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The Church and the World and North Carolina Industry Growth
The piece opens with a moral allegory of the church clashing with the world, depicting spiritual compromise and decline, followed by Stacey W. Wade praising North Carolina's industrial growth from 1912 to 1922. He highlights rising capital and output in cotton, knitting, furniture, and tobacco, plus banks and building and loan associations, as proof of progressive development and the effectiveness of blue sky laws.
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Stacey W. Wade