Abstract:
There have been many prominent men of industry in North Carolina. Lawrence recounts the work of ten of them in furthering industrial progress in the state. The men are Alexander Sprunt and Sons (Wilmington), Ashley Horne (Clayton), Needham B. Broughton (Raleigh), John F. McNair (Laurinburg), the Cannon family (Kannapolis), Richard J. Reynolds (Winston), William States Lee (Durham), Caesar Cone (Greensboro), Daniel A. Tompkins (Charlotte), and George W. Pack (Asheville).