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In 1888, 750 eggs were brought to market in Greenville selling at 15 cents a dozen. In 1889, two stores shipped 1,200 eggs on a single day. J. A. Thigpen and J. J. Dancy had unusual eggs. In 1888, it was reported that the women of Pitt County used about 10,000 pds. of snuff a year at a cost of 50 cents per pound. At a rat killing in 1891, 185 rats were killed in one incident. Since the Revolution, women in Pitt County used powder in rocks in Belvoir township to dye their cloth. In 1878, Mr. A. Case found a Native American skeleton in a marl bed. Other stories include strange names as "Miniya Gainer Minetty Andrews Melvin Llewellyn Silvester Sherrod" and states that the Cox family gave all eleven children names that started with the letter "Z."
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