Record #:

8561

Author(s):

Hunter, Marvin N.

Abstract:

Meteorologist Marvin Hunter presents an argument that supposes the Lost Colony was eradicated by a hurricane-induced storm surge and not by Indians. When he returned to the colony in 1588, Governor John White assumed the colonists had moved to Croatan because of the infamous tree carving. However, bad weather prevented Governor White and his crew from going to Croatoan. Because White was so detailed in all of his descriptions, Hunter argues that White does not mention house remnants because they simply were not there. Further evidence of a hurricane is the inclement weather met by White and his crew.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 50 Issue 4, Sept 1982, p8-10, il, map

Subject(s):

Roanoke Colony

Record #:

8562

Author(s):

Seawell, H.F. \"Chub\", Jr.

Abstract:

The town of Carthage has a rich history. George Washington was related to people living in Carthage and so they call him “Cousin George.” Andrew Johnson, who became the 7th President of the United States, was once a tailor in Carthage. Carthage may be the only tiny town in the world to receive a gift from another country. The republic of France gave a monument to Carthage resident James Rogers McConnell of “Flying for France” Fame. W.C. Dowd, founder of the Charlotte Observer, was born and raised in Carthage. In addition to professors, lawyers, and bankers, there are townspeople who are related to the Queen of England.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 50 Issue 4, Sept 1982, p10-11, il

Subject(s):

Carthage--History

Record #:

8563

Author(s):

Black, Tom

Abstract:

As early as 1499, Vespucci said he found natives chewing tobacco when he visited the Americas. Tobacco was a cash crop for early American settlers and the chaw, that pooch in a person's cheek while chewing, became a common sight. Sir Walter Raleigh and Ralph Lane helped open a market for tobacco in England and even though King James I tried to ban it, people still smoked it. Thomas Jefferson denounced tobacco as “infinite wretchedness” and wanted wheat to be the primary crop of the colonies. But tobacco was in high demand and too profitable to be second best. Chewing tobacco became popular in the working class as men could not work and smoke. The plug, a compressed rectangle of tobacco, was the main American tobacco product for years starting in the early1800s. Chewing tobacco lost sales after the Depression when smoking became synonymous with civilized lifestyle and chewing tobacco with farming. Chewing tobacco has seen better sales since the Depression and more than a third of the annual national tobacco crop in 1982 went into making it.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 50 Issue 4, Sept 1982, p16-17, il

Subject(s):

Smokeless tobacco

Record #:

8564

Author(s):

Donnelly, Ralph W.

Abstract:

The North Carolina Navy began on May 27, 1861, when several Albemarle Sound steamers were organized as gunboats and army transports to protect the North Carolina shoreline. The navy had existed for only two months when the ships were bought by the Confederacy and used to challenge Federal ships. The Beaufort, for example, engaged the Federal ship the Albatross on July 22, 1861, and although neither ship suffered any major damage, the message was sent to the Federal army that passage through the Outer Banks would not go uncontested. That same day, all the North Carolina navy boats were bought by the Confederate army. The Beaufort engaged in several more battles and finally burned in Richmond on April 4, 1865.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 50 Issue 4, Sept 1982, p22-23, 39, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Naval operations