The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-02-08


| Ara doing 4 erand wosk for humanity,
Ha oould not and IL ih hIa sl,ehst stoe
|loginlato against against Buoh mon nod
ho would mot 9do it.s3i2It wasin behalf
Of humanity rather than against COR
porations. s2
az to sPelxer, no said. There you,
will find SCHOOL houses and ohurohos
as fino as any III Columbia or Charlos-
i,ton. Surnisii6a s.; shG SHn5f5 s';hu5 0f ;;hiiG
lgnilis forthe usoi OF, the operatives. 4 !
There Capt saytho, glorious be his
name, has worked among tho opera
tiyes. There many facilities aud con,
vonioncea and diluxuries arc furnished
froo ito tho operatives by tho mills
Those people dosiro no legislation, for
they need none But the question is
| shall We put other mill communities on
tho samo plane?
| Shall wo ronain in tho plano Of the
dark pgcs or shall wo aduanoe aa Epg
land has dono2 We arc now Just on
tering into manufacturing era and
from tho experience of England aud
Now England this legislation ia neoes
sary. EitoS j,ti 9.s
Ho closed with an earnest disclaimer
that he would not lcgislato against cor
parations. II 5i "a 81.
| Mr.. Pfinco Of Anderson said that he
could pot bo frightened by tho init
nation that within two yosrs tho labor
unions would taks ahargo Of tho Pied.
mont end leave him and others at home.
Repre- sentipg US good people as there
arc on the faco Of tho Garth, ho is not
afraid to do his duty and 90 back to
than. Mr.. Prince stated that his homo
is ina ward in which factory people
live. There il net moro orderly com
munity anywhere In reply 10 the
state ment Of Mr.. John MoMas,cr that
tho operatives Of tho south would
always bo servants to northern superin-
tondonts and bosses, Mr.. Prinoo stated
that tho superintendent and bosses Of
tho mill at Anderson are county born.
These. operatives, ho continued, como
from tho mountains Of Georgia, Tonnes
SEQ and the Carolinas. They got mi 20
in a couple of months out Of tho mills
than thoy did In yearin the noun
tains. Thoy are sturdy pcoplo with
good, hard sense and make good oiti-
zrns. Talking about raising up criminals.
why Pelzor, a town Of 5000 people, is
kept cloar Of crime by ono magistrate
thing be said Of Columbia or any othor
plaoo? Tho mill ohildron arc not harder
worked than thoy woro on tho farms
and thoy arc botter fed and bottor
clothed. Whonoo oame tho ignorance
in tho mills Itoome from the country;
God bless the country. He was ooun
try raised boy himself and said this in
no i'll fooling to tho country. Ho then
defended tho R,v. L. G. I.igon who
had opposed tho bill bsforo the oom.
mitteo aud WHO had boon referred to
by MIR. Gunter. Charlio Ligon is mono
OF your stooplcohase proaohors. Ho is
q man. God made him q man. Mr.
Prince moant no ref setion upon the
| gentlemen who had differed with Mr..
Ligon in tho public print, but Nc. Lii
| gon had lived with tho factory poople
and knowathem aod tho other preaonors
had not. Tho operatives are not allow
/ ed to drink In Pelzer and other towns.
He oitod tho druukard who takes tho
wages Of his ohildrsn who work in stores
and is himself town loafor as q oharao-
ter unknown TO woll regulated mill 90 % /,
munities. Wo arc just on tho threshold
of great mill building ora and ho
wanted no legislation which would bo
country to tho spirit tf tho times The
pooplo who arc labosers now would bo
bossca in tho mills to be built. He con
tonded that girls botweon Ii and 18 arc
injured worao than children. ISL
Mr.. Francis H. Weston, author of The
bill undor fro, was.next recognized He
said that insibuations had been made
by one sido or tho other about what
lW0Ild happ0n to tho political future of
tho mon who voted for Or. against tho
bill. Ho cared not how it would affoot
his political future, but no would ad-,
lvoento the bill beoauso ho believed 1t
Ito be right, It is truo that South Oar
olina mills employ ohildren. under 12
years Of ago. Tho question is, shall
this bo stopped? This country is ruled
by mon placed in power by tho ballots
.of tho people. Tho question is, shall
the county he,ruled by an intelligent
constituency? South Carolina ranks
among tho lowest States in the Union
in the MATER Of illitoraoy. If tho child
does not got education in its tonder
years, tho opportunity is lost forever.
Tho constitution Of South Carolina
bases citizenship upon Intelligence. In-
tolligonoe among tho p.oplo 10 ntcAs.
sasy to tho preservation Of liberty. Arc
we' 70 labor forever und6r the blight of
illitoraoy? Unless wo take eome stcps
We will do so, What makos Massaohu, I,
sotts 90 prosperous? Because hor chill.
dron arc being educated and the edu.
GATED mind produces tho creator re-
suits than matter. South Carolina has
never waited for any othor State to
mark out tho path Of duty aud the time
| is at hand for hor to act in this matter.
1t will not hurt tho mills. Il;
Mr.. Croft Of Aiken, said that tho
question Is comparatively a now one
Within tho past few years many thous.
ands Of people have boon engaging in
the mill businoss and many new prob
Ions are being presented for solution.
1--WE can profit by tho expetienco Of
1lQthor Statos. He has kindly foeling
for tho mills. I Indeed, but few days
ago he had on this floor showed his
friendship for them But this is a
question Of highor Significance. Ho
was absolutely certain that tho propost.
tion is right, The bill socks. to. give
health and Intelligence to those little
on6s Rob these childron of the few
years when tho free schools arc open
to them and their opportunity ia eono