Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, November 25, 1899, Image 1
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Bid, A IIP ON PELZEIt
i ANI) PIEDMONT MILLS.
ureauy 1111 pressed With the
Omnduer of the Mills.
Sk*.
From Constitution, Atlantu.
h A few days ago I received n letter
from a friend and it was post-marked
Pel/.er. lie said I was wanted thereto
talk to the people, and he ventured
to tlx the day and the compensation
for loss of time and waste of tongue. I
had never heard of Peizer nor could I
find it on my antiquated map. Hut I
did tlnd it on one of later date, and
supposed ir was some small villa?"
that had a no.ton mill and a dam on
the Saluda and some tenement houses.
Nevertheless, I accepted the call, for
the olfer was liberal. The next mail
brought a similar invitation from
PL ? Piedmont, another mill town, only six
miles from Peizer.
So I journeyed from Atlanta to
k Green vill?, and there changed cars for
!)> my destination, which was only 20
miles away. It was night when I
reached the place. My good friend,
Mr. Padgett, who is the democratic
postmaster, took me to his house. I
had not seen the town, for it was
quite dark. "What is the prospect for
an audience?" I inquired. "Very good."
he said. "I think you will have several
hundred people out to hear you."
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is your population?" "About 7,000,"
be said. L was amazed. A town twice
as large as Cartersville and I never
heard of it and it is not on my map.
He explained by saying it was only
twelve years old, aud had four large
cotton mills that employed over 2,000
f/ operatives, and consumed nearly 100,000
bales of cotton, and the company
owned some 3,00(1 acres of land, and
all the houses and stores and churches
and several miles of the river. "Did
you advertise me pretty well?" I asked.
"Oh, yes!" he said. "We church
folks told it to everybody we met, both
in the town and in the country^ and
they all said they were coming" "Publish
it in the papers?" said I. "No, no.
We have no papers here, and no printing
ofooe. We didn't even have a poster
or a hand bill, but we talked it n
good deal." Well, I listened and wondered,
and my conlldence was shaken.
After a bountiful supper and a little
mixing up witti the children, we went
to the large church where 1 was to
* hold forth, and-found it already prettywell
tilled. In a brief time I stood before
more than 500 people, and was
inspired to make my be*t effort, for I
hidfcn orderly and attentive congregation,
and we all fell in love with one
another. I never have had a more
gratifying lecture occasion. Next
morning wnsspenr in viewing the city
and the mills and the library. The
merchants carrid immense stocks in
8y % - large stores, and there were many
|& nice residences for the managers and
| heads of tlie various departments, but
they were all built and are owned and
yl- ~ leased by I lie mill company. ThiscoiU?
? pany owns and controls every foot of
land and everything that is on it
Captain Jjmythe, of Charleston, is the
king, the czar, a big-hearted, brainy
nian, and everybody respect.* and
loves him. He is a son of that celebrated
Presbyterian minister of Charleston
who during1 his ministerial life,
was a notable man in religious circles
IIKNAIIIUDLE llMNCIi:.
Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plainfield,
111., makes the statement.
^ that eh.o caught cold, which set*
tied on her lungs ; she was treated
for a mouth by her family physician,
but grew worse, lie told
her she was a hopeless victim of
i consumption and that 110 medicine
could cure her. ller druggist
suggested I)r. King's New
Discovery for Consumption; she
bought a bottle and to her delight
* found herself benefitted from
r (I first dose. Sbe continued its use
and after taking six bottles,found
herself sound and well; now does.
her nivn hnnaaornrlr onrl io no
well as she ever was.?Free trial
<cA>ttles of this Great Discovery at
Crawford Bros Drug Store. Only
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I rfmembcr that lie was one of my j
father's friend . ''Who is your mayor?" j
said I. "We have none; no mayor nor 1
alderman, 110 municipal corporation,
no marshal nor, police. Captain
Smythe runs the town. Everybody j
who comes here for employment is in- j
vestigafed carefully. His antecedents
mllst be good or he can't stay. We have j
no lawyer nor editors; don't need
any. We allow them to come in and 1
I loqk around." "Did you know that I 1
was a lawyer?", said I. "Oh, yes; but >
we learned that you had quit the practice
and reformed, and so we invited .
you."
"I don't see any negroes about here," 1
said I. "No, we don't want them.)
mere is a few, but they live outside.
Some of them cook ami wash for us,
but Captain Smythe don't want us to j
mix with the in or depend upon them.
He wants everybody to depend upon
themselves as much as possible." "And
so you have ruled out lawyers, editors
and negroes?" "'Yes" said he, "and
there are no saloons or blind tigers or
cigarettes." "How about doctors?" 1
asked. "Oh, of course we have doctors;
yes, we have two doctors and one dentist
and four preachers, all select, and
one photographer." The company has
a good public library and pays a man
to keep it.
I visited mill No. 4, an up-to-date
mill in all respects. It is operated by
electricity that is generated two miles
distant at some falls of the Saluda
river. This mill amazed me. No coal
and no steam. It is 128 feet wide and
528 feet long and is four stories high.
In one great room I saw 60,000 spindles
turning. In two others were 1,400
looms. It requires 1,100 operatives
to attend lo this mill, and it takes 50,000
bales of cotton for a year's supply.
Just think of it. The superintendent,
Mr. Guy, had the elevator to stop
about half way up between floors so
/hat I might have a good view of the
machinery and the busy boys and
girls in this spinning room. This
room he called bis nhi I it
not (lie children's room, but my children's
room, he said. Scores of little
chaps not more than ten years old who
looked their love for hi ill. They were
the brightest and healthiest children
1 ever saw in a mill, and earned from
25 cents to (SO cents a day. Many of
the grown girls earn from (SO cents to
$1.2) a day, ami the average pay of
them all is 02 cents. This is good
wages, for their work is ?asy and
| healthy The rooms are never too hot
I or too cold; for the temperature is
i kept uniform by fans and heaters in j
the basement. No grease or fatty mat ter
is used on the machinery?nothing j
but pure mineral oil. These children
' are required to leave the mill at certain
periods and go to their public
schools, which are supported by thej
, . j. i i.iiu-u i in- scuooi ami |
found ."()() of tli?> pupils gathered in
the large room to receive me and lis-|
! ten to a brief talk about my old school
' days am! some words of encourage- j
! incut to cheer them up. Mr. tiny, the |
I elltcient superintendent of No. I, is an I
| Augusta man. and has been in the
! mill service for forty-four years. In I
, the packing room I observed that all 1
the bales are marked to Shanghai,
t hina, and I heard that China is the i
, best customer of southern mills. That
. government used to buy from New
' Knglatid ami old Kngland, but they
I buy all their goods by weight and not
! by the yard, and in course of time
John Hull and the Yankee got to mix- j
ing white clay with t he starch to make i
I the cloth weigh heavy, and so they
ij turned their trade down south, where
people don't adulterate everything
they made to sell. Said Mr.Guy tome:
"There is no sizing in these goods ex,
cept that made of pure boiled corn
starch."
Nearly all the capital in these great j
$aao to $1-4*00 a ykait.
We want reliable and energetic |
men and women in each State to 1
travel and appoint agents ; salary
$050 to $1200 a year and expenses,
guaranteed and paid weekly ;
no experience required, we instruct
you. Local Representatives
wanted also. Send stamp for full
particulars. Address, The Hell
Company, Dept. A., Philadelphia,
: Pa. Not. 1 8-wks.
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SEMI-WEEKLY.
SATURDAY, NOVE
mills is from tin? south; and there's
millions in them, for Piedmont is on !
the same river and is only live miles
away and has two large mills and another
is going up at Helton, a few I
miles below. In fact, the traveler i
through upper Carolina is hardly ever
out of sight of a smokestack. In a few
years that State will consume all the
cotton that is grown in it. What aj
glorious prospect.
All around Pelzeraml Piedmont the]
farmers are prosperous; for they have
a regular, eager market for every thing
they grow, and I saw their wagons
coming in on every road. I visited
Piedmont and stayed a day and night.
I' is a duplicate of Pelzer, though not
so large; having about 5,000 people. It
is almost alliciently managed by Mr.
James L. Orr, Jr., a son of the governor
and statesman. He, too, is a king
and czar, and his word is law about
everything, lie is respected and loved
by every man, woman and child in
Piedmont; and the stockholders have
nothing to do but look and receive
incii uiviui'iius semi-annually. l'iedniont
is more elevated than Pelzer,
anil the views from her hills are
charming. And then her (lowers; oh,
the beauty of them. Chrysanthemums
and roses were in all their glory. Mrs.
Richardson sent my wife a box full by
yesterday's express that excelled anything
that I ever saw in a conservatory.
She gave a caution to the expressman
in these lines on the box.
"It you desire to climb tho golden ttivir,
Handle these flowers with exceeding care.
It you expect to play tho golden harp,
Speed them with satcty to Mistress Arp."
The lyceum and public library at
Piedmont is an interesting place to
visit and is liberally patronized by the
workers in the mills. Connected with
it is a home made insurance or bt-netit
association, a kind of savings bank
where for a deposit of ten cents a
week the family of the depositors gets
forty dollars whenever a death occurs.
This is, of course, to provide for funeral
expenses and a decent burial. In j
this library is the finest collection of
Indian relics I ever saw anywhere.
Fortunate people to have such philanthronic
ff'iiariliana fini
zer does not live there, but he is near
enough to keep a fatherly eye on these
numerous children. He is a Charleston
millionaire, but lives at his upcountry
home, not far from the beautiful
Mill City that he founded and
which bears his name. .lust think of |
it, my Georgia friends; GO,000spindles
turning in one room, and 1,100 looms
weaving in two others. Why should
not every cotton growing county in
Georgia, yea, in South Carolina, do
likewise. Our county produces ten
thousand bales annually and surely
our farmers can build a mill large
enough to manufacture it and double
its value.
.1. I >. Bridges, Editor "Democrat,"
Lancaster, N. II., says, "One Minute
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Mote Small l'ox.
The governor has received a
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iouoi i roiii mr. .1. a. l.igntsey ot
Sycamore, Barnwell county, saying
that there were two cases of
smallpox near that town. He
asked that Dr. Clarkson ho detailed
to look after it. The governor
immediately upon receipt
of the communication wired Dr.
Hvans in Florence calling his
attention to the matter.? Record.
no YOI* WAYT TO .VI Ali K *?<?? ?
We want a local manager, lady
or gentleman, in own town or
county ; no canvassing required?
You can devote full or spartime;
or evenings only, in con.
nection with your regular vocation.
$200 to $.'>00 can he made
before Christmas and it will roquire
very little time. It is not
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Send stamp for full particulars.
Address, The Hell Company,
Dept. B., Philadelphia, l'a.
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MBER 25, 1899.
Absolutely t
Makes the food more de
DKWKY MAY 00 TO COURT.
Breach ?t Promise Suit May Be
Filed Soon.
Wnshinvtnn Vnn >)l ?W:*u
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the actual transfer of the gift
house of Admiral Dewey to Mrs.
Dewey the indignation has broken
into open tlame. There is no attempt
to hide the deep resentment
felt in this city. This is
evidenced by the fact that the
most o.onservative papers in the
city have opened their columns
for attacks upon the admiral.
Some of the contributors have
written indignant letters to the
house committee demanding a
return of their money, while
others have written to the admiral
himself.
The Evening Star denies the
matter and underneath the news
of the transfer gives space on the
front page to protests. One of
these, which is signed, says that
the contributors had reason to
think that the home would go to
the admiral's son, George Dewey,
and not to a brand ntw wife
taken in his old age. There are
many odd and sensational rumors
flying about the city this
| morning
| One report printed this morn|
ing has it that the transfer was
made to preserve tlie* house, as
j Admiral Dewey fears a suit for
breach of promise will be institutI
ed against him by a lady employed
! in the bureau of equipment, of
! which the admiral was the head
before he was assigned to the
'charge of the Asiatic squadron in
1S!>7.
It is stated upon what appears
to be reliable authority that an
I engagement of marriage existed
i between the two at the time of
| the admiral's departure from this
'country more than two years ago.
! There is deep regret, mingled with J
the indignation, tint no one as yet'
j has felt call d upon to defend his J
course, and even his best friends |
feel that he has shown bad taste j
, 111 the matter, to say the least. j
The delegation from Columbus, |
? mi l o, win en came Here yesterday j
! to invite him to visit that city,
'delivered the invitation in a most i
perfunctory way. The members I
' are quot <1 this morning as saving j
; that had it been known in Col
umbos that he had given away |
his home the invitation would .
'never have been sent, and the
i express satisfaction that the in!
vitation was not accepted.
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I out of the manufacs lire of bicycles,
! has never learned to ride a wheel
himself. No doctor ever takes his
I own medicine.
I)r. W. Wixon, Italy Hill, N. Y.,
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AMI HILL HAS
PASSED THE HOUSE.
Prohibitionist Draw First Blood
in UtMirgiu
Atlanta, Nov. 22.?The Williugham
prohibition bill, providing
for absolute prohibition in
every county of the state, was
passed by the house of representatives
today. The vote was ninety-three
ayes against 65 nays.
Several ameudtnents were attached
but these will not mutpri
ally afl'ect the general import of
the measure.
It the bill passes the senate and
becomes a law it will mean the
annihelation of the saloons the
stoppage of every brewery and
will prevent any club or private
organization from having intoxicating
liquors for it members.
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The 01(1 Oak.
This is not about "the old oak
en bucket," but the hiptoric old
oak tree at Winnsboro. Lord
Cornwallis camped under it during
the revolutionary war from
October 1780 to January 1781.
The old tree was killed by the
exccessive drought and heat of
the summer just ended. The tree
stands in the yard of the Mt.
Zion School, and a table is to be
made out of it for the school library
and souvenirs for its alumni.
?Chester Reporter.
90 A H1:KIt TO START.
We want intelligent ladies, or
gentiemen, to accept permanent
position in own town; salary to
start $)5 a week, guaranteed, and
commission. Many make from
$12 to $24 a week. You can devote
all or your spare time. Send
stamp for full particulars. Address,
The BeU Company, Dept.
('., Philadelphia, Pa.
Nov. 1 S-wks
Say They Will Settle.
Attorney General Billinger has
returned from Barnwell where lie
has been in attendance upon
court. He says an agreement has
been druwn up by the Pree heirs
whereby the shortage in the
county treasurer's cilice is to be
settled. Ah yet no settlement has
been made. Something over $S,000
is involved.? Record.
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