Charles B. Aycock

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1. April 13, 1879 A. C. Dixon baptizes twenty converts in Morgan Creek, among them Charles B. Aycock At the close of a spring revival Dixon baptized twenty people in Morgan Creek near the Purefoy mill. Among them were the student Charles B. Aycock, later governor, and James Y. Joyner, later state superintendent of public instruction. People: A. C. (Amzi Clarence) Dixon, Charles B. Aycock, James Yadkin Joyner Place: Morgan Creek near Purefoy's Mill, Chapel HillSearch the index · Almonte Charles Howell, A History of the Chapel Hill Baptist Church, 1854-1924 (1945), scan p. 28 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, April 19, 1879, p. 2
2. by April 26, 1879 Cornelia Phillips Spencer edits the Chapel Hill Weekly Ledger For some months in 1879 Cornelia Phillips Spencer edited the Chapel Hill Weekly Ledger, with students R. P. Pell and Francis D. Winston as assistants. The book calls her the county's only woman editor; Charles B. Aycock took over from her. People: Cornelia Phillips Spencer, Charles B. Aycock, Francis D. Winston Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: R. P. PellSearch the index · Lefler and Wager, Orange County, 1752-1952 (1953), pp. 127-128 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, April 26, 1879, p. 2
3. September 20, 1879 Charles B. Aycock edits the Ledger in Chapel Hill Aycock, then a university student, took over as editor of the weekly Chapel Hill Ledger in 1879, succeeding Cornelia Phillips Spencer. The paper ran until 1880. People: Cornelia Phillips Spencer Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, November 1, 1879, p. 2 (masthead) · Also: NCpedia: Aycock, Charles Brantley; The Chapel Hill Ledger, September 13, 1879, p. 3
4. January 10, 1880 Charles B. Aycock leaves the Ledger and Joseph A. Harris takes over as editor Joseph A. Harris, who had founded the Chapel Hill Ledger nearly two years before, announced that Charles B. Aycock had withdrawn as editor and that he would edit and publish the paper himself. People: Joseph A. Harris Place: Ledger office, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, January 10, 1880, p. 2
5. about March 10, 1880 Seniors begin the class tree and Class Day custom The class of 1880, led by its president Thomas H. Battle, planted a sugar maple at the edge of the Forbidden Ground after Class Day speeches that included one by Charles B. Aycock. Later classes kept the custom, planting a water oak in 1882 and a white pine in 1883. People: Charles B. Aycock, Locke Craig Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: Thomas H. BattleSearch the index · Documenting the American South: Kemp P. Battle, History of the University of North Carolina, vol. II (1912), p. 197 · Also: The Chapel Hill Ledger, March 20, 1880, p. 2
6. June 1880 Charles B. Aycock graduates from the university with the Mangum and Bingham medals Charles B. Aycock of Wayne County, who had edited the Ledger the year before, graduated with distinction at the 1880 commencement and won both the Mangum and the Bingham medals. Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Chapel Hill Ledger, June 19, 1880, p. 3
7. November 1, 1892 Orange County Democrats hold a mounted parade and rally at Hillsborough On Tuesday, November 1, delegations from the county's Democratic clubs rode into Hillsborough and paraded down Churton Street behind a Kernersville brass band, with C. M. Parks as chief marshal and more than 330 riders in line. Fabius H. Busbee and Charles B. Aycock spoke; Julian S. Carr was called north and did not appear. People: Charles B. Aycock, Julian S. Carr, Charles M. Parks, Augustus Washington Graham Place: Churton Street and court house, Hillsborough · Also named: Fabius H. Busbee · Also mentions: Churton StreetSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 5, 1892, p. 2
8. April 7, 1900 Orange Democrats instruct their state delegates for a Senate primary The Orange Democratic county convention, with C. W. Johnston in the chair, elected 21 delegates to the state convention, endorsed Charles B. Aycock for governor and unanimously instructed the delegates to work for a primary at the November election to choose a United States senator. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, Joseph A. Harris, Charles B. Aycock Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: C. W. JohnstonSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 12, 1900, p. 2
9. July 12, 1900 Charles B. Aycock addresses a White Supremacy rally at Hillsborough Charles B. Aycock, Democratic candidate for governor, spoke for two hours in the court house yard at Hillsborough for the suffrage amendment before a crowd put at 3,000 voters plus women and children. A horseback parade met him at the depot, the Gate City Brass Band of Greensboro played, and the Eno Cotton Mill and town businesses shut for the day. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, John Knox Hughes Place: Court house yard, HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), July 19, 1900, p. 3
10. August 9-10, 1904 The State Farmers' Alliance meets at the Barracks, and Governor Aycock speaks at its picnic The North Carolina Farmers' State Alliance held its eighteenth annual session at the Barracks near Hillsborough, where President William A. Graham gave his annual address. On August 10 a well-attended farmers' picnic heard State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner, Governor Charles B. Aycock, Dr. Tait Butler and Charles E. Maddry. People: Charles B. Aycock, Tait Butler, Charles Edward Maddry, James Yadkin Joyner Place: The Barracks, Hillsborough · Also named: William A. GrahamSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), August 11, 1904, p. 2
11. April 20, 1908 An Orange County Anti-Saloon League is organized after Charles B. Aycock speaks for prohibition Former governor Charles B. Aycock spoke for state prohibition to a large crowd in the Hillsborough courthouse, several merchants closing their stores so their clerks could hear him, and Rev. Charles E. Maddry of Greensboro then organized an Orange County Anti-Saloon League with Frank Nash as chairman, Nathan W. Brown as secretary and an executive committee drawn from every township. People: Charles B. Aycock, Charles Edward Maddry, Frank Nash, N. W. Brown, Samuel Mallett Gattis Place: Courthouse, HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), April 23, 1908, p. 3
12. 1924 Aycock School is built at Cedar Grove The county board of education built a new school at Cedar Grove on land bought from Carl C. McDade, because state law barred board member Charles A. McDade from selling his own land to the county. Sam Johnson won the contract in August 1923 with a bid of $19,570. On January 7, 1924 the board voted to name the school Aycock instead of Cedar Grove, and on January 21 it inspected and accepted the building. The brick school opened on Monday, February 4, 1924; the Weekly, reporting the opening, said it was named for Charles B. Aycock and put its cost at $30,000. Place: Cedar Grove · Also named: Carl C. McDadeSearch the index · DigitalNC: Irene Oliver Pender, A History of Orange County Schools, 1752-1983 (1983), p. 70 · Also: Chapel Hill Weekly, March 6, 1924, p. 1; Open Orange: 6116 Efland Cedar Grove Rd. / Aycock High School; Chapel Hill Weekly, April 16, 1926, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, February 7, 1924, p. 1; Chapel Hill Weekly, December 20, 1923, p. 1