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A story is told in Beaufort County about the death of Squire L. J. Lewis. Lewis became sick and was taken to a hospital in Washington, NC. There he recovered and decided to purchase an organ for his wife. The organ was sent ahead of Lewis. When it arrived no one knew what was inside, but given the shape and weight of the box they believed it to be Lewis' body sent by the hospital. The family notified the neighbors and held a funeral. Lewis returned home and scared his family. The misunderstanding was soon realized and the organ was dug out of the graveyard. This article is an October, 1970 reprint.
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Robert Lee Humber successfully lobbied $1,000,000 from the North Carolina legislature in 1947. Humber had obtained a promise from the Kress Foundation in New York that they would match the legislature up to $1,000,000 in purchasing art. Humber lobbied legislatures into passing a bill that stipulated that if money was left over at the end of the year that money would be used for matching the Kress Foundation. The funds were matched and the North Carolina Museum of Art now exists because of Humber's efforts. Article is reprinted from the January 12, 1957 issue.
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In 1929, the city of Gastonia erupted into a bitter struggle between textile factory owners and workers. Employees at the Loray Mill walked off the job when Fred Beal, who had been organizing a strike, was fired. Violence quickly broke out and in the ensuing weeks Police Chief W. O. Aderholt and strike leader Ella May Wiggins were killed. During the night the one-hundred black cars roamed Gastonia's streets looking for strikers to assault. A trial was held regarding Aderholt's murder. Several of those convicted of the crime fled to Russia seeking asylum. The Loray strike is a tragic episode in Gastonia's history.
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Between 1916 and 1926, the Pinehurst community experienced a boom period. Not all booms were economic. Some came from the end of Annie Oakley's gun when she gave marksmanship demonstrations. Oakley also taught women the art of shooting. Her demonstrations often included shooting holes in pennies that were thrown into the air, shooting off the ashes from her husband's cigarettes, and shooting six glass balls thrown into the air before any could hit the ground. Oakley usually completed her performance while never looking directly at the targets.
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The Civil War witnessed many fierce battles. One such battle took place on June 26, 1863 outside of Richmond, Virginia. There, Company A of the 44th North Carolina Regiment fought against Union Calvary and infantry. Their mission was to protect the North Anna River bridge which was a vital route in Richmond's railroad network. Company A was led by Tazewell Lee Hargrove of Vance County. The company held out but eventually succumbed to superior numbers. Every soldier in Company A was either killed or wounded during the battle.
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Tom Alexander purchased a piece of property in Haywood County in 1938. He believed the area would make a great ski slope. His plans were put on hold during the Second World War, but Alexander persevered. He opened a ski slope on December 21, 1961. It was North Carolina's first ski slope. Now there are ten slopes in North Carolina that serve over 338,000 skiers a year, all thanks to Tom Alexander and the Cataloochee Ski Ranch.
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Former North Carolina Governor David L. Swain, served as University of the North Carolina at Chapel Hill's president during the Civil War. Swain's efforts kept the university open throughout the war. Near the end of the war, Chapel Hill was occupied by Union General Smith B. Atkins. Swain introduced Atkins to his daughter Eleanor. The two quickly fell in love and decided to marry. Their marriage was not well received by Southerners. Reconstruction upheaval and the marriage of the university president's daughter to a northern invader closed the University in 1868.
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North Carolina recently became home to a cribbage national championship team. Cribbage is a card game invented by British poet, Sir John Suckling. Players use a peg board to keep score as they try to score 121 points. A player scores points by having pairs that equal fifteen or having a variety of other combinations. The National Open Cribbage Tournament was held by the American Cribbage Congress in Raleigh. Catherine Perkins of Bear Creek became the first woman cribbage champion. For her victory Perkins won $3,000.
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In Davie County stands what could possible be North Carolina's largest tree. The poplar tree is over twenty-six feet around and is twice as tall as surrounding trees. It is estimated that the tree is over two-hundred years old. Difficult to find, the tree is located on a private farm. Hikers must traverse creeks and a swamp to find the old poplar.
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After World War II, Americans wanted to buy consumer goods such as automobiles. Even though buyers had the money, however, they could not immediately get a car because of great demand. That is, unless they offered a bribe to the dealer who would let them buy a showroom car. Jeter tells a story of how one Greensboro man beat the car dealers at their own game.
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Mabel Hicks recalls the telephone's early days. She remembers when each town had a central operator who connected the caller with their desired party, often starting up conversation for a few minutes before transferring the call. Hicks also remembers how the family divided up phone time with the children taking advantage of Wednesday church nights to talk on the “party lines.†For Hicks, the telephone has drastically changed since her childhood.
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During the Civil War, North Carolinians found substitutes for items they could no longer buy. North Carolina produced impressive amounts of tobacco and cotton, but beyond those two products, the state relied on imported goods. These goods were cut off during the war by the Union blockade. North Carolinians made do with what they had. Billy Arthur describes some of these efforts such as boiling the dirt from smoke house floors for the salt and carving wooden shoe soles for a leather substitute.
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In 1959 Arnold Krochmal was a new park ranger in the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. It was rumored that moonshiners were active in the park. Another ranger rented a plane and found nine stills making moonshine within the park boundaries. Krochmal and his fellow rangers hiked through the forest and found one of the stills. They also spotted two men carrying burlap sacks over their shoulders. The two men fled into the woods. The rangers made no arrest but took the sacks as evidence of moonshining activity.
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Named for an Indian tribe, Lake Waccamaw in Columbus County hosts summer speed boat races and annual sail boat regattas. Many legends exist concerning the lake including one that it was once a giant flower garden protected by an Indian princess. The Great Spirit answered her prayers and turned the garden into the lake, protecting her from her enemies. The lake is home to several kinds of fish including largemouth bass and crappies.
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Lillian Steichen Sandburg was married to Pulitzer prize-winner Carl Sandburg. She and her husband moved into a home near Hendersonville in 1945 where he wrote and she bred goats. After Sandburg's death, the farm was made into a national historic site in 1968 and is free and open to the public. Thirteen of Mrs. Sandburg's goat herd still remain on the farm.
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