Excerpted from the Beacon Flashes column:

Mr. A.S. LEGGETT, one of Plymouth’s young drummers, formerly with Sam’l T. WHITE, has accepted a position with the firm of Foster, Knight & Co., manufacturers of hats, caps and straw goods, of Baltimore.  Success to you, “old Git.” Your Plymouth friends wish you well.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 4 April 1890, pg 3. Available online at digitalnc.org.