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Show Pioneers In Pencil Industry. The flrnt lead pencil manufacturer In the United titatp.s whs William Monroe Mon-roe of Courord, Muss, uho, In 1812, linputpil a process by which lie pub arlzed nnd mixed Hip material nnd : Iih'iispiI it In eeilar holders. He was J vpr successful In m'IIIiik Ills product ' ind contlnuril tho IiicIiipss for a jear mid ii half, when lie was obliged to Slw It up on iiecmint "f Hip dlllkulty In ohtnlnlng raw imitprlnls. Anotlier j 'uippr In Hip Industry mis JoMp!r Dlxnn, who coiiimpiieed business in IS--JT. I l |