Tarboro County Officials and Local Lodges Directory
Tarboro and county government officers listed with clerk treasurer sheriff coroner and other posts. Includes appointments for school examiners keeper of poor house surveyor standard keeper and county officers along with several Masonic and fraternal lodge meetings and church service times. Also notes Adams Hotel and Southern Express Office on Main Street and early morning schedule.
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County
H. L. Staton, Jr
Register of Deeds
Alex. McCabe
Joseph Cobb
Robt
H. Austin
J. B. Hyatt
H. H. Shaw
Wm. A. Duggan
R.S. Williams
Jno
Lancaster
Wiley Well
Adams
Main and
Pitt Sts
O. F. Adams
Express
Southern Express
Main Street
Lawne Stm
Church Street
Thomas Street
Rocky Mount
N.C
Dossey Battle
It Might Have Been Mary Jane and Tom Jones Remembered
A humorous reminiscence recalls a country school days romance between Mary Jane and the narrator, their rival letters with Tom Jones, and a later reunion showing aging, affection, and the line It might have been. The piece shifts to a dramatic Kentucky cave discovery scene with giant skeletons and a vault, detailing explorers White and the cave’s eerie passages and ancient remains.
Family newspapers a vital family need in daily life
A feature urging every household to subscribe to a family newspaper as essential for education and progress. The piece argues newspapers educate youth and adults, support material prosperity, and shape character, urging no ragged child be kept ignorant. It emphasizes that knowledge through papers benefits society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nho
Fight It Out Daughter Asks About Wife
A story frames a prominent lecturer's daughter who questions a guest at tea asking where his wife is. The guest, recently separated, struggles to answer and finally confesses he does not know. The child presses for clarity, revealing an unconscious wisdom through a simple line of inquiry.
Dixie and Other Tales of the South and North
A miscellany of reportage and anecdotes on Southern memory and Northern rents. It recounts Dixie’s origins in New York as sung by enslaved Black people, the rise of the song with Carlo Patti, and the St Louis incident of a jealous lover. It includes notes on printing office secrecy and a Florida archaeological discovery on Murphy’s Island. The piece closes with moralizing reflections and a subscription appeal.
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John Moore
Dixie
Manhattan Island
New York
Dixie Land
Masea
Carlo Patti
New Orleans
John Wood
Brougham
Marseillaise
The Ventriloquist and the Pig in Macon Fair
A French ventriloquist Comte sights a countywoman guiding a fat laden pig. Prices clash as he offers ten crowns for a thousand francs. The crowd fears witchcraft as the tale grows, and villagers seek to exorcise the pig with the aid of the ventriloquist.
Pocket-book rescue tale in river tragedy
A negro planter fell overboard near Vicksburg while the boat backed out. His pocket-book with $118 floated away as the man clung to his hat. He shouted for his pocket-book before sinking. Rescuers saved him, but he asked if they saved the purse and was told no. He lamented the debt of his rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane
Peraps
Tom Jones
Tom
Jones
Ourself
Comte
Pig
Vickeburg
de Debbit
Vicksburg Herald
Keeping Clear of Temptation in a Poultry Show
A Detroit resident explains why he did not attend a poultry show. He smiles at the word poultry but notes the birds are confined in cages, unable to be seen up close, and questions the point of visiting. The exchange highlights feelings about a segregated era and public events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Warning to Lovers and Life Philosophy in Fragments
A striking tale recounts a buxom young woman who ousts a suspected drunk lover after he asks her to turn down the light. The piece juxtaposes moral resolve with bromides on life and vitality, urging circumspection, prudence, and rational judgment as vitality battles advancing years.
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Cupid
Dulcina
Protona Liex
National Debt Totals and a Claimant Profile
The document lists U S debt amounts at specified periods with figures around 66 million through 927 million and 716 thousand. It notes Mr Jones as a claimant asserting a grant status for coin-raising and ownership of various other assets.
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Directory
Tarboro
Maron
Fred. Philips
Jease A. Williamson
Jacob Feldenheimer
Daniel W. Hartt
Joseph Cobb Sucretary
Takasuma—Kobb
Whitehurst
John W. Cotten
John Madra
Jas. Simonson
Altimore Macnair
ODGES
Concord
Old Fllows
Edgecombe Lodge
T. W. Teler
N. G
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Edgecombe Council
Friends of Comperance
Advance Lodge
C. G.T
There Hall
Zanoah Lodge
A. Whitlock
Piscopal
Methodist Church
Mr. Swindell
Presbyterian Church
T. J. Allison
Missionary Baptist Church
T. R. Owen
Primitive Baptist Church
True & Co
Augusta
Maine
Philadelphia
Aolman
Ont Holman & CO
Arch Street
Ila
P. O. Vickery & CO
Agusta
Tw Tanite Co
Stroudsburg, Aa
Emery Wheels and Machinery
Broadway
William & CO
Messrs. Geo. Pf, Rowell & Co
New York City
John Hooper
America
NEW York Times
T. E. Lewis & CO
J. E. Lewis & CO
Weber's Bakery
Bank of New Hanover
Jacob Weber
Geo. L, Pender
Bruff, Faulkner & Co
Baltimore Street
Baltimore
Vrs Hillard
Greenville, N.C
McPhail's Wharf
Norfolk
Otena
Sincesi G ‘Sainson
Gus Porand Maine
Walter P. Williamson
N. C
2Nd Judicial Dist
Iron Front Street
Powell
Southerner
Rg Ihea Blount
Cheshire
Notary Public
Old Bank Bus Trade Street
Be & PE
Johnston
Freederick Plil
W.L. Thorp
Edzembe
Halifax
Nash and Wilson
Supreme Court
North Carolina
United States District Court At
Raleigh
G. L. Shackelford
Adams’ Hotel
Nash & Co
E. D. Barnes
Erhard Demuth
Advertis! Rathregne’s
Acorn Cook
Rathbone, Sard & CO
Albany
W. Y
W. G. Lewis
Merina
Boston
T. H. Gatlin
Gilmore & CO
Chipman, Hosmer & CO
Patent Office
Congress
U.S. General Land Office
Department of the Interior
Gilmore &Co
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Clans
Southern Claims Commission
Radress, Gilmore & CO
F. Street
Washington, D.C
Garbers
Ezekiel
Hezekiah
Old Tom
Chicago Ledger
The
Courier Journal
Columbia
Kentucky
White
Mamoth
Russel’s Creek
Alex
Grand Street
Charlotte Observer
Florida
Murphy’s Island
Colonel Hart
Putnam
Murphy's Island
St. John’s River
Iea
St. Louis
Ufor Saids
Kingdom
Lleaven
Jess
Detroit Free Press
Mr. Jones
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