Boundary Error Grants South Carolina New Lands
The Kings Mountain battle site went to South Carolina due to a surveyor error. The rectified boundary added a western strip around 135 miles wide, including Clover Blacksburg Gaffney Campobello Landrum Gowensville and Caesars Head, exchanged for land west of Hamlet North Carolina to Waxhaw. The discovery highlighted a long boundary dispute settled by colonial authorities.
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Rocky Mountain
North Mercer Carolina Line
Clover
Blacksburg
Gaffney
Campobello
Landrum
Gowensville
Tigersville
Caesars Head
Historical Commission
Lord Commissioners of Trade and Plantations
London
Charles Greville Montagu
South Carolina
Montagu
Salisbury Road
Marlboro County
Catawba
North Carolina
Colonial survey blunder reshaped South Carolina’s line
The piece recounts how a 1735 mis-survey of the state line near the King’s Mountain area altered borders between South Carolina and North Carolina. It covers the war era Ferguson’s defeat, assembly complaints over pay, and the contentious mark of the initial line from the Cape Fear region toward the northwest, with governors Burrington Johnston and Johnson involved in ongoing disputes.
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Tanburg
Camden
Ninety Six
South Carolina
Ferguson
Kings Mountain
North Carolina
Tennessee
Monroe
Wadesboro
Assembly
Commons
South Carolina General Assembly
Salley
Historical Commission Bulletin
Commons House
James Abercombie
Province of
Alexander Skene
Board of Trade
London
Abercrombie
Skene
S Hondle
No. Carolina
South Carolina Assembly
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Fear
George Burrington
Pee Dee
Gabriel Johnston
Burrington
Robert Johnson
Thomas Broughton
Shaw S Page One News for Russian Press
George Bernard Shaw remains front page news in Soviet outlets with date lines from Warsaw Berlin and London relaying his praise of the Soviet system. Reports note his speeches, visits to officials, and remarks to gatherings as literary and political writers discuss his views.
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Foscow
George Bernard Shaw
Warsaw
Berlin
London
G. B
Soviet Union
Michael Dividov
Literary Gazette
M. Lividov
Shaw
M. Litvinov
Russia
Glorifying Yourself by Alicia Hart on Sun Bleaching
The piece explains skin sunburn healing and bleaching methods using lemon juice, glycerine, almond oil, rose water, buttermilk, tomato and strawberry juice. It notes glycerine can dry skin, and cautions freckles cannot be whited externally. A cucumber mask, cold cream cleansing, and daily buttermilk washes aid texture and lightening.
Charters Granted In North Carolina Incorp Certificates Issued
The Secretary of State issued certificates of incorporation for Salisbury Shoe Company Petroleum and Fuel Company Inc and Flanagan Meeks Paint Company Inc The Salisbury firm will sell shoes hosiery and related goods with 5000 subscribed of 50000 authorized stock The Petroleum and Fuel Company will trade oils gasolines kerosene and related products with 300 subscribed of 100000 authorized stock The Flanagan Meeks firm will operate a general supply business in Greenville with 6000 subscribed of 50000 authorized stock
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Raleigh
Salisbury Shoe Company
Salisbury
F. H. Lee
Agnes L. McGhee
Ward McGhee
Martha H. Lee
Petroleum and Fuel Company, Inc
R. B. Gantt
Elias M. Gantt
W. T. Gantt
High Point
Flanagan-Meeks Paint Company, Inc
Greenville
E. G. Flanagan
E. Graham Flanagan
John Flanagan
W. E. Oo
E. T. Meeke
Empress Eugenie Riding Habit Described With Velvet Collar
The Empress Eugenie riding habit features a waistline fitting coat with a velvet collar worn with jodhpurs, reflecting period attire and styling details. The description emphasizes the closely tailored waist and the distinctive velvet collar as key elements.
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Empress Eugenie
Old Kate the Mule Ends Duke Campus Service After 1894 Start
Old Kate, a mule at Duke University, died at approximately 42 after a long career beginning in 1894 at Trinity College. Her harness mate Kit, five years younger, survived her by three years. Duke grounds supervisor Samuel R. Hunt reported Kate’s collapse and careful retirement prior to death at the Washington Duke homestead.
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Durham
Duke University
Kate
Trinity College
Washington Duke
Kit
Samuel R. Hunt
Duke
Kate the Mule Retired to University Farm in Historic Era
Kate the mule served for 37 years and never balked at a load. Kit and Kate were a standout team with Kate the favorite. In 1925 students painted signs and rode her to a farm far from the city. She later returned to campus and gained exclusive grazing rights on the Washington Duke homestead now owned by the university.
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Kate
Jill
Kit
Service College
Washington Duke
University
Lloyd George Praises America in War Address at Birkenhead
On Sept 7 1917 David Lloyd George praised America’s role in World War I in an Birkenhead address noting a never beaten nation with infinite resources and enterprise. Around the same date President Wilson imposed an embargo on all gold exports effective Sept 10. Reports from Rome indicated about 120000 casualties in battles near Gorizia.
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David Lloyd George
Treasury of
Great Britain
America
Birkenhead
Wilson
Rome
Gorizia
Storm Ahead Bar Scene Sparks Tense Exchange
In a frantic moment a lone man bolts to the bar and orders beer before trouble erupts. He admits he has no money as the bartender reacts, questions the source of the disturbance, and the scene ends with the exchange over payment.
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King’s Mountain
S. C
Columbia
8. C
Willette Kershaw
Mile
Jeanne Cachin
Miss Kershaw
Cardus
High Point Ice and Coal CO
West Broad
Shaw |S
Glorifying Yourself
Alicia Hart
du Pont
Maud
Washington Duke Homestead
Lloyd George Lauds U. 3
Liccerr & Myers Tosacco Co
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