Union Hall

Friday Morning February 23,1935 the workers of Tucapau were on Strike.

The strongest of the was Local 2070 and it was the struggles of the workers and Managers over mastery of the Tucapau Mill and village that ultimately became the Taw's last butwalk against extinction in South Carolina.

The strike meant no one had any income. Someone hauled in truckloads of cabbage and distributed them the union workers. The non-union people hauled in loads of apples and gave them to non-strikers. From then on the Union people were know as CABBAGE HEADS and the non-union people were called the RED APPLES.

On July 15,1935 Local 2070 sponsored an impromptu parade through the village that afternoon and on the following day July 16,1935 Tucapau Mills reopened for business.

Spring 1936--- The Tucapau Plant was sold to Walter Montgomery President of Spartan Mills.

During June and July 1936 while the plant continued to operate, Montgomery began to remodel the mills and village. That is when the village was renamed to Startex and the mill was known as Startex MILLS.

This is the Union Hall that was located over on the 500 area. The building is still standing today.