As a result, rural communities
struggled to maintain their
populations in the face of
dwindling farming income and
the lack of industrial job
opportunities. Promising a
surplus of cheap, nonunion
labor and relying on a variety
of inducements, some of which
were financed by public
subscription or deductions from
workers' checks, several GA
towns succeeded in attracting
small, low-wage employers—
mostly textile mills —in the
1930s. (1 Jan 1930 Jahr – 1 Jan 1938 Jahr)