Record #:

11845

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

In 1920, Julius Ward Harriss and his son-in-law W. Conner Covington founded Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills in High Point. Their first product was ladies' mercerized cotton stockings, but they later switched to men's hosiery. Today, Harriss & Covington employs over 230 people, with weekly production approximately 20,000 dozen pair.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 37 Issue 11, Nov 1979, p146-147, il, por

Subject(s):

Hosiery industry--High Point