http://www.metafilter.com/47430/Gastonia-1929/ Comments on MetaFilter post Gastonia 1929 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:36:12 -0800 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:36:12 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/47430/Gastonia-1929 Just a small piece down the road from <a href="http://www.mcadenville-christmastown.com/ ">Christmas Town USA</a> looms the empty <a href="http://www.cityofgastonia.com/econ_dev/site_buildings/firestone_mill.cfm">Loray Mill</a>, an <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbrgs/lorray.htm">icon</a> of the old <a href="http://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/tompkins/menu.html">industrial South</a> and a monument to the early <a href="http://www.ncatwork.org/childlabor/ARC%20Identifier%20523104.gif">labor</a> <a href="http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/speccoll/hineimages/244.jpg">movement</a>. <a href="http://uncpress.unc.edu/chapters/salmond_gastonia.html">Gastonia 1929</a>: the chief of police is <a href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/jun2004/loraylarge.jpg">murdered</a>, the <a href="http://www.wjcash.org/WJCash1/WJCash/WJCash/warinthesouth.htm">Communist organizer</a> flees the country, and the young <a href="http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/workshops/womenshistory/SESSION4.html#wiggins">union</a> <a href="http://www.weisbord.org/Gastonia.htm">balladeer</a> is killed by a strikebreaking mob. (Hear Pete Seeger <a href="http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?mediaURL=/tavis/20040906_tavis_millmothers&mediaType=RM">sing</a> one of her ballads. <small>[real media]</small>) Much more on the area's <a href="http://www.hampsteadchamber.com/A%20Southern%20Primer/woolworths.htm">rich</a> and <a href="http://www.hampsteadchamber.com/A%20Southern%20Primer/textile.htm">turbulent</a> history at <a href="http://www.hampsteadchamber.com/A%20Southern%20Primer/index.htm">A Southern Primer</a>. <small>(Lewis Hine's child labor photographs previously discussed <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/40100">here</a>.)</small> post:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47430 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:20:43 -0800 milquetoast south southern history textile labor http://www.metafilter.com/47430/Gastonia-1929#1134956 Good stuff. Now ask yourself this: does your state pay more into the federal government than it gets back or do you get back more than you pay? Which states pay less money in taxes and get more aid back from those states paying more money into the federal coffers? Why? [idea: keep taxes low and get fed help for your needs and at the same time attract business etc because of low taxes] comment:www.metafilter.com,2005:site.47430-1134956 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 09:36:12 -0800 Postroad