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15395
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Modern detective science is now called in at the reopening both of a grave and a question that has perplexed historians of at least two continents. Toward proving whether a Marshal of France, Michael Ney, lies buried near Statesville - instead of France after facing a firing squad on a charge of high treason - permission has been granted to exhume the body.
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15396
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Long ago the hurrying rivers of western North Carolina carved their channels deep through the hills, removing all barriers that might form lakes. Therefore there are not natural lakes in that section of the State. But man remedied this lack by building dams and impounding the water of streams and rivers into artificial lakes, until now the lovely mountain country of North Carolina may well be considered a land of lakes, there being in fourteen counties fully seventy-seven lakes.
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15978
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Many people recognize the name of Sidney Lanier, the famous Georgia poet who was born in 1842. Fewer people know, however, that he died in 1881, at Lynn, near Tryon in Polk County, where he had moved seeking relief from the tuberculosis he had contracted while being held in a Federal prison during the Civil War.
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15979
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Alamance County is featured in The State magazine's community profile. The county is well-known for its hundreds of mills and factories, beautiful residences, and business section. The towns of Mebane and Graham are discussed.
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16626
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O. Max Gardner was elected Governor in 1928 and presided over the state for four years of the Great Depression. Even in a period of great austerity, he was able to pass important legislation including the consolidation of the institutions of higher learning and programs to help agriculture.
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