Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1899 — Pencils Made from Slate Dust. [ARTICLE]

Pencils Made from Slate Dust.

Pencils from slate dust molded by hydraulic pressure are made Id large quantities In Tennessee. They are much more popular than the solid-cut slate pencils. One concern last year made 25,000,000 molded pencils.