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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
Friday, April 10, I959
THE NEW BERN MIRROR
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NOW UP TO US
Well, it’s all over, the initial hoopla and fanfare that sur
rounded the official opening of restored Tryon Palace.
Seldom does any project irv the State get the tremendous
publicity given the Palace and New Bern by press, radio and
television. Money couldn’t buy it, and any town in the nation
would consider itself fortunate to receive even a portion of
the free plugs given us.
Neither publicity nor paid advertising brings business to
a private or public venture, however, if we have a product that
doesn’t appeal and the peddlers of it aren’t sold on it them
selves.
That the Palace is attractive to many we can have no
doubt. So far, the only criticism we have heard of the first State
Capital building has come from folks who haven’t yet seen it.
To judge it without giving it the once over is not only unfair
but foolish.
As a newspaperman who isn’t inclined to indulge in an
cestor worshiping and is hardly disposed to climb the family
tree in search of an occasional respectable relative, the editor
of The Mirror can take his antiques or leave them.
But we’re sold on Tryon Palace—sold- because its quality
is priceless, and easily recognized by anyone who loves beauty.
You may not give a hoot for history, and some New Bernians
don’t, but certainly you appreciate fine things. You’ll find
them in the Palace.
Incidentally, it is significant that newspapermen all over
the State are enthusiastic about this restoration. We may say
that because the average typewriter pounder isn’t easily fooled
by fancy trimmings, if there’s nothing sound and important
underneath.
By the very nature of their work, reporters aren’t apt to
be overly impressed by something less than extraordinary.
Celebrities don’t awe them, and elaborate buildings—even a
Palace—can’t be counted on to throw them into a state of
ecstacy.
Hence, when the gentlemen (?) of the press, from the
mountains to the sea and in other States, too, drool over
what the Palace has to offer it’s a pretty good sign. Make no
mistake about it, they’re drooling, and racking their brains for
suitable adjectives.
In short, the press, radio and television have done a great
selling job. Yet, the biggest selling job, day in and day out,
must be done by us, the home folks. Enthusiasm is contagious,
and visitors will spot the lack of it a mile off.
No one stands to gain more from the success of the Palace
as a tourist attraction than New Bernians do. If we make not
only the Palace but the entire town friendly and appealing,
people will linger longer. What’s more, they will depart as good
will ambassadors who will induce others to visit us.
If you don’t think tourist dollars add up, ask citizens of
Vyilmington what it means to have 250,000 people in their
city for an Azalea Festival. Millions upon millions of dollars
are spent every year in North Carolina by outsiders who enjoy
what we have to offer.
The only reason New Bern has had to content itself in
the past with a few crumbs from the table is our own lack
of initiative in doing something about it. What we ought to do
is line up at Tom Haywood’s kicking machine, and give our
selves a boot in the posterior for negligence such as this.
The sooner we realize, and admit, that the selling job done
on New Bern in the past has been pretty sorry, the sooner we
will take steps to give the town proper promotion. If \i/e don’t
take those steps, we’ll be trampled underfoot and all but for
gotten.
Recently, the feature editor of one of the larger news
papers in our State told us that the Chamber of Commerce
here is “chiefly concerned with patting each other on the
back.” Right or wrong, it’s a bad reputation to have. Maybe
we’re all guilty, to some extent.
Historical
.Gleanings
—By—
FRANCES B. CLAYPOOLE
and
ELIZABETH MOORE
WILLIAM TRYON, ESQUIRE
GOVERNOR OF THE PROVINCE
OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1765-1771
After the death of Royal Gover
nor Arthur Dobbs in 1765 Lieuten
ant Governor William Tryon, Es
quire, became Governor of the
Province of North Carolina. Tryon
had previously written to the
Board of Trade expressing his opin
ion that the public business of the
Province could “be carried on no
where with so much conveniency
and advantage to far the greatest
part of the inhabitants as at New
Bern.” Shortly thereafter he sum
moned the Assembly and Council
to begin meeting at New Bern and
ordered certain records transferred
from Wilmington to New Bern.
An Act was passed at New Bern
the 1st day of December, 1766, for
erecting a convenient building in
the Town of New Bern for the resi
dence -of the Governor; and John
Hawks, a brilliant and distinguish
ed Architect was engaged to design
and supervise the building.
The house in New Bern occupied
by Governor Tryon, with his wife
and little daughter, Margaret, while
the Palace was being constructed,
is still standing. Thomas Clifford
Howe, who was the owner, convey
ed to Samuel Cornell, Lots No
104 and 105 on Front street in the
Town of New Bern “with the house
and all the office houses built
thereupon, and other appurten
ances thereto belonging as the
same is PRESENTLY POSSESSED
AND OCCUPIED BY HIS EXCEL-
LANCY WILLIAM TRYON, ES
QUIRE, GOVERNOR OF THIS
PROVINCE”. This document, dated
May, 1769, witnessed by Ambrose
Cox Bayley and Thomas James
Emery, is of record in Craven coun
ty.
Thomas Clifford Howe was the
second husband of Elizabeth Wil
son Spaight, widow of Richard
Spaight. After her death, he mar
ried Nancy Vail, one of the six'
daughters of Jeremiah Vail, a
wealthy planter of Craven county.
William Tryon Howe, only son of
Villoge Verses
WINNER TAKE ALL
Love is no fun if you measure the cost.
Or you figure the odds, and say, “What if I lost?”
This much is certain, right from the start.
Your head will say no to the yes in your heart.
For this thing called romance will rarely make sense.
And iryou’re too cautious you sit on the fence.
Quite undecided which way you should fall.
Until, at long last, there’s no falling at all.
Life is a gamble, with many a chance.
And nothing is sure in the game of romance;
For each passing thrill, there may be a tear,
Things that are precious have price tags quite dear.
And for dreams that are sweet, you may lie awake,
A heart filled with rapture is easy to break;
Some welcome love, and others just won’t.
You win and you lose, if you do or you don’t
But there’ll be no romance, if you measure the cost,
And cautiously ask, “Supposing I lost?”
—JGMcD.
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Nancy Vail Howe and Thomas Clif
ford Howe, died in 1798, intestate
and without issue. By her second
husband, Robert SchaW, Nancy
Vail Howe Schaw had an only
child, Alexander Schaw.
The Palace was begun in 1767
and was finished in 1770. During
these years Governor Tryon was
busily engaged in the affairs of
government as well as his own af
fairs.
Among the plantations granted in
Craven county by Governor Tryon
was one in 1767 to James Davis,
the first printer of North Carolina.
This plantation was located on the
East side of Brice’s Creek, adjoin
ing the lines of Colonel William
Wilson and others. Another planta
tion was granted in 1768 to John
Hawks, the Architect of the Pal
ace. It was located between the
Neuse and Trent roads at Washing
ton Forks and bordered on Caswell
Branch. Both James Davis and John
Hawks had other plantations in op
eration under the supervision of
overseers.
Governor Tryon wrote to the
Earl of Hillsborough from Bruns
wick, 31 March, 1769, as follows;
“I have received your Lordship’s
letters No. 18 and 19. The first
signifies his Majesty’s pleasure
that I do not communicate any
copies or extracts of such letters
as I may receive from his Majes
ty’s principal Secretary of State,
unless I have his Majesty’s particu
lar directions for so doing; this in
junction I shall carefully observe,
“The former indulgence of com
municating that correspondence,
exercised on particular local cir
cumstances, and with discretion
proved often beneficial to his Maj-
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