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15916
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Scales was a lawyer, legislator, Congressman, Confederate general, and Governor of North Carolina from 1885 to 1889. Thirty-seven years of his life were given to public service. During his term the Departments of Health and of Labor were organized.
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15924
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Daniel Fowle was a lawyer, state legislator, judge, and Governor of North Carolina. He served during the Civil War and was captured on Roanoke Island. Although nothing spectacular happening during his administration, few Governors were held in higher esteem than he was. He was the first Governor to occupy the newly built Governor's mansion. Fowle died in office after serving just over half of his four-year term.
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15930
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Daniel Russell, judge, Congressman, and Governor, was born in Brunswick County, near Wilmington, in 1845. In 1896, he was elected Governor on the Republican ticket. The two years of his administration were probably the worst the state has ever experienced. African Americans held office all over the state; the Legislature was incompetent; disorder reigned in both Houses sometimes, and police were required to keep order; race riots were occurring or were threatened; the election of Democrat majorities in 1898 brought back a semblance of order to the Legislature.
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Facilities and personnel for the education of young North Carolinians were limited in the past. A brief survey of means and methods during those early days emphasizes the state's present enviable position in the field of education.
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15926
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Elias Carr, a well-known planter, leader of the North Carolina State Farmers' Alliance, and Governor, was born in Edgecombe County in 1839. Among his concerns were compulsory education, better rural schools, a more just tax system, lease of the North Carolina Railroad, and improvement of the state's roads.
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18174
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Mrs. Abernethy introduces readers to Mrs. Alice Broughton, wife of the newly elected Governor, J. Melville Broughton.
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15365
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Abernethy gives interesting facts about the state's governors. Only twenty-three of the state's one hundred counties have furnished governors. Wake County is the only to have three. Five others have sent two to the gubernatorial mansion in Raleigh.
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15389
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Locke Craig, a native of Bertie County, practiced law for many years in Asheville, and in 1908, he ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for Governor. However, he came back in 1912 to win the Governorship. Among his important achievements, were an increase in state school funding which allowed each county to have a six-month school term; creation of the State Highway Commission and the Fisheries Commission; and starting a real road-building program.
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In this continuing series on North Carolina's Governors, Abernethy recounts the career of Cameron Morrison, who was a successful politician, public servant, lawyer and farmer. He was elected Governor in 1920 and among his accomplishments were prison reform, the good roads program, and the adoption of the county-wide school plan. He later filled out the unexpired term of U.S. Senator Lee Overman, but was defeated in Democratic primary in 1932 in a bid for a full term.
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16624
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Angus Wilton McLean, a lawyer and businessman, was elected Governor of North Carolina in 1924, defeating Josiah W. Bailey. The hallmarks of his administration were his fiscal reforms and the reorganization of the administrative workings of state and local government. His administration was also responsible for the creation of the State Department of Conservation and Development.
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16626
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O. Max Gardner was elected Governor in 1928 and presided over the state for four years of the Great Depression. Even in a period of great austerity, he was able to pass important legislation including the consolidation of the institutions of higher learning and programs to help agriculture.
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Ehringhaus was elected Governor in 1933 and served during the early days of the New Deal. He was a strong supporter of economy in government. Among his accomplishments were the creation of a state sales tax and the state's assumption of the financial responsibility for the public school system. He came into office with a deficit of $15 million in the state treasury and left with a surplus of $5 million.
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Carrie L. Broughton became North Carolina's State Librarian in 1917. She is the first woman to head a department of the North Carolina state government.
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Believed to have medicinal and restorative qualities, the state's economic and social elite, as well as out-of-state tourists, annually vacationed at these natural features. As springs were discovered hotels and resorts would quickly be erected and some of the oldest establishments included: Hot Springs near Marshall in Madison County (1850), Deaver's Springs near Asheville (1860), Jackson Springs in Moore County (1900), Seven Springs in Wayne County (1865). The popularity of springs also led to some smaller operations which included: Sparkling Catawba Springs near Hickory, Piedmont Springs in Stokes County, Lincoln Lithia Springs outside Lincolnton, and Panacea Springs near Littleton.
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15989
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Abernethy introduces readers to Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey (Bess Gardner), wife of the Governor-elect. She is also the sister of former Governor, O. Max Gardner.
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