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- Public documents of the State of North Carolina [1901, v.1]
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- 1901
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- ["North Carolina."]
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Public documents of the State of North Carolina [1901, v.1]
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Document No. 9.
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shocking to our ideas to learn that it was his custom to treat his
students to whiskey on Christmas day, but no blame was imputed
to him then.
In 1764, Henry Pattillo, described in my paper on Granville, ac¬
cepted a call to Haw Fields, and as was the custom in that day,
combined teaching with preaching. It was evidence of his ability
and high character that Tryon associated him with Dr. David Cald¬
well in an effort to put a stop to the Regulator movement. Besides
the Geography mentioned, he published a book of sermons. He
engaged somewhat in political life, being a member of the Provin¬
cial Congress of 1775, in which he officiated as Chaplain.
Archibald Debow Murphey, who, as Senator, was so active for
public education, the pioneer in this work, had a law school at his
residence at his plantation, near Swepsonville, now called the Curtis
place. Among his pupils were Governor John M. Morchead, his
brother. James T. Morehead, a member of Congress, and Judge Jesse
Turner, of Arkansas.
Rev. John R. Holt's school in South Alamance, called Mount En¬
ergy High School, prepared students for the University and colleges.
Among them were Dr. Eugene Grissom, Hon, W. F. Strowd, Dr.
Pleasant A. Holt.
The school of Richard Stanford, member of Congress 1797-1816,
was near Haw Fields Church, on the farm now owned by Senator
Robert Scott. His fathers 11-law. General Alexander Mebane, and he
had a dispute about some political question, in the course of which
Stanford felt himself aggrieved by some cutting words used by
Mebane. By way of implied apology the latter sent his son-in-law a
wagon load of slaves, but they were promptly returned and only
after a formal verbal reparation were they accepted.
My intelligent friend, Mr. \V. H. Turrentine, of Burlington, enables
me to add some items to the story of the schools of Alamance.
At Providence Church, near Graham Station, a Mr. Mulholland
taught, prior to Governor Worth. He was succeeded by Mr. John S.
Turrentine, a surveyor, as well as teacher. After the Library men
tioned was given up the books were divided among the stockholders.
Mr. W. H. Turrentine remembers three of them. One was the
United States Gazette. Another was History of the Inquisition,
which inculcated hatred of the Papacy and devotion to Protestantism
by horrid pictures of men and women tortured by ingenious devices.
The third stimulated patriotism by the picture of an unfortunate
wretch, doubtless a Tory, swung up by the seat of liis breeches to
the yard-arm of a ship, while the tormentors, Wliigs, of course, were
plucking the feathers from a goose, and a bucket of tar was realty
for the decoration.
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