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14003
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Robert Potter's venal, violent, and vindictive temperament ruined what could have been a brilliant career. Lack of self-discipline caused his downfall and assassination. He was once Texan Secretary of the Navy during the Texan Revolution.
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14005
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Williamsboro was all set to be this North Carolina's capital city until the railroad upset its plans. Then the town faded into obscurity after a century or more of noteworthy achievements in educational, social, and political life.
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14006
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Emeline Pigott, a courageous North Carolina woman, did not fear Northern soldiers, and harassed them in many ways during the Civil War. They couldn't stop this Confederate heroine with anything - not even chloroform.
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John Elbert Starling, with the help of famous lawyers such as James H. Pou, was acquitted of killing his mother-in-law and nephew, but was lynched by irate enemies who believed him guilty. \r\n\r\n
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's city profile features Greensboro.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 3 Issue 3, Mar 1983,
p31-36, 38-39, il
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14039
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This month's BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA community profile features the city of Wilmington.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 3 Issue 11, Nov 1983,
p39-40, 42-44, il
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14053
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This month's BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA community profile features the three cities in the Piedmont Triad - Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 4 Issue 3, Mar 1984,
p20-21, 23-24, 28-29, 31, 33-34, 36, 38
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14064
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Local law enforcement raided a still in the woods near Rowland, Robeson County. An officer was shot by one of the moonshiners, which halted the raid in favor of getting the man to a hospital. The story took a bizarre twist when law enforcement officers returned to the scene the next morning to find the moonshiner had not fled but was instead sitting on a log dead, having been shot in the head. Investigations revealed the moonshiner's rifle shot triggered the officer's revolver despite the deputy never pulling the trigger; an uncanny story later aired on the radio show \"Ripley's Believe-It-Or-Not.\"
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14065
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Based on a letter written to The State, this article includes population totals for North Carolina counties in 1790. There is a brief political discussion about how many counties North Carolina should have and counties added since 1790.
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14066
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In this short tale concerning a chance meeting in Pittsburgh where a doctor and an old woman discover they are both from North Carolina. Meeting on the street, they discuss their home town of Henderson, its virtues, and North Carolina in general, expressing their pride for the state and regrets for ever leaving.
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14068
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In the State vs. William Hall and John Dockery, two North Carolina men from Cherokee County were convicted of murder and the case ended up in North Carolina Supreme Court. The defendants' lawyer argued that the crime actually took place in Tennessee, not North Carolina, thus negating the court's jurisdiction. The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in favor of defendants because at that time there were no laws that covered that case. Later, the state legislature passed a law to close the loophole revealed by this 1894 murder case.
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14070
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Reprinted from an earlier issue, a hitchhiking soldier is trying to catch a ride to his hometown between Lumberton and Pembroke. The driver, presumably Caucasian, has a conversation with his passenger, a Native American enlisted in the Army. The narrator's presumptions about Native American culture and traits are discussed.
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14076
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This article discusses early cotton mills and minting coins. Lincoln County was the site of the first cotton mill established in 1813. Coincidentally, Lincoln County was also the location of some of the first gold minting in North Carolina, beginning around 1832. The author lists names and locations of other prominent mills and mining operations in North Carolina.
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14084
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This is a short article concerning Civil War veterans from North Carolina still alive in 1948. The Death of George Washington Benson of Charlotte sparked a survey of remaining Civil War veterans in the state. It goes on to list surviving members of the Civil War and includes short biographies of each man. These biographies give brief information concerning age, where the veterans live, and their general state of health.
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Midget baseball leagues are beginning to spread rapidly, not only in North Carolina, but in other parts of the country as well. These new leagues have created new opportunities for those who have never had the chance to play the game.
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