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Record #:
11936
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An excerpt of S. T. Pearce's \"Zeb's Black Baby,\" a history of Vance County is reprinted in this article detailing the court trial of a misidentified husband. Arrested for bigamy and nonsupport of his children in 1923, John Bunyan Rawls was mistakenly identified as J. Bynum Reid and escaped conviction by the Vance County jury only narrowly.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 26 Issue 3, July 1958, p12, 36
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Record #:
12626
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An excerpt of S. T. Pearce's \"Zeb's Black Baby,\" a history of Vance County is reprinted in this article detailing the court trial of a misidentified husband. Arrested for bigamy and nonsupport of his children in 1923, John Bunyan Rawls was mistakenly identified as J. Bynum Reid and escaped conviction by the Vance County jury only narrowly.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 26 Issue 3, July 1958, p12, 36
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Record #:
13543
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Vance County wears the cloak of the Piedmont, but at heart it is of the coastal plans.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 21 Issue 47, Apr 1954, p3-5, 18-19, 31, f
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36308
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For Henderson, the word roses can remind natives of a common surname in town. Two native sons most associated with the name: Charlie Rose, longtime host of the TV program “CBS This Morning”; Paul Rose, founder of the department store that opened in 1915. The word can also prompt reminders of Henderson’s blossoming economic development, in establishment of businesses like Iams Pet Foods and a Durham semiconductor firm, Semprius.