Record #:

22869

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

This group of local stories talks about a unique court held in 1902 when W. F. Harding went to the country and was a witness in a case held in the middle of the road with a stump for a desk. In 1903, Bryan Ives beat up his wife and daughter. The next night a masked group of eight men dragged him out of his house and gave him 50 lashes with a buggy trace and five with a horse whip. He was sent a note to leave the State in 10 days. In 1901, W. A Garris witnessed a fight between a rooster and a hawk and in 1903 Frank Hines killed a six foot moccasin stealing his eggs that weighed over 50 pounds. There is the story of a runaway mule running through Greenville in 1902 tearing up everything in its path. E. B. Ficklen told a funny story in 1903 of how a hen stole five puppies from its mother and cared for them. In 1902, a group of young businessmen in Greenville organized a club called the “Big Six Club.” And in 1901, D. E. Whichard told a tale about killing a deer while in a canoe duck hunting.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Aug 30-Sept 12 1989, p10

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History