Furman Owens, Columbia, South Carolina, 1908, photo by Lewis Hine
Furman Owens, 12 years old. Can't read. Doesn't know his A, B, C's. Said,
"Yes I want to learn but can't when I work all the time." Been in the mills 4 years, 3 years in the Olympia Mill, Columbia,
S.C.
Furman died at the age of 84. I did a long interview with his grandson.
Excerpts will be posted later.