Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* * * * v ... * * Let a Contented Peoplo Alone. * * * * * * * * * * *'* S S S * . S * In these days when in places of large population many are hunting for work, we feel that -it is little short of criminal for meddlers to be going around interfering with labor that is contented. The world at large has a distorted Idea of the condition of the people, wo work in the mills. Mill workers are about the healthiert, happiest, best conditioned people in the South. The man who would disturb their contentment is an enemy to them and a destroyer of their happiness. If these people had wrongs or grievances, 'it would not be right to let them be imposed upon. But what wrongs have been inflicted upon them? They are better paid than clerks in stores and some of the young women get higher wages than stenographdrs, have lighter work, are not subjected to so many mortiflea tions in going and coming from woik and are able to dress neatly and, in fact, prettily. The mill girl of today is a type of Southern womanhood that will conipare well in appearance, in education, in mind and in character with the best classes anywhere. The mill people have but little rent to pay; in some communities get wa ter and lights free; have free schools, and church buildings and lodge rooms given to them; have their delightful flower yards and prolific vegetable gardens. These are our mill )eo)le of today. Sober, honorable,, honest, ambitious, neighborly, charitable, liceable people-and contented. Peo pe of whoin we may be proud. Some mills for a stipend of $5 per Ionth let their operatives have com fortable homes and furnish the mule power to 1)ow the ground; and fur nili the fertilizer af ciost-and the consequence is that the mill opera tive may have a good garden all the year around. In some communities we have known mill operatives to save enough to buy 'their little farn >. In Colum bla the workers have their own cool) crative store, operated by mill work ers, and we arc informed that in the first year of operation a dividend of 25 per ecent was declared-for tile mill workers. We (10 not believe iII oppressing such a virtuous race of people. We believe in giving them opportunity, and all of these things they have freedom. opportunI!ay and a fair wage. On the otlher hand, consider the mill manager. These ien come in for all. sorts of critiesm and abuse and it is unde served. We know that the in4 man agers have a hard time of it. They have problems that are vexing and full of worry and responsibility. Like good soldiers, they put on a bold front even in tile mkidst of the ever wearing cares. The mill managers a year ago were confronted with the most serious probmlem that has1 affect ed tile Souith. The world inust eat, but thle world can wvear little of clothes. it is the cotton mlanufacturer who suffers in case of great international controv ersies. TIs situation wvas evolved to thle full credit of thle nation, andl thle man u facturing enterprises of tile Southl hlave pulled( thriough thle crisis, but it was a great battle for tile valiant anld thle strong hiear'ted men who are0 en deavoring to handle tile financial re sponsibility of the indlustry. Every man in the world has5 his burdens, cares and sorrows, his r'e sp~onsiilities. The lhumiane inill own er has his owni nnd1 thme cares of many othlers. We here lay dIown One b~roadl piroplosit ionl-T() wh~om should thle mill1 p)eople slick in case of (disaster? To tihe oflce hunter who comes aroundl every year or so wvith tile most guile ful and at the same time, most lllui.. blo lot of talk? Or to the mill man tger who wvill stand by hmis people0, or at least those of them11 whlo are do rserving? We hope that thle issule may niever come, that tile great war will neOver catuse the mlills to sus5pend, for even one (lay; buit if the dlay shlold comle, we venture to say thlat tile mill man -agement wvill in every commiunity spare no pais to see thlat thle opera tives are caredl for in thle best manner possible 1un111 the time for resumming operations. Suppose all of thle mills should be llottedl out of existence tomorrow? Then, what suffering would there be. The unthinking pleole of today do not appreciate the great boon of the cotton mills. They have given em ployment, eduenctioni, prealching and, in fact, burial pid to many indulstriouls rpeople who, if they had been left as hired laborers upon tile , farms might have beon living in drudget y and uin halppiness. inl case of mills being forced to suspend operations tem porarily we believe that the operatives could go on living in their homenant no ox pensO and to some of them right here in Columbia one spot has, been home for 16 years. We believe in' tle mill managers and mill workers understanding each other, sympaihizing with 6ach other, aiding each other. The industry is yet in the formative period. It is tij main dependence of perhaps 150,000 persons in South Carolina. As long as the wheels are turning they make the shuttles hum a song of thrift 'and the 'looms roar a deep diapason of cqn tent. But when the hush of inactivity falls upon an industry, it is the deep silence of- death n the house. We repeat that the mill managers have their problems, their burdens, and they need encouragement in fighting the fight upon which depends so much of the prosperity, happiness and hope of the South.---The Columbia Record. NOTES OF 1IN'TElEST FiOM 31ANY POINTS Nes anid ('ourier Correspondent "Dishes Up" Breezy Iteiis froim Ail Sections of the State. Columbia, September 5.---The rising tide of returning business conditio,ns is seen quickly by "druniiers". Talks with them in the hotel lobbies show they are very much encouraged. This was the principal part of a talk which Tile News and Courier representative bad with Wr. \V. P. Scott, a well known representative of a paper house out of Richmond, at the Jerome Hotel. Mr. Scott said lie was making the best trip througli the South that he had made since the European war began. "Conditions are about normal in my business again," said MIr. Scott. lie stated that he had sold more on this trip than In over a year, and that the or,',rs were about what they usually were in normal tiies. Mlr. Scott pre dicts a good business this fall. ('ensorshlp for Moiles. The "movies" may be subjected to "censoring" if a bill which a proni nient member of tile lower house is contemplating introducing becomes law. This legislator, who is a very careful and painstaking investigator, is looking into the situation andi may draft a bill for presentation at the coming session. It is probable that such a hill would call fori a board of censors i each town, and if this board (oes not serve without pay reveilue for paying thenm would probably be pro vided tirough a tax on the picture shows. In this connection it should be mllade plaill that there has been 110 copililalnts of the "ilovies" in Colum bla. Attenition, (.ilds!I Four of the officials of the State Government are "bachelors," and as such attract iliore than the usual amount. of interest whllen they a4e called to various parts or tile State oil official or private business. All of them are well knowni, viz, Comiptroller Geneial Carlton W. Sawyer, Attorney Attorney Genceral Fred ii. Doinekl and Lieutenant Governoir Andriew J. Becthea. Al though all of them are pop ular with tile fair sex there has beeni 110 in'tlmation as to wvhichl of the <iiiartette contempiilates beinlg the first to break into double hlarness, that is, if any suchl step lhas enltered into thoir calcuilat ions. All four' arc young men with promilse of promotion before t hem. The Cromp troller General Is a native of Orange'burg, but splent the greater part of hIs boyhood and all of is manhood in Coluii~mia. The1 Attor ney General is a native of Bllackville anmd the Assistant Attorney General comeis from Newlv'ry. 'The Ieuten ant Governor Is a nativye of Dilllon counity, but has been living In Colum bia ever since lie fi rst beca me private secretary to Governor Ansmel. In 1Ils Connect Ion it is kniown that l '.\r.oDim mnick wilIl un for' Conigress next sum11 mner against C'ongressmian W\yattI Afken in the 3rd district. Iloldinmg 1ll8 'ttion. '\ir. Tom .lohnstone, the eretary of tile sinking fund commission, while seated on the steps in front of tile State House tile otheri afternooni, was greeted by onie of his farmer friends from Newberry County. The farmter got to talking about cotton and said that last year he turned' overi all of his cotton to tile merchianit. who had made himii adivances, and didl not have enough left to pay taxes. H~e said that wvhen it came to paying ta,;es he could not borrow tile money, and finally had to sell three bales of long staple for' about seven and~ oneC-hlf~ cents. "I know better this year," he said. "I am going to 1101( my cotton.' .ode claredl that last year wheni'hi sold lisa cotton it had beeni in the warehouse twelve month sandi one (lay, and they chlargedl lhm storage for thirteen full onthis, althoughlis cot ton was only stored 0one day on the thlirteenthl Someher inthe Fight. Dr'. T. J1. Strait, of Lancaster, fonnel Congressman from the 5th district, later Senatdr (rom tancaster county, and later still superintendent of the State Hosl)ital f rothe Insane, being succeeded by Dr; C. Fred Williams last al ring, while here the other day do -Sicd that he would be in the "fight ip p~omewher'e" next summer. He did notyy what office he' intends running fo ,lOut made the positive assertion that he would run for one, and that hiQ expects to be in the thick of the light. When asked if he had his eye on the Congressional seat from the 5th distvlet he smiled and would not. say. The Doctor says that the people pl) his way are "crying for 3lease." Lever's Deelaration. There has been a good deal of inter et manliested in Congressinan Lever's deciar'ation for State-wide prohibition. Some of the aspirants for the United States senate figure that there may be a "kicker" In this declaration by 1918, while others think that Mr. Lever has solidilled himself by this declaration. Just how this district will stand on prohibition remains to be seen, but ev erybody admits that it is close. Fake Enmployment Bureaus. Several boys from South Carolina went West this summer to work in the harvest fleids and they will be inter ested in the following clipped from the Greenville Piedmont: Browning Goldsmilii left Grecnvile this morning for Wichita, Kans., where he Is to appear as a witness for the State against the Beebee 10mploynent flureau of that. city. About a monti ago Goldsmith and Sam Taylor were in Wichita and ap plied to the Emiployment Bureau for jobs in the wiheat fields. The bureau acceptedi a dollar from each of them ani(d sent then on a wild goose chase to a nearby town. The job, which had beenm bought and paid for, failed to materialize, so the .wo young men raised a howl. State ofilcials, having iad several 1simIla r complaints, took the matter in hand, and after ile in vestigation, closed milp the bureau and arrested the proprietors. 1very year in the WIst unscrupu lous em ployient bureaus take advan (age of iintoceit iniem ployed harvest hands and send them to jobs which (1o not exist, after extracting the usual fee. This illegal practice has been imiore prevalent this year than ever be fore and authoritles are determin-ed to put a stop to it. The trial in Wield ta is only one of a great many of sim ilar nature that are being conducted in the West. 11'hit1mns Are R1iled. Covernor Whitiman, of New York, has a cousin living in Spartanhurg. 'ihe .Jouriial of that. city says: An exz'hange of letters between Chariles 1). Whlian, of this city. and (ha rles S. Wh itiman, Governor of New York, has result ed in a mittituaIl inder -landing between the two Whit mans a, to the gencalogial reIlilonships. iteduicinit Fert.ilizer Ilills. "Governor Maniing is some farmier~" tays thle Rock 11111 Ilecord: "Thue (Governor spent a short while in the city yesterday afternoon on his ieturnn from York, where lie mnade an address at the "I lomne-Coming". Wilie in conviersation wvithi some citizens on the at reels here he stated that he was goin g to Idan iilfty3 aicries of hbu''rincl' "ri on Ihis farim hlils yeart to help redulce the feritillizeri hiIlls anad make h Is land imoi'e ltrddluct Ive. lie said that parties i n nderson cotny h 3 iad stated to him they hiad ireducedP theu'ir fetlitzer till from $7 per aere to sixty.'('ll cen t aerc 50Lnmd liinned I t'ir )(roduction fronm a half-bhale of cotton to the nere to three hales, and from 18 bushels of 'irn to 75) buthtelsa ofI co:-n by sor: lug bourri elov.ei' and rota:tin g theIr crot '. lie ailso made tis atatmint ini regard to what these parties bad done" In Ihis arddress at Y'ork yest erday. ''The go ' 'rno r ecamn over fi'omt York In thle au Soimob'ile with It(ol. .Jlohn 'i. lInddoy 1nd( famnily.--W. F. Caldweli in News You have ntot iced the disagreeable effoels of enflomel, that si('kenting nau sea that Is chiaracterist if. Thee Is no reason fom' tearing uil your system ini such a driastic miaim r'. Llv-Ver-Lax, that w ndlerful veso table compounimd, Is ji t as useful as ecalonmel for tonin~ u~ your liver' and i'idding youi' syst 4i' of stagnatinug ioisons, andt~ it dloe. not make y'ou feel badly like ealomel. It is pleasant to take with no unpleasant aftem' effects. K~eel> it in your home foi' health's sake. If Li- uer-Lmtx is not entirely sat is factory, youi' money will be returnedl without question. Thle original heat's the likeness' of IL. K. Origsby. For' sale at 50c and $1 by Laurens Drug Chamiberlain's LIniment, If y'ou arie ever3t triouihI ed ithI aches, PaIns or' soreness of the muscle, you will appr'eciate the goodl qIialities of C'hamtbei'lain's-IIinment. Many' suff'er era from rheumatism and sciatica havey used it wvith the best results. It is esptecially valuable for lumbago andt~ lame 'back. Foi' sale by all deal QUALITY TELLS. THE ]EST FOR 2 OURt PRICE SELLS. A LITTLE LESS. Davis-Roper Co. The Store of Greater Values CASH vs. CREDIT You have often heard it said that cash makes no enemies, but has friends on every side--while on the other hand credit drives your best friends away. Isn't it strange that when yon open an ac count with a person and lie will not pay it, that he. turns against you---talks about you---and takes his cash and trades some other place. In fact he is your enemy and will remain so, until he makes up his mind he is wrong, and to be honest and pay what he has promised to pay. This is a strange doctrine but it is true in every instance. We aie thankful all people are not of this kind, but on the other hand, appreciate ac commodations and their ability to secure credit and meet their obligations promptly or as soon as they can. We think that the majority of buyers have become tired of buying on credit and prefer paying cash, especially when they know they are getting more for their money and appreciate the benefits of buying on a c sh basis. Therefore we have adopted the Cash fasis System and are offering better values than ever. A nim ble nickle is better than a slow dime. We believe we are saving the people from 10 to 25 per cent. on every dollar they spend with us=--not only in selling for less but in the values ve give. We cordially invite all of our friends and the public generally---those who owe us, and those who owe us nothing but good will=--to give us their cash business. We will save you money and give you better values than ever at small prices. New Arrivals Every day we are receiving Newv Goods the newest and rnost up-to-date Dry Goods, Silks, Dress Goods, Ladies ready-to-wear in Suits, Skirts, Coats, Dresses, Waists and Millinery. Men's Clothing, Shoes, Hats and Furnishings. It will pay you to call and investigate. We -want your business for several good reasons, 1 st. Because we need it. 2 nd. Because we Save You Money. 3 rd. Because of Better Values for Less Money. 4 th. Because you'll be pleased. 5 th. Because we'll be pleased. Come and be Convinced Davis-Roper Co. The Store of Greater Values IF! YOU OWIE US HE3lIEBEI{ LAJDIES! SEE (it'l mI1RIERIY WE NE ED) IT NOW. ANI) HEADIV-TO-WEARL UEF'ORE 1JUYJNG