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 building / D.R. / 9 January 1906
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 th 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
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 well-known 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 by train / D.R. / 22 March 1906
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