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Tarboro & Edgecombe 150 Years Ago
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44704
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The author notes the state of affairs for Edgecombe and its seat of government. The newspaper, The Tarboro Southerner was then published every Friday. Fred Phillips was mayor of Tarboro and Joseph Cobb, sheriff of Edgecombe. James H. Bell was a jeweler and watchmaker in the town. A popular hardware store was operated by a former Confederate general, William Gaston Lewis.
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