Leads the South in the manufacture of furniture.
Ranks fourth in the value of agricultural products.
In 1900 the expenditures for schools amounted to less than $1 million. This year the total expenditures will reach $30 million.
In 1900 the expenditures for new school builds were $41,000. In 1923 they were moe than $9 million.
In 1900 the average salary of teachers was less than $25 per month. In 1922 it was $102.
In 1900 the average length of school term was 73 days. In 1923 it was 141 days.
High school enrollment increased in 22 years from 2,000 to 48,000.
In 1900 there were no rural public libraries in the state. In 1923 there were more than 4,800.
In 1919 North Carolina paid $101 million in federal taxes to the government. In 1924 it paid $157 million.
Still has hydro-electric resources of developing more than 1 million horsepower.
Mines 75 per cent of all the mica manufactured in the United States.
Runs first in the quantity of feldspar produced in the United States.
In 1900 capital invested in manufacturing enterprises was $68,283,000. In 1923 this had increased to $725,000,000.
In 1900 the value of manufactured products was $95,274,000 and in 1923 it was $951,911,000.
From page 7 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Sept. 14, 1926
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