More than seventy-five families have left one mill village during the last ten years to buy farms with their savings, but this instance is rather unusual; comparatively few families return to the land.

Efforts have been made to develop a community spirit, and the results are perceptible.

Many mill villages are now really attractive.
Scores of mills have had their grounds laid out by a landscape architect, and a mill covered with ivy and surrounded by well-kept lawns and flower beds is no longer exceptional.

In scores of mill communities annual prizes are offered for the best vegetable garden, the most attractive premises, and the best kept premises from a sanitary standpoint.
The Southern operative is too close to the soil to be either socialistic in his views or collectivistic in his attitude.

The labor agitator has found sterile soil for his propaganda.