Cotton and Wool Cards and Carding:
Articles from Civil War Newspapers
[FAYETTEVILLE,
ARK.] THE ARKANSIAN, January 6, 1860, p. 4, c. 6
Steam
Wool-Carding Machine;
Fayetteville—Arkansas.
We cheerfully announce to the people of North-west Arkansas and South-west Missouri, that we are better prepared than ever, to accommodate them with carding. Having attached another sett of Cards, and
A Steam Engine!
for propelling the entire machinery, we feel satisfied that no other Mill in the country can turn out work wit so little delay; thereby obviating weeks or months of anxious [illegible].
The Machinery is all New;
in
good condition, and is attended exclusively by us. From our long experience in business, we feel assured that we
can render ample satisfaction to all who patronize us.
Terms: Six and a fourth cents per
pound cash, or the fifth pound of wool.
May 14, 1859.
A. & J. D. Crouch.
COLUMBUS [GA]
ENQUIRER, April 10, 1860, p.
3, c. 8
Notice!
I desire to call the attention of
Southern Cotton and Woolen
Manufacturers!
To my establishment in Baltimore, Maryland, for the Manufacturing of
Cotton and Wool Cards,
being the only establishment South of Mason & Dixon's Line.
I also manufacture "Leather Bands" with Patent Machinery of my own
invention.
Also, Leather Hose, of superior quality, all made of the best oak tanned
leather, and warranted equal to any made north.
On hand a general assortment of articles used by Manufacturers, Machine Shops,
Railroad Locomotive Builders, &c, &c.
John H. Haskell,
33 South Eutaw Street, Baltimore, Md.
April 3, 1860
LITTLE
ROCK] WEEKLY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, July 7, 1860, p. 1, c. 4
Manufacturers' Articles.
J. & C. Reakirt,
52 Second Street, Cincinnati, O.
Keeps
a Full Supply of
Manufacturers' Articles,
Carding Machines,
Warp on Beam, assorted colors,
Machine Cards,
Wire Heddles and Frames,
Shuttles,
Steel Reeds and Pickers,
Lacing and Picker Leather,
Hand Cards, Tenter Hooks,
Comb Plate, &c., &c.
Also a full assortment of
Dye-Stuffs,
Cochineal,
Cudbear,
Indigo,
Madder, Cutch,
Log Wood,
Sumac,
Cam Wood, &c., &c.
October 1, 1859
13—1y.
LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 25, 1861, p. 2, c, 3
An Appeal to the Women of Arkansas.
It has been wisely suggested by a contemporary that the patriotic women
of the country should knit socks for the volunteers.
In addition to this we beg leave to call the attention of the true
hearted women of the country to some other points. . . .
We beg our brethren of the press to call the attention of their readers
to this. Let us go back to the good old times when the hard and horny
hand was the only badge or sign of true nobility; when we wore clothes of our
own manufacture and were a happier people.
Set your carding machines, the spinning wheels and looms at work.
No matter if the piano is closed and dancing lessons neglected.
There is brave music in the hum of the spinning wheel and the clicking of
the loom. And the exercise in
performing these labors brings roses to the cheeks and light to the eyes of our
maidens.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 26, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
The following is from the Van Buren Press:
"We understand that there is a large quantity of wool in the
country, and the cotton spinning factory, in this city, is now engaged to its
fullest capacity, in turning out a superior article of cotton yarn.
In view of these facts then, there need be no want of good material for
clothing, if the people will only set about manufacturing it. Let it be done. 'It
were well done, it were done quickly.'"
What is the capacity of the factory, Mr. Dunham?
Can it be altered so as to card wool?
Are there any looms connected with it?
There is, if we mistake not, another cotton factory in the north west.
The Press, being near that point, we are sure would confer a favor on its
readers by informing them what the other factory is doing.
The development of our resources is an important object just now, and we
are anxious to show our sister states that Arkansas is not as far behind them
and they may have been led to suppose. A
word in our ear Mr. Dunham? The
quotation in your paragraph above is not from Shakspeare [sic].
If Kennard, of the Batesville Balance, sees it, he will illustrate the
action that takes place when a duck sees a June bug.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p. 2, c. 3
The following is an extract received from a friend in Montgomery county.
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"Here among the hills, in the far western portion of the State, our
women are emulating the spirit of their mothers in the revolutionary war.
Seeing the many calls in your paper for clothing for our volunteers, the
ladies went to work carding, spinning, weaving and knitting, and about the
middle of September, sent a lot of clothing, socks, etc., to the Montgomery
Hunters, commanded by Capt. Simpson and attached to Col. McNair's regiment.
This lot of clothing was principally of home manufacture, and valued here
at from eight hundred to a thousand dollars.
Another lot is now ready to be forwarded.
E. W. Amerson."
Well done for Montgomery. If
other counties would do as well in proportion to population and wealth, the
clothes furnished would exceed a million of dollars in value.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, October 17, 1861, p. 2. c. 4
Van Buren Steam Cotton Mill.—The Van Buren Press gives us the following
information, for which we take off our hat to Mr. Durham and make him a low bow:
"In answer to the queries of the Little Rock True Democrat, with the
assistance of Mr. Morris we can give the desired information.
The Van Buren Mill is now in full operation, and is composed as follows:
Two sets of wool cards—which can card 300 lbs. . . .
They run an engine of 160 horse power.
From which power a saw mill is run, when they have nothing else to do. .
. .
Planters having cotton to spin and wool to card, will find this Mill just
the place to have it worked up in the best manner. . . .
[LITTLE
ROCK] DAILY STATE JOURNAL, December 12, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
Wool Carding Machine,
For Sale!
We have in store a Wool Carding Machine, which might be made very useful
to this part of the country. It
will either be sold, or other arrangement might be made with some responsible
party to put it into service.
Burgevin & Field.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 26, 1861, p. 1, c. 4
C. E. Tobey, of Norristown, Pope county, Ark., writes to a friend in this
city, that he is putting up a spinning factory, and by the first of March will
have 288 spindles running. Success
to him. The Van Buren factory has
1,808 spindles running, and can turn out 500 pounds of cotton yarn a day.
It has, also, two sets of wool cards in operation.
The cotton mill in Washington county, we are told, is idle at present. There is a large factory in Pike county, but we are not
advised what it is doing now.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, January 2, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Manufactures in Arkansas.
There is a tobacco factory at Bentonville in Benton county which is said to be a paying institution. The tobacco crop is getting to be an important one in the northwest. There is a large cotton factory in Washington county. The cotton factory at Van Buren is a large affair and in addition to spindles, has cards for wool. Mr. Tobey, of Norristown, Pope county, has, or will soon have, his cotton factory in operation. There is, also, a cotton factory in Pike county. . .
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, January 16, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
The Gold Medals.—Sometime last summer, Gen. Wm. E. Ashley, of this
city, and President of the State Agricultural Society, offered a gold medal as a
premium to the lady who would weave the greatest number of yards of woolen cloth
up to a certain time. . . .
The following is the letter:--
Ouachita County, Ark.
Gen. Ashley:--My daughter, Nancy R. Anderson, a girl of nineteen years,
commenced on the 17th of
September, to compete for the medal you offered for the greatest number of yards
of woolen cloth. She wove
eighty-one yards of jeans, and twenty-four yards of checked linsey.
She carded and spun a part of the filling after she had commenced the
weaving. I have doubts about her
getting the medal, yet she desires me to write to you and ascertain who wove the
greatest number of yards and won the prize.
Respectfully yours,
E. B. Anderson.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, January 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 2
A great complaint is made of the scarcity of cotton cards.
The usual price was sixty cents and now two dollars is offered.
They are easily made, if the wire can be procured.
The enterprising man who can set up a manufactory of wire in the South
would be a public benefactor.
WEEKLY COLUMBUS
[GA] ENQUIRER, February 4,
1862, p. 2, c. 6
A gentleman in Dawson, Terrell county, has succeeded in making cotton
cards, and is now engaged in manufacturing them.
Good for the blockade!—Macon Telegraph.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, February 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
The Macon Telegraph says a gentleman in Dawson, Terrell county, has
succeeded in making cotton cards, and is now engaged in manufacturing them.
He is a public benefactor.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, February 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Record of Industry.
Miss Nancy R. Anderson, Ouachita county, aged 19, from 17th Sept. to January, wove 81 yards of jeans and 24 yards of checked linsey. She carded and spun a part of the filling. . . .
[MARSHALL]
TEXAS REPUBLICAN, March 29, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Wool Carding Notice.
The undersigned takes this method to inform his customers, that he will
commence carding their wool the 1st day of May.
To prepare wool for carding, wash it well and pick the burrs out; have it
thoroughly dry.
Terms for Carding.
15 cts. per lb, if I find oil; 12 ½ cts. when the customer finds oil.
Beef's foot, hog's foot, or lard oil, preferable.
Common lard will do in warm weather.
¼ of the wool where the customer finds oil; 2 ½ cts. for each lb. of
wool, will be added, if I find oil when I am required to toll the wool.
About 1 pit of oil or lard is sufficient for 10 or 12 lb. of wool.
Do not wait until Fall to bring in your Spring wool.
H. Ware.
March 29, 1862
WEEKLY COLUMBUS
[GA] ENQUIRER, April 1, 1862,
p. 2, c. 8
Economy.—We were shown a few days since a sample of thread spun from
cotton carded on a woollen factory at Mr. J. Summerour's, Amicolala.
It proves beyond question that cotton can be manufactured into rolls on
wool cards so as to answer all the purposes of domestic use. The rolls are sold at the mill at 20 cents per lb; and if
cotton be bought below at 7 and 8 cents they would cost much less.
During the blockade we can get neither cards nor goods from abroad, nor
thread from home only at a ruinous price, therefore every prudent house keeper
will at once arrange to make their own cloth.
This is true independence, the results of which will shortly make us a
great self-sustaining nation, and a wise, good and happy people.
WEEKLY COLUMBUS
[GA] ENQUIRER, April 15,
1862, p. 1, c. 8
We are gratified that Mr. J. M. Keep, of this city, has in process of
construction a machine for the manufacture of woolen and cotton cards.
He has shown a specimen of his handiwork, and we have no hesitancy in
pronouncing him fully capable of his undertaking. The specimen shown us was made by the model of his machine,
which is to be moulded out of iron.—Selma Reporter.
WEEKLY COLUMBUS
[GA] ENQUIRER, April 15,
1862, p. 3, c. 1
Cotton Cards.—We have inadvertently neglected to call attention,
editorially, to the important fact that Messrs. J. Ennis & Co., of this
city, have in store a large lot of Cotton Cards. It is an important fact, for such cards have for
months been in much demand, and it was almost impossible to procure them at any
price. It has been stated that they
cannot be manufactured in the South, for the want of the right kind of wire.
The ingenuity and enterprise of our people will supply all such wants in
time; but it is essential that they should have cotton cards now, when
the raw material is uncommonly cheap and every process of its manufacture
extravagantly high. The cotton
card, the spinning wheel and the hand loom, though they look very much like a
return to primitive and "old fogy" customs, will act an essential part
in working out our people's independence and prosperity.
CHICAGO
DAILY TRIBUNE, April 17, 1862, p.
3, c. 3
Letters
from Secessia. Pictures and Writings of Rebel Life.
From the Camps of Island No. 10.
Our own
correspondent with the expedition on the Mississippi, sends us a budget of
letters from the captured rebel camps of Island No. 10.
They constitute graphic pictures of phases of Southern life under the
rebellion, and we give them verbatim and liberatim without comment:
...
From another letter, dated Saline, La., Feb. 22, 1862, and signed Hassa Mobley:
"I do hope by the blessing of God that peace will be made shortly,
and all the soldiers return back to their beloved homes; and the only way is to
put all of our trust in God, and be prayerful.
Are there any cotton cards in Columbus?
I heard there was some there. There
is a great call for cards here. Most
all of the women and girls have gone to spinning and weaving.
You just ought to be here to see how industrious we all are.
It is the hardest times I ever saw about getting anything."
... One
W. B. Terral of Union Parish, Louisiana, writing to his brother, says:
"Ian' my Fammerley are all well we have got plenty of meat and bread but we
are nearly destitute of clothing and no cards to spin any with Jim I want to
know if there is any cotton cards whare you are if there is you and tom miles
must send a box of them here so we can card and spin several of you fling in and
send back a box Jim I want you to come back when your time is out if you
vollenteer in three weaks after you get herer for I want to see you and the
girls wants to see you and Martha and the children wants to see you so we all
wants to see you Jim I recon you think hard of me for not writing to you oftener
but this is the last paper I have got in the world nor cant get no more for it
is not here and I have got no money neither to send a letter with nor cant get
it at all for it is not here."
THE SOUTHERN WATCHMAN
[ATHENS, GA], April 30, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Domestic
Manufactures.
We
are pleased to record the fact, that Mr. R. Schevenell has succeeded in making
machinery for the manufacture of cotton cards--an article so much needed
throughout the Southern Confederacy at this time.
WEEKLY COLUMBUS
[GA] ENQUIRER, May 6, 1862,
p. 2, c. 8
Cotton Cards Made in Athens.—We have seen a pair of
Cotton Cards manufactured by Mr. R. S. Schevenell, of this place, and a
specimen of the rolls made by them. So
far as we are a judge, they do as good work as any of Northern make. Mr. S. has invented a machine for drawing the wire and
pricing the leather. The wires are
placed by hand, which renders the operation more expensive than if done by
machinery. Mr. Schevenell will soon
be able to turn them out very fast.—Athens Banner.
GALVESTON WEEKLY NEWS, May 14, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
. . . This suggests the importance of putting into requisition every
means within our reach for domestic manufacture of all articles of necessity. No time should be lost.
Cotton and wool should be speedily distributed to all parts of the State,
and all the cards and hand looms that can be had, should be kept constantly
employed. Looms and spinning wheels
can be manufactured at home, but the cards can only be had from abroad, but they
must be had no matter what the price. Let
our merchants bear this in mind, for it is impossible to overstock our market
with cards under the present obstacles to our trade.
CHARLESTON
MERCURY, June 4, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Scarcity of Cotton Cards.--We are reliably informed that the article of
Cotton Cards, so valuable to the South at this time in the manufacture of
clothing, has become a prohibited article of export from the Northern ports, the
officials of the Lincoln Government having, on several occasions lately, refused
to clear vessels with these goods on board for ports in the West Indies or
Bahamas until such articles were taken ashore again.
SOUTHERN
CONFEDERACY [ATLANTA, GA], June
7, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Cotton Cards.--The article of Cotton Cards, so useful to the South, has,
we are informed, been stopped in its exportation from Northern ports, the
officers of the Yankee Government refusing to clear any vessels with these goods
on board, and have, in several instances, required ship-masters to take out a
considerable part of their cargo in order to get these articles out before a
clearance would be given.--Charleston Courier.
SOUTHERN
CONFEDERACY [ATLANTA, GA], June
8, 1862, p. 2, c. 3-4
Editorial
Correspondence.
Gayoso House, Memphis, May 31.
I left Mobile at 4 o'clock, P.M., on the 29th, by the Mobile & Ohio
R. R., which runs northwardly nearly parallel with the Tombigbee river, through
a poor piney woods country. . . . Rigid
military orders have closed all the drinking saloons and bars in hotels or
elsewhere, on the way. A toddy
cannot be had in any of the towns through which I have passed, for love or
money. Juleps, smashes, cobblers, and all the delightful and
exhilarating beverages are as scarce as _old Java Coffee_, and as difficult to
find as a pair of cotton cards in a country store. . .
WASHINGTON
[AR] TELEGRAPH, June 11, 1862
CARDS.--Citizens wishing to supply themselves with cotton and woollen cards may
leave a sum of money at our law office for that purpose.
When a sufficient amount is made up they will be obtained across the Rio
Grande.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, June 19, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
By the following from the Washington Telegraph, it will be seen that an
avenue is opened for obtaining cotton cards—an article much needed at this
time. We don't see why a full supply cannot be obtained by uniting
with our enterprising fellow-citizens of Hempstead:
Cards.—Citizens wishing to supply themselves with cotton and woolen
cards may leave a sum of money at our law office for that purpose.
When a sufficient amount is made up they will be obtained across the Rio
Grande.
CHARLESTON
MERCURY, July 14, 1862, p. 2, c.
3
To the Editor of the Charleston Mercury:
Permit me a little space in your journal to make some acknowledgments for
donations, for the benefit of our soldiers, and more especially for the sick in
our hospitals.
Miss Cobia, of Charleston, sent two sacks of wool, cotton cards, and
other articles. Three dozen pairs
of cotton cards were sent by several ladies of Charleston, Columbia and
Newberry, and a half a dozen pair by Graveley & Pringle.
These I have distributed according to the expressed wishes of the
donors--in every case to those only who were manufacturing clothing for their
sons, husbands, or brothers in the army. The
six pair of cotton cards for the lady in Spartanburg District who, by her own
industry, clothed her four sons in the army of Virginia, I carried to her family
on the day when the mournful tidings arrived that one of these heroic boys had
fallen in battle and in the arms of victory. . . .Jno.
Bachman.
DAILY
CHRONICLE & SENTINEL [AUGUSTA, TA], June 16, 1862, p.
3, c. 3
Cotton Cards. 120 pair cotton cards
for sale by Jacob Kauffer, Auction and General Commission Merchant.
je10.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, July 3, 1862, p. 1, c. 7
Wool Carding and Loom Making.
The undersigned is prepared to Card Wool at his place on the Arkansas
river, thirty miles below Pine Bluff.
Persons sending Wool are required to have it thoroughly washed.
All burs and hard substances must be carefully
picked out.
Wool should not be greased at home, as it makes it gum, hard to card, and
naps it.
One pound of Lard or Oil should be sent with every eight pounds of Wool
to be carded.
Terms of Carding—One fourth of the Wool.
I am also manufacturing Looms with "Flying Shuttles," on which
a good hand can weave Forty
Yards of plain cloth per day. They
are substantially and neatly made of Seasoned Ash, are well ironed and will last
a life time. Price—Fifty Dollars.
I desire to purchase several "Spinning Jenneys," and will pay a
high price for them. Persons having
old ones, or any parts thereof, not in use, will aid the cause by writing us, as
from several old ones, sufficient material might be procured to make an
effective one. Address
Edw. C. Morton,
Cummins P. O., Arkansas county, Ark.
[LITTLE
ROCK] WEEKLY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, July 12, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Carding Machine and Loom Factory.—In our last issue we omitted to call
attention to the advertisement of Capt. E.
C. Morton, who cards wool, and manufactures looms, at his plantation in Arkansas
county. As Capt. M. devotes the
entire profits of this branch of his labors to the benefit of the families of
absent volunteers, his facilities for doing good will be increased, and the
country served to that much greater extent, by keeping him constantly engaged in
filling orders.
[LITTLE
ROCK] WEEKLY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, July 12, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Wool Carding and Loom Making.
The undersigned is prepared to card Wool at his place on the Arkansas
River, thirty miles below Pine Bluff.
Persons sending Wool are requested to have it thoroughly washed.
All Burs and hard substances must be carefully picked out.
Wool should not be greased at home, as it makes it gum, hard to card, and
naps it.
One pound of Lard or Oil should be sent with every eight pounds of wool
to be carded.
Terms of Carding.—One-fourth of the wool.
I am also manufacturing Looms, with "Flying Shuttle," on which
a good hand can weave forty yards of plain cloth per day.
They are substantially and neatly made of seasoned Ash, are well ironed
and will last a life-time.
Price—Fifty Dollars.
I desire to purchase several "Spinning Jennys," and will pay a
high price for them. Persons having
old ones, or any parts thereof, not in use, will aid the cause, by writing me,
as from several old ones, sufficient material might be procured to make an
effective one.
Address,
Edw'd C. Morton,
Cummins P. O., Arkansas county, Arks.
July 5, 1862.
THE
SOUTHERN BANNER [ATHENS, GA], August 6, 1862, p. 4, c. 7
Work
for All.
I have purchased 1,000
dollars worth of cotton cards, which I am willing to sell to any person for a
good note for ten dollars--the note must have the name of some person known to
myself. Then I will agree to take
cloth in payment for the note, at market prices, delivered between this and July
1st, 1862. Persons who wish to lend
a helping hand in working out our independence, and at the same time make for
themselves a living, must make arrangements to get a pair of cards, as they are
the bane of our independence. The
Factory's may be burnt, but cotton cards in the hands of the working women are
safe.
April 23.
NATCHEZ DAILY COURIER,
August 15, 1862,
p. 1, c. 3
Capital
of ye Mississippi,
8th month, 1862, A.D.
Mons. Editor: In giving up a
portion of my time to your valuable "Courier," do not think my theme
shall be entirely war. ... Jackson is crowded day and night ... Cotton cards
*only* $12 a pair--very low, indeed; because they commanded the high price of
$50, for three months after Fort Sumter was ours... Asa Klubs.
[MARSHALL]
TEXAS REPUBLICAN, September 6, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
Home Manufactures.—A lady friend who resides in Panola, informed us a
few days ago, that the ladies of that county are actively engaged in making
cloth for those at home and in the army. . . Everywhere throughout our State,
the cards, old fashioned wheel, and loom are making similar music to that which
cheered our grand fathers fifty years ago.
The ladies are not only making clothes, but they are manufacturing their
own bonnets, shoes, and almost every other article they were accustomed to buy
from the Yankees. The country is
sadly in want of cotton cards. If a
sufficient quantity of them could be obtained, there would be a superabundance
of cloth for every one, but as it is, with all the exertions of the ladies, it
will be difficult to clothe those at home, and to make clothes for our brave
volunteers.
[LITTLE
ROCK] WEEKLY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, September 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
During our short visit to the country we found it a hive of industry.
Cards, wheels, looms and knitting-needles were performing nearly
perpetual motion in every house. There
are several incentives to this spirit of home labor—necessity for home
clothing—clothing for relatives and friends in the army—and clothing for
soldiers in the army who have neither friends nor relatives at home.
Ample prices will be paid for all things made for the army. . . .
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 10, 1862, p. 2, c. 6
Mr. M. S. Hamilton, of Jefferson county, writes as follows:
"Any person who has two pairs of old cotton cards, that are not
rusty, may make one good pair out of them, by taking out the teeth, selecting
the best leathers and resetting the teeth.
I have fixed up a pair in this way, which have been in use three or four
weeks, and which, my wife says, work as well as new ones.
The operation is a tedious one, but will pay in these times."
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, September 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 7
The greatest wants of Arkansas, just now, are a "good
governor," and cotton cards.
[LITTLE
ROCK] WEEKLY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, September 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 4
Socks for the Soldiers.—Our contemporary of the Hinds County Gazette
calls the attention of the ladies of the Confederate States to the wants of the
soldiers in the article of socks. Says he:
The season is not far distant when our soldiers in the field will require
good, thick, wool socks. Each man
will require two pairs, at least, and there being possibly 700,000 men in
service, 1,400,000 pairs will be necessary.
Are our people prepared to furnish their just proportion?
We hear of considerable wool in the country, but it is neither carded nor
spun. Cannot the State make some
arrangement whereby the wool in the hands of our people can be converted into
yarn, that it may be fabricated into socks for the soldiers?
The knitting needles of our indefatigable Southern women should now be at
work.
SOUTHERN
CONFEDERACY [ATLANTA, GA], October 18, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Pioneer
Cotton Card Factory.
We beg to inform the public that, after much delay and expense, our Card
Factory is in successful operation, with a machine direct from Baltimore, and
wire enough to make twelve thousand pairs.
We hope soon to be able to turn out forty or fifty pair daily.
At first the prices will necessarily be high, but in a short time we
think they can be produced at such rates as will enable the poorest to procure
them. It is our object to benefit
the country, and therefore we will sell to parties representing neighborhoods or
counties, where satisfactory evidence is furnished that they are to be
distributed at the factory prices. At
present we cannot sell Cards for money, but in order to get a supply of hard
tanned sheep skins, we will buy from parties desiring to purchase Cards, and
give Cards in exchange; so the first skins delivered at Cartersville will
certainly get the first Cards. We
believe the Cards will compare favorable with Whittemore's best.
That is a matter for the people to determine. They have been tested and pronounced excellent.
Anderson, Adair & Co., Atlanta
Fort & Hargrove, Rome,
Will act as our agents to receive and exchange Cards for Skins.
John L. Divine,
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MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, October 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
A meeting was held in Talladega county on Monday last, to provide for
levying a tax to support the families of absent soldiers, at which resolutions
were unanimously adopted instructing their representatives in the Legislature to
vote for a tax sufficient to secure the families of soldiers from the county
against want. A move was also made
to raise a fund to purchase cotton cards for the county, and over $3,000 was
subscribed on the spot.
WEEKLY
COLUMBUS [GA] ENQUIRER, November 4,
1862, p. 3, c. 2
Cotton Cards.—A Cotton Card Factory is now in successful operation at
Rome, Georgia, with wire enough, as the manufacturers say, for twelve thousand
pairs. The cards at present are sold only for hard tanned
sheepskins.
[BELLVILLE]
TEXAS COUNTRYMAN, November 8, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
There is great cry made all the time for clothing for the soldiers.
Why don't those in authority take some measures to provide cards for the
people, and then it will not be difficult to manufacture the clothing.
If our county court would take some action to procure cards for the
county, they would enable many a family to provide for its own support.
Cards are what are wanted. A
wagon load bro't from Matamoras would well supply the county.
SOUTHERN
CONFEDERACY [ATLANTA, GA], November 16, 1862, p. 3, c. 1
Pioneer
Cotton Card Factory.
Messrs. Divine, Jones and Lee have at great expense, commenced the
manufacture of Cotton Cards at Cartersville in this State.
The demand for cards far exceeds their capacity, though they are now
turning out thirty pairs a day and will soon increase it to fifty.
They exchange one pair of cards for five hard tanned sheep skins.
They want the skins for making the cards.
Any one can tell what is meant by 'hard tanned' by looking at the leather
in which the card teeth are set in any pair of cards.
We recently published an article from a manufacturer, urging the
importance of giving these enterprising gentlemen increased facilities by the
State or Government to enable them to furnish repairs and new cards to the
various manufactories of cotton. We
now beg to call the attention of capitalists and the Legislature to this
important enterprise for their investigation, and would say that too much
importance cannot be attached to this enterprise, especially if the blockade is
to continue. People cannot fight
without clothes, and cannot make clothes without cards--so it is better that
every encouragement and aid be given to enlarge this important establishment.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, November 19, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
To the Women of the South.
The following communication comes to us from Chapel Hill, N. C., and we
cheerfully comply with the pious and patriotic wishes of the lady who sends it
to us. This appeal to the women of the South comes evidently from a
warm heart, and the touching and eloquent language in which it is expressed,
indicates cultivation and polished strength in the mind from which it emanated.
We heartily endorse the proposition of the fair writer:
To the Editor of the Advertiser—Sir:
I wish to make public through your columns and those of various other
influential journals, a suggestion to the women of the South. . . .
In places and churches where female prayer-meetings are usual, let the
women themselves order the matter. Where
such meetings are not practicable, let every woman in her own house stop all
work at the hour named—suspend the carding, and spinning, and knitting, and
weaving, and sewing, and teaching—if for only one half hour—and let every
woman's heart be lifted then in prayer for her country. . . .
SAN
ANTONIO HERALD, November 22, 1862, p. 2, c. 2
A Good Example.--We saw a day or two ago, an excellent quality of jeans,
which was manufactured in this place. The
cotton and wool were carded and spun, and the cloth woven by the ladies of one
of our wealthiest families. They
have produced a sufficient quantity to clothe the family, white and black, and
to give liberally to destitute soldiers. We
should like to give the names of these useful and patriotic ladies, but as true
merit is generally modest, we fear such notice might be offensive.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 26,
1862, p. 1, c. 1
Old silk dresses unraveled, carded and spun, either alone or with cotton,
will make excellent cloth and something very beautiful for female wear. Silk is very warm.
[LITTLE ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, November 26,
1862, p. 2, c. 2
On the 1st inst., the legislature of Alabama appropriated two
millions of dollars for the relief of the indigent families of soldiers from
that State. The legislature of
Arkansas has appropriated one million and two hundred thousand dollars for the
same purpose. Besides this, it has
provided for sending corn to counties where it is scarce, and has in
contemplation bills to procure supplies of salt, cotton cards and other
necessary articles. These things,
when made known to the brave soldiers, will give them assurances that their
families are cared for, the State and make them endure the hardships of a camp
life with more patience.
GALVESTON WEEKLY NEWS, November 26, 1862,
p. 1, c. 5
Cotton Cards.--The Camden Herald, Ark. informs us that a Mr. Barber has
completed a machine in that place for making card teeth, which is probably now
in operation. The editor says
persons having old card backs can find ready sale for them there, and we suppose
they can get cards in return.
We also notice that a comb
manufactory is in operation not far from Camden.
It thus appears that our neighboring State is fast becoming independent
of the Yankees and Yankee notions.
GALVESTON WEEKLY NEWS, December 3, 1862, p. 2, c.2
Clinton, La., Nov. 20--The principal part of the machinery, brought to
this place from the Baton Rouge Penitentiary, was destroyed by fire this morning
at 3 o'clock. It is believed to be
the work of an incendiary. The
machinery cannot be replaced; all the spindle frames, some looms and carding
machines were burnt.
GALVESTON WEEKLY NEWS, December 3, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Wants of the Texas Troops.
LaGrange, Nov. 24th, 1862.
Eds. News:--A citizen of this county has just returned from our army in
Arkansas, and the news that he brings is bad enough, not that our army has been
whipped, but that our army is naked and shoeless, and from the fact that they
are without clothing and in a colder climate than our own, there is much
sickness and many deaths. Texas
will lose more men this winter for want of good warm clothing than she has lost
in every battle since this war commenced.--The cry is coming from every part of
the State, clothing for the army! but the people have not got it, and
notwithstanding the abundance of cotton and wool, they cannot supply it for the
want of cotton cards.--Now, sirs, the question is, who is to blame?
I answer emphatically Gov. Lubbock.
The penitentiary, which belongs to the people of Texas and over which the
Governor has complete control as long as he is Governor, makes annually
1,500,000 yards of cloth, running ordinary time, which, if all appropriated in
the right way, would amply clothe fifty thousand men. But, sirs, what are the facts?
We have not got fifty thousand men in the field, and probably not fifteen
thousand are clothes from that institution, the balance must either go naked and
die of cold, or their friends must furnish them.-- . . . Fayette.
SAVANNAH [GA] REPUBLICAN, December 5, 1862,
p. 1, c. 4
From
Milledgeville.
[Correspondence of Savannah Republican.]
Wednesday, December 3.
House.
. . . The special
order, the bill to protect the rights of married women.
Mr. Gibson moved, as a test question, to lay the bill on the table for
the present. The ayes were 85, nays
43. This is considered equivalent
to killing the bill. . .
Cotton
and Wool Cards.
The House on yesterday passed the measure relating to a supply of cotton
and wool cards. The bill proposes
to authorize the Governor to pay Messrs. Lee & Co. sixty thousand dollars
for a half interest in their works, and to furnish half the means necessary to
duplicate twenty machines. It is
stated that they can be made in a few weeks at the Penitentiary, and put in
operation. Estimating the work of each machine at 30 pairs daily, these
machines would turn out 15,000 pairs a month.
This would very soon supply the wants of the State, and enable our heroic
women to clothe the people without resort to the arbitrary measures of seizing
factories. It would save also a
great portion of the appropriation of $1,500,000 for clothing the soldiers.
Therefore, this cotton card measure is of the highest importance, and
should be disposed of without delay, and in a liberal spirit.
Sixty thousand collars is considered by some a high price for half the
establishment. Messrs. Lee &
Co. are entitled to a handsome reward for their timely foresight and the risk
incurred in getting through this invaluable machine.
They can get it duplicated elsewhere, and enjoy a monopoly of the
business, while if the State will take an interest in it, her citizens will reap
the benefit, and she will secure a certain return for the investment in a few
weeks. Whatever objection there may
be to the principle of State aid, in this instance, it is to be hoped that there
will be no delay in efforts to improve a bill matured by the committee after
patient investigation.
Other States are seeking to secure the works of Messrs. Lee & Co.,
and Georgia should not suffer an enterprise of such inestimable importance to be
moved from her borders, or appropriated for the benefit of others.
SAVANNAH [GA]
REPUBLICAN, December 5, 1862,
p. 1, c. 5
Georgia Cotton Cards.—A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle, writing
from Milledgeville, says:
A box of cotton cards manufactured by Messrs. Lee & Co.,
Cartersville, were exhibited at the Milledgeville Hotel to-day.
They are perfect models of the Whittemore card, and are made on a
Whittemore machine, which was brought through from Baltimore by some of the
enterprising members of the firm. They
sell the cards at $10 per pair. I
saw a letter from Gov. Shorter, of Alabama, inquiring on what terms 50,000 to
100,000 pairs could be furnished for that State, and offering to make any
advance necessary to facilitate the contract.
It is proposed for the State to take an interest in the establishment,
and members of the firm are here now to negotiate some arrangement by which the
State shall be supplied. These
cards formerly cost about 15 cents a piece at wholesale, and a supply ought to
be furnished the State at prime cost, which is about $3 per pair at present.
Messrs. Lee & Co. deserve credit for putting the price of them at
even $10 when the demand is clamorous at $25 and $30 per pair.
They have secured a splendid enterprise and well deserve any harvest it
may reap them. If the women who can
use them were promptly supplied, there would be little occasion for the sue of
the $1,500,000 appropriated to clothe and shoe the soldiers.
[BELLVILLE] TEXAS
COUNTRYMAN, December 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
The Almanac Extra says that cotton cards are being manufactured in
Williamson county, samples of which are pronounced by good judges to be O. K.
[LITTLE
ROCK] WEEKLY ARKANSAS GAZETTE, December 6, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
We last week published a list of the Acts passed up [to] that time.
We subjoin now, from the True Democrat, the remainder of the list:
. . .
An act to encourage the manufacture of salt, iron, and cotton cards.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 10, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
We have before us a sample of cloth, manufactured by Mr. John Cox, of
this county, the filling of which is spun without the use of cards.
The cloth, though not as smooth as could be desired, is very strong and
will answer every purpose until we can gain our independence. Arrange your cotton simply with the hand into a convenient
size, and draw the thread slowly and you can make a very good filling for negro
clothing. Fresh ginned cotton is
the best.—Sandersville Georgian.
MONTGOMERY
WEEKLY ADVERTISER, December 10, 1862, p. 4, c. 3
Special Correspondence of the Augusta Constitutionalist
Georgia Legislature.
Milledgeville, Dec. 4.
I believe I alluded, a day or two ago, to the specimens of cards on
exhibition here from the manufactory of Messrs. Lee & co., Cartersville.
They are fac similes of the old Whittemore card, and are made on a
Whittemore machine, which ran the blockade.
In accordance with the recommendation of the Governor, endorsed also by
Peter Jones, Esq., Master Armorer at the Penitentiary, it is proposed that the
State take a half interest in the enterprise, and duplicate a number of the
machines, for immediate use. A
measure has been matured [sic?] by the Finance Committee, and passed the House
to-day, authorizing the Governor to pay Messrs. Lee & Co., $60,000 for a
half interest in their establishment, and to furnish half the capital necessary
to duplicate twenty machines for the enlargement of their works.
It is stated that they can be made in three months at the Penitentiary,
and put in operation. Estimating
that each machine will make 30 pairs of cards daily, these would turn out 600
pairs a day, or about 15,600 pairs a month.
This would very soon supply the wants of the State, and give the women
facilities for clothing not only their families at home, but the soldiers in the
field. It would make the people
independent of extorting factories, and save also a portion of the $1,500,000
appropriated to clothe and shoe the Georgia troops.
Estimating these cards at $10 a pair (and they cannot be had elsewhere
for twice the amount,_ the income derived from the use of these twenty machines
would be $1,872,000 in twelve months. Four-fifths
of this sum would probably be net profit, yielding to the State in one year, the
handsome revenue of $750,000 in an investment of $60,000.—This is on the
assumption that the State charge the same that the firm now sells them at.
But it is a part of the proposed contract that the State may furnish them
to her citizens at cost, which will be between $2 and $3, per pair.
However this may be, the aggregate profit to the people of the State is
the same. Therefore this cotton
card measure is of the highest importance, and should be disposed of without
delay and in a liberal spirit. Sixty
thousand dollars it is urged, is a high price for such an establishment.
It is a very moderate sum for a business capable of yielding the enormous
revenue above stated.
Messrs. Lee & Co. are entitled to a handsome reward for their timely
foresight, and the hazard of life and money incident to getting such an
invaluable machine through the lines. They
are not only entitled to a liberal return for the risks incurred, but to the
highest consideration as benefactors to the country.
They are selling cards at $10, as fast as they can make them, when there
is a clamorous demand for them at $30. They
are willing to accept the proposal made by the State, first, because it gives
them a fair consideration for the interest, and because it will specially give
them facilities for approximating the demand for cards.
The investment proposed by the State redound to the immediate benefit of her
citizens, and return to the treasury the amount expended, in a few weeks, when
the price of cards can and should be put down to a fair remunerative standard.
whatever objection there may be to State aid, in general principles, this
is a time and an occasion when the State may wisely step in to aid in relieving
the necessities of her people by the proposed investment in a private
enterprise. Every State will act wisely to secure if possible, similar
facilities for clothing the people. As
time is precious, it is to be hoped that there will be no delay in efforts to
improve the bill offered by the committee after mature deliberation.
Aristides.
CLARKE
COUNTY [AL] JOURNAL, December 11, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Cotton Cards are now made in Cartersville, Ga., by Divino, Jones &
Lee, at the rate of 30 per day and will soon increase to 50.
They exchange 1 pair of cards for 6 hard tanned sheep skins, which are
used in making the cards.
WEEKLY
COLUMBUS [GA] ENQUIRER, December
16, 1862, p. 2, c. 7
Cotton Cards.—The Milledgeville correspondent of the Macon Telegraph,
under date Dec. 3d, says:
One of the most important measures of the session passed the House on
yesterday relating to a supply of cotton and wool cards.
The bill proposes to authorize the Governor to pay Messrs. Lee &
Co. $60,000 for a half interest in the establishment, and to furnish half
the means necessary to duplicate 20 machines.
It is stated that they can be made in 3 months at the Penitentiary and
put in operation. Estimating the work of each machine at 80 pairs daily, these
machines would turn out 600 pairs daily, or about 15,500 pairs per month.
This would very soon supply the wants of the State, and enable our heroic
women to clothe every soldier and citizen without resort to the arbitrary
measure of seizing factories. It would save also a great portion of the appropriation of
$1,500,000 for clothing the soldiers. Therefore,
this cotton card measure is of the highest importance, and should be disposed of
without delay, and in a liberal spirit. Sixty
thousand dollars may look like a high price for half the establishment.
NATCHEZ
DAILY COURIER, December 16, 1862,
p. 1, c. 4
Cotton
Cards.
A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, says:
A box of Cotton cards manufactured by Messrs. Lee & Co.,
Cartersville, were exhibited at the Milledgeville Hotel to-day.
They are perfect models of the Whitmore card, and are made on a
Whittemore machine, which was brought through from Baltimore by some of the
enterprising members of the firm. They
sell the card at $10 per pair. I
saw a letter from Gov. Shorter, of Alabama inquiring on what terms 50,000 to
100,000 pairs could be furnished for that State, and offering to make any
advance necessary to facilitate the contract.
It is proposed for the State to take an interest in the establishment,
and members of the firm are here now to negotiate some arrangements by which the
State shall be supplied. These
cards formerly cost about 15 cents a piece at wholesale, and a supply ought to
be furnished the State at prime cost, which is about $3 per pair at present.
Messrs. Lee & Co. deserve credit for putting the price of them at
even $10, when the demand is clamourous at $25 and $30 per pair.
They have secured a splendid enterprise, and will deserve any harvest it
may reap them. If the women who can
use them were promptly supplied, there would be little occasion for the use of
the $1,500,000 appropriated to clothe and shoe the soldiers.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 17, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Homespun.
The Caddo, Louisiana, Gazette says:
We are much pleased to find that many papers have entered the list in
favor of homespun. During the
embargo under the administration of Mr. Madison, the richest and finest ladies
in the country vied with each other who could produce the handsomest homespun
dresses. Old pieces of silk were
picked, carded, spun, wove, and made into dresses.
Many of them equalled the finest silks and cambrics. . . .
[MARSHALL]
TEXAS REPUBLICAN, December 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 1
Home Provisions for 1863.
Mr. Loughery,
Sir: Being credibly informed
that there is a great deal of destitution and want existing among the families
of indigent soldiers (now in the confederate armies) both in this and other
counties in the State; and that our soldiers complain that their families are
not properly cared for, and from this cause others are deterred from entering
the service. The subject is one of
vital importance to our country, and in my opinion needs only to be known in
order to be promptly redressed. There
is enough wealth and patriotism in Harrison county to support and give ample
employment to every destitute family in the county, and never miss the amount
thus given. To effect this object
at once, and make it available for the year 1863, I will suggest the following
propositions to the people of this county:
1st. Let two
books for subscription be opened in Marshall forthwith:
one at the store of G. G. Gregg & Co., the other at the office of B.
F. Friderici; the signers entering opposite their names the amount, either in
money, provisions, wool or cotton, they are willing to give for the year of
1863.
2nd. So soon as
$15,000 dollars is subscribed, let a meeting of the donors be called, and such
rules and regulations be passed as they may deem necessary, to ensure the
faithful collection and distribution of the amount subscribed.
3rd. To assist in
the clothing of our army, a portion of the means thus subscribed, to be applied
to the purchase of cards, wheels, looms, &c., and those families who are
destitute of these articles to be supplied with them gratis, and the goods made
by them (after clothing their own families) to be delivered to the agent, who
will pay them the full value of the goods.
4th. That B. F.
Friderici be selected as the agent to make all purchases and distribution of
provisions to all families in the county in indigent circumstances, and that he
be paid for this service such price as the donors may designate.
The scanty pittance heretofore allowed by the County to a few families
and the exorbitant price now asked for the necessaries of life, strictly enjoins
on us the execution of a duty; one which we owe to our God, our country, our
fellow-creatures, and ourselves, to support and cherish the families of those
men who stand manfully between us and our foes, and cheerfully surrender their
lives in defense of our homes and firesides, our country, liberty, and
independence.
These considerations should prompt one and all who are able to come
forward and subscribe liberally towards this laudable object, for unless our
holy cause is sustained, that which we may now give freely will not be ours to
bestow.
For the purpose above mentioned I will give $250 per annum (should this
sum be deemed not enough for me, I will double it) and pay it either in money,
provisions, wool, or cotton.
W. R. D. Ward.
[MARSHALL]
TEXAS REPUBLICAN, December 20, 1862, p. 2, c. 5
Wool Rolls for Sale
The undersigned takes this method of informing his customers that their
wool [is?] carded. Others who have
their names entered may bring in their wool.
We can card it without delay. I
have some wool rolls and boys' russetts for sale.
H. Ward.
Dec. 20, 1862.
THE
SOUTHERN WATCHMAN [ATHENS, GA], December 24, 1862, p. 2, c. 3
Cotton
Cards.
Our Milledgeville correspondent states that the Cotton Card Manufactory
of Lee & co., Cartersville, has been removed to the State Penitentiary,
where is will be in operation the present week.
In a few weeks other machines will be duplicated, and they will be
enabled to fill very heavy orders. It
is the design of the State authorities to put the cards at a small margin on
cost, which in the course of a few months will enable families to supply
themselves with cards at about $5 00 a pair.
Our correspondent also states that the report put in circulation by an
Atlanta paper, that a firm in Columbus have run a set of machines through the
blockade, is a mistake. A mechanic
is engaged in trying to invent a machine there, but it is not in operation.--Chron.
& Sent.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 4
What is Jute?—We give below, a letter from a very intelligent gentleman
of our acquaintance in answer to this enquiry.
Having visited or resided in England, and being posted in such matters,
he writes of what he knows:
Editor True Democrat—Jute is soft hemp; an article hard to find. . . .
As soon as flax spinners stocks run out they would again become buyers
and derange prices considerably. Cotton
spinners, I think, would find that jute and hemp were not cotton, spun in a
cotton mill, and that they had better buy the yarn at the flax mills, and that
altering cotton machines meant throwing them away and replacing them by new,
coarse, strong flax machinery.—Hemp, flax and jute are a yard wide, more or
less and if they were but an inch long, they could not be put on a cotton card
without tearing it to pieces. . . .
GALVESTON WEEKLY NEWS, December 24, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
Editor of the News:--In your issue of the 10th inst., I notice a call by
you for "information in relation to tanneries in Texas and what efforts are
being made for a supply of leather--also in regard to domestic manufactures,
such as shoemaking, spinning and weaving by the old fashioned spinning wheels
and hand looms."
I can answer for Washington and a considerable portion of the adjoining
counties. . . . As to
"spinning and weaving by the old fashioned spinning wheel and hand
loom," there is a general movement in that direction everywhere.
Looms and wheels are being made by the thousands, and every family who
have been so fortunate as to procure cards, are manufacturing quantities of the
most excellent cloth. But the
scarcity and ruinous high prices of the cards operates with many poor families,
as a sufficient barrier to prevent them from doing anything at all towards
clothing themselves, even. Certainly
the card speculators are striving to force the community back into the use of
the primitive fig leaf apron again.
It is not worth while to say anything about what the managers of the
State government might have done to aid the people in procuring cards.
They be d----d, but if the people had the cards, I am sure I tell the
truth, when I assert that the whole country would be instantly converted into
one grand efficient manufacturing establishment.
And from the thousands of buzzing wheels and clattering looms, propelled
by willing hands and loving hearts; the ready made clothing and substantial
blankets would flow to our armies, as free as water. There are few soldiers in the service, who have not a female
relative or friend at home, who would take delight in having the opportunity to
clothe him during the war. I know
of what I speak, and the drawback to all this, is intentionally produced by a
black hearted set of enemies to our cause.
THINE GID.
[BELLVILLE] TEXAS
COUNTRYMAN, December 27, 1862, p. 1, c. 1
Cotton cards were selling at $25.00 per pair, at Star Hill last week, and
other things in proportion. There
were about fifty pairs left.
NATCHEZ
DAILY COURIER, December 27, 1862,
p. 1, c. 4
Cotton Cards. We learn from the
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel that the cotton card manufactory of Messrs. Lee
& Co., Carterville, has been removed to the State Penitentiary at
Milledgeville, Ga. In a few weeks
other machines will be duplicated, and that they will be enabled to fill very
heavy orders. It is the design of
the authorities of the Empire State to put the cards at a small margin on cost,
which in the course of a few months will enable families to supply themselves
with cards at about $5 pair.
GALVESTON
WEEKLY NEWS, December 31, 1862,
p. 2, c. 1
Cotton Cards.--The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. says Messrs. Lee & Co. have
manufactured a box of cotton cards which are a perfect model of Whitmore's,
having been made on a Whitmore machine brought from Baltimore.
They are sold at $10 a pair. It
is said Messrs. Lee & Co., desire to take contracts to supply States, and
surely our State ought not to lose such an opportunity to provide our people
with an article of the greatest necessity.
It said those cards formerly sold for 15 cents a piece at wholesale and
can be supplied to the State at $300 [$3.00?] per pair at present.
The State might be saved millions of dollars in the supply of clothing to
our troops, by having our people supplied with the cards to make the clothing
instead of having to pay the present enormous prices.
[LITTLE
ROCK] ARKANSAS TRUE DEMOCRAT, December 31, 1862, p. 1, c. 2
(Communicated.)
Mr. Phax and Mr. Figgers continue their
Conversation.
Mr. Phax. It is admitted,
even by the speculators and extortioners, that unless this rapacious spirit is
checked, our cause will be ruined. . . .