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for The State Vol. 6 Issue 33, Jan 1939
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Paul Garrett visited eastern North Carolina to look at the prospects of expanding the amount of vineyards in the area. He proposed 10,000 acres for both scuppernong and mish grapes to supply his company that produced Virginia Dare wines. He believed that expanding the Mother Vineyard in Dare County would become a $1,000,000 industry for eastern Carolinians.
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Ashley provides interesting information about the taxi business in the state. There are 1,785 cabs operating with over 3,500 people engaged in taxicab work. An average cab uses 2,000 gallons of gas a year, and the cabs travel over thirty-five million miles a year on the streets and roads. The business also provides revenue for the state through license taxes and a six cents state tax on each gallon of gas used.
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It would be difficult to find another North Carolina county that can put forth such a distinguished and illustrative list of names to grace its annals as can Orange County. Among them were two Secretaries of the Navy; three U.S. Senators; two Governors; three Chief Justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court; five Supreme Court Justices; three Congressmen; eight Superior Court judges.
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