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At one time, Iredell County had the reputation of being the biggest liquor-distilling county in North Carolina. Today, it is a favored section of the State in terms of manufacturing and agriculture. With Statesville as its county seat, Iredell County contains Mitchell College, Carnation Milk Company, Mooresville Cotton Mills, and the Barium Springs Orphanage along with other educational and industrial institutions.
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15057
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One of the worst wrecks ever to occur off the coast of North Carolina gave Coast Guardsmen stationed at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, and Nag's Head stations an opportunity to effect one of the most thrilling rescues of human life in the history of the service. The ship, Paraguay, enroute from Spain to New York City, ran aground in strong winds between Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, but Coast Guardsmen rescued twenty-four of the Greek seamen aboard the vessel.
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15058
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Diamond Shoals Lightship, which swings at anchor in 180 fathoms of water 14 miles at sea off Cape Hatteras, was the only American light vessel sent to the bottom of the Atlantic by German underseas craft during the First World War.
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15059
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Offenders against the laws of North Carolina were once dealt with much more severely than is the case in present times. For example, the punishment for perjury was unique: the guilty had to pay a $1,000 fine, stand in the pillory for an hour, and then both ears were cut off and nailed to the pillory.
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