The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-17
CASTOR BOSSES
WELFARE never
HELPED WORKERS
That's Why Gazette's
Lies Don't Take
(Bv a Worker Correspondent

(Bq a Worker Correspondent
GASTONIA, N. c. (By MaiD. -
I would write the story of my
life. / was born and raised in Co.
lumbia, S. c. I am 26 years old.
| went to work in the Richland mills
at Columbia at the wages of fifteen
cents per day. I worked for fifteen
cents per day for about six weeks.
I am a spinner by trade. I started
working on two sides in 1916 and
also worked in the Duck Mill dur
ing this time. The reason l started
working at such an early age was
because my father and mother had
such a large family; there were
eight girls and four boys of US and
MY father died in 1917 and US chill
dren had to worl, for a living.
So we left Columbia, S. c., and
went to Winsboro, S. c. We thought
we could better cur conditions, but
did not find coalitions any better
there. So we came from there to
Loray mill, Gastonia, N. c. We
worked in the Loray mill until
1929 and from there went to Ian
caster, S. C. There 1 made S11.95
at this place. I eyed there until
married W. L. Wallace.
Then l came back to Loray mill.
ran from Is to = sides of spin
ming. made from SIG to S25 be-
fore tombstone came here. Our
wages kept coming down, they kept
speeding up and stretching out on
US hands. When Fred Beal came
here l was making 81 a week.
have one child, myself and husband
and both of US c92ld not make a
dccert living.
The city welfare never did come
around to see about US WHEN we
were working. l was taken sick in
the mill and had to go to the hos
pital and stand an operation and
the bosses did not help me any then,
nor did the city welfare either, and
if anyone ever did need help that
was when l needed it because l did
not have dime to my name. Their
so-called good" nurses at the Lo-
ray community house never even
came to see me after l got home
from the hospital and DIR. Glenn put
me in the hands of the Loray nurses
TO take charge of me but they would
not come and dress my wounds.
So fellow workers, this is why
| want to tell the people how the
Loray bunch will treat you and me
and also the city welfare workers.
| can truthfully say that we
never went hungry since we have
been on strike since April l. |
cannot say that we did not go
hungry when we worked in the
Loray mill for we were on star
Walton wages when the National
Textile Workers Union came to
Loray. The w. /. R. has seen that
we get plenty food and clothing.
want all the people of Gastonia
to know that we have plenty to
cat here. If they don't believe
what | say, come to the tent COL -.
cny on Monda:, Wednesday and
Saturday when the w. |. r. dis.
tributes relief and see.
50 don't pay any attention to the
Classy Gazette for it does not tell
naything but les. Now open your
eyes and you will find out that the
Daily Worker is the poor mans pa
ger; you can get all your informa-
ton from the Daily Worker, and
please come to the mass meetings
ON Saturday afternoon to help the
National Textile Workers Union and
help to International Labor Defense
nna-Workers International Relief and
help defeat the franaed-up murder
cases and also to help the Daily
Worker.
GLADYS WALLACE.