The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-19

~..;f,, I,rberrr - Savinys Baaks c1Dyorf'
Sls sSIs Homss- is<re;taSts Health

rsy;f,y Isssre. Savmgs Baak. cSvyoH-
sSx Si Ho.ss--a a<.eSfabis Health
o...o -, az !. n AVE- ysa,s ago l wa. at
r..so,.s ws3 lhere again the other dsy
wsst 4 chansSl Ths wilderness hac an
s-n..-.a csncentrsted capital snd isooI'
~ .. hand. had done the work tne o.s
~ - ..hn Of the miller had given piacs
S.se.S IA. az houses; the moss.coserco'
~ r;a :, I'd mill had gone, and It's Piacss
3 ia'ss factory buildlog, wsicn wa w There
wsrs streets, posraing h'u.,; ,snasd enu gar
: -sTpypssrsnuss ssgy~ ougn usteIve, aud Wishing 10
learn more OF the conditfcs asf the opss%,, 4
tives, made n personal investigation and
. learned Tint It was the custom OF many Of
them to leave ON deposit with the Company
their surplus, upen which interest was
Slowed them at the rate Of pcr cent. per
5aonum, per cent more than Is general.
paid by saving banks.
nMr. Jas. Y. Goodlett, the very obliging
cashier of the company, gave mo iem
fgures, and here they ave: The tp'a,
amount on DEPOSIT was S9,S09 81, divided
among 81 depositors, nm average OF SiVV.3l
for each depositor. These deposits range
from So. so up 10 SS0l SO. There was one
Of oser, $4,000. but ms IL did not represent
entirely wages earned, 1 have omitted 1t.
or course II would not be proper to give
names, but the figures are accurate aud ,as
shown from the books Of the company
In addition to this, several had bought
land with their earnings and paid Tor ",
+; while others again were paying for land
A good many were losning money, ana Mt.
Goodletts estimate was that there was as
much loaned cut by the operatives as they
had on deposit with the company. In fact,
= he knew Of two men who had about Sl .Ooo
each loaned out. Wheu we reflect how
hard IL il for farmers, who rent lana 10
make both ends moe, these figures a'e IN
da sslrnctiye. How many tonant farmers. in
4 Spartnnb burg county, have bank deposit
DO YOU suppose there are 81 who viii aver
age S190.30 erch
What other signs OF prcgrts' arc there
There are two bu dug and loan ns'ocia-
tons represented IN the place. Ono Las sl
shares 4: another 100 shares; there are 30
stockholders who pay monthly installmen's
Of $lS4. so much f'r the savings
Now for insurance. Besides regular poll
cie., there is n lodge of Knights of Honor
aadoae,l.e.I ItstIiqs ~ k4aer Rpil4bly
There is ais, an organization of Red Men
and Mnsons. AL. Of these orders are in Il
aourisliug condition. There is also well
equipped brass band, owning their own
instruments, for which they paid $3.50.
For town OF that size there Is II fine
livery establishment with about n dozen
goYd horses. A community with such mate
rial interests cannot be either oppresst id OF
retrograimg. they arc not only indus.
trious but thrifty and selfrcspectng.
While they have all The advantages Of
town fe, at the same time, they give no
encourae cement to, and are protected from,
town vices. Pcoplc must make money be-
fore they can save il. Bank deposits are
the best evidences Of thrift, The peop'c OF
PacO!ct make money or they could not save
as they do. IL is natural to suppose That
NIL of these depositors arc heads Of families.
was very much impressed wi h tho state
ment Of one man. lie said "Whcn | cnme
here from the farm, l had nothing you
could have carried my things OH your back.
Now would not he ashamed for any man
in the Stse to come to my house, or TO sit
down tony table" One fact is worth thou.
sand theories, and any man, with mn honest
Yinl has onl y to go e 4 sass sStnGs
h's wages the month before wus S35, for &c
working days, $l.3i per day. In other
words tins young man was getting Mt the
present price Of cotton, nearly enc he!o of
cotton for every months work; II bales a
year, with no fertilizer or lien bill to pay
ls therc single farmer in TIA State doing
as well? If every farmer in Spartanburg
county was getting II bales Of cotton Q year
Tor his labor, we would hear nothing more
OF hard times. But of course ,l.is is sn ex-
ceplional case, and | know the general
average is much less. only cito it to show
what can aud is being done.
Ano her circumstance which shows strong.
or ilan mere theory the actual condition of
The operatives, is this when the ccusus of
lo9O was taken tho population of pacolet
was returned as l.lGl; the annual death
rnlc nt I. This return WAS sent back from
Washington f'r correction, the explanation
oehS that 10 was the minimum death rate
IN the Uniied States. aud that there must
pea mistake somewhere. When We rcmem-
oer tue very large proportion of children
anu young people found in the mauuiactur-
ing towns.and That the greater mortn My,,t
ffS far more cloquen, thar any stump
orAtory en- ever hope to be. IL means good
air good food, good clio hes, glod shelter
There are generally two des To most
questions. 1t is ensy tn hul argument 10
one $ interest; it is easy for ~ man iust
uo from his dinner To preach the doctrine
az c,n;sntmeht. 1t is easy for the amateur
ntcsman, snug in the recesses Of his well
cEh'uned chair, with patent feathers ON "A
eel with his nose, to pirate about the rights
=; man. Ii the public want light If they de-
S're the truth, let them do as | have done
ivestigate for themselves. Take down the |
eld, iuen II over, look on beth sides, and |
while II may not be white, il is not SO black
alter all. Sr,,r,x
An IMPORTANT DRcIsIoN.--Ccdar Knpids
iowa, May 9.-juige Preston has maize n |
most important ,!ec:3:8;i iu the Gis;.ic court
ht Marion, involving the leading section Of
ihe Australian ballot law.
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