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More Tales of the Odd and Unusual In Pitt County
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In this collection of local stories, J. J. Rollins, cashier of the Bank of Winterville in 1932 , talks of the aftermath of accidently locking a cat in the vault for a night. Ed Whitehurst, head carrier boy for the Daily Reflector, drove his 12 ft. outboard boat from Greenville to Bayview in 1932 to much acclaim and had a number of adventures returning home. In 1898, Grigg T. Tyson killed 62 hogs at hog killing and the heaviest weighed 410 pounds. The citizens of Pactolus township formed the “Good Citizens League” in 1921 in an effort to curb lawlessness. In 1947, Charles Lilley of Clay Root, bought a mule and taught it tricks. It became a local sensation.
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