Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-06-21
FIELD HANDS.

Male hands. 81 per m"h''l.
Half hands, "oO
Female ha,tls.
Haf ha:Nia.
HocsE sERyANrs.
Male servants, lst class, $40 per laor!h.
Maze servants 81 a. &
Male servants, 81 u
Fe,na.c seryaass, lst class s
Female servants, q class, Il
Ee,nsie. servants. 3, .' Z"
rhesa classes VIII be determined by merit,
an,i on asrce,naGt hctween the employers end
crployee.s III. chancs and. persons having
trades, wilbe eliowed and e'tcu'irased to
make their ow Z contracts.
The money wages Ior field hands vii! De
maid en- thc | t day ut Octobsc, and 24tb day
or rDecembsr; .vr house servants, at the >end
of each month /, for mechanics, persons fol-
lowing trades, and lahosers who who work by
the day. ss often rs is agreed upon between
the parties. All contracts for peld hanaS,
will bs for the talagce OF the yea!r. For tleid
hands, house servants, and Sll laborers excep-
ting mechanics and persons following trades,
there must he secured TO the lab. rcr, In addi-
t;on to the pay, Just treatment, Wholesome
tooJ quarters. fuel and medical attendance.
THE Er.oc.nen are reminded that their ire
dom impcses. upoa them burdens and duties.
Thev r,usr Labor and support themselves,
their wives aud children; end if they deslre
to beoome the ovacrs Of tand, they must bay
,;,4n,. rs other Freedmen are required to do.
i'hcy must fulfil all equitable contracts and
;fany contract is broken by them, without
lust cause, they viii luse all that may be due
raem. They are free ia all paris q the State
Of Georgia aaI South Carolina, and their
riohts of freedom will be protected by the
whole military force Of the United States
Government, ii necessary. Every act of in-
Justice or cruelty done them, will sooner or
later be Investigated. and the wrong-doeF Sc
ysrcly punished. Idleness and vagramcy will
not be tolerated and the government will
support noue able aud yet unwilling to
work.
Wares. for time lost on account of sickness,
nnIess protracted, will not be deducted IRON
he field hauds or house servants; nor for any
time lost from any faults OF the employer, OF
on account of inclement weather. But both
wages and raticns will be deducted when the
sickness is feigned for the purpose of idleness
or refusal to work when able TO DO so, and
the offender may be discharged ly the em-
ployer.. Whenever any Freshman Is dis
charged by the employer or hs agent, aud
thinks himself wronged, or whenever they are
maltreated or deprived of any right due
Freedmen, they should report the case at this
Office, and the complaint will be promptly
attended to.
2ut if the Freshman 80 discharged, refuse
4, la fn hn
injury OF any person; or in case any Freed,
man commits N offence for which ne sGuld
be punished, or is considered dangerous
person, he may be arrested by competent au-
thcrity and brought before the Provost Mar
shall. Whenever military force Cannot be
obtained, a request may be male Il. this Office,
where it will receive prompt attic ltcn.
House servants are informed that they will
be expected TO rcmsn one half Of each Sab
hath with their employees; aud field hands,
that they are expected to work every day in
tie week except tbe Sabbath.
Complaints have been made at this tiiice
that certain parties refu.e 10 allow wives to
ieara the;r premises with their husbands or
plrents to take charge Of their children. Such
persons are notified that Freedmen in this
regard nave the same rights as toe white citi.
zens have, aud if they interfere with those
rights they are guilty or agrave offence,
which will subject them to severe punishment.
These regulations subject to the approval
of Breyt. Maj. Gen. +. Saxtou, Commission
er of Freedmen for South Carolina ard
Georgia. -
Geu'l Superintendent.