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15210
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The 4-H Clubs were formed in North Carolina in 1909 and has done extremely effective work in its campaign to improve the status of boys and girls in the rural sections of the State. At the present time there are approximately 1600 4-H clubs scattered throughout North Carolina and they carry out many interesting programs throughout the year that include camps, tours, demonstrations, and competitions.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 10, Aug 1939, p1, 22, f
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15211
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Dr. Clarence Poe had a distinguished educational career and for the past 40 years has had a distinguished editorship of The Progressive Farmer, an influential journal. He is also on the board of trustees of Wake Forest College and chairman of the executive committee of State College.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 10, Aug 1939, p2-3, 32, f
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15212
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North Carolina leads the United States in the production of mica, and today it is an important economic asset to Avery, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties where the mineral is found. There are at present seven companies engaged in mining or grinding mica in western North Carolina, and in 1937, North Carolina produced 1,057,316 pounds of mica, valued at $700,000.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 10, Aug 1939, p6
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15213
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For years Third Creek Church in Rowan County has been the recipient of much publicity as the final resting place of Napoleon's Marshall Ney, of France. But aside from this interesting enigma, the church itself is a shrine of great religious and historic interest. Organized in 1787 by Scotch pioneers, the church continued to grow and prosper with a congregation that included prominent settlers and slaves.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 10, Aug 1939, p7, 27, f
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15214
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The notorious pirate Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard, was regarded as the Nation's No. 1 enemy, but his capture and death were considered extraordinary. It took five pistol balls and 20 sword cuts to bring the savage man to his death. His head was subsequently cut off and hung on a bowsprit, while his body was tossed unceremoniously overboard.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 10, Aug 1939, p11, 29, f
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17339
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Hicklin recounts the story of how George Mills, a sixteen-year-old slave, brought the body of his master, Captain Watt Bryson, Company G, 35th Regiment N.C.T., back from a Maryland battlefield where he had been killed in 1863.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 7 Issue 10, Aug 1939, p30
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