Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-09-25

, tude that had gotten along without these
thirss simply because all their neishbors
had done likewise for years. But the
pride tina; lad been satisfied in the noun
tainS and back country made them ambi-
tiuuS To Keep up with the order of things
in the region to which they had migrated.
Tho children must he clothed like other
children: the wife must not be compelled
to live in sun bonnet.
SCHOOLS FOR ALL.
The public schools were a, once patron
zad by children who might nave devel-
opcd like their parents il it had not been
for the building of new cotton mills. New
needs demanded money - crafty them.
The sun q: civilization was rising.
"Iil many respects this IS the very best
resul: OF the industrial awakening in
South Carolina. The mill towns are bound
10 become c. a;:es cf intelligence taste, de-
vel0ping appetite fo: necessary and luXu-
r!ous surroundings. ani. with the passing
of years and The accumulation OF means.
groups 0t tn. owned homes Of tn - .ds
who came - The towns prnn!l"Ss and isno-
rant. and have been by industry and thrift
converted into law-abding. temperate. in
dependent ana selt-rcspect:ng Americans"
All that .lg Dunncil has 10 say is correct.
but more 81 here aS the mill owners real
zc tina; the has; help is tina; which is best
paid and given the greatest OF homo COM
forts. and that Is the purpose OF the Olym-
p!as management.
WORK ALL THE YEAR ROUND.
Operatives in the South can anl do work
aIi the year round il they wish 20 and il:
is not here as it Is up in the New England
S:atcs. that the cold weather nterferes
WIKI work for several month";; III each year.
TILE BEST or OFFICERS.
The T ympia Cotton Mil has collected
all ~. aast ;nirgs that are 20 be mad. 1t
Eas the finest mill building, the finest ma
chinery. the latest looms. sp!ndies and
other machinery, but tie policy of the mill
has IN and Is 10 pu; the most cXpe-
rienced mon at Inc head Of the various de-
par:rnen:S. President W. y. Smith Whaley
knows the mill business from the ground
floor up. He worked MS way from the bot
tom to the ;opnost ruag OF the ladder.
and - General Manager J. 5. Moore has
been brought up IN the mil! business, and
knows is every detail and so on down the
line. and that is why its management is
anxious 70 secure unSkillcd help and train
thu workers with the skilled and compc-
ten. h -ip now used. II IS a matter of but
a short timc--a Very short ;ime-before the
new help can and does earn as much as
! any IN the mills AT Olympia there will be
room for all.
THE BEST PEOPLE AT WORK.
There are today thousands of the best
people in South Carolina who are working
in the mills, AMI vino are delighted that
! they change Families who had been
mere io!lers and eked out an existence are
to-day living comfortably in mill commune
ties: their children have the best OF school
facilities; ihey nave me best of church op-
porun.,icS. and when payday comes
around they and their working family re-
ce.ve their pay and can and do put aside
money. Families who worked under tho
lien system ana wer" constantly in debi.
and that Jebt growing moth by month
anI year by year. finally abandoned farm
ing and the dob: basis. ana wen: iaio tho
mills with their grown children and SOON
cnfIy,tf comfortable ana regular incomes.
IL is tn. constant aim Of such corpora
;.0nS rs tn, olympia 10 have competent
and happy help. and 10 have a healthy and
satisfied community. and 10 that end ev-
cry:hng possible has been. and is being.
done for The heal:h and pleasure OF the
operatives.
There IS no healthier community than
tina. at the Olympia Mil. The company
mas an exec 1;ionaI sewerage ana drainage
sys;cm: nj! garbage is CARED away by tho
garbage carts owned by the mill. Tine
company has employed 4 compc;"A;. we'll
known physician. whose business and