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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.
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Crawford recounts how the African-American community of Uree in Rutherford County decided their children needed to improve their education at the turn of the 20th century so the community built a school and brought in teachers.