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for We the People of North Carolina Vol. 44 Issue 11, Nov 1986
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This article contains a brief profile of each of North Carolina's ten largest public Industrial companies. They are RJR Nabisco, Inc. of Winston-Salem; Burlington Industries, Inc. of Greensboro; Nucor Corporation of Charlotte; Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc. of Eden; The Standard Commercial Tobacco Company, Inc. of Wilson; Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated of Charlotte; Guilford Mills, Inc. of Greensboro; Lance, Inc. of Charlotte; Salem Carpet Mills, Inc. of Winston-Salem; and LADD Furniture, Inc. of High Point.
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12506
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John Gilmer, a Surry County farmer, bought the land that North Carolina Granite now quarries back in 1872. At that time the exposed rock was considered \"good for nothing.\" ÂThe quarrying company was known as Thomas Woodruff & Sons until 1904, when N.C. Granite was organized. N.C. Granite is the largest granite quarrying firm in the state, and the 90-acre quarry is the world's largest open quarry.
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12507
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Epley Associates, Inc., located in Charlotte, is the state's largest public relations firm and one of the largest in the South. The business started as a one-man firm eighteen years ago and now has a staff of over thirty-one people.
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12508
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Treyburn, a planned community located about fifteen miles northwest of the Research Triangle, is the largest private residential and commercial development in the state. Construction will soon begin, with primary financing from private investors, on a tract of land that equals the size of Chapel Hill.
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12509
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Beginning in 1896 mainly as a supplier of desks for the state's elementary schools, Stone's School Supply has grown into one of the largest suppliers of school materials in its industry. Stone's maintains stores in Raleigh and Charlotte and the two locations serve both Carolinas.
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