The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-08

OIk ana MI. george w. Nom +ct--...
Of Lexington, has some very eXtof
plans for welfare work The ha-
throughout the village are fur.
with water, electric lights and s...
age, and a line of pavement re..t
from the mill door to the limits "
village. SO that the people only .ha.4
a short distance from their &C
before reaching good walking II ~
from their work.
A change will be made in the wUrt-
carried on by these mills within lhe
next few months and it is likely tN
it will be done through the agencl I
a Y. M. c. A. chapter over which TIA
company will have supervision Spar-.
| has been left near the mill for tr.
erection of a Y. NJ c. A buiI6nr
and this Will include all departments
| for the comfort and convenience 4ri
pleasure Of the employees of the mn
| Driven By Motor.
In equipment, the Erlanger min h4
no superior in the South, as il Is dr.
| ferent from other mills by hayjre
each piece of machinery driven bx m
| electric motor instead Of the use ~
| belts. This eliminates overhead shaft
/ ing and belts and throws more light
upon the machinery and makes tho
| rooms much more attractive. At pres
ent there is an extension nearing conI-
pletiOn which will increase the SPIN
dies from $4,000 to 10000 which Wili
| feed LOO looms.
An up-to-date school building ha.
been arranged which includes all lh,.
| modern cOnVenlenCeS including SAM
tary drinking fountains sewerage and
lights. The building has been So ar
ranged as to be increased in sections
so that all rooms will be Well li2htet
Io Oh,
course, which is always a part of q
mill community, is q structure of
credit and through this Baraca and
| Philathea classes have already been
organized and started on theIr mis-
sions Of uplift work.
A very attractive cotta2e has been
built for the kindergarten work and
a young lady employed to teach the
children to play as we'll as give
athletic instructions to adults. This
house overlooks a grove where a play
grounds is equipped and the little
children gather every day and are
taught wholesome games. The grove
| extends into a tract Of woods which
will be turned into a park for the
J entire village.
Sanitary Village.
The company started from the be-
ginning to maintain a sanitary village.
and to this end all the houses were
screened and garbage cans placed az
the back of each house which ars
emptied by the trash man who makes
, frequent visits through the alleys. Mr..
Montcastle has plan to encourages
the people to take an interest in gar
dens by furnishing free pIowing ia
each family when they ask at the
Office for the work to be done. plan
; will also be worked out to encourage
the raising Of flowers and otherwise
heaudfying premises.
I When the work at the mills frss
started a nurse was employed TO look
| after the entire village and teacn
sanitation, but since she left soma
time ago, no one has been secured for
this work, although it will be resumed
3 as soon as some suitable person call
be obtained.
There is a plan to erect a welfare
5 building which will contain rooms
T for domestic science, club rooms foI
sewing and other classes, and in fact
: al the work which will be Of benefit
/ to the people. and until this can be
built room is used in the school, inl
= reading and recreation room, and
? the night classes are also taught &c
2 the boys and girls who work in ne
5 mills.
Band a Good Feature.
The young men Of the village OF 8
, baseball turn of mind have been or
= ganized into a team OF which the pee.
, pie are very proud and in which they
take a lively interest. Possibly tht
, | greatest success in the way OF or
| ganizations SO far is the band. Som'
g very good musicians were founr
, among the mill boys, and these youns
$ men have made a creditable success
3 during the past year. So we'll haI'
? they succeeded until they are lookeC
with pride upon by the town as ~ei
r as the MILL and are often called int
). | service for occasions in Lexington an
t the surrounding country.
It is against my policy to hanI
bouquets to cotton mill officials Il
these mill write-ups, for the WoTf
done always rejects the character Q
S the man without further mention, bu
e I step aside in this case, not TO han(