Bernard Milton Cone

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Bernard Milton Cone

Birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death
21 May 1956 (aged 81)
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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A timeline of the enterprise through Bernard's death in 1956:
1892: Brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone establish the Southern Finishing and Warehouse Company.
1896: Proximity Cotton Mill is built.
1898: Revolution Mill is built.
1905: White Oak Cotton Mill is built.
Dec. 8, 1908: Moses Cone, 51, dies at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
Nov. 1913: Proximity Print Works opens in Greensboro to produce printed fabrics.
1917: Ceasar Cone, 58, dies. He is succeeded by brothers Julius and Bernard.
1920: The Cones buy controlling interest in Salisbury Cotton Mills. With a Greensboro population of 20,000, Cone employs 3,000.
1925: Cone plants churn out 207,000 square yards of denim a day, with annual payroll of $3 million.
1928: Granite Mill, in Alamance County, is acquired.
1936: National advertising begins.
1945: All Cone textile enterprises are reorganized under Proximity Manufacturing Co.
1948: Proximity Manufacturing and Revolution Cotton Mills merge to form Cone Mills Corp.
1979: Cone is the largest producer of flannel in the world.
1951: Cone Mills goes public.
1955: Herman Cone dies.
A timeline of the enterprise through Bernard's death in 1956:
1892: Brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone establish the Southern Finishing and Warehouse Company.
1896: Proximity Cotton Mill is built.
1898: Revolution Mill is built.
1905: White Oak Cotton Mill is built.
Dec. 8, 1908: Moses Cone, 51, dies at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD.
Nov. 1913: Proximity Print Works opens in Greensboro to produce printed fabrics.
1917: Ceasar Cone, 58, dies. He is succeeded by brothers Julius and Bernard.
1920: The Cones buy controlling interest in Salisbury Cotton Mills. With a Greensboro population of 20,000, Cone employs 3,000.
1925: Cone plants churn out 207,000 square yards of denim a day, with annual payroll of $3 million.
1928: Granite Mill, in Alamance County, is acquired.
1936: National advertising begins.
1945: All Cone textile enterprises are reorganized under Proximity Manufacturing Co.
1948: Proximity Manufacturing and Revolution Cotton Mills merge to form Cone Mills Corp.
1979: Cone is the largest producer of flannel in the world.
1951: Cone Mills goes public.
1955: Herman Cone dies.

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