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Clav one, Cleveland one, Cumberland two, Pamlico one, 

 Pender one, Rutherford one, Surry one, Stanly one. Wake 

 three, Yadkin one. One of the largest of these is at Waugh- 

 town, near Winston-Salem, founded in 1834. Another 

 large one is at Hickory." 



"Of furniture factories, there are twenty-five, of which 

 one is in Ashe, three in Buncombe, one in Davie, two in 

 Forsyth, one in Gaston, two in Guilford, one in Henderson, 

 three in Lincoln, one in Macon, one in Martin, one in 

 Mecklenburg, one in Montgomery, one in Moore, two in 

 Rowan, one in Surry, one in Wake, one in Wayne, and one 

 in Yadkin. 



"For the making of hubs, spokes, and handles there are 

 six factories, viz. : Bertie has one, Guilford one, Mecklen- 

 burg one, Montgomery one, Rowan one, Rutherford one. 



"Of sash, door and blind factories there are twenty- 

 four, viz. : Buncombe has two, Burke one, Cabarrus one, 

 Caldwell one, Catawba two, Davidson two, Durham one, 

 Forsyth one, Gaston one, Guilford three, Johnston one. 

 Rowan three, Stanly one, Surry one. Wake two, Wilkes 

 one. 



"Of another variety of wood-working factories is that at 

 Newbern for the manufacture of plates and dishes made 

 out of sweet-gum, and also berry baskets. 



"At Wilmington a somewhat similar establishment was 

 operated by steam and employed one hundred and twenty- 

 five people. The material chiefly used is gum logs, and 

 the product is butter plates and baskets, berry baskets and 

 crates. 



"Of the other simpler and ruder establishments for the 

 conversion of the product of the forest there are, as nearly 

 as can be ascertained, in operation in the State one hundred 

 and fourteen steam saw-mills, eighty turpentine distilleries 

 (undoubtedly below the actual number); and, as largely 

 connected with the products of the forest, a very large 



