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Augusta is One of the Biggest Cotton Seed Oil Mill Centers
Augusta Pre-eminent As a Cotton Mart
In the Economical Marketing and Handling of Cotton This
City Ranks First on the Globe.
Augusta ranks first in preeminence
«s o coton mart. Competitive cities
ylelcj fbe palm to her, of high prices,
lor the staple, correct weights and
i grades and iierfect storage facilities.
T The large number of persons that
have been engaged from the earliest,
times, in the cotton business, has
f resulted in training men in weighing,
grading and classing cotton and also
in making experts in shipping it in
[• Jarge lots, both for American con
sumption and for export.
In consequence,. the advantage of
one-sixteenth or one-eignth of a cent
per pound which is lost to the farmer
by bungling handling is saved by the
( fortunate producer in the territory !
I tributary to the city.
Tnis decided advantage in marketing
| coton may not be apparent in small
| Shipments or in isolated instances,
but in the aggregate annual business
•and the grand total for a term of i
years, the amount of money lost by {
marketing cotton in other places,'
%here freight rates to Augusta will I
admit, must sooner or later be felt
' and shofn.
Early History of Cotton.
The history of cotton is the history
Cl Augusta. The invention of tre cot
ton gin, by which cotton became a
■ commercial product was accomplish
ed here. Both claimants to the honor
Of that!, invention. Eli \VWhitney and
> sSlodgen Holmes, resided here at the
time and all their experiments were
carled bn here.
Augusta first sprang into promi
Bence in the commercial world from
the spread of cotton culture, which
took it’s rise from the invention of
that great labor saving device, the
* coton gin and became the first city
| of importance enough throughout the
j Southern States to establish a bank—
.jthe Bank of Augusta—in order to fur
j«lsh the money to pay for the cotton
I Introduced.
I In addition to this, Augusta was
i Connected with the other prominent
| 'events in the history of cotton. The
first cotton mill in the South was
' built in this vicinity, the Bolton fac
tory in 1811. just a short time after
(one at Providence, R. 1., which was
.“the first in America.
(1 Tht 'Augusta Factory, built in 1840.
ijfwas the first mill of importance in
lithe South and the Augusta canal was
!' the first great development of water
: power undertaken and completed, for
, the special purpose of manufacturing
; cotton.
The first coton seed oil mill to he
. built was the Georgia Cotton Oil Com
; pany's mill and the first cototn cloth
bleaching of considerable size was
(first? erected here.
Augusta's Point of Vantage.
In' tb r ee essentail .points Augusta
excells as a. cotton market.
GINNERIES
Conveniently located. Splendidly
equipped,and of ample capacity.
Service unexcelled. There is no
“waiting on the yard”and cotton
buyers like our samples.
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I First, as a distributing point. The
j Savannah River, with the numerous
j diverging rail lines with the six At
lantic ports, Brunswick, Savannah,
Port Royal. Charleston, Wilmington
and Norfolk, constitute Augusta the
point where the reserve stock is held
and consequently, each one of these
bids the full market price, and per
haps a little over, for enough cotton
to complete the cargo of a ship load
ing for some other port, rather than
allow the ship to remain under heavy
expense.
This frequently occurs, first wito
one port, then with another. Augus
| ta, being the nearest point when a
j large stock of cotton is held, whatever
!is needed to complete her cargo is
obtained here. This makes it conve
nient to exporters but at the same
lime it has a very boosting effect
upon values on the boards of the Au
gusta Coton Exchange,
j Second, tne same is the case with
[the AiriSfTcan cotton mills. Each
| mill, when its stock of cotton gets
low, relies upon obtaining its emer
gency requirements filled at Augusta.
Knowing this clfy has immense ware
house capacity and that there is a big
stock here that they can draw upon
tor immediate needs.
Third, this situation, as set forth
above, nas caused this city to become
the battle ground between the Ameri
can mills and the exporters. The
nominal flow of cotton to the points
of consumption is consequently stim
ulated constantly, thereby raising Au
gusta prices to the level of the coast
cities and sometimes above.
Other Contributing Causes.
The local consumption alone
amounts to more than 100,000 bales
per annum and they have the great
advantages of getting the first choice
of the soft cotton Uncompressed
cotton works up better in the mill, as
the fiber is not affected by reducing
it to the required necessity for stor
ing in the ship's hold.
Again, the American mills and espe
ciall. the Southern mills, enjoy the
advantage of being so located that
they can get the first pickings of the
crop, which is marketed in quantities
too small for tne exporter to han
dle
Augusta being situated in the midst
of the cotton fields, gets the benefit
of all this—the competition between
local mills ami the American mills
and the greater competition between
the American mills and the European
mills.
Cotton Mill Adjuncts.
There are four large cotton coin
presses in this city, where the cotton
is reduced to the greatest density.
This is done, both to economize room
in tne hold of the vessel and thereby
lessen the freight, and also, to pre
Georgia Properties
Norwood
Warrenton
Washington
Waynesboro (J)
Waynesboro (N)
vent fire and gain a lower rote of
insurance.
There is also situated here, the
Riverside Mills, reported to be the
largest waste works in the world. It
is owned by the Union Wadding Com
pany, of Providence, R. I. It takes
all the waste of the cotton mills thus
affording a good price for a by-prod
uct that would otherwise be lost.
There are also here five large cot
tonseed oil mills, which as ord a fine
market for cottonseed, strip the lint
from the seed and otherwise tend to
make remunerative the production of
cotton.
Is 550,000 Bales High Water Mark?
Augusta's cotton receipts in 1911
reached 550,000 bales. Is this high
water mark? What is the city doing
to expand ner territory and enlarge
her receipts?
It is a far easier matter to tell what
she might be doing, or tell you what
her competitors are actually doing.
They are busy at work, dividing up
her territory and taking the cotton
away that naturally belongs to this
city.
The Brinson Railway has been
completed up to St. Claire on the
Georgia and Florida and there it has
sto ped. It traversed the most pro
ductive territory adjacent to this city
and hauls most of its freight away
from this city.
The rafPoad from Elberton down to
Tignall in Wilkes County is tapping
this territory, it is soon to be built
as far as Uincolnton, which would be I
a serious invasion of the territory
which nature intended for Augusta,
and which she once had.
if tnese two roads would come into
this city they would prove no detri
ment, on the other hand, they would
help to build up this city and section.
But as it is. they are running in op
position to natural laws and diverting
our trade.
There has recently been built in
Miilen a compress that is iniluencing
cotton from us that formerly came
here. Is there no action that Augusta
can take to remedy this state of af
fairs? Isn't it about time that some
thing was doing?
MILLIONS IN CROPS.
The following values in Georgia Tor
1913 are conservatively estimated:
Cotton $200,000,000
Cotton seed 27,000,000
Coton by-products 25.000,000
Corn 75,000,000
I-ive stock 80,000,000
Poultry 8,000,000
Vegetables and truck .. 8,000,000
Oats 6,000,000
Wheat 4.000,000
Sugar-cane and products.. 2,500,000
Sweet potatoes 3.000,0(10
Hay 3,000,000
Fruits 1,500,000
Irish Potatoes 1,250.000
Peanuts 2,250,000
Other porduets x 5,000,000
Minerals 6,500,000
xlncludes tobacco, rye, barley, honey,
broom corn, rice and other products
of smaller yield in the state.
AUGUSTA PLANT
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THE
SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO.
AUGUSTA DISTRICT
H. C. Brown, Dist. Manager
T. T. Miller. Assistant. T. F. Bargeron, Mgr. Fertilizer Dept.
OFFICE: BROAD AND 15th, STS.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
“Old” Eggs Need Not Be “Bad” Ones
The results of recent experiments
by German experts as reported by
American consular reports indicate
that the supply of material for the
discouragement of barnstorming Thes
pians is likely soon to be materially
diminished. Also the dissatisfaction
and displeasure of patrons of quick
lunch counters and restaurants will
likely be less acute and less frequent
than heretofore. In other words, the
experiments alluded to demonstrated
the fact that it is possible to keep eggs
for eight months without deteriora
tion. This will be good news to thou
sands of poultrymen and housewives—
to poultrymen because they can keep
eggs for a better price when the mar
ket is too low, and to the housewife
because she will have more assurance
that she is not paying for ' bad' ’eggs
when she buys ''old" ones. Various
and numerous during the centuries
past have been the methods and
"recipes” for keeping eggs good, but
until now, so far as we have learned,
there has not been a method that was
successful to the extent of keeping
THE DICKS HOUSE
A. P. DICKS, Prop.
609 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.
A GOOD HOTEL
The Favorite Hotel for Tourist and
Traveling Men.
In the Business Section
Noted for Its Cleanliness and Cuisine
EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PLAN
Rates Moderate
SERVICE THE BEST
OIL MILLS
Always in the market. Location
of mills makes it easy for sellers
of seed to conveniently dispose
of them, and to secure prompt
and accurate returns. Fresh hulls
and meal obtainable on demand.
good all that were put away. In the
experiments testing the various chemi
cals for preserving eggs, those put in
lime water and those in water glass
were all preserved. They were kept
from July 1 till Feb. 28, eight months.
The report of thees experiments gives
the following results:
Method. Per C’t Good
1 Preserved in salt water 0
2 Wrapped in paper 20
3 Preserved in solution salicylic
acid and glycerin 20
4 Rubbed with salt 30
5 Packed in bran 30
6 Coated with paraffin 30
7 Varnished with solution of sali
cylic acid and glycerin 30
8 Dipping in boiling water for 15
seconds 50
9 Coated with alum solution .... 50
10 Kept in solution salicylic acid 50
11 Varnished with water glass .... 00
12 Varnished with collodion 60
13 Varnished with lac 60
14 Varnished with sward 80
15 Packed in unbleached wood
ashes 80
16 Treated with boric and water
17 Treated with potassium perman-
ganate
18 Varnished with vaseline j;"
19 Immersed in lime water luu
20 Immersed in water glass solu
tion •t l .
This information should be of inter
est to everybody, for he is a rare in
dividual who does not include eggs in
his menu at least occasionally.—Dallas
News.
Crystal Oil & Gasoline Co.
F. Petersen, Prop,
High Grade Burning Oils and
Stove Gasoline
Terms Spot Cash. Quick Delivery
Bell Phone 806 911 Ellis St
EXCELS! HOTEL NC WORKS
' " e. SHEEHAN, Prop. " -
Bottler of the Home Beverage
“DIXIE-OLA”
Equal to the Best ot Cola Drinks.
Ask for everything made at home. You will
feel better, in every way, and make Augusta grow
by leaps and bounds.
Telephone for a case, and ask for a sample
bottle of Schnapps Ginger Ale; equal to the im
ported.
1137-1141 Broad St. Tel. 1397. Augusta, Ga.
Fertilizer Plants
Manufacture and sell commer
cial fertilizers especially adapted
to Georgia and Carolina lands.
We study the soil requirements
of each locality.
South Carolina Properties
Abbeville
Allendale
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Cross Hill
Donalds
Greenville
“AUGUSTA IN 1914*
GEORGIA’S RECORD.
First to legislate against the slave
trade.
First to establish a state university
—Athens, in 1785.
First to have a Sunday School—
. John Wesley, a year before the birth
of Robert Raikes, to whom the credit
is usually accorded.
First hymn book in the United
States —Charles Wesley, 1737.
Greenwood,
Hodges
Kathwood,
Laurens,
Spartanburg,
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