Bugler, Company H, 1st North Carolina Cavalry
Information compiled by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Va. in 1993 from cemetery records and from Record Group 109, the compiled Confederate military service records found in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
(special thanks to Alice for link to father)
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B.M. PRIVETT & CO.,
Commission Merchants and Dealers in General Groceries, Bagging and Ties, Cotton, and Naval Stores.
This firm consists of B. M. Privett, A. D. McLeod, and Thos. M. Robinson and T. S. Plummer, who now operates three firms, one each in Goldsboro, Baltimore, and New York. The New York and Baltimore firms are known under the style of Robinson, MeLeod & Co., and the Goldsboro firm as B. M. Privett & Co., located on Walnut Street, between West Centre and James Street.
B. M. Private, the resident partner in Goldsboro, was born in Wayne County, on March 14, 1839, and is consequently his 39th year. His father, shortly after the laying out of Goldsboro, moved there with his family, numbering eleven or twelve children.
B. M. Privett received a liberal English education, and in 1861 engaged in business with Jesse Kemp, then a merchant of Goldsboro. He remained in this position, however, but for a short time. When it became evident that war could not be averted, he volunteered in Company H, 1st N. C. Cavalry, under the command of Capt. Thomas Ruffin, and shared the fortunes of this illustrious organization throughout the entire war.
He was seriously wounded in the chin in a cavalry charge near Warrenton, Va., Gen. Rufus Barringer at that time being in command of the brigade, Col. W. H. Cheek, of the regiment, and Capt. Jas. C. Borden in command of the company. He came home, recovered, and returned to duty in the field. In 1863, in an engagement at Fairfax Court House, where Major John H. Whitaker was killed, he displayed special gallantry and received an honorable mention therefor. He was honorably named on the roll of honor on two occasions and was frequently mentioned in connection with promotion, and at one time his name was sent forward with a recommendation for in the latter part of 1865. B.M. Privett returned to Goldsboro and accepted an engagement as a salesman with J.
H. & J. C. Privett then doing the largest business in the place.
In 1866 he was sent by them to New York as a purchasing agent. Subsequently, he went to Baltimore and opened a branch house for J H & J C Privett. Being offered a position by Messrs. Cyrus P Mendenhall & Co., then engaged in business in Baltimore, he accepted it and served as their traveling salesman during the years 1867 and 1868. In 1869 the firm of A D McLeod & Co, was organized, the firm consisting of B M Privett of North Carolina and A D McLeod of Maryland.
Having only limited capital, the firm confined itself to a legitimate shipping and commission business soliciting orders, etc. From this time may be dated the prosperity and success of the firm, energy, economy, and prudence, enabled them to increase their business and in a few years they began carrying a large stock.
In 1872 the firms of T M Robinson & Co., and A D McLeod & Co., were consolidated, thereby giving increased facilities for business. On the 1st of September 1876, they opened a house at No. 129 Pearl St. New York, under the name and style of Robinson, McLeod.In 1869 the business of the firm in Goldsboro amounted to $10,000, at the present writing it exceeds $100,000 per annum. In 1869 they controlled the shipment of 600 bales of cotton or thereabouts, in 1879 about 1,100 bales, and in 1877 and 1878, their shipment of staple ranged from six to eight thousand bales.
They deal largely in naval stores in the New York house, and the Goldsboro firm probably handles one-half of the cotton brought to this market. It is greatly to the credit of B M Privett, that he has never had any trouble whatever with any of his customers. He deals largely in pork, flour, grain, bagging, Ties, and other articles needed by the farmer. All of these articles are sold at a very small advance on cost for cash.
The firm claims as a special feature in their sales of cotton consigned to them, that they charge only the actual expenses for freight, commissions, &o., thus doing away with many of the fanciful and fictitious et ceteras that so often appear in an account sales, but which are never within the comprehension of the shipper. We have not referred especially to the other members of this firm since their transactions individually are confined to other points, and they are personally unknown to the greater number of their patrons.
A perusal of this article will illustrate the fact that B. M. Privett, or as he is more familiarly called Burk Privett, is in every sense of the word, a self-made man. In all the relations of life, as a merchant, a citizen, and as a husband and a parent he has proven himself worthy of all confidence. Left at the close of the war with nothing save his energy and integrity, he has gone steadily on to the goal of success, until now he has acquired an established reputation and a fair share of property. Energy and integrity are necessary for the success of every undertaking, but they are not the only requisites by any means. There must be some knowledge of the special undertaking in which one embarks, and tact to apply that knowledge with energy.
This tact for want of a better name is preeminently a qualification of B M Privett and has had very much to do with the success of the firm in North Carolina. Quiet, nay, extremely reticent in his business transactions, and in his social relations, he is known to all businessmen in the community as a clear-headed, far-seeing thinker, and possessed of sound judgment in
the management of his affairs. He claims, and we believe truly, that he is the pioneer in business on Walnut Street. It is a fact that at the time he established himself in his present location, the bulk of the business of the town was done on East and West Centre Street, whereas at this writing, the greater part of the cotton business is done on Walnut street, and numerous other merchants are turning eyes in that direction.
On the 30th of June, 1870, he was married to Miss Mittie H. Leitner, of Spartanburg, S. C., but at that time residing with her sister, Mrs. Annie L. Davis, now of Kinston, N. C. He is a close attendant upon the services of the Episcopal church, to the support of which he contributes liberally. He is extremely generous also in his donations to all objects of charity and the various churches of other denominations.
In addition to the residence on James Street, opposite the Episcopal church, which is the property of B. M. Privett, the firm has acquired considerable real estate in Goldsboro. The present building occupied by them is a two-story brick building, sufficiently large and commodious for all their transactions, which involves a heavy business with the counties of Wayne, Green, Lenoir, Johnston, Duplin, and Sampson.
A long and intimate acquaintance with B. M. Privett, an acquaintance dating back to 1858, has prompted us to give a more elaborate history of himself than it was at first our purpose to do, but we have said nothing in eulogy of him that we would wish to recall, or than we think is his just due.
We have not indulged in vain or fanciful phrases in speaking of him, but have set down only the words of soberness and truth, and we believe that the intelligent business community of Goldsboro will agree with us.
The business of the firm of which he is an honored partner is now firmly established and they are on the high road to wealth. To all to whom this paper shall go, we commend the firm as one in every way deserving of confidence. Its patrons may always rest assured that their orders will receive prompt and careful attention, and their wants supplied at low market rates.
The Raleigh News at Newspapers.com
15 Mar 1878, page 3
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Information compiled by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Va. in 1993 from cemetery records and from Record Group 109, the compiled Confederate military service records found in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
(special thanks to Alice for link to father)
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B.M. PRIVETT & CO.,
Commission Merchants and Dealers in General Groceries, Bagging and Ties, Cotton, and Naval Stores.
This firm consists of B. M. Privett, A. D. McLeod, and Thos. M. Robinson and T. S. Plummer, who now operates three firms, one each in Goldsboro, Baltimore, and New York. The New York and Baltimore firms are known under the style of Robinson, MeLeod & Co., and the Goldsboro firm as B. M. Privett & Co., located on Walnut Street, between West Centre and James Street.
B. M. Private, the resident partner in Goldsboro, was born in Wayne County, on March 14, 1839, and is consequently his 39th year. His father, shortly after the laying out of Goldsboro, moved there with his family, numbering eleven or twelve children.
B. M. Privett received a liberal English education, and in 1861 engaged in business with Jesse Kemp, then a merchant of Goldsboro. He remained in this position, however, but for a short time. When it became evident that war could not be averted, he volunteered in Company H, 1st N. C. Cavalry, under the command of Capt. Thomas Ruffin, and shared the fortunes of this illustrious organization throughout the entire war.
He was seriously wounded in the chin in a cavalry charge near Warrenton, Va., Gen. Rufus Barringer at that time being in command of the brigade, Col. W. H. Cheek, of the regiment, and Capt. Jas. C. Borden in command of the company. He came home, recovered, and returned to duty in the field. In 1863, in an engagement at Fairfax Court House, where Major John H. Whitaker was killed, he displayed special gallantry and received an honorable mention therefor. He was honorably named on the roll of honor on two occasions and was frequently mentioned in connection with promotion, and at one time his name was sent forward with a recommendation for in the latter part of 1865. B.M. Privett returned to Goldsboro and accepted an engagement as a salesman with J.
H. & J. C. Privett then doing the largest business in the place.
In 1866 he was sent by them to New York as a purchasing agent. Subsequently, he went to Baltimore and opened a branch house for J H & J C Privett. Being offered a position by Messrs. Cyrus P Mendenhall & Co., then engaged in business in Baltimore, he accepted it and served as their traveling salesman during the years 1867 and 1868. In 1869 the firm of A D McLeod & Co, was organized, the firm consisting of B M Privett of North Carolina and A D McLeod of Maryland.
Having only limited capital, the firm confined itself to a legitimate shipping and commission business soliciting orders, etc. From this time may be dated the prosperity and success of the firm, energy, economy, and prudence, enabled them to increase their business and in a few years they began carrying a large stock.
In 1872 the firms of T M Robinson & Co., and A D McLeod & Co., were consolidated, thereby giving increased facilities for business. On the 1st of September 1876, they opened a house at No. 129 Pearl St. New York, under the name and style of Robinson, McLeod.In 1869 the business of the firm in Goldsboro amounted to $10,000, at the present writing it exceeds $100,000 per annum. In 1869 they controlled the shipment of 600 bales of cotton or thereabouts, in 1879 about 1,100 bales, and in 1877 and 1878, their shipment of staple ranged from six to eight thousand bales.
They deal largely in naval stores in the New York house, and the Goldsboro firm probably handles one-half of the cotton brought to this market. It is greatly to the credit of B M Privett, that he has never had any trouble whatever with any of his customers. He deals largely in pork, flour, grain, bagging, Ties, and other articles needed by the farmer. All of these articles are sold at a very small advance on cost for cash.
The firm claims as a special feature in their sales of cotton consigned to them, that they charge only the actual expenses for freight, commissions, &o., thus doing away with many of the fanciful and fictitious et ceteras that so often appear in an account sales, but which are never within the comprehension of the shipper. We have not referred especially to the other members of this firm since their transactions individually are confined to other points, and they are personally unknown to the greater number of their patrons.
A perusal of this article will illustrate the fact that B. M. Privett, or as he is more familiarly called Burk Privett, is in every sense of the word, a self-made man. In all the relations of life, as a merchant, a citizen, and as a husband and a parent he has proven himself worthy of all confidence. Left at the close of the war with nothing save his energy and integrity, he has gone steadily on to the goal of success, until now he has acquired an established reputation and a fair share of property. Energy and integrity are necessary for the success of every undertaking, but they are not the only requisites by any means. There must be some knowledge of the special undertaking in which one embarks, and tact to apply that knowledge with energy.
This tact for want of a better name is preeminently a qualification of B M Privett and has had very much to do with the success of the firm in North Carolina. Quiet, nay, extremely reticent in his business transactions, and in his social relations, he is known to all businessmen in the community as a clear-headed, far-seeing thinker, and possessed of sound judgment in
the management of his affairs. He claims, and we believe truly, that he is the pioneer in business on Walnut Street. It is a fact that at the time he established himself in his present location, the bulk of the business of the town was done on East and West Centre Street, whereas at this writing, the greater part of the cotton business is done on Walnut street, and numerous other merchants are turning eyes in that direction.
On the 30th of June, 1870, he was married to Miss Mittie H. Leitner, of Spartanburg, S. C., but at that time residing with her sister, Mrs. Annie L. Davis, now of Kinston, N. C. He is a close attendant upon the services of the Episcopal church, to the support of which he contributes liberally. He is extremely generous also in his donations to all objects of charity and the various churches of other denominations.
In addition to the residence on James Street, opposite the Episcopal church, which is the property of B. M. Privett, the firm has acquired considerable real estate in Goldsboro. The present building occupied by them is a two-story brick building, sufficiently large and commodious for all their transactions, which involves a heavy business with the counties of Wayne, Green, Lenoir, Johnston, Duplin, and Sampson.
A long and intimate acquaintance with B. M. Privett, an acquaintance dating back to 1858, has prompted us to give a more elaborate history of himself than it was at first our purpose to do, but we have said nothing in eulogy of him that we would wish to recall, or than we think is his just due.
We have not indulged in vain or fanciful phrases in speaking of him, but have set down only the words of soberness and truth, and we believe that the intelligent business community of Goldsboro will agree with us.
The business of the firm of which he is an honored partner is now firmly established and they are on the high road to wealth. To all to whom this paper shall go, we commend the firm as one in every way deserving of confidence. Its patrons may always rest assured that their orders will receive prompt and careful attention, and their wants supplied at low market rates.
The Raleigh News at Newspapers.com
15 Mar 1878, page 3
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Bugler, Company H, 1st North Carolina Cavalry
Information compiled by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Va. in 1993 from cemetery records and from Record Group 109, the compiled Confederate military service records found in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
(special thanks to Alice for link to father)
~~~~~~~~~
B.M. PRIVETT & CO.,
Commission Merchants and Dealers in General Groceries, Bagging and Ties, Cotton, and Naval Stores.
This firm consists of B. M. Privett, A. D. McLeod, and Thos. M. Robinson and T. S. Plummer, who now operates three firms, one each in Goldsboro, Baltimore, and New York. The New York and Baltimore firms are known under the style of Robinson, MeLeod & Co., and the Goldsboro firm as B. M. Privett & Co., located on Walnut Street, between West Centre and James Street.
B. M. Private, the resident partner in Goldsboro, was born in Wayne County, on March 14, 1839, and is consequently his 39th year. His father, shortly after the laying out of Goldsboro, moved there with his family, numbering eleven or twelve children.
B. M. Privett received a liberal English education, and in 1861 engaged in business with Jesse Kemp, then a merchant of Goldsboro. He remained in this position, however, but for a short time. When it became evident that war could not be averted, he volunteered in Company H, 1st N. C. Cavalry, under the command of Capt. Thomas Ruffin, and shared the fortunes of this illustrious organization throughout the entire war.
He was seriously wounded in the chin in a cavalry charge near Warrenton, Va., Gen. Rufus Barringer at that time being in command of the brigade, Col. W. H. Cheek, of the regiment, and Capt. Jas. C. Borden in command of the company. He came home, recovered, and returned to duty in the field. In 1863, in an engagement at Fairfax Court House, where Major John H. Whitaker was killed, he displayed special gallantry and received an honorable mention therefor. He was honorably named on the roll of honor on two occasions and was frequently mentioned in connection with promotion, and at one time his name was sent forward with a recommendation for in the latter part of 1865. B.M. Privett returned to Goldsboro and accepted an engagement as a salesman with J.
H. & J. C. Privett then doing the largest business in the place.
In 1866 he was sent by them to New York as a purchasing agent. Subsequently, he went to Baltimore and opened a branch house for J H & J C Privett. Being offered a position by Messrs. Cyrus P Mendenhall & Co., then engaged in business in Baltimore, he accepted it and served as their traveling salesman during the years 1867 and 1868. In 1869 the firm of A D McLeod & Co, was organized, the firm consisting of B M Privett of North Carolina and A D McLeod of Maryland.
Having only limited capital, the firm confined itself to a legitimate shipping and commission business soliciting orders, etc. From this time may be dated the prosperity and success of the firm, energy, economy, and prudence, enabled them to increase their business and in a few years they began carrying a large stock.
In 1872 the firms of T M Robinson & Co., and A D McLeod & Co., were consolidated, thereby giving increased facilities for business. On the 1st of September 1876, they opened a house at No. 129 Pearl St. New York, under the name and style of Robinson, McLeod.In 1869 the business of the firm in Goldsboro amounted to $10,000, at the present writing it exceeds $100,000 per annum. In 1869 they controlled the shipment of 600 bales of cotton or thereabouts, in 1879 about 1,100 bales, and in 1877 and 1878, their shipment of staple ranged from six to eight thousand bales.
They deal largely in naval stores in the New York house, and the Goldsboro firm probably handles one-half of the cotton brought to this market. It is greatly to the credit of B M Privett, that he has never had any trouble whatever with any of his customers. He deals largely in pork, flour, grain, bagging, Ties, and other articles needed by the farmer. All of these articles are sold at a very small advance on cost for cash.
The firm claims as a special feature in their sales of cotton consigned to them, that they charge only the actual expenses for freight, commissions, &o., thus doing away with many of the fanciful and fictitious et ceteras that so often appear in an account sales, but which are never within the comprehension of the shipper. We have not referred especially to the other members of this firm since their transactions individually are confined to other points, and they are personally unknown to the greater number of their patrons.
A perusal of this article will illustrate the fact that B. M. Privett, or as he is more familiarly called Burk Privett, is in every sense of the word, a self-made man. In all the relations of life, as a merchant, a citizen, and as a husband and a parent he has proven himself worthy of all confidence. Left at the close of the war with nothing save his energy and integrity, he has gone steadily on to the goal of success, until now he has acquired an established reputation and a fair share of property. Energy and integrity are necessary for the success of every undertaking, but they are not the only requisites by any means. There must be some knowledge of the special undertaking in which one embarks, and tact to apply that knowledge with energy.
This tact for want of a better name is preeminently a qualification of B M Privett and has had very much to do with the success of the firm in North Carolina. Quiet, nay, extremely reticent in his business transactions, and in his social relations, he is known to all businessmen in the community as a clear-headed, far-seeing thinker, and possessed of sound judgment in
the management of his affairs. He claims, and we believe truly, that he is the pioneer in business on Walnut Street. It is a fact that at the time he established himself in his present location, the bulk of the business of the town was done on East and West Centre Street, whereas at this writing, the greater part of the cotton business is done on Walnut street, and numerous other merchants are turning eyes in that direction.
On the 30th of June, 1870, he was married to Miss Mittie H. Leitner, of Spartanburg, S. C., but at that time residing with her sister, Mrs. Annie L. Davis, now of Kinston, N. C. He is a close attendant upon the services of the Episcopal church, to the support of which he contributes liberally. He is extremely generous also in his donations to all objects of charity and the various churches of other denominations.
In addition to the residence on James Street, opposite the Episcopal church, which is the property of B. M. Privett, the firm has acquired considerable real estate in Goldsboro. The present building occupied by them is a two-story brick building, sufficiently large and commodious for all their transactions, which involves a heavy business with the counties of Wayne, Green, Lenoir, Johnston, Duplin, and Sampson.
A long and intimate acquaintance with B. M. Privett, an acquaintance dating back to 1858, has prompted us to give a more elaborate history of himself than it was at first our purpose to do, but we have said nothing in eulogy of him that we would wish to recall, or than we think is his just due.
We have not indulged in vain or fanciful phrases in speaking of him, but have set down only the words of soberness and truth, and we believe that the intelligent business community of Goldsboro will agree with us.
The business of the firm of which he is an honored partner is now firmly established and they are on the high road to wealth. To all to whom this paper shall go, we commend the firm as one in every way deserving of confidence. Its patrons may always rest assured that their orders will receive prompt and careful attention, and their wants supplied at low market rates.
The Raleigh News at Newspapers.com
15 Mar 1878, page 3
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Information compiled by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Va. in 1993 from cemetery records and from Record Group 109, the compiled Confederate military service records found in National Archives, Washington, D.C.
(special thanks to Alice for link to father)
~~~~~~~~~
B.M. PRIVETT & CO.,
Commission Merchants and Dealers in General Groceries, Bagging and Ties, Cotton, and Naval Stores.
This firm consists of B. M. Privett, A. D. McLeod, and Thos. M. Robinson and T. S. Plummer, who now operates three firms, one each in Goldsboro, Baltimore, and New York. The New York and Baltimore firms are known under the style of Robinson, MeLeod & Co., and the Goldsboro firm as B. M. Privett & Co., located on Walnut Street, between West Centre and James Street.
B. M. Private, the resident partner in Goldsboro, was born in Wayne County, on March 14, 1839, and is consequently his 39th year. His father, shortly after the laying out of Goldsboro, moved there with his family, numbering eleven or twelve children.
B. M. Privett received a liberal English education, and in 1861 engaged in business with Jesse Kemp, then a merchant of Goldsboro. He remained in this position, however, but for a short time. When it became evident that war could not be averted, he volunteered in Company H, 1st N. C. Cavalry, under the command of Capt. Thomas Ruffin, and shared the fortunes of this illustrious organization throughout the entire war.
He was seriously wounded in the chin in a cavalry charge near Warrenton, Va., Gen. Rufus Barringer at that time being in command of the brigade, Col. W. H. Cheek, of the regiment, and Capt. Jas. C. Borden in command of the company. He came home, recovered, and returned to duty in the field. In 1863, in an engagement at Fairfax Court House, where Major John H. Whitaker was killed, he displayed special gallantry and received an honorable mention therefor. He was honorably named on the roll of honor on two occasions and was frequently mentioned in connection with promotion, and at one time his name was sent forward with a recommendation for in the latter part of 1865. B.M. Privett returned to Goldsboro and accepted an engagement as a salesman with J.
H. & J. C. Privett then doing the largest business in the place.
In 1866 he was sent by them to New York as a purchasing agent. Subsequently, he went to Baltimore and opened a branch house for J H & J C Privett. Being offered a position by Messrs. Cyrus P Mendenhall & Co., then engaged in business in Baltimore, he accepted it and served as their traveling salesman during the years 1867 and 1868. In 1869 the firm of A D McLeod & Co, was organized, the firm consisting of B M Privett of North Carolina and A D McLeod of Maryland.
Having only limited capital, the firm confined itself to a legitimate shipping and commission business soliciting orders, etc. From this time may be dated the prosperity and success of the firm, energy, economy, and prudence, enabled them to increase their business and in a few years they began carrying a large stock.
In 1872 the firms of T M Robinson & Co., and A D McLeod & Co., were consolidated, thereby giving increased facilities for business. On the 1st of September 1876, they opened a house at No. 129 Pearl St. New York, under the name and style of Robinson, McLeod.In 1869 the business of the firm in Goldsboro amounted to $10,000, at the present writing it exceeds $100,000 per annum. In 1869 they controlled the shipment of 600 bales of cotton or thereabouts, in 1879 about 1,100 bales, and in 1877 and 1878, their shipment of staple ranged from six to eight thousand bales.
They deal largely in naval stores in the New York house, and the Goldsboro firm probably handles one-half of the cotton brought to this market. It is greatly to the credit of B M Privett, that he has never had any trouble whatever with any of his customers. He deals largely in pork, flour, grain, bagging, Ties, and other articles needed by the farmer. All of these articles are sold at a very small advance on cost for cash.
The firm claims as a special feature in their sales of cotton consigned to them, that they charge only the actual expenses for freight, commissions, &o., thus doing away with many of the fanciful and fictitious et ceteras that so often appear in an account sales, but which are never within the comprehension of the shipper. We have not referred especially to the other members of this firm since their transactions individually are confined to other points, and they are personally unknown to the greater number of their patrons.
A perusal of this article will illustrate the fact that B. M. Privett, or as he is more familiarly called Burk Privett, is in every sense of the word, a self-made man. In all the relations of life, as a merchant, a citizen, and as a husband and a parent he has proven himself worthy of all confidence. Left at the close of the war with nothing save his energy and integrity, he has gone steadily on to the goal of success, until now he has acquired an established reputation and a fair share of property. Energy and integrity are necessary for the success of every undertaking, but they are not the only requisites by any means. There must be some knowledge of the special undertaking in which one embarks, and tact to apply that knowledge with energy.
This tact for want of a better name is preeminently a qualification of B M Privett and has had very much to do with the success of the firm in North Carolina. Quiet, nay, extremely reticent in his business transactions, and in his social relations, he is known to all businessmen in the community as a clear-headed, far-seeing thinker, and possessed of sound judgment in
the management of his affairs. He claims, and we believe truly, that he is the pioneer in business on Walnut Street. It is a fact that at the time he established himself in his present location, the bulk of the business of the town was done on East and West Centre Street, whereas at this writing, the greater part of the cotton business is done on Walnut street, and numerous other merchants are turning eyes in that direction.
On the 30th of June, 1870, he was married to Miss Mittie H. Leitner, of Spartanburg, S. C., but at that time residing with her sister, Mrs. Annie L. Davis, now of Kinston, N. C. He is a close attendant upon the services of the Episcopal church, to the support of which he contributes liberally. He is extremely generous also in his donations to all objects of charity and the various churches of other denominations.
In addition to the residence on James Street, opposite the Episcopal church, which is the property of B. M. Privett, the firm has acquired considerable real estate in Goldsboro. The present building occupied by them is a two-story brick building, sufficiently large and commodious for all their transactions, which involves a heavy business with the counties of Wayne, Green, Lenoir, Johnston, Duplin, and Sampson.
A long and intimate acquaintance with B. M. Privett, an acquaintance dating back to 1858, has prompted us to give a more elaborate history of himself than it was at first our purpose to do, but we have said nothing in eulogy of him that we would wish to recall, or than we think is his just due.
We have not indulged in vain or fanciful phrases in speaking of him, but have set down only the words of soberness and truth, and we believe that the intelligent business community of Goldsboro will agree with us.
The business of the firm of which he is an honored partner is now firmly established and they are on the high road to wealth. To all to whom this paper shall go, we commend the firm as one in every way deserving of confidence. Its patrons may always rest assured that their orders will receive prompt and careful attention, and their wants supplied at low market rates.
The Raleigh News at Newspapers.com
15 Mar 1878, page 3
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