The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-11-16
SMITHE IS THE king
Bill Arp Tells Of nis 'isii 10 feiief
LARGER InAN GAINESVILLE. GA.
Prosperous Pisee ot , 900 iahahssasss
NithOSt Asy Ossicxrs. La~ysss.
EDITORS or Saloons.

A ie~ days ago resolved . letter
from a friend and 4; ~as pos,-markef
pelzer. lie said I vas wanted there
TO talk 90 the people. and he e-s-
tured 60 ax the day and the eompsa
saisoa for loss Of tine and waste c'
tongue. had never heard of Pelse'
nor could ] find it on my aniicuA,ea
map. Bu; did end it On one os later
date. and supposed IL was some small
village that had q cotton mill and q
elin on the SaludA and some tcne-
ment houses Nevertheless. ! &C.
c,pted the call, fo- the osIcr WIS lib
eral The next mail brought q simi-
i,r inyita;lon from Piedmont. anothc-
mil town. only ak miles fross Pei
ger.
So I iourneyed from Atlanta Ia
Greenvilie. and there changed cars fos
my destination. which was only twerty
miles axay. IL was night when
reached the place. Ny good friend
Mr. Paigc:t. who 10 the Democratic
postmaster. took me 10 his house.
had not seen the town. for IL va,
quite dark. What is the proypec1 fo'
an audience," !nQrSiei. Very GOOD.
he said. Il think you will have sew
cal hundred people out 70 hcir yon.
Why. how large is your town. WhA'
Is your population" "Abcya s!eo".
he said. Was amzzed. A toxr
| twice as large as Cartersviile and
| never heard o. IL and II 10 ncs on M
| map. He explained by saying thal
Il was cnly twelve years old. and hat
four large cotton mills tha; empioyc'
| over 1900 operatives. and consumed
| nearly loo. 900 beles Of cotton. ana tn
| company owned come 1900 acres &
land. and all the houses and store
and churches and several miles 1 IN
rj-os. did you advertise me pretf!
welI," I asked. oh yes" he said
We church folks told u 60 everybod!
We met, both In the town and In In
cour-ry. and they all said they wer
coming" Publish IL I'm the papers!
said I. NO, no. We haze no paper
here. sand no printing of!ce. ~
didn't even have a poster of ha.'
bill. but we talked II n good deal.
Well. I listened and wondered. an
my confidence was shaken. After
bountiful supper and n little mixing u
with the children. We went 10 In
large church where I was 20 hol
forth. and found Il already pretty we
filled. In a brief time ] stood be!o7
more than 500 people. and was In
sp.red TO mako my best ehorf. fcT
hal an orderly and attentive oongrt
CATION. and We all fell In love Wit
one another. I never have had q NOR
gratifying lecture occasion Ses
| morning was spent In viewing IN
city and the mills and the library. Tn
merchants carried immense stocks !
large stores. and there were man
nice residences for the managers an
heads Of the verious departments. er
| they were all built and are owne
and leased by the mill company. tn
company owns and controls ever
foe. OF land and everything that is
ii. Captain Smythe. of Charleston,
the king. the car. b-g-henTte'
brainy nm. and everybody respec'
and loves him. He Is son OF thi
celebrated Presbyterian minister
Charleston who during bis ministers
life. was a notable man In religion
circles. remember that he was on
Of nv fathers friends. who is yot
mayor:" said l. We have none: n
mayer nor aldermen. no municipi
, corporation. no marshal nor polio
; Captain Smythe runs the tow
i, Everybody who comes here for en-
plcyment IS investigated carefully. II
antecedenss must be good Or he can
stay. We have no lawyers nor ed
tors. don't need any. We elbow the
E to come in and look aronnd. ID
2 you know that ] was a hwyer?" ga
IT, "Oh. YES: but we learned that 20
had Quit the practice and reforme
and so we invited You"
The lyceum and p,sblic hbcary
Piedmont is an interesting place
visit and Is literally patronized By u
: workers in the mills. Connected VII
z II Is a home made insura.ce or ben
. AZ association, q kind q savings ba:
where for a deposit Of ten cents
week the family OF the depoitos sc
= scr.y dollars whenever a death cccui
e This is OF conrse to provide for funer
: I erpenses a.ad a decent burial In n
library Is the finest collection Of ]
, | dian relics I ever saw anywhere.
Fortunate people TO have 81
d philanthrcpic gra-iisns. Old Fath
Pelxer does not live there. but he
near enough to keep . fatheriy e
on these numerous children. He r.
d Charleston millionaire. arx lives
% his up-country home. not far from Z
4 beautiful Mil City that he found
and which bears his name. Just thii
n II, my Georgia friendS: eo.000 spi
Il -
n looms weaving n two Others W
I, should not every cotton growi
= county In Georgia. yen, IN Sou
;. Carolina. do likewise. Our cour
:. produces ten Thousand bales annual
and surely cur farmers can build
g mill large enough 60 manufacture
el and double irs value.-Bin Arp In 4
lanta Constitution.