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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

and here is an interesting summary in
one of his letters:
"In passing through a mill settlement
some weeks ago l stopped at the home OF
a middle-aged maa who had five children
working in the mill. He lives In a six
room, two-story house. I met him some
distance from his house; l said: L want
to see how you people live. l would like
to go In some home where several children
live He started in a jiffy and said as
he walked: Come and go In my house.
l have five children, but they are IN the
MILL Entering the house from the rear
we went through the dining room into
bed room, and then into the parlor. The
old gentleman was proud Of the parlor
He threw back the window curtains and
pointed to the large pictures on the wall.
They were paintings from photographs OF
his children. The floor Of the room was
carpeted and in one corner was an organ.
From kitchen to garnet the house was
clean. When mine host had seen me to
the door he said: 1 farmed on rented land
before / came here, but / could not FEED
my family there now. I like the lifa
here. I like my employers. They treat
Us well IL we behave in like manner to-
ward them. II we misbehave they turn
US out and get others In our stead. When
| moved here the superintendent warned
me against drinking. He said that ne
would have none but sober help. He
meant what he said, for / have not seen
drunken man on the hill since I came
here two years ago. My children are in
good health and seem satisfied. We are
all contented. All Of us belong to the
Church and attend regularly
Il 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 denominations in
! the mill sections are doing great deal for
| the factory element in the South. Preachers
call on the operatives and their families
at their homes Churches are built and
preaching and Sunday-school 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
| NO 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 of
in every way than ever before.
Such are the conditions in all the Caro-
| lima mills
Mr. E. G. Dunnell, an experienced news
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

The plant is operated throughout with
electricity. The expectation is to soon offer
electric lights TO all OF the operatives for
their homes.
The pictures indicate the neat and at
tractive homes that are provided for the
help.
ABOUT THE MILL BUILDING.
Something Of the giant mill itself: The
mill building Of the Olympia Mill is 553
feet 2 inches long and Isl feet 2 inches
wide. and contains four floors and base
nent, each -stery-hsIng IS feet high
There are two towers about 2i by p feet
and 1S9 feet inches high, containing the
stairways 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 rooms. The
engine room being 12O by so feet, and the
boiler house 40 by 10 feet in plan. In 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, spoolng and warping; the third
TO cardng, drawing and tapping, and the
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

The generating plant consists Of three
Mcintosh & Seymour engines, each of a
normal rating of l,6OO-horse power, capable
Of developing maximum OF 2,oG-horse
power, directly connected to alternating
current generators.
The engines are Of the vertical cross
compound condensing type, with cylinders
20 and As inches in diameter, and stroke
Of 42 inches. The cylinders are steam
jacketed, and reheating receiver is placed
between them.
PLENTY OF PURE WATER.
The water supply for the mill comes
from a springfield reservoir Of some 100000
gallons capacity, which also supplies the
mill village with its drinking water.
The mill is heated by two 14-foot electri-
cally 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
al hand for the operatives. A 5,00O-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.
The officers Of the mill company are:
President. W. r. Smith Whaley.
Vice president. W. \. Clark.
General manager, ]. S. Moore.
Secretary and treasurer, w. H. Rose.
Superintendent, F. S. Barnes.
a SUBJECT OF PRIDE.
The mill was constructed on the plans
of W. B. Smith Whaey & 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 a recent
article it was stated that: The record
of the firm is that of 539,676 spindles, 1850
looms and $S,54ngpo capital in a working
period of seven years, unapproached by
any mill engineering firm in the South,
and should be subject of pride to South
Carolina and to Columbia, as well as to
the members of the firm"
When We consider that in 1880 the entire
State OF South Carolina contained only
2e cotton mills, with 1918 sp.ndles. l3.4lS
looms and Aoa,co1 capital, against this
aggregate for one young South Carolina
firm Of 5G9,G1G spindles, 1860 looms and
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

fourth floor 10 spinning. Communication
between the floors IS also afforded by TWO
Otis electric elevators driven by alternat-
ing-current motors.
The mill will operate 10000 spindles and
the latest Draper looms have been pu; into
the mill. The total number of looms TO be
operated will be 2.4O0 4O-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 mos; thorough that has yet been
undertaken.
BY using electricity the cost of the mill
buildings was reduced by 10 per cent on
accoun; of the absence Of heavy transverse
walls through the mill. necessary for the
head shafts at the beltway. with the be.t
and shafting system. SiXty-one per cent
Of the shafting cost was savsd by the use
of electricity. Three-inch shafting is the
largest in the building. SiX;y-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,
i, is said 20 more than pay for the cost
of ne electrical equipment Of tn mill.
Part of the electrical generating p.an; is
used 10 light the town and also to run
street railway. The maximum power re-
quired by the mill is about 3,60O-horse
power:
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

II has the most modern and improved
machinery and, with the new and up-to-
date machinery, operatives can readily
earn more than they would in old plants
with Anticipated equipment.
1t has The best class and most up-lo-date
homes for It's operatives.
I; is on the direct line of The Columbia
Electric Street Railway, and wi;hin few
minutes ride of the heart of the city.
1t is near enough TO the city TO give all
the advantages and pleasures Of the city
Of Columbia.
II Will build a $4,000 school building for
the children of lis operatives and support
the school of its own accord and out of its
own funds.
I, offers the best school and church op-
portunities to its help.
I, is a mill operated. owned and man
aged by South Carolinians. who have the
same sentiments. purposes and feelings as
those who do the work.
1: has lavished money in installing the
mos; thorough sanitary arrangements in
the mill and lis villags.
Ii employs 4 mi. physician. whose ser
vices are at the cal! Of employees wiihou;
cost.
The wages are full and the piece work as
al other classes p5rmit better incomes
than usual, because Of the improved fac!l-
tiles and new machinery
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

pleasure it is 20 attend to every medical
want Of the operatives at the expense OF
the mill company.
The management is desiriOus OF having
the very best class Of operatives TO live in
fheir village and 10 work in the mill. AS
The mill is just starting up this enormous
plant. the company will require several
hundred families to give II the full num-
bsr of operatives The mill therefore, 10
Offering 10 receive green" help and 10
teach them 10 work in the factory.
Anyone desiring to investigate with a
view Of accepting this offer, can get all the
information. such as regards 10 wages OF
the different kinds Of work. etc, by writ
ing TO the superintendent Of the Olympia
Mills. or any Of the mill officials, at Column
bia 5. e.
Columbia offers a great many advantages
to people moving into the ciiy. Its fine
churches and fine schools give to those
persons living in Columbia advantages not
posse ssed by good many other localities.
The mills are all Iocajsd on the street
car line. making them very accessible 10
any part Of the city.
\ good many families in the past have
moved in from their farms u work in the
factories here. They - to be perfectly
satisfied ard in many instances have bet
tered their condition considerably
The mill Officials Will De glad % commu-
n.cata WIKI any parties desiring - come 10
the mills for tn purpose Of working III
;hrm, and arc satisfied tina, TIE opporiuai-
i.ss are sUch a. % satisfy them.
The story o: the olympia Cotton M!u is
one Of intense in.-rcs 10 every CaTo.:nian.
and when one thinks il vii b. rel.!z
now very Intimately the cp.ton nils ot
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26

But II Is not alone in the coming OF the
trolley. the expansion of the shops, the
paving of streets in towns, the sanitation
of all places OF large population, tie SEN
sa ton of earning money with a regularity
and certainty never before enjoyed in the
section. that occasion for rejoicing Is
found in South Carolina. Attention was
directed by thoughtful and obserFant
citizen 10 a sociological phase OF the in
dustrial DEVELOPMENT that Is most satis-
factory. and that it seems pity could not
ha extended in some way to the State Of
Kentucky.
when Columbia began to build mills,
and the operation of the mills had made
nerceptiblc drain upon the most Conven-
lent and willing class Of the population
that was fitted to work in the mills. that
drain was felt little at points more or
1ess remote from Columbia. Men and wo-
men who had yearned ivI opportunity TO
get money without digging or hoeing for
IL moved from the foothills into town
first into places vacated by the people VINO
moved earliest. and afterNard. as iHe
mills began to rise nearer 10 the hills, into
the manufactures elsewhere.
EFFECT OF PROSPERITY.
Most Of these people were Of the real
hardy moun;aineer sort. with the same
soft, deliberate courteous address that Is
characteristic of all the mountaineerS III
the V.rciniaS. the CarClinaS. Tennessee or
Kentuckv. They brought with them stall
war; frames. simple appetites and igno-
rance Of letters. But they were 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 in;o d region where there were
schools and stores and churches Of
proud but earnest and ambitious multi
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26
MOST MODERN and UP-TO.DATE MILL
PLANT IN TAE COUNTRY.
Every Convenience and Comfort
Offered Mill HeIp-A Happy
and Contented Family.

The climax of cotton mill development
in this State for the century just closed
was reached in the Olympia Cotton Mil. 1t
stands out conspicuously as the highest
type of mill construction in this country,
and is pronounced by coYpetent mill peo-
pie to be the most comr~se. up-to-date and
promising cotton manufacturing plant in
The country. Il represents the type Of
: sS1!lzes - zzazazlnszzaaAuS SGSesstul.
1t is without doubt the largest cotton
mill under a single roof in the entire South
ern States, and competent judges announce
that it is the most pete mill plant in
this country, and no nation is ahead Of
this country in the cotton mill business.
People hear and know that the Olympia
Mil is the largest in the South, but they
may not know, nor do they think, of what
combinations go to make this magnificent
structure wha; 4 is.
Think of a single cotton mill consuming
1900 bales Of cotton.
1t will employ. when all machinery is in
stalled and in operation. more than 200
abie-bodied operatives.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26
sS,5O0,OOo capital, the extent of its con-
structive achievements may be better
realized.
THE GENIUS OF W. B. SMITH
WHALEY.

THE GENIUS OF W. B. SMITH
WHALEY.
In Columbia alone it has planted $4,000
spindles and 4,S40 looms, or more than the
whole State had twenty years ago, and
the capital employed in these mills-$3, ,1OO,-
G~<is only less than that required for
the smaller number of looms and spindles
in 1880, because Of the greater economy
possible now in building the best mills.
It is proper to add that Mr. Whaley is
the president of all but the smallest-o
these four Columbia mills which he has
planned, and which, with $4,000 splndles,
1920 looms and 50, 900 capital, represents
Ia largest cotton manufacturing invest
ment in the South and one of the largest
in the United States.
An example of his far-sightedness and
quick business perception may be noted
in connection with the electrical installa-
ton of the Olympia Mills. AS soon as the
electrical transmission of power had. been
definitely determined upon for that mill
and its location determined, he at once
purchased the existing electric car lines
of the city, also the electrical lighting
business, and will furnish the power and
current from the Olympia; also provide
electricity for the other mills. The re-
sultant economies will not only be factors
in the net earnings of the railway and
Lighting systems, but will also add an
apprecIable net income to credit Of the
mill.
OLYMPIA's GREATNESS ACKNoWL-
EDGED.
Last April, when the great Olympia Mill
was started up. 1t was examined by a
number of the leading cotton mill officers
in thScountry. men who lead inthe cotton
industrial movement. One of these was
Capt Manning, OF the Amoskeag Company
who said: The Olympia was the finest
structure of the sort he had ever seen.
He was glad the Olympia was not CON-
petitor of the Amoskeag Company"
Mr Richardson, of Massachusetts. said
that the Olympia Mill was, in his opinion,
the finest cotton mill in the world-the
finest in architecture and equipment-and
he said this with full realization of what
| he was saying, as he was connected with
New England mills.
Not long ago Mr. H. E. c. Bryant
made a trip through the mill territory
and made disnterested and impartial in
quiries and wrote series Of articles on
the result of his inquiries in the various
mills in this State and North Carolina,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-09-26
THE OLYMPIA MILL
HlB Largest Cotton Factory
Under One Root,

More than q Million Dollars Invested
in a Great Enterprise-One
Plant Operating More than
100000 Spindles The
Opportunities Offered
Unskilled and Un-
trained Help.
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eERMANlA's BALL.

The Seasons Big and Elaborate Mas
querade Takes Place This Month.
The Germania society Of this city
Is preparing for the largest masquer-
ade ball ever given in this city. It viii
be held in the Cassidy building, on
North Division street, which is large
enough to accomodate the big crowd
which always attend these jolly events
given by the German societies of this
city.
A masquerade costumer from Wichi-
Ia, viii be on hand early to furnish
costumes for the dancers that do not
expect to have their suits made. The
Germania society today made pur-
chase of the elegant prizes to be given
to the best and most comically dressed
lady and gentleman, and win put them
on exhibition in the show window Of
the Corner Drug Store.
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G " BRUcE. Secretary
woMEN.s oLuns oF aurHRIE.

ACORN CLuB-Mrs FL Brooke president;
y Mrs. .. Houston, secretary Meets on
every Thursday afternoon.
CAMBRIDGE CLUB-Mrs. A. H. Huston,
u President; Mrs. N. M Carter. sccratarY.
Meets every alternate Tuesday.
L XCELSIOR CLUB-Mrs. Almont Hixon,
L President, Mrs. Geo TX podson. secretary.
Meets every Monday afternoon.
CHAKEsPEARE CUB Jossph tvisby,
y President: Miss Reese, secretary. Meets
each alternate Tuesday
CoROsis CLUB-Conpose Of the society
y ladies led by Miss Helen Green, Meets
every Tuerday.
NHAUTAUQUA CLuB-Mrs w L Rhodes,
" President; Mrs N M Carter, secretary
Meets every Thursday afternoon.
DANNER UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
y Miss Alma Carson, president; MISS Anna
Hutchinson, secretary. Meets Saturday
evening.
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
y Mrs Julia RYAN, President; Miss Mar
guerite Byrne, secretary, Meets every
Wednesday evening
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Enjoy yourself by witnessing Fitz
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delighting the hearer with tuneful
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The following Is a quotation from
rho toast 'An Afternoon Ont" given
Oy Mrs al. y. Karr OF Pawnee, and
treasurer Of our Territorial Federation
At Guthrie. January 4 can After
noon out Is an oasis ia the desert Of
DUR waywcary lives but unlike the
travellers across tho sandy wastes, we
ave able M a measure TO choose our
resting places. You begin your after
mon weary Of many cares for the
lappiest ANA most free OF as have
cares going short distance you
meet Mrs. A an alive with the brill
liant, rippilns sunshine She grasps
your hand IN cordial friendship she
Is frank, sweet and modest. when
YOU leave you carry away In your
heartA A-a violet We all have felt the
hope ana strength the violet brings
alter the chilling winds OF winter and
70 Il Is yon 20 forward with part Of the
leht and sunshine beaming on your
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chat with that dear woman whose
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lips are never solied by Islander and
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And YOU have ALLY 70 add to your VIC
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one OF the great dangers Of legisla.
.ion IS The hurryng through Of crude
and loosely drawn bills amendments,
etc. end careful Judges who have fol-
lcwed closely the phrnseolosy and ei-
icct OF most Of the bills introduced IN
both houses OF the present legislature.
declare that there a great many
measures n both houses that are posi-
lively dangerous in their present
shape CONSIDERATIONS broad-gauged
committee work win be necessary to
make these bills mean whar they say
and say vhat they mean.
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LODGE DgREcrORr.

Hartrantt Post No. 3, q. A. r., meets on
nrst aud third SATURDAYS IN each month al
1880 p. m. In probate court room Visiting
comrades always welcome,
NJ. L. MOCK, Adiutnan'
meets every Saturday night az z 30 o'clock
In Odd Fellows hall Eissing members
viii be made welcome.
A. A. MEAcHAM, Scribe.
Guthrie camp No. 8, Woodmen OF the
World meets every Monday night an the X.
Of hall. Visiting woodnen are welcome
WIN. GREGORY, Con. Com.
Guthrie Lodge No. :, a. r. & A.. NJ. Reg.
ular meeting third Wednesday evening in
each month at O'Clock All brethrei, cOrdi
ally invited to Attend.
PAUL NEWMAN. ". NJ
EN- BAMFORD, sec'y BR
Naomi Reoekah Lodge. No. 2, %. or.
meetshrst and TIL Tuesday at 1880 In the
Od Fellows nall In the Weinberger buuo
KATE NJ wEFHY. sec.
Guthrie lodge No. /, 40. u. W, NEE
Thursday evening Of each week az 1880
Victor block, eorner First and Harrison
Visiting WOrkTneu always welcome.
HARRY OVERBAY. NJ. w,
.C. r. WILDER, Recorder
o. r. NJ meets every Tuesday night IN
x of hall Visiting chiefs alwags welcome
FRANK b. SARBER, Sachem.
H. Q. BARNEY. Chief of Records.
Oklahoma Encampmeut No. l. ! o. o. z
meets the second and fourth Friday nights
IN ea Month 5. II. BATES. G. y.
e. n. MERTEN. Scribe
Guthrie Lodge No. B. l. o. o. =. meets
Monday night OF eaCh week att 90 Visiting
odd Fellows always welcome
Il. TURNEY Nc.
G " BRUCE. Secretary
Guthrie Lodge no 2, X, or p meets every
! Friday ats p, NJ Ia their Dall IN the Vic
| tor block corner First ana Harrison. visit
| lug knights are always welcome
j. j. BOLES c. C.
4 CHAS. POND. NJ Of r, ana X OF K y.
Guthrie Lodge No. 2i6. B. p. o. F., meetl
the second and last Tuesday !a each mon y
In WoOdmen han. l. b. LEVY, l.. h.
| j. FOUCART. Sec'v