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18886
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Skinner, a native of Perquimans County, was a lawyer, writer, and businessman. Together with Leonidas Polk, Marion Butler, and Dr. Cyrus Thompson, he was one of the outstanding Populist leaders in the state and advanced much progressive legislation.
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18921
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During the Civil War, Lieut. William B. Cushing, an intrepid and courageous Union naval officer, carried out daring exploits in North Carolina. Several did not succeed, such as the attempts to capture the commanders at Fort Fisher and Fort Johnson. His greatest accomplishment was planning and carrying out the sinking of the Confederate ram Albemarle on the Roanoke River near Plymouth.
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Lawrence looks back over his almost fifty years of practicing law. One area in which he did not enjoy practicing was criminal law, which often involved capital crimes. Of the one hundred capital cases in which he represented the accused, ninety-nine escaped hanging. His last capital case was the last hanging in the state. On his next case, North Carolina had switched to the electric chair for executions, and he represented the first person to be electrocuted in the state.
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The Biggs family has for three generations held positions of honor not only within the state but also in national affairs. Asa Biggs was a distinguished lawyer and jurist who was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1835. His son William was a gallant Confederate officer who was wounded several times. After the war he became a lawyer and later the distinguished editor of the Tarboro Southerner. His grandson James was a jurist and Solicitor General of the United States.
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18962
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Lawrence lists chronologically important events that have happened in Raleigh since the arrival of John Lawson, the first white man to visit the area in 1708.
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19000
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Henderson started the first law school in North Carolina. During his day and time he was one of the outstanding leaders in the legal profession in the state. In 1818 the Supreme Court of North Carolina was established, and three justices were appointed. Henderson was an associate justice, and later, on the death of the chief justice, he assumed that position.
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19016
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Carr was U.S. District Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, in addition to holding many positions of importance and trust in law, politics, and education.
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19018
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Dr. James Campbell, a Baptist minister and educator, was born in Harnett County in 1862. Lawrence recounts the numerous difficulties and handicaps he faced in achieving his dream--the establishment of a first-rate school. The school went through a number of name changes and is known today as Campbell College, located at Buies Creek.
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Today's Louisburg College evolved from three predecessors: Franklin Academy, 1878-1802; Louisburg Female Academy, 1813-1857; and post-Civil War Louisburg Female College down to 1931, when it took its present name--Louisburg College. Lawrence highlights events in the college's history.
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19022
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The current state bar association dates from 1899. Lawrence recounts the bar's history and some of the distinguished men who have served as its president.
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19068
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Lawrence reviews the records of this organization and discovers information about its early meetings. The Association organized on May 14, 1873, in Goldsboro, and Major James A. Engelhard of the Wilmington Journal was elected president.
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19071
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North Carolinians have been known for courageous acts and decisions from colonial times down to the present. For some it meant the end of a political career; for others the end of their careers; for some it cost their lives. Space limits Lawrence to a few outstanding acts of courage by North Carolinians, including Calvin Graves, Colonel Henry K. Burgwyn, Josiah Turner, Judge Henry Conner, and Governor Blucher Ehringhaus.
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19081
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In his article Lawrence presents information on the beginning of the organization, some of the distinguished men who have served as its officers, and an appreciation of the work which they have accomplished. The doctors represent the oldest organized profession in the state. There is some dispute as to whether it organized in 1799 or 1800, but it is well documented that Richard Fenner was the first president.
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19097
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Connor was a member of a distinguished legal family. He established a distinguished record himself as a lawyer, Speaker of the North Carolina House, superior court judge, and a member of the North Carolina Supreme Court--positions which his father had held before.
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Lawrence calls Caldwell one of the greatest newspaper editors the South ever produced. He was fearless and absolutely fair in his work to all parties. He began as a printer's devil in his hometown of Statesville and later edited the Statesville Landmark for twelve years. When David A. Tompkins, a Charlotte industrialist and developer, offered him a partnership and editorship of his paper which later became the Charlotte Observer, Caldwell demanded and got complete autonomy in his role as editor. As an editor, his writings played an important part in forming opinion through the state.
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