Morganton, Oct. 23—Monday night a message was received by
C.B. Kincaid announcing that his son, Bruce Kincaid, was killed in action
September 12.
Heretofore several Morganton boys have died in camp, several
have been wounded and one negro boy was killed, but Private Kincaid is
Morganton’s first white boy to give his life in France. Just a week ago, the
soldier’s mother, Mrs. C.B. Kincaid, was buried, this family being thus doubly
bereaved within a week.
Bruce Kincaid went to camp last May and sailed for France in
August. When killed he had not yet been over seas a month.
Morganton has had several hundred cases of influenza but the
number of deaths has been remarkably small. The epidemic seems to be abating,
but the quarantine is still in force and every means being used to prevent the
spread of the disease.
The remains of W.W. Branch of Granite Falls, an influenza
pneumonia victim were interred in the cemetery here Sunday afternoon, this
being Mr. Branch’s old home. He was a nephew of Mrs. L.A. Ward of Morganton.
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