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Plymouth, N. O.
BUNCOMBE HALL.
Bv Thomas Blount.
This interesting piece of history
wilt be continued- through about
three issues of this paper. It is very
Taluable to those living in this sec
tion, and we would advise them ti
take cure of it for future reference.
Paste it in yenr scrap-book, or on
the fly-leaves of your history :
Amid the fens and breaks and for
ests of juniper, covering the crest of
the low divide running up from the
eea, between Albemarle and Pamlico
sounds, Kendrick's creek takes its
rise, j Slipping thence northwardly,
Into the "open country, it winds be
tween fertile hill dotted over with
well tilled farms, and rushing
through roaring gates, or whirring
wheels, gliding past busy villages
and slevpy woodlands, its amber tide
pours iiito Albemarle sound, south
of Edenton. arrow of mouth, and
no more than fifteen miles in lengtd,
this modest stream does not attract
the attention of the passing navigu
tor of the Albemarle, nor does it
'make any great figure in the topog
r.-iphv of the country. Yet every
foot of its shore line is pregnant
with facts in the primal history of
Korth Carolina.
During the Culpepper rebellion,
and the unhappy administration of
fcjetli Sothel, many hardy spirits slip
ped away from the Koith Albemarle
colony, and settled along the banks
of Kendrick's creek, .preferring the
solitude of the wilderness, and the
society of the simple savage, to the
doubtful .protection of an unstable
government administered by avari
cious tyrants. In vain the authori
ties "commanded them back." They
olazed a rugged trail from the mouth
of the creek along its western shore,
and on through tho forest, to tha
Pamlico where Bath Town was later
Jocatctf, and planted a thin line of
humble homes by its side; the seed-
bud of that wondrous growth which
has since expanded into a mighty
state. Along this route flowed for
half a ceuturv the ceaseless tide of
a migration coming up from the Vir
ginia coast, and peopling the wilder
ness to the south and west. Jt was
a part of the lirst mail raut in the
province, and was the course taken
by the impatient Governor Dobbs
when hastening from Virginia to
Newberu to take tho oath of otlice
after being detained at Edenton
'above a whole day by contrary
winds so fresh he could not cross the
ferry some eight miles." On the
south' side of this road, about three
quarters of a mile from the Tyrrell
court house at Leo's Mills, was the
entrance to the Buncombe Hall
grounds, over which was suspended
the famous distich :
"Weleome nl?a
To Buncombe Hall."
This was no empty invitation pos
ited to make the vulgar stare. Jt
:iieaut rest and good cheer for any
travtd-itained pilgrim who would
avail himself of it, dispensed with a
lavish hand by the princely owner
himself, to rich and poor alike. For
no matter how humble the traveler,
while he was within the gates of
Buncombe Hall he was its master's
guest, and as such was treated with
the most courtly consideration. If a
boon companion showed a prematttie
disposition to depart, trusty ' slavt-s
knew how to remove certain bridges
on either side of. tho estate aud the
wooing of that guest's fair charmer
was deferred to another day.,,
Near this same road, but a little
higher upstream than t lie Buncombe
plantation, Uaptan .'J-'homas Blount
of the lirst Chowan ,ptry, erected a
.mill in, 17Q2. .This. man was a black
smith, uiid ship carpenter by trade.
He camafrom Virginia to Perquim
ans where he married Mary, the
widow of Joseph Scott. During the
winter of lO'JS-'ij he removed" with
his family to the "east side of the
mouth of Kendrick's creek." Later
he purchased "Cabin liidge planta
tion" where the town of Boper ikw
stands and immediately began the
erection of a mill on the creek hard
by. This was for a while the "one
mill in the whole province" and iu
time came to be the industrial centre
of the "South Shore" settlement.
At it, was manufactured tho lumber
for many of the earlier buildings at
Edenton, such as flooring for the
lirst church (never used), material
for the lirst court house, and much
more. With a continuous service of
two centuries lounded out to its
credit, this mill is now the oldest
developed Water-power iu North
Carolina.
Captain Blount died in 1 TOG and
Thos. Lee, marrying his widow, sub
sequently got possession of his mill
and most of his other property. ,
To this circumstance is tine the
scattering of his immediate descend
ants t the four-winds and tho op
portunities of advancement whit-h
ihey thus found. Verily
"'There in some soul of yooduet.8 iu things
evil,
Would men ubservingly distil it out.-'
With one brief exeeptioii the mill
remained the property of the Lee
family until IS 14-, hence the place
cume to b called "Lee's Mills." The
assembly which Gov. Gabriel John,
ston called to meet him in Edenton
in the winter of 1735-'b', was the first
to which Tyrrell had sent delegates.
Prominent among her representa
tives that year was Capt. William
Downing of Lee's Mills, who was
unanimously elected speaker of the
house,
Continued ou 7th page.
SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIK
Cured by One l5ottle of Cham
berlain's Cough RemeUj'.
"When I had an attack of the
grip last winter (the second one) 1
actually cured myself with one bot
tle of Chamberlain's Couh llemedy,"
says Frank W. Perry, Editor of the
Enterprise, Shortsville, N. Y. " t his
is the honest truth. 1 at times kept
from coughing myself to pieces by
taking -a teaspoonful of this remedy,
and when the coughing spell would
come on at night I would take a
dose and it seemed tnat in the brief
est interval the cough would pass off
and i would go to sleep perfectly
free from cough and its accompany
ing pains. To say that the remedy
acted as a most agreeable surprise is
putting it very mildly. 1 had no
idea that it would or could knock
out the grip,, simply because 1 hnd
never tried it for such a purpose,
but it did, and it seemed with the
second attack of coughing tho reme
dy caused it to not only be of less
duration, but the pains were far its
severe, and I had not used the con
tents of one bottle before Mr. Grip
had bid trio adieu." i'or sale byiall
druggists. .
Consistency in yourself is synonymous
with otstancy in your neighbor.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU AliE TAKING
When you take G rove's Ta STE1.US8 Chill
Tonio beeaose tb formula is plainly print
ed ou every bottle showing that it is simply
Iron and Quinine id a t&atekg form. 'u
Cure, ho Pay. 5oc. 'iJ t'5-Jy .
JUliV LIST.
The following named persona were drawn
to nerve as jurors lor spring Term of fbe
(Superior Court of Va.hiugtou county,
commencing April 'JO, J9(fJ :
Plymouth Tuwrihliip,- . ,
Jno. A. Bratteii,' If. W. Kt-al,
W. U. HurJiKoii, . W. U, Harrison,
in li. WiitciH, . 10. li GurutiUH,
Louirf . F, Alien, II. ii. liteuiau, .
J. h. Padgt.il. J. A. Jpruill.
Lee' M ilia Towmui .
W. J. Cht-.si.uii, A. AV. Olivi-r,
(.J; H. rtwttin, JtohiitlUK Jt'oueock,
s . It. Clit-aKon, W.. B; ltivij-cs,
W, H, itavfiipurt, Joe SiUersm
W. 11. Cherry, Uto.W. Ayein.
tKiunersvi!!(i Township.
W. H. Dillou.
Scuppernong- luwiiihip,
. L. S-sioii, - DhviU Finlmj4h,
k.. L. ILissell, Juaiph Furlough,
L. II. LuoKii, , VV , F. OiiinPtooli,
E. F. jwaiii, Aarou L. Davenport,
.1. .1. WoodkM', W. U. Uarne,
V, C. Chaplin. 1). IJufijess,
Jno Terry, - ' II. W. PhuJpa.
Woody N. i'heipa.
"wuai'g.'j.'- w. '.i fi'.im.". 'jui1''!111;1
.Bobbed The Grave.
A Ktmtling iueldetit, U narrated by John
Oiivtr of FiiilHilelplria, as tbllowK : 'I vns
iu uu wtul couauiou. Aly Mkin was alruost
yellow, t-yos .sunken, tongue eo-Ued, puin
coutiuually in buck and Hitie.H, no uppttile,
flowing wcaliff day by day. Thito ptiVhi"
cidiis Ltd given me up. Tha I Vk'us udviarU
to Ufce Ulecttio iiiitt-rs; lo uiy yriatjoy,
the tirot boii made u dtfidud improve,
meiii. I continued ilK.-ir use for ihree wee-kr,
and mu now a well man. 1 know ihey rob
bed the -;rave of another yiotim." iNi cue
nhuuld lull to try tiieui. Only !tf ei.t(,
Many h iiikh ut9 ft reputation for wisdom
by leiiviu Uiiiiijs nuhaid.
1 A Great Sensation.
There was a big sensation in LeKviH,
Iud., when W. H. Brown of that place,
who was expected to die, hnd his Iif saved
by Dr. King's New Discovery lor Cuu
Mimpiion. " He vs riif : M "1 i-numtd insuf
ferable ugouies from AkiLuih, but your
New DiBeovtry gave m iiuniediute leiief
and koou tlievealler tffecttii a complete
cure." Klmilar eurrs of ('on.iunimoii.
Piieuuiouia, Uionc'liiti uud Ori ui nu
merous. It's the perleKK remedy lor .ill
throat and luun troubles. Price .'.tie, and
Vl.tH), ijititrauteeU by Spruul ISro. Trial
hot Ilea frwfl.
13ewar of the vice that Sues around
wearing tho mask of virtue.
A Thoughtful Man
1. M. Austin of Wiiiehesler, Ind.. Vnew
what to d in th hour of need, f i if wite
liad such uu unuMual easo if stoiuiica and
ltVr tr)nblt. pliysieiaiiK could n. t help
her. He tluiUhl of and tried Dr. Kii'ts
New Lifa Pilln hiui she (i;ot reli f nt
and Wiia finally cured. Only Jio, ui Jmill
in liro'u. slore.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
beginning tu-xt Wednesday, the 18th
inst., the Yishington & Plymouth wiil
change it eiidule on accouut ot the iish
season.
The first train Washiiigton wiil lve
Plynmuth Bt !':.'o A, M.. and rach VVfh
injiton at ll;3o A. M., and will leave Wash
ington 12:30 noon, arriving Plymouth
about 2:;J0.
The regular paewengfr train will Iny over
at night at Waulin tun, leaving there at
7:30 A. il.
Superior Court, Washington County. Spring
Term, l'.MKJ,
Emma Lamb, plajntifT,
itgatnwt
Anna M. Gray and others, defendants.
It appearing to the entUfaciiou of the
court by affidavit fili-d that Anna M. Gruy,
Dill VV. Gray. Helen Gray, P. W. (Ifny,
James M. uray, .ialcoin urny, rrank Gray,
DixouF. Gray, L. A. Gray, :ind P. J. ln
and A. li. Johnwou, executora of P. N.
Gray, dectHised, aro non-residents of thia
Mate and canuct after due diligt-nce bo
found within this Slate, that & 8aue of
action exists iu favor oj plaintiif and aaind
them, that they are 'nil proper partita to
this action relating to real property in this
btate: that this coif.t his jurisdiction of
the subject of thin action, that buid uou-ri-fddents
claim an init-rent in said real e
tat, that the. purpose of thia action is tu
exclude them from any interKt in said
retil estate and to compel Kiiid defemlant
to comply with n ayrcemr-nt made by ?.
N. Gray, . decw.fred, with plaintiff, daid
Sept. I.'j, lS'O'J, and to convey to plaintiff all
the land desciibed m said ajKietmetit, ieji
intered in Washington county,-North (Jar.
oltna, i-nid land being known a the "ouj-trKt-t
Piacf," it is th.erefoie ordered thNt
notice be publiKhed f(r hix hUtCf Ksivc wtekg
in The lioatioke HenCon, n newspaper
publiahed at Plymouth, N C , notifying
each and all of naid nnn-renident defend
ants Hbove naruil to appear before the
Judge of the Superior Court at Court House
in PlyuDouth, N. C, on th 7tli Mondiy
after 1st Monday in March 1203. to answer
or demur to. complaint in this caue and
let Kaid defendants take notire that if tby
fail o to do judgment will be demanded
against tbeai- for the relief asked In i-aid
complaint.. This Maich 2, 1I()3,
W. 11, BaTEMAM,
Clerk Sop. Court, Washington Co , N. C.
W. ii. Bokd.
Ally, for plainti2 ,
w orr
Almost Unnerved Me
Heart Pains.
Short of Breath,
Faint and Languid.
Dr. Miles' lie art Cure and
Nervine Cured Me.
"It lias 5ccn fivi years since I wns cureit of
heart trouble by your Heart Cure and Nerv
ine, and 1 nm juft as sound as a dollar in
that tirfan today. For several years I had
been suffering vith my heart. . Itrcathing
had bixu.ue sho;t and diiiicult at times,
short, iharp pains about the heart, sometimes
accompanied wit'i flutterin? "would make
ins feci faint uud languid. The least excite
ment or nient.d worry would, almost unnerve
me. I felt that the trouble was growing
worse all trie time, and after tryi g many
remedies prescribed by physicians w'ithout
obtaining relief, I was induced to rive your
remedies a trial. I was relieved the second
day, and after taking three or four bottles all
symptoms were removed and have never
showed signs of returning." Rev. Geo. YV.
Kuacopk, Chincotcaguc, Va.
There are many symptomsof heart disease,
which so closely resemble those of more com
mon nervous disorders as to frequently mis
lead the attending physician. Often i i cases
of heart troub; the stomach, kidneyr, livcror '
lungs become affected. Again the symptoms
.nay be those of weakened nerves, as tired
fi.'eiing, sleeplessness, timidity, the pat'ent is
easily excitable and apt to worry without
cau&e. If you have the least suspicion that
your heart is weak studv your symptoms and
begin the use of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, the
great heart and blood tonic, without a day's
delay.
All druggis's sell and guarantee first bot
tle 1 'r. Miles' Remedies, Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
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