The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-09-20

The Seaboard Knitting Mills.
An Enterprise that is Destined to do Much for
the Community.

from IS SO. sl.12 and $40 for some
with but limited experience. to =. 90,
S5.l1, 5000 and 500 for more ex-
perienced ones. and from that to
$500 and $1,000 for expert female
operatives, and $40 90 and Sl5. 90 for
men.
These figures speak for themselves.
What one person can do with a lit
tie time. patience and determination
why may not another? And what other
line of work offers better inducements
to young women Tor older ones for
that matter) who desire employment
Certainly it is preferable to sewing
at home or clerking in a store. The
work is easier and the pay better
Nor is it any less respectable.
We should say that work in the
knitting mill is both pleasant and
profitable to those who are willing to
work and who are ambitious to learn
and make the most out of it, Mana
ger Burt tells us that there is no
reason why any bright girl may not
in weeks time earn IS cents day
Everything depends entirely upon
the individual of course. Where one
is apt, ambitious and quick to learn
another may be dull. spiritless. easily
discouraged and perhaps never be
come an expert.
1t is the intention Of the manage
ment that the morale of the en-
ployees shall be beyond question.
TheE desire none but a nice class of
operatives and much as they may
need help no applicant is taken who
cannot show a good moral character.
Whatever mistakes may have been
made along this line therefore, there
young girl or woman, boy or man
who finds employment in the Sea-
board Knitting Mills may be poor.
but he or she will be respect able, and
a fit companion in the work room for
the best who will be there
They are getting in better class
of people and as the situation is more
fully understood and the nature of
the work properly appreciated there
will be others still
And there is demand for more help.
Superintendent McGenniss said to us
that they could give employment to
quite a number of people-a hundred
or more now. They want to run the
mills to their full capacity and the
only thing in the way of doing so is
a lack of operatives. This should not
be so when SO many young women
and boys are without profitable en-
ployment.
AS soon as it is demonstrated that
there will be no difficulty in getting
sufficient help and that the success
of this mill is assured the money is
ready to put into another and still
larger mill. For that reason then
aside from an earnest desire for the
success of these gentlemen who have
put their money into the enterprise,
the GOLD LEAF is all the more anx-
Mills running up to their full capac-
itv with full force of the brightest.
prettiest, happiest girls. and the
best, cleverest, jolliest boys, all the
best paid and most contented opera
tives of any mill in the State.
As showing how one enterprise
helps another it may be stated that
they get part of their material here,
the yarns for their light weight goods
being made by the Henderson Cotton
Mills. After the Harriet Mills are
started they will get all their mate
rial right at home, thus becoming a
good customer Of our own cotton
mills.
The officer, are all gentlemen of
the highest order of business and ex-
ecutive ability. The mills are in ca
pable hands and the class of goods
turned is not surpassed by the same
grade anywhere.
In the persons of MessrS. Burt and
McGenniss the right men are in the
right place. Mr.. Burt. who is from
! East Hampton. Mass, has had long
and valuable experience in the knit
ting mill business. while Mr.. McGen-
Miss has practically spent his life in
that line of work. They had been to-
gether at Amsterdam, y. Y. Mr..
| McGenniss' home. for 5 years previ
Gus to coming here. They make a
strong team and work well together.
Both are thoroughly competent and
experienced mill men and besides are
| personally most agreeable, courteous
and clever gentlemen who have made
many friends among our peop.e since
making Henderson their home