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Poetry Has Lost Its Status Since Sandburg

FLAT ROCK — A pop quiz this week: Name five of the 20th century American poets. Just five ...

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Yadkin’s Worst Floods Nothing Like Houston’s

What would 50 inches of rain do to the Yadkin River? I eyed with some suspicion the gentle, ...

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Traffic Circles, Sen. Barrett, Silent Sam

For those worried about the traffic impact of the new Davie High School on Farmington Road, rest easy. ...

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Mocksville Should Grant MLK Request

In stark contrast to the over-heated, violent protests in some other towns last week, a group of Mocksville ...

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Mountain’s Measurement Caused Dispute

When temperatures soared into the mid-90s recently, Elizabeth and I drove up to Mt. Mitchell, elevation, 6,684 feet. ...

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He Has Started Small, But We’ve Got Big Plans

William Benjamin Hollifield, newly born, has a distinguished name worthy of a future president or Supreme Court justice. ...

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Calvin Coolidge a man of few words

By  Betty Etchison West Cana/Pino Correspondent On Aug. 2, 1923, all was quiet in a tiny village in ...

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Junior York’s Customers Got Full Service

How many times did he pull us out of ditches, give a spark to our dead batteries and ...

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Advance Bids Farewell To Its Correspondent

Advance folks gathered at the funeral home in a line that snaked around and about the building as ...

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Spitting On Bait Fails To Lure Big Fish To Hook

ON THE OCEAN ISLE PIER — There are two types of fishermen. Those who catch and those who ...

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