The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-02-16

of the town. mo 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
q the city limits, and drunkenness fur
nishes more than half the business Of
a police force"
what is your objection to newspa-
pers?'
Nothing personal, only the residents
seem to think we get along better with
out them. Local papers publish a 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 billiards. 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 lawyersT'
"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 doctors?"
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 I'M
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 1t to
him for a limited period on certain con-
dltions. 1t is therefore no trouble at
all for us to get rid of disagreeable
person. These nice stores and the
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
visitor is the absence of negroes. Not
one of them Is allowed to live within
the city limits. A few of them live lust
over the line and are given housewOrk
to do by some residents of Pelzer. But
Capt. Smythe, while not absolutely for
bidding this. Is doing his utmost to
discourage 1t. 1t is his policy to do
away with all household servants as
much as possible and make everybody
depend on themselves.
The public library, with free privi-
leges to all residents, is well stocked
with up-to-date literature. conveniently
catalogued and capably managed. The
cotton mills are marvel. The ma
chinery in them is operated by cleo
tricity, generated at a waterfall two
miles from the city, on the Saluda
river. 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 20 to n
school belonging to the company. Ed
ucatlon is compulsory. In one OF the
schools there are 800 pupils from pri-
mary to the average high school grades
Pupils who show unusual ability are
selected for a higher course of educa-
ton. But while a young man or a
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 a
burden on the State.