Tarboro and Rocky Mount items mix in local notes
Tar River Jockey Club prepares for a race on October 5 with Vashti Mollie and Judge Clark contesting a half mile event for a $300 purse. Community notices cover livery changes, new goods, political talk in Raleigh, and crop reports with cotton and corn conditions.
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Battle & Son
Rocky Mount Mills
Rocky Mount
N. C
J. A. Williamson's
J. A. Williamson
S. Bill
Southerner
Tarboro
L. Heilbroner & Bro
A. Wi Lock
Jast
Pender & Jenkins
Tar River Jockey Club
Col. E Cromwell
B. F. Vashti
Sharpe & Weathersbee
R. F. Mollie
Dr. Staton
C. c. Judge Clark
Local drama and hunting lore run wild in coastal town
A corrupted column urges restraint and channels for angry readers, mixing satire with a Petersburg Index Appeal excerpt on a Rocky Mount deer hunt. The piece rails at violence while detailing a multi day spree that ends with Bullock’s mare shot and the baffling question Who shot Bullock's mare.
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Pacoious
Gen- Uy
Recky Movnn
East Carolina
Petersburg Index
Rocky Mount
Diana
Cesar
John
Denmark
Prof. Tisdale
Bullock
Wm. Patterson
Local Race Day Highlights and Political Rhetoric
The program opened with Home Bred Stakes for two-year-olds won by Judge Clark in 57 seconds, followed by Tarboro Stakes won by Flora in 1 25. A mule race named Kate drew crowds as onlookers reacted to the unusual event. multiple trotting and scrubs completed the card with notes on judges and times. The piece closes with discussion of Edgecombe politics, criticizing radical rhetoric and predicting continued agitation ahead of future contests.
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Splendid Sport
C H Dozier
Mollie
V B Sharp
Judge Clark
Dr L L Staton
Flora
Madge
L L Staton
Jolly Jackass
Kate
Echo
W R Myers
Warren, Myers & Warren
Granger
Dr. Starr
Wesleyan Female Seminary
Murfreesboro
Methodist
Washington
Schnieder
McCluer
Presbyterian Church
Office of Register of Deeds
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