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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four new members in November who are known for their contributions to industry and economic development: C. Grier Beam (Carolina Freight); Charles A. Cannon (Cannon Mills); Philip Lance Van Every (Lance Snack Foods); and William B. McGuire (Duke Power).
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The long, curving, stone dam separating the river from ocean between Federal Point and Baldhead Island, was completed in 1881, closing the inlet, which was opened during a storm in 1761. Designed by Mr. Henry Bacon, the New Inlet Dam allowed waterborne commerce to flourish by eliminating shoals and allowing a deeper channel from the larger volume of water. The Dam was capped with cement later on and is now considered a fisherman's paradise. The Dam was also extended south past Corncake Inlet some years later.
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The North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry presented the 1993 Citation for Distinguished Public Service award to former Governor James G. Martin.
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13069
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The North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry presented its 1993 Citation for Distinguished Citizenship to William Roger Soles of Greensboro, who has led the Jefferson-Pilot family of companies, including one of the state's premier insurance institutions, for over a quarter of a century.
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame inducted four new members in November who are known for their contributions in banking, textiles, and education: William C. Friday; George Watts Hill, Sr.; Edwin A. Morris; and John F. Watlington, Jr.
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North Carolina native, George Guess (Gist), popularly known as Sequoyah, is famous for inventing the Cherokee alphabet. Carrying the written language to Mexico during the mid-1800s, Sequoyah taught fellow Cherokees using one language set. Compiled through years of study and a compiling a syllabary of 85 characters, Sequoyah disseminated Cherokee knowledge Cherokee in schools and newspapers in the Oklahoma Territory.
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Burlington Industries, a major participant in the textile industry since 1923, is a producer of cotton shirts, tweedy woolens, decorative fabrics, and men's socks, is based in Greensboro. An international, half-billion-dollar company, Burlington gives back to the state, offering employment and bolstering North Carolina's number one business.
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Estimated to cost upwards of $1.25 million dollars, two new bridges, and a causeway leading to Harbor Island and Wrightsville Beach, is expected to reduce traffic by 50%. McMeekin Construction Company, Atkinson Dredging, and the Wilson Construction Company, will complete the new project.
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Consisting of over 400 hundred corporations, spread across 16 states, the Belk Company, proprietors of the Belk Department Stores, is a family run operation that continues to expand. Undertaking his first commercial venture in 1888, William Henry Belk turned a dry goods store in Monroe, into the largest and most modern department store chain in the Carolinas.
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The day after the American Boy Scouts were incorporated, J.W. Clay organized four patrols of eight boys each in Hickory, North Carolina. Sources may indicate that not only were these groups the first Scouts in North Carolina, but perhaps in the whole nation.
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Under development by Appalachian Sulphides, Inc., North Carolina's first major copper mine since the late-1800s is underway. Gathering ores from shafts 30-90 feet deep, miners harvest chalcocite, averaging 20% copper content.
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13114
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Regarding road construction in North Carolina, this article is about the expanding transportation system from the 1920s through the 1950s. Focusing on the changes in technology as well as the labor force, the actions of companies such as the H.F. Ramsey Company, Macon Construction Company, as well as individual contractors like James F. Powell, Jr. are featured.
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Initiating producer-mill partnerships in North Carolina that enabled farmers to transition into the poultry business, Clyde L. Fore began turkey ventures in Chatham County, 1925.
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North Carolina is the leading industrial state of the southeast with both the number of industrial worker and in industrial production. From the beginning, North Carolinians have adapted new ideas to the needs of the state with such endeavors as railway promotion and the home-grown industry in tobacco, textiles, and furniture.
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The unique climatic position of North Carolina provides for an immense forest that blankets nearly 19 million acres. In 1952 along some $64 million worth of timber was cut from that forest, ranking North Carolina consistently among the top six lumbering states in the nation.
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