Record #:

23479

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Tales the author relates include the runaway marriage of Mr. Burton G. Albritton and Miss Bessie Keel in 1903. Bessie went through several travails to escape from her father who was against the match. In 1892, a young lady asked a local clerk if he had any “subdued mouse color?” and he “No, but we have some enraged rat color.” In 1909, a license of $25 was needed to sell “near beer.” In 1912 a tragic story occurred on the Pitt/Craven line in which Mrs. George Adams lost three of her young children in a few minutes to fire and snakebites. In 1900 there was the mysterious poisoning of Mrs. W.H. Mizelle; and lastly, the fatal accident at the McLohorn and Baldree steam mill of Pitt County.in 1881, which killed Allen Kittrell and injured Mr. McLohorn and Mr. Baldree.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. Issue , Jan 22-Feb 4 2003, p6-7

Subject(s):

Pitt County--History