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Robinson Electric Supply a story straight out of Horatio Alger

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From: The Mississippi Business Journal
Date: 20021118
Author:Johnson, Wilton J "Bill" Jr

MERIDIAN - The story of RobinsonElectric Supply Co. is a marvelous example of perseverance and hard work. Horatio Alger used to pen those kinds of stories, and this would be a classic. It gladdens the heart of any fan of the capitalistic system.

The home office of Robinson Electric Supply is in Meridian, but there are eight other stores reaching from coast to coast. The president is William C. Robinson. "Yeah, but nobody knows me by that name," Bud Robinson pointed out and his card is ample proof. And his story is just as plainspoken. Graying and deferential, he constantly keeps an unlit ...

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