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Annals of the Fleeting Years Hall of Fame: Bill Ferrand By TUCKER R. LITTLETON Bill Ferrand, as old residents of Swansboro remember him, was the first son of William Pugh Ferrand and Leah Y. Ferrand. Though al ways referred to locally as Bill? probably to distinguish him from his father, William P., and his grandfather, William ? Bill Fer rand's full name was William Pugh Ferrand Jr. He was born in Swansboro on Aug. 20, 1819. and was given all the advantages his well to-do fa thcr could give. After his brother Stephen died in 1826 at the age of 5, Bill Ferrand was the only child of the family until a third son, Eu gene Ferrand. was born to Wm. P. and Leah Ferrand around 1830. Little more is known of Bi'! Fer rand until he became old enough for college. At 16 he was a stu dent at the University of North Carolina, and it is known that he attended there in 1835-36. By 1839 he was back in Swans boro, whence he wrote to his cous in, Miss Mary Ferrand, of Salis bury, the following letter, which, in addition to the bit of news it I gives, also reveals the ambitious ' young man's discontent with a ! small, sleepy coastal village. "Swansboro, August 14, 1839. | Dear Cousin, . . . There has been f a great many cases of Bilious Fev- . er in this county. Two young men have died in this place (in Swans 1 boro) and one young man and i three young ladies in the county. 1 I expect every hour to be taken with a fever but am (in) hopes 1 shall escape. Father and Eugene have been very sick. It was thought Eugene would die. . . We have a great many watermelons here which weigh 35 lbs. ... 1 do not think I can stay in this modern Sodom much long er. Wm. Ferrand "P. S. You are never at a loss for something, for you . . . can both hear and see something. My case is different for I had very near be out of this world as to be here where I can neither hear nor see nothing but marshes and wa ter ." Bill Ferrand, as seen from his letter, usually signed his name simply as William to avoid con fusion with his father's name, and thus it appears in most of the let ters and legal documents. Also seen from the letter, there is the glimpse of early 19th-century Swansboro with the horizon domi nated by marsh and water. Ferrand's reference to Sodom may indicate that the town saw quite a lot of roughness and riot ous living from the seamen who frequented that port and from the native residents themselves. But one blessed thought looms upon the dark background that Ferrand has described? they have a plenty of good ole Bogue Sound water melons! Again In a lettter to Mary S. Henderson. Salisbury, November1 25, 1843, Bill Ferrand mentions that there is at that time an epi demic of fever, probably the same type as mentioned in the 1839 let ter, raging in Onslow. The fever, says Ferrand, struck in October; i and it apparently swept the whole county. Three years later in 1846 Wm. P. Ferrand Sr., was calling his! business by the name of Ferrand & Son; but that was the year be fore Wm. P., Sr., died and the partnership of father and son was necessaril> * short one. That same year Bill Ferrand, a young man of only 27, sought and won the elec tion to the state legislature. He won the office of state sen ator, repre'< ''ng Onslow County for that 1846 term. It could have been due to his father's death the IF YOU KNOW WHICH END OF A HAMMER TO USE . . YOU CAN SAVE S2000 on this HOME THE STANTON D"? Only $62.40 Per Month | VOU DONT HAVE TO M SKILLED TO COMPLETE THE INTERIOR Of THIS LOVILY HOME. IF YOU KNOW WHICH END OF THE HAMMER TO HOLD. VOU CAN SAV1 YOUR SELF $2,000 00 ON THIS HOME. IF YOU OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY. YOU CAN PURCHASE IT FOR ONLY SI M DOWN. 66 MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM! mhittct ^ fovr m f^L m ? - - * ? . - ,, , i!a^ J L . j Lulk m PVIy VM piw^iWPi W WCTIvnoi W Win njw* |OT hf ml iMllHf RWtlrMi. Completely mm (Iw wlrf<t m Mm ImM*. P?jw?wU M Uw M S30.72 pmr aMk. VISIT OUK SALES OFFICE OR TELEPHONE PL 2-7528 COLLECT ( V?fe HOMES HIGHWAY 11 BETWEEN 264 AND 264 BYFASS PL 2-7528 GREENVILLE, N. C. ? MAIL THIS COUPON CMATIVt HOMIS P. 0. M> IN I om interested in owning my own home. Moose tend me your full color "CUSTOM-LINf" home plan book ( ) ofco your "ECONOMY -LINE" p*on book. City H on rurol route, give directions. next year, that be never sought' rc -election. The will of William P. Ferrand Sr., probated in 1S47, named Wil liam Ferrand as his father's ex ecutor along with Daniel Ambrose Harget and David W. Simmons. Records reveal that soon after his father's death, Bill Ferrand left Swansboro to try his luck with an other business firm. In 1851 and 1852 he was associated with Henry i Waring & Son, of New York, N. Y. All available evidence points to the fact that Bill Ferrand was married twice. A marriage bond was issued to Wm. Ferrand and Sarah A. Kimball in Onslow Coun ty on April 1, 1848; but Miss Mary F. Henderson, family historian, thinks that that marriage was of short duration. The details of his second marriage, which occurred a number of years later and seems to have been a happy one, are not known. While Bill Ferrand was with Waring & Son in New York, his younger brother Eugene was fin ishing his stay at the University of North Carolina. The records show that Eugene was in attend ance there from 1849 to 1851. Then in 1859, Eugene Ferrand, in the prime of life, was called from this realm of existence in January of that year, leaving Bill Ferrand the last member of his family to carry on the name that had once been synonymous with aristocracy and wealth, education and culture in Swansboro, for Bill Ferrand died without issue. Little is known of Bill Ferrand after he left New York. The facts establish that he later settled in Richmond, Va., and it is known that during the Civil War he serv ed in the headquarters of the War Department of the Confederate States in Richmond. But the de tails of his position with the War Department are missing. We know only that as a result of his spirited exertion in the cause of the South he lost all his inherit ance and wealth, a loss which Fer rand found it extremely hard to become adjusted to, having been used to the wealth of his family in the ante-bellum South. His last preserved letter, writ ten to his cousin, Mary S. Hender son, from his home in Richmond, Va., portrays quite vividly the de spair and poverty of the post-war South. The letter, dated March 18, 1867, declares its writer com pletely destitute of funds and gives insight into the economic condi tions of the Southern States fol lowing the Civil War. JULY 1960 S M T W T F S 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 (Editor's Note: to keep this calendar up to date, readers' co operation is needed. If your or I sanitation has changed its meet ing time or is no longer meeting, please inform THE NEWS TIMES, PA6-4175). TODAY Noon? Civitan Club, Mrs. Rus sell Willis's restaurant, Morchcad City 7:30 p.m.? Duplicate bridge, In let Inn, Beaufort SATURDAY 7:30 p.m.? Teen canteen, Scout building, Beaufort 8 p.m.? VFW dinner, post build ing, Beaufort MONDAY 9:30 a.m ? Social Security repre sentative, courthouse annex, Beau fort Noon? Morchead-Bcaufort board of realtors, Rex restaurant, Morc hcad City 6:30 p.m.? Rotary Club, School lunchroom, Newport 7 p.m.? Beaufort rescue squad, fire station 7 p.m. ? Jaycecs, Blue Ribbon restaurant, Morchcad City 7:30 p.m.? Fire Department, fire station, Morchcad City 7:30 p.m.? Woodmen of the World. Camp 1M, Morchcad City 7:30 p.m. ? Carteret County Bridge League, recreation build ing, Morehead City 7:45 p.m.? Masonic Lodge, New port 8 p.m.? Order of Eastern Star, lodge hall, Beaufort 8 p.m. Woman's Auxiliary, First Presbyterian church, Morc hcad City 8 p.m.? Loyal Order of Moose, lodge hall, Atlantic Beach < p.m.? Morehead City chamber of commerce board of directors, chamber office at Motel Fort Ma con TUESDAY ?-11 a.m. -Clinic, Morehead City hospital annex. (Shota adminis tered during these hours only) ?-11 a.m.? X-ray clinic, county health center, Beaufort 1-4 p.m.? Clinic, county health center. Beaufort. (Shota adminis tered during these hours only) 6:45 p.m. ? Rotary Club, Scout building, Beaufort 7 p.m.? World War I Veterans, Blue Ribbon restaurant, Morehead City 7:30 p.m.? Esther Rebekahs, rec reation building. Morehead City 7:30 p.m.? Coast Guard Reaerve Unit, Coast Guard Station, Fort Macon road No OH could read the letter, fully aware of the wealthy gentle man he once was and the lou he later auffered, without being great ly moved. From that time? 1M7? the name Ferrand began to vaniah from Swanaboro except for lome land mark! connected with the name and tome old citizens who couldn't forget the dayi that had once been. Except for the signature of Wm. Ferrand which appears on one deed in Onslow County sometime in the latter 1870'i. the 1867 letter of Ferrand's is the last time that he was heard from, , So far, the date of his death has not been ascertained. But one fact remains: that with Bill Fer rand passed an era, a great fam ily, and a day in Swansboro's his tory that goes unmatched. For family records, I am again indebted to Miss Mary Ferrand Henderson, of Chapel Hill, who has been most cooperative from my beginning until mis closing article on the Ferrand family. FHA Supervisors Attend Clinic at Newport Farm I. M. Bobbins, county supervis or (or Farmers Home Administra tion in Carteret and Craven coun ties, attended a two-day work shop on farm planning on a farm near Newport this week. FHA supervisors from eight eastern counties attended the workshop. The farm was one on which Soil Conservation Service scientists had worked out the cap abilities of the soils on each type of soil found on the farm and rec ommended treatment for these | soils to get maximum production. The Forestry Service had worked out a woodsland management pro 1 gram. Soil tests in each field had ! been made and liming and fertiliz er recommendations were made. The Farmers Home Administra tion supervisors studied this in formation and made a thorough inspection of the farm. Then they , planned a system of farming that would make the best use of the 'land and give maximum income from the farm. They alto plan ned all buildings and land Im provement! needed for the (yatem of faraiiig planned. They net loaf Umc goals that could be accomplished and plan ned the farm management prac tices that would be necessary to accomplish these goals. Mr Robbins reports that he ex pects to be able to use the informa tion gained in the clinic in doing a better job of planning a more efficient program with the farm ers hf is working with in these counties. Mr. Robbins will be glad to dis cuss the Farmers Home adminis tration program with any interest ed farmers A part time office, located on the second floor of the court house annex, Beaufort, is open from 9 a m. to 4 p.m. Thurs day of each week. The Craven county office on the second floor of the Dunn Building, New Bern, is open from 8 a.m. to Marshallberg Cubs, Scouts Enjoy Jubilee Cub Scouts of den 228, Marshall berg, took part in a Cub Scout Ju bilee at Marshallberg Saturday. Cuba, Boy Scouts and parents at tended. Winners in a series of events among the Cubs were the follow ing: Running broad jump, Gary Lew la, first, Jesse Berner, second; stilt race, Woody Pake, first, Jesse Berner, second; puddle jumper race, Jesse Berner, first, Jim Lew is, second. Roller race, Jim Lewis, first, Jesse Berner, second; 25-yard dash, Gary Lewis, first, Jesse Ber ner, second; sack race, Jim Lew 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday of each week. is, firit, Jesse Berner, iecood; obstacle course relay, Jim Lewis, first, Gary Lewis, second. Twenty yard run, first team, Jesse Berner, Jim Lewis, James Delmas Lewis; second team, Gary Lewis, Woody Pake, BS Thomas N. Hill. Scout relay first team, Gary Lewis, Woody Pake. BS Van Sel lers; second team, Jesse Berner, James Delmas Lewis, Jim Lewis. Several events for Boy Scouts only were held. After a picnic supper, watermel on was served and awards, pre ceded by a flag ceremony, were presented. Receiving Wolf badges were James Delmas Lewis, Gary Lewis, and Woody Pake. Receiv ing gold arrow points were James Delmas Lewis, Gary Lewis, Woody Pake, Jim Lewis, and Jesse Ber ner. Billy Fulcher, Jimmy Baldwin, and Wayne Chadwirk were away visiting relatives, and were un able to attend. Bracken to Star New York ( AP )? Comedian Ed die Bracken will star in "The Fair Sex," a comedy by Charles E. Mil ler, who has previously written and directed off-Broadway productions. PORK FRESH TENDER CENTER RIB CHOPS 2'/, to 3-Lb. LOIN END ROAST ? 39' FIRST CUT CHOPS Market Style HALF LOIN BACK BONE ?? 49* ROAST LB. CENTER LOIN PORK CHOPS LB. 69' HIB HALF LB. 59* ROAST LB. 55* 2 Silver Dimes (20c) FREE' W'th E?ch Cart?n CHESTERF,ELD * CIGARETTES? Reg. $1.77; King $1.89 BORDEN'S VA. CHOC. STRAW. ICE MILK HALF GALLON CTN Honeycutt Pork SAUSAGE Roll 39* Tryon FRANKS & 39 * Armour's CORNED BEEF 49* Armour's TREET 39* Armour's VIENNAS 6 c~ J1?? DUKE'S Mayonnaise ?49* WESSON oil * 49* Win A *25 Guess the Number of Coffee Beans in the Jar on Our Maxwell House Instant Coffee Display Where You Will Find Jars of 6 Oz. Contest Closes Saturday, August 6, 1960. ONLY 89' DELICIOUS BOGUE SOUND ? 20 to 23-Lb. WATERMELONS - 29 Local Fresh GREEN PEAS Local Fresh CUCUMBERS Local CORN 2 Lb*. 2 Lb*. Dozen 25* 9* 39* AJAX REG. SIZE 2 c.? -27^ N.B.C. Stack Pack RITZ 12-Oz. Box 29* LARGE BOX FAB 29* Price* Effective Thursday, Friday, Saturday, July 28-29-30 1400 ARENDEIX ST., MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. ' -J|
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