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(The following story iwaa recently
clipped from a Southern newspaper i
' and resembles closely similar Items
whirh have appeared! frepuently in
New England papers:)
FLETCHER MILL
MACHINERY SOLO
Huntsville. Ala. ? The former
Huntsville Cotton Mill, the oldest lex
tile plant In this section, now the1
Fletcher Mill, has been dismantled
and the machinery shipped to a broker
in ^Ltlanta. Ua . and mill in
UreenviUe. H. 0. The plant has been
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death of its. former owner, the late
Senator Shelby S. Fletcher, arouu 1
a year ago. >
Tno plant normally employed aroun'l
200 people. The corporation
owng several buildings and some val
iable real estate; however, nothing.
was sold but the machinery.
The story In itself Is not of prime
" importance, since the mill was com-,
paratively small), but this is not the
first of such items that have ar*>ear-!
od concerning Huntsville. textile
mills. Huntsville is strongly unioniz-J
ctl, and it might be interesting to[
textile workers of the South to read
the editorial (which appeared in the
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pledged their support "t<
authorities for the elim
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themselves to the pre
moderation and sobriet;
These brewers ask,
citizens, for adequate en
laws ... to close outlet
...to Prevent the sale <
or after legal hours . . .
have drunk to excess.
These brewers ask tl
and encourage the gr?
who sell beer as law-i
who operate legal, resp<
UNITED BREWERS INDUl
A1 East 40th Street, 1
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dtvi duals everywhere who
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e Situation
\labama
Hunt grille Times s short lime ego.
and which follows:'
A few years ago HuiUsvllle and
Madison county mrore the seat of the
textile industry in Alabama.
Local wills employed thousands of
pec pie.
This was one of the most prosperous
areas in the South.
There was a splendid balance of
manufacturing and agriculture.
The established here so as to be
at the source of supply, and to escape
the cost of shipment of their
raw product consumed thousands of
bates of cotton bought on the public
i'niiitfv
Then the Helen Mill, employing 1
few hundred, shut down, never to re
open. It hat been - Junked. and its
four walls stand as a scarecrow on
the city's western border.
Those Jolts are gone forever!
Cater, the Cowe MIU closed. It
employed 700 or 800 and had a payroll
that supported 3.000 or 4,000!
souls. Ita machinery has been sold
and shipped away, and its walls and!
roof are now used for cotton storage
It will never reopen.
The relief problem in this community.
which has been a steadily grow-j
Ing one. began when the. Cowe Mill
stopped* operation, for there hhave
never been enough Jobs in the other
mills since that time to give work to
all those thrown out of employment.
Those Jobs are gone FOREVER!
A few months ago, the Fletcher;
Mill, which provided obs for 200 or
250 pet pie. also shut down.
This meant the loss of meat and
bread for. perhaps a thousand more
people.
This mill is now being dismant
led. and the machinery is being sold
and shipped oway. ...
Those Jobs are gone KORJ2VER!
Whatever the reasons ? financial,
economic, bad management, or labor
(we shall not attempt to assess the
blame) ?for the ciosing of HelenJ
Lowe and Fletcher Mills, the fact Is
that they are closed and Junked.
The important thing is that there,
are 1,000 less Jobs here than there!
were formerly, that 5,000 people;
have lost the source of their dally|
meat and bread, and that It hasj
brought our relief problem to stagger
fug proportions.
Now the Dallas Mill, third largest
in this textile area, employing In the
past 800 or more,' and" providing
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means a lot
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good beer!
irewera who have
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ination of anti-social , 5
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rs who, through The
ctice, have pledged
imotion of D radical
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with all thoughtful
forcement of existing
s operating illegally I
>f beer to minors...
or to persons who I
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at body of retailers I
abiding citizens and
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STRIAL FOUNDATION
Mew York, N. Y. I
from groups and in'
> art inttrtstod in tkt
recto/ responsibilities. I
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THB KfNCM MOUNTAIN HERALD breed
end meet end clothes Cor MM
or 4,000 more people, Is unable to
operate.
Its management gave final discharge
reoeaty to all overseers gad
foremen.
The Dallas Mill la 0n dbe eve of
llQuadatlon, selling out lock, stock
and barrell
If tbla takes place, no longer will
ita whistle, that has been blowing Cor
a half century to summon It# employees
to their dally Jobs, sound its
shrill blast each morning!
The mill's Investment of more
than 2 million dollars la In grave dan
ger of being taken out of this community
Into which It coma first it
years ago.
Its payroll of over $500,000 a year
will stop KO ltl?Y Kit, unless something
Is done In the next few weeks
to prevent the mill's liquidation. 1
""mrnrnw iwwitifi J'mwi'u.ir
mothers boys and girls ? who havoj
lived In the Dallas village, and who.
have worked' perhaps It years on an
average in this mill, will be thrown!
out In the worhf, without Jobs, and
hot a chance of getting any!
If tbio mill la , allowed to clone
those jobs are loat FOREVER!
, Not for a week, or a mouth, or a
year, but FOREVER!
The mill will go the route of Helen,
Lowe and Fletcher Mills.
Bear that in mind. Have not a
dcubt about it. It la aa certain as
that the suit will rise tomorrow morn
log and set again tomorrow evening.
There won't be any more arguments
about hours, or wages or
seniority, or this or that. Whatever
is of value will be dismantled: and
sold to the high dollar. Us 240 houses.
bumble as they are, Us Y. M. C.
A., its school, its ball" park, will be
put up to the highest bidder.
There will be left Just a big old
brick building, empty and1 bare ? a
deserted village ? and the memory
of what was once a happy community!
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.No longer will the Dallas Mill con
tlnue to buy each year thousands of [
bales of Madison County cotton, to
process.
No longer will hundreds of families
be here to buy the products of
the farmers of Madison county.
No longer will there be a Dallas
Mill Corporation to pay 130,000 taxes
each year, mostly for the support ofj
our county government.
All the above is not o hysterical
picture. It li u true as Holy Writ.
It is not overdrawn one iota. It is
the bare, naked, Inexorable fact!
The minutes and hours and days
are tiekering away. There are not
many left in -which this mill can be
saved from liquidation!
The situation requires cool heat^ \
clear thinking, sober sense by (hose
whom it involves moat directly.
Passion, hatred*, prejudice, violent
action should be absolutely banned.
They have never accomplished or
settled anythng, and they never oflllt
Thbey have brought, in. all times and
ages, only hurt and damage and ever,
lasting loss.
And the only people who cap stop
this disaster that is at their door are
hose who have worked for years
in the Dallas Mill!
Are they going to throw a Way this
last opportunity, and avert life-long
povqrty. hunger and distress for
themselves and their families?
Each and every man, woman and
eMia in Dallas village mnst make
an Individual decision, and it />ught
to be made with eyes wide open, and
minds clear and free of hatred, passions
or suspicion.
It ought to be a decision that in
years to come will not be bitterly re
sret/ted, and that will not be a source
of sorrow and - suffering.?Textile
Bulletin.
deorge Wallls, farm superintendent
. of the Biltwore Dairy, Farms in
Bune)ombe county, (has planted 70
cres of Sudan grass at the rate of
0 pounds of seed an acre to provide
ummer grazing *.
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DIXON NEWS
iBy Charles B. Stewart) Hughes.
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Mr. John A. Stewart celebrated hie rU are sick at i
6Wh birthday laet Sunday with a din Mn. W. O. H
ner given at hla home. A large num- and Victoria Hu
ber of friends and relative# were guests of Mr. W
present. Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Ethel Page, Mrs. Utile Page, Catawba. S. C.. t
Mr. and lira Brwin Page and son of noon with Mr.
Spartanburg, Mr. and Mrs. Vara Ham Hughes,
bright and children of Ilunteravllle Mr. H. K. 8te
were vlsttora of Mr. Juui Patterson ?
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Alkln* Mr. and k
Mrs. Roy Alkins of Tusah, S. C. and f
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hughes, Messrs _ \ /7"
D. C. Hugres and Rav Hutiiwth ni A i
Ogd?-n. were visitors of Mr. sud Mrs. - JBfc
I'tnrud Hugbi. Sunday. i
Mr. and Mrs. Dub Eubanks and iol '
iwwniw'wiun.iii?wa">w?i''???<n tan 'je f
urday afternoon, with Mr. and Mr*. , rlW
Jl!il Seller*. (Jll
Mr and Mrs- Phillip Baker were
visitor* of Mr. and Mrs. W- O. Hush
es Sunday afternoon \
Mr. and Mrs. 1. W. Parrtah of Mt. .
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can buy, and it's made with absolut
painstaking care. That's why it's
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NOW ON HATS
Leghorns, Felts, Straws,
Linens
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Wednesday after- better at this writ In*.
Ir and Mra. Conrad Meagre Odeil Hope and Roe# Roberta
of Paw Creek were visitors in
itewart and Ted Par thla Community Saturday. I
thla wriiin*. ? ?_
lushes, Mleaes Mary
ghee were dinner
ayne Wells Sunday. MASONIC MEETING
?pont* TUuieday^fter First Monday Night
and Mra. Conrad ]Q ?ach Month *
wart who has been ?m^HMaHM
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purest and best we
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tasted! Try it!
0 DIXIE THEATRE
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