The Farmer and Mechanic, 11 April 1911.

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• “the Rosebud section” — community between Wilson and Elm City, east of present-day Bridgestone plant.
• Charles Harris
• “the Rosebud school” — after white schools in the county consolidated in the early 1920s, Pender School on what is now Rosebud Church Road was given over to African-American students. Rosebud School may have been its predecessor.
• “I am Lewis West!” — one day, I’ll put together a post that explains the sensational impact this boast would have had in 1911.
• John Knight