Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Search Results
326 results
for "Lawrence, R.C"
Record #:
18152
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence, who knew McLean for over forty years, recalls his life and career as a lawyer, businessman, member of the War Finance Corporation in World War I, and Governor of North Carolina, being elected in 1924
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18153
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence gives an appraisal of the newly elected Governor, Joseph Melville Broughton.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18172
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence recounts the achievements of Braxton Craven, of Randolph County--educator, Methodist minister, Confederate soldier, and president of Trinity College.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18173
Author(s):
Abstract:
William Poteat's life and work centered around one place--Wake Forest in Forsyth County. He graduated from the college in 1877 and was made a tutor in 1878 and assistant professor of natural history in 1880. He became professor of biology in 1883, a position he held till the time of his death.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18177
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lincolnton sent three generals to the Civil War--Robert F. Hoke, Robert D. Johnson, and Stephen D. Ramseur. All three were wounded and one died from his wounds. Hoke was wounded at Chancellorsville, Johnson was wounded at Seven Pines and Spotsylvania, and Ramseur was wounded at Malvern Hill and fatally wounded at Cedar Creek. Lawrence recounts Ramseur's Civil War career.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18196
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence explains why compiling a list such as this is a difficult question to answer with any degree of certainly; for example, choosing is a matter of opinion and an individual may be connected with several counties. This list is selected from counties in the A-D range.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18198
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence profiles Judge John J. Parker of Monroe, who was appointed a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District by President Calvin Coolidge in 1925.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18215
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence recounts the life of William Bynum, who was one of North Carolina's greatest jurists.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18217
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence provides a brief description of some of the leading estates around the state from the Colonial Period to the present. These include Orton (Brunswick County), Cool Spring (Edgecombe County), and Poplar Hill (Hillsboro).
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18220
Author(s):
Abstract:
Two famous North Carolinians bore this name. The father, Thomas Sr., was a congressman, superior court judge, and Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons. Lawrence recounts the life and accomplishments of Thomas Jr., who was a North Carolina Supreme Court justice and a founder of the N.C. Republican Party.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18226
Author(s):
Abstract:
Bedford Brown was born January 17, 1825, in Caswell County. He studied medicine at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and spent several years in Virginia building a fine reputation as a physician before moving back to Yanceyville. In 1861, he became chief surgeon for the Confederate States training camp at Weldon and was appointed inspector of hospitals and camps in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, he returned to Alexandria, VA, where he was a distinguished member of the Southern Surgical and Gynecological Association.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18229
Author(s):
Abstract:
Archibald Johnson of Scotland County was a great editor, a great worker, and a great crusader who championed many causes. Almost his entire career was as an editor, starting in 1892 with the LAURINBURG EXCHANGE and later the RED SPRINGS CITIZEN. In 1895, his writing attracted the attention of Baptist leaders and they called him to Thomasville to become editor of CHARITY AND CHILDREN. He held that position until his death forty years later.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
18232
Author(s):
Abstract:
President Pierce appointed Robert Dick U.S. District Attorney for North Carolina in 1853. He was also a State Senator, a member of the North Carolina Supreme Court, and a supporter of W. W. Holden's peace movement during the Civil War. He was a man of strong convictions which were not always popular.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18268
Author(s):
Abstract:
Charles Tillett was born in Richmond County and was a graduate of the University of North Carolina. He was one of the ablest lawyers of modern times and won many a hard-fought battle in the courts. One was a case brought by a Fundamentalist group to prevent the North Carolina public schools from teaching the theory of evolution. By winning, he spared the state from the problems that befell other states on this issue.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
18277
Author(s):
Abstract:
Lawrence describes Judge Seawell as \"a brilliant leader of the Populists, who later turned to the Republican Party and has participated in many, many political battles, in each of which he distinguished himself.\" He ran for Governor in 1929 but was defeated. President Hoover then appointed him to the U.S. Board of Tax Appeals from 1929 to 1936, where he served with distinction.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text: