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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C,
Friday, August 10, 1973
THE NEW BERN MIRROR
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WORTH REMEMBERING
All of us, as the years settle on our shoulders, are
apt to get the notion that young folks don’t appreciate
the things they should. What they ought to ap
preciate, we feel, are the things that have long been
nearest and dearest to our own hearts.
Take music, for example. It’s hard for an old timer
to get steamed up about rock and roll. Perhaps what
irritates him most is the absence of his kind of sen
timentality in the discordant Jungle chants of today.
That the stuff has a beat is, if we may use a pun, a
matter of record. After you’ve said this, there isn’t
much more you can say. Rhythm, of course, has
always appealed to the young, and far be it from us to
telittle it.
We just wish that in the case of modem music there
was more of the romantic and hauntingly tuneful to
go with -it.
Offhand, we can’t visualize courting your best girl
to the din that now passes for music. Hollering and
stomping just doesn’t fit our conception of getting the
most out of moonlight on a clear summer evening.
Speaking of moonlight, wouldn’t it be sort of nice to
hear some of those grand old moon songs wafted on
New Bern’s gentle breezes once more? Call it
prejudice if you like, but we consider Carolina Moon
the best of a notable lot.
Few throats in the yesteryears failed to give vent to
its simple lyrics, despite the fact that its theme was
by no means new. Morton Downey lent his highest
notes to a tenor (or soprano) rendition on a well
known cigarette hour, and thereby a national hit was
bom.
Walter Donaldson, who wrote My Blue Heaven,
penned a fine challenger to Carolina Moon. His
contribution was Spend An Evening In Caroline. He
allowed as how ‘Tf you want to see ttie moon in aU its
splendor, if you want to see the way fiie stars can
shine, if you want to share a kiss so very tender,
spend and evening in Caroline.”
Harry Warren went overboard too when he wrote
such lyrics as “Where is the song I had in my heart,
that harmonized with the pines? Anyone can see
what’s troubling me. I’m crying for the Carolines.”
This was smearing it on pretty thick, but our
generation loved it. Maybe we were foolish and
overly emotional, but at least we didn’t have to
smoke pot to get a kick out of living.
Like we said at the outset, one of the signs of getting
old is the cranky notion that young folks don’t ap
preciate the nicest part of youth’s opportunities.
Even so, no one will ever make us believe that a
heart song, softly sung or softly played, isn’t the right
kind of song for a boy and girl with stardust in their
eyes.
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—By—
ELIZABETH MOORE
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To the Worshipfull the
Justices of the Court of Pleas
and Quarter Sessions of Craven
County.
The petition of Roger Jones,
Executor of Henrv TiUman, and
of Nancy Cratch and James
Riggs and Aliff, his wife,
sheweth that John TiUman, late
of Craven County, died in the
year 1811, intestate possessed
and entitled to considerable
personal estate consisting of
slaves, stock of various kinds,
ready money, debts due to him
and other articles.
Administration on his estate
was by your Court granted to
Francis Lamotte of New Bern,
who by virtue thereof possessed
himself of the whole of
said intestate’s personal
property of the value of five
thousand doUars or some other
large sum.
The said John Tillman left
surviving him the foUowing
chUdren, viz: Henry Tillman,
Jane, the wife of Thomas
Hardaway, Mary, the wife of
Washington Croft, Susan
TUlman, Sarah, the wife of
Laban Hill, Betsy the wife of
Joseph Conner, Patsy the wife
of Robert Woods, Richard
Tillman and your petitioner,
Nancy, «now the widow of
George Cratch, and Aliff Riggs.
The said Henry Tillman has
since died leaving a last wiU
whereof he appointed your
petitioner Roger Jones
Executor which ^11 has been
proved and letters testamen
tary issued to your petitioner,
which he has ready to produce
when required. The said Jane
Hardsaway reside in Virginia
and is now dead, her legal
representatives, if any are
unknown to your petitioners.
Washington Croft and Mary,
his wife, reside out of this State
and your petitioners believe in
Kentucky, Susan Tillman
resides in Virginia, Sarah and
Laban Hill reside in Maryland.
Joseph Conner has removed
from this State to parts
unknown. Richard Tillman
resides in Maryland and Robert
Woods and Patsy his wife in
Craven County.
Your petitioners further show
that the said Sarah Hill was
advanced by the said John
Tillman in his life time to an
amount equal in value to a
share of his said estate. The
said Patsy Woods was also
advance a n^ro boy, a number
of cattle and other property
equal to her full share of said
estate.
Since the expiration of two
years from the grant of said
administration your petitioners
have often applied to said
Francis Lamotte for an account
of his administration and that
your petitioners respective
share thereof might be paid and
delivered to them, but with
these requests the said LaMotte
has refused and still refuses to
comply. To the end therefore
that the said Francis LaMotte
may answer the premises, that
he may render on oath a full and
particular inventory of the
estate of John Tillman which
has come to his hands as his
administrator and an amount of
the value thereof and of his
administration thereof, that the
said Labon Hill and Sarah, his
wife, and Robert Woods and
Patsy his wife, may answer the
premises and either admit that
they have been advanced to the
full amount of their share of
said estate, or else set forth on
oath a particular account of all
the property delivered or given
CONCERT
When Nature’s magic touch unlocks
Her overflowing music box.
She frees a thousand captive melodies;
The tenor of a robin’s song.
The trill of brooks that flow aloh'g
Tb join the mighty rhythm of the seas.
There’s rhapsody, when night winds sigh.
And something in a bob cat’s cry
Sounds strangely operatic ’neath the stars;
The frogs roll out their mighty bass.
And somewhere, in her hiding place,
A wren essays a few soprano bars.
It’s time for tunes, when Nature’s hand unlocks
The melodies within her music box.
-^GMcD.
them or either of them by way
of advancement by said in
testate, with the time of such
gift and the value thereof. That
the said Lamotte may be
decreed to pay your petitioners
their share of said estate and
that your petitioners may have
such other relief as the nature of
their case may require, may it
please your worships to grant
Yrrit of subpooia directed to the
said Francis LaMotte, Labon
Hill and Sarah his wife, and
Robert Woods and Patsy his
wife, and to Washington Croft
tmd Mary his wife, Susan
Tillman, Josefrfi Conner and
Betsy his wife, and Richard
Tillman commanding them to
appear at the court to be held
for Craven County on the second
Monday of September, then to
answer the premises and to
abide and honor such decree as
your worships shall make
therein and your petitioners
shall ever pray.
M. Manly, Alt. for Petitioners
Executor of H. T. Tillman,
Nancy Cratch and James Riggs
and wife, vs. Francis LaMotte,
Admr. of John Tillman, Robert
Woods and Patsy his wife, and
others. PETITION
Filed in Family Records,
Clerk’s Loose Papers, Craven
County, N. C.
QUERIES
Would like information on
John THORNBURG and wife
Mildred THORPE. A daughter
Anna Jane THORNBURG
married twice first to Richard
CORBITT b. 1826 North
Carolina and second to
Ephraim L. BOWEN. Annah
Jane was bom 16 December
1827 N. C. A daughter bora to
Richard CORBITT and Anna
Jane (marr No. 1) Mary
Althear CORBITT born 9 Oc
tober 1842 married Sandford
CRIST. All of the above were
Quakers. The CRIST, COR
BITT, AND BOWEN families
all lived in Randaiph Co. In
diana. THORNBURG Uved in
N. C. THORPE N. C. and Ohio.
Mrs. William G. Holder, 4919
Sweetbell Court, Dayton, Ohio
45424
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