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For more than 100 years Mullins was the major tobacco market for South Carolina. Since 1997 the tobacco allotment has been cut in half, textile manufacturers have moved away and Mullins, a town of 5000 has lost more than 1200 jobs. The Last Auction explores how this small rural town is working to reinvent itself after the crippling loss of its economic base.

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Farming is Changing                      

Sharecropping                                

Migrant Workers                              

South Carolina Tobacco Museum      

Truth                                    

 

CREDITS

Project Producer/Manager: Betsy Newman

Web Designer/Videographer: Alejandro Baez

​Content Producer: Amy Shumaker

Interactive Designer (Original Website): Greg Lunn

Videographer: Gaines Halford

Interactive Producer (Original Website): Richard Baldwin

Mini-Doc Producer/Editor (Original Website): Urica Pope

Curriculum Specialist: Andrea Thorpe

Research: Julie Jackson

Editors' Assistant: Sean Russell

Content Consultant: Dr. Gary Stone

Executive Producer (Original Website): John Bane

Special Thanks to Brandi Cook, Helen Meyers, and the City of Mullins.

Copyright 2002 City of Mullins. All Rights Reserved

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Carolina Stories / Last Auction

Last Auction: Introduction | Carolina Stories 1

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Last Auction: Introduction | Carolina Stories
Episode 1
The Last Auction: Part 1, Introduction Tobacco has a long and important history in South Carolina's Pee Dee region. During the 1890s, South Carolina tobacco production went from 200,000 pounds per...
Last Auction: Mullins Then | Carolina Stories 3

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Last Auction: Mullins Then | Carolina Stories
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The video, "Mullins Then" provides a look at Mullins in its best times. The Mullins community began when farming families settled here in the 1600s, The City of Mullins was formally established in...
Last Auction: Replacing Tobacco | Carolina Stories 5

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Last Auction: Replacing Tobacco | Carolina Stories
Episode 5
A look at the struggle to find crops to replace tobacco. Some farmers have substituted cattle, corn, beans and other vegetables for tobacco, but the profits are not what they were with tobacco.
Last Auction: Changes in Farming | Carolina Stories 8

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Last Auction: Changes in Farming | Carolina Stories
Episode 8
Looking at the transition from hand-held farming to the advent of machines. In the past, tobacco was a labor-intensive crop. People handled every leaf throughout the growing, harvesting and curing...
Last Auction: Today's Challenges | Carolina Stories 9

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Last Auction: Today's Challenges | Carolina Stories
Episode 9
Understanding the challenges of farming in Mullins today. Health Risks of Tobacco Almost a half-million Americans die of smoking-related illnesses every year, making smoking the leading cause of...
Last Auction: Migrant Workers | Carolina Stories 15

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Last Auction: Migrant Workers | Carolina Stories
Episode 15
Migrant workers continue to thrive in Mullins. When you go to the grocery store, do you think about who planted, cultivated and picked all the fruits and vegetables on the produce racks? Chances are...
Last Auction: Anderson Center | Carolina Stories 18

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Last Auction: Anderson Center | Carolina Stories
Episode 18
Mullins opens the Anderson Center and hopes for a revitalization in the town. Marion County residents can surf the Net or earn credits toward a degree at the new Technology Center of the Florence...