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WHAT INDUSTRY HAS DONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF WAKE COUNTY ^ Some of Raleigh’s office buildings. Left to right The new Insurance Building, Security National Building, Capitol Club Building and Raleigh Building with the Odd Fellows’ Building in the rear. SOMEHOW or other, the average citizen of North Carolina doesn’t associate Wake County with in¬ dustry. Perhaps one reason for this is that it is the center of polities in the state. But when you really begin to make a survey of the county, you dis¬ cover that there are a variety of in¬ dustries within its boundaries : and nil of them are prosperous, too. Of course the biggest thing in Wake is the government of the state. It is estimated that there arc close to 4.000 people on the state's payroll in Raleigh. This includes those who work in the various departments— revenue, highway, school commission, motor vehicle bureau, and all of tho others. It also includes those who work in some of the state institutions the State Hospital, School for tho Blind and Deaf, etc. Off hand, we'd say that the next biggest thing in Wake, from the stand- Cint of employment, is represented Education. Here’s a list of the institutions of higher learning in Raleigh: N. C. Slate College. Meredith College. Saint Mary’s Junior College. Peace Junior College. Shaw University (Negro). St. Augustine College (Negro). In addition, Raleigh bos seventeen public schools; twelve white, five colored. It has three parochial schools. And then, there are four business colleges. You might say that State Govern¬ ment and Colleges really don’t come under the classification of “industry,” hut in the broad meaning of the word, we believe they do. If you took these payrolls out of the county, you sure would make a big dent in the pros¬ perity and development of Wake. As a rule, however, when you speak of “industry,” you refer to manu¬ facturing establishments; cotton mills, hosiery mills, furniture factories and other things of that nature. All right: let's >ee what we can find in Raleigh. Here’s a list of the manufacturers that are located within the boundaries of the capital city: Awnings, Window Shades, Tents, Clark Art Shop Bags, Raleigh Burlap Bag Co. Brooms and Cane Seats, N. C. State Blind Institute Cabinets, Woodwork, Molding, etc., Herring Sash & Door Co., Martin Millwork Co., Rich Cabinet Works, Tillery Mill works Concrete, Southern Equipment Co.