News and Record from Greensboro, North Carolina • 35

4 I Pomona Mills and Office 'J prac the mill Church in Pomona Mill Village Cottage and Village Scene at Pomona Mills Greensboro Village School Pomona Group of Deep River Mills Baptist Church Where R's Employes 5 1 Deep River Mill School 1 5 canx finds unto The rooms each Rentals are low A four room house rents for 50 cents per week while a six room house rents 7X cents per wedk Good water is furnished Eveijthing is substantial about the 1 hue (ho plant 4(sclt the homes1 of npcrativesvtrything even to the mill clock This is an old iSeth 'Ihnrnas clock flitch hns been pawn the time ftway regularly and as nil good clocks should lor 35 years It is one the numerous lilies to be found about this historic plae Deep Hirer mills today gkeempioy npnt to about OO and 2000 people are dependent unon them for a livelihood 'I ho worker in this mi II "are a high' claw of people tellingly dhiiflv in fin ir habits of life and economical Thcr arc 107 weavers in the mill and The mill makes colored goods drills plaids etc and tho product is sold all oxer the world There have been large consignments to South America and to other foreign countries 1 his mill was organized in ISIS under the name of the old factory If had an initial capital of $20000 ft fan miner 'that name until I860 hen the uiinie was changed the Randleman 70 of these own their own homes The postal savings at this place are among the largest in any office of the state 1 i The "Rank of Randleman Jias on deposit $100000 a large part ofwhich represents the savings of mill operatives Randleman has many churches There are three Methodist churches one Bap tist one Christian and one Holiness Good wages cheap living costs Lave enabled the workers in these milk to save a good part of their weekly vflge The bouses in the village are substan tial and nent running from four to six 'I and its general air of binode The location on gently rolling land if the mill and thhy area eubstantiu1 and intelligent' set of people A good school building was construct ed by the mill and is operated under the direction of the county There are 150 children enrolled in this school Three teachers are employed i The school handling up' to and includ ing the fourth grade is located in the mill village The fifth and higher up grades are cared for at the Pomona graded school l'i Near the mill there is Baptist and a Methodist church built and furnished by the mill also a Quaker church Most of the men who hold responsible positions which tends to breed mosquitoes Pure" cold water is supplied by a sys tern of deep driven wells (not a surface or dug well is in the village This clear cold drinking water is also piped throughi 5 the mill and sanitary drinking fountains "th A are installed at convenient places throughout the entire plant These deep wells and sanitary septic tanks were in stalled at nodittlevexpense by the com pany the liability of typhoid There arc 475 operatives employed in college a ive teachers are employed and 500 childien are enrolled Officers of the company are: presi dent Watkins secretary Atf Hunter manager Deal and super intendent Story A sewerage system has just been in stalled by the company connecting a series of septic tanks Every tenant house in the mill village has a sanitary closet connectedwith the svtem' All the I old open surface closets are done away with and as a result Pomona tically a flyless village Ilog pons are not allowed in village but the company builds pens at convenient places and the operatives are permitted to keep their hogs in them The sanitary condition Is also looked after by the company who employs an outside man for tbat purpose and to cart away cans a trash land anything Manufacturing company and the capital was increased1o $100000 The company was reorganized in 1(1 funder the pres ent name River and the capital stock was increased to $300000 This mill has made a wonderful record in many ways During all of these years there have never been any stiikos or labor troubles Any matters (hatMme up bvtucon management ami em pleyM Jhvo always? been mutually set tied $250000 in improvements in and about! lie mill and the result in thit the ployeas here lives comfortably content edly and well JP 5 i ft 1 GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL EDITION city with its varied industries its well laid out streets elcHnlincrs and of the town is providing 'good natural drainage THE POMONA MILL CO INC A The Poiuour lill Co Inc isl vapitab ized at $22bP00 The idTit ers of the coni' pany lire as follows: Iatlia in pres ichnt 'Boren xico president A A MereUry and treasurer anti Deal run linger Ir Chas II Carr ib superintendent The equipment of th! company con sists of "5iW0 spinning spindles 2406 twisting spindles 400 40 incli Dobby looms equipped with automatic filling changing devices and 1Q0 46 inch Staf ford automatic looms A The 1 lobby looms arc now running to their fullest capacity': on fancy dress goods The Staffords axe onantils The weekly capacity of this mill is 50000 pounds of raxv cotton The company owns4 a large tract' of tillable land adjacent to the jnill which is used for garden plats for the oper atives to reduce the high cost of living The mill plant of the 1 "Pomona Mill Company Inc of Greensboro As located at Pomona near Greensboro and here one finds a form of practical benefit work' among mill opcrativcs of the high est value 4 The pretty little village of Pomona lies near the main 1 line four miles from the center of Gate City and a 15 minutc street' car schedule is maintained between Greens boro and Pomona throughout the year This attraethe little suburb is in the closest touch with the cityl Pomona itself' is quite a hustling 1 free of charge The village is lighted by the Randolph Power company at 25r cents per month per light The houses are situated on lots whieliliff ord ample loom for gardens anjJ flowers There are a number of organization designed to make more pleasant anil profl tabloA the social life of the village i including Aid society Daughter of and Masonic Odd ellows end other fraternal orders Tho employes of thefsnill ara in thsl I main native Randolph county people Since tho reorganization in 1911 tho( company has spent something like in themill brouaJit up from the ranks Al: the overseers and like of ficials are North Carolina raised In cudition to other things tho mill fur iMics a large garden to each family Important factors in the soeialilife of the community ere organizations' such ns tho Aid society yte The' em loycs'of the Pomona mill appear to be a thoroughly contented and happy set unpeople and Jn all worthy undertak ings they wcik in close liurtaony with the managvmentjf the mills The mill was built or plana wen laid for in 1002 and sin that time the conetvn lias haa a successful (aieer The mail and shipping point af the company is Grevnsborojdmt the (fde graph address is Bomora MUD DEEP RiVER MILL CO INC The plant of Iliver Mill Co hw is located Kandlciruxn Mt the Deep llivyr mill the families have worked Id the mills' ilw Hind and fourth school system at the mill is goo1 The schools are equipped to carry student' from The primary up to and through I ha 11th grade thus preparing them A great deal of is taken in the beautification of home surroundings at Pomona and each spring 'the con ducts a regular floxycr planting paign Thcrosult is that summer the niiil village abloom with alb sorts of flow crs Pomona is It clean settlement? The cottages of operatives are neatly paint cd and grounds are well cart of The cottages run from three to six rooms each i Much Is Done at the Pomona and Deep River Mills or Comfort and Convenience rife ktK ib rS jwBi ft: 7 i 5s ft 5 I i' few 5 5 i 5 1 JV A 4 ffiilr tfe HwliKS: a 1 11 1 jwal A 1 'yZ i L' lU fe 1 SsWwwsw 9 A 14 te'' Sw 11 dt 4 'r 4 jf i 4 1 1 4 4 4.