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SPLENDID PAPER ON FLOUR MILLING Which Was Bead at Hunts ville, Alabama. At tbe sombero Industrial conven tion afc Huntsville, Ala, the following excellent paper on "Flour Miiling in the Sooth" waa read by Mr. W E Damon of Nashville, Tenn : * Mr Chairman, Ladies and Gen t|emen : A blessing bas been promised to 5 him who causes two'blades of grass to grsw where one now grows I el that I shah* be am ply rewarded Id I be able to cause two floor to-, go, where ose now goes, anything I may say upon the sub ject that bas been assigned me, "floor milla io the South." Iui877,jnst two decades ago, W. :. D Gray planned and built for Gov. Waahburne, of Minneapolis, an ex perimental roller mill of an hundred barrels capacity This was the first roller mill in America ; ; Tba s was inaugurated one of the mest complete industrial revolutions of which we have any record. As ? soon as toe results obtained were demonstrated, the machinery of 22, OOO flo uring mills became practically valueltjss, and in a few short years maeof icturing flour upon the burr became an obsolete system. ; T At that time it was not expected that the system would be lound suit able for the soft winter wheat of the oath, although admirably; adapted to the hard spring of the northwest. This wheat did not command the price that was paid for winter'wheat, because cf the fact that flour from it. when made on the burr system, was much darker in color, owing to the action of the barr in finely reducing the hard and brittle bran. On the other band, it was found that the action of the chilled iron rollers pro duced much less of this deleterious brae dost, and at the same time more middling, from which the much prized . patent flour waa obtained. At thia time the fifteen Soot hero States were the happy poe ese o rs bf 5,885 flour mills, representing all capital of considerably over $70,000, 4m . 'Riese mills were distributed over vthe States as follows : , COTTON STATES Alabama, x 259 Florida, 43 Louisiana, 37 feftt Carolina, 427 fexas, 548 'Arkansas, 271 a, 343 179 South Carolina, 132 Total cotton States 2,239 NON-COTTON STATE3. Kentucky, 642 Maryland, 349 i Missouri, 942 "^Tennessee,. 62u Virginia, 689 West Virginia,. . 404 Total non-cotton States, 3.646 Grand total, 5,885 Unfortunately for tbe cotton grow lng States, the high price of cotton at this time and the. over shadowing of burr mills bj the superiority of the rolter system conspired to practi cally crush out the flour milling in dustry within their borders Owing to the high prices to be obtained for cotton, the, farmer thought it to his interest to plant his wheat fields in cotton. The wheat crop being thus curtailed, the mill owner was not en couraged to incur the very great expense necessary to replace bis burrs with the roller system, and his mill gradually went to decay and ceased to be a factor io the prodec tioo of food stuffs Of 2,239 flour mills in.the niue States mentioned as having been tn operation 20 years ago, 1 dare say that not exceeding 350 roller mills now represent this -industry, and many of these have been built in tbe past two years The decrease in the number of mills of ^tbe other six States has been marked, but not so great as in the cotton growing States Altogether, the south has lost about one half of ber flour mills in 20 years notwithstanding ber population bas increased moie than one third. It is still of considerable proportions, ' representing a capital probably ex ceeding $30,000,000 and numbering about 3,000 plants The south is short on floor and long on cotton Take, for example, the eight cotton growing States of North Carolina, South Carolina. Geor gia, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi These States raise but a trifle over eight miiiioo bushels of wheat with which to feed a population of 12,000,000, who require the flour from over 48, 000,000 bushels of wheat. This de ficit must be supplied from other States at a cost of about 40,000,000, or, we will say, 1,600,000 bales of cotton, and the south, "she pays the freight'7-both ways The eight States named require less than 900, OOO acres of land upon which to grew ber scant wheat crop Now, if itfeey wiil sow 6,000,000 acres of their cotton land to wheat which will barely bread them, the cotton '-.top will be so reduced that twelve cents cotton will be an absolnte certainty For. the encouragement of tbe southern farmer, I wish to say tb the average yield of wheat per acn io the cotton States named, is great* than in the great wheat-grow in States of Illinois and the Dakota With approved methods and appl anees, I feel safe in asserting that c section of this country conld surpai the south in this respect. Shall the' south raise the whet required for home consumption ? so, then come the flouring m ii h Over 1,000 flour mills of 50 barrel capacity each would be required these plants should run 250 days i the year, 12 hours per day. Thes outfits would average in cost, wit necessary grain elevators and otbe appurtenances, about $6,000 eact Just think what 1,000 splendid man ufacturing establishments would mea for the industrial progress of th eight States ! But should the soot be content to feed her own peopl only ? With the magnificent possi bili ties afforded by the throwinj open of the ports oi Cnba and Port Rico to American nour, to say nott iog of the prospective opening of th Nicaraguan Canal, thereby making foote by which 400,000,000 hungr mouths can be reached in the Orient the south should be encouraged to ; revival of her flour milling industry The necessity of feeding her owj people is urgeot The opportunity of feeding others is alluring. A vast majority of mankind liv upon rice. Bread from wheat flou bas never been seen or tasted by one half the population \ of the earth Bread, as we understand tbe^term bas more to do with the advance o civilization and the spread of Chris tianity than many are willing to ad mi:. . What rice eating nation is no a decadent nation ? What breat eating people are not a Christiai people ? We are what we eat" I our food is unfit, then the unbon generations who continue to use tba food will become degenerates. I our food is fit, if it contains thu proper constituent elements neces sary to produce brain and brawn, out progeny will become 'greater anc better, and the world under theil masterful control will reach a bigbei plane Bread, then, becomes a great mis sion ry agent, because it is the best known food for man Feed thc hordes of degenerate rice eaters o: Asia^aod thereby spread civilization and the gospel of Christ Give the Orientals more bread and fewer bul lets Nowhere io the United States arc there such openings for flour milis ae in the south, especially the oontoo growing States. Already the farmers, tiring of five cents cotton, are turning their attention to wheat growing Georgia farmers are producing forty four bushels per acre. South Carolina is holding wheat conventions aod wiil probably quadruple her crop. There is a general awakening all along this line, and sume of the Soutbero States are building flour miils faster than the old w^eat-growing States. Not being over crowded the opportunities for profitable operation are good. Flour milling in the south has been for years more profitable than else where. The failure of a flour mill 'is exceedingly rare. I have sold 430 outfits during the past sixteen years to southern millers. The majority of these customers required time on part of the- purchase price, and in but a [ single instance was a mill sold by the sheriff Does the reeord of any other manufacturing industry afford a paral lel ? From observation M note that it is not the large establishment that is best adapted to the conditions cow existing ia the south It is the medium size flour mill that is the most successful what would be termed a combination merchant and custom mill. Such a mill should have capaoity sufficient to do the local custom or exchange work io two or three days each week, leaving three or four days io which to grind fer the merchant trade. By custom or exchange trade I meant tba*, patronage coming from the farmers who bring their wheat to the mill for the purpose of exchanging ic for flour and bran. Tois class of work is more profitable to the milier, and is of such a oharacter that he bas, practically, a monopoly of it. With a trade of this kind che mili is independent, to some extent, so far as the profit on flour is concerned, and if the profits on merchant milling are cot satisfactory, he can confine himself to custom milling until such time as the general market is more favorable. Mills of the character mentioned cao oftimes be erected io localities where wbeat growing is io its infancy, and depend for a few years almost entirely on merchant milling, drawing their supplie.- of wheas from a distance, as the freight on wheat is four cents less than on flour, which not only assures a milling profit, bat leaves a slight addi tional margin A mill established under such condition will soon bc independent as to wheat supplies, as the borne farmer will be encouraged to produce the necessary grain. Let me su ge3t aa ideal milling plant I for a county seat town in the cotton j growing States wiicre, we wii! supple, : I wheat growing ls yet in ir ? infancy ! Tbe mill should have 63 to 75 b rrela j j capacity per 24 hours, and shouid cm- . j ploy four stands of rollers and other necessary machinery. The building shouid be, say, 36x48, either two or three stories high, with basement Thin bcildir?:x ^iii accommodate 'be ma cbincry for a 150 barrel mill, if the futuro should demand such an increase Until such increase the excess room can be utilized for storing grain and ru i il products. Tbe elevator aod wareo ouse for tbe o>iil will come wheu the capac ity of tbe mill is iooreased. cori mill should bc provider?, as well as a COLO crusher, as toe operation of socb requires bot slight additiooai expense. O engine and boiler of ao economical type must be provided. o automatic eogioe should be able to iosore a fuel consomption of sot exceeding ooe half bushel of coal per barrel of floor S cb a plant should prodoce a barrel of fl <ur from four and one half bushels of No 2 wheat, weighing sixty pounds to toe measured bushel, as ic comes from the f*rmer. and 60 per cent, of this floor should be a high grade patent flour, the remainder clear. The help requir ed io such a mill would consist of a miller, ao engineer, a flour packer aod tbe office mao. -The miller can be obtained for from $50 to $60 per moutb. and tho office mao is usually tbe owner. Such ao outfit, including building, can be fuliy equipped for from five to six thousand dollars, according to local conditions, and frequently for much less. A.pUnt for country costom. of, say,40-barrel capacity, suitable for a towo smaller than a county seat, could be erected for from three to foor thou sand collars Of course no well-informed miller would build a flour mill now adays ex ospt he use the sifter system of bolting. Tbe miller wbo is. using an anti quated bolting system bas a decidedly "bard row to hoe," and bis hoe is pretty doll He is almost as far behind the milier with an op to date sifter mill as tbt burr mill was io the re2r of the procession fifteen years ago. This may seem to be a very broad assertion, bot a few comparisons as to yield percentages, capacity acd power will prove the deotention. Probably the fxperieoce of a Weat Tennessee milling firm will affjrd the proper comparison. This firm owoed three mills, two of them classed as hundred barrel plant? In ono of them whiob bad really' been averaging btu eighty barr is, the sifter system was io stalled A recent test roo of 853 bushels showed a yield of 4 26 bosbeis per barrel, 72 per cent of which was patent, the low grade floor being only 534 pou cds Their capacity is now over ooe hundred barrels, aod they state that the mill roos easier than it did wheo operating opoo the reel sys tem makiog eighty barrels. The same firm owoed a new reel miU ooly twenty miles away, wbioh con tained an elaborate line of machinery and operated by a good miller. The best that they couid do was to produce 25 per cent ratent, 5 per ceot. low grade, with a yield no better than 4 35 per barrel. / Here was one mill makiog 47 barrels more pateot, about three barrels less low grade, using fifteen bushels less wheat and considerably less foe!. This made a difference of 35 each 24 hours in favor of the sifter miil Another advantage not named above was the fact that the percentage obtained by the sifter miil more nearly met the demands made upoo it by the trade, while the reel mill waa staokiog up straight floor or selling it at a sacrifi e io order to obtain enough patent to sopply a moral demand. It is oeediess to say that the sifter soon displaced the reels. The sifter system of bolling is a com paratively recent innovation and it is estimated that nor exceeding 2,000 mills have, as vet, adopted it This fact, together wi*h the conditions now surrounding flour milling in the south as outlined above, make thc cresent a peculiarly opportune time for a revival of ber fbur milling industry. It is a subjsct of much importance fraught with the well being of the south and deserves carefai attention. Discovered by a Woman. Another great discovery has been inade, and that, too, by a lady in this country. ''Disease fastened its clutches upon her and for seven j ears she withstood its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined and death seem- I ed imminent. For three months she coughed incessantly, and could not sleep. Soe finally discovered a w %y to tooovery, by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and was so much relieved on taking first dose, thaf she j-iept ali night; and with two bottles has been absolutely cured. Her name is Mrs. Lather Lutz. Thus write? Mrs. W. C. Hamnick & Cr, of Shelby, N. C Trial bottles free at J. F. W. DeLortne's Drug Store. Regular size 50c and $1. Every bottle guaranteed. 4 A Rival of the Roentgen X Ray8 We see mentioned by the Brook lyn Eagle a curious deveiopment of hypnosis Dr Frank Brett is chief of the medical clinic of physicians and surgeons in Boston He has a eon who is healthy and sixteen years of age. His father uses him for medical purposes as a subject of hypnosis The results achieved thuB far are remarkable ; nay, are wonder ful, The boy when hypnotized is said to be able io see the condition o bones just as the X ray discloses them, except that he sees mure clear ly, and where the fluoroscope gives only outline toe boy sees colors also I The lither has used thc boy's a' eged powers to locate tlir; fracture in a ; broken hip before nettitig, and a j more remarkable experiment is re : ported by Lesiie .1 M .each am, a noted [ hypnotist Mr. Meacham has a de ; fective elbow, the exact condition of which was recently revealed through the use of X-rays Be was unknown j to the youth Ile went to see him j and learned what he sought, for the boy ''described, while looking at his ciotbed arm and with the aid of the bernes of a skeleton arm given bim to help him place what he saw, after he had described the inside of the arm as 'funny/ trie exact defects and excrescences upon the bones of the elbow which the X rays bad iound and which no surgeon had been able to diagnose before The boy is also said to see brain flashes which agree with the latest theories of-action of the brain ?' He bas a brother equal ly sensitive, er more sensitive even, to hypnotic impressions. Of the extra ordinary powers of visions the Eagle says, that 'Mts scientific use may do something to reveal the workings of those vague and uncertain mental powers of which most men are occa sionally conscious and which, in the case of a few persons, give an intui tion which seems like supernatural revelation V -i*- . I l-i Rapid, s fe aDd comparatively pa'nless de livery results from coot nued nae of Simmooe Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets. To stimulate a sluggish liver, banisn bil iouscee?, disperse dyspepsia, prevent sick md nervous headache, cse Dr. 1. A. Simmons Liver Medicine. A Big Tiling For South Carolina. Speoial to The News and Courier. Washington, Oat. 19 -Lt is said that Sir Thomas J. Lipton, the cup challenger, will invest five bandped thousand dollars io tea culture in South Carolina, he haviog lived in that State quite a wbiie daring his early manhood, wbeo bc came to this county from Glasgow As is perhaps known, Sir Lipton is largely interested in the tea business, being at the bead of two of the largest business concerns in the world, the Lipton Tea Company and the Lipton Packing and Provision Com pany. He is the largest land owner in Ceylon, and cn bis tea, crfLe ano cocoa plantations employa more than five thousand Singaiese. It is stated that he has givei tea culture in (his country a great deal of study and has been in communication with those who are mest interested in its deveiopmeot here. The recent experiments in tea eclture io Sooth Carolina bss, it is said, 8atibfied bim that tea can be cheaply and successfully grown io Sooth Carc iioa, and be is willing to invest the som stated to test the matter tboroogh ly. The agriooitoral department denies any knowledge of Sir Thomas's icteo tioo in this direction, but it comes from an apparently authoritative source that the gentleman has been cr^psidering the question for a long -while, even befcre ene agricultural department took it up. Prof. John W. Hoffman, who now occupies the chair of agricultural biology in the Sooth Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College, Orangeburg, S. C., and who has given tea culture io that State a rboroogh test, has been in communication with tbe distinguish ed geotiemao. it is said. Prof. Hoff man is the leadiBg colored scientist io America aod is a member of more scientific associations than any colored mao in the world. Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine qaick ao8 the appetite, aids digestion, gives tone and vigor to all the firffcttODS, and fortifies the system against epidemic influences. Alaska may yet be teeming with a great population. The agricultural experiments iodioate that wheat, oats, barley, timothy, red top and other hay grasses grow in luxuriance. The season lasts five months and is excellent for vegetables, such as peas, radish, carrots, beans, rhobarb, encumbers, orrto^s and lettuce. Orbers say tbat water cress, with the emphasis on the water, ie lbs most ar home For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Atlantic Csu Line MM if Si CONDENSED SCHEDULS. In affect November 20th, 1S9S. SOUTHBOUND. No. 35 So 57 Lv Darlington, 8 02 am Lv Elliott, 3 45 am Ar Sumter, 1 9 25 am Lv Sumter, '4 29 ac Ar Creston, ^5 IT am Lv Creatgn, 5 45 am Ar Pregoalla, 15 am Ar Oracgeburg, 3 AO am Ar Denmark 6 12 am NORTHBOUND. No. 32 No. 58 Lv Denmark. 4 17 t m Lv Oraugeburg . 4 OG pm Lv Pregna!l3, x 10 CO am Ar Cre*ton, 3 50 pm Lv Creston, 5 13 pm Ar Suruter, 3 03 pm Lv Sumter, 6 40 pm Ar Elliott, 7 20 pm Ar Darlirtrtoc, "8 05 pm Daiiy eicf'pt Sunday. Tr;;::.3 82 Hi.d 3."> carry through Pulln-an Palace Buffet Hfeping cars be: Treen New Y;'>;'?: a^d \-'HCO > via Augusta. T. 53 E ERSON, H. li. EV EPSON, Traffic Manager. Gee'; Pas*. Apt J. P.. KENLY. Gen 1 -.Jaeger Esta e o * Isaac Ballard, Dec'd. TTE WILL APPLY to theJodge of Pro W hate cf Sutnt-r County, on November ]8<o. 1899, for a Final Discharge as Execu tors of aforesaid Estate GRANT BALLARD, DAVID NATHANIEL. October 18, 1899. tension R, I Comm. Schedule No 3-Io effect 12 Ol a. m ,Sun dav, Octocer 1, 18S9 Between Camden S. C., and Blaoksburg, S. C. Weat *33 ! EASTERN TIME. J East *32 1st Class, j STATIONS. | lat Class. p- a a. ia. i 2 40 ' Camden 12 IO i 05 Dekalb ll 37 1 17 Westville ll 25 1 45 Kershaw ll 10 2 05 Heath Springs 10 57 2 10 Pleasant Hill 10 52 2 30 Lancaster 10 35 2 45 Riverside 10 20 2 55 Springdell 10 10 3 05 Catawba Jonction 10 00 3 15 Leslie 9 50 j 3 35 Rock Hill 9 40 3 43 New Port 9 15 3 50 Tirzah 9 10 4 CO Yorkvilie 8 55 4 20 Sharon 8 40 4 35 Hickory Grove 8 25 4 50 Smyrna 8 15 I 5 20 laclisbnrg 7 55 p. tu. a. m. Between Blacksburg, S. C., and Marion, N. C. West *ii j EASTERN TIME, j East *12 2d Class, i STATIONS. ( 2d Ciass. a. m p. m 8 10 Blacksburg 40 8 30 Earls 6 20 8 40 Patterson Soringi 6 12 9 20 Shelby 6 CO IO 00 Lattimore 4 50 10 10 Mooresboro 4 40 10 25 Henrietta 4 20 10 50 Forest City 3 50 1115 Rutherford ton 3 25 1135 Millwood 3 05 11 45 Golden Valley 2 IO 12 05 Thermal City 2 45 12 25 Glenwood 2 20 12 50 Marion 2 00 p. na. p. c. West. Gaffney Division. East. 1st Class. EASTERN TIME, j 1st Class. 15 J 13 j STATIONS. J 14 f 16 pm a tn am pm 5 30 6 00 Blackeborg 7 45 6 35 5 4) S J) Cherokee Falls 7 30 6 20 6"00 6 40 Gaffcey 7 10 6 05 pm nra am pm ?Daily exctpt nnaay. Trails Nos 32 and 33 connect at Blacksburg with trains on the Gaffney Division. Train Nu 3'2 connects at Camden with the Charleston Division of the Southern Railway for all points south. Train No 33 leaving Camden at 12 40 p m, going West, makes connection at Lancaster, S C. with tre L & C R K, at Catawba June tion with the SAL. going north,, at Rock Hill w th the Southern Ry going north. Train No 11 connects at Blacksburg with the Southern Railway from the South. At .Marion, N. C., with the Southern Ry going Weit. SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. S. B. L WPKIN, Gen'l Passenger Agent. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. W. STEFFENS. & SON Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S C -Agents for MOTT'S CIDER - RED SEAL CIGABS, AND DOVE HAMS S2.75 RQX RA8W COA** -_'A 5-O0 WAi KKyRUOF Send Mo Phoney. 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C., February 1st, 1899. Notice ia hereby given that in accordance with an Act of he G rerai Assembly, and ia conformity with the requirements of the State Constitution, be tocks for the registration of all legally qualified voters, atd for the i3?uio r of trarsrers, ft:,, will be open at the office of Supervisors of Registration in the court boose, between the hours of 9 o'clock a. m.. and 3 o'clock: p. m., on the firstMon day of each month, until thirty days before the next general election. Minors who shall become of age during that period of thirty days shall be entitled to registration before the books are closed, if otherwise qualified. The requirements for a qualified voter are that the applicant for registration shall be able io read axd write correctly, or possess in bis own name property to the amount of tnree hundred dollars, upon wh cb be pays tases. E. F. BURROWS, T. D. DuBOSE, J. M. KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. 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