Record #:

31722

Author(s):

Arthur, Billy

Abstract:

How two brother from Caswell County turned Fels-Naptha soap into a philanthropic empire. After dropping out of school, Joseph and Samuel Fels slowly amassed a fortune producing laundry and toilet soap. Joseph funded employment programs through the 1890’s depression; and when Samuel pasted in 1950, he left all his holdings in the company to the Samuel S. Fels Fund to fund scientific investigation.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Aug 1991, p14, il

Subject(s):

Soap; Caswell County--History