The State of North Carolina began prohibition in 1909, ten years before the nation went dry in 1919. The Federal Prohibition Amendment was repealed in 1933, but North Carolina as a whole did not begin to sell spirits again until 1935.
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French eclectic style house built for Joel Williams Murchison (1853-1926), founder of J. W. Murchison Co., wholesale hardware; and wife, Loulie Hay Atkinson (1860-1922). Front and south porches removed c.1933 and entry added. House remains in the...
Built by Martha Moore Sutton (1764-1838), native of Greenwich, England, and widow of Ephriam Sutton, (1768-1819). Devised by Mrs. Sutton in 1838 to her granddaughter Martha Ann Hedrick (sister of Col. John J. Hedrick, C.S.A.), subject to lifetime...
Summer beach cottage built for Colin Francis Churchill (1900-1972), native of Siler City, NC, engineer; and wife, Mildred Dorset (1906-1985). Remained in family until 1933. Painted as The Beach Cottage in 1981 by Claude Howell.
Cape Cod style house built for Robert Bailey Bell (1899-1981), salesman for International Shoe Company from 1927 to 1966; and wife, Elizabeth Davis (1897-1981). remained in family until 1984.
Tudor style house built for Col. Walker Taylor as wedding present for his daughter, Katherine Grandison Taylor (1901-1991); and finance, Col. John Bright Hill (1897-1984). A native of Warsaw, Duplin County, he was an attorney and veteran of World...
One of twin Queen Ann style houses built as investment property for brothers William and Bernhard Goodman, merchants, natives of Bavaria. In 1933, inherited by nephew Louis Goodman (1882-1959), attorney, native of Otterhausen, Germany; and wife,...
Craftsman style house built for Mark H.P. Clark, dentist; and wife, Sallie W. (1868-1920). Purchased in 1933 by John Angelo Ponos (1891-1960), native of Turkey, proprietor of the New York Cleaners and Hatters; and wife, Anastasia Gardelis...
Dr. John Watts Farthing (1909-1957) was a native of Pittsboro, N.C. who received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1933. He practiced surgery in Wilmington from 1938 to 1956.
Farthing family, physicians, Tasa family, hospitals, James Walker Memorial Hospital
Dr. John Watts Farthing (19009-1957), son of Logan Elmore (M.D.) and Elizabeth Maude Hackney farthing, was born in Pittsboro, North Carolina, March 3rd, 1909. He married Miss Esther Tasa. He attended the University of North Carolina (1929) and...
Graham family, Farthing family, physicians, medicine
Dr. Charles Pattison Graham (1907-), son of Benjamin Robinson and Edith Bolles Graham, was born in Wallace, North Carolina, August 28th, 1907. He married Miss Jean McKoy April 23rd, 1938. His great grandfather, grandfather, father and son all...
Mebane family, Lounsbury family, physicians, medicine
Dr. William Carter Mebane, Jr. (1907-1971), son of Susan Mott and William Carter Mebane, Sr. (M.D., Urologist) was born September 25th, 1907 in Mount Airy, North Carolina. He married Miss Pauline Eckert and attended Duke and UNC. He received his...
Dr. Thomas Meares Green (1879-1933), was born March 28th, 1879. He received his M.D. from the University of Maryland in 1901. He died September 14th, 1933.
On January 6, 1933, U. S. Revenue Agents supervise the destruction of 600 cases of illegal whiskey in the 0 block of North Water Street between the U. S. Custom house and the U. S. Government Wharf, with sailors of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter,...