http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/09/16/sanitation-in-sampson-county-1914/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanitation-in-sampson-county-1914 Exploring the History, Literature, and Culture of the Tar Heel State Sun, 19 May 2013 18:59:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/09/16/sanitation-in-sampson-county-1914/comment-page-1/#comment-956981 Charles Thomas Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:24:02 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=591#comment-956981 My great-grandfathers house is shown on this map, under C. P. Thomas near the Rye Swamp and Zoar church. The key shows the type of privy: “F” is “Absence of privy”, “E” is “Insanitary open surface privy” and “P” is “Improved pit privy”

]]> http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/09/16/sanitation-in-sampson-county-1914/comment-page-1/#comment-9607 Angela DiVeglia Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:43:21 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=591#comment-9607 I’m guessing that E stands for “earthen,” and B stands for “brick,” since those were common types of privies in 1914. The F has me stumped.

]]> http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/index.php/2008/09/16/sanitation-in-sampson-county-1914/comment-page-1/#comment-9533 Kevin Cherry Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:21:46 +0000 http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/ncm/?p=591#comment-9533 How about: Empty, Full, ’bout full

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