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Roger, please e-mail pages 21, 22 to me - many thanks and thanks for ALL you do Linda "Roger E. Kammerer" <kammerer@hotmail.com> wrote: Ruth, sorry for the Quarterly problem. I can e-mail you the pages or mail copies of them to you. Thanks, Roger> From: ruthbf@erols.com> To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:16:28 -0500> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > My Quarterly came recently and is missing the pages 21 and 22. I would like > to receive them.> Thank you,> Ruth Fentress> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger E. Kammerer" > To: "PCFR PCFR" > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:45 PM> Subject: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > > >> > To all subscribers,> > Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports that page 21 and 22 are > > missing out of the Quarterly. I am truly sorry and am including them in an > > attachment. Sincerely, Roger Kammerer> > _________________________________________________________________> > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail.> > http://windowslive.com/E! xplore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008> > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > > > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008 Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Linda Dail - Researching: ALLEN, ALEXANDER, BERRY, DAIL,DEAL, EXUM, FORREST, HASELDEN,HUNNINGS, McCOTTER, SANDERS, SPEIGHT,TURNAGE, WILLIAMS

Martha, I don't know. I will see what can be done. I've had to send copies of the pages within the email message. The embedded page numbers don't come out in the Email message. Everyone can't get attachments; don't know how to cut and paste..etc. Just went to the Tyson May Reunion and heard about your ill health. You are in my thoughts. Sure miss seeing you. Come to the PCFR Christmas Party if you can.. Dec. 5th 6:30 at Judy Lewis' house. Best Regards, Roger> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:19:52 -0500> To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> From: 58marble@suddenlink.net> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > Roger, to save yourself some time, can these two pages be put on the > website for people to download?> > Martha> > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008

Roger, to save yourself some time, can these two pages be put on the website for people to download? Martha

Roger, either way will be fine. Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger E. Kammerer" <kammerer@hotmail.com> To: "PCFR PCFR" <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2008 5:48 PM Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages > > Ruth, sorry for the Quarterly problem. I can e-mail you the pages or mail > copies of them to you. Thanks, Roger> From: ruthbf@erols.com> To: > nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:16:28 -0500> Subject: Re: > [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > My Quarterly came recently > and is missing the pages 21 and 22. I would like > to receive them.> Thank > you,> Ruth Fentress> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger E. > Kammerer" <kammerer@hotmail.com>> To: "PCFR PCFR" <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com>> > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:45 PM> Subject: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ > November 2008 missing pages> > > >> > To all subscribers,> > > Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports that page 21 and 22 are > > > missing out of the Quarterly. I am truly sorry and am including them in an > > > attachment. Sincerely, Roger Kammerer> > > _________________________________________________________________> > > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail.> > > http://windowslive.com/E! > xplore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008> > Pitt County > Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> > > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please > send an email to > > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the > message> > > > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> -------------------------------> To > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _________________________________________________________________ > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008 > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Ruth, sorry for the Quarterly problem. I can e-mail you the pages or mail copies of them to you. Thanks, Roger> From: ruthbf@erols.com> To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 12:16:28 -0500> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > My Quarterly came recently and is missing the pages 21 and 22. I would like > to receive them.> Thank you,> Ruth Fentress> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger E. Kammerer" <kammerer@hotmail.com>> To: "PCFR PCFR" <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:45 PM> Subject: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > > >> > To all subscribers,> > Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports that page 21 and 22 are > > missing out of the Quarterly. I am truly sorry and am including them in an > > attachment. Sincerely, Roger Kammerer> > _________________________________________________________________> > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail.> > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008> > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > > > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008

Roger, Since it seems all the quarterlies have two missing pages and it is obviously the fault of the printer that PCFR pays to assemble the quarterlies, why not just have them print and insert the two missing pages in the envelope with the next quarterly which goes out. Or they could mail out the two extra pages separately. That way everyone who subscribes will get their missing pages. It should be at the printer's expense. Trish On Nov 29, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Patsy Evans wrote: > I too am missing pages 20 and 21. Look forward to receiving them. > Patsy Evans >

I too am missing pages 20 and 21. Look forward to receiving them. Patsy Evans

My Quarterly came recently and is missing the pages 21 and 22. I would like to receive them. Thank you, Ruth Fentress ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger E. Kammerer" <kammerer@hotmail.com> To: "PCFR PCFR" <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:45 PM Subject: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages > > To all subscribers, > Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports that page 21 and 22 are > missing out of the Quarterly. I am truly sorry and am including them in an > attachment. Sincerely, Roger Kammerer > _________________________________________________________________ > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008 > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Forbes Mill Pond Once located on the grounds of what is now the Greenville Country Club, the Forbes Mill pond was a well known Pitt County landmark for over 130 years. The only remnant of the memory of the mill is the old Tyson-Forbes cemetery which sits on a rise above the former site of the mill and the mill dam. The Forbes Mill Pond can be traced back to Rev. Noah Tyson (1757-1805) who was a noted Primitive Baptist minister, being minister of Great Swamp Church in 1796 and Red Banks Primitive Baptist Church. Noah was also a large landowner and operated a water saw and grist mill on Hardee’s run, which still meanders through the Country Club. When Noah Tyson died in 1805, the mill fell to Tyson’s 16 heirs. Robert Forbes who married Gracy Tyson, one of Noah Tyson’s daughters, eventually bought the mill from all the heirs. In each of the deeds a half acre was exempted for the Tyson family cemetery. Robert Forbes (1789-1845) continued to run the mill and after his death it appears to have been run by his son Noah Forbes, Sr. (1812-1891). For many generations, Forbes Mill was a place to socialize while you got your corn ground into meal. The pond was used by fishermen and by all the local country churches as a place for baptisms. According to a court case, on Dec. 22, 1865, Marshall Gray James was on his way home from Noah Forbes’ Mill, and while walking beside his horse and cart on the path leading from the mill to the main road leading from Greenville to Snow Hill (Dickinson Ave.) he was met by Joel and Sherrod Tyson. Joel Tyson beat him with a stick, and Sherrod Tyson “pulled his whiskers” and threatened him with future violence. M. G. James went to court and the Tyson’s had to put up a bond to keep the peace. In April 1876, the Tarboro newspaper reported that 32 people were baptized at Forbes Mill in Pitt County and they joined the Free Will Baptist Church the same day. During a severe cold blast in Jan. 1886, it was reported that a large number of Greenville citizens went ice skating and took their sleighs out to Forbes Mill pond. The pond was covered with several inches of ice and all the “jolly noise” from all the skaters brought out a crowd of local onlookers to laugh at all the occasional tumbles. In Aug. 1886, Rev. Fred McLawhorn, Free Will Baptist minister (later Pitt County Legislator) baptized 12 people in the mill pond. In April 1888, a large strange bird showed up at Forbes Mill which brought out every hunter in the area. After numerous attempts to kill it and over 700 shots fired at it, W. H. Smith killed it and brought it to town. It was found to be a loon and was the size of a common goose. In Nov. 1889, the water was drawn off from Noah Forbes’ mill pond and a large crowd assembled to catch fish. Someone came and began selling wine and by evening there was a drunken crowd. A man named George Barnes was drunk and began a dispute with a son of B. F. Manning. A brother-in-law of this Manning boy named Jesse Baker, interfered and ordered Barnes to back off. Words ensued and Baker struck Barnes on his head with a cart round. Barnes died the next day from his injuries and Jesse Baker ran away. In Jan. 1890 the court returned two bills against Baker, one for murder and another for manslaughter. Jesse Baker eventually surrendered himself up to the authorities. In Sept. 1894 nearly 100 people were baptized at Forbes Mill pond. On each Sunday in that month, Rev. Fred McLawhorn baptized large crowds. On Sept. 12th, he baptized 28 people and they united with Reedy Branch Free Will Baptist Church. On Sept. 23rd, Rev. McLawhorn immersed 20 people and as soon as he was through a black minister immersed 17 more people. By Jan. 1898, Noah Forbes, Jr. (1859-1908) became indebted and his 3/4th share in the mill and 60 acres were to be sold on Mar. 7, 1898 to pay off his debt. It appears later he was able to get it back. In April 1898, the water was again drawn off from Noah Forbes’ mill pond to allow repairs to the mill and hundreds of local people assembled to catch fish. In Nov. 1899 the Pitt County Commissioners ordered a bridge built over the crossing at the old Forbes mill run on the road from Forbes’ school house to the Old Plank Road (now Dickinson Ave). In Sept. 1903 a Rev. Sam Stephens was having a revival at Reedy Branch Free Will Baptist Church near Winterville and on one Saturday morning he baptized 54 people in Forbes Mill pond at 9:00 am and the evangelist finished in time to drive back to the church and preach at 11:00 am. It was quite a sight seeing the long trail of wagons coming and going. By 1907, J. E. Elks was leasing the Forbes Mill and advertised ground meal by the bag. In Oct. 1908, the heirs of Noah Forbes, Jr. went to court and got part of the large land holdings of their father sold for partition among them. One of the tracts was the Forbes mill tract containing 68 ¼ acres. In April of 1920, W. P. Clarke and wife, Gracie, A. T. Tripp, and Claude D. Tunstall formed the Clarke-Tripp Amuzu Company to convert the Forbes Mill Pond, about three miles from downtown Greenville, into a pleasure resort. In Jan. 1921, it was advertised that Amuzu Park water ground meal was for sale at Claude Tunstall’s store in Greenville for 40 cents per peck. The Park opened for its third year on May 1, 1922, but they began to have financial trouble. In May 1922, the Pitt County Chapter of the Red Cross Life Saving Corps began using the Forbes Mill pond at Amuzu Park as a base to teach area swim instructors. After the end of the season the partners dissolved their co-partnership and in order to satisfy the partners and creditors, the Amuzu Park was sold at public auction in Oct. 1922 to W. P. Clarke for $11, 300. The Park consisted of the grist mill, 12 acres in the mill pond and the 32 acres of woods land and park buildings. On March 30, 1923, the newly formed Greenville Country Club purchased the Amuzu Park land and a part of the Gorman tract adjoining, giving the organization about 106 acres, including the beautiful lake and a rolling piece of ground on the Gorman tract. The Greenville Country Club eventually took down the old Forbes mill and the mill dam was dynamited in April 1927 and the pond drained. The old Tyson-Forbes cemetery, which still sits in the trees above the site of the former mill, has been sadly vandalized and abused over the years. In the last few years, Mr. John Moye, of Greenville, whose numerous Forbes ancestors are buried in the cemetery, has taken it upon himself to try to protect the cemetery and the memory of the Forbes family. _________________________________________________________________ Get more done, have more fun, and stay more connected with Windows Mobile®. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642556/direct/01/

The Ficklen Family The best history of a community or State is that which deals most with the lives and endeavors of its people, especially of those who have made a name for themselves. Coming from Virginia, the Ficklen family has long been an influence in the tobacco market, business life and social circles of Greenville. The Ficklen family of Greenville tracks back to James Burwell Ficklen and his wife, Frances Augusta Ann Pannell, of Buckingham Co., Va. In 1859, James B. Ficklen was a member of the “Richmond Howitzers” and was at Harper’s Ferry during the raid on John Brown. James was a merchant, a legislator, and in 1878 was a commissioner from Virginia to the Paris Exposition. James B. Ficklen and his wife had 9 children, of which Ann Eliza (Nannie) Pannell Ficklen Jeter, Ellen Douglas Ficklen Arthur, Willie Letcher Ficklen Hughes Moseley, and Edward Bancroft Ficklen, all became noted citizens of Greenville. Ann Eliza (Nannie) Pannell Ficklen Jeter (b. 1870) was a teacher in Amherst and Bedford Co., Va. She married on Oct. 5, 1892 in Campbell Co., Va. to Gilbert Carey Jeter, in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Ellen D. Ficklin and L. C. Arthur. After her husband died in 1895, Nannie worked hard trying to educate her three children. She became a housekeeper at Randolph-Macon Institute where she placed her daughters. Her son stayed with relatives and attended Randolph-Macon Academy. After her children were educated she lived in Washington, DC and then came to Greenville and eventually became head of the Home Economics Dept. at East Carolina Teachers Training School. Ellen Douglas Ficklen Arthur (1872-1943) married on Oct. 5, 1892 in Campbell Co., Va. to Louis Chesterfield Arthur of Bedford Co., Va., in a double wedding ceremony with her sister. Louis C. Arthur (1864-1935) moved to Greenville in 1895 and became engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He bought the Patrick House and 150 acres between 14th and 10th streets, which he named “Glen Arthur.” He was a member of various social and civic organizations, and served on the Pitt County Board of Education for 30 years. In his later years he became a gentleman farmer and grew crops like cabbage and sold them around town on a horse and cart. Louis C. and Ellen had 6 children: James Ficklen Arthur (1894-1973) who served in Naval Intelligence during WWI; Louis C. Arthur, Jr. (1896-1924) who was a Capt. in the US Army, serving in the First Division in France in WWI; Ellen Douglas Arthur, (b. 1898);Virginia Ficklen Arthur (b. 1901); Nancy Russell Arthur (b. 1904) and Robert Bruce Arthur (b. 1906-1958). Willie Letcher Ficklen Hughes Moseley (1878-1959) md. 1) George Blackburn Hughes (d. 1900) of Chase City, Va. George was a member of the firm Joyner & Hughes on the Greenville Tobacco market. Willie md. 2) in 1904 to Bennett Williamson Moseley (1874-1942) who came to Greenville in 1899 from Lynchburg, Va. and started business as a cotton buyer and shipper. He moved to Bethel, NC for a time but returned to Greenville where he took a keen interest in the development of the city. In May 1906, B. W. Moseley was elected one of the first directors of the Home Building and Loan Association and was a member of the Board of Alderman in 1906 and chairman of the Street Committee and Water and Light Commission. He joined the Presbyterian Church at an early age and served as an Elder in the Church. In 1924, B. W. Moseley was one of the directors of the National Bank of Greenville, a member of the Kiwanis Club and trustee of Davidson College. Besides being cotton buyers, B. W. Moseley and his brother, Alfred McDowell Moseley were into the real estate and insurance business and in 1907 they opened Moseley Brothers Insurance. In 1908, B. W. Moseley built a new home on Fifth Street (now demolished) which they called “Pine Knoll.” Edward Bancroft Ficklen (1868-1925) was born at Red House, Buckingham County, VA, was educated in Danville, VA., and worked for many years for Messers. Pemberton & Penn, as a tobacco plant manager and tobacco buyer. Ficklen came to Greenville in 1896 as a commission tobacco buyer and bought the interest of R. H. Hayes in the business of Hayes & Roberts. With T. E. Roberts, of Chase City, VA., the company became known as Ficklin & Roberts. They operated a tobacco steam drying plant. In Aug. 1901, Ficklin & Roberts dissolved and Ficklen formed a new E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company with partners, J. G. Penn, O. W. Dudley and J. P. Taylor. This partnership was dissolved on August 24, 1906. Ficklen acquired buildings to which alterations and additions were made over the years which brought the three-story main block of the factory to its present size. By 1925, E. B. Ficklen had established a branch of his company in both Washington and New Bern. In 1964, the E. B. Ficklen Company and three other tobacco companies merged to form the Carolina Leaf Tobacco Company. The E. B. Ficklen factory building was sold in 1974 to Northrup King, who in turn sold it in 1984 to the U.N.X. Chemical Company, a manufacturer of agricultural and industrial chemicals. On June 6, 1899, Edward B. Ficklen married Elmyra Ward Skinner (1878-1952) of Greenville, daughter of Charles Skinner and his wife, Harriet Cotten. In Jan. 1900, E. B. Ficklen went out hunting with a party of friends and was accidently shot in the corner of his left eye nearly blinding him. In Oct. 1900, a freak accident occurred when part of the floor of his tobacco factory collapsed. In 1902, E. B. Ficklen built a large beautiful home at what became 508 West Fifth Street and named it “Buckingham” in honor of his birthplace in Virginia. A few years later he planted nearly one hundred pecan trees around the house and neighborhood. While attending the Jamestown Exposition in 1907 he was attracted by an exhibit of very large pecans from Georgia. Mr. Ficklen became a member of the National Nut Growers’ Association and wanted to grow larger pecans. In 1910 he cut back 40 pecan trees around his house and 100 trees on his farm near Greenville and had better varieties of pecans grafted onto his trees. Mr. Ficklen claimed he made a small fortune from selling his pecans. E. B. Ficklen was a member and Commander of the Tar River Knights of Pythian Lodge, a member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church, served on the Greenville Graded School board and was on the Greenville City Council. In 1922, he was a Director of the NC State Prison. While on a business and pleasure trip with his wife touring Europe, E. B. Ficklen died suddenly in Brussels, Belguim on May 11, 1925. Edward B. Ficklen and his wife Elmyra had three sons: James Skinner Ficklen (1900-1955), Edward Bancroft Ficklen, Jr. (1903-1914 drowned while playing in the Tar River), and Louis Stuart Ficklen (b. 1918). James Skinner Ficklen (1900-1955) was riding his bicycle on Evans Street in July 1908, and was run over by an ice wagon, but was not seriously hurt. He was a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and became head of E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Co. in 1925. He served as president of the Greenville Tobacco Board of trade, and later as president of the Tobacco Association of the United States and president of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association. He travelled to European countries every summer to interest them in buying and using NC tobacco. James served as a director of both the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company and Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. He was on the board of the Greenville Home Building and Loan Association, was a member of the Greenville Water and Light Commission and was a founder of the Greenville Country Club. James was a close friend of the college and established a financial aid foundation, the Ficklen Foundation, to aid students of the college. James married in 1922 to Lucy Warren Myers of Greensboro, N.C., and had two sons: James Skinner Ficklen, Jr. (1924-2001) and Edward Warren Myers Ficklen (1926-1952). On Sept. 21, 1963, the James Skinner Ficklen Memorial Stadium was dedicated on the East Carolina Campus and is now known as Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Louis Stuart Ficklen (b. 1918) was a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and served as a Lt. Commander in the Navy during WWII. He held several offices in the E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company and the Carolina Leaf Tobacco Company and was treasurer of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association for 16 years. He was president of the Greenville Tobacco Board of trade and served a term on the NC Ports Authority. Louis served as a director of both the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company and Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. He was president of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and the Greenville Country Club. Louis married in 1940 to Louise Glass Dibrell and they had three children. Louis married second in 1960 to Marie Donnelly Arthur. _________________________________________________________________ Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a PC” Messenger themepack now. hthttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/

Remembering Moseley Brothers Insurance Moseley Brothers, was the style of one of Greenville’s leading insurance and real estate firms. The firm was composed of brothers, Bennett Williamson Moseley and Alfred McDowell Moseley, two of the best known men in town. They won an enviable reputation throughout the community for their ability as representative underwriters and as progressive citizens. They built a highly successful business and were considered among the foremost insurance agencies in eastern North Carolina. Bennett Williamson Moseley (1874-1942) and Alfred McDowell Moseley (1879-1948) were natives of Bedford Co.,Va. and were the sons of Rev. Bennett Williamson Moseley and Louise Jane Venable of Bedford Co., Va.. Rev. Moseley was a chaplain in James Longstreet’s Division in the Civil War. B. W. Moseley attended New London Academy in Bedford Co., Va. and came to Greenville in 1899 from Lynchburg, Va. and started business as a cotton buyer and shipper. He soon took a keen interest in the development of Greenville. In 1904, B. W. Moseley married Mrs. Willie Letcher Ficklen Hughes (1878-1959) widow of George B. Hughes and daughter of James Burwell Ficklen and Fannie A. Pannill. In May 1906, B. W. Moseley was elected one of the first directors of the Home Building and Loan Association and was a member of the board of alderman in 1906 and chairman of the Street Committee and Water and Light Commission. He joined the Presbyterian Church at an early age and served as an Elder in the Church. He was later a member of the Kiwanis Club and trustee of Davidson College. In 1902, Alfred McDowell Moseley moved to Greenville from Lynchburg, Va. and joined his brother in cotton buying business. A. M. Moseley represented Rodgers, McCabe and Company of Norfolk, Va., extensive buyers of cotton for the mill and export trade. By 1907, A. M. Moseley was elected as a director of the Greenville Bank and Trust company and was elected the vice-president of E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company. Alfred McDowell Moseley was married to Nell Skinner, daughter of Harry Skinner and Ella Monteiro. Besides being cotton buyers, both brothers were into the real estate and in 1907 they opened Moseley Brothers Insurance and had their office on the first floor of the Rialto building (Courtside Cafe). As insurance agents they represented such companies as the Hanover Fire Insurance Company of New York and the Royal Exchange Assurance of London for fire insurance. For accident and liability they represented the Travelers of Hartford, Conn. and for bonds, they represented the American Bonding Company of Baltimore. For life insurance they represented the largest North Carolina life insurance company, the Security Life and Annuity Company of Greensboro, NC and the Continental Insurance Company. In real estate, the Moseley Brothers handled city and farm properties and by 1907 handled the sale of 40 acres west of Greenville to the United States Development Corporation, which had developed it into one of the finest residential sections of the town. On July 2, 1908, B. W. Moseley and Mrs. Nell Moseley attended the now famous groundbreaking exercises for the East Carolina Teachers Training School. Ex-Governor Thomas J. Jarvis, his wife and an informal group of citizens went out to the site of the new school and broke ground for the first six buildings and were in the now famous photo of the event taken by R. T. Evans. In May 1958, Mrs. A. M. Moseley, one of five who were present at the groundbreaking still living, was invited to attend a Golden Anniversary Pageant entitled “East Carolina’s Spade.” The opening scene of the pageant was based on the photograph of the event taken by R. T. Evans. In 1908, B. W. Moseley built a new home on Fifth Street (now demolished) which they called “Pine Knoll.” In June 1915, Mrs. B. W. Moseley held a luncheon at her home for Mrs. Gen. George Pickett. Known as “Mother Pickett,” Mrs. Sallie Pickett was the widow of Major Gen. George Pickett of Confederate army fame who came to Greenville with the Chautauqua. Mrs. Pickett wrote several books about her husband and traveled speaking about him. About 1915, A. M. Moseley had a large bungalow home built at 402 West Fourth Street, which still stands and is one of the finest examples of its style left in Greenville. On Aug. 1, 1915, Moseley Brothers moved their office to the old National Bank building at 430 Evans Street on the corner of Fifth and Evans Street (now the new part of Starlight Cafe). In 1924, B. W. Moseley was one of the directors of the National Bank of Greenville and A. M. Moseley was one of the directors of the Greenville Banking and Trust Company (later the Guaranty Bank). In 1938, Bancroft Ficklen Moseley, son of B. W. Moseley, joined the business and in 1940-41, they had moved their office across the street in one of the stores of the White building on Evans Street. Bancroft Ficklen Moseley (1916-1973) who later became the President and manager of Moseley Brothers, Inc., was a native of Greenville and graduated from Greenville High School. He earned a BS degree from Davidson College in 1937 and continued with additional study in business and accounting at Smith-Deal-Massey Business College. He sold insurance until he served for four years on a U. S. Naval destroyer in WWII. In 1956 he organized and was secretary of the Sentinel life Insurance Company in Greenville, which merged in 1960 with the Allied Security Insurance Company in Charlotte, NC. Bancroft was a charter member the Greenville Jaycees in 1938 and served as a director of the Greenville Merchants Association. He was also president of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and the Greenville Rotary Club. He served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church and was an active member of the Board of Trustees of Davidson College. According to a feature in 1965, Moseley Brothers, Inc., had their offices at 425 Evans Street, with Bancroft Moseley as president and manager, Mrs. A. M. Moseley as honorary vice-president and Mrs. Evelyn B. Smaw as secretary-treasurer. They had grown to employ six people and had added apartment rentals and a washerette operation to its business. _________________________________________________________________ Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a PC” Messenger themepack now. hthttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/

Odd and Unusual Tales Melons in the Streets In a short blurb in the New York Times in 1881, it says that in the summer in Greenville, NC, the townspeople throw their watermelon rinds in the streets to let the roving pigs clean up the mess. What a thing to be remembered for. Notoriety is no proof of merit. A thousand dollars of roses will only scent up a few yards, while a single hog pen will scent up a whole town. In 1912, the Pitt County Stock Law read: “If any person shall allow his livestock to run at large within the limits of any county, township or district in which a stock law prevails or shall prevail pursuant to law, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding $50 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.” Among the Heathen There was a tale told in the local newspaper in 1896 about a little girl named Helen, age four, who was spending a night away from home under the care of a family friend. At bedtime, Helen knelt at her hostess’ knee to say her prayers, expecting the usual prompting. Find the woman unable to help her out, the little girl ended her prayer with “please God, ‘scuse me. I can’t ‘member my prayers, and I am staying with a lady that don’t know any.” Sleep Poetry In Feb. 1895 during a snowstorm, Dr. Warren of Greenville told a funny tale on his brother Ollen Warren. He said that his brother Ollen woke him up the other night laughing in his sleep. He kept still to see what Ollen might say in his sleep and heard him say “Oh, the snow; the beautiful snow, Let me see you before you go.” Ollen then broke out in another laugh and Dr. Warren could’nt make out the rest of the poem. The next morning, Dr. Warren jibbed Ollen about his sleep poetry and Ollen had no recollection of it. Ollen did remember he dreamed that he got up and upon going outside found that all the snow was gone. One Boy Cuts Another In March 1901 it was reported that several boys went to the water pump in the yard of Alfred Forbes near Five Points to get some water. They had some contention and a few cuss words over the dipper and a knife fight followed between Hill Horne and Hassell Daniel. Hassell stuck his knife in Hill’s breast, making a severe wound. Fortunately for Hill the knife struck the centre breast bone which prevented it penetrating into his organs. Jim Anderson went up to separate the other boys and got a hole cut in his coat. Crack in the Earth In 1895, John Flanagan told the local newspaper that in his yard in Farmville township, on the old George Joyner homestead, that there is a large mysterious opening in the ground. It was formed after the Great Charleston Earthquake in 1886. It was a large crack in the earth, running from northeast to southwest and was about 100 yards long. It was large enough to run a tobacco stick in the crevice. It disappears when the rain fills it with wet earth and as soon as it gets dry it reappears even more distinctly than before. The superstitious in the neighborhood were greatly alarmed, fearing that this was the beginning of a separation of the crust of the earth in that portion of the world and they would be on the right side when the destruction began. It took Mr. Flanagan many years of continual earth filling to make the crack disappear. Business in Jail The Pitt County Jail in 1887 was quite a place of business. Mr. G. A. Stancill, a merchant of Belvoir township, was sentenced to four months imprisonment at the January term of Court, and while serving his sentence, all the mortgages given by parties who get their supplies from his store, were drawn up in jail. And at the March term of Court, Mr. W. H. Harrington, who was tax collector, was sentenced to four months imprisonment. He took the tax books with him to jail and the tax collecting business moved along with him into the prison walls. Cigarette Habit Early In April 1890, the editor of the local newspaper reported that he saw a little boy who was not yet out of his dresses, with a cigarette in his mouth. “It is hard to tell what parents are thinking of in allowing their boys to run at large around town at all hours and contract such bad habits at so early an age.” Southern Farming and Political Almanac The following is a humorous calendar that an area newspaper published in 1827. With a little variation, not much has changed. January---Cold weather will be felt this month; and female gossips will huddle together, sip their tea, and slander their absent neighbors. While the politicians read the newspapers, and curse the opposite party to look big, and drink whiskey to feel brave. February---Those who love greens with their bacon will prepare their gardens, and those who love politics with their coffe will take the newspapers. Talking will continue in fashion. March---There will be seen frosty mornings, this month, without ice and frosty heads without wisdom. Also, heads without frost or brains seen at the grog shops instead of the plow. New grounds and promises will be broken—and matches and tracechains welded. April---Peach trees and lasses will bloom this month. Bees and candidates begin to swarm about this time—and both will want looking after. Colds and anti-fogmatics will be taken by many. May---Hogweeds and demagogues begin to rise this month—and hoes and principles are good things. Young people will have strange dreams, and old ones see strange lights. June---The weather and politics begin to grow warm—and fighting and bathing will be resorted to because of opposing political views. July---Now summer heat rages, and party heat becomes intolerable. Breaking heads and laws is becoming fashionable—and cucumbers and plasters are in demand. August---In this month caterpillars and candidates become troublesome—and camp meetings and barbecues are getting common. September---Now fevers and elections are coming on, and doctors and printers have their hands full. Bibles and cotton-fields are neglected this month. October---Now governors and mint drinks are made—and votes and cotton bagging brought up. Cash and conscience grow scarce about this time. November---Our Legislature gets together, and many married people get apart in this month. The treasury will exhibit symptoms of tuberculosis, and pus filled speeches will be expectorated from the benches of the State house. December---Now old bachelors and watermelons become unfashionable—and girls and sweet meats look delicious. There will be weddings and icicles in this month, parties and snow storms. Every wise man will pay his debts, (if he be able), and make himself merry at the close of the year. _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008

Remembering Christmas in Greenville Greenville once enjoyed the reputation of being one of the most beautiful cities in the South, especially during the holiday season. Neighborhoods were a myriad of multicolor lights and decorations. The business district was a dazzling display of lights, and shop windows literally blazed their messages of joy and goodwill to the throngs passing along the streets. Christmas in Greenville has definitely changed over the years, but some of the old-timers in town can fondly recall the Christmases of long ago. In the older days, few people decorated the outside of their houses, with the exception of an occasional door wreath or lamps in their windows. The interior decorations were homemade and simple. Christmas trees were not put up until Christmas Eve or Christmas Day and they were trimmed with popcorn balls and chains, ribbons, cookies, paper chains and angels. Candles were only lit on the tree when there was a gathering of people to watch it. Greenville did not get electricity until March 1905, and it wasn’t until about 1916 that electric Christmas lights began being used. In 1927, The Greenville Merchants Association and Woman’s Club led a city-wide campaign to get the residential sections and business district to decorate with electrically lighted Christmas trees. Many trees were placed in front yards, while others were on porches and in windows. The Merchants Association also placed a string of colored lights across Evans Street at Five Points, and a few days later similar strings appeared on other blocks. J. H. Rose, Superintendent of Pitt County Schools, even proposed to have the Pitt County Court House dome lit up with Christmas lights, but the County Commissioners didn’t go for the idea. In 1928 the Merchants Association started another tradition in Greenville by placing a 30 foot Christmas tree attached to wires over the top of the traffic island in the center of Five Points. The tree was the highlight of the Christmas sights in town until the practice was stopped about 1960. In 1929, the Merchants Association started another decorating practice when they placed a Christmas tree in front of their office on Evans Street, and other merchants followed soon after. Some will remember some of the businesses like Blount-Harvey, The Vanity Box, Jane’s Shop, Saieed’s, B. G. Abeyounis, Cozart’s, Leder’s, Young’s, C. Heber Forbes, Best Jewelry, J. C. Penny, W. A. Bowen, Pender Stores, Roses and McKay, Washington and Co., all decorated up for the Christmas trade. Mrs. L. S. Parkinson’s Dining Room on Dickinson Ave. is well remembered for its special Christmas dinner for only 50 cents. The County Department of Public Welfare, the Merchants Association, the Salvation Army and other organizations worked hard every Christmas to raise money to take care of the needs of the poor. In 1931, the city firemen began doing their bit towards bringing happiness to the local poor children by repairing broken toys contributed by the public. There were always special Christmas programs at the County Home and the Prison Unit north of the river. One of the favorite local customs at Christmas was the use of fireworks. Fire crackers, roman candles and other fireworks went on sale weeks prior to the long awaited day, and they were shot constantly until after the holidays. The Mayor usually made it legal to shoot fireworks from 6:00 p.m. Christmas Eve until 6:00 a.m. the morning after Christmas. The older boys would choose up sides and line Evans Street to shoot fireworks at each other. Roman candles were the weapon of choice and woe to anyone walking down the treet during the height of battle. The fireworks often led to injuries and caused the Fire Department a great deal of trouble as they were called to put out the fires on store awnings that fell victim to the balls of fire. Sometimes the boys mixed up their fun with tin horns, noisemakers, cowbell serenades and tearing down signs and fences. Aside from the usual cantatas and special services at city churches, there were always dances at the Tobacco Warehouses and the Carolina Club. Christmas carols also played a big part of Christmas tradition in town. Members of church choirs walked around at night singing carols or traveled in wagons pulled by a couple of mules. Every once and awhile a “Mummer” all dressed up in a costume was seen and one old-timer recalled a black man named Caesar Forbes, who would play his accordion under the windows of older residents he was fond of. In the early 1960’s, there was a nationwide Christmas radio broadcast from Greenville, NC issuing a Tar Heel Christmas greeting to the country. For several years, the American Broadcasting Company of New York broadcast a half hour program on Christmas Eve consisting of a message from the Governor, an abundance of yuletide music by various ensembles of the East Carolina College School of Music and a Christmas message by the college president, Dr. Leo W. Jenkins. Occasionally there were white Christmases, but they were few and far between as they are today. The holiday season in older days was centered around home and church. Today commercialism and hectic lifestyles have made home and church ties not as strong as they once were. Yet we still yearn for the Christmases of our childhood and dreams. As we remember the reason we celebrate Christmas, remember our troops, food banks and the less fortunate. We spend a poor Christmas if we fail to make some heart glad. _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Annual Birthday Ball Older people may remember when Franklin D. Roosevelt celebrated his birthday and Americans all over the nation participated. Birthday Balls were held all over the country which helped FDR use his birthday to advance his most important cause - the fight to find a cure for infantile paralysis. January 30th became more than just his birthday, but a day dedicated to raising endowment money for polio research and treatment. FDR contracted polio at the age of 39 in 1921 and he actively sought new treatments to improve his life as well as others afflicted with infantile paralysis. He bought a place in Warm Springs, Ga. and created a therapeutic center under the direction of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, later named the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation. The Warm Springs Institute opened its doors to patients all over the country, providing medical treatment and an opportunity to spend time with others suffering from the effects of polio. Money was needed and a businessman, Henry L. Doherty contributed $25,000 to launch the National Committee for Birthday Balls. The money was used to sponsor a dance in every town across the country to celebrate the President's birthday and raise money for Warm Springs. After the success of the first Ball, Birthday Balls became an annual fundraising event. The first Birthday Ball was held in 1934; nearly 5,000 communities across the country held Birthday celebrations to raise over one million dollars for the Warm Springs Foundation. Future fundraising contributions were split between Warm Springs and the local communities in which the Birthday Balls were held. The first Birthday Ball gala in Greenville was held on the evening of Jan. 30, 1934 in Wright Auditorium. The dance, held from 9:30 pm to 2:00 am, was informal since large numbers of people would be unable to attend on account of lack of proper dress. Nearly 2,000 people braved the fierce cold in “brilliant costumes” to dance to the music of Eddie Poole’s Orchestra from NC State College. The building was beautifully decorated with pines and national colors, and a huge imitation three tiered birthday cake, brilliantly lighted, adorned the stage. Promptly at 11:20 pm the dance was halted for the national address by President Roosevelt from Washington, DC and other notables. The address was heard from a radio installed several feet above the dance floor, but the noise of the crowd drowned out the message for most. Nearly $800 was raised and the entire proceeds of this first Ball were sent to President Roosevelt. At the second Ball held on Jan. 30, 1935, a large crowd was welcomed by F. C. Harding. Music was provided by Hod Williams and Orchestra, Charlotte radio broadcasting artists. W. W. Lee acted as master of ceremonies presenting a program of acrobats and specialty dancing. The acrobatic program was given by Carolyn Hamric. Then she and Gwen Bell did a tap dance routine. Leading the fancy dancing parade were Joe Perry and Margaret Bostic, who gave a show of latest dance crazes, including the “Carrioca.” Seventy percent of the money raised this year remained in Pitt County to aid infantile paralysis suffers. In the 1936 Birthday Ball, two complete floor shows were added, one given by Carolyn Hamric and the other by Ramona Staples, head of the Ramona School of Dancing, presenting their students in dance numbers. Half of the money raised this year remained in Pitt County. In 1939, other communities, like Farmville, held their own Birthday Balls or held square dances or basketball games to raise money. In 1940, the black citizens held their first President’s Ball in the new gymnasium on West Fifth Street. Also a large number of cities postponed their Birthday Balls due to influenza, but the Pitt County Health officer allowed the dance to continue. To heighten awareness, radio personality Eddie Cantor urged Americans to send their loose change to President Roosevelt in "a march of dimes to reach all the way to the White House." Soon, millions of dimes flooded the White House, and this campaign became known as the "March of Dimes." In 1941, there was a huge March of Dimes drive throughout the city and county and interestingly the College allowed every girl over age 16 help entertain the hundreds of servicemen in town during the Birthday Ball weekend. President Roosevelt died in 1945, but the Balls continued for several more years as the “March of Dimes Annual Ball.” The last Annual Ball in Greenville occurred in 1948. In January 1949, a benefit for the Polio Fund, called the “ECTC Polio Amateur Show,” was held in Austin Building on the ECTC campus. The funds raised by the Birthday Balls and March of Dimes financially supported the creation of a polio vaccine by Jonas Salk in 1955, eradicating the disease throughout most of the world by the 1960s. _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008

Three Old Greenville Hotels For many years Greenville suffered the need of a commercial hotel to meet her expanding business needs. There were always numerous boarding houses in town but they could not compete with the larger hotels which sprang up over the years. The following are brief histories of three commercial hotels that were once familiar landmarks to Greenville citizens but are now lost to faint memory. King House Hotel The King House Hotel was once located on Evans Street where Dale’s Indian Restaurant now sits. It was opened in 1886 by Sheriff William May King (1833-1911) and his wife, Dicie Almeta Peebles King (1836-1917). The proprietress, Mrs. King was noted for having the best food in town and her rates for room and board were $1.25 per day or $5.00 a week. A funny story is told about a traveling salesman who stayed at the King House Hotel in 1891. It seems the streets of Greenville were renowned for being big mud holes after it rained. This traveler constructed crude signs with words like “Danger! two men drowned here” and “Danger! don’t cross here!” and placed them in the mud holes on Evans Street in front of the hotel. He was heard laughing at his supposed joke and returned to his room in the hotel. Directly the town policeman saw the signs and inquired who put the signs up. He was told a stranger in the hotel had done it. The chief went into the hotel, called the man down and ordered him to walk outside and remove them at once. A crowd assembled as the now embarrassed stranger walked out to the street. Spying a boy, he asked him to go out and get the signs out of the mud holes. The boy replied “I didn’t put ‘em there and ain’t going to take ‘em down neither.” The chagrined stranger then waded out into the mud and removed his placards as the crowd screamed with laughter. The Hotel operated an omnibus to carry passengers to and from the train depot and at different times the bus got tied up in vehicle accidents with other wagons. In July 1894, a third story and double balcony was added to the hotel, which added 6 more desirable rooms. In March 1895, a large sign was painted across the front of the Hotel which commanded the view of everyone on the street. In March 1896, Mrs. King decided to retire from the hotel business and in Oct. 1898 she sold the hotel to J. A. Andrews. The King House Hotel, which then consisted of three floors and 20 rooms, with stables in the rear facing Cotanche Street, were then offered for rent. Charles Carson Vines (1857-1917) a merchant of Falkland and his wife Mattie Mayo Vines leased the Hotel for the year 1899, taking possession of it on Jan. 1, 1899. On the evening of May 4, 1899, a huge fire destroyed Greenville, burning 25 stores and offices, the post office and the King House Hotel. After the fire, C. C. Vines rented the Hoell House on Third Street and opened another hotel. In Dec. 1899, a new King House was opened on Dickinson Ave. by Mrs. Hiram Bentley Harris and Miss Lena King. It was mentioned in the newspaper in July 1904 that the King House on Dickinson Ave. was having additions put on. Hotel Bertha In 1900, Benjamin F. Patrick, a local farmer and merchant, seeing the need for a larger hotel for the traveling public, built a hotel near the northwest corner of Evans and Fifth Streets at Five Points (now the site of Starlight Cafe). He named it the Hotel Bertha in honor of his young daughter Bertha. The contract for the hotel was let in July 1900 to D. H. Rose of Rocky Mount and cost nearly $10,000 to build. The Bertha opened in Feb. 1901 and C. C. Vines and wife gave up their hotel on Third Street and began working as managers of the hotel. Tom G. Blow, the earliest known clerk at the Hotel Bertha, left in August 1910 to work at the Hotel Louise in Washington, N.C. C. C. Vines and wife left the employ of the Hotel Bertha in 1913 and built what was known as the Vines House. According to a feature in the local newspaper in 1907, the Hotel Bertha was a three story building, containing 30 rooms..”well lighted and ventilated and comfortably furnished. The office, lobby, dining room and kitchen are on the main floor, with parlors on the second floor. There are sample rooms at the service of travelers and busses meet all trains. The entire house is lighted with electricity and all rooms equipped with call bells.” The Hotel Bertha was again featured in a 1914 illustrated brochure of Greenville. According to the brochure, B. F. Patrick was the proprietor and James H. Freeman was the manager. The hotel was described as having “modern equipment throughout, including steam heat, hot and cold running water, call bells, etc. There are fifty rooms, all nicely furnished, every piece of furniture throughout the entire hotel being absolutely new. The rates are very reasonable, only $2 per day on the American plan. The table fare is excellent.” The hotel had an omnibus to pick up guests at all trains and a dray to carry their luggage. In Dec. 1914, it was reported in the newspaper that Kinchen W. Cobb had sold his interest in the Hotel Bertha to his partner, Mr. Pace. In July 1915 it was announced that B. F. Nunn, one of the oldest hotel men in the State, had bought the Hotel Bertha. By 1916 it was known as the New Bertha Hotel and in Oct. 1917 the New Bertha Hotel became known as the Princeton Hotel. It had a flower shop, a band, and a dining room known as the best around. By 1919, the Princeton Hotel moved to a building on the corner of Greene Street and Dickinson Avenue known as the New Princeton Hotel. The Princeton Hotel burned in December 1925 and was rebuilt in early 1926. The old Hotel Bertha building housed several businesses over the years, such as the A & P grocery store and was eventually taken into the Brody department Store. When you sit in the main dining room of Starlight Cafe you are sitting in the old Hotel Bertha. Vines House The Vines House, built by Charles Carson Vines and wife Mattie in 1913, was located on the southeast corner of Pitt and Fifth Streets. It was built as a large boarding house and it was said to have the best meals in town. C. C. Vines died in 1917 and about 1920 the City of Greenville bought the Vines House as a teacherage for unmarried teachers. It served this purpose until the school system had it auctioned off in 1942 and it was bought by Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Wooten. According to an interview with Mrs. Wooten in 1970, the Wooten’s leased the Vines House to the Salvation Army soon after they bought it. Over the approximate five years it was operated by the Salvation Army, Mrs. Wooten remembered that “Some 30,000 military men had slept there. Mrs. John Horne was matron while it was used by the Salvation Army as an extension of the USO.” It was called “Buckingham Palace,” and every weekend all available floor space was taken up with men sleeping. It was also where the Greenville Greenies Baseball Team stayed. After its use as a serviceman’s hotel, the organization called the Patient’s Circle of the King’s Daughters bought the Vines House in late 1950. Their idea was to use the building as the first old folks home in Greenville. However, because the structure was brick veneer, it was ruled as unsafe for that purpose and was sold back to Mrs. Wooten in 1951. Mrs. Wooten operated it as a room-rental house until 1970 when she learned that renovating it would be too expensive and had it torn down. She reported that happily she was able to salvage some of the fine old interior fittings. “I have saved two wooden oak mantels and arches and columns from inside the house” she said. “I’ve also recovered some brass beds and old wash stands.” Another period treasure Mrs. Wooten salvaged was the stained-glass window located in what was the dining room facing Pitt Street. _________________________________________________________________ Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a PC” Messenger themepack now. hthttp://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/119642558/direct/01/

The Ficklen Family The best history of a community or State is that which deals most with the lives and endeavors of its people, especially of those who have made a name for themselves. Coming from Virginia, the Ficklen family has long been an influence in the tobacco market, business life and social circles of Greenville. The Ficklen family of Greenville tracks back to James Burwell Ficklen and his wife, Frances Augusta Ann Pannell, of Buckingham Co., Va. In 1859, James B. Ficklen was a member of the “Richmond Howitzers” and was at Harper’s Ferry during the raid on John Brown. James was a merchant, a legislator, and in 1878 was a commissioner from Virginia to the Paris Exposition. James B. Ficklen and his wife had 9 children, of which Ann Eliza (Nannie) Pannell Ficklen Jeter, Ellen Douglas Ficklen Arthur, Willie Letcher Ficklen Hughes Moseley, and Edward Bancroft Ficklen, all became noted citizens of Greenville. Ann Eliza (Nannie) Pannell Ficklen Jeter (b. 1870) was a teacher in Amherst and Bedford Co., Va. She married on Oct. 5, 1892 in Campbell Co., Va. to Gilbert Carey Jeter, in a double wedding ceremony with her sister, Ellen D. Ficklin and L. C. Arthur. After her husband died in 1895, Nannie worked hard trying to educate her three children. She became a housekeeper at Randolph-Macon Institute where she placed her daughters. Her son stayed with relatives and attended Randolph-Macon Academy. After her children were educated she lived in Washington, DC and then came to Greenville and eventually became head of the Home Economics Dept. at East Carolina Teachers Training School. Ellen Douglas Ficklen Arthur (1872-1943) married on Oct. 5, 1892 in Campbell Co., Va. to Louis Chesterfield Arthur of Bedford Co., Va., in a double wedding ceremony with her sister. Louis C. Arthur (1864-1935) moved to Greenville in 1895 and became engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He bought the Patrick House and 150 acres between 14th and 10th streets, which he named “Glen Arthur.” He was a member of various social and civic organizations, and served on the Pitt County Board of Education for 30 years. In his later years he became a gentleman farmer and grew crops like cabbage and sold them around town on a horse and cart. Louis C. and Ellen had 6 children: James Ficklen Arthur (1894-1973) who served in Naval Intelligence during WWI; Louis C. Arthur, Jr. (1896-1924) who was a Capt. in the US Army, serving in the First Division in France in WWI; Ellen Douglas Arthur, (b. 1898);Virginia Ficklen Arthur (b. 1901); Nancy Russell Arthur (b. 1904) and Robert Bruce Arthur (b. 1906-1958). Willie Letcher Ficklen Hughes Moseley (1878-1959) md. 1) George Blackburn Hughes (d. 1900) of Chase City, Va. George was a member of the firm Joyner & Hughes on the Greenville Tobacco market. Willie md. 2) in 1904 to Bennett Williamson Moseley (1874-1942) who came to Greenville in 1899 from Lynchburg, Va. and started business as a cotton buyer and shipper. He moved to Bethel, NC for a time but returned to Greenville where he took a keen interest in the development of the city. In May 1906, B. W. Moseley was elected one of the first directors of the Home Building and Loan Association and was a member of the Board of Alderman in 1906 and chairman of the Street Committee and Water and Light Commission. He joined the Presbyterian Church at an early age and served as an Elder in the Church. In 1924, B. W. Moseley was one of the directors of the National Bank of Greenville, a member of the Kiwanis Club and trustee of Davidson College. Besides being cotton buyers, B. W. Moseley and his brother, Alfred McDowell Moseley were into the real estate and insurance business and in 1907 they opened Moseley Brothers Insurance. In 1908, B. W. Moseley built a new home on Fifth Street (now demolished) which they called “Pine Knoll.” Edward Bancroft Ficklen (1868-1925) was born at Red House, Buckingham County, VA, was educated in Danville, VA., and worked for many years for Messers. Pemberton & Penn, as a tobacco plant manager and tobacco buyer. Ficklen came to Greenville in 1896 as a commission tobacco buyer and bought the interest of R. H. Hayes in the business of Hayes & Roberts. With T. E. Roberts, of Chase City, VA., the company became known as Ficklin & Roberts. They operated a tobacco steam drying plant. In Aug. 1901, Ficklin & Roberts dissolved and Ficklen formed a new E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company with partners, J. G. Penn, O. W. Dudley and J. P. Taylor. This partnership was dissolved on August 24, 1906. Ficklen acquired buildings to which alterations and additions were made over the years which brought the three-story main block of the factory to its present size. By 1925, E. B. Ficklen had established a branch of his company in both Washington and New Bern. In 1964, the E. B. Ficklen Company and three other tobacco companies merged to form the Carolina Leaf Tobacco Company. The E. B. Ficklen factory building was sold in 1974 to Northrup King, who in turn sold it in 1984 to the U.N.X. Chemical Company, a manufacturer of agricultural and industrial chemicals. On June 6, 1899, Edward B. Ficklen married Elmyra Ward Skinner (1878-1952) of Greenville, daughter of Charles Skinner and his wife, Harriet Cotten. In Jan. 1900, E. B. Ficklen went out hunting with a party of friends and was accidently shot in the corner of his left eye nearly blinding him. In Oct. 1900, a freak accident occurred when part of the floor of his tobacco factory collapsed. In 1902, E. B. Ficklen built a large beautiful home at what became 508 West Fifth Street and named it “Buckingham” in honor of his birthplace in Virginia. A few years later he planted nearly one hundred pecan trees around the house and neighborhood. While attending the Jamestown Exposition in 1907 he was attracted by an exhibit of very large pecans from Georgia. Mr. Ficklen became a member of the National Nut Growers’ Association and wanted to grow larger pecans. In 1910 he cut back 40 pecan trees around his house and 100 trees on his farm near Greenville and had better varieties of pecans grafted onto his trees. Mr. Ficklen claimed he made a small fortune from selling his pecans. E. B. Ficklen was a member and Commander of the Tar River Knights of Pythian Lodge, a member and Elder of the Presbyterian Church, served on the Greenville Graded School board and was on the Greenville City Council. In 1922, he was a Director of the NC State Prison. While on a business and pleasure trip with his wife touring Europe, E. B. Ficklen died suddenly in Brussels, Belguim on May 11, 1925. Edward B. Ficklen and his wife Elmyra had three sons: James Skinner Ficklen (1900-1955), Edward Bancroft Ficklen, Jr. (1903-1914 drowned while playing in the Tar River), and Louis Stuart Ficklen (b. 1918). James Skinner Ficklen (1900-1955) was riding his bicycle on Evans Street in July 1908, and was run over by an ice wagon, but was not seriously hurt. He was a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and became head of E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Co. in 1925. He served as president of the Greenville Tobacco Board of trade, and later as president of the Tobacco Association of the United States and president of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association. He travelled to European countries every summer to interest them in buying and using NC tobacco. James served as a director of both the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company and Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. He was on the board of the Greenville Home Building and Loan Association, was a member of the Greenville Water and Light Commission and was a founder of the Greenville Country Club. James was a close friend of the college and established a financial aid foundation, the Ficklen Foundation, to aid students of the college. James married in 1922 to Lucy Warren Myers of Greensboro, N.C., and had two sons: James Skinner Ficklen, Jr. (1924-2001) and Edward Warren Myers Ficklen (1926-1952). On Sept. 21, 1963, the James Skinner Ficklen Memorial Stadium was dedicated on the East Carolina Campus and is now known as Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Louis Stuart Ficklen (b. 1918) was a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and served as a Lt. Commander in the Navy during WWII. He held several offices in the E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Company and the Carolina Leaf Tobacco Company and was treasurer of the Leaf Tobacco Exporters Association for 16 years. He was president of the Greenville Tobacco Board of trade and served a term on the NC Ports Authority. Louis served as a director of both the Guaranty Bank and Trust Company and Wachovia Bank and Trust Company. He was president of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce and the Greenville Country Club. Louis married in 1940 to Louise Glass Dibrell and they had three children. Louis married second in 1960 to Marie Donnelly Arthur. _________________________________________________________________ Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious email. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008

Roger, I don't think the PCFR mail list will let you send attachments. Those needing the missing pages will probably need to let you know so you can send the attachments to their personal mailbox; some personal mailboxes will not allow attachments, but many will, including mine (janicegurganus@suddenlink.net). Thanks so much for all that you do. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger E. Kammerer" <kammerer@hotmail.com> To: "PCFR PCFR" <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:45 PM Subject: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages > > To all subscribers, > Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports that page 21 and 22 are > missing out of the Quarterly. I am truly sorry and am including them in an > attachment. Sincerely, Roger Kammerer > _________________________________________________________________ > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008 > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.9.7/1799 - Release Date: 11/19/2008 8:58 AM

Patsy, the Quarterlies went out yesterday. Since it is bulk mail, it may take awhile for some to get theirs. Thanks, Roger> From: lollimom@charter.net> To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:12:52 -0800> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > Roger,> > When did the November quarterlies go out? I have not received mine. Patsy > Evans> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger E. Kammerer" <kammerer@hotmail.com>> To: "PCFR PCFR" <nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:04 PM> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > > >> > Ron, I don't understand all this. I have no control over the website, we > > pay someone to put the stuff up. I will email you the pages. Roger> Date: > > Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:18 -0500> From: ronkemp@gmail.com> To: > > nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing > > pages> > I cannot access the attachments, I get a message to join Hotmail, > > which I> did, but that did not produce the attachments, Sorry, COuld you > > post them on> the website?> ron> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Roger > > E. Kammerer <kammerer@hotmail.com>wrote:> > >> > To all subscribers,> > > > Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports that page 21 and 22 are> > > > missing out of the Quarterly. I am truly sorry and am including them in > > an> > attachment. Sincerely, Roger Kammerer> > > > _________________________________________________________________> > > > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail.> >> > > > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_1120!> > 08> > Pitt County Family Researchers website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encpcfr/>> > > > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please > > send an email to> > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the> > quotes in the subject and the body of the > > message> >> > > > -- > Ron Kemp> 252-355-3486> Unit Production Manager> PO > > Box 601> Bellarthur, NC 27811> Pitt County Family Researchers website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> -------------------------------> To > > unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > _________________________________________________________________> > Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster.> > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008> > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008

Ron, I don't understand all this. I have no control over the website, we pay someone to put the stuff up. I will email you the pages. Roger> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:45:18 -0500> From: ronkemp@gmail.com> To: nc-pcfr@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [NC-PCFR] PCGQ November 2008 missing pages> > I cannot access the attachments, I get a message to join Hotmail, which I> did, but that did not produce the attachments, Sorry, COuld you post them on> the website?> ron> > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Roger E. Kammerer <kammerer@hotmail.com>wrote:> > >> > To all subscribers,> > Unfortunately, I have gotten several reports that page 21 and 22 are> > missing out of the Quarterly. I am truly sorry and am including them in an> > attachment. Sincerely, Roger Kammerer> > _________________________________________________________________> > Access your email online and on the go with Windows Live Hotmail.> >> > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_access_112008> > Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/<http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Encpcfr/>> > -------------------------------> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to> > NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message> >> > > > -- > Ron Kemp> 252-355-3486> Unit Production Manager> PO Box 601> Bellarthur, NC 27811> Pitt County Family Researchers website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncpcfr/> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NC-PCFR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail now works up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_faster_112008