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for office has been important than
the preservation Of tho school tbered possessions or
the Transformation Of the arid West moisture
forest of great reserve value lumber Producer
Don't spit; it's nasty habit anyhow.
REV CHARLES M Summon urges The American peope to
be loyal to principle and TO another but nyeghs against
party loyalty il has occurred him that attacking
party government and party leadership encouraging
ocseness to principle contempt for conviction dis
regard Of the highest obligations Of the citizen
MAcL1 is in line to find the difference between fame
and notoriety
GroRor E. WAsnnuRN Of Boston, an expopullst National
committeeman has gone Europe to secure funds for the
organization Of cotton producers He made sure
failure in advance however by conessng that if success
full he intends make his plan with ar-reaching e
feet along political lines in the West and South.
ArrrR ALL isn't possible that it was Maclay who wrote
the bordereauxl
Ma. BRYAN hit the nail squareiy on the head when he
said As rule the who opposed the Kansas CITY
platform have positive or definite remedy for any evil
Had he gone further and added that gering generaties
take the place of principles with them he would told the
whole story.
Now THAT the Fosburg trial is isn't time the May
brick looking upf
WHAT really wrong about is the fact that the
of inquiry has been appointed investigate Schey
What the people want is court inquire into the conduct
OF Sampson and Maclay,
IT that if anybody had right to be displeased
with that loop it was Cevera.
AN. AANrA father captured his daughter just as she
about eope with tonsoral artist Although iubilant
his the old admits that the barber gave him
very close shave
THE string of titles conferred upon King Edward should
include the Lobster of South Africa"
THE British to be making a speciality OF being
bumped and America bids fair lose her distinction as the
only Nation that whipped en-.
TnE Brooklyn bridge is breaking It's suspenders; but.
then suspenders are going out of date anyhow.
Mr. DEUS says the time not ripe for socialism 10
become Mr. Debs must have read the papers to be
SO well posted.
SAMPSON seems believe that it is the man with the null
rather than the one with the loop who should win.
Is the bread being formed because the members
knead the dough- because they hope belong the upper
crust
scHIEY should remember that Teaeup Tacciau Sampson
has no son to advise him, and should be mercifuL
The New York mau who was found with fifty stolen
bicycles in his possession will probably plead that he had
wheels
snAsksy and eries have been matched and the usual
shortarm Conversational iabs are being INDUCED in.
Nov cnrcAeo sympatizns with St Louis because of
the hot weather This is the most unkindsst cut Of an
CHICAGO doctor says Prof Koch's new theory all
poppy Koch, and that was published BY nn years
Ii TAKES four years paint the Brooklyn bridge some
New Workers could paint the less than that
----4nz----
What the Tariff Does.
The gigantic steel trust has tariff subsidy Of 90 per
cent on is products This enables II 10 sell
lorc 46l,a.
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THE string of titles conferred upon King Edward should
include the Lobster of South Africa"
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AN ATLANTA father captured his daughter just as she
about elope with tonsoral artist Although ubant
his the old admits that the barber gave him
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THE British to be making a speciality Of being
bumped and America bids fair to lose her distinction as the
only Nation that whipped EN-.
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Now cHfcAeo is sympatiizns with ST. Louis because Of
the hot weather This the unkndest cut Of all
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SHARKEy and Jeries have been matched and the usual
,hort-arm conversational iabs being INDUCED in
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IA four years paint the brooklyn bridge some
lew Workers could paint the town in less than that
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CHICAGO doctor says Prof Kochs new theory is all
Koch and that published BY years ago
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EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

Chemists IN the Paster institute that they have dis
covered by which articles OF food
be manufactured from air.-Paris Morning News
Hot air, very likely.
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THE New York man who was found with fifty stolen
bicycles in his possession will probably plead that he had
vyheeis
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ScHIEY should remember that Teacup Tacciau Sampson
has advise him, and should be mercifuL
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1901-10-02

paper man On the editoria, STAFF Of the
New York Times, visited the South and:
made a careful study OF the mill situation,
and In one Of his letters recently to his
paper this New York writer had thissto
say, among Other things:
while the owners and stockho1der are
making money they are conferring per-
manent blessings upon the people. AS in:
other towns where new mills have de.
manded increasing numbers Of operatives
shops have started to supply the needs Of
operatives or those who were employed a
new industries called forth because Of the
coming Of a laboring population. Stores
have been obliged 90 carry large and more
varied stocks There IS more travelling.
by rail. Its a matteraof daily occurrence
that among the passengers who overcrowd5
the trains Of the Southern Railway there
are inquirers arriving at various points
to look over the land with the view OF set
Ting, either as persons already concerned
in cotton manufacturing OF hoping to be-
or tradesmen seeking new market.
The country is beautiful It is charms
ing to the eye: it is naturally healthfuE:
and in the towns will be more heaith1ui
with a little criticism and sanitation. The
summers are long and the winters brte1
and unusually mild. -
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But it is not alone In the coming OF the
trolley. the expansion of the shops, the
paving Of streets in towns, the sanitation. ton
of all places Of large population, the sen
sarion of earning money with q regularity
and certainty never before enjoyed in the
section, that occasion for rejoicing IS
found in South Carolina Attention was
directed by thoughtful and observamnt mt
citizen to a sociological phase Of the IN
dustrial DEVELOPMENT that is most sans
factory. and that it seems a pity could not
be extended in some way to thesS State OF
Kentucky.
when Columbia began to build mills,
and the operation Of the mills had made a
perceptible drain upon the most conven-
lent and willing class Of the popula ton
that was fitted to work in the mills, that
drain was felt little at points more OF
less remote from Columbia. Men and Wo-
men who had yearned foi opportunity 70
get money without digging or hoeingH Tor
t. moved from the foothills into town,
first into places vacated by the people VINO ;!1
moved earliest. and afterward, as ene
mills began to rise nearer to the hills, N INTO 70
the manufacturers elsewhere.
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ana mere 1S5u lule1SSl11Se s9o1Ai y -
one Of lis letters:
.In passing through a mill settlement.
some weeks ago 1stopped at the home OF
a middle-aged man who had sfye children.
working in the mill. He lives IN a six
room, two-story house. met him some
distance from his house; said 7 want
to see how you people live. would like;
to gosin some home where several children,
live He started in a jiffy and saidsas
he walked: Come and so IN my house.
I have five children, but they are in the
MILL Entering the house from the rear
we went through the dining room into a
bed room, and then into the. parlor. The
old gentleman was proud Of the parlors
He threw back the window curtains and
pointed to the large pictures on theaWa
They were paintings from photos ographs OF
his children. The floor Of the room was
carpeted and In one corner was an organ
From kitchen to garret the house was
clean When mine host had seen me to
1.-THE door he said. I farmed on rented land
before I came here, but could not feed
my family there. now. like the life
here like my employers. They treat
Us well If we behave in like manner to-
ward them. If We misbehave they turn
US out and get others in our stead. When
! I moved here they superintendent warned
me against drinking. He. said. that he
would have none but sober help. He
meant what he said, for Il have not seen
a drunken man on the hill since Iscame
here two years ago. Ny children are IN
good health and seem satisfied. We are
all contented. All Of us belong to the
Church and attend regularly,
ST went from house to house and heard
the same story Indeed, there is no prob
lem at the best mills between capital and
labor, for the mill owners and operatives
dwell in harmony
The various religious denominat tons in
the mill sections are doing a great deal for
| the factory element il the South Preachers
call on the operatives and their families
at their homes. Churches are built and
preaching and Sunday5school5 conducted at
nearly every mill. Within the last. five
years in the South much has been done
for the betterment of the condition Of the
cotton mill help. The work is till going
on.
sNo one who knows the. facts, as any
one can learn by going to the mills, can
doubt that the people who work in the
cotton mills of the South are far better off
in every way than ever before.
such are the conditions in all the Caro-
lima mills,
Mr. E. G. Dunnell, an experienced news
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clinaax cotton development
nsthisstaffo century Just closed
Fssreaehed theo olympia It
andsSouts seonspicno, as the highest
= 900 mn coI,strncti iinSS;tthis GENTRY.
pdpronosneedb 81 corn2etent mil peo-
heGnostseo paete, to-date and
d1alsEng cotton nlanufac cturIng plant in
represents the type Of
nlllis an (Which are successful.
aithoutsdo doubst largest cotton
snlNl1ndera 1oefs- s-in the entire South
tatssa and comp petent ntjjudgessan9ounc
most complete mi plantin
tisscounttly 70 ssnatt ttiion IS ahead e
iscoaatgFsinz The cotton mil business:
heaas and know that the Olympia
largest sssouth, buss they
know nor sddo they think os what
anatsonssgo MAX this magnificent
81 singsesc cotton mil consuming
onalesscfs cotton:
wHa eanpIoy, hen az GaaeAiner IS IN in-!
peratior more than 200
szhiabodIes operatives
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.ss,5oeooo capital, the extent Of its con-
struetive achievements may be better
realized.
THE GENIUS OF w. B. SMITH

THE GENIUS OF w. b. SMITH
HALEY
III Columbia aioneit has planted $4,000.
spind,es and $40 looms. or more than the
whole sdafss had tWentv-y wears ago and
.t7e canital enploved in these nni11s-s33 1oo-
.on,v ansst,,at rea1ired for
tbs snalIers fer r,,no,er 81 looms and snindles
s, 1sso haca ice of t,,e greater economy
possible now in building the best mills.
RI nro-,e, to-. Al .tha+ Mr.. yvhaIev is
the president OF ali but the smallest OF
+rae:a f,o1,,,,,l,;a z33I1e which he has
planned, and which, with 49,, 600 spindles,
q, ,620 looms5an s., 600 coo capital, represents
the largest cotton MANUFACTURING invest
ment in@tne south and one of the largest
& IN the Iyniteds states
e examnles Of :sbis far-siehtedness and
o,,ck bpsiness nercention ion NAV be- noted
g, Ton. u 81 he eectrical ,nstalla-
t;on ot..tbs e,lvrn soon as the
a1ao.-,oa1 +rsr.rn,e,e,o,;, o4 r,o1,o, baa hear
a.e.,;ta,r +na+
s1,cs ta,,,, j., al onco
1;r,4;.a
-, -
,,,,,,aa
.,......:4a.
t.s.l..' 80. 80 -
80
.4e t-e-e ste1.-Ss =. 4. "4lA .Stso aou a.
appleese D1e is stleelie - scteoit ol ens
LII -
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EFFEcT OF PRosPERITY.

Most Of these people were Of the real
hardy mountaineer scrt. with the same
soft. deliberate courteous address that IS
Characteristic of all the nountaineers IN
the virginlas the Carolinas. Tennessee or
Kentucky They brought with them stall
wart frames. simple aopetites and lgno-
rance OF letters. But they We're not al
together at fault for that. They had. not
been treated as wards of the State. There
was a moving down from the mountain
districts into region where there We're
schools and stores and churches OF a
proud but earnest and ambitious multi
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pleasure I5o attend to every medical
want of5 5the#operatiyes at the expense OF
the mill company
The management is desfrious Of having
the yer best llass OF dperatiYes 70 live In
their village and to work in the mill l-E As
the mill just starting up this enormous
plant the company Wf1 require several
hundred families to give the full NUM-.
her of operatives. The mil, therefore. is
onering to receive green help and TO;
teach them 20 work IN the factorp.
Anyone dssiring to investigate with q
view of accspting this sofer, can geS all the
information, such as regardssto wages OF.
the different kinds of work, etc, by writ
ing to the Superintendent of the Olympia
MiHs, or anyssof the mill officials, at Colun1-
bia, S.
Columbia oilers a great many advantages
TO people moving into the city It's fine
churches and fine schools give to those
persons living ColumbfaS Sadvanlages not
possessed by good many other 1ocalities.s
The mills are all located on the street
car line, making them very accessible to-
any part ofghes city. ss ss
A good many families in the past have
moved in from their farms to work IN the
factories here: They seem TO be perfectly
satisfied andsin many instances have bet
tered their gcondstion considera bly,
The mill officials viii he glad 10 commu-
nicats withsary parsies desiring 20 come to-
the mills forSthe purpose of working in
them, and are satisfied tnas the opportuni-s
ties are suchsas 70 satisfy them.
The story fsthe olympia Cotton Mil is
one OF intense interest TO every Caroiinlan.
and When one thinks ii vii be reasixsd
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The generating plant consists OF threeI
Mcintosh & Seymour engines. each of
normal rating Of ,6oo-horse power, capable
Eof developing a maximum Of 2,ooO-horse
power, directly connected to Alternating
current generators.
The engines are Of the vertical cross
compound condensing type, with cylinders
20 and IS inches in diameter, and a stroke
|Sof u. inches. The cylinders are steam
sjecketed; and reheating receiver is placed
between them.
PLENTY OF PURE WATER
The water supply for the mill comes
from springfield reservoir Of some 500, GOO
gallons capacity, which also supplies the.
mill village with it's drinking water.
The mill is heated by two 14foot electri-z
scally driven sturtevant fans, blowing air
through horizontal ducts along the front
and rear walls Of the mill. as shown in the
half plan and section OF the mill build:
ing.
The mill architecture is imposing and
the structure IS beautiful Considerable:
money was expended in beautifying the:
building and every possible convenience is
provided in and around the mil. The
closets and wash rooms are finished in
marble and mosaics, and elevators are
at hand for the operatives. A 5,ooo-pound
Schane bell is in one of the towers and
with beautiful tone strikes the hours, and
in the second tower there is a standard
time clock.
Thesofhcers of the mill company are:
President, VIZ. Smith Whaley.
Vice president. w. "A. Clark.
General manager, j. S. Moore.
Secretary and treasurer, WI Rose.
Superintendent, F. S. Barnes.
A SUBJECT OF PRIDE.
The mill was constructed on the plans
of ". 3. Smith Whaley & Co, the most
successful mill engineers in the South
This firm has left its deep imprint on the
industrial development Of the South, and
especially in South Carolina In recent
article it was stated that: ..The record
of the firm is that of 5ss67e spindles, 1850
looms and ss,5oA,o0o capital in working
period Of seven years unapproached by
any mill engineering firm in the South
and should be=a subject of pride to South
Carolina and to Columbia, as well as to-
the members of the firm
S When We consider that in 1880 the entire
State of South Carolina contained Zo,,I,,.
2s cotton mills, with 1918 spindles, Is, As
looms and s4,os4,oo0 capital, against this
sggregate for one young South Carolina
firm Of 5sse7e spindles, Il, $50 looms and
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fourth floor 20 spinning Communication
between the floors is also afforded by two
Otis electric elevators driven by salternat-
ing-current motors.
The mill Will operate 1o4, 200 spindles and
the letest Draper looms have been put into
the mill The total number of loornsto be
operated viii be 2,40o 40-inch looms
The electric equipment at the mill COM
poses everything that has been construct.
ed by electrical or mill engineers II is by.
odds the most thorough that has yet been
undertaken.
BY using electricity the cost Of the mill
buildings was reduced by 10 per cent on
account Of the absence Of heavy transverse
walls through the mill, necessary for the
head shafts at the beltway, with the belt
and shafting system. Sixty-one per cent
Of the shafting cost was saved by the use
of electricity. Three-inch snafting is the
largest in the building Sixsy-six per cent
Of the cost Of the belts and ropes was
saved with the electrical system. The saw
ing due. 20 these three items was sufficient,
it is said, 80 more than pay for the cost
of the electrical equipment OF the mill.
Part Of the electrical generating pant is
used 20 light the town and also to run a
street railway. The maximum power re-
CURED by the mill is about 3,6o0-horse
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t,,se fiaafs had dsgotfen along without these
things simnWs because al l}stheir neighborss
had onessnsewise for years But me.
PRIDE thaI,naa pees hen a1l,i-
.sls -. Of things
=; migrared
ri he clothed ike other
must not be compelled
| live sun bonnet aE
aesucsc1I -. FoR AT II.
q t,.a,,
Wssi
s1zed sehaidEen eae y
collo'n sssss
nsedssdenfa dsnolleysto
vas
&C..
VIZ
oSbecome csntI
r1ouss
greEpss
re,i
4; hes,
80. tha 0ivr,.
-
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szs, ,fVJEkkS1AL1AIItEt5S4 EGiAif<SflSl}tNG
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help.
ABOUT THE MILL Bu1Lp1NG
Something Of the giant mill itself: The
mill building Of the Olympia NH is 55s
feet inches long ands151 feet 2: inches
wide, and contains four floors andsa base
ment seachsstory being IS 4feetshigh
There are Tees2ttwo towers about "a by e feet
and 1ss feet inches high, conta lining the
:staarways and the tanks for the sprinkler
system.
Adjoining the rear wall Of the mill at the
middle is a machine shop and-in The rear
of this IS the engine and boiler reonns. The
engine room being 12o by 50 feet, and the
boiler house 140 by 40 feet ins plan - the
rear OF the latter is the building for the
mechanical draft plant The first floor OF
the building is devoted to opening bales
and weaving; the second floor to weaving,
slashing. spooling and warping; the third
to carding, drawing and tapping, and the
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mas the rnost4unodern and improved
and, with the new and up-to-
ssNate machinery, operatives can readily
ssearn more than they would in old plants
aash sntiquated equip ment
7has the best class and most Sup-to-date
sa,5,assf Tor It's operatives.
S on the direct line of the Columbia
Electric Street Railway, and within few
.ninutes, ride of the heartzof the city.
ssSs IS near enough to the city to give all
thes sadYantages and pleasures OF the city
ofco1uznbia
win build $4,000 school building for
s4na children of its operatives and support
ssfhesschool OF its own accord and out OF its
ssewn funds
offers the best school and church op-
s.portunsties to its help.
~ IS a mil operated, owned and man
saged by South carolintans, who have the
same sentiments, purposes and feelings as
:tnose who do the work.
has lavished money in installing the
most; rhorough sanitary arrangements IN
the naM and It's village.
employs a mil physician, whose ser
yIces are at the call Of employees without
4 The wages are full and the piece work as
aau other classes permit better incomes
I ssfts1an usual because Of the improved facil-.
ssties and new machinery
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The plant is operated throughout with
:elechicity. The expectation is tossoon offer
electric lights 10 ali Of the operatives for
their homes. ~
The pictures indicate the neat and at; +;
stractive homes that are provided for the
help.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Home Rule party and many
men belonging to other % itic,l
parties are justly indignant over the
outrageous action by the Board Of
Hsalth towards Secrstary Wilcox.
The members OF the Board are run.
ming away with the idea that they
arc the great bosses OF this couutry
Their official organ comes out yes
terday moruiug and says that Mr..
Wilcox is absolutely Incompetent to
Fl the position frnm which he has
been ousltd in q most indecent
m.une. The organ must have fer
'tten that such statement re
fleets on every president aud mem
Der OF the Board nf Health who
have served during the past eleven
years during which Mr.. Wilct has
been secretary. Judge Dayton, w.
o. Smith, III. K. Cooper and d..
Wood eyiuently di1n't consider the
secretary incompetent Had they
done so they should be impeachei j
Tor retaining in public strvic, an
incomp tent man. We admit a..
The employees OF every department
or bureau must work in harmony
with the heads Of such DE- part menis,
but we register kick againpt the
msnuer in which Mr. Wilcox was
ousted and Wa deplore the lack Of
political knowledge exhibited bY
the member of the Board ia max.
ing such a change while the Legis-
lature is in session and Mr. Wilcox
commands the support OF large
majority OF legislators. The hasty
act may result 10 the Board of
Health being crippled, misfortune
which the Territory cannot afford
A member of thu Board stated that
there was no r. Election whatever on
the honesty aud integrity of MIR
Wilcox. 1t was Simply that it had
bscome impossible for the president
and members 10 work toget her
with the clerk. We object to the
summary msthod used in discharg.
ing Wilcox, aud we hav. grave FORE
bodinRs in regard to the result.
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And further on in the letter, which
our space prevents us from publish
ing in full, this carpet-bagger, who
has no standing even in Hilo, shows
his extraordinary lack of tact in
the following paragraph:
''Now | am anxious that the Sheriff
of Hawaii and all my other court
officers be given good salaries. In
cutting, | only refer to the High
Sheriff and Attorney General, because
both of them get too much pay. In
offices like that the cut should be
made, but not in subordinate Offices,
which are usually filled by poor men
financially. The Attorney General,
as we all know, is not worth the
salary; would be mighty dear at 500
month; and the High Sheriff's office
ought to be abolished. 1t is un-Am-
erican and un-Republican, but if cuts
are to be made, these are the class
and character of Offices which should
receive them
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-06-13
THURSDAY. JUNE 13, 1901.
A LITTLE JACkASS.

The conditions in the Territory are
really becoming unbearable through
the vulgar, ungentlemanly and indis-
Greet actions of the carpet-baggers
who, through the lobby in Washing
ton, have succeeded in obtaining
commissions for offices from McKin-
ley. We admit that we are not fami-
liar with American politics or their
ethics, but we claim to know some
thing about official etiquette and gen
eral decency, which should be OBJ
served among those, whose offices
should entitle them to the confidence
and respect of the people.