The uplift [serial] . z Q & M JO ow u m a< I—I o H THE UPLIFT 9. A TYPICAL MILL PLANT IN GASTONIA paved highways radiate from Gas-tonia in every direction, mill-to-mar-ket service to manufacturers. The variety of manufactured pro-ducts within the city includes cottonyarns, tire fabric, textile machinery,sewing thread, bedspreads, crochetingand knitting yarns, labels, gears,weavers knotters, roller covering,dress goods, sheetings, leather belt-ing, drapery and upholstering fabric,silk, rayon, mattresses, furniture, tex-tile supplies, motor oil filters, station-ery forms, hosiery, novelties a
The uplift [serial] . z Q & M JO ow u m a< I—I o H THE UPLIFT 9. A TYPICAL MILL PLANT IN GASTONIA paved highways radiate from Gas-tonia in every direction, mill-to-mar-ket service to manufacturers. The variety of manufactured pro-ducts within the city includes cottonyarns, tire fabric, textile machinery,sewing thread, bedspreads, crochetingand knitting yarns, labels, gears,weavers knotters, roller covering,dress goods, sheetings, leather belt-ing, drapery and upholstering fabric,silk, rayon, mattresses, furniture, tex-tile supplies, motor oil filters, station-ery forms, hosiery, novelties and otherarticles. The population of greater Gastoniais now 39,000. In the county as awhole, the number of textile employeeshas increased from 19,700 in 1939 to27,000 today. Annual payrolls in the county were$13,500,000 in 1939 and today are inexcess of $60,000,000. In 1880 Gastonia was a mere cross-road village with a population of 236. From this humble beginning just afew decades ago Gastonias growthand development has been trulyphenomenal. This growth has beend
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