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Alabama AL-54
Susie R. O'Brien California Cotton Mill
Uniontown, Alabama
September 28, 1938
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ELLAWHITE, MILL VILLAGE

One mile East of Uniontown the little village of
Ellawhite spreads itself over a hundred acres of land on
part of which stands The California Cotton Mill. The
village was settled in 1900 and was named in honor of Mrs.
Ella Sims White, the wife of one of the then heaviest
stock-holder.

A cinder road from Uniontown enters the village at
the railroad track. The track divides the plant and the
cottages from the business section, which consists of a
general store and a filling station. The store is a
gathering place for the villagers. Here during idle
moments they sit around on boxes and benches and dis-
cuss neighborhood happenings and the condition of the
State and nation.

The road leading from Uniontown is the main road
and runs and North and South through the entire length of
the village. There are also two other roads or streets
parallel to the main road.

On each side of these are the cottage homes of
the mill workers. More than a hundred of these small
houses follow the course of the road and face each
other, each having two, three or four rooms according
to the size of the family. Most of the doors are closed
during the day for all who can get work are busy at the
mill. On the right at the entrance of the village is
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