The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-11

with the conditions surrounding the | same That the sanitary conditions of | said mill are excellent. That the | premises are well drained and cieaniy kept That the premises of the opera tives are inspected daily and the houses twice a week by c. W. Robinet. | an employe of said mill. and If the houses are not cleaned. the company I itself has them cleaned. there being rule of the company requiring the | premises and houses to be kept clean, | and this rule is rfgidiy enforced. The company furnishes the operatives sal soda free of charge for the purpose of cleaning their houses. That the opera tives are contented and happy. That B. F. Conner, President of said mill, is not only highly esteemed. but very popular with the operatives; that he is exceedingly considerate and kind to them. That he never fails to supply any of them In want. not only with the necessaries of life. but with luxu- ries, free of charge. I at the closets and streets of said village are cleaned daily and the refuse removed daily, ex- |cept Sunday from said village. That the houses occupied by the operatives In said mill are framed houses. having from three to eight rooms; that they are weatherboarded, pisstered. and wainscoted on the Inside, well venti- lated, with brick chimneys, good roofs and verandas that they are built in rows, that the rows are divided by wido streets. the houses themselves on an average not being nearer than twelve feet apart. That the health of the vil- iage is first-class. That the mill has in said village free baths for the op- eratives. That no washing Is done In said village. the same being done In wash house out of the village, prepared tor that purpose by the mill. where fuel and water is furnished free. That the drinking water of said village is ex- cellent. coming from a bored we'll over two hundred feet deep. bored through solid rock. That there Is a free library in the village maintained by the mill consisting of not less than thousand volumes. That there are two churches | in the village. one Methodist and the other Baptist church, in which re- ligious services are held on every Sab bath and Sabbath night. and where prayer meeting is held once every | week. and Sunday school every. Sab- l bath. That there Is free school maintained nine months of every l year in said village for the children of ~-the operatives in said mill That there is free kindergarten school pro vided in said village where the young CT children are cared for and taught by Mfr. B. B. Corners daughter. That no children are employed in said mill un- der the legal age and have not been since the Child Labor Law was passed l by the last Legislature. That when there Is any doubt about the age of q child offering to work In the mill. aa affidavit by its parents is always re- | auired giving its true age. That ire fquently children under the legal age I go in the mill to visit their parents or | to carry their meals, but are not eni- pioyed in said mill. l J. B. Francis. IT,, | A. L. Henderson. J. D. Moon.
 John Bayne,
 his
 John Brawley mark.
 l J. s. Newman.
 Elizabeth whitiociS. l mark.
 Jno. K. Hayes,
 i c w. Robinett.
 A. l.. Smith.
 Ernest Ford,
 R. L. oPry,
 IA J. W. Pisrson,
 n. B. TidweIi.
 sworn to and subscribed before me this the 7th day of August. 1906. | Thos. J. wingfeid, Notary Public. The said J. B. Francis. Jr.. under oath separately says. That he is the pookkeeper of the AvondaIe Mills and has charge of the payroll and has had for the last five years. That he knows the names of all persons appearing on said payroll. That no such person as Flossie Lyman, the name mentioned
 in The Montgomery Advertiser of the
 3rd of August. 1906. was ever on said
 pay roll; in fact the name of Lyman has never appealed on said payroll.
 That the names of James Brawiey and i. Henry Henderson, the names mentioned in The Montgomery Advertiser of Au- gust 8rd, have never appeared on the , payroll of said mill. That neither
 Fiossie Lyman. James Brawley or fHenry Henderson are or have ever been employed in said mill That he knows Bertha Whitlock, the name mentioned in The Montgomery Adver- tiser of August srd, who works in the mill and knows that when she went linto said mill to work that her mother made and subscribed to an affidavit
 that she was over i2 years of age That she has the appearance of being
 over 12 years of age.
 The said Elizabeth whitlock. on
 oath, separately says; That she is the mother of Bertha Whitlock. mentioned
 in The Montgomery Advertiser on the
 srd of August. That said Bertha was
 born on January 9th, 1892, and there
 fore was IA years of age on January sth of this year. That she Is working in said mill under the instructions oi
 her parents and that she was moro
 than 12 years of age when she conn ! menced to work there.
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