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This week we have another 34 titles up on DigitalNC! In this batch we have an article from the Durham Tobacco Plant describing the construction of a new factory being built by W. Duke, Sons & Co., which contained a machine that would revolutionize their tobacco business: The Bonsack machine.
Durham Tobacco Plant, July 16, 1884
In 1881, Virginia native James Bonsack created the first industrial cigarette rolling machine, a task that was done meticulously by hand up until this point. Bonsack partnered with W. Duke, Sons & Co. in 1884 and supplied them with one of his machines that could roll 250,000 cigarettes in a single day, the equivalent of 48 employees. While this acquisition would make the Dukes the leading cigarette producer in the country, the automation of the process forced many skilled rollers out of work.
W. Duke, Sons & Co. 1884 factory. Image via opendurham.org
Over the next year, we’ll be adding millions of newspaper images to DigitalNC. These images were originally digitized a number of years ago in a partnership with Newspapers.com. That project focused on scanning microfilmed papers published before 1923 held by the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Special Collections Library. While you can currently search all of those pre-1923 issues on Newspapers.com, over the next year we will also make them available in our newspaper database as well. This will allow you to search that content alongside the 2 million pages already on our site – all completely open access and free to use.
This week’s additions include:
- The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1869-1903
- The Yadkin Valley News (Mt. Airy, N.C.) – 1880-1895
- The Index (Wilkesboro, N.C.) – 1880-1881
- The News Reporter (Whiteville, N.C.) – 1912-1924
- The Montgomery Vidette (Troy, N.C.) – 1886-1891
- The Southern Vidette (Norwood, N.C.) – 1891-1892
- Carter’s Weekly (North Wilkesboro, N.C.) – 1920-1922
- The Alexander County Journal (Taylorsville, N.C.) – 1887-1888
- Washington Progress (Washington, N.C.) – 1892-1913
- The Chronicle (Wilkesboro, N.C.) – 1890-1911
- The Wilson Mirror (Wilson, N.C.) – 1887-1894
- Windsor Public Ledger (Windsor, N.C.) – 1887-1889
- Windsor Ledger (Windsor, N.C.) – 1889-1915
- The Daily Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.) – 1889-1922
- The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier (Waynesville, N.C.) – 1917-1923
- Raleigh Christian Advocate (Raleigh, N.C.) – 1914
- The Elizabeth-City Star (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1822-1824
- The Elizabeth-City Star and North-Carolina Eastern Intelligencer (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1825-1833
- The North-Carolinian (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1839-1864
- The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.) – 1888
- Durham Tobacco Plant (Durham, N.C.) – 1872-1885
- The Enquirer (Tarboro, N.C.) – 1871-1873
- The Times (Greensboro, N.C.) – 1856-1861
- Halifax Compiler (Halifax, N.C.) – 1818
- Halifax Minerva (Halifax, N.C.) – 1829-1830
- The Edenton Gazette, and North-Carolina Advertiser (Edenton, N.C.) – 1806-1809
- The Edenton Gazette (Edenton, N.C.) – 1809-1813
- The Edenton Gazette, and North-Carolina General Advertiser (Edenton, N.C.) – 1814-1822
- Edenton Gazette (Edenton, N.C.) – 1827-1831
- The N.C. Republican, and Civil Rights Advocate (Weldon, N.C.) – 1884
- The Weldon Patriot (Weldon, N.C.) – 1852-1859
- Railroad Ticket (Weldon, N.C.) – 1881
- The Semi-Weekly State (Weldon, N.C.) – 1867
- Webster’s Weekly (Reidsville, N.C.) – 1881-1916
If you want to see all of the newspapers we have available on DigitalNC, you can find them here. Thanks to UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries for permission to and support for adding all of this content as well as the content to come. We also thank the North Caroliniana Society for providing funding to support staff working on this project.
This week we have another 70 newspapers up on DigitalNC! These titles span 32 towns and almost as many counties! This batch also includes our first additions from the towns of Waco, Pores Knob, La Grange, Leaksville, Mount Olive, and Manson!
Over the next year, we’ll be adding millions of newspaper images to DigitalNC. These images were originally digitized a number of years ago in a partnership with Newspapers.com. That project focused on scanning microfilmed papers published before 1923 held by the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Special Collections Library. While you can currently search all of those pre-1923 issues on Newspapers.com, over the next year we will also make them available in our newspaper database as well. This will allow you to search that content alongside the 2 million pages already on our site – all completely open access and free to use.
This week’s additions include:
- Morehead City Weekly News (Morehead City, N.C.) – 1892
- Pearson’s Papers (Boomer, N.C.) – 1923
- Mount Olive Advertiser (Mount Olive, N.C.) – 1898-1900
- The Fool=Killer (Pores Knob, N.C.) – 1925-1929
- The Newton Enterprise (Newton, N.C.) – 1879-1918
- The Old North State (Salisbury, N.C.) – 1866-1868
- The Hendersonville News (Hendersonville, N.C.) – 1919
- The Littleton Courier (Littleton, N.C.) – 1892
- The Magnolia Advertiser (Magnolia, N.C.) – 1872
- The Morning News (Greensboro, N.C.) – 1887
- King’s Weekly (Greenville, N.C.) – 1901
- Farm and Fireside (High Point, N.C.) – 1872
- La Grange Vidette (La Grange, N.C.) – 1875
- The Davidson Record (Lexington, N.C.) – 1876
- The Home Companion (Manson, N.C.) – 1897
- The Morganton Star (Morganton, N.C.) – 1885-1889
- The Rural Chronicle (Waco, N.C.) – 1884
- Surry Weekly Visitor (Mount Airy, N.C.) – 1872-1880
- The Mount Airy News (Mount Airy, N.C.) – 1896-1914
- The Laurinburg Enterprise (Laurinburg, N.C.) – 1880
- Scotchman and Observer (Laurinburg, N.C.) – 1873
- The Madison Leader (Madison, N.C.) – 1888
- The Madison News (Madison, N.C.) – 1890
- The Mocksville Herald (Mocksville, N.C.) – 1912
- Mocksville Enterprise (Mocksville, N.C.) – 1917-1938
- The Lamp Post (Marion, N.C.) – 1881
- The Western Enterprise (Marion, N.C.) – 1862
- The Citizen (Murfreesboro, N.C.) – 1859-1860
- Albemarle Southron and Union Advocate (Murfreesboro, N.C.) – 1860
- The Trumpet (Lincolnton, N.C.) – 1886-1888
- The Lincoln County News (Lincolnton, N.C.) – 1919-1924
- The Weekly News (Louisburg, N.C.) – 1855
- American Eagle (Louisburg, N.C.) – 1857-1860
- Louisburg Union & North Carolina Miscellany (Louisburg, N.C.) – 1846-1847
- The Raleigh News (Raleigh, N.C.) – 1877-1878
- The Daily Call (Raleigh, N.C.) – 1889
- The Weekly Raleigh Register, and North Carolina Gazette (Raleigh, N.C.) – 1842
- The Argus (Lumberton, N.C.) – 1902-1903
- The Weekly Argus (Lumberton, N.C.) – 1903-1904
- The Lumberton Argus (Lumberton, N.C.) – 1904-1905
- The Asheville Register (Asheville, N.C.) – 1904-1905
- Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.) – 1900, 1926
- Asheville Gazette (Asheville, N.C.) – 1900
- The Milton Gazette (Milton, N.C.) – 1892-1893
- The Milton Herald (Milton, N.C.) – 1898-1900
- The Milton Advertiser (Milton, N.C.) – 1886-1891
- The Leaksville Reporter (Leaksville, N.C.) – 1888
- Leaksville Herald (Leaksville, N.C.) – 1860-1861
- Dan Valley Echo (Leaksville, N.C.) – 1885-1887
- The Leaksville Gazette (Leaksville, N.C.) – 1883
- Herald of the Times (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1835-1836
- The Elizabeth City News (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1891-1894
- The Albemarle Register (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1874-1875
- The Weekly Transcript (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1867
- North Carolina Native Sentinel (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1856
- The Falcon (Elizabeth City, N.C.) – 1881-1890
- The Daily Courier (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1860
- The Gleaner (Fayetteville, N.C.) -1883
- Wide Awake (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1876
- The Cape Fear Banner (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1880
- Campaign Herald (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1876
- Solid South (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1894
- The Journal (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1888
- The Statesman (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1873-1874
- Dollar Weekly (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1886
- The Fayetteville Index (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1909-1914
- The Fayetteville News (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1866-1868
- North Carolina Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1873-1880
- The North Carolina Gazette (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1892-1893
- Evening News (Fayetteville, N.C.) – 1886-1887
If you want to see all of the newspapers we have available on DigitalNC, you can find them here. Thanks to UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries for permission to and support for adding all of this content as well as the content to come. We also thank the North Caroliniana Society for providing funding to support staff working on this project.
A May 1926 edition of the Mount Airy News. Articles include a local citizen celebrating their 90th birthday and information about Mount Airy High School
Twelve years and over 600 issues of the Mount Airy News have been digitized and added to DigitalNC, courtesy of our partner, Surry Community College. These scans are brand new, with DigitalNC now containing March 1917 through September 1929. While the Mount Airy News is now published six days a week, the newspaper was only published once a week at this point in time. The Mount Airy News services Mount Airy and Surry County, and joins fellow Surry County newspapers including the Chatham Blanketeer and the Elkin Tribune.
An article announcing a meeting between NC Governor Morrison and VA Governor Trinkle
Looking through the Mount Airy News today, we can learn a lot about what concerned the people of Surry County nearly a hundred years ago. In one October, 1922 issue, the main headline was a meeting between North Carolina Governor Cameron Morrison and Virginia Governor Elbert Lee Trinkle to talk about building roads between Mount Airy and the nearby towns of Sparta, NC, and Stuart, VA, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Mount Airy. Looking through the pages, we can see praise for local teachers and school board members, an article about local farmers joining a cooperative association, and an editorial piece denouncing women who are uninformed voters, when they recently earned the right to suffrage.
Reading these articles gives us an idea of what life was like in Surry County and Mount Airy at the time, and it is invaluable to us. To browse through other materials from Surry Community College, take a look at their partner page, or check out their website.
The following microfilmed newspapers were selected for digitization in 2017-2018. Thanks to supplemental funding from the State Library of North Carolina, we were able to complete more reels than in previous years. Reels were chosen from nominations according to our Criteria for Selecting Newspapers to Digitize from Microfilm.
Title |
Years |
Nominating Institution |
Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.) |
1927-1947 |
Alamance County Public Libraries |
Carolina Indian Voice (Pembroke, N.C.) |
1977-1995 |
UNC Chapel Hill |
Carteret County News-Times (Morehead City, N.C.) |
1948-1960 |
Carteret County Public Library |
Charlotte Post |
1971-1987 |
Johnson C. Smith University |
The Cherokee Scout (Murphy, N.C.) |
1944-1988 |
Murphy Public Library |
Duplin Times (Warsaw, N.C.) |
1962-1985 |
Duplin County Library |
Enterprise (Williamston, N.C.) |
1934-1942 |
Martin Memorial Library |
Farmville Enterprise |
1942-1947 |
Farmville Public Library |
Franklin Press and the Highlands Maconian (Franklin, N.C.) |
1943-1960 |
Fontana Regional Library |
The Franklin Times (Louisburg, N.C.) |
1925-1944; 1963-1969 |
Louisburg College |
Hertford County Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.) |
1914-1923 |
Chowan University |
Journal-Patriot (North Wilkesboro, N.C.) |
1947-1950 |
Wilkes County Public Library |
Mount Airy News |
1917-1929 |
Surry Community College |
News-Record (Marshall, N.C.) |
1976-1988 |
Madison County Public Library |
Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.) |
1944-1989 |
Perquimans County Library |
Pilot (Southern Pines, N.C.) |
1948-1965 |
Southern Pines Public Library |
The Roxboro Courier (Roxboro, N.C.) |
1927-1935 |
Person County Public Library |
Smithfield Herald |
1901-1911 |
Johnston County Heritage Center |
Transylvania Times (Brevard, N.C.) |
1933-1940 |
Transylvania County Library |
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) |
1950-1963 |
Watauga County Public Library |
Waynesville Mountaineer |
1952-1956 |
Haywood County Public Library |
Winston-Salem Chronicle |
1997-2016 |
Forsyth County Public Library |