely possi
ble to point any better illustration
which the South offers of her many
and great opportunities than ?is con- j
tained in this long despised and still <
greatly undervalued article cotton ,
seed hulls.?Edwin Lehmann Jon- j
son, in Scientific Americau. ?
Raleigh, Nov. 19?At Shaw uni
versity (oolored) here to day, interest |
ing exercises wr~e held betere a very
large audience. The principal address*
was on negro education by Dr. J. L
M. Ccrry, agent of the Peabody and
State funds, wbo was introduced by
President Chas. F Meeerves. Brief
addresses were made by President
Edwin Alderman of the State univer
sity. ex-Chief Justice James E. Shep
herd, and Josephus Daniels. There
are 370 students at Shaw, one of tbero
being a son of King Kama of South
Africa.
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Lorma.
Final Figures.
Votes Cast for State and
Electoral Tickets.
The State board of canvassers has
completed the tabulation of the re
turns from the recent election as sent
in by the several county boards of
canvassers While the results have
not been declared there are no con
tests for the offices named below and
the figures will beyond question
stand as they have been tabulated.
As will be seen below the total vote
cast for governor was 66,636. of
which (he Democratic nominee got
59.424 and the Melton Republican
candidate 4,432. agaiust 2 780 for
the Webster candidate. For the elee
toral ticket 68,938 votes were cast.
The total vote for Republican elec
tors of both faction was 9,313, while
in the State election the nominees of
both factions got only 7,212 votes
The Palmer Buckner vote was ridicu
lously small?only 824 for the entire
?tate, the bulk of it being in Charles
ton. But the figures are given be
low. flete is the electoral vote by
counties, the vote for the first man on
the Bryan, Palmer, Webster and Mel
ton Republican tickets?, respectively,
being given :
the electoral vote.
Coop McMas-Lati Dun
er iter. mer can
Abbeville, 2,473 1 212 125
Aiken. 1,819 11 26 111
Anderson, 3.109 17 307 61
Barnwell, 2,385 3 83 156
Beaufort, 289 ? 73 371
Berkeley, 513 9 27 116
Charleston, 1,659 549 281 931
Chester. 1,254 10 76 ?
Chesterfield, 1 464 ? 115 105
Clarendon, 1,450 ? 157 50
Colleton, 1,646 6 48 295
Darlington, 1 625 21 147 54
Edgefield, 1,532 7 190 26
Fairfield, 1,078 ? 11 43
Florence, 1,530 35 42 84
Georgetown, 459 36 31 703
Greenville 2,718 35 214 74
Hampton, 1,072 ? ? 25
Horry 1,372 ? ? 196
Kershaw, 1,191 2 130
Lancaster, 1,557 ? 17/
Laurens, 1,943 ? 107
Lexington, 1,672 ? 3 194
Marion. 1,936 11 313
Marlboro. 1*232 8 164 73
Newberry, 1,528 9 35 29
Jconee, 1,392 ? 104 95
>angeburg, 2,729 ? 235 7
Pickens, 1,261 - 138 32
?ichland, 925 29 95 373
Spartanburg, 4,234 ? 134 113
Sumter, 1,550 24 202 124
taluda, 1 241 - 45 15
Union, 1,279 2 113 45
Williamsburg, 1,590 4 58 297
fork, 2,020 4 142 -
58,801 8244,215 5,097
the vote kor governor.
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be lace
Abbeville, 2,487 20*2 109
Viken, 1,756 9 110
Vnderson, 3,061 205 31
Sarnwell, 2,349 79 151
Beaufort, 407 17 325
?eikeley, 633 18 159
Charleston, 2,809 61 710
Chester, 1,262 41 0
Chesterfield, 1,465 22 171
Clarendon, 1,266 33 146
Colleton, 1,730 27 215
Darlington, 1,620 147
Sdgefield. 1,534 116
Airfield, 1,078 15 39
Florence, 1,464 69 133
Georgetown, 563 18 493
Greenville, 2,688 75 50
Eiamptoo, 1,063 7 26
?erry, 1,202 ? 162
iCershaw, 1.213 82 13
Lancaster, 1,574 153 2
Laurens, 1,858 97 29
Lexington, 1,670 1 153
Marion, 1,935 280 0
Marlboro, 1,226 97 80
dewberry, 1,511 44 53
Jconee, 1,333 64 7J
3rangeburg, 2,622 183 96
Pickens, 1,245 98 9
Richland, 804 52 241
Sppartanburg, 4,066 103 117
Sumter, 1,570 147 105
Saluda, 1,230 36 15
Union, 1.453 98 38
Williamsburg, 1,526 31 294
"fork, 2,150 83 0
59,434 2.780 4,432
On Monday morning next the
State board will meet to hear the
contests in the several congressional
districts. In the meantime the vote
is being held back until the contests
are disposed of.
Tbe Columbia Register is responsi
ble for the statement that Governur
Evans will remove the metropolitan
police sve-tem from Charleston before
be goes out of office. The system has
not only proven very unsatisfactory to
all citiaeus regareless of politics ; but
it has also proved very in efficient.
St. Louis, Nov. 20.?The East St.
Louis Paoking House company, which
has a plant valued at ?400,000 in East
St. Louis and also maintained a large
establishment in tbis city, have closed
up tbeir packing bouse on the east side
and are selling off their property.
There has been very little margin in
the pork packing business for tbe last
year, aod D. L. Quirk. Sr., the presi
dent and principal stockholder, con
cluded that the small profits at tbe
present time did not justiiy tbe risk it
incurred.
Tom Watson to Butler.
Atlanta, Nov. 19.?Tbe Constitu
tiou will print tbe following to mor
row:
Tom Watson has been rubbing more
red pepper into tbe wounds of Senator
Marion Butler. In bis paper, of yes
terday, be publishes his answer to Bur
ler, and it is without any appearance of
conservatism. In hid reply, Mr. Wat
son says in part:
" You did not dare to publish it (tbe
first letter) beeause you felt its arraign
ment of you to be unanswerable Mr
Waehburn's telegrams (to which I was
no party) did nor control you then in
not publishing the letter any morn than
they control you now in suppressing it
The truth is, Senator, you feel yourself
to be a deeply guilty man?as, indeed,
you are Instead of managing ?bis
great campaign in a ppint of broad
patriotism and ot courageous loyalty to
your nominee and your party, you have
allowed your personal ill-will toward
me to divert you into a tortuous, nar
row, jealou? and dis'oyal policy which
bas shipwrecked the People's party and
brought tbe success of Mr. Biyan to a
crisis of extreme peril. You now plead
with me to pull you out of the hole I
I shall do nothing of the. kind You
pecked your way into it, and you must
peck your way out
"Senator, you were selected as chair
man to help me with this oampaign.
Ycu were expected to act with me and
xfor me. You have not done so. You hare
acted without me. and you have acted
against me In nothing have you con
sulted me At no time bave you told
me of your plans or your purposes. Io
all this you may be right and I may be
wrong. Tbe committee called off by
you to one fide at Chicago has sustained
you and censured me Therefore, my
position is roost painful. The Bryan
Sewall committee is against me and the
Bryan-Watson committee is against
me
' I stand alone But senator, I was
a Populist while yon were still camping
with tbe Democrats, and I bave always
been a middle of tbe road Populist,
while you never bave been. A fusion
ist you have always been and you bar
gain with the Republicans io one cam
paign and with the Democrats in tbe
next In this oampaign you bbve bar
gained with both Republicans and
Democrats God only knows which
bargain you intend to keep.
'As for me, I turn from you and aD
peal to the real, true-hearted Populists
If I have sinned against principle and
rigbt in demanding that our party and
its nominees and its creed b.e respected
by tbe Democrats who had come to us
for help?then I want the party to say
so, and I will bow to its deoree.
"But I do not recognize your right
to put me under the heels of the Deroo
ocratio tricksters and bosses and I shall
continue to claim the privilege of speak
ing 3nd writing for the national nomi
nees of the People's party.
"I do Got believe that tbe time has
yet oome when Populists will say it
it is treason ro be loyal to the Populist
ticket It is unnecessary for me to say
that my letter of acceptance must stand
just as it is written. Yours, eto ,
Thomas E. Watson,
Cubans Move to Florida.
Tampa, Fla., Nov. 19?A. number
of prominent Cubans arrived by the
Olivette from Habana this evening and
will make tbeir homes in Jacksonville
and Ocala a til tbe conflict ends
hey declare tbat no honest man who
w^e any respect for bis family can lire
under Spanish law as it is administered
on tbe island.
A prominent C-Sn said relative to
the engagement reported between
Maopo and Wey 1er, rhat important bat
tles hai been fought and that W<yhr
had been defeated Owing to the fur
veillance of the government definite
news has not been received in this coun
try, bat that it was true all Cubans in
Habana knew through tbeir official
sources. He stated this information
could be given the American poople
with every confidence Tbey further
stated that Port au Principe, Casc?ra
and Guanimaro were all in the hands
of the Cubans under Calixto Garcia
and bis aides.
It is reported that Weyler is wound
ed and the rumor is believed to be well
founded
Gold and Silver Papers for sale by H.G.
03teen & Co.
This is the complaint of [3522
thousands at this season, jj&j/a
They have no appetite: foca ?~E53'
does not relish. They need the toning up of
the stomach and digestive organs, which
a course of Hood's Sarsaparilla will give
them. It also purifies and enriches the
blood, cures that distress after eating and
internal misery only a dyspeptic can
know, creates an appetite, overcomes that
tired feeling and builds up and sustains
the whole physical system. It so prompt
ly and efficiently relieves dyspeptic symp
toms and cures nervous headaches, that it
seems to have almost " a magic touch."
Sarsaparilla
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We are Ready.
OUR FALL STOCK
Is now complete in every department, and buyers will do themselves an in
justice, if they fail to see us before making their winter pur
chases. It is impossible to do justice, in the limited space allowed us, to
the different departments of our store, and we feel that we are
well enough known in the territory tributary to Sumter, not to require us
to enter into a detailed descriotion of it. Our annuallv in
creasing business has warranted us in buying
The largest stock we have ever bought,
And should we be so fortunate as to enjoy as liberal a patronage from cur
friends this season as we have in the past we will have no reason to regret
our purchases.
Hosiery*
Our buyer paid particular
attention to the purchase of
Having bought in all nearly 1^^,C*)C*^^^
In which there are some excellent values.
We would call particular attention to one case, 750 pairs, of
Misses narrow ribbed, full regular made at 10c. per pair.
These are regular 15c. to 20c. goods.
One case, 900 pairs, of Boys? extra long and very heavy woven
seam, at 15c. per pair.
These goods retail everywhere at 25 cents
One case, 1200 pairs, Ladies* fast black, full regular made
at 10c. per pair.
These goods must be seen to be appreciated.
Our Dry Goods Stock
Is complete in every department.
Our line of Drees Goode at 25c per yard in all wool fabrics, are worthy of
special mention. Will be pleased to send samples on application
Blankets.
Those who were fortunate enough to secure a pair of our celebrated all-wool
T?rlieGl'S ^a8t year w1'* kear testimony as to their worth, but they
are better made this season, and our
large contract for them warrants
us in selling them at $3.90 pair.
If these are too dear we will sell you a pair [from 45c. up.
Well we have a few of them, about 1 000 we should say, and the lady who
buys without seeing our stock will have reason to regret it, for she will pay
more money. We can sell a good Beaver Cloth in Black or Navy neatly
trimmed in fur and braid for One Dollar?goods that sold last season from
$2 00 to $2-50.
I Our stock in this line is better than ever. We carry no shoddy shoes.
Every pair is warranted solid or money refunded.
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CLOTHING.
Judging from the way our tables are piled we must expect to do some
business in this line.
Tf your boy wants a sait we have them from 65c. up.
If your husband wants a suit we have them from $2 up.
Our all-wool black Cheviot at $4 50 cannot be duplicated for less than $6 50.
-Ml
This is the line we bave mada our reputation on, and we are bound to
suetain it. Our competitors may advertise sample hats and Job Lots, but
shrewd buyers who want the best goods for the least money seek us.
We will say nothing about our GROCERY STOCK?they are so cheap
they are not worth advertising space.
Every man, woman and child in Sumter County will need something for
the Winter, and we extend to all an invitation to come and see us. Our
salesmen will take pleasure in showing you through our etock, and if they
cannot eell you, they will make it very interesting for those who do.
O'DONNELL & CO.
Sept 23
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We have had years of experience in the business, and think we can sat
isfy you in quality and price. For
Table and Pocket Cutlery
COME TO US.
For Bnggy and Wagon Material
WE KEEP IT.
For Best Cook and Heating Stoves
OUR STORE IS THE PLACE.
For Engine Supplies, Farm or Shop Tools, House Furnishing Goods, Har
ness, Razors, Scissors, Guns, Pistols, Cartridges, Etc.,
Come right here.
in, Paints aid Oils are
CAN'T WE FURNISH YOU WITH SOME?
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Oct>