Agent #259
Thursday Nov 13-19
Special Work
Reported for work at 7AM and worked 
till 6PM.  I wish to cancel as mistake 
I made in Tuesdays report.  I stated 
that the weavers down stairs on 
the "bag" loom ran 18, they only 
ran sixteen.  I happened to see 
18 and thought all of them did 
but I learned later that 
most of the weavers ran 16 looms.  

The man I promised to tell 
you his name who said he would 
like to plant the dynamite under 
the mill his name is J Walter Staned 
and he is working a notice to go to 
the Hillside Mill in La Grange, GA.  

The loom fixers that I mentioned 
in the Tuesday report has been 
spending a lot of time in 
the waterhouse again today reading 
his name in Handcock Sec #5.  He 
spent at least 45 minutes in the 
dressing room reading during 
work hours to day at one time and 
I looked over his job and counted 
four flags up and him reading. 
One of my looms was out of fix 
waiting on supplys- supply man brought 
it, and it was left on lunch for 
half hour, still reading that don't 
encourage the weavers any especially 
when the looms are out of fixers 
lead as they are down stairs.  Same 
bunch of fixers they have are 
all amateurs no experts at all.  FBCM 
usually has the best loom fixers, 
why can't they now there is as 
many good ones now as ever?  

Besides section #6 is 
a good fixer.  That's all down stairs, 
the second hand down stairs 
does not do anymore than he can 
get by with.  He is the first 
to get ready to go at stopping time 
and the last to report at starting 
time. He is never on hand in 
the mornings, to help the overseer start 
up.  Since they have passed the 
[...] for the loom fixers to cut 
out going to now 30 minutes before stop-
ping time.  They don't start up any
more so Riders the overseer has it 
to do or have the weavers do it.  I 
had a loom to make a breakout this 
morning stood for 2 hours.  They got 
it after the breakout had drawn in 
and Hadcock came and worked on 
it and he had no more than 
got bock to work lunch when
It made another twice as large 
as the first stood over 2 hours more 
and the loom is still out of fix 
loom #251.  half of the looms in 
the department I am in [...] 
places.  The thin place [...] don't 
work when they do the weavers 
start up loom and do pay any 
attention to it.  Why use the fixers at all?  

Bud Elrod the bootlegger 
told me at noon that he bought a supply 
of liquor and one gallon of best half hay rum 
said he poured it out 
of course that's untrue 
he would not have poured it out 
if he had known it contained 
half wood alcohol.  Ed Nichols has 
recovered from his injuries in the 
Wilson Hotel fire, and is doing 
business at the same old stand.   
Charlie Emory Barber shop on Carroll 
street.  he is [....] 
a whiskey peddler.  That is the 
hang out of Ed Connell Ed Nichols 
and a one eyed guy named Hire
and Charlie Emory is the ringleader 
if the policean thats but [..]
worth a darn they would break 
up that joint.