Reflector Index, 1906
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Abbreviations: E.R. = Eastern Reflector
W.L. Tucker, hunting exploits
D.R.
2 January 1906
Ad: C.L. Wilkinson and Co. clothes
D.R.
2 January 1906
Oyster boats
D.R.
2 January 1906
R. Hyman, chief of Hope Fire Co.
D.R.
2 January 1906
Ad: E.M. McGowan, butcher at market
house
D.R.
2,3 January 1906
J.A. Ricks and Brother, changed name to
J.M. Reuss
D.R.
3 January 1906
G.A. Kittrell in Winterville, dissolved
D.R.
3 January 1906
Ad: H.A. Parramore, store
D.R.
3 January 1906
J.F. King married Neeley Stallings
D.R.
4 January 1906
South Greenville lots
D.R.
4 January 1906
R.L. Johnson, contractor
D.R.
4 January 1906
Ad: Paul Metrick, tailor
D.R.
4 January 1906
Stokes whiskey distillery burned
D.R.
5 January 1906
About boarding houses in Greenville
D.R.
5 January 1906
Clubs and society in Winterville
D.R.
6 January 1906
Parmele, a dry town
D.R.
6 January 1906
About liquor dispensing in Greenville
since 1903
D.R.
6 January 1906
F.J. Tyson moved to Bethel
D.R.
8 January 1906
Thomas and Burton dissolved
partnership
D.R.
8 January 1906
New Methodist church being built
D.R.
8/17 January 1906
Pitt Oil Mills
D.R.
9 January 1906
John Andrews, Negro man in Ayden
D.R.
9 January 1906
Ayden stores
D.R.
9 January 1906
Ad: Sam White lots for sale
D.R.
9 January 1906
About business in Ayden
D.R.
9 January 1906
About Ayden
D.R.
9 January 1906
Paul Metrick tailoring in Perkins
D.R.
9 January 1906
building
Firm of J.R. Proctor, Ron Elks, and L.E.
Elks, dissolved
D.R.
9 January 1906
Firm of Johnston Brothers to be
dissolved
D.R.
9 January 1906
About businesses in Winterville
D.R.
10 January 1906
About Winterville
D.R.
10 January 1906
Firm of J.B. and F.V. Johnston dissolved
D.R.
10 January 1906
Letha Belva, two-year-old daughter of
Edward and Lavie Savage died
D.R.
11 January 1906
Fire at J.D. Dupree's
D.R.
11 January 1906
G.E. Harris family
D.R.
11 January 1906
Need for a coping around Court House
Square
D.R.
11 January 1906
About A.B. Ellington & Co.
D.R.
11 January 1906
About Avon farm
D.R.
12 January 1906
About John I. Brown
D.R.
12 January 1906
Avon farm sold
D.R.
12 January 1906
L.R. Whichard assigned
D.R.
12 January 1906
A.E. Tucker assigned
D.R.
12 January 1906
Bank of Winterville
D.R.
12/13 January 1906
Winterville Music Club
D.R.
13 January 1906
Bennett Speight family
D.R.
13 January 1906
Quinerly School, which had a library,
burned
D.R.
13/18 January 1906
Ayden fire
D.R.
15 January 1906
John Cowell, 25 anniversary
D.R.
15 January 1906
About Julius Brown
D.R.
15 January 1906
Pitt County Buggy Company fire
D.R.
15 January 1906
Hurt, Joe Smith of Bethany Church
D.R.
16 January 1906
Odd & unusual: Sheriff makes people sit
in court
D.R.
16 January 1906
C.W. Harvey hurt in buggy accident
D.R.
17 January 1906
New Methodist church
D.R.
17 January 1906
Quinerly School
D.R.
18 January 1906
Steamboats to Scuffleton
D.R.
19 January 1906
th
Fire at Greenville Lumber and Veneer
Company
D.R.
19 January 1906
Sam White's lots and property
D.R.
19 January 1906
W.J. Lovitt, Farmville deputy, shot and
killed
D.R.
22 January 1906
About jail and County Home
D.R.
23 January 1906
Death in Shelmerdine of Mrs. Thomas
Adams on 21 January, she had been
suffering for a long time
D.R.
24 January 1906
Death of infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Flake, child buried in family burial
ground a few miles from Greenville
D.R.
24 January 1906
About Jim Taft
D.R.
25 January 1906
E.B. Stokes hurt at Ayden
D.R.
26 January 1906
Walter Buck moved from Greenville to
Ayden
D.R.
26 January 1906
Movies at Ayden
D.R.
26 January 1906
Jackson Avenue, Shelmerdine
D.R.
27 January 1906
Death of Samuel Taylor of Oakley, he
had been in poor health for several
years, buried 22 January.
D.R.
29 January 1906
Store in Oakley
D.R.
29 January 1906
Death on January 25 of Joe Smith, after
suffering for two weeks from being
gored by a bull. The funeral was held at
Bethany Church. He was a member of
the Winterville Tribe of Red Men
D.R.
29 January 1906
List of hangings, all Negro. All from the
Farmville section of Pitt County since
the Civil War
D.R.
30 January 1906
Elizabeth Ray, daughter of E.B. Moore,
married at Washington, North Carolina
to Paul Allen Tillery
D.R.
31 January 1906
Death on January 29 of Mrs. Sallie A.
Keel age 86. Died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Taylor, in
Carolina Township; was the mother of
messrs J.S. and H.F. Keel of Greenville
D.R.
1 February 1906
Kodak photography studio in home of
J.A. Hornaday Jr.
D.R.
2 February 1906
Deaths on February 2 of Mrs. Catherine
Carroll, age 80. Widow of the late Mr.
Rick Carroll, she leaves 3 sons,
Reverend R.D. Carroll of Williamston,
Mr. J.B. Carroll of Winterville, and Mr.
W.M. Carroll of Kinston
D.R.
3 February 1906
A.J. Griffin Jewelry Store
D.R.
5 February 1906
Death on February 3 of Mr. J.C. Boyd at
his home 3 miles from Greenville. He
leaves 1 child, Mr. J.H. Boyd and 4
grandchildren; he was a resident of Pitt
County for 60 years
D.R.
5 February 1906
About E.G. Barrett of Kinston and
Farmville
D.R.
6 February 1906
About Mary Lancaster, age 93
D.R.
6 February 1906
Death at Soldiers Home in Raleigh of
Mr. John Mooring, age 63; he went to
the home from Pitt County 4 years ago.
He was a member of Company A, 7 th
North Carolina. He leaves 2 sisters, Mrs.
D.H. Moore and Mrs. Maud Moore.
CSA
D.R.
6 February 1906
Ad by Jackson and Rebecca Vandiford:
not to shelter or hire William Amos
Stocks or James Allen Stocks
D.R.
6 February 1906
Jesse Speight in accident, horse and
buggy off dam on north side of bridge
D.R.
7 February 1906
About new lodge in Shelmerdine
D.R.
9 February 1906
About hanging of John Tilghman in
Craven County by his nephew, J.W.
Smith of Ayden
D.R.
13 February 1906
Odd & unusual, Negro man died and
came back to life
D.R.
15 February 1906
J.M. Cox, merchant and mill man, has a
very sick child
D.R.
15 February 1906
Third Street, improved at Reade Street
and the branch
D.R.
16 February 1906
Death on February 16 of Mrs. Sarah
Griffin, age 58, wife of J.J. Griffin; she
leaves a husband, 2 sons and 4
daughters; she was buried at Bell Place,
4 miles from Greenville
D.R.
16 February 1906
Greenville Knitting Mills
D.R.
16/20 February 1906
About library hours
D.R.
16 February 1906
Mrs. D.L. Bailey and Mrs. H.C. Venters
spent several days with their mother,
Mrs. Galloway near Grimesland
D.R.
20 February 1906
About the closing of bar-rooms in
Greenville
D.R.
20 February 1906
Mr. N.R. Corey is having the buildings
moved from Hellen’s Crossroads
D.R.
21 February 1906
J.A. Harrington family of Ayden had
smallpox
D.R.
23 February 1906
Death in Grimesland of 106-year-old
Negro woman
D.R.
23 February 1906
Odd & unusual: Repairing Yellowly Hill
Road and found a gold watch, 2 feet
under
D.R.
24 February 1906
Jarvis Methodist Church, dedicated
D.R.
26 February 1906
Odd & unusual: wasp up leg of Coot
Whichard, at church
D.R.
26 February 1906
Big tree in Edgecombe
D.R.
26 February 1906
Gas-boat, Lillian, sinks
D.R.
27 February 1906
Chicken in Cherry Hill Cemetery
D.R.
27 February 1906
Death of Mr. George W. Oden, age 60
D.R.
1 March 1906
Death of Mr. S.B. Wilson, age 73
D.R.
1 March 1906
Mr. Caleb Worthington of Ayden, hurt
D.R.
2 March 1906
About Dickinson Avenue being too
narrow
D.R.
2/16 March 1906
New bank
D.R.
5 March 1906
Death in Greenville of Mr. Jesse Proctor,
age 61; he had been a resident of
Greenville following his vocation of
brick mason; he leaves 3 children: Mrs.
C.E. Stafford of Lakeland, Florida, Miss
Ellen Proctor who had lived with him,
and Mr. Will Proctor of Norfolk
D.R.
5 March 1906
Ex-mayor of Greenville, W.R. Parker, ill
D.R.
5 March 1906
Elwood Cox caught 7-foot eagle at
Shelmerdine
D.R.
6 March 1906
J.B. Tripp's home burned
D.R.
7 March 1906
About moving the Court House
D.R.
7/10/15 March 1906
About the Osceola Band
D.R.
9 March 1906
Death on March 9, 1906 of William
Robert Parker, age 53. Born in Pitt
County and reared near Farmville. He
married Lucretia Hill in June 1877; she
died in August 1890. He married Pattie
Bynum of Greenville, his second wife,
in 1892. He was a member of the
Christian Church, the Odd Fellows, a
former member of the Greenville Board
of Aldermen and a former mayor of
Greenville. Children from first marriage:
Ellen Parker, W.R. Parker Jr., C.D.
Parker of Washington, Thomas Parker of
Florida, Delk Parker of Wilmington. He
also had 1 sister and 4 brothers: Mrs.
R.W. Newton, Messrs S.J., J.W. and
John Parker of Farmville, G.W. Parker
of Willmington. Buried at Cherry Hill
on March 10
D.R.
10 March 1906
About town of Maupin
D.R.
13/21 March 1906
New bank
D.R.
13 March 1906
Mrs. Georgia James works for C.T.
Munford doing millinery
D.R.
15 March 1906
Odd & unusual: A boy who never saw
roller skates
D.R.
15 March 1906
Death in Ayden on March 14 of Mr.
W.H. Williams, age 75. He was a wellknown teacher and farmer. Buried a few
miles outside of town at the family
burial ground
D.R.
16 March 1906
Skating rink in warehouse
D.R.
16/21 March 1906
Sale of old Methodist church lot on
corner of Greene and Second streets
D.R.
16 March 1906
Ayden Fire Department
D.R.
16 March 1906
Death on March 17 of Mrs. Martha A.
Moore; she died in the home of her
daughter, Mrs. S.I. Fleming, 4 miles
from Greenville
D.R.
19 March 1906
Cotton association formed at Falkland
D.R.
22 March 1906
Odd and unusual: J.A. Manning struck
D.R.
22 March 1906
by train
Greenville Wholesale Company formed
D.R.
22 March 1906
H.A. Parramore and J.A. Ricks formed
partnership
D.R.
24 March 1906
Death at his home on March 21 of Mr.
Seth Tyson, leaves wife and 3 daughters
D.R.
24 March 1906
Odd weather signs
D.R.
24 March 1906
About Grifton, divided town, hotel and
steam mills and other businesses
D.R.
26/30 March 1906
Hickory Hill lot sold
D.R.
27 March 1906
J.R. Smith Company of Ayden formed
D.R.
28 March 1906
Shelmerdine School
D.R.
31 March 1906
Good photograph of Washington
Hospital
D.R.
31 March 1906
Greenville Livery and Transfer, W.J.
Turnage
D.R.
31 March 1906
Death of Mrs. Fannie Spier, age 71, near
Maupin; wife of the late R.M. Spier; was
a faithful member of the Baptist Church;
she married twice; 3 children from first
marriage, 2 from the second: John Dixon
of Robersonville, E.S. Dixon of
Greenville, Mrs. G.T. House of Bethel,
Mrs. W.H. Bagwell of Greenville, and
M.T. Speir of Pactolus
D.R.
2 April 1906
Tale of J.F. Godley and tobacco
D.R.
3 April 1906
Pulleys at ferry flat in Pactolus
D.R.
4 April 1906
Ad: Sheppards Mill Days, Barnhill and
McGlohon
D.R.
4 April 1906
Death in Bethel of John W. Carson, one
of the most notorious operators of illegal
whiskey sites in the area. Several times
he served terms in jail and once lost a
leg while hauling a barrel of whiskey to
a meeting, but nothing would stop him.
He was released from jail only a few
days before his death.
D.R.
4 April 1906
Grifton Manufacturing Company
D.R.
5 April 1906
Shelmerdine items
D.R.
5./12 April 1906
Grifton Masonic Lodge
D.R.
6 April 1906
Ayden Pythian Lodge
D.R.
6 April 1906
Cherry Hill Cemetery enlarged
D.R.
6 April 1906
Runaway horse of J.W. and Cannon
Wilson in Haddocks Crossroads section
D.R.
6 April 1906
J.C. Gorham, murder or suicide
D.R.
9 April 1906
Poem on page 4: "What Grandma Used
to Say"
D.R.
9 April 1906
R.R. Fleming's mill at Maupin, burned
D.R.
9 April 1906
Building and loan association formed
D.R.
10 April 1906
About W.F. Hart, not right since his
teeth were pulled
D.R.
12 April 1906
Burton's soda water and ice cream works
has started business. He bottled Seven
Springs mineral water. The water will be
carbonated to keep it in good condition
D.R.
12 April 1906
Ad: manufacturing plant for sale in
Winterville
D.R.
12 April 1906
A car load of Coca Cola bottles for the
bottling works of E.H. Shelburn; he has
just put in another bottling machine
D.R.
16 April 1906
About assault of W.J. Teel near Bethel
D.R.
17/19/23/24 April 1906
Bath house on river
D.R.
17/21 April 1906
Red Men Library
D.R.
17 April 1906
Proctor seine near Grimesland
D.R.
20 April 1906
T.L. Bland to open a hotel in Rocky
Mount
D.R.
20 April 1906
Biggs Cox hurt in runaway
D.R.
20 April 1906
House moved at Shelmerdine
D.R.
20 April 1906
Library in Masonic Temple
D.R.
21 April 1906
Death in Richmond, Virginia of Mrs.
Lucy G. Bernard, wife of C.M. Bernard
of Raleigh
D.R.
21 April 1906
Ice plant of R. Greene
D.R.
23/27 April 1906
About E.F. Foley
D.R.
23 April 1906
Odd tale of the Dismal Swamp boiling
D.R.
24 April 1906
Miss Lucy Galloway of Grimesland is
spending the summer with her uncle,
Thomas Langley, near House
D.R.
24 April 1906
About Mayor Frank M. Wooten,
pledging help for San Francisco
earthquake aid
D.R.
25 April 1906
Death of Mrs. Sallie Ipock of Lenior
County, buried at Saint Johns
D.R.
26 April 1906
Court case concerning assault on W.J.
Teel
D.R.
26/27 April 1906
James Long purchased stock of J.H.
Starkey
D.R.
27 April 1906
Steamboat Shiloh sunk
D.R.
28 April 1906
Mrs. Fannie O. Manning, wife of J.A.
Manning, deranged
D.R.
28 April 1906
Death on April 26 in Contentnea
Township of Dr. Charles A. Blount; he
was a highly esteemed physician and
member of the Masonic fraternity; he
leaves a wife and 2 children
D.R.
28 April 1906
About R.A. Bryan, who left Pitt County
5 years ago, to go to California
D.R.
30 April 1906
Alwood post office burned
D.R.
1 May 1906
Maupin item, Fleming rebuilding mill
D.R.
1 May 1906
Death on April 29 in Carolina Township
of Mrs. Lucinda Woolard, wife of J.H.
Woolard, age 67; she leaves her
husband, 4 sons, and 5 daughters
D.R.
1 May 1906
Water main in Cherry Hill Cemetery
D.R.
2/4 May 1906
J.A. Hardee, superintendentof County
Home
D.R.
2 May 1906
Quinerly School
D.R.
4 May 1906
Cherry Hill Cemetery, new lots
D.R.
4 May 1906
Plantation Life, agricultural journal
published at Greenville, $.50 a year.
O.L. Joyner, editor
D.R.
4 May 1906
Mrs. S.M. Padetford, sister of W.B.
Wingate
D.R.
5 May 1906
Death in Ayden on March 5 of Mrs.
Nancy Hart, 80; Mother of 3 sons, W.F.,
J.S., and Jesse Hart; she was a member
of the Free Will Baptist Church
D.R.
8 May 1906
Peter Braswell, an old and wealthy
D.R.
8/22 May 1906
gentleman, formerly of Pitt County, is
visiting relatives in Ayden with his wife.
He left Pitt County in 1869 and now
spends his winters in Florida and
summers in the North Carolina
mountains
Steamboat Alterio
D.R.
9 May 1906
Hope Fire Company
D.R.
10 May 1906
Death of Henry Brown, Negro man who
was a bridge opener
D.R.
10 May 1906
Oliver Smith has old Civil War drum,
CSA
D.R.
11 May 1906
British skeletons dug up in Charlotte
D.R.
11 May 1906
Ayden businesses
D.R.
11 May 1906
Maupin officials
D.R.
14 May 1906
C.H. Ross and family of South Carolina
are spending a few days at Oakley
D.R.
15 May 1906
R. Greene's ice plant on Fifth Street,
between Cotanch and Reade streets
D.R.
15 May 1906
Daughter of W.J. Cowell, fell of bridge
D.R.
15 May 1906
Hotel Leggett, Shelmerdine
D.R.
17 May 1906
Ayden skating rink
D.R.
18 May 1906
Death of Miss Julia Congleton, age 72.
She died in her sleep at the home of her
brother, H.S. Congleton, near Briery
Swamp Church in Carolina Township;
she had been slightly paralyzed for some
time
D.R.
18 May 1906
About Reverend T.H. King
D.R.
18 May 1906
About Julius Brown for legislature
D.R.
19 May 1906
Charles Thomas Lipscomb on June 5
will Marry Margaret Kerr Cass in
Tyrone, Pennsylvania
D.R.
21 May 1906
Death of Mrs. G.W. Hudson of
Blackjack, died from Typhoid fever
D.R.
23 May 1906
Death near Ayden of James Baker, age
38 of pneumonia, leaving a wife and 5
children
D.R.
23 May 1906
W.I. Pender of Greenville is helping to
build the Panama Canal
D.R.
23 May 1906
Winterville Free Will Baptist Church
D.R.
23 May 1906
Smith and Nichols bar burned at
Falkland
D.R.
23 May 1906
Death in Norfolk of Lula W. Cleve, age
48. She was the daughter of Mrs. P.E.
Dancy and a member of the Baptist
church. She leaves 3 sisters and 3
brothers, Mrs. M.M. Nelson of
Greenville, Mrs. V.N. Seawell of Faison,
Mrs. J.W. Goodwin of Philadelphia,
Messrs J.J. and F.L. Dancy of Richmond
and W.C. Dancy of Tarboro
D.R.
24 May 1906
Edward Godley and family of
Chocowinityspent summer with W.S.
Elks of Grimesland
D.R.
24 May 1906
Death of Claude Quinerly of Ayden.
Died at Mount Hope, Maryland, and
buried near Centerville. He was a
prominent businessman and Mason. He
leaves behind 2 brothers and 1 sister,
J.W. and W.B. Quincy, and Mrs. Calvin
Tucker of Grifton
D.R.
25 May 1906
Ayden buildings
D.R.
25 May 1906
Military Company organizing
D.R.
29 May 1906
Odd & unusual: muskrat chased by
garfish in Lenior County
D.R.
30 May 1906
Dr. M.I. Fleming of Pitt County at
Hamilton
D.R.
31 May 1906
Death of Augustus Forbes, a well-to-do
farmer, about 4 miles from town
D.R.
31 May 1906
Death of Mrs. Isabella Moore, age 87, at
her home in Carolina Township. She
leaves 6 daughters and 5 sons
D.R.
31 May 1906
Death of Mrs. Hattie Evans, wife of the
late Amos Evans, at her home, about 2
miles from Greenville. She leaves 3 sons
and 1 daughter, Messers G.A., R.T., and
G.T. Evans and Miss Pearl Evans
D.R.
1 June 1906
Frank Quinerly, car
D.R.
4 June 1906
Biography of Isabella Moore
D.R.
4 June 1906
Death of Mrs. Betty Crawford, 80, at the
D.R.
6 June 1906
home of her daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth
Barber. A member of the Reedy Branch
Baptist Church for 60 years, mother of
F.M. Crawford of Winterville
Death of H.G. Nobles in Carolina
Township, he had suffered from an
illness for several months. He was a
father and is survived by 2 brothers and
3 sisters
D.R.
7 June 1906
H.W. Renfrew
D.R.
9 June 1906
Odd & unusual: dogs in chicken yard
D.R.
11 June 1906
Death of Joel Tyson at his home 4 miles
from Greenville, age 70. He leaves a
wife but no children. He was a
Confederate soldier. CSA
D.R.
11 June 1906
Steam launch of the Mayona, and her
trip to Bath
D.R.
11 June 1906
Steam launch of Myrtie and moonlight
sail
D.R.
11 June 1906
Death of Mrs. Sallie Hines, age 72, in
Marlborough, Pitt county. Wife of
Robert Hines, married for 50 years
D.R
12 June 1906
John H. Proctor of Tampa, Florida
D.R.
12 June 1906
Ad: J.M. Reuss, baker and confectioner
D.R.
12 June 1906
J. Sugarman, new tailor in town
D.R.
14 June 1906
Ayden Methodist church
D.R.
15 June 1906
Ad: Sam White, building lots
D.R.
15 June 1906
J.S. Cox of Winterville, working for
Beaufort County lumber company
D.R.
16 June 1906
About improving Evans Street
D.R.
16 June 1906
Death of Mrs. Pattie Bynum Parker, age
56, of Greenville. Widow of W.R.
Parker, born in Farmville Township,
August 16, 1850. At age 16 was united
with Antioch Christian Church, was
baptized by Reverend George Joyner.
She moved to Greenville in 1890. On
June 6, 1892, she married W.R. Parker,
who later died due to asthma and
complications from 6 years of
rheumatism; he got around by using a
D.R.
18 June 1906
rolling chair. Leaves 2 brothers, Joseph
J. Bynum of Saratoga and W.B. Bynum
of Wilson; and 2 sisters, Mrs. Henry
Harrison of Falkland and Mrs. J.M.
Barrett of Kinston. No children, but 5
step-children: Miss Ellen Parker of
Greenville, W.R. Parker of Greenville,
C.D. Parker of Washington, Thomas
Parker of Florida, and Seth Parker of
Washington. Buried at Cherry Hill
Cemetery
Henry Harding store for electric fans and
motors
D.R.
18 June 1906
Edward Mumfordof Ayden and
Morganton
D.R.
19 June 1906
About Mrs. Meta Sagra, formerly Miss
Chestnut of Indian Territory but raised
near Grifton. She is a teacher
D.R.
19 June 1906
John Flanagan Buggy Company,
lowering device for a casket
D.R.
19 June 1906
Death of Ed Cherry of Bethel. He was a
member of the Stonewall Lodge
D.R.
19 June 1906
About the family of E.E. Cox of Ayden
D.R.
20 June 1906
Winterville buildings
D.R.
20 June 1906
Greenville postcards
D.R.
20 June 1906
Odd & unusual: go-cart of R.L. Smith &
Company
D.R.
20 June 1906
Death of John Lancaster, 40, murdered
near Vanceboro. He had once lived in
Greenville and was well known there
D.R.
21 June 1906
City water is good
D.R.
21 June 1906
Death of Green Letchworth at Pactolus.
He was 97 and had moved from
Greenville Township to Pactolus
Township the first of the year. He has
over 300 descendents
D.R.
21 June 1906
Odd & unusual: C.H. Crawford, quad
chicken
D.R.
21 June 1906
Death of infant child of ex-sheriff and
Mrs. O.W. Harrington, 4 miles from
Greenville
D.R.
21 June 1906
About W.M. "Bud" Moore of
Grimesland for register of deeds
D.R.
21 June 1906
Jamie S. Cox of Winterville worked for
Beaufort County Lumber
D.R.
21 June 1906
Bettie Tyson, dancing school in Perkins
Opera House
D.R.
21 June 1906
Mrs. Adrian Dudley and children of
Washington, North Carolina--she the
daughter of J.S. Hines of Ayden
D.R.
22 June 1906
About Ayden streets and police
D.R.
22 June 1906
Death of J.I. Keel of Carolina Township,
near Robersonville of a heart problem;
he was 38 and leaves 1 child, 4 brothers,
and 4 sisters.
D.R.
23 June 1906
About Plantation Life magazine in
Greenville
D.R.
23 June 1906
About J.A. Manning, went to
stammering school
D.R.
25 June 1906
About T.H. Barnhill
D.R.
25 June 1906
Death of Mr. W.J. Kittrell of Grifton
D.R.
26 June 1906
Luther O. Brooks of Atlanta and Grifton
D.R.
26 June 1906
James B. Cherry married to Blanche W.
Scott, his nurse in the hospital in
Baltimore; she is from Hartford County,
Maryland
D.R.
26 June 1906
Ayden Lumber Company ("slabtown")
D.R.
26 June 1906
Death of Edward A. Cherry of Bethel,
born on June 12, 1851 and married in
1899 to Sallie L. Mayo. Leaves 2 sons
and 2 daughters. Buried in family
cemetery
D.R.
26 June 1906
Death of Wilkie, 13-year-old daughter of
B.W. and Rillie James; survived by
parents, 4 brothers and 4 sisters
D.R.
28 June 1906
Death of Willis T., infant son of W.R.
Whichard, of cholera
D.R.
28 June 1906
About Greenville dispensary and bars
closed
D.R.
29 June 1906
Ayden buildings
D.R.
29 June 1906
Gypsy Tea at Red Banks
D.R.
29 June 1906
Death in Winterville of Mattie, 2-yearold daughter of T.A. Nobles
D.R.
29 June 1906
Waiting for electric day current; night
current starts at 6:00 p.m.
D.R.
28/29 June 1906
Baseball club organized
D.R.
30 June 1906
Train fare from Ayden to Greenville,
was $.26—now $.30
D.R.
3 July 1906
William Smith's barn in Ayden burned
by lightning
D.R.
3 July 1906
Death in Greenville of Mrs. Martha Ann
Rouse, 78, widow of Richard Rouse.
She had been hurt by a fall in December,
1905. She married Richard Rouse in
1852; he died in 1864, leaving her with
4 children. She was a member of the
Baptist church and joined the Methodist
church in 1878. She is survived by 3
children, J.R. Rouse of New Bern, W.L.
Rouse of New Orleans, and Mrs. W.J.
Cowell of Greenville; and 2
grandchildren, R.B. Cowell of
Washington and Frank Cowell of
Plymouth. She is buried at Cherry Hill
Cemetery
D.R.
3 July 1906
Odd & unusual: Presbyterian church
struck by lightning twice
D.R.
3 July 1906
Odd & unusual: concrete block house of
A.F. Kennedy on corner of Pitt and
Third streets; first one in Greenville
D.R.
4 July 1906
Daughter of C.C. Cotton to marry
Russell B. Wiggins
D.R.
4 July 1906
For sale near Falkland, Swain farm, 700
acres
D.R.
4 July 1906
Grimesland Masonic officers
D.R.
5 July 1906
Death of Reverend G.L. Finch, former
pastor of the Baptist church, Greenville
D.R.
6 July 1906
Raleigh and Pamlico Sound Railroad
grading
D.R.
6 July 1906
About the bars in Pitt county--where and
how many
D.R.
6 July 1906
C.S. Forbes placed a clock in front of his
D.R.
6 July 1906
store
T.T. Nobles, B.F. Tyson, C.F. White, to
operate pool rooms
D.R.
6 July 1906
Martha J. Forbes, Tempy Yellowley, Ed
Harris, Harriett Hopkins, to conduct
restaurants
D.R.
6 July 1906
Salaries of city employees
D.R.
6 July 1906
Greene County horse racing story
D.R.
6 July 1906
Story of J.F. Godley, of Chocowinity,
minds his wife, page1
D.R.
7 July 1906
Hope Fire Company
D.R.
9 July 1906
Volunteer Fire Company
D.R.
9 July 1906
Death of Ruth, infant daughter of J.R.
Cory, age 8 months. Buried at home
place 3 miles from Greenville
D.R.
9 July 1906
Ad: Pitt County Oil Mills
D.R.
9 July 1906
Death of Captain E.M. Pace of Wilson,
tobacco warehouse man in Greenville
D.R.
10 July 1906
Death near Ayden of Mrs. Luke Mills, a
most estimable lady, the daughter of
Nash Hardee, who once lived in
Greenville
D.R.
10 July 1906
Ayden Masons
D.R.
10/13 July 1906
New company in Greenville, Christmas
Ornament Company
D.R.
10/12 July 1906
About Lafayette's coach in cellar in
Fayetteville
D.R.
12 July 1906
Plantation Life Journal
D.R.
12 July 1906
Death of Mrs. Sarah Stox, age77, of
Winterville, she was also known as Mrs.
Sallie Nelson. She was a member of the
Baptist church for 60 years. Buried in
the Byrd burial ground 1 mile from
Winterville, she leaves 1 son, Robert
Nelson of Grifton, and 1 daughter, Mrs.
Richard Dawson
D.R.
14 July 1906
Winterville Lodge officers
D.R.
14 July 1906
Mrs. P.E. Braswell of Hendersonville is
sick. Mrs. James S. Harris and daughter,
Lizzie, are going to see her. She is a
relation of Elder C.C. Bland
D.R.
17 July 1906
Mrs. Dr. Pitt of Chattanooga, Tennessee,
and Pitt county
D.R.
17 July 1906
Odd & unusual: Mad dog in house
D.R.
17/21 July 1906
Death of Mr. Norris near Grifton, in
Jolly Old Field
D.R.
18 July 1906
L.B. Thigpen of Bethel and Nashville,
Tennessee, prominent businessman
D.R.
18 July 1906
About Fleming and Moore, lawyers'
office
D.R.
19 July 1906
About sand clay roads
D.R.
19 July 1906
Bobbitt's Boulevard, Shelmerdine
D.R.
20 July 1906
J.B. Tripp of Memphis and Philadelphia,
son of J.C. Tripp
D.R.
20/24 July 1906
Death in Bethel of infant son of W.L.
Nobles
D.R.
21 July 1906
About Lewis McGowan, 117-year-old
Negro man
D.R.
23 July 1906
About X.T. Keel of Pitt County, head of
Mount Olive Supply Company
D.R.
23 July 1906
A.A. Andrews ("Uncle Sandy"), tomato
grower
D.R.
24/31 July 1906
Oakley city market
D.R.
24 July 1906
Death of Bessie Haddock, wife of Jessie
Haddock, born 1877. The youngest
daughter of William Winley and a
member of the Methodist church, she
died at Haddocks Crossroads
D.R.
25 July 1906
Death in Pitt County of Claud E.
Venters, infant son of John Ventes. Died
of typhoid fever
D.R.
25 July 1906
Universalist church dedication
D.R.
25/26/30 July 1906
Masonic Opera House
D.R.
26 July 1906
Movement for clock in Court House
D.R.
27 July 1906
Charlie James, brother of Frank James
of Winterville, married in Tarboro
D.R.
28 July 1906
Public park needed in Greenville
D.R.
28 July 1906
Odd & unusual: W.H. McGowan's sons
walk to Farmville
D.R.
30 July 1906
About homes in Sam White's
subdivision
D.R.
30 July 1906
Odd & unusual: cat and rat story
D.R.
31 July 1906
History of development in Greenville
since the 1860s, page 4/5
D.R.
31 July 1906/ 4 August 1906
Ayden houses
D.R.
1 August 1906
About Reverend A.J. Moore
D.R.
2 August 1906
Carolina Club officers
D.R.
3 August 1906
Pine Street, Shelmerdine
D.R.
4 August 1906
Death of J.L. Grimmer in Dover, North
Carolina, a former citizen of Greenville,
age 50. Buried a Cherry Hill Cemetery
D.R.
6 August 1906
Death of Edgar Ballard, age 40. Died
near Smith's Store in Beaver Dam
Township. He was the brother of Mrs.
J.S. Congleton of Greenville. Leaves a
wife and one child. He was an
industrious farmer and a member of the
Ayden Masonic Lodge and a member of
the firm C.D. Smith and Company
D.R.
6 August 1906
Elmer G. Barrett, formerly of
Greenville, president of the Kinston
Merchants Association
D.R.
6 August 1906
Mr. Jefferson of Farmville cut himself
with a knife
D.R.
7 August 1906
Dispensary at Falkland
D.R.
7 August 1906
Handsome monument put on grave of
Alfred Forbes
D.R.
11 August 1906
Death of Lyman Edwards, near Ayden.
Son of H.C. Edwards. Died in home of
his grandfather, R.H . Garris. Buried at
Cherry Hill Cemetery
D.R.
11 August 1906
Car accident
D.R.
11 August 1906
About Shelmerdine
D.R.
11/16 August 1906
About use of electric fans
D.R.
10/11 August 1906
Death near Winterville of Sam Stox, a
good farmer; leaves a wife and children
D.R.
13 August 1906
About ice plant of R. Green on Fifth
Street
D.R.
13 August 1906
D.D. Haskett's grocery store to open on
corner of Washington and Thirteenth
streets
D.R.
13 August 1906
Titus Hart, a former resident of Ayden
who has been living in Florida for past
19 years, is visiting
D.R.
14 August 1906
Death of B.M.W. James of Grindool
D.R.
15 August 1906
R.M. Williams's sawmill, Blackjack
D.R.
15 August 1906
Dance at Perkins Opera House
D.R.
16 August 1906
Death due to paralysis of the brain of
J.R. Sugg, near Ayden. Age 48, only son
of Reuben Sugg. Leaves a wife and 7
children. Was a member of the Ayden
Lodge
D.R.
16 August 1906
Electric irons in Greenville
D.R.
17 August 1906
A.F. Kennedy of Greenville buys
Panacea Springs
D.R.
18 August 1906
Odd & unusual: mule getting out of the
rain
D.R.
20 August 1906
Levi Kilpatrick of Caldwell, Texas
D.R.
21 August 1906
Odd & unusual: Wild cat story
D.R.
21 August 1906
Odd & unusual: drunk man
D.R.
21 August 1906
Death in Swift Creek Township of exsheriff, J.F. Hellen. He was a
Confederate soldier who lost a leg
during the Civil War. CSA.
D.R.
21 August 1906
Death in Bethel of Mrs. Mina Mayo,
wife of T.E. Mayo. She was 24 and had
been married less then 1 year
D.R.
21 August 1906
Death of Samuel Mumford due to
stroke, one of the oldest and most
D.R.
21 August 1906
prominent businessmen in the Ayden
area. He rose from a poor man to very
affluent circumstances. Son is E.T.
Mumford of Morgantown.
About Old Farmville Christian Church
D.R.
22 August 1906
Cora Roberson, Susie Ross, Tiny Tyson,
of Pitt county, worked in Baltimore at
the Guarantee Position Company
D.R.
22 August 1906
J.A. Page, Chief of police of
Williamston, visiting mother, J.W. Page,
in Stokes
D.R.
22 August 1906
Ira Jernigan married Mittie Sasser
D.R.
24 August 1906
Fire at Grifton, dispensary burned
D.R.
28 August 1906
Death near Blackjack of Mrs. Julia A.
Edwards, an old lady. Buried in family
burial ground
D.R.
28 August 1906
Marcellus Smith of South Carolina, son
of Ben Smith of Ayden
D.R.
28 August 1906
Arthur Wood of Farmville, hurt
D.R.
29 August 1906
Death in Washington of Hattie Fleming,
daughter of Fannie Fleming; buried in
Pactolus
D.R.
29 August 1906
Graham Flanagan, son of E.G. Flanagan,
hurt
D.R.
30 August 1906
J.J. Nuland and wife (the former Bettie
Kinsaul) of Tampa, Florida, visiting
D.R.
31 August 1906
Odd & unusual: strolling hen
D.R.
31 August 1906
Winterville stores
D.R.
1 September 1906
C.W. Harvey and Company, coal and
wood yard in Greenville
D.R.
3 September 1906
Dog pound built at Market House
D.R.
3 September 1906
Clyde and Christine Stancillof Hill,
Jennie Carson of Bethel, Allie G. Little
of Parmele, Bessie Brooks of Grifton,
Fannie Moore of Greenville, at State
Normal and Industrial College
D.R.
3 September 1906
Mrs. And Mrs. Shep Manning of Rocky
Mount, daughter of Reverend W.H.
D.R.
4 September 1906
Laughinghouse
Theron and Carman Cox and Lucille
Spain left for Methodist Orphanage at
Raleigh
D.R.
4 September 1906
Death of the daughter of W.J. Carson
D.R.
5 September 1906
Odd & unusual: Tobacco buying and
beautiful women
D.R.
6 September 1906
Grace, daughter of O.E. Warren, lost in
town
D.R.
7 September 1906
Quinerly School
D.R.
8 September 1906
Marcellus Stokes of Grifton, brother of
W.G. Stokes of Stokes
D.R.
10 September 1906
Odd & unusual: Tale of a snake and the
twins of N.T. Cox
D.R.
11 September 1906
Mrs. L.L. McLawhorn, died of
consumption near Winterville, leaving a
husband and 2 children. A member of
the Reedy Branch Free Will Baptist
Church
D.R.
12 September 1906
Death in Winterville of infant son of J.S.
Ross
D.R.
12 September 1906
Universalist state convention in
Greenville
D.R.
12 September 1906
Ad: Greenville Manufacturing Company
D.R.
12 September 1906
About Pitt County boys L.T. Bland and
Hill Horne in Rocky Mount
D.R.
13 September 1906
Quinerly School, Bethel
D.R.
13 September 1906
Death of 2 small children, ages 4 and 6,
of W.M. Parramore of Ayden. One died
of Typhoid Fever and the other of
congestive chill. Both died within 2
hours of each other. 2 other members of
the Parramore family are sick; W.M.
Parramore and infant are well
D.R.
14 September 1906
Tyson and Skinner skating rink
D.R.
20 September 1906
About ice factory
D.R.
24 September 1906
Death in Rountree of Hattie, 18-monthold of J.F. Cannon
D.R.
28 September 1906
Chamber of commerce revived
D.R.
28 September 1906
E.H. Shelburn purchased lot from O.
Hooker on Third Street. Lot is part of
Hoell Property, plans to erect a twostory brick building for his Bottling
Plant
D.R.
1 October 1906
Ayden stores
D.R.
2 October 1906
Burton Soda Water Works, J.H. Cox,
manager
D.R.
3 October 1906
New ice firm
D.R.
3 October 1906
Skating rink in Perkins Opera House
D.R.
4 October 1906
William Whitehead Perkins married
Virginia Musgrove Hamersly
D.R.
8 October 1906
Death of Robert McKinnee Moye, age
34
D.R.
8 October 1906
About J.A. Ewell, CSA
D.R.
9 October 1906
About Zeb Bland, one-legged man
D.R.
9 October 1906
Death of Mrs. Helen Perkins, wife of Dr.
J.W. Perkins, daughter of Marcellus
Moore
D.R.
11 October 1906
Commercial Knitting Company
D.R.
11 October 1906
Ayden Chamber of Commerce
D.R.
12 October 1906
Death of Mrs. Lizzie Ann Daniel, wife
of John L. Daniel. Born August 8, 1838.
Married for 46 years; survived by
husband and 3 daughters, Mrs. Maggie
Hammond, Mrs. J.L. Barnhill, Miss
Lonie Daniel. Buried at Cherry Hill
Cemetery
D.R.
13 October 1906
About J.R. Moore, railroad agent since
1889
D.R.
16 October 1906
Gin house of Holton and Speir at Ridge
Spring burned
D.R.
17 October 1906
House of W.J. Turnage robbed
D.R.
17 October 1906
E.B. Ficklen Tobacco Company
dissolved
D.R.
18 October 1906
Death of Walter Newton
D.R.
20/26 October 1906
Odd & unusual: R.A. Nichols, hat in
well
D.R.
20 October 1906
Odd & unusual: Royce Tucker family
D.R.
22 October 1906
Bethel building, M.O. Blount House
D.R.
22 October 1906
Death in Bethel of Mrs. Elizabeth
Matthews, age 71. Leaves 2 sons
D.R.
22 October 1906
Death by suicide of E. Victor Cox,
Ayden postmaster
D.R.
30 October 1906
Oscar Hooker Gin on Cotanche Street
opened
D.R.
31 October 1906
I.A. Sugg, grandfather of Bruce Brooks,
son of E.L. Brooks of Nashville, North
Carolina
D.R.
1 November 1906
Julius Brown selling his bottling
machinery and business
D.R.
1 November 1906
Shelmerdine School
D.R.
2 November 1906
New depot for Raleigh and Pamlico
Sound Railroad Company
D.R.
8 November 1906
Death of Fanny, wife of Alonzo
Edwards
D.R.
8 November 1906
Death of Miss Jane Moore, age 68. Died
at the home of her brother, Rick Moore.
Leaves 3 sisters and 1 brother. A kind
woman
D.R.
9 November 1906
Odd & unusual: Farmville and Frolie
Town Railroad
D.R.
10 November 1906
Death of Mrs. Robert Vainright,
daughter of Sarah Patrick. She leaves a
husband, 2 children, 2 sisters, 1 brother,
and her mother.
D.R.
10 November 1906
Odd & unusual: Fight between Joseph
Rawls and J.M. Reuss
D.R.
12 November 1906
Death in Greenville, Universalist
preacher
D.R.
15 November 1906
About channel in Tar River
D.R.
16 November 1906
A.O. Beddard, Winterville policeman
D.R.
17 November 1906
About golden anniversary of W.M.
King, married in 1856
D.R.
19 November 1906
Death of Sue Bynum
D.R.
19 November 1906
L.I. Moore of Greenville, brother of
Owen Moore of Scotland Neck
D.R.
19 November 1906
Dewey Manning, son of W.J. Manning,
hurt
D.R.
19 November 1906
Death of Mary Turnage, widow of
Charles Turnage. Died of stroke at home
of J.A. Harrington. Buried at family
burial ground near Haddocks
Crossroads. She and her husband were
among the first settlers in the Ayden
area. She was well known for her
goodness and kind heart
D.R.
20 November 1906
Grifton Manufacturing Company
D.R.
20 November 1906
Greenville history and dogs
D.R.
23 November 1906, p. 1
Miss Mabel Barnhill of Bethel, daughter
of J.H. Barnhill, pharmacy license
D.R.
24 November 1906
Shelmerdine items, hotel and schools
D.R.
24 November 1906
Marriage license of Linnington Manning
and Rilley Tripp, circa 1840’s, page1
D.R.
27 November 1906, p. 1
About Daniel Arney
D.R.
1 December 1906, p. 1
Death of Fannie Cox, wife of Fred Cox
D.R.
4 December 1906
Hotel Bertha, fire
D.R.
5 December 1906
James Bell, age 48, escaped convict
D.R.
5 December 1906
Death in his home 5 miles from
Greenville of Ricky Moore, a well-to-do
farmer
D.R.
5 December 1906
Death of Mrs. Sam White
D.R.
5 December 1906
O.L. Joyner, sheep farm
D.R.
5 December 1906
Death of Clarence Highsmith
D.R.
5 December 1906
Greenville sewer system
D.R.
7 December 1906
About problem of railroad tracks on Pitt
and Ninth streets
D.R.
10 December 1906
Fort Macon breakwater engulfed by sea
D.R.
10 December 1906
Paramore and Ricks to go out of
business
D.R.
10 December 1906
Motion pictures at opera house
D.R.
10 December 1906
Boys and fireworks
D.R.
11 December 1906
Shipping holly north
D.R.
11 December 1906
Commercial Knitting Company
D.R.
11 December 1906
Oysters for sale
D.R.
11 December 1906
Mrs. J.L. Savage of Edgecombe County,
visiting son, L.M. Savage, in Greenville
D.R.
11 December 1906
Mrs. T.L. Bland of Rocky Mount,
visiting mother, Mrs. L.A. McGowan
D.R.
11 December 1906
Mrs. Nash Hardee of Oakley visiting
mother, Mrs. Pattie Sutton in Winterville
D.R.
12 December 1906
About Reverend Thomas H. Barnhill
D.R.
13 December 1906
Chamber of commerce
D.R.
14 December 1906
About Z.V. Johnston of Greenville and
Danville, Virginia
D.R.
15 December 1906
About young J.J. Elks of Chicod
D.R.
15 December 1906
Odd & unusual: Possum for dinner
D.R.
17 December 1906
Sylvester Barrett to be hung
D.R.
17 December 1906
Death of Mrs. C.M. Anderson of
Morganton. Wife of Reverend
Anderson, former pastor of Methodist
church in Greenville; daughter married
to D.D. Haskett
D.R.
18 December 1906
Odd & unusual: turtle eggs are snake
eggs
D.R.
18 December 1906
W.C. Hines's blood hounds
D.R.
19 December 1906
Ayden stores, C.E. Spear Jewelry
D.R.
19 December 1906
C.B.H. Hall, Oakley
D.R.
19 December 1906
House of G.W. Baker on Fifth Street
D.R.
20 December 1906
Death of A.R. Holton of the firm of
Holton and Speir at Ridge Spring.
Buried with Masonic honors near
D.R
20 December 1906
Rountree's
Dance at Perkins Opera House
D.R.
21 December 1906
Death of 5-year-old Jane Matthews, near
Bethel, as a result of injuries from her
clothes catching fire near an open
fireplace
D.R
22 December 1906
Daughter of J.L. Manning of Bethel,
burned
D.R.
22 December 1906
Cottendale, house party
D.R.
24 December 1906
James and Frank Perkins, sons of J.W.
Perkins, went to school in Baltimore
D.R.
24 December 1906
L.J. Moore, lawyer, gone to New Bern
D.R.
31 December 1906
Death, 6 miles from Greenville, of S.H.
Spain, age 80. He had been in feeble
health for some time. He was an upright
citizen and once a member of the Board
of County Commissioners. Several
children survive him, one being D.S.
Spain of Greenville
D.R.
1 January 1907