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WBPJT,BSDAY,,OCT. 17, 1894.
Making Ginghams in Rock
During our recent visit to Rock
Hill, we had the pleasure of a visit to
the Standard Mills, an enterprise of
considerable magnitude and one in
which the citizens of that community
feel a pardonable pride. This mill is
located on the eastern edge of the
town, about one mile from the busi?
ness centre, and is the growth of the
energy and -d?termination of that
thrifty people.
Six or eight years ago it was de?
cided to build a new cotton mill in
that vicinity, in addition to the two
already in operation? The. prime
movers were stockholders In one of
the yarn mills, and it was determined
to strike oat upon a new line in
manufacturing. At that time not a
gingham mill was built in the
Southern States, and when the pro?
jectors said they would undertake the
manufacture of ginghams ?twas pre?
dicted that failure would ensue, as
the South could not compete with
New . England^ in the finer goods.
TSfe? fMfevnfeiP idea was that the
coarser fabrics should demanct the
a?ebt?dn bf the miffs in this se?ion,
leaving^ the #<Hrthvtn% mor? pro?
fitable and difficult ttndertakings.
It was a sm all beginning that was
.made at Sock Hill, and no doubt that
.. many supposed it to be too insignifi?
cant to merit their attention. The
plan of nosing the money to construct
the mill,and put it into operation is
known as the cooperative plan, which
mean? that the stockholders agree to
pay for their shares of stock in !
monthly instalments. This is a slow
process, and yet it can be made
to achieve wonderful results. Its
success mainly depends upon the
man pot iu charge of the enterprise,
who most be practical and sagacious
enough to take advantage of oppor?
tunities.
The citizens of Rock Hill were for?
tunate ia having the right man for
this position. Mr. J. R. London had
been a successful merchant in that
town for many years- Ile had dealt
largely in cotton and agricultural
machinery, and at the time he was
asked to take charge of the new mill
he was doing an extensive business in
general agencies which was yielding
him quite a handsome profit. Mr. Lon?
don was persuaded to take the bur?
den upon himself, and he bas proven
that men are capable of developing
themselves in more than one line of
business. He was totally without
' experience in the manufacture of
cotton goods, and knew nothing of
the process except in regard to yarns.
He began the study of the business,
however, and while the instalments
were accumulating he. was getting
ready to build the mill and turn out
ginghams after the most approved
fashion. He spent quite a while in
New England, and gained au insight
into their methods of business and
a practical knowledge of cotton ma?
chinery, which will always prove
valuable to him.
When the payments on the stock
had reached $\5?000? it was decided
to gb ahead with-the mill Mr. Lon?
don purchased twenty-seven acres of
land right atong the Three C's Kail
road, and at once began the erection
of the buildings. He borrowed $25,
000 upon the faith and credit of the
men associated with him, and it was
not long until he had the machinery
in operation. One hundred looms
were put at work. From time to
time the machinery and operatives
have been increased, and now there
are five hundred looms with three
hundred operatives regularly employ?
ed. The capital stock has grown to
$150,000 with a considerable surplus
on hand, while dividends of ten per
cent, annually have been paid fi om
the first year.
The majority of the operatives are
men and boys, although young
women and girls are employed to a
considerable extent. This labor
comes mainly from the surrounding
country, and lately a number of
families have been received from
Chesterfied Couuty. Some of the
operatives own their homes, but
nearly all of them live in the double
cottages belonging lo the company.
These cottages contain seven or
eight rooms, and are usually occupied
by two families, who pay $3 and ?2
respectively per month, the difference
being in the number of rooms occu?
pied. The premises are kept in good
order, an abundant water supply is at
hand and the operatives have a very
healthy appearance.
Mr. London believes in training oar
native labor for all parts of the mill.
He was giving a skilled workman
high wages to manage the dye house,
which requires an accurate knowl?
edge of the process for mixing the
dyes, and soddenly the man quit his
employment. Mr. London spent a
week in mastering the details of
dyeing, and with the aid of a man
who had been assisting the
skilled workman, the process was
fully ascertained and the great mys?
tery was solved. The assistant got the
job, and there was no farther trouble
on that score. He was annoyed with
engineers who felt that the mill was
at their mercy, and he discharged
them and put a competent negro in
charge of the engine room at a lower
rate of wages. The negro has many
years of experience, and is sober, re?
liable and always on hand.
The ginghams produced by the
standard mill are in almost endless
variety. The looms just now are mak?
ing winter goods with darker colors,
and a heavier appearance, but the
bright tints of the summer ginghams
are quite attractive, and many of
these patterns are still on the looms.
These goods are made for the most
part from the finer threads, and they
retail at 12J cents per yard. The
mill does not finish the ginghams for
market, as the starching and ironing
is done by a separate process. Near?
ly all the mills in this section send
their product to Philadelphia, where
the finishing process takes place, and
the goods are then put on sale by an
agent.
Mr. London's financial management
has been very successful Last year
when the great stringency was clos?
ing .mills all over the country be went
to New York to borrow money. His
agent declined to make advances
and advised that the mill be closed.
Mr. London told him to sell all the
goods on hand at the market price, as
he was obliged to have money. This
was done, and another. agent was
soon found to take the business and
make the customary advances In a
few days the price of ginghams went,
down on account of large sales by the
New England mills under pressure,
and it was found that a loss of $20,
000 had been averted by the prompt
decision of Mr. London not to sub?
mit to the dictation of his agent.
Greenville Mountaineer.
Strikes Host be Peaceable.
CHICAGO, Ills, Oct. 1.-In along
decision read by Justice Harlan and
prepared by him, the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, this morn?
ing reversed in part the famous deci?
sion of Judge Jenkins in the case of
P. M. Arthur and others against the
Northern Pacific Railroad in which
Judge Jenkins decided that the men
had no right to combine for a strike
under certain conditions, chief among
which was that it would, when enact?
ed, tend to injure the property or
business of the road. Although the
case is reversed in part and the -case
remanded with directions to strike
out certain portions of Judge
Jenkins's opinion, the letter of the
decision is to prevent all strikes un
less they be absolutely peaceable.
Judges Harlan, Jenkins, Bunn, Gros
scup and Woods sat today.. The
order, which was prepared by Justice
Harlan, was also participated in by
Judges Woods and Bunn. The gist
of the opinion is as follows :
The questions before us relate to
the powere of a court of equity-hav
ing-custody, by receivers of the rail
road and other property of a corpora?
tion-to enjoin combinations, con?
spiracies, or acts upon the part of the
receivers! employes and their asso?
ciates in labor organizations which, if
unrestrained, will do irreparable mis?
chief to such property and prevent the
receivers from discharging the duties
imposed by law upon the corporation.
The injunction against employes
so quitting as to cripple the property
or prevent or hinder the operation of
the railroad was equivalent to a com?
mand by the court that they should
remain in the active employment of
the receivers and perform the services
appropriate to their respective posi?
tions until they could withdraw with?
out crippling the property or prevent*
ing the operation of the road. The
vital question is whether a court of
equity will, under any circumstances,
by injunction, prevent one individual
from quitting the personal service of
another. An affirmative answer to
this question is not, we think, justi?
fied by any authority to which our at?
tention has been called or of which we
are aware. It would be au invasion
of one's natural liberty to compel him
to work or to remain in the personal
service of another. One who is plac?
ed under such a constraint is in a
condition of involuntary servitude-a
condition which the Supreme Court
of the United States declares shall not
exist. The rule we think, is without
exception that equity will not compel
the actual affirmative performance by
au employe of merely personal ser?
vices any more than it will compel an
employer to retain in his personal
service oue who, for no matter what
cause, is not acceptable to him for
service of that character
Undoubtedly the simultaneous ces?
sation of work by any coniderable
number of railroad employes without
previous notice will have au injurious
effect and for a time inconvenience
the public. These evils, great as
they are, are to be met and remedied
by legislation restraining alike em?
ployes and employers. In the ab?
sence of such legislation, the right of
one in the service of a quasi-public
corporation to withdraw therefrom
whenever he sees fit, must be deemed
so far absolute that courts of equity
cannot interfere.
It is one thing, however, for a
single individual or several indivi?
duals, each acting on his own respon
sibility, to quit work, and quite a
different thing in the eye of the law
for any persons to combine or con?
spire together with the intent not
simply of asserting their rights by
peaceable methods, but of employing i
their united efforts to injure others or
the public. It seems entirely clear
that any combination or conspiracy
on the part of these employes would
be illegal which had for its object the
crippling of property in the hands of
receivers, either by disabling pro?
perty, by obstructing the control or
management of the property, or by
using force, intimidation or wrongful
methods against employes remaining
in the service to induce them to quit
the service. Conbinations of this
character disturb the peace of society
and are mischievous in the -extreme
They hamper the public, and endan?
ger the personal liberty and personal
security of ind?vidu?s, .who,..'in the
exercise of inalienable privilege of
choosing the terms upon which they
shall labor, enter or attempt to enter
the employ ol those agaiust whom
such combinations are aimed. The
circuit court therefore properly fram?
ed its injunction so as to restrain all
acts specifically mentioned. VVe are
of g the oprnion^tharthe circnit court
properly refused to strike from Che
writs ^junction th? swords "And
from corabtning or consprring tb quit
the service "of receivers with ttie
object of crippling ehfe ^ropefty * in
their custody "
Justice Harlan declined to pass
upoji the question whether tlie court
had ja risdi ci io ir In this case under the'
Sfi?tmaft ^anti-trust act^f lS?0-^tW:
principal question at issue in the Debs
.contempt case.,.. :..{t, A
11 ?raongftioe?wh? heard the opin?
ion; read was ex-President ; Harrison.
The United States Court of Appeals
bas continued the case of Debs ami
the other directors of the American
Railway Union who took arr'appeal
from the Woods-Grosscup injunction
restraining them from interfering
with railroad property during the
recent strike to the next term of court
at the request of the defendants.
School!teachers and school trastees caa be
accommodated and. saved much trouble bj
sending a list of books ireeded to H. G. Osteen
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