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On September 12, 1781, loyalist partisan Colonel David Fanning and his militia surrounded the temporary state capital, Hillsborough. The one-thousand-man force successfully captured state officers, army officials, and Governor Thomas Burke. While Fanning marched his men to loyalist stronghold Wilmington, Whig general John Butler quickly assembled 400 militia at the mill of Quaker Thomas Lindley to block Fanning. The Whigs were overpowered, however, and the loyalists were able to deliver their prisoners to Major James H. Craig in Wilmington.
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In 1979, the Brookstown Mill restoration project was begun by Doris and Addison Brown of Chicago. Today, the Salem Cotton Company Restaurant, specializing in French cuisine, is located inside. Built in 1837, the mill was the first in the south to use electricity for lighting. Over 95 percent of the original beams and floors are still intact, as is the massive coal-fired boiler that now dominates the restaurant's dining room. Additional shops are planning to open in the mill soon.
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For over 125 years, a porpoise fishery operated on Hatteras Island. After capturing and killing the animals, fishermen cut away the blubber and sent it to the porpoise factory to be processed for oils and hides. The oils were used in a variety of trades, including firearms, and watch and clock making. One kind of oil was used in lighthouse clocks used to control the lanterns. Once a highly lucrative venture, all porpoise operations in North Carolina ended in 1929 due to a downturn in profits.
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Built in 1891, the Esmeralda Inn of Chimney Rock played host to a myriad of silent movie guests. In addition to several films being made there, the screen play for BEN HUR was written by Lew Wallace in room #9. Celebrities Clark Gable, Mary Pickford, and William S. Hart often came to stay at the Esmeralda. Because of its rich history, Gene and Linda Crawford began the restoration of the Esmeralda in 1975. The inn is still operational and has a restaurant.
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Cynvia Arthur received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 1972. A native of Salisbury, she began painting a historical mural in downtown Salisbury in 1978, on an outside wall of Maxwell Furniture Company. The mural was dedicated in 1980 but was not completed until 1981. Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Sara Hodgkins, was the keynote speaker at the dedication ceremonies. Over $30,000 had to be raised to fund the painting of the mural, which depicts scenes of turn-of-the-century life in Rowan County.
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In the late 18th- and early 19th-centuries, the U.S. Congress allowed senators to orate long speeches every Saturday. These speeches were written down and printed in newspapers. One Saturday in 1820, North Carolina senator Felix Walker announced he wanted to “make a speech for Buncombe.†He then launched into a speech lasting several hours during which he did not say anything useful. Such a speech became known as BUNCOMBE and appears in the unabridged Merriam-Webster English dictionary.
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The first Cary Band Day was organized by Matt Brady and the Cary High School Band Boosters in 1959. Band Day continues to be held on the second Saturday in November each year. Every year several hundred high school bands from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia are invited to attend, and the first fifty to respond are accepted to march in the parade. There is a field competition following the parade, with judges from university music programs and the National Band Organization. Awards are given after the last band plays, usually around midnight.
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Born in San Remo, Italy, in 1892, Dorothy Doughty grew up to paint porcelain birds. Each bird is a precise replica of a living species and is presented with flowers or plants representative of its natural habitat. One of only twenty-two complete collections of these birds is housed at Reynolda House in Winston-Salem. This seventy-five-piece collection was dedicated on April 10, 1970, by the Doughty Collection of American Birds. It is the only complete Doughty collection open for public viewing.
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At age ten, Reverend Charles Keyes of Hickory discovered the true meaning of Christmas. Several of his friends had received nothing for Christmas, and Charles bought them candy and chewing gum. He began delivering mini-sermons at the age of four, becoming known as The Parson in later years. These days, he plays Santa Claus to the mountain people of five states, delivering tractor-trailer loads of clothes, food, and toys in the early part of December each year. The Parson also opened Camp Joy in Hickory, a summer camp where underprivileged children come for a week and are taken on a shopping spree at the week's end.
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Organized by Allen DeHart, the Eighth Annual Whistlers Convention was held in Louisburg this year. Whistlers from all over the country came to entertain and instruct audiences. Awards were given to amateur whistlers in categories ranging from bird calls to loudest whistle to classical and contemporary whistling. This year's grand champion was William Sherrill of Greensboro.
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University of Tennessee English professor Richard Kelly recently published THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW. This book outlines why the show has been universally popular. Even in urban areas, ratings for the North Carolina-inspired show are high. Part of the appeal is Mayberry's Edenic quality and its resistance to change, giving the viewer a sense of timeless perfection. The relationship between Barney and Andy and how they complement each other also helps make the show a success.
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County-by-county listing of good news from 1981 includes awards won and new buildings or renovations begun or completed. A new post office opened in Washington and the old post office became the city hall. The population of Macon County has increased 27.6% over the last decade, and Eden Fire Station No. 2 received a new 1,000-gallon pumper engine.
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In 1847, novelist William Gilmore Simms made a trip with professional game-hunters in the North Carolina mountains and later related his adventures in a book. Each professional hunter had several guns and a kennel of dogs. Usually, the hunter injured an animal with a single shot and then allowed his dogs to fight it while he finished it off while a gaming knife. The professional hunters tracked all manner of animals but would not hunt panther because of their legendary fierceness.
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This is a transcription of a speech made at a 1981 memorial service and opening of the James Larkin Pearson memorial Library in Wilkes. Born in 1879, James Larkin Pearson was a mountaineer from Wilkes whose poetry reflected his humble surroundings. Pearson was the poet laureate of North Carolina from 1953 until his death in 1981. The speech is given by a friend and relates anecdotes of Pearson.
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Contemporary potter Julia Rush and her friend Dot Warren visited many folk potters from Seagrove to Jugtown to see how pottery has changed. There are potters and shops all along the western side of the state, the best known being at Jugtown. Hundreds of potters have done apprenticeships there, spending a year or two doing production pottery.
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