Opr 251
Monday Aug 29, 1921
Special Work

I reported at the mill this 
morning at 6-10 AM 
In #1 mill #3 room.  
The secondhand told me to 
go spare hand all over 
the room.  
I ask the boss Weaver to let 
me raise some of the stop 
motion stands while there was 
not much work for a spare 
hand.  He says why do you 
want to raise the stop motion 
stands.  I says the yarn is 
jamming the drop wires against
the drop were bar causing 
the work to run bad and if 
you let me raise some 
of the drop wire stands, it 
will take the strain off the 
yarn and work will run better.  
He said if you raise the 
stop motion stand a fraction 
of an inch then the loom wouldn't 
stop off  
I tried to explain that by
letting out the articulation rod 
as much as the stop  motion 
stand was raised the loom 
would stop off alright 
but he walked away while I 
was trying to explain and 
wouldn't listen to me.  
The secondhand says you were 
right the stop motion stand 
can be raised and the looms 
made to stop off he says 
and the Boss weaver is a fellow 
that is afraid to make a 
little change.  He said he had 
made some changes and the 
Boss weaver was afraid to 
say I am right or wrong.  After 
I told him I didn't want him 
to turn the room over to me 
for six weeks.  
At noon I was in the #2 mill 
Spinning room I ask one of 
the section men J.C. Palmer if they 
had plenty of spinners he said 
no we had 40 frames to stand 
this morning . He said he thought 
several of the spinners got 
hurt this morning when the 
elevator fell.  
I ask him if he had many bad 
rollers on his sections he says if I 
knew I had any bad rollers 
on my section I would not 
rest till I got them out because 
they make bad yarn. 
Humidity water pressure 175 in #1 mill 
#3 room
It was in north end of room 
this morning
76 dry 74 wet
78 "	77 "
80 "	78 "
In the afternoon in north end of room it was 
81 dry 78 wet
83 "	80 "
84 "	82 "
One window was open in north 
end of room most of the day 
Mr. Bagwell the Supt. passed 
through once his assistant was 
in the room but did not 
pass through.  
The boss weaver looked over 
cloth and walked around some 
and stood some the secondhand moved about 
slow and did much inspecting 
he had looked over his cloth he 
made ever loom change to see 
if they were letting off right
he said when he got over all looms 
he was going back and 
see if they were stoping off right.
I estimated that 100 yards 
of seconds were made by a 
negro sweeping off over head 
over the big belts in north 
end of room while the wheels 
were running there was about 
a half gallon of blocks oil 
hanger this was knocked out into 
a pulley by the said negro 
and throwed all over the 
wraps and cloth.  
There seems to be too much 
cotton along the big belts to 
brush down while the looms 
are running.
Finished work 530 PM.