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The following articles detail the luncheon and reception prepared for President and Mrs. Wilson in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Charlotte News 5/21/1916, p. 2 and 5/21/1916, p. 2
Among Charlotte lawyers of the 20th century, none will be remembered more vividly than Colonel Thomas LeRoy Kirkpatrick, good roads enthusiast, mayor, public servant extraordinary, and orator.
The first year after the library's reopening the county appropriation was set at 3 cents per $100 valuation. This gave the library an income of $38,000, a 26% increase over the budget in the year before it had closed.
The Funeral Business
The funeral business has been an evolution from that of small scale and necessity to big business and corporations. Early coffin makers were usually local carpenters that made furniture as their primary source of income.
Marion Lawton Hargrove, Jr.
Although not a native Charlottean, Marion Hargrove got his start in journalism at The Charlotte News. He was born in Mt. Olive, NC and moved to several cities before finally coming to Charlotte.
HIS LORDSHIP'S venturing into North Carolina had been disastrous. The carefully thought out southern campaign upon which he had embarked so hopefully was shattered never to be reshaped. The backbone of the British offensive against the South was broken.
By the late 1890s, Dr. Annie enjoyed an ever expanding medical practice, she had privileges at both St.
Two newspaper articles below describe the observance of the Mecklenburg Decarlation of Independence in 1874.
The Southern Home , 5/25/1874, p. 3
Charlotte Daily Observer 5/21/1909 p.9
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.
The Twentieth of May is here, Tar Heels;
And President Taft’s here, too.
The Charlotte News, 5/20/1907, p. 5:
A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THE TWENTIETH
During this turbulent decade, Charlotte's African Americans are active participants in the battle for civil rights. Urban renewal begins in earnest with the demolition of Charlotte's Ward neighborhoods.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library >> Fighting to Stay Relevant, 1999-2009 >> The Family o
The following are two articles from the Charlotte Home Democrat detailing the 109th anniversary celebration of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence in 1884.
Charlotte Home-Democrat 5/23/1884 and 5/16/1884 p. 3
Nathaniel Alexander (1756-1808) was the first Charlottean to be elected North Carolina's governor. Born in Mecklenburg County, he was first educated in a log schoolhouse but graduated from Princeton University at the age of 20.
Born in Cabarrus County the ninth of ten children, Barringer (1825-1895) was an 1842 graduate of the University of North Carolina. From 1848-50, he represented his home county in the House of Commons. (House of Representatives, North Carolina General Assembly)
John Montgomery Belk (March 29, 1920- August 17, 2007) was the son of William Henry Belk, the founder of the Belk department stores.