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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, February*27, 1959
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THE NEW BERN MIRROR
Published Every Friday at 111 King Street,
New Bern, N. C., by the Sole Owner
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GOOD NEWS TRAVELS
Bad news travels fast, but The Mirror has learned of late
that good news is not without wings.
Ever since a magazine-—Christian Life-reprinted a por
tion of an editorial we did on the Christian Business Men’s
Crusade held here last August our mail box has been filled to
overflowing.
People in all walks of life, and in all sections of the
country, have written letters commenting on the series oi:
meetings here. Most of them ask for more information, anc
express a desire to have a similar spiritual experience in their
own community.
A paper in Los Angeles has now reprinted The Mirror
editorial referred to. Apparently it was picked up from the
magazine in which it appeared, and as a result, still more let
ters are coming to us.
In addition, a woman who lives over Elizabeth City way
called us long distance the other night. She, it developed, had
read the aforementioned editorial in the Los Angeles paper
So interested was this caller that she and a group of
other folks drove from Elizabeth City a couple of afternoons
later, to learn firsthand about the Crusade.
The man for her to see, of course, was Ernest Smith, a
local businessman who visualized the series of meetings here
and, with the help of others, had the zeal and faith to make
the vision a reality.
Unfortunately, or so it seemed. Smith would not be avail
able. He had been in Lakeland, Fa., for some time, where a
similar Crusade was under way. However, a call from our
office to his home produced a pleasant surprise.
Just as the phone rang, Ernest was walking up the steps.
He arrived by plane just in time to receive the call. The
woman and her friends were certain that their prayers had
been answered, and in a few minutes they_were in Smith’s
home for a prayerful and meaningful visit.
Out of that visit will probably come still another Cru
sade, all because a group of New Bern businessmen brought
about a spiritual awakening for many people in all walks of
life here. Some of the enthusiasm generated last August may
have subsided, but much of it still remains.
It is significant, to say the least, that Smith and Other
N^^ernians journeyed to Florida for the Lakeland meet
ings, and that they have likewise taken the time and trouble
to visit Philadelphia and elsewhere in recent months for re
ligious reasons.
To the cynical, this may appear to be behavior bordering
on the fanatical. However, in a world where most of us are
fanatics about one thing or another. The Mirror is in no
mood to criticize any man, woman or child who is determined
to give God priority.
New Bern is known for many things—its historical back
ground happens to be one of them. To some strangers who
find themselves in our midst we appear to be cold, inhospitable
and narrow. Others view the community with affection in a
very short while, and say we are a friendly lot.
Like most towns, ours isn’t all good nor all bad. But what
we are and what we do, for better or worse, eventually seeps
out and goes a long, long way. Who would have thought, six
months ago, that this city would achieve national fame, and
get in newspapers and magazines all over, because somebody
decided it would help New Bern if we had a revival with lay
men bringing the messages.
' More important than the fame is the fact that the torch
lighted here has been used to kindle other torches. Certainly
this nation, having stamped “In God We Trust” on billions of
coins for years on end, can stand a lot more religion before
a surplus is created that Uncle Sam can’t dispose of.
The Mirror has no quarrel with any New Bernian, or any
one else for that matter, when it comes to faith, and a creed to
live and die with. What you believe is something for you and
your conscience to decide.
We do, however, want to go on record as being glad to
live in a town that has earned a coast-to-coast reputation as a
place that is concerned about God.
Historical
Gleanings
-By-
FRANCES B. CLAYPOOLE
and
ELIZABETH MOORE
Viiloge Verses
ABSTRACTS OF LAND TRANS
FERS; BEAUFORT COUNTY, N C.:
1703, April 6. THOMAS LEPPEH'
sells and assigns over unto WIL
LIAM POWELL “all my rights and
title to an entry of land in NEUSE
RIVER made by me 26 November
1702.’’ Levi Truewhitt. Bl.
1706, January 7,- FURNIFOLD
GREEN and wife, HANNAH, sell
CHRISTOPHER DAWSON land on
NEUSE RIVER, the same being
called RICH NECK, bounded by
the river and a creek cailed CUC
COOWINK. Bl.
1708, September 21. EDMUND
PEARCE’S Patent for 550 acres on
NEUSE RIVER, beginning on the
North side of Pearce’s Creek at
the mouth. Bl.
1708, October 8, FARNIFOLD
GREEN sells JOHN PUTNALL 250
acres on North side of NEUSE
RIVER. Christopher Dawson. Bl.
1708/9, January 4, Patent to CHRIS
TOPHER DAWSON for 320 acres
on Farnifold Green’s Creek,
NEUSE RIVER. Bl.
1708-9, January 4, CHRISTOPHER
DAWSON assigns over title to the
above to “my son FRANCIS
GREEN’’. Levi Truewhitt and Enon
Ward. Bl.
1708-9, January 6, WILLIAM POW
ELL “for divers causes and consid
erations’’ sells to JOSEPH WOOD
ARD 250 acres on a creek on North
side of NEUSE RIVER. Bl
1708, December 31. ELIZABETH
WALKER, widow of JAMES WALK
ER, sells to LEWIS JOHNSON 250
acres in NEUSE RIVER, North
side of POWELL’S CREEK. Wil
liam Hancock and John Respass.
Bl. ^
1709, June 30, JOHNSON sells
thft above to BRYANT LEE.
1720, July 5. MAURICE MOORE
sells to FRANCIS LYNFIELD
(Hyde Precihet) 140 acres on the
North side of BAY RIVER, patent
ed by said Moore 22 January 1713.
Bl.
1720, September 13. MAURICE
MOORE sells FRANCIS LYNFIELD
310 acres on N. side of BEAR RIV
ER, formerly surveyed for
GEORGE BELL and by him lapsed,
then patented by said Moore 10
August 1720, from Honorable
CHARLES EDEN. Bl.
1726, October 20, JAMES BRIGHT
sells to OLIVER SMITH 140 acres
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The things rivers say as they wend on their way
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That only the dreamer sees;
It touches its brush to the breast of a thrush,
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on the South side of BEAR RIVER,
patented by said BRIGHT 2 August
1726. Samuel Sinclair and Patrick
Maule. Bl. (Beginning at the head
of Tillman’s Creek.)
1729, September 27. JOHN CHES
TER sells to THOMAS SIMMONS
and DANIEL SIMMONS 300 acres
on upper fork of BEAR RIVER, pat
ented by CORNELIUS BELL 6 De
cember 1720. William Whitford. B2
1730, December 13. JOHN MAR
TIN of BAY RIVER sells BENJA
MIN RICE 235 acres on South side
of BAY RIVER on the West side
of TRENT CREEK, patented by
said MARTIN March 1, 1722. John
Carruthers, John Witherenton and
Francis Delamare. B2.
1732, May 23, JAMES RICE sells
to SAMUEL HARVEY tract of 410
acres on the N. side of NEUSE
RIVER, at the Lower Broad Creek.
Richard Harey. B2.
1733, August 4. JOHN CAR
RUTHERS of NEUSE RIVER sells
to JOHN LOVEKIN of BEAR RIV
ER, tract of 100 acres on South
side of BEAR RIVER and West side
of TRENT CREEK, patented by
JOHN MAR'HN 1 March 1722: Rob
ert Harfort, John Witherington,
Darby Conner.
1733, May 16. JOHN TULY, Hdye
Precinct, sells to JOHN LYNFIELD
a tract of land between 300 and
400 acres bn BEAR RIVER In
BEAUFORT Precinct, on S. side of
said River, joining JOHN MOORE’S
land, patented by William Bell.
Roger Mason and John Mason. B2.
1733, May 29, WILLIAM CAR
RUTHERS sells to SOLOMON
WITHERINGTON a tract of land
150 acres on South side of BAY
RIVER, being a part of 1,220 acres
granted to NEAL O’NEALE, and
he dying, the same was taken by
DANIEL SHINE by an escheat pat
ent dated the 14 November 1730.
John Brooks, Joseph Pleger and
Benjamin Rice. B2,
1731, July 16, DANIEL SHINE
sells to WILLIAM CARRUTHERS
a tract of 306 acres on South side
of BAY RIVER, over against
THOMAS SIMMONS, being part of
the 1,220 acres patented by Neal
O’Neale. Francis Delamar, John
Witherington. B2.
1731, July 6, DANIEL SHINE
sells to FRANCIS DELAMAR a
tract of 306 acres on the South
side of BAY RIVER, being part of
the land patented by Neal O’
NEALE. William Carruthers, John
Martin and John Witherington. B2.
1736, July 19. DANIEL SHINE
sells to FRANCIS LINKFIELD a
tract of 306 acres on the South
side of BAY RIVER, part of 1,220
acres granted to Neale O’Neale.
John West and John Carruthers.
B2.
(To Be Continued)
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