The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-06-17

does not believe in doing things by halves,
and whatever he undertakes to do he does
we'll.
1t was not every man on the train that
was willing to give his seat to lady, but
there were enough so disposed to make
nearly all of them comfortable. There
were two or three, however, who had to
stand up all the way there and back.
Col. James A. Hoyt and five or six other
friends and acquaintances of the Anderson
people came down from Greenville and
contributed to the pleasures of the day.
We never saw more bountiful dinners
than were spread out under the magnificent
oaks that adorn the crest of the high hill
in front of the factory building, nor did ne
ever see people make more business-like
matter of any thing than they did of the
consumption of what was placed before
them.
The fine music discoursed by the Palmetto
Band at intervals during the day added
great deal to the interest of the occasion.
We never heard better music by the Band
than was given us that day. There are
very few bands in South Carolina that are
the equals of the Palmetto.
Col. II. P. Hammett, the President of the
Piedmont Manufacturing Company, had
ample arrangements made for the comfort
and convenience of the party in the way of
Seats tables, etc. He also had wagons at
the depot in which to convey the Band and
baggage to the grounds near the factory.
The factory and business portion of the
town is about three-fourths of mile from
the depot, and is about as hot walk as one
usually has to take.
In some respects the ride there and back
could have been more pleasant, but not
withstanding the immensely Of the crowd
and the intensity of the heat, nearly every
one was pleased with the day, and by next
June-hardly. before-they will be ready
for another such occasion.
On our way there the train stopped some
fifteen or twenty minutes in Williamson,
and a goodly number of the passengers
availed themselves of the opportunity to
get drink of mineral water and to breathe
few breaths Of pure air down in the cool
and shady lawn.
Conductor Smith did not have an assis-
tant, but it was not because he didn't need
one, He did all he could for the comfort of
his passengers, and that was not much.
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr..
Steel, the Superintendent Of the factory.
in the afternoon. He is Scotchman by
birth, has lived in America for 26 years,
and has made the factory business his life
work. He is a man of thoroughly practi-
cal ideas, and in his management of the
affairs of the Piedmont Factory has dis
played more tha.. ordinary ability and
wisdom. He possesses the confidence OF
the Company and the esteem Of his subor-
dinates. A fine residence on the hill in
front of the factory, and from which fine
view of the entire town is commanded, is
now being finished for him.
Mr.. Thackston is the Superintendent OF
all outside works, having under his super
vision the building repairing, etc. He also
has fine residence, furnished by the Com
pany and situated near Mr.. Steel's.
Pendleton was represented by fifteen or
twenty persons, among whom were Messrs.
w. II. D. Gail!ard, T. S. Crayton and DR..
T. ]. Pickens.
There were very few families in town
that were not represented on the excursion,
while there were fifteen or twenty entire
families along.
A neat, substantial and commodious
church building, built for and used BY all
the different denominations, stands on the
outskirts of the town near the depot, and
the operatives have the privilege of attend
ing divine worship nearly every Sunday in
the month.
There ought to be one or two just such
factories as Piedmont in every County in
South Carolina. There is enough idle
money to build and furnish them, enough
idle labor to operate them, and more than
cotton enough to supply them. Until We
manufacture our own goods and put to
work the thousands of capital now lying
idle in the National Banks throughout our
country, the South need not look for that
degree of prosperity and substantial pro.
gress enjoyed by the North and West.
Confidence and not money is what is now
needed, but the policy pursued by capital
lists will not begct it. The profitable EN-
ployment of capital in the manufacture OF
cotton cloths and yarns in the South is no
longer an experiment; it is fact estab-
lished beyond the possibility OF doubt.