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In January 1906 the Globe Parlor Furniture Company began operations in High Point with fifteen workers. From the beginning Globe focused on upholstered furniture. Today, the company operates in a 100,000 square-foot facility and has grown from a regional manufacturer to a national one.
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10426
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The P.H. Hanes Knitting Company began in 1903 with 150 employees in a plant just north of Winston-Salem. Today the company has grown to 4,500 employees. The article traces the history of the company. The name Hanes is synonymous with hosiery, socks, and undergarments.
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10427
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Carolina Steel, a division of Florida Steel Corporation, has opened its new $3.3 million plant near Charlotte. The plant uses scrap as its “ore,†and sixty car-loads per month bring it to the mill. The article presents information on changing scrap into steel at the plant.
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10428
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National Spinning Company was founded in 1920. The company opened its first North Carolina plant in Washington in 1953 and a second one at Whiteville in 1959. The company's wisdom was questioned because the plant locations were in areas of unskilled labor. Today these successful operations have a workforce of over 700 and annual payroll of over $2 million.
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10429
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Fifty years ago Gurney Harriss Kearns left a successful career as a furniture industry executive to venture into the field of hosiery manufacture. Today the company he founded in High Point, Crown Mills, Inc., is one of the country's leading hosiery producers. The article traces the history and growth of the company.
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10430
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Holly Farms Poultry Industries, Inc., located in Wilkesboro, is the largest integrated broiler production organization in the state. The company began in 1947 and is one of the five largest in the nation. The article presents information on the company's development and how the chickens are processed.
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W. W. Akers, Jr. launched a small trucking business in 1933 that has grown into one of the giants in the industry--Akers Motors Lines, Inc., of Gastonia. Today, the company operates 79 terminals, has a fleet of over 1,600, operates in eleven seaboard states, and has gross revenue of over $22 million.
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10432
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The textile industry is the state's largest industry. Fabric and clothing of all kinds come from the plants. How are these products labeled? That is a job performed by the Artistic Weaving Company, the world's largest manufacturer of woven labels. Of the company's three plants, the largest, and the biggest plant of its kind in the world, is Chatham Mills, Inc., located in Pittsboro.
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10439
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Brothers F. Jack and Joe L. Blythe went into the construction business in Charlotte in 1921 with a combined capital of $2,500. Their first job was laying water mains in the town of Wilson. Today the company, still headquartered in Charlotte, has projects nationally and internationally, including dams, airports, powerhouses, sewage systems, and residential subdivisions.
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10443
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The Tuscarora War, 1711-1713, was confined to a large area in eastern North Carolina that, at the time, was known as Bath County. A map drawn after the war depicts the routes traveled by forces allied against the Tuscarora. The map was thought to have been drawn by Colonel James Moore between 1722 and 1728. The original document is in the British Museum.
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10454
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North Carolina was the first state in the union to set aside public funds to found an art collection for its citizens. The funds were appropriated in 1947, and the museum opened in 1956. The article discusses what makes this particular museum such a unique one.
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10462
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E. M. O'Herron, Sr. founded the Eckerd Drug Company in Charlotte in 1921. The company, which pioneered low-priced drugs, now operates seventy-five drugstores in six Southeastern states.
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10465
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A. C. Monk, Sr. founded A.C. Monk and Company in Farmville in 1907. The company inventories one of the largest selections of leaf tobacco in the world and employs a workforce of over 1,800 during the tobacco season, which runs from July through December.
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10472
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Harold W. Whitcomb, Board Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Committee for Fieldcrest Mills, Inc. in Eden, is featured in We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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10475
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Nello L. Teer, Jr., president of Nello L. Teer Company and its affiliates, is featured in WE THE PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S \"North Carolina Businessman in the News\". The company owns its own railroad (Durham and Southern); operates a large stone quarrying and crushing business; and a construction company. Nello L. Teer Sr. started the business in 1909 with a team of mules.
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