Claim: Cone Mills Corporation became the Asheville Cotton Mills in 1893, the brothers invested in the Salisbury Cotton Mills and they invested in Minneola Manufacturing Company in North Carolina whose governor is Roy Cooper.
Evidence: The mill became the Asheville Cotton Mills in 1893. In 1888, the brothers invested in the Salisbury Cotton Mills in Salisbury, North Carolina. They also invested in the Minneola Manufacturing Company in Gibsonville, North Carolina. Roy Cooper (D)