The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-02-20
WAYSIDE NOTES.
A. Drive Through the Country and
Facts Picked Up by the WHy-Oth.
er Matters.

Editor Press and Banner:
On last Thursday this writer In company
with Mr.. Tatum Bradley, rode out through
the country 10 Ellis's mill. We were driving
rates fine bay, Id a good light buggy, 80 we
got along very well, If the roads we're bad.
From what we could see, the stevenson
brothers are the best farmers In that section.
When we got 10 the BRANCH near squire Csi,
with load of lumber, stuck In the med
wagon to the hub. His two fiery sorrels re.
fused TO move. Well, we got right out of that
buggy and put our shoulder to Inc wheel lne
word was given, and out they went With
hanks TO us, he went on his way rejoicing.
When we got 10 The mill we found quite
crowd assem- bied 10 witness the letting OF The
bridge After reading the speci fications. the
supervisor called to Dock Bowie 10 cry off the
bridge. Tue funny part was, Dock was so
used 10 going up, he found u hard 10 go down
so used 10 selling TO the highes' 0ldder, ne
found 1t hard TO sell 10 the lowest. The bridge
is TO be a covered one, with rock piers. VII.
son Brown bid the bridge of al Si75; M. \.
Patterson the piers for Sl75.
Back again q the road, we found Mr.. Nun
lay, he we'll man, with wagon, boring ma
chine, mu es and all, in he mud. We LOOK
nold of wheel, but spled the driver taxing
out the mules; then we saw the 'Squlre's
IN less time than II takes 10 tell II they were
hitched, the word was given, and the wagon
fairly hit the wind. That's what we tramp
wmkmen call giving fellown litt.
there we left our good friend Tate, who went
nis way homeward.
On Saturday, for the first time In many
months. we spent awhile in town. we mel
lots Of good friends who are true and tried.
and who would not ba delighted TO nave
such friends! We met Mr.. Frank Gary, also
bad business transaction with him. He Is
fair and just In business-is a true friend: ana
not purer man ever entered politics. Watcn
our pred lotion {: he will be the next Governor
of South Carolina. In the Auditors place. al
his post, we found MIR. r. E. Cox. He Is SELF
made man. aud has done more TO belp the
needy than any man his age. We met Mr.
w. D. Barksdale, the enterprislng merchant
with us that this Is the time OF all others 10
encourage closer relationship between lhe
working man and the moneyed man. we
could write all day about the good people ol
Abbeville, but will stop this tor time.
No legislation for poor factory folks this
time. Compulsory educatlon is said, by the
hest legal talent, 10 be UNCONSTITUTIONAL, 80
there is no way to force people who work IN
cotton Ills TO send their children TO school.
except they prove that the mill management
and parents are criminal-that IL what you
woul0 infer by their talk, that is, the leYi Ia
tors who favored the child labor bill. They
talk about poor children having to work In
side whitewashed walls and breathe foul air.
They don't know that from sanitary stand
point the cotton mill buildings are the best In
the Stakeholder than any other buildings or
dwellings. The mill at Abbevile Is the best
ventilated building In the county. One fellow
said II was terrible TO see little children going
to work by starlight and coming back by star
light. Well, he was right by accident. 1t is
also bad for any one old young; everybody
will agree on that but you could not get any
one to touch It; 1t is like so much poison ; II
has been tried in the North. and the verd' 'ct
rs, they get Just as much work done as when
they worked longer days. This child labor
bill was just Joke. y.