PERSPECTIVE
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Troubles plagued
John Bogue family
John Bogue was born in
Perquimans County about 1770, a
?on of Duka and Sarah
(Robinson) Bogus. Ha was
reirtd in oodtrite
circumstances in a family whose
only books were two Bibles and a
Testament, although Duke
Bogue did have two servants.
His father was a bricklayer,
but John Bogue became a
merchant, perhaps under the
influence of his mother's uncle
Thomas Newby of Belvidere who
was one of the foremost
merchants in the county.
By July 1799 John had come
into sole possession of his
father's home farm. The 100-acre
property was part of a grant
made to his great-grandfather
William Bogue in May 1694, and
it lay on the northeast side of
Perquimans River near Bagley
Swamp. John later purchased an
adjacent 64 acres.
As a faithful member of Wells'
preparative meeting of Friends,
John Bogue sought a wife among
the Quakers of his neighborhood.
In October 1797, he married
Lydia White (Born February
1775), a daughter of John and
Lydia (Winslow) White.
John and Lydia Bogue became
the parents of seven children:
John, born May 1799; Mary, born
March 1801; Osmond, born
December 1802, died in infancy;
Martha, born August 1805;
Elizabeth, born April 1808; Anna,
born May 1810; and Lydia, born
August 1813.
> With a growing family and a
premising mercantile career,
John Bogye determined to build
a n?w house on his ancestral
laodAIn 1802. he erected a one
and-?;half-story, three-bay,
gambrel-roofed frame structure.
He built well, for the house is still
standing with much of its
original material intact.
By 180$, John Bogue had his
own store, A few years later, he
joined a cusion as partner in
Josiah Jordan and Company. He
and Josiah also owned a vessel
"The Three Brothers" with their
cusion Exum Newby and their
friend Nathan Winslow.
With his own vessel, a
merchant reduced his expenses
importing goods and facilitated
shipment of the wheat, corn,
staves, and other products his
customers offered for those
goods. However, he also
increased is risks, the sea being
full of unavoidable sudden
dangers.
The first decades of the
nineteenth century posed other
threats to merchant vessels as
well. British impressment of
American seamen, Napoleonic
wars, and Mr. Jefferson's
embargo kept many a
shipowners in a constant state of
worry.
"The Three Brothers" went
out on a voyage and was
captured by Spahisn pirates. The
loss of the vessel and its cargo
was a severe blow to its owners,
but especially to John Bogue. His
finances became so desperate
that he had to sell his home in
July 1812 to Josiah Jordan.
Troubles outside the home
were matched by tragedies
within. In September 1813, John
Bogue's wife Lydia, who had
been chosen an overseer of
Suttons Creek Monthly Meeting
the previous April, died. In eight
days she was followed to the
grave by her five-week-old babe.
(Part two next week.)
C elebr ating freedom
While many will have
celebrated July 4th earlier this
week, today we should all take a
few moments and realize what it
really means to us to be
Americans. We need to
remember the struggles that
brought us here, the many
thousands before us who have
given their lives that we might
enjoy the freedoms we so often
take for granted.
Foint
of View
by:
BILL NIXON
One of those freedoms is the
right to worship when and where
we please, and in a manner that
is suited for our individual needs.
I had an opportunity recently to
witness this right of expression
first hand. It was a totally new
and a most enjoyable experience
for me.
While my plans didn't include
joining the revival services in the
small country church, on a hog
and humid June evening, I found
myself in the second pew. While
this may not seem all that
different, as I have attended
summer revivals before, this
time was. I was the only white
person in the crowd.
As is often the case, expecially
when we don't really know what
will happen, I was a big
uncomfortable at first. Like most
who don't know, I had always
been led to believe that our black
brothers didn't worship God in
the same manner we do.
I They were right. They don't.
This group of people, of all ages,
got into God. They enjoyed their
worship, their singing, their
fellowship. Any tensions I had
were soon relieved. I found
myself caught up in the
excitement of the celebration,
feeling a closeness to someone
greater than man, a feeling I
have seldom witnessed in Ather
services I have attended.
1 often feel as if we arc too
God's gift to each of us. In most
services, complete order is the
theme of the day, with the
slightest cry from a child, cough,
or movement in the congregation
causing everyone to notice. You
are supposed to be totally still
and concentrate on the words of
the speaker. When singing, even
if you do feel uplifted by the
music, you had better not show
it. And you never, ever, show
appreciation for special music or
words by clapping your hands.
A worship service should be an
enlightening experience, a
chance to renew one's spirite, a
moving of the body and mind in
tune with the excitement of the
miracles of God. In other words,
it should be enjoyed.
In this particular service I
attended, there were no sleepy
faces, no looks of concern for the
time gone by. The speaker
involved the members in the
service, encouraged their
response. When the choir sang,
though small in number, you
could tell they were singing with
their hearts. The lady at the
piano got more out of it than I've
ever seen a piano give. It all
blended well, and even if you
didn't know the words, you soon
found yourself caught up in the
joy of the song, and the words
came easy. '
The freedom to worship as we
pleae, in the manner we pleae, is
probably .one of the greatest
freedoms we are allowed. It is a
shame tfe don't all enjoy it as
much ap we could.
Here's a story many parents
understand, especially at this
time of the year.
pie man had taken a picture to
the art shop for farming. At the
{hunter, he heard the woman in
front of him teU the sales clerk
'she wanted a frame for a $20,000
f picture.
The clerk gasped and
?tammered that although the
shop did not usually handle such
expensive item*, they would
certainly do their best. The
woman nodded and laid on the
counter her son's college
diploma.
Battling the infamous yellow fly
Everywhere you look you'll see
them. You can't find solace
anywhere, because they're
everywhere. There isn't
anyplace left to hide.
July is here, and the yellow
flies arelback.
Walking outside at any given
time of day can be hazardous to
your health. There's nowhere
you can go to get away from
them, and no sure way to get rid
of them.
My neighbor across the way
has tried using an industrial
sprayer with kerosene, fly spray,
and other sorts of chemicals,
only to be attacked in mass by a
swarm of yellow flies.
In years past, it is said, they
were content to stay around the <
pine trees in the county. This
year they're taking the pine trees
with them so that they can
saturate the county.
One quietly found its way into
my bedroom the other night
while I was peacefully sleeping,
and from the size of the whelps
that were left on my leg, I could
probably have saddled him and
road to work the next morning.
How such little varmints can
have such an impact on civilized
people is amazing. But day after
day these little pests keep John
Q. Public at bay inside his home,
waiting for the relief that will
only come after the first big rain
in August.
The knowledgeable Mr.
Webster, in his Second College
Edition of the WEBSTER'S NEW
WORLD DICTIONARY, which
has over 159,000 entires with
clear, precise definitions, was at
a loss to explain the yellow fly
phenomenon.
Words and definitions in that
section include: yellow-bellied
sapsucker, yellow-belly, yellow
bird, yellow cake, yellow dpisy,
yellow-dog contract, yellow
enzyme, yellow fever, yellow
green algae, yellow hammer,
yellow jack, yellow jacket,
yellow jasmine, yellow
journalism Yellow knife, yellow
legs, yellow ocher, Yellow
Pages, yellow peril, yellow pine,
yellow poplar, yellow race,
Yellow River, Yellow Sea,
yellow-shafted flicker, yellow
spot, Yellowstone, yellow streak,
yellowtail, yellow throat, yellow
warbler, yellow weed, yellow
wood, and yellowy.
No yellow-fly anywhere.
The yellow-fly is so pesky that
it isn't even listed under the fly
section with the gnats and
mosquitoes.
Sprays don't seem to help,
they're not attracted to the good
old bug lights, the only sure
method if ridding yourself of.
yellow flies is the trusty old
When you're dealing with such
a primitive being, you must
resort to primitive measures.
Catching the yellow fly off
guard is simple. All you have to
do is provide them with a bare
ankle and they'll flock like bees
to honey. Once the little pest
starts nibbling at the fare you've
provided, whap him with the
flyswatter and presto. ..he's t
gone. Sure the flyswatter stings,
but it's better than being a
gourmet dinner for a yellow fly.
Of course this method of
extermination is very tiring, and
you can't get much sleep when
you're making a human target
out of yourself, but I told you
earlier I didn't know how to get
rid of them.
Relief will come sooner or
later, and as far as I'm
concerned the sooner the better. >
Guest editorial
Governor proposes educational reforms
BY GOVERNOR JIM HUNT
I can always tell when summer
has arrived in Raleigh. There are
no parking near the mansion,
and conversations along Jones
Street and down the Fayetville
Street Mall seem to center
around politics more than usual.
The General Assembly is back in
town. '
During this summer's short
session, North Carolina's
lawmakers have the opportunity
to enact some of the most crucial
legislation in our state's history.
They also have the chance to
reward state workers for their
sacrifice for the state's economy
and to take a step toward
protecting some of our most
valuable natural resources. I
plan to stay in close contact with
members of the General
Assembly on each of these issues
during the coming weeks.
Few issues affect as many
areas of our society as education,
and that is why I am devoting the
majority of my time during this
short session to passage of a
board-based package of
educational reforms. Based oo
what I heard as chairman of the
North Carolina Commission on
Education for Economic Growth
last year, I believe that there is a
growing concensus throughout
the st^e that Improving
education is one of the most
important investments we can
make in the lives of our children
and to OH future of our entire
state.
My education package is
making them the best they can
be. It is a first step toward
ensuring that North Carolina's
graduates will be ready for jobs
in fields such as biotechnology
and microelectronics. It is a first
step toward ensuring that this
state will continue its tradition of
economic strength.
I believe we must provide
competitive teacher salaries, the
kind that will attract the best
instructors in the country. That
is why I am proposing a 10
percent across-the-board raise of
15 percent.
The education package before
the General Assembly calls for a
number of other changes, such as
improved partnerships between
education and business, a new
Office of School Discipline * to
instill certain values into young
people and free scholarships for
students who want to become
teachers.
The package also calls for
increased funding in several
areas to provide for expansion of
dropout prevention programs as
well as additional textbooks,
computers and the strengthening
of vocational programs and math
and science laboratories.
There is no quick and easy fix
for our schools. If passed, this
package will make ? dramatic
first step in improving education,
but if we are to guarantee
excellence, we most put forth a
freeze that helped see the state
through one of the worst
recessions of the century. Now
that we have endured that storm
and achieved a healthy budget
surplus, I am calling, on the
General Assembly to enact a 10
percent cost of living increase for
all actvie and retired employees
as well as reinstatement of the
merit system beginning July 1,
1985. This plan also calls for
more flexibility and funds for
salary adjustments and the
addition of a 10th step in the State
Employees' Salary Increment
Program for 1984-85.
I trust that lawmakers will also
take a close look at several other
pieces of legislation I am
proposing this year, such as the
Clean Water Budget designed to
protect the state's rivera,
streams and lakes against
pollution and the extension of the
workfare program that has
proved so effective in getting
people off of welfare rolls and
into paying jobs.
This summer's session of the '
General Assembly may be a ,
short one, but members of the j
State House and Senate have a '
long list of work to do before it -
ends. I trust lawmakers will give !
careful consideration of each of [
these items I have outlined. I J;
honestly believe that together, ;
they will make a wise investment !?
in the future of this great state.
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