The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-10

| in to fight him That would be the cames
nose under the tent. We have no. objection
/ do business here. But lawyers generally IKE
to live where there are courts, don't they?
! The same thing applies to editors ana re-
porters. They may live in the city II they
promise not to write about ia thing most OF
them won't do. They write about II, any
how. as we are beginning to find out
| How about doctors?"
| I'VE must have doctors, of course. we
have two of them and one dentist. We have
four preachers, all picked men, and one Pho
! tographer.
| ideal and we must be careful. The record
! of every person who wants to live here OF
who comes here to seek employment Is care
/ fully investigated. His anteeedents must De
| good or he can not come. His conduct While
here must be good or he can not stay. He
| can not own any real estate. The company
/ leases 1t to him for limited period on GER
tain conditions. 1t is no trouble at all for
us to get rid of a disagTeeable person. These
nice stores and the handsome residences Iot
the managers were all built and are leased
| and owned by the company. 1t controls every
| foot of land and everything there is on IT,
| One Of the first things to strike visitor
| from the North who comes here is the an
sence of negroes. Not one Of them is al
! lowed to live within the city limits few
I of them live just over the line and are given
housework TO do by some residents of pel-
! ger But Captain Smythe, while not abso-
lutely forbidding this, is doing his utmost
to discourage 1t. He says frankly mat ne
does not want his people to mix WIN tne
negroes or to depend on them. IT. is ms
policy to do away with all household serv-
! ants as much as possible and make every
BODY depend on himself.
Tho public library, with free pr1vlieges 20
oil residents, is well stocked with up-to-date
literature, conveniently cataloEued and eapa
literature conveniently catalogued ana ca
paby managed The cotton mills are
marvel The machinery in them is operated
/ by electricity. generated at waterfall two
miles from the city. on the Saluda river
There is no coal and no steam The EN-
pIoyes go from one floor TO another IN eN-
press elevators The superintendent OF one
OF them spoke OF the children employed there
as his" children, Some of them are not
more than 10 years old but their work Is
easy and healthy. Their hours ear short
lis easy and healthy, Their hours are short
They have light, airy rooms to eat their
luncheon in. No grease is used in the ma
chinery. The hot air is cooled by huge fans
run by machinery.
At definite periods these children are re.
ouired to leave tho mills and 90 10 school
Belonging to the company. Education is com.
pulsory. In one of the schools there are 30l
pupils, from primary to tho average hisn
school grades Funils who show unusual aDil
lity are selected Tor a higher course of snu-
cation But while n young man or young
woman is getting this education they are also
becoming proficient in a trade. In no event
that can possibly be foreseen are they likely
| to become burden on the State
! The superintendent OF one of the mills
said that the best customer Of the company
ern mills. That Nation used to buy all its
goods from England by weight and not by
I the yard. In course of time they discovered
| that foxy British manufacturers put white
| clay with the starch to make the cloth weigh
heavy. The Southern manufacturers claim
they do not resort 10 ~urh 'rickery Nearly
! all the capital invested in these mills comes
from the South. 1t is a sort of home mo-
nopoly.
| Another city run on similar plan to Pel,
! ger, but of more recent origin and not quite
so large. is Piedmont, five miles away from
I it. 1t has already two mills and another Is
| building. But Piedmont residents are agitat-
ing for newspaper distinctly proper one
I they promse Il shall he, without yestige
| of sensational news. The matter is now un-
/ der advsement, and the sentiment OF the
\ 5000 residents in the town is about evenly
| divided Piedmont is higher in the hills than
/ Pelzer and enjoys a more beautiful prospect
! of the surrounding country The SOIL Is more
/ fertile about there II is famous for the cui-
| tivation Of beautiful flowers
| At Piedmont the company has sort OF
cooperative insurance and savings associa-
ton BY depositing 10 cents week man
may insure his family for $40 and upward
! when death occurs.
Father, Pelzer, after whom the parent
city is named is also interested in the Pied
mont.