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10053
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Some eight or ten rug distributors are supplying rug-making materials to around three thousand families in the four counties surrounding Buncombe County. The result is that 80 percent of the country's hooked rugs are now made in the North Carolina mountains.
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10089
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Population growth has changed the boundaries of the First Congressional District since the first Congress of 1789-1791. This article lists men who have served the northeastern section of North Carolina from the first Congress to the current seventy-ninth.
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10090
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The article discusses famous “firsts†that occurred in the First Congressional District, such as Walter Raleigh's colony on Roanoke Island; the town of Bath, which was the first in the state; and the first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk.
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10091
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This article discusses the money crops grown in each of the fourteen counties in North Carolina's First Congressional District.
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10092
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The article discusses how industry and agriculture are working together to create jobs in each of the fourteen counties in North Carolina's First Congressional District; for example, Beaufort County is recognized for such industries as food and seafood canning, lumbering, and fertilizers.
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10093
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This article describes hunting, fishing, and other recreational activities available in North Carolina's First Congressional District.
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10094
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The counties of Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren, and Wilson comprise North Carolina's Second Congressional District. Of all the representatives who have served the 2nd District, John Hosea Kerr has served the longest. He filled out the unexpired term of Claude Kitchen in 1923, and has been reelected every term since. The article lists men who have served this district from the first Congress in 1789-1791 to the current seventy-ninth.
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10095
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Sixty percent of the land in the 2nd Congressional District is in woods or swamp lands, leaving forty percent for farms, industry, and communities. Crops and livestock produced in each county are discussed.
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10096
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Counties of the 2nd Congressional District played an important role in the early days of the nation; for example, the Halifax Resolves were signed there; William R. Davie of Halifax, father of the University of North Carolina, served in the Continental Army; and Nathaniel Macon, of Warren County, was a Revolutionary War soldier, becoming the district's representative in 1791.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 3 Issue 10, Feb 1946,
p20-22, 40, il, por, map
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10097
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While agriculture is the major economic force in the 2nd Congressional District, providing a livelihood for the majority of the 300,000 residents, industry is closely tied to it. For example, fish processing and canning, lumbering, and peanut plants are major industries in Bertie County; cotton is converted into manufactured products by the extensive textile plants in Halifax County; and manufacturing men's wearing apparel is a major industry in Lenoir County.
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10102
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The counties of Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne comprise North Carolina's Third Congressional District. Graham Arthur Barden is the current Representative, and the article lists men who have served the Third District from the first Congress to the current seventy-ninth.
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10103
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Industries in the counties of the Third Congressional District depend on the natural resources of the land and sea, with the fishing industry next to lumbering in dollar value. The tourist industry also furnishes employment to many people in this section of the state. The article describes the industries in each of the district's counties.
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10104
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The counties of North Carolina's Third Congressional District are heavy producers of the state's eleven principal crops. Besides truck crops, this section's crops include tobacco, cotton, corn, and soybeans. The article describes crops grown in each county.
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10105
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Many historical events have occurred in the Third Congressional District, including the Revolutionary War Battle at Moore's Creek Bridge and Civil War battles. Important North Carolinians born in the district included Charles B. Aycock, Furnifold M. Simmons, and Dr. S. S. Satchwell, a Civil War physician.
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10107
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The state's one hundred counties are profiled using economic indicators, including population, civilian labor force, per-capita income, farm earnings, and retail sales. The state�s fifty largest cities by population are also listed.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 2, Feb 2008,
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