Durham Building Housing Hurst-Bell Co., Lawrence Mill Co. Destroyed by Fire, March 24, 1926

Durham Building Destroyed by Fire. . . Was Occupied by Hurst-Bell Co. and Lawrence Mill Company. . . Damage $75,000 to $100,000

Durham, March 22—Fire, which broke out about 6 o’clock Saturday afternoon while the streets were filled with late afternoon shoppers and others, completely gutted the three-story building situated on East Peabody Street owed and occupied by Messrs. E.H. and M.V. Lawrence as a grain mill. The wholesale grocery concern of the Hurst-Bell Company occupied a large part of the first floor. Firemen had great difficulty in subduing the flames which spread with great rapidity throughout the building. Practically all the fire-fighting apparatus available in the city was called out by the three alarms.

Yesterday and this morning the owners were busy moving what stock could be salvaged from the ruins. Firemen had remained on duty to prevent a fresh outbreak of the flames. Total damages are estimated to amount to between $75,000 and $100,000. The amount of insurance carried was unobtainable last night, but it was stated that about one-half of the loss was covered.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, March 24, 1926

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State A&T College Dormitory Damaged by Fire March 24, 1926

State Negro College Damaged by Fire. . . Damage Estimated at $35,000 Done by Blaze at State A. & T. College

Greensboro, March 24 (AP)—Fire originating in the barracks of the A & T. College, state negro institution, did damage estimated at approximately $35,000 Tuesday night.

The barracks were of wood construction and burned rapidly. Fire soon spread to the roof of the South Dormitory, and despite efforts of firemen the structure was practically destroyed by flames and water.

The dormitory was a four-story building, and the flames destroyed the roof and upper floor completely. The losses are covered by insurance, it was announced by President F.D. Bluford. None of the students was injured.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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Woman Was Lookout for Flat River Township Still, March 24, 1926

Woman Gives Warning

Usually, it is a woman who gives the Sheriff the tip which results In breaking up some moon-shine business, but it was just the reverse last Monday night. Sheriff Brooks and Deputy Gentry had information concerning a plant down in Flat River township and made their way to investigate. They stopped their car and began the search, and when drawing nigh the outfit, a woman got in their car and proceeded to use the horn to its utmost capacity, thus warning the operator. They found the still, which weas turning out the real thing, but the men made their get-away. The still was of about 100-gallon capacity, which was destroyed.

This is the first still they have captured in some time, and it was hoped this business had been just about stopped in this County.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926 newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073208/1926-03-24/ed-1/seq-1/

Child Who Disappeared in 1875 May Have Been Found in Shelby, N.C., March 24, 1926

Believe Man Near Shelby Is Charlie Ross, Long Sought. . . J.P. Gaffney of Shelby Says Affidavit Setting Forth Facts Will be Filed in Shelby. . . Man’s Name Has Not Been Given. . . Story Says He Was Left in Gaffney, S.C., by Couple Which Stayed Few Days

Shelby, N.C., March 24 (AP)—An affidavit professing belief that a man discovered near here is Charlie Ross, whose disappearance as a child in the east in 1875 caused a nation-wide search, will be filed here, according to J.P. Gaffney of this city.

The man says he feels certain that he is Ross.

Mr. Gaffney says he has been asked by the man if he will file such an affidavit. He added that he had remembered the man as a boy, coming to Gaffney, S.C., in 1875 soon after the child’s disappearance with a man and woman. They stopped, he said, a short time in the South Carolina city and disappeared, although he noticed at the time a close resemblance between the child and Ross. An investigation of the visitors was planned when they suddenly departed.

According to Mr. Gaffney he recently received a letter from the man asking if it was he who at that time conducted the investigation in the South Carolina city.

The man, according to Mr. Gaffney, is in correspondence with Walter L. Ross, brother of Charlie Ross, as well as having take up the question with the New York World.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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Sam King, 72, Killed When Walking Along Track, March 24, 1926

Hillsboro Man Killed by Southern Train

Burlington, March 22—Sam King, 72, of Hillsboro met an instant and tragic death near the Graham passenger station when struck by east-bound passenger train 16 at 3:15 Sunday afternoon when he was walking on the track to the station to board it en route home.

The aged man had been visiting a daughter at the King mill, in east Burlington, it is said, and left the home some time before train time to walk to Graham to board it.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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Mrs. Stultz Slashes Her Throat, Now In Hospital, March 24, 1926

Winston Lady Slashes Throat

Winston-Salem, March 22—Mrs. Walter Stultz, who resides on the Rural Hall road several miles north of this city, while in a fit of mental aberration at an early hour this morning, slashed her throat with a butcher knife and is at the Lawrence hospital in this city. She is in a serious condition, but some hope is held out for her recovery.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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Making the South the Nation's Dairy Center, March 24, 1926

Dairying Will Make Prosperity. . . Steps Being Taken to Make the South Nation’s Dairy Center. . . Prosperity for People

Constructive steps “to make the South the nation’s dairy center” are outlines in an article in the Manufacturers Record, indicating that, instead of being an importer of diary products and ice cream, as at present, the South ‘ere long will ship milk and cream and ice cream to other parts of the country. “There is no reason why the South should not supply the North, the East and the Middle West with dairy products and ice cream; there is every reason why it should,” is virtually a summary of opinions expressed by United States Government officials and other authorities on dairying.

On the production end, farmers are to be encouraged to turn to dairying as a profitable, year-round industry; on the line of distribution, great dairy products and ice ream plants are being established from the Mason and Dixon line to the southern tip of Florida to market the Southern farmers’ milk supply. For the consuming public, this means an ample supply of dairy products and ice cream at reasonable prices.

Whether ice cream was introduced in the United States by Nancy Johnson or Dolly Madison, says this article, it was first produced in quantity in Baltimore by John Fussell, before the Civil War, and artificial ice was first made at Apalachicola, Fla. Now the great dairy and ice cream industry is to be restored to the place of prominence in the South which it occupied many years ago. The dairy industry, instituted over 3000 years ago by Abraham, is to be featured in the modern day progressive South.

Some idea of the magnitude of the ice cream end of the dairy business alone is given by the Government figures showing that from 1914 to 1921 it increased from $55,983,000 to $213,262,000, or 281 per cent, compared with 61.3 per cent in lumber. From 1914 to 1923 it increased 363 per cent.

Also, the Department of Agriculture says, the South is handicapped by “a one-crop system which forces many farmers to borrow money,” while the dairy industry will be profitable in itself and will furnish the farmer with ready cash throughout the year.” . . . .

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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