Excerpts from the Roper Letter (dated July 14, 1890):

• Miss Gussie CARSTARPHEN our efficient and popular teacher, opened the Public school at this place on the 7th inst.
• Miss Sallie EMMERSON of Portsmouth, Va., is visiting her brother, Mr. Thomas HAWKINS.

Source: Roanoke Beacon, 18 July 1890, pg 2. Available online at digitalnc.org.