The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-11

yerttseT on Au8ust the 3Eo, ly06. IS ms son. That the said Henry Is not and That be, sometimes goes into the mill of his own accord, affiant having sug- gested. that 1t was better to go into said min and assist his brother than to spend his time in idleness on the streets of Avondale. That said Henry has never been required to work in the mill or to assist his brother. but only works there at his pleasure. That he was never kept from school a day in his life. to work in the min. That the said Henry is over 12 years of age. Having been born on the 18th day of May. 1894.
 The said John Brawiey. on oath sep arately, says: That he Is the father of James Brawley, whose name was men tioned in The Montgomery Advertiser on the 3rd of August. and that the said James Brawley is grown man over 30 years of age and has never worked in the Avondale Mills a day in his life That there is no other boy by the name Of James Brdwley living in the village where the operatives in said mill live or in the town of Av- ondale or anywhere near there. That he has three sons working in said mill That his youngest son, George. is over l2 and nearly 13 years of age. His soa John is E years of age and his son, Everett. Is IT years of age That they are working in said mill under bis instruction.
 The said John D. Moon. on oath sep arately says: That he went to work in the Avondale Mills and has been at work there since 1893, except the year 1905 That he came there from the Peoples Cotton Mills at Montgomery. Alabama. That he has worked in the Montgomery Cotton Mill and the Ala bama Cordage Mill. all in Montgomery. That the sanitary conditions at the Avonda1e Mills is better than at either one of said mills and has been better ever since he commenced to work | there. That when he went to the Av- ondaIe Mills he and a member of his family were sick: that they soon re- I gained their health. That when he reached the Avondaie Mills he had only T5 cents in money and no other prop erty; that since that time he has made l and saved at the Avondale Mills be- | tween s5.ooo and s6.0o0, which he now | has
 The said J. ". Pierson, separately | on oath, says: That he is Superin- | tendent of the Avondale Mills and has been for the last five years, and that before that time he was overseer oi spinners in said mill That he has | WOrHSQ Tn ColtOH tNSlt5 AEOAu tiAC INV | est work in the mill up to the position I he now occupies. That he has worked | in the Henrietta Mills of North Car oiina, Clifton Mills and Richland Mills of South Carolina, and for a short tims I in the Peoples Mill at Montgomery Alabama. That he is familiar with thu operation of mills and conditions whicf usually surround them and the opera | tives working therein. That he hal II .rf ffsn a f.A n-Aa fl mills in the South. That the healtf of the operatives at the Avondale Mill' Is good better than the health of thu operatives of any mill he has eve seen. That the general surroundings including sanitary conditions. are al good. if not better than the surround ings of any mill he has ever known
 That no such persons as Fiossie Ly man or James Rrawiey, the nane mentioned in The Montgomery Adver
 tiser of the 3rd inst. have ever work ed in said miii.
 The said c. ". Robinett. separately on oath. says: That he Is employed a the Avondale Mills and has been fo q number of years, his duties beint to inspect the premises and houses il the village where the operatives livi
 ana see that the place Is kept clean That he knows that all or the closet in said village are cleaned daily ex cept Sunday. as well as the streets, ant
 all refuse matter carted away from tn
 village daily. That 1t is his duty L
 inspect the houses coupled by the op eratives. That he inspects each hous I at least twice a week; that they ar cIeanly kept and if found at all un
 clean he requests the occupants |
 clean the same. and if they do not d
 so, he has them cleaned, at the expens
 of the company. That he furnishes [
 the occupants of the houses sai-sod free of charge with which to clea them.
 J. B. Francis. IT,, J. W. Pierson. e. w. Robinett, her
 Elizabeth x whitiock, mark J. D. x Moon. mark.
 II his
 John x Brawley, mark.
 A. L.. Anderson sworn to and subscribed before m
 this Tth day of August 1906
 Thomas J. wingheld. Notary Public.