The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-02-12

Viz h'oI. le SpOhe Tapluly, earDeStl
and with effect, He declared that IL
had opposed this bill last year, bu
since that time he had gone home an,
, found the conditions TO be quite differ
ent from what he had suspected. III,
declared that around every mill com
munity are drunken, idle fathers whc
buy drink with the money earned il
the mills by their little ones. Tall
about liberty God Almighty never
intended that child should be con
fined in a cotton mill. That is mo-
liberty. He declared that if 500 chill
dren should be brought before him he
could pick out the ones who work ir
factories.
Mr.. Williams, of Lancaster, opposed
the bill. He ha I given it more study
than any othe measure which had
come up within the last six years. He
had visited many mills. He found
that people who have ski md compc-
tency never work their iren. 1t is
the ne'er.do-well" who cannot exc
out miserable existence on the farm
who works his children IL The nils.
They have gone there ragged and hun
cry, they have gone there and tave
gotten wolk and comfortable quarters.
1t is pitiable indeed that chidr, n must
work, but if they be driven out where
in Gods name can they go? If yoI
drive them nut of the mill where they
make n miserable living, how can they
get education when they cannot get
existence He would vote for no bill
which would give neither education,
nor clothes nor food. 1t is true that
the mill children are wan, but it is also
true of the children of the tenant class
in the back county. The bill, will not
drive the brute out of a man. 1t VIII
not make him work. The man who is
brute enough TO make his children
work in the mills while he stays drunk
is brute enough TO let them starve. Mr..
Williams spoke with an earnestness
very MAJ kcd.
Mr.. Mayson OF Edg field, declared
that he had opposed the bill last year
because he had been misguided. Since
then he had informed himself and he
is now heartily in favor cf the bill, for
good citizenship, for the mental and
moral conditions am Sor humanity.
MI. ~. u. hOolhSou AT lIlS pOlnJ
made the motion to Indefinitely post
pone the bill. This was not debata-
bic motion, yet several advocates of The
bill have not been heard, The motion
was put and the House went on re-
cord as follows:
Aycs-(opposed to the billy D-Messrs.
Ashley, "A l., Austin, Banks, Brown,
Bryan, Butler, Campbell, Carter,
Coggeshall, Colcock, Dantzler, Dean,
Dennis, Dodd, Dorroh, Durant, Est.
ridge, Fox, Fraser, Galluchat, Hollis,
Humphrey, James, o. J.. Johnson,
keels, Kinard, Little, Lockwood,
Lomax, LYles, Mauldin, Mccall, Nc.
Gowan, Moffelt, Morgan, M oses, Mes
bet, Nichols, w. III. Parker, Prince,
Pyatt, Rankin, G.. r. Robinson, II. b.
A. Robinson, Rucker, Stack house,
Seabrook, Thompson, Wolling, Wells,
Wbaley, Williams, Wingo-54.
Nays = Speaker Stevenson and
Me ers. Bacot, Beamguard, Bivens,
Blease, Bolts, Brooks, B stick, Croft,
Crum, DeBruhl, Dunbar, Elder, Gas
ton, Gourdin, Halle, Hill, Hough, Izlar,
Jarnlgan, Kinsey, Lide, Logan, May
son, McCraw, Mclaughlin, Mcleod,
F. III, ,McMaster, John McMaster, Mis-
hoe, Morrison, Moss, Murchlson, w. l..
Parker, Patterson, Rainsford, Richards,
Robertson, Sanders, Seig-
Ter, Sinkler, M. i. Smith, Stroman,
Tatum, j. p. Thomas, Jr., w. j.
Thomas, Towill, Webb, West, Weston,
Woods-52.