The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-26

ces, etc., can be sent to manufacture
ers, merchants and others, coming
under the provision Of the act. The
two inspectors will begin their duties
during this week, and during the per-
iod I have indicated will be devoting
their time exclusively to Most care
fui study Of al The ds,;uls Of the
execution of similar laws in other
States Of the United States and III
other countries.
"The work for this year will be
mapped out with a view to covering
certain features most pronouncedly
requiring attention, in order to ac-
complish results during the nine
months that remain Of this year.
There will be no attempt to scatter
shot, as it we're, with minor matters
which can best receive attention in
the course Of development Of the
work. Anticipating that such work
might be started by the State Of
South Carolina at any time for the
past four Or five years, I have been
making a careful study, even in COM
pany with inspectors, Of the methods
employed in foreign countries and in
the States in this country which have
the most up-to-date departments OF
inspection, and no one realizes more
than myself the responsibilities, the
variety Of duties and the immense
amount Of detail that is absolutely
necessary for the execution Of the
terms of the new act. This Is not a
matter Of the legislature declaring
that such and such a thing shall be
done and thereby accomplishing it;
! the accomplishment of this case
means the hardest kind of work from
first to last. I realize it fully, and l
think the assistants who have been
appointed today realize it also, and
We are simply going to do the best we
can with the help and means at our
command. [ trust that the people
of the State will give us their hearty
cooperation, to facilitate our work,
and what is more, facilitate the bring
ing about Of conditions in this State
at which no self-coustituted lnvestj-
eating sociologist can point with any
due regard to truth.'
Mr.. S. NJ. Sloan is native Of An
derson county and is at present re-
siding in Greenville. Mr.. Sloan is
% years Of age, is married and has
one child. He is graduate of Clem-
son college, completing the full tex
tile engineering course in 1900, with
the degree of B. S. His first work
upon leaving college was supervising
a number of loom tests in cotton
mills. When his work was concluded
he went into a cotton mill as section
hand in the spinning room, where he
spent five months and was then pro-
noted to the position of overseer Of
spinning room, in which capacity he
worked for eight months, going then
/ to the position Of superintendent Of
erection of machinery and thence to
| the position of overseer Of the cloth
room. In 1902, two years after his
graduation, Mr.. Sloan had become su-
perintendent Of the Fairfield cotton
mills. which position he held for
about one year, voluntarily retiring
to take a position in one Of the mills
in Greenville. After considerable
service and experience in office mill
work he was in the employment Of
the Manufacturers association in the
matter Of supervision of selection Of
labor. Recently Mr.. Sloan has been
ont of mill work and in the employ
Of the Southern Railway company.
His technical training, as We'll as
practical training, and his knowledge
Of conditions prevailing in the var
ious districts, give him a combination
Of qualifications for the special work
for which he is now to be trained
that should make him a valuable man
to the State in very much less time
than any one who has not had his ex-
perience.
DR.. Nell, president Of Clemson COL
lege, wrote Commissioner Watson the
strongest recommendation perhaps
anv of the applicants filed. DR.. Nell,
referring to his training. said of him:
"He is a young man Of exceptional
character. I speak Of him in the
highest terms.' Mr.. Sloan is son
Of DR.. P. H. E. Sloan, the treasurer
Of Clemson college.
Alexander McDougall is native
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