BERTIE COUNTY Newspaper - Hope Mansion - Confederate Monument File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by "David Hoggard" This is from the Bertie Ledger Advance Golden Anniversary Edition 1887-1937. Dated Sept. 1937 Volume L. " ORIENT" of 1896, Describes good Times of Period. Big Party at Hope Mansion in 1896 , to raise money for the Confederate Monument. The Orient, one of two weekly newspapers appearing in Windsor just before the turn of the century, in its issue of Saturday, November 28, 1896 had this to say about the entertainment which had been given at the old Hope Mansion : At historic old "Hope" mansion, which was now the residence of Mr. Weston Mizell and which had formerly been the home of the late Govenor and United States Senator David Stone, there had been presented on the evening of the 20th an entertainment given by Miss Etta Maynor, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. John B. Gilliam. The program had been long and varied, highly entertaining and most thoroughly enjoyed by " the great concourse of people there assembled". The occasion was " the laudable pupose of rendering their tribute to the holy cause of the Confederate dead". The proceeds from the entertainment and the supper presided over by Mrs. Gilliam were to go toward putting a monument to the Confederate dead in Windsor. Incidently, the " fine sum of thirty dollars was realized". Among those taking part on the program were : Misses Sallie Hoggard, Kate Gilliam, Alice Thomas, Laura Gilliam, Mamie Womble, Messrs. Irion Gilliam, Moses Gilliam, Paul Gilliam, Jay Gould Harrell, I.T. Smith and others. contributed to the Bertie Rootsweb project by; David E. Hoggard ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.