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This group of local stories include the story of how R. L. Humber moved his father’s house by himself in 1900. He moved the house down to First Street. In 1897, the Sanctificationists of Washington, NC would come by boat to Greenville to hold their church services in the coffin room of the John Flanagan Buggy Company. In 1901, a little girl accidently baked her doll in a child’s oven. In 1900, the son of Alfred Worthington killed a three foot moccasin with 32 pikes in his belly. In 1897, two small sons of Fred Phillips of near Falkland dug a 22 foot well with only a part of a shovel and a tin bucket. In 1897, Mrs. M. H. Quinerly gave a dinner for her father Alfred Forbes and his friends over the age of 65. And finally a story from 1901, of a raid on a watermelon patch and the aftermath. Local stories dating from the 20th century include \"Lightning Freak,\" \"House Mover,\" \"Two Smart Boys,\" and \"Watermelon Raid.\"
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