Gov. Roy Cooper has ordered U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-mast from sunup to sunset Saturday in memory of former state legislator and Farmville resident Edith Warren.
Flags ordered to half-staff in honor of trailblazing former politician Edith Warren wcti12.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wcti12.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
June 10, 1886: The Comet reported, âIt is said that Col. Yocum has the finest field of wheat near Johnson City or in Washington county (sic). It was drilled in at the proper time and supplied with an abundance of wheat fertilizer.â
June 10, 1893: Readers of The Comet learned news of several area citizens. âCapt. D.S. McIntyre and C.H. Jennings returned on No. 6 yesterday evening from Greeneville.â
âLouis D. Gump returned yesterday evening from a few weeksâ stay in Chicago and the great Worldâs Fair.â
âDr. Geo. H. Zim-merman, of Cranberry, was in the city a few hours yesterday, being en route to Virginia.â