The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1899-03-30

33! cents mile to ride on the new
Congo railroad. To travel in Tie
OZARK Contiuent' means mere than il
docs here. 1t seems; and if the matter
OF railroad travel were considered from
tie proper point of view, there would
b. fewer persons to grurnble at the ex.
pense of it. It is the cheapest means
O. travel ever known except onhicycle
Or en- foot.
The girls Ct Newark High School
have done sensible thing, according to
the New York Herald. They have de-
c.ded to discard tight lac;ng and every
thing else in the style OF drGssing that
as tendency to retard the most nat
ual development Of tie body. This is
a most sensible step oa the part Of
school girls. We heard one of much
observation remarking senslbly but a
ay or two ago on the foliies that
women practice in matters Of lacing
and dress. The school girl age is the
time generally when the nonsense be-
gins, and hence the Newark girls haye
taken an exceedingly wise step.
The Washington Post recently made
some pleasant reference to North Car
ol;na IN quoting some remarks of Mr..
[. S. Holt, OF Burlington. The Holts
are known as cotton manufacturers and
naturally the interview turned to that
industry.
The Post quoted Mr.. Hol5 as fol-
low:
II grew up almost in a cotton mill,
for my father bullt thesecond one that
aas operated in our country. That
was in 1887. 4 few years later be pre-
oucad the first co1ored cotton fabrics
ever woven south Of the Potomac riy-
er, This parent mill was a small af-
fair, as we look at factories nowadays.
Il was run by water power. and had
only four spinning frames. Yet it was
tretty we'll for 1887 One Of the mills !
:: hicll | now conduct in association
with my sons have II 500 spindles. !
:,SS looms, and gives employment to |
about 375 operatives. This I mention
merely to show the increase that has
occurred in sixty years, which is typi-
"a! Of the progress that the entire South
has made In manufacturing during
+hat period.
"Ehe manufacturers of our section
are prospecting. SINCE my arrival III
Il ashineton l have noticed% North
Carolina ginghams in the shop WIN
;ows, and in Philadelphia the other
lay I was shown some beautiful goods !
hat came from our State. While
aost Of the output OF our mills Is of
he cheap class OF fabrics, yet, in course
# time, we will be making the fner
grades, that will compete with the
lcrthern product.
II do not think the time will ever
come when co!ored labor will be en-
slG,yed in the cotton factories Of the
South. The negro Iacks~tte reliable
character and steady habits that white
Mill operatives possess, and without
.hIch IN our business any labor is
worthless. The negro wants to 90 to a
funeral, OF a baptizlng, or some Of bis
relatives get sick too many days in
month to render him OF much account.
There is coed deal of talk OF mill at
Concord, TO be owned and managed
exclusively by the blacks, and, while
nope it may prove a success, aEn not
very sangulrle OF the enterprise.
'''Vhite girls, who form the majority
of The employees In otH mills, do ex-
,e,'ent work, for which the: get great
1eal better wages than shop girls in big
,astern cities, but i: is true that they
work longer hours. / have always
been in favor of shortening the hours !.
of labor, which still remain rather long
in the South, and I think. that the
owners will see eventually that it is to
hen interest to reduce them"
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