The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1886-07-01
Pelzer Correspondence.

MR.. EDITOR. we LuouSuI Iiao q AZ" WV
from this side of the County would be OF
interest to some of your readers.
Pelzer is lively little village of about
1900 inhabitants, and the increase in the
capacity of the mill (work on which is now
in progress) will swell he- numbers to
perhaps 1000 or 1000. All of these people
know their business and are doing it. The
conyeniences of our little village are many
and varied. We have the privilege OF
hearing the Gospel, as it is taught and
believed by four religious denominations,
twice on every Sabbath, and that, too, in
perhaps the finest Church building Gn a
village of this size) in the State, 1t was
erected at cost of $1,000, and given as a
present for the use of the various denomi-
nations, by Mrs. F. J. Pelzer, of Charleston.
1t is q grand monument that will be left to
commemorate the memory of this noble,
christian-hearted woman. May the good
that is being accomplished by this noble
act of kindness add more lustre to that
crown of glory that awaits her beyond the
river. Our Sunday School, under the inn
mediate supervision of Mr.. w. E. Owens,
is in hourishing condition, and model
of excellence.
A day school is also in progress and will
be opened free of charge for ten months,
free not only to the employees of the Pelzer
Mfg. Co., but to the people of the surround
ing country.
The place is entirely free from any mala-
ria that usually exists on water courses,
and other local causes that would dis
turb our sanitary condition. We are being
visited now, however, by measles, which
have been with us for several months.
Not many deaths have resulted from them,
owing perhaps to the shrewd management OF
our very efficient President, Capt. E. A.
smythe, who used every precaution against
their being spread during the Winter months
when they proved SO fatal to our neighbor'
ing village, Piedmont. We are also fortu-
nate in having skillful physicians to attend
our sick, having the choice of the valuable
services of Drs S. J. McElroy T. A. Perrett,
G. f. Jenkins, c. q. Wideman, or ]. I.
johnson. With such able physicians it
would seem almost impossible to die, unless
it was the predestined time for US to go.
We enjoy many blessings of which we
ought to be grateful, and when we see how
willingly the six or seven hundred opera
tives perform their daily task, and know
that they have plenty at home and to spare,
we are forced to the conclusion that this
company is doing much for the poor people
of Anderson and adjoining Counties. We
often wonder why more poor people, who
are ekeing out miserable existence on
some worn out rented farm, do, not 60 to
some cotton mill and make respectable
living. Perhaps it is on account OF very
erroneous but popular opinion that no
other than the lowest classes of humanity
ever go to factory. A moro mistaken
idea never entered the public mind. While
there are some here who will bear the ad-
jectiyes low, degrading and mean,' there are
Others who have as high sense of honor
and principles of integrity as anywhere.
For fear of trespassing on your valuable
space We will close.
EMPLOYEE,