The Western Democrat

Sanded Cotton.—A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser says: There has of late been much said about sanded and fraudulent packed cotton, and I am fully persuaded that so far as the fraudulent accusation goes, it is almost, if not entirely, without foundation. I am induced to this conclusion from an accidental discovery, made but a short time since. I commenced packing early in the morning—it was thick, foggy and misty. One of my sons went into the cotton box with his hat (a cassimere hat) on, which was damp; when he came out he called my attention to the fact that his hat was covered—literally covered—with very fine sand, resembling fine sand paper. This cotton was picked early, and was to all appearances, clean and fine. It surprised me very much, and it at once convinced me that the sanded cotton is not a fraud, but a necessity from the soil upon which it is produced.