Record #:

7838

Author(s):

Stewart, Alva

Abstract:

William Blount was one of the thirty-nine United States delegates to sign the Constitution, but he did so reluctantly because of he was uncertain of North Carolina's support. His greatest contribution to the young nation might have been his administration of the region south of the Ohio River. In 1796 he was elected one of Tennessee's first two United States senators. He died suddenly in 1800.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Jan 1987, p7, 26, por

Subject(s):

Blount, William, 1749-1800

Record #:

7839

Author(s):

Murray, Larona

Abstract:

General Bryan Grimes had seven horses shot out from underneath him in the Civil War, but he was not killed in battle. In 1880 William Parker assassinated Grimes four miles outside his plantation in Pitt County. Grimes's neighbor Howell Paramour had paid Parker to commit the murder as an act of revenge. After a mistrial, the case was moved to Williamston, and the accused were set free. Parker was later lynched after bragging about getting away with the crime.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Jan 1987, p11,25, il

Subject(s):

Grimes, Bryan, 1828-1880; Murder--Pitt County

Record #:

7840

Author(s):

Swift, Vance E.

Abstract:

The Common School Law, ratified by the General Assembly in 1839, allowed the state to create school districts, levy school taxes, and establish a school term of at least two and one-half months in each district. Before this law was created, there was much opposition to public education in North Carolina, also known as the “Rip Van Winkle” state. George Garrett became the first public school teacher in North Carolina when his private schoolhouse, located in Rockingham County, was converted into the first public school in North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Jan 1987, p14-15, il, por

Subject(s):

Public schools--History

Record #:

7841

Author(s):

Jeter, Frank

Abstract:

In 1947, Greensboro, received large amounts of rain. As the streets flooded and the streams began to swell, the editors of the Greensboro Daily News and the Greensboro Record became excited about the condition of the Lake Brandt Dam. The editors were sure that a disaster, much like Pennsylvania's Johnstown Flood, would occur that night. They sent a team of reporters to record the dam breaking. Reporters witnessed water flowing over the earthen dam, but no disaster ensued.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Jan 1987, p21

Subject(s):

Floods--Greensboro

Record #:

7869

Author(s):

Williams, Robert L.

Abstract:

A group of children called Junkies lived in the two-block section of Seventh Eighth streets in Statesville in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Every Friday, the Junkies assembled at the junkyard on Seventh Street and the gully on Eighth Street to gather scraps of metal from old automobiles. Even if the Junkies received only a dime for all of their hard work, they were pleased because it was enough to get them into the Crescent Movie House, which featured western films.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 8, Jan 1987, p16-17,27, il

Subject(s):

Statesville--History--20th century; Children--Social conditions--20th century