The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-14

yelrS' suppose II you are inquiring ahou
ner IN town You have heard great man,
lies knew that girl, and she was n guo1
one nhul those men got hold OF her. Charley
| homnulger Kept her rs long rs he wanted TO-
then turned her over 10 Garlcy Brown"
'hon know Garlcy them Did he ever
come 20 the mill to see Wllie?"
Many n time | remember once. after
became sporting woman, meeting her I'm
! the road with Romburgcr and Rrnwn I
! don't know why did II, because | didn't
Know she was gone and would recognize me,
nu' lust rs We met | glanced up. Hnwdy.
| Mollic, she said 'Howdy Willie, REPLIED
| ana passed on. Willie nahbcd my dress and
! began crying but instantly released il and
proceeded with her companions. That wns
the last time saw Willie rsdcn. | know
though that her tears were prompted by the
SlHht ana knowledge OF me and realization
OF her own condition.
This story was told with n strairhtforvnrd
ana candid manner Prostitute though the
woman was, she has not been long enough
III the path of shame and sufficiently
Schoolod IN cities 10 have concuctcd il out of
imaginary material, Brnced by the othcr
slcNening disclosures, IL may be accepted as
n truthful revelation.
ritE SEQUEL IN GENERAL.
hs stated in the outset, the force Of tho
locona cotton mill is about Sky mon.
women and boys. Ii has "a Cnparity for
soycnty-tlyc. Az present il Is running short
forced, and large proportion ol them are
children some OF them apparently not
more than ten years OF alc. Further IA
was stated that about all who have wurke
and been ruined within its walls were from
the south and from Mississippi. Inquiry
among the people of Water Valley AS tn Tho
moral condition of the female ccmpl1yps hrinpH
the information that II il notnriously
bad. How true this Is can only bc surmi,cd.
In the light II preceding statements, the
verdict may be- and In all likelihood is, cor.
rect with such characters ~ Rumhurgcr
and shepherd In authority over them. and a
particular friend like Garlcy brown hoy.
erlng about with the license from the supcr.
intcndcnt, II would indeed he n marvel for |
poor ignorant aud unsuphsticatcd pirl to |
long Withstand the powerful nllurmcnts. |
especially when threats uf dismissal from |
nome nnd consequent starvation ARE added |
One thing IN certain The operatives have
no standing whatever In local society For
a long time Willie Tisdcll was q partial OK.
ccption to the rule. before her unhnly |
. alliance with Romburgcr and his particular |
friend Brown became known tu every one. |
but existed all the same she was enabled To |
dress nicely through the income FROM her |
shame, and wns member Of the Hapti,t |
church. Ruined aud deserted, the mcnn |
choly end was only natural. II II, therefore, |
only reasonable to infer that southern girls. |
IN this vicinity no matter how oppressed |
by poverty have long since learned the nj.
most certain fate IN store Tor them should |
They enter the walls of the Noconn cotton
mills ~ hirulings, and they prefer nn honor.
lhlc death, though Il he from starvation Il
Nil not hC long. therefore, ere the mana.
'crS will hc compelled to seek hclp In
mother quarter aud rcyolutioniyc the intc-
1or working. The remedy i1r this evil
must needs be- u radical one. Halfway
measures will not do. The foregoing faith.
ully correct story will nlsD serve n, a theme
nr those Who innocent themselves. believe
very one else the same. munlizr upun
nd hdN"cntc the introduction uf female help
u large manufacturing establishments The
question should first hc asked nnd answered
Nill not oil the present conditions have 90
Indcrgo q changer