The Woodside Mill was the largest mill under a single roof in the country at one point. Charles Street, where Harry Coggins had lived, hosted various opportunities for sports, religion, and education. The Woodside Mill had a pool, refilled once every one to two weeks, and even a community building built and maintained by the YMCA. Many children who grew up in the mill village were extremely successful,...
Life in the village was dictated by the back-and-forth pangs of church bell and mill whistle. The mill village of Union Bleachery was home to workers and their families and known for an abounding sense of community. The Bleachery began with 125 workers who would spin up to 100,000 yards of cloth a day. Imperative to the survival of the community, a tight routine was established and maintained. Monday...
The frequently ignored peoples that lived in the mill villages of South Carolina are made to sound as if immediate legislation was needed to ameliorate their unique situation. Thomas F. Parker, who made this speech, was one of the owners of the Monaghan Mill. Parker had an agenda, clearly evidenced by his speech as having to do with paternalism and its correlation to mill village life. Parker wanted...