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23005
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In these series of tales, the author tells of W. L. Blount’s 16 year old coon hunting dog that could still hunt. In 1900, a shooting scrape occurred near Stokes at a young folk’s party at J. S. Whitehurst’s. A certain William Bryan incurred the displeasure of Mr. Whitehurst and was asked to leave. Bryan didn’t leave fast enough and received buckshot in his butt. In 1886, W. E. Proctor of Grimesland reported that he had cut out 37 large fish from the frozen Tar River. In 1893, R. A. Willoughby of Beaver Dam Twsp., told the local paper that during the last five months he had sold 651 dozen eggs. He received $79.35 for them, which showed that there was more money in eggs than raising cotton. In 1892, Dr. Frank Pitt and Maggie Burris married in Dr. James Dental Office in a runaway marriage. In 1884, Henry H. Moore reported he had killed a hog, 8 feet 10 inches long and 2 feet 9 inches through, that weighed 783 pounds. That Greenville had a population in 1800 of 174 people, and in 1890 had 1937 people and by 1900 had 2560 people. And finally in 1883, E. C. Gaskins told the story of how he killed some partridges by throwing a catfish at them and later a hawk stole his chickens.
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In these series of tales, the author tells a story about Will James, manager of the Macon House Hotel in 1888, waking to find a drunken man in bed with him. There is a story about a “feather renovator” in 1888 that has the town excited. In 1890, “White Caps” put up signs saying there was a wife beater in town and gave his name. They said if he didn’t leave soon he would receive a visitation. The guilty party was seen sneaking out of town. In 1886, there were several stories about barbers, merchants and tax collector, all in jail and doing business as usual out the jail windows. There was a funny tale from the Possumtown section of Chicod township in 1886 about how hunters mistook a turkey buzzard for a bear. And lastly, there is a story from 1887 of how Isadore Lichtenstein saved a friend from drowning by throwing him a large cake of soap.
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23007
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First known as Riverview Nursery and later as Riverside Nursery, it was started in1884 by Pitt County Sheriff, Allen Warren. Allen Warren (1829-1904) was Greenville’s first florist, selling flowers all over the South after the railroad came to Greenville in 1890. The Riverside Nursery gained statewide notoriety and was a leading supplier of trees and shrubs in the South at the time. After his death, the nursery fell to his son, Ollen E. Warren. The nursery appears to be gone by 1907.
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23008
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This article provides a short history of William H. Long's house on East Fourth Street. William H. Long (1886-1920) was a lawyer in Greenville. In 1915, his brother died in New York after having accumulated a fortune in the silent film industry. Long received a fourth share of his brother’s estate and in 1917 built his beautiful home. The house was designed by Benton and Benton of Wilson, NC in the neo-classical style. Each column is solid stone, brought up on a wagon by 24 mules from the steamboat on the river. The finished home contained 4,500 square feet of usable space, including a basement, first and second floors and a third floor that was originally planned as a ballroom. The house passed through the family and sold to a law firm. The house is now on the National Register of Historic Places.
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The author regales us with such tales as the 12 foot moccasin killed near Boyd’s Ferry in 1884 after the Steamboat Wilson ran over it. It had been known in that part of the river for 100 years. In 1942, Capt. John Murphy recalled funny incidents from about 1900 when he ran the Steam Launch Bessie on the Tar River. In 1910, a tornado crossed Dickinson Avenue and struck and destroyed the Tar River Institute, a black theological school. The tornado then struck the Colored Graded School, picking it up, with Principal C. M. Eppes still inside. And finally, the story of a humorously poor circus that arrived in Greenville in 1874.
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There were once several large clocks in Greenville at the turn of the Century. There were large clocks in Coward & Wooten’s Drug Store, W. L. Best Jewelry Store and the Hotel Bertha, all connected to a master clock at the Western Union Office. Some people remember the large clock on the sidewalk in front of the W. L. Best Jewelry Store. In 1912, a large clock was put into the cupola of the new County Court House. There was trouble during WWII blackouts to get the Court House clock lights shut off.
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23011
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Discusses the history of founder's/homecoming day for East Carolina that stopped as a formal celebration for the school. East Carolina began its Founder's Day Celebration on March 5, 1932 as a formal celebration for the school. It was discontinued during World War Two and held once more in 1947. This important tradition should be revived.
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In 1895 there were two Confederate organizations in Pitt County, The Bryan Grimes Camp of Confederate Soldiers (formed in 1893) and The Pitt County Camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans (formed in 1894). In 1899, the Col. George E. B. Singletary Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy formed and soon after The Thomas J. Jarvis Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy also formed. In 1902, the two Daughters of the Confederacy chapters unveiled a Civil War monument in Cherry Hill Cemetery. In 1908, Congressman John H. Small shipped 40 odd cannonballs to Greenville to be placed beside the monument. In 1915, the large Civil War monument was unveiled on the Court House square.
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23013
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This article gives interesting facts about sports, classes, enrollment, and organization information at East Carolina University such as the East Carolina Band was organized in 1938, the first physical education majors graduated in 1939, the first football team was organized in 1932, the Pre-Med Society was formed in 1939 and the first photocopy machines appeared in Joyner Library in 1968.
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One evening in March 1903, Greenville witnessed a pyrotechnic spectacle when the kerosene and gasoline storage tanks of the Standard Oil Company, along the rail road tracks beside the Imperial Tobacco Company, caught on fire. The whole town shuddered from the force of the explosions.
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Kammerer gives a biography of Pitt County native, Dr. David Richard Wallace (1825-1911), the son of Warren Wallace and Pheobe Powell and grandson of George S. Wallace (1761-1840), a Revolutionary War soldier. He was educated at Wake Forest College and was a teacher, but wanted to be a minister. He later wanted to be a lawyer, but became a doctor instead. He moved to Texas in 1855, was a surgeon in the Confederate Army and later was appointed superintendent of the Texas State Insane Asylum. He organized the Texas State Medical Association and was named as the first eminent psychiatrist of Texas and the Southwest.
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Kammerer presents a number of tales about the haunted Greene Street bridge and a headless Civil War statue in the river under the bridge. There is the tale of the Pactolus Light and another haunted spot in the woods along a highway nearby. There is also the story of the haunted Kittrell house that was being restored in the county. This collection helps to accentuate the Halloween atmosphere..
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Kammerer gives a small compendium of the known films about or made in Pitt County and several local actors. The first known film was a silent romance movie from 1918 entitled “Stroke of Twelve,” filmed entirely in Greenville. In 1925, there was a movie made of Greenville entitled “Who’s Who in Greenville.” In 1927 there was a movie made of the Greenville Tobacco market and in 1941, there was another movie entitled “Greenville On The Screen.” In 1947, there was a locally made film, “Pitch A Boogie Woogie” with an all-black cast and in 1966, Pitt County was the backdrop for several “B” movies. There were two local movie stars, Lath Morris and Kathryn Youngblood, who starred in several films.
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23018
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The focal point of ECTTC in 1909 was the large two story administration building topped by a bell tower or cupola. The building was named “Austin Building,” in honor of Herbert E. Austin (1866-1922), a charter faculty member. Through the efforts of Thomas J. Jarvis, former Governor and school trustee, the architect’s plans for a slate roof and cupola were changed to a red tile roof and gold leaf on the dome of the cupola. In 1923, a terrible storm damaged the cupola and it was rebuilt without the gold dome. In 1950, speakers were placed in the cupola, which broadcast melodious chimes across the campus in the morning and evening. In 1968, while the Austin Building was being razed, the cupola accidently fell and was wrecked. A replica was placed on the campus mall.
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23019
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Today people describe the ECU/NCSU football games with as much zeal as fans described ECU's early basketball rivalry with Atlantic Christian (now Barton) University. This competition was heightened by the use of a wooden bucket trophy, called “Bohunk” since 1939. The Bohunk Trophy rivalry ended in the 1960s and it was last won by Atlantic Christian College. In 1996, it sat in a trophy case at Barton University, a once cherished trophy and a reminder of ECU’s sporting past.
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