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HISTORICAL By REV. E. H. DAVIS Just where the present popular centre known as Ingleside now stands there formerly stood au old store known far and wide as Poster's Old Store connected with which and the community there is much of historic interest and value. The name Iugleside came to iCMrom the country seat of Gen. Joseph B. Littlejohn nearliy afterwards the home of Hugh D. Egerton. The old house was a spacious one wit'li a dozen or more rooms with wide porches and veranas. The abode of hospi tality and good cheer both in the prosperous antebellum days when the Littlejohns were there and af terwards when itl>ecame the home of Hugh Egerton and his popular family. Us destruction by fire in 1886 was a widely deplored ca lamity. The Littlejohns at one time before the civil war and dur ing it were a prominent and pros perous family. Not one of the name so far as is known remains In this section today. The Gen eral's first wife was a Toole, daughter of Geraldus Toole, a prosperous farmer of Edgecombe with a summer home just a mile or two from Ingleside. The house still stands near Toole Creek and is now the property and the home of Shelly Brown, a thrifty colored man. Somewhere between the Toole place and Ingleside stood Jerusalem Methodist Church from which came in process of time well beloved Trinity of today. Gener*-, al Littlejohn on the death of his wife Who was a grand-daughter of Rev. John King married a second time, Miss Field of Warren, whose brother Thomas Littlejohn Field after attending my father's school here in Louisburg and boarding in our family, married Miss C'ape hart of Vance, moved to London and became a British subject. Their son, I have been informed, became an officer in the British army in the last war and lost his life in France. One son of tlie Littlejohns a child of the saconii marriage had Mie misfortune as a drug cierk in Warren ton to senj out capsules of morphine instead of quinine which caused the death of Mr. Lochett' Williams tile prin cipal of the Academy at that time. So much for t!i>! Llttlejohns and their place, Ingleside. from which Ingleside of today takes its name. Before it was so christened it was FOSTER'S OLD STORE, always that way. My recollection of it goes back 60 years and more. No longer a store but the residence of a colored man widely known Bob Moseley and his family and just across the road a spacious well shaded grove, a popular place for picnics an& political speaking. But before t'hat time. I suspect before Bob Moseley's day before the Civil war and away back Foster's Old Store wa^ stili there and had a reputation far and wide and that not the best. It was a rendezvous for gamblers and gambling was the vice of gen tlemen of t-hat day. It was at the intersection of two highways, one from Hills boro to Halifax, places of importance in the history of that day and one from Fayetteville and Raleigh .to Petersburg and Richmond. Card and dice experts gathered here not only local ones of whom t'bere were a number but talented men of that profession from every quarter North, South, East and West. Bouts were some times protracted for days and stakes ran high, sometimes it was a farm, oftener a negro slave wlMi a normal valuation of a thousand dollars. Near Ingleside were oth er country seats with attractive names, as Monreith a few hundred yards to the south at one time the home of t'he Cheshire's who were also connections of th? Toole's, and Locust Grove the same dis tance north the old seat of the extensive Foster family. It was the custom at that Mme of these well-to-do planters as they were called to give their local habita tions a name. So we have still Sunnyside and Kenmore in or near . Louisburg. while over the line ln| Warren there were well-known Montmorencl and Esmeralda. The latter the home at one time of Whartpn J. Green, whose dau ghter, Miss Sadie, now Mrs. Wal ters, owns the attractive place near Wrightsville, known as Alrelee, which many of our people have visited. Locust Grove, the home of the Fosters still stands, not In the best condition and with Its sadly neglected burying ground close by teems with interest to those who have Interest In such things. On my first visit to the place 60 years ago Mr. Fenton Foster and his wife, who was a Montague, and t'heir interesting family lived there. Mr. Foster was an Inventive genius with no turn or taste for the practical af fairs of every day life. In his ac tive brain originated the idea of the type setter, t'he type-writer and all those related instruments that mean so much in the business life of today. I remember well his machine the work of his own hands with Its keyboard and con necting wires and swit^fies brnig^ CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY RKV. E. H. DAVIS Who celebrated his 79t'h birth day last Monday. He is contrib uting a very interesting article of Franklin County history this week which quite a number of our read ers look forward to. ing t>he type down from unseen 1 founts above and setting each in its proper place. It may have been crude but when we consider the tools and the materials he had to work with it was a veritable triumph of inventive skill. He labored, other men entered into and profited by his labors. Mon eyed men from the North made frequent visits to him here and Anally through them he moved with his family to Connecticut, where his idea and his machine were brought to their present state of perfection. Underwood, Remington, L. C. Smith and Bridgeport are the names always associated with this line of ma chines but the names of Fenton Foster and Locust Grove can not ! be left out in any accurate history of Mieir origin. Close by the old nouse is the frightfully neglected 3raVe yard with its stones and j .slabs and inscriptions dating back into the 1700's now almost unde cepherable through the^accumula tions of years. TherKjs the grave of Miss Lucy Foster, aV accom plished music teacher, close by ?hat of Doctor Toney. to whomSjHi was to be married but who dieif" the day before the marriage was to be consummated. She put a beautiful marker over his grave und kept that grave green during the rest of her life. Close by are the graves of Peter Foster and his wife whose maiden name was Anm Elizabeth Hall, parents of Miss Lucy, Dr. P.^TST" Foster and Gus Foster, the father of Fenton Fos-i ter. The Elder Peter Foster and his wife were buried in the .same grave. She having died the day after his death from the stihg of a red wasp. MRS. ALLEN HOSTESS Members of the Friday contract Club were entertained by Mrs. P. S. Allen Friday. Players were Mrs. J. M. Allen i II, Mrs. Hill Yarborough, Miss Elizabeth Timberlake and Mrs. F. W. Wheless Jr., club members, Mrs. H. C. Taylor, Jr., Mrs. Alex Wilson, Mrs. J. K. Allen and Mrs. j Louis Wheless visitors. High score prize for club mem-! bers was presented to Miss Eliza- j beth Timberlake and Mrs. Alex Wilson won high score prize for visitors. The hostess served a tempting salad plate. Thank goodness, we don't have to spend our Ice box money for a poll box.' Place Your Order ? FOR ? TOBACCO FLUES And Be Ready. seaboard! STORE CO., INC. SHOP IN UNION WAREHOUSE I Bookkeeper Held For Defalcationj W. Brooks Parham, Jr., Waives Preliminary Hearing In Hen derson Case Henderson, July 1. ? W. Brooks Parham, Jr., a bookkeeper in the Citizens IJank and Trust Company, was under bond today on a charge that lie took $9,753.16 from t'hat institution. The warrant was issued on or der of Solicitor E. R. Tyler of this judicial district, and it was sworn to by Sheriff L. L. Swanson. Pre liminary hearing was waived and trial was set for October in Su perior Court. Parham had been in t-he bank as bookkeeper for several years but some months ago was trans ferred to the insurance depart ment. Bank officials ^aid that not a penny would be lost by any depos itor and that the entire shortage was covered by bond. FRANKLIN BOY WILL ATTEND 4-H CON FERENCE When the annual 4-H Short Course is held at N. C. State Col-| lege July 24-29, Franklin County' will probably have several repre sentatives from among its farm boys and girls. One of these will be Guy Griffin, of R 2, Louisburg. who was selected as t>he outstand ing 4-H Club boy in the county for 1938. The honor carried with it a scholarship to the State Col lege event, given by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Educational Bu reau, of which A. G. Floyd is State director. The 4-H Shorti Course combines education, recreation, and inspira tion and offers farm boys and girls an opportunity to exchange ideas, receive the latest information on agricultural and home-making de velopments, and engage in pro grams of entertainment and gam es. v One of the features of this year's event will be a pageant depicting the 25-year history of 4-H Club work in North Carolina. L. H. Harrill state 4-H CI Ub leader, and Miss Frances MacCreeor. assistant state club leader, have selected several county groups to act out in pantomine and song the various phases of the youth-training or ganization. The annual state 4-H health contest will be another highlight of the program, with the crown- j ing of the 1939 health king audi queen to be a part of the Pageant' of Progress. Health kings audi queens have been selected in each of the five districts of the State and they will compete for the State honors. The State finals af the Dairy Demonstration Team contest also will be. held during the Short Course, with the, winning team of two club members receiving a free trip to the National Dairy Show in California later this summer. WEEKLY TOBACCO NEWS LETTER - Henderson, N. C., June 30. ? For your information, the follow ing announcements were just j made at the meeting of the U. S. | Tobacco Association governing: sales for the 1939 selling season: Opening Dates: ? Georgia, July] 25th; Sout<h Carolina Belt: August 3rd; Eastern Belt, August 22nd; Middle Belt, September 7th; Old Belt, September 14th, Selling Time: 7 Hours a Day. 360 piles per hour, exactly as done last year. Crop Conditions: ? Reports re ceived from all sections stated need for rain, although crop was reported generally as Good to Fair by conservative farmers. Appro.*;* 1 iiiately six barns are now being cured in the Apex section with u few more curing around Bunn, North Carolina. Earliest curing in Youngsville section was on the 26th of June with a tew others beginning the first of next week. Scattered complaints of. worms were received. In the northern section of the territory covered by this report, tobacco is in good , condition and ueeds about one good rain in the early part of July. Summing up entire section: Crop , in good conditino; rain needed but crop not suffering yet from lack of rain; worms reported but only negligible damage from that source; curing already staried on small scale in southern part of territory, with more or less gen eral curing beginning 15th to - u t h of July, l This report covers Vance and the eight surrounding counties. Information contained herein" con cerning opening dates and selling time was w.ired to this office direct from the meeting of the United States Tobacco Asseciation in White Sulphur Springs, through the courtesy of the ' Henderson Tobacco Board of Trade. ? Fred M. Alien. Jr., Sales Supervisor Henderson Tobacco Board of Trade. SETS RECORD More lespedeza has been sown in small grain this year in Gratt ville County than ever before, re ports W. B. Jones, assistant farm agent of the State College Exten sion Service. MARKETING A seasonal reduction in market ings of hogs but an increase in marketings of grain-fed cattle is in prospect during the next few months, reports the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. __________ ____ FOR FIRST CI.ASS PRINTING PHONE 283-1 at FOXS s mmmm fot* TWO DAYS ONLY RDAY - MONDAY A D tJ CLEARANCE! ? Every Dress Must Go ? Every Dress Priced 'Way Down ? Most Amazing Values Fox's Ever Offered AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENT! Yes, and an event filled with thrills for the woman who loves bargains! Prices go so low they'll amaze you! Even yesterday's arrivals in last minute fashions show the effect of these reductions! But - - - COME - - - see yourself - ? ? and be prepared to BUY! Two Days Only FOX'S SATURDAY - MONDAY .^.store D PEAS IMPOSTAHT NOTICE! We have arranged with War ren Equipment and Spray Co., whoViO TERMITING, to repre sent them in Louisburg. Call us and we will have them inspect your buildings for TER MITES. No charge for inspec tion and no obligation. If TERMITES (Flying Ants) 0 1 are in your buildings they will soon ruin them. Charges very reasonable and work guaranteed. ACCO FLUES I 4 TWINE - THERMOMETERS LANTERNS ALARM CLOCKS ? f CAST IRON AND STEEL HILLERS ? , V FOR GIRL CHAMPION AND DIXIE PLOWS ! v r? LAWN MOWERS T. DOORS, WINDOWS, NAILS, LOCKS and HINGES, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, LATHS, ROCK LATH, PLASTER BOARD, SHINGLES, ROOFING. SEACARD STORE CO. ?C WHOLESALE - RETAIL Pay Cash and Pay Less D. 7. MoKinne, President
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