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Containing small summaries of the six towns in Warren County, this article supplies dates of establishment, information about commerce, as well as the accoutrements in Warrenton, Littleton, Norlina, Ridgeway, Macon, and Vaughan.
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Supplying four governors, six attorney generals, three Supreme Court Justices, and five magnates of the tobacco industry, the people of Warren County have historically been influential men. Nathaniel Macon, William, Phileman, and Benjamin Hawkins, George G. Allen, J. B. Duke, James Turner, William Miller, and Thomas Bragg represent some of the influential men denoted in this article.
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Held in Raleigh, North Carolina and opening on Tuesday, the 18th (month not mentioned), the first fair specifically catering to African Americans was held at the five-acre fair grounds, just outside of the city. Boasting agricultural and floral halls, other exhibits included side shows, and the presence of the electrical machine. The efforts of the organizing committee spread to other states, influencing subsequent African American fairs in neighboring states.
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Major construction work on North America's newest and most modern aluminum smelting plant finished in April 1964. Consisting of two, quarter-mile long rooms, built side by side, is where sugar-like alumina, the oxide of aluminum and other chemicals, are fed into scores of giant bathtub shaped pots, to produce processed aluminum. A $40 million dollar investment on behalf of the Alcoa Company, this plant is projected to ship some 104,000,000 pounds of aluminum this year.
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Acknowledging the Peach Bottom Mountains, often overshadowed by the Blue Ridge Range, Alleghany County contains a variety of topographic elements that contribute to a useful landscape. Utilized by dairy farmers and cattle ranchers, this land is essential for many locals. The mechanization of farming changed the industry of this county, lessening the availability of jobs, resulting in a northern migration focused on the search for income. Other transformations to Alleghany County include a fire in Sparta, in 1933, as well as the end of a mining industry that benefited from the harvesting of iron and copper.
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A fishing county since the early 18th century, Bertie County benefitted from the introduction of Seine nets as early as 1713, utilizing this method through 1915. The last seine to operate in the county was the Sutton Beach station, also known as Avoca, the largest and most successful of all the Albemarle Sound fisheries.
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Expected to be one of the most highly instrumented and mechanized cement plants in the world, Ideal Cement Company is building a new plant at Castle Hayne, North Carolina. The completion date for the new plant is set for June 1963, and will encompass a thousand-acre marl-rich tract of land along the northeast Cape Fear River. Estimated costs for the new manufacturing facility have reached approximately $28 million dollars.
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Last year, North Carolina led the seven southeast states in industrial expansion, including both gross gain and net gain in industrial jobs. Also, 192 new plants opened, 478 expansions occurred, $386 million was generated in capital investments, and 31,100 new jobs were created.
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Located in Winston-Salem County and covering some 40 acres of land, the Moravian established town of Old Salem, will be preserved as a historic 18th century community. An on-going project that began in 1950, the Old Salem site will be comprised of 68 different properties, 24 of which have already been restored.
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Carp stir up the water in Lake Mattamuskeet, prohibiting the growth of aquatic plants. The lack of plant life in the region has negatively affected the presence of geese. In an effort to solve the carp problem and return geese to the Mattamuskeet area, hunters and fishermen are working together to solve the wildlife dilemma that is damaging local economies.
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Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO), is building a dam on the Roanoke River which will result in the formation of a new lake. Encompassing some 23,000 acres, the new \"inland sea,\" will be 34 miles long and contain 350 miles of shoreline. Shared between Warren, Halifax, and Northampton Counties, the new lake will be bordered on the West by the Kerr Reservoir and on the East by the Roanoke Rapids Lake.
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Erskine Bowles is the founder and president of Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co., a specialized investment banking firm based in Charlotte. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in its Businessman In the News section.
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This article presents a profile of K. Ray Allen and his career. Allen is CEO of Computer Intelligence, Inc., a Raleigh-based software services company, and president of FAS, Inc., a software engineering firm, also located in Raleigh.
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There are 418 foreign based companies that have facilities in North Carolina. Of those, 197 are U.S. headquarters operations and reported over $8 billion in sales in 1986. These companies also employ 35,000 North Carolinians.
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As the storm of 1913 swept through North Carolina, reports of damage poured in from all points. September 4th brought reports from Tarboro, New Bern, Washington, Greenville, and Beaufort to name but a few towns suffering damage from wind and flooding. Farmville reported the deaths of two citizens as gale force winds whipped through their home, and other towns report the damage to boats and agricultural crops.
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