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From Immigrant to One of the State's Leading Business Men

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11527
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Abstract:
Francis Garrou rose from a penniless immigrant at age ten to head a large corporation in Valdese. Among his business interests are the Valdese Manufacturing Company, of which he is secretary and general manager, and the Waldensian Hosiery Mill, of which he is president. In 1932, he was elected to the North Carolina General Assembly from Burke County.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 1 Issue 48, Apr 1934, p5, 22, por