Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1920 — MILL GIRLS MARRY YOUNG [ARTICLE]

MILL GIRLS MARRY YOUNG

Many Villages in the South Where There Are Absolutely No Old Maids Found. A village without an old maid sounds somewhat like a- fairy taie s but several such places exist down below the Mason and Dixon Une. “All the women get married in the mill villages of South Carolina, and at an early age,” says a Y. W. C. -u Industrial secretary stationed at Greenville, where she works among the girls in 13 mills. Perhaps economic Independence has something to do with it, as marriage is not looked upon by the girls as a meal ticket, but as a fifty-fifty proposition. The wives do not give up their jobs but keep right on working. • That the textile industry in South Carolina absorbs a large number of women as well as men workers is not surprising, considering the fact that there are as many as 15 mills in 29/ counties. With the population of the state estimated at 1,500,015 people, 62,904 are mill workers, and 190,268 are dependents on mill pay. The valuation of the mills is $75,000,000 and the weekly pay roll is $1,000,000.