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14139
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The recent bicentennial celebration in Anson County has brought to mind interesting and prominent characters of past days, among them Judge Thomas Samuel Ashe and his brother Doctor Edmund Fontaine Ashe of Wadesboro.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 17 Issue 20, Oct 1949, p6, 20, por
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14464
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Thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Herman H. Hardison, the children of Wadesboro and the surrounding vicinity are now being given an opportunity to express themselves musically.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 15 Issue 39, Feb 1948, p6-7, 20, f
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18071
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The largest boxwood in the world sits on the lawn of Don Walser in Lexington. It is 8 ft. 7 in. in height and 71 ft. 3 in. in circumference. Government representatives wanted to place it on the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial when it was under construction, but the size made it impossible to ship by rail or truck. The whole shrub is growing from one stem.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 8 Issue 6, July 1940, p11, 25, il
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20743
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Jane Pratt, a native of Anson County, was North Carolina's first woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. She represented the Eighth Congressional District. She was hired as Congressman Robert L. Doughton's secretary in 1924 and served his two successors in the same capacity. When Congressman William O. Burgin died, she was elected to fill the vacancy.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 3, June 1946, p7, por
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