Janice & I had fun browsing through the ledgers today, getting an idea what they contain. The oldest and maybe the most interesting is a 1918 ledger containing names of every customer with an account with the store. The index at the front of the ledger contains nearly everyone who lived in the Wnterville vicinity at that time. Letterhead on a statement pinned to one of the pages: Statement A. W. Ange J. R. Smith R. W. Smith Winterville, N. C. 191__ M_____________________________ _______________________________ In Account With A. W. ANGE & COMPANY Dealers in General Merchandise Country Produce, Shoes, Hats, Dry Goods and Hardware A slight amount of genealogical information may be found, in that names of spouses or other family members who bought on credit, may be written beside their purchase. Sometimes a relative paid the bills. Janice found one page with a notation about the weather affecting the crops. Perhaps it was a customer's explanation as to why a payment was late. We both found ancestors and other relatives' entries. On Feb 1, 1918, my grandfather, G. C. Worthington, purchased dynamite fuses and caps for ($) 2.28. I suppose he was clearing land on his farm. Payment examples were: By cash, by check, by chit, by "Evel aye" (? Must be reading this wrong!) by coupon, by note, by service, by labor, by draying, [Joe Worthington almost always paid by draying] by cotton, by eggs, by butter, by cheese, by potatoes, by corn, by grits, by wheat, by c. seed, by sacks, by shoes, by thermometer, by chickin [sic], by hog, by elbow (?) In addition, there was some sort of coupon system which was used. It appears coupons were either sold or issued and could be used as payment. Trish