Kids started school in the mill school at age 5 and were working in the cotton mill by age 9.The child labor laws were that a child could work no more than 8 hours a day and that studies should make up at least 3 of those.Women and children were especially valued cotton mill workers...
[5] While working in private practice, Judge Ervin served as a solicitor for the Burke County Board of Commissioners from 1954 to 1956 and North Carolina State Representative from 1965 to 1967.[6] Governor Dan K. Moore named Judge Ervin to fill a vacancy on the North Carolina Superior ...