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15045
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Lawrence details the interesting story of how the Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians established themselves within the boundaries of North Carolina during its early history.
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15053
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North Carolina has produced many distinguished ministers of every denomination. Lawrence lists several of those distinguished men of religion within the State's history, such as Junius M. Horner who laid the foundation of the Episcopal cause in western North Carolina, and W.W. Stanley who served as President of Elon College.
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15059
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Offenders against the laws of North Carolina were once dealt with much more severely than is the case in present times. For example, the punishment for perjury was unique: the guilty had to pay a $1,000 fine, stand in the pillory for an hour, and then both ears were cut off and nailed to the pillory.
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Colonel Leonidas L. Polk was a great North Carolinians who rendered invaluable service along many lines. In the days of Reconstruction, Polk sponsored a provision for the establishment of a State Department of Agriculture. He also introduced the resolution providing a committee to consider the feasibility of establishing an institution for the higher education of women.
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Captain Burns was a notorious figure during the War of 1812 because of his raids on British shipping. Republicans supported the conflict and viewed Burns as a national hero, while Federalists defied the war and felt Burs was nothing more than a marauding pirate. Following war, Captain Otway Burns returned to his native North Carolina to become an active member of both State House and Senate from 1821-1834 representing Carteret County.
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15101
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One the greatest statesmen who lived west of the Blue Ridge Mountains was David L. Swain, born in Buncombe County. From humble beginnings he rose to be Governor of the state.
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Timothy Bloodworth was born in New Hanover County in 1736. In his early life he was a cobbler by trade. He educated himself, and later in life became a schoolmaster and such an influential figure in the public life of New Hanover that he was a member of the second House of Commons which met after the establishment of the State. In 1789, Bloodworth found himself as a member of the State Senate, and his prominence held that he became a United States Senator.
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William B. Rodman had a number of distinctions - eminent jurist, active solider in the expedition under General Burnside against New Bern, successful merchant of artillery and at one time was the largest landowner in North Carolina.
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On the capitol square of Raleigh stands a monument in memory of Charles D. McIver, who provided the foremost service in the area of education for North Carolina. He is particularly known for his connection with providing education facilities for women and the Woman's College at Greensboro also stands as a monument to his service.
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Thomas J. Jarvis has an outstanding record of service to the state of North Carolina and to the nation as a whole. Captain during the American Civil War, Senator, Governor of North Carolina and Minister to Brazil are among the positions Jarvis held during his lifetime.
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15122
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It due to the efforts of Calvin H. Wiley that the public schools of North Carolina were given their start. He was the driving factor behind the establishment of funding for these institutions. He was also the first Superintendent and contended with the lack of uniformity in textbooks throughout the public school system.
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15125
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It is a singular fact that none of the three North Carolina signers of the Declaration of Independence was a native of North Carolina. William Hooper was from Massachusetts, Joseph Hewes from New Jersey, and John Penn from Virginia, but all rendered distinguished service to North Carolina and the nation as a whole.
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15128
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Earliest of North Carolinas historians was the Englishman, John Lawson, whose work was first published in 1711, and has been translated and reprinted several times since his death. His work details his journey of a thousand miles through the Indian country, a description of North Carolina, and an account of the Indian tribes which then inhabited the eastern section of the state. Lawson also advanced a theory as the fate of the Lost Colony of Roanoke.
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15133
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General John Steel was born at Salisbury, North Carolina in 1764. He became a general of militia, but his services to the State were upon fields of peace rather than in the theatre of war. He started life as a merchant, but his natural gift for public leadership and his power as a debater helped him to election to the House of Commons. He was also a delegate to the Convention in 1788 to consider the ratification of the Federal Constitution. In 1790, he was one of the first members of Congress.
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As far as official records show, the question of temperance or prohibition first came up in North Carolina in 1783, and has been coming up ever since. In 1865, the Friends of Temperance was organized in Virginia and spread throughout the south by 1877, with 290 chapters in North Carolina. In 1909, prohibition won the vote in North Carolina as well.
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