. The Church in a Southern Mill Town . o property and withlimited school facilities they have grown up in poverty and ignorance. Inthe country they are renters or tenants, and having to pay from one-thirdto one-half of their crops for rent of land and tools they are able to maintainbut a bare existence. In this section tobacco is the chief crop and wholefamilies, including women and small children, can be seen working in thefields. On the whole they are a fine class of people—honest, hospitable andintelligent. From them have sprung some of Americas substantial they need is a chance. Th
. The Church in a Southern Mill Town . o property and withlimited school facilities they have grown up in poverty and ignorance. Inthe country they are renters or tenants, and having to pay from one-thirdto one-half of their crops for rent of land and tools they are able to maintainbut a bare existence. In this section tobacco is the chief crop and wholefamilies, including women and small children, can be seen working in thefields. On the whole they are a fine class of people—honest, hospitable andintelligent. From them have sprung some of Americas substantial they need is a chance. These people are now pouring into the southern mill towns seeking steadyemployment and better remuneration. Here they have the pleasures of sociallife, the advantages ,of school and church, and better their condition in manyways. Already there are nearly 150,000 factory people in North Carolinaalone, and this number is destined to be increased many fold in the nearfuture. These conditions not only produce important social and economic. SOME OF OUR CHTLDREX questions; they offer a wonderful opportunity for the Church to spread itsmessage among a people whose need is great and to whom it is almostunknown. The question has been asked, Can the Episcopal Church reach andhold and uplift these factory people? Here at Mayodan we are trying toanswer it by a practical experiment. An attractive church, well located, wasbuilt soon after the town was started. Services were held by a visitingclergyman once or twice each month and a Sunday-school was conductedfrom time to time by the two or three communicants in the village. Aftereight years of .occasional services, during which time there was scarcely anaddition to the Church, those in authority realized that to make any realprogress there must be a resident minister who could identify himself withthe people bv going into their homes and knowdng them in their everydavlife. Accordingly, about five years ago, a young clergyman was sent to live
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