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South reshapes as industry drives new middle class
Industrial fever sweeps the South, boosting payrolls and prosperity while transforming race, politics, and social levels. Industry draws new middle class, shifts power to business leaders, and reconfigures urban rural balance across Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana as states compete for factories and jobs.
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Don McKee
Associated Press
South
Magnolia Shade
New South
Caldwell Marks
Alabama Chamber of Commerce
Joe W. Hart
Memphis State University
Perry H. Howard
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oxford
Georgia
Atlanta
Republican Party
BE. C. Barksdale
Arlington State
Fort Worth
Lee
Greene
University of Tennessee
State Senate
Primariy
Reed Sarratt
Southern Education Reporting Service
W. Cameron Mitchell
Georgia Chamber of Commerce
Mitchell
George
Gorse Benedict
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Benedict
John A. Williamson
Birmingham
Ala