The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-07-31
National Geographic Gives
Pages To North Carolina
In Its Current Magazine

Work ana at play.
Will Be Distributed Widely
This article is one of a series
of American State and city stor-
les being published by the Nat
ional Geographic Magazine, Off
cial publication of the National
Geographic Society. Appearance
of the article in the Geographic
means that it will reach more
than million homes of members
of the Society. This membership,
the largest of any educational and
scientific body in the world, is
represented in every communi-
ty in the United States of 100 or
more inhabitants, and in many
foreign countries. Nearly 10000
members of the Society live in
North Carolina.
President of the National Geo
graphic Society is DR.. Gilbert
Grosvenor; DR.. John Oliver La
Gorce is its viee-president. Not
ed trustees include former Chief
Justice Hughes, General Per-
shing, Admiral Pratt, and Charles
! F. Kettering.
Mr.. Roy was particularly i'm
pressed with the industrial
wealth of North Carolina, and
spent many days inspecting the
! large factories of the state. AT
Greensboro, in the worlds larg-
est mills producing denim, he
watched the machinery which
normally turns out 100000 yards
year, and half as many yards
each of flannel and cotton print
and piece-dyed fabrics.
He visited several of the 30 fur
niture factories at High Point
"By 1918," he writes, "North
Carolina furniture was sold
throughout the United States
North Carolina now leads all 9TH
er states in the production OF
wooden household furniture"
Kannapolis Textile Center
At Kannapolis the writer saw
the mills which daily convert
about 500 bales of cotton into tiny
baby bibs, towels. bath and beach
robes. sheets and pillow cases. He
also inspected mills turning out
100000 dozen pairs of hosiery
each year and a giant paper mill
where daily one thousand CORDS
of pine, poplar; hemlock, chest
nut. gum and cottonwood are
made into thirty kinds of paper,
including stock for one-cent post
al cards. This latter plant also
produces turpentine and tanning
extracts.
Mr.. Roy found that one cheml-
cav company at Greensboro prln-
ted it's advertising folders IN four
teen languages, and had plants
normally operating in England,
Ireland, Mexico, Chile, Brazil
Argentina, Spain, New Zealand
! Australia and South Africa.
The article emphasizes the ex-
cellence Of the states highway
system. The writer, in his extern
sive tour, noted the vast acreage
devoted TO tobacco, but still was
SURPRISED to learn that Nortn
Carolina. with it's 100000 tobacco
farms employing half a million
people most of the year, was the
greatest tobacco growing state IN
the union.
"T'hree tobacco companies ope-
rating large plants in the state
each use more than a quarter OF
a million dollars worth OF reve-
nue. stamps every working day."
he writes. "Do you wonder that
North Carolina is the fourth
ranking state in the payment OF
taxes to Uncle Sam? 1 saw hun
dreds of machines each produc-
inc more than 1900 cigarettes a
minute. Other machines packed
them at the rate of 12O packs a
minute"
National Defense Program
North Cardinals participation
in the defense program appealed
to Mr.. Roy, who notes in his artl-
c1e that the bulk of Wilmington's
seaborne trade now is gasoline
from Texas: "More than one hum
dred silvery tanks holding 0o,ooo'-
600 gallons spread along the Cape
Fear River bank in and below the
civ Wilmington built ships Tor
the World War and is playing
similar role in the defense pro
gram today. On a 7O-acre site
nine ways have been built where
81 steel cargo ships of $500 tons
each will be assembled by l943."
In connection with the defense
werk. he visited Fort Bragg: "A
wear ago its population was 5000;
Favetteville's about 100000" the
article states, 'Last winter $4,000
worknen began thrusting roads
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