Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1900-01-10

ilHtu Will ditenllNe ana appreClduNe
listeners. What the lecturer did say
TO his advance agent when he caught
up with him was that 1t was one of the
most charming stopping places on his
route, and that he wanted to go there
again.
There were no reporters at the lee
ture to take the synopsis that the
speaker had prepared for them, and
there was no newspaper account of 1t
next morning because Ruler Smythe
will not have a newspaper published
in the town. Editors and reporters are
forbidden to live there.
I'VE have no mayor" said a resident
of the town. "No necessity for one.
We have no aldermen, no courts, no
municipal councils, no police. The
residents keep the peace and get along
comfortably without any buncombe of
that sort. We have no drunkenness
because we don't permit liquor within
the city limits, and drunkenness fur
nishes more than half the business of
police force"
What Is your objection to pewspa-
pers?"
Nothing personal, only the residents
seem to think we get along better with
out them. Local papers publish lot
of local gossip, and gossip is always
likely to do more mischief than good"
But your citizens must read what
Is going on in the world?"
Surely We are not dullards. They
buy newspapers from everywhere,
north and south. But they get them
by mail at their homes and see them in
the public library"
"What about lawyers
'Well, we have no business for them.
A lawyer would starve to death here
If he depended on an income from his
business
"How about doctorsW
1--WE must have doctors, of course.
We have two of them and one dentist.
We have four preachers, all picked
men, and one photographer. You un-
derstand, our town aims at an ideal.
and we must be careful. The record
of every person who wants to live here
or who comes here to seek employment
is carefully Investigated. His antece-
dents must be good or he cannot come.
His conduct while here must be good
'or he cannot stay. He cannot own any
real estate. The company leases it to
him for limited period on certain con-
ditions. 1t is therefore no trouble at
all for us to get rid of a disagreeable
INhnca niNn Ctnrnc und tbn
handsome residences for the managers
were all built and are leased and own
ed by the company. 1t controls every
foot of land and everything there is on
it,
One of the first things to strike a
visitor is the absence of negroes. Not
one Of them is allowed to live within
the city limits. a few of them live just
over the line and are given housework
ITO do by some residents of Pelzer. But
| Capt. Smythe, while not absolutely for
| bidding this. is doing his utmost to
| discourage it. 1t is his policy to do
away with all household servants as
much as possible and make everybody
| depend on themselves.
Inc puDHc library, WITH free prlVl-
leges to all residents, is well stocked
| with upIto-date literature. conveniently
lcataiogued and capably managed. The
| cotton mills are a marvel The ma
chinery in them is operated by cleo
| tricity, generated at a waterfall two
miles from the city, on the Saluda
yiyer. There is no coal and no steam
The employees go from one floor to an
other In express elevators. Some of
them are not more than 10 years old,
but their work is easy and healthy
Their hours are short. They have light
airy rooms to eat their luncheon in
| No grease Is used in the machinery
The hot air is cooled by huge fans run
by machinery.
At definite periods these children are
required to leave the mills and go to Il
school belonging TO the company. Ed
ucation Is compulsory. In one of the
. schools there are 300 pupils, from pri-
| mary to theayerage high school grades,