Pineville, a historic refuge
Part 17: A Pineville wedding
By Warner M. Montgomery Warner@TheColumbiaStar.com
      In his account of Pineville between 1794 and 1836, F.A. Porcher ("Historical and Social Sketch of Craven County, South Carolina," Southern Quarterly Review, April 1852) was enthralled by the "country weddings" that took place there.
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The Amazing Eurasion Odyssey
Part 3: The Lost City of Angkor
as told by characters Matthew Garrick and Stephen Williams
      The thunderous crack of a single gunshot broke the night's silence around 4:30 am. I'm not a regular handler of any sort of tactical firearms, but I certainly knew that it was bigger than a standard pistol, and it surely wasn't a shotgun. Aging Kalashnikovs are abundant in countries like this, and...
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