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PAG" SIX THE FRANKLIN PRESS FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1323 iiLvenis or nisi n mmiv North Carolina First in Events (Kditoral J;roni the Observer of . January 1, 1925.) ' Norlli Carolina this ''morning failed in ' establishing another ' of her "firsts." She tried 1o be the first of the 48 states to hake haudil. ' with the New Year, but found that all of the others were (here at the same time. The state has a great record as a list-header, -and as v.'C are en? tering upon-another year it might be regarded as an appropriate time to make review of the fame already established by our state to put these things in permanent form, that we may see what is to be added with the ending of the 1925 accom plishments. Our list of great men and great things make up a prideful record. Some of the items in it are not so well known, even by our own people, and the list which we are submitting will undoubtedly de velop surprise in home circles. Miss Mildred. Lewis Rutherford, the old lady who, as a young girl, stuck a small Confederate flag in her hair and who wears the emblem, pub lishes the Scrap . Book, a phamplet which every month contains "valu able information about the south," and in the August number she de voted .much space to summarizing of North Carolina History. There, is a contribution on "North Carolina Firsts," by Mrs. P. S. Rothrock, of Carolina division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which goes in the shape of an eloquent introductory. . On this New Year's day, let us make record of the many "firsts" that are to be placed to the credit of North Carolina North Carol.ih's claim, substan tiated by history and facts. It has and is distinguished as follows: The first and oldest white settle ment that has been continuous in America was established in the town of Bath. The first child of Anglo-Saxon Mood borne in America was Virginia Dare, borne on Roanake Islani.N .C. The first open resistance to the Jlridish Crown was led by Herman Husbands, in North Carolina. 'The firest real crash of arms against the rule of Briton, was at Moore's Creek, North Carolina. The deciding battle of the Revolu tionary war was fought at Guilford Courthouse, near Greensboro, Guil ford county, North Carolina. Andrew Jackson, hero of New Or leans, twice president of the United .States, the greatest exponent of "blood and iron," was born, educated and lived many years in North Caro lina. , -Andrew Johnson, president of the United States was born, raised and learned his (trade as tailor in North Carolina. George W, Julian, the biggest man of the middle west in his day, was born in North Carolina. ' Joseph Gucrney Cannon, member of congress for more than 50 years, speaker of the : house f represent atives for many terms, and known as the "czar," was " born in North Carolina. ' "Blue Jeans" Williams, famous governor of Indiana, was born and raised in North Carolina. Senator-Governor Joe Dixon, of Montana, was born aud raised in North Carolina. The University of North Carolina, Grade ,A,is the oldest State insfj1 tution of learnig established in America. Thomas Benton ("Old Bullion") senator from . Misouri, was born, raised and educated in North Caroli na. Salem Female Acadamy(now a full course college), is the oldest school' for women, established in America, in. Win'stcai-Salemi,North Carolina. David Caldwell and Calvin II. Wiley; the two greatest American educators of their day, were born in North Carolina, and did most of thee best work there. . The great and justly celebrated speech of Hayne, replying to Daniel Webster, was written by James Ire dell, of North Carolina. Senator Coke, brother to Octavus Coke, ex-treasurer of state of North Carolina, was born raised and edu rated in North Carolina. Hoke Smith, Senator from Geor gia, secretary of the interior under President Cleveland, was born, rais ed and educated in North Carolina. Thomas Ruffiii and Richmond M. Pearson, both of . whom were in their time chief justice, were born and raised in North Carolina, and were jurists of national repute; their opinions ranked with the leading au thorities of the whole of America. Among the alumni of the Univer sity of North Carolina, are the names of one president' of the United States (Polk); one vice president (King) ; seven cabinet ' officers Dobbins, Thompson and Badger); eight senators (Brancr, Brown, Gra ham, Haywood, Mangum of North Carolina, Nicholson of Tennessee, Benton of Misouri, and King of Ala bama) ;and 41 members of . the , na tional' house of . representatives. 13 governors of North Carolina, three of Florida, two of Tennessee, one Mississippi and one of New Mexico. The above noted men were students of the University of North Carolina, prior to the war betweenthestates.. Native North Carolinians have been members of the cabinet, each as secretary of the navy, t6-wit: George E. Badger, James C. Dobbins, and Joseph Daniels; in addition to whom .Secretary Houston, of the de partment of agriculture under Pres ident Wilson, was born and raised in North Carolina. North Carolina was the only state in the union, that fil'ed every blank in i he mi'l census. The largest drug depository in the world is "at Statesville, North Carolina. The largest granite quarry, and the entire world is in North Carolina, from Candler to Hamlet, it being 40 miles square. North Carolina ranks among the first in apple' growing. Mt. Airy, . North Carolina, is the biggest cabbage center in the world, more chickens, turkeys and eggs originated in its own section, than an v other town in the world. . Robeson county, North . Carolina raises , alone more' cantalopes than all- the . state of Colorado. The eastern section of the state, Maxton to Chadbourne, raises and ships more aud finer strawberries and lettuce than any other like territory in the world. ' ' , . . North Carolina has built and is building the finest, and most complete system of hard surfaced highways in the entire United States; the state issued and sold in 1920-21 $65,000, 000 in bonds for the purpose, and is the leader of that constructive work. The counties of North Caro lina have recently issued $55,000,000 for good road construction, making a total of $120,000,000 in road bonds for the state. - , . " North Carolina : has three big mountain ranges, the most beautiful in the world, more than 200 peaks exceeding 5JD00 feet, with one,. Mpunt Mitchell, being the greatest elevation east of the Rocky Moun tains. Ashvllle , in the heart of these mountains, is conceeded to have the most ideal climate on earth, and is the best known summer resort in the United States; while Pinehurst, in Moore county, in the sandhill sec tion, is the widest known winter re sort in America. Among the many "playthings" Pinehurst has four 18 holc golf courses. Scotland county, North Carolina, raises more cotton per acre than an., any other county in the world. ' . North Carolina has more cotton mills than anv nthpr ctatp in thp uuii'ii aiiu planus ot.vuu 111 nit man ufacture of textiles in the. United Slates. . : Greensboro, North Carolina in thf mills of the Cone company, weaves more denims, in their Proximity and White Oak mills, Jhan are woven by ai v olln-r ( nc company in he world The Cannon mills of Kannopolis North Carolina, is the largest ovrA manufactory and weaves more towels than any other , like manufactory in the world. The Henrietta . mills, . in Catawba county, North Carolina, weaves more gingham than any other gingham manufactory in the whole world. The Haynes Hosiery mills, in Win-, ston-Salem, North Carolina, makes more knit underwear than any other like manufactory in the world. The Edwin mills, in Durham, North Carolina, manufacture the second larg est number of denims of any other manufactory in the world. Winston-Saleni, North Carolina has the largest tobacco factory in the world, and it makes more than one half of the cigaretts supplied in the whole world. The two towns, Winston-Salem and Durham,North Caro lina, make more than one-half of the world's supply of smoking tobacco, Bull Durham, Duke of Durham, Prince Albert, Advertiser and Stud. Ashboro, North 'Carolina, has the largest single knit hosiery mill, in the world-the Acme Hosiery mill. This small town has also the largest double cane bottom chair factory in the world the Randolph Chair company. The largest millstone quarry of fine quality, is in Moore county, North Car lina, five miles north of Carthage, North Carolina. ' The town of Wilson, North Carolina, is the largest tobacco market in he world for the sale of leaf obacco. - Moore county, North Carolina, has the largest beds of building sands in the world. The Champion Fibre company, at Canton, North Carolina, is the largest paper pulp manufactory in the world. The largest, finest flavored oysters in the whole world are grown at New port, North Carolina, and contiguous , water. ' The town of Durham, North Carolina, has more wealth per capita, than any municipality' of like size in the world. At Pinehurst, North Carolina.is the ... i , .1 -e largest ana most valuable nera 01 Berkshire hogs in, the world. T1. TU uric flrcf Ilie SliUc Ul lyui v-aiuutici vvj n. .... in the union to erect and operate as a state institution a hospital for the in sane. It-was among the first,if not the first.-to erect and establish a state pen itentiary; it was among 'the first to establish and, operate, as a state in stitution, schools for deaf, dumb and blind. .'''. North Carolina has now three hos pitals for the itmne, two for 'white and, one for colored patients, each one noted for splendid management, effec tive, results and beauty of site and structure, and one at Morgahton,. North Carolina, being one-quarter mile around its main ouilding. 'North Carolina School for Deaf and 'Dumb is noted in the nation for its effective work among modern lines of inetl-nrtinn Qnrt ite hnilrlinoi at Mfir-' ganton, North Carolina, are unsurpass ed as a model for its purposes; the school for the Blind, in Raleigh North Carolina, is quite' as prominent for its progressive "methods in all lines of modern work for and with The, municipality of Biltmore. North Carolina, is the only town in the world that uses, by requirement of law,electricity exclusively for light ing and for heating,' for all and every purpose., " . ' ' North Carolina raises and sells ijiore Bermuda onions than do the Bermuda islands. . 1 The Southern Power company, North Carolina, is the second largest 'next to that at Niagara) hydro electric exploitation in the world; this company is about to enter an enter prise in Canada, which will develop more than a million and a quarter horsepower, hydro-electrically. James Buchanan Duke, the third ii!C3i titan in me wuiiu, 111c in spirator ami organizer of the1 Amen" can Tobacco companyj which! in wealth, influence and extent, ranks with the U. S. Steel compnay and the Standard Oil company, was born and raised in North Carolina, and his home is in Charlotte, North Car olina. (And he has, just made a , record gift of$40,000,000 io religion onA jkHnrafinn V, . uiv .uvavuiva. . ; North Carolina igrows, harvests and sells more medical herbs than Pi 5 I V This advertisement isn't written to sell you something. , . Quite the contrary. ' ; v July Fourth will be a crowded day in Franklin. Many will Be the occasions you ladies will long for a quiet, comfortable place to sit down for a short rest ' Our store is going to furnish you that place on the Fourth. We shall rearrangeour stock in order to have sufficient seating room for a large number of people, and we sincerely trust every woman (and man, too, for that matter) who finds herself tired out by the continued bustle will avail herself of the opportunity we are offering. We won't try to sell you anything. We simply want you to come in, make yourself absolutely at home, and be comfortable. . V v If you want to look through our comprehensive stock of furniture and household furnishings jwe will be delighted to show you around.:: If you merelywant to sit jlown and rest w arrangements to make you cool and comfortable. -' vV This invitation GOES ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. v ' . COME TO OUR STORE JULY FOURTH FOR YOUR COMFORT. FRAN KEMHJRNTCURE'GO Corner Phillips and Palmer Sts. Franklin, North Carolina V
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