Local News
Monday was given over in large measure to
celebrating—celebrating the ending of the war. Big towns and little ones
celebrated. Faces cast off the expression of tense care and in its place there
came a gleam of joy and pleasure. Everywhere, throughout the land, people were
celebrating. Bells pealed, whistled tooted, guns were fire, fire crackers made
big noises, the people quit business and went forth. Rejoicing was broadcast.
The weather continues as fine as could be wished. It is a
little crisp and frosty in the mornings, but otherwise the weather is glorious.
The fine weather continues to entice the farmers to sow wheat. Let them
continue to sow. A hungry world will need bread next year. Then, too, there
will not be the same uncertainty about being able to harvest the crop that
existed when the crop was planted a year ago.
Messrs. Ed. And Wm. A. Edwards received a message from
Greensboro Monday night that their brother, Chas. R. Edwards, had been
seriously hurt in an automobile accident. They went to Greensboro that night
and found him at St. Leo’s Hospital with a fracture of the skull. They were
unable to learn how the accident had occurred. They left him fairly
comfortable, but have not heard from him since.
Mr. John B. Montgomery, who went to St. Leo’s Hospital,
Greensboro, over five weeks ago for an operation, returned home yesterday
afternoon. Mrs. Montgomery went up in the morning and came back with him.
During his stay at the hospital he had two operations. He is getting along
nicely.
Last Saturday night about 7:30 the cars driving by Messrs.
John Forlines and Robt. L. Holmes collided at the cure at the east end of Davis
Street, Burlington. The former with his family was driving into Burlington and
the latter was returning form Greensboro with a party. None of the occupants in
the latter’s car was hurt. The former’s car, being the lighter, got the worst
of it. Mr. Forlines was bruised on the steering wheel and Mrs. Forlines was
slightly cut by the broken windshield, but neither suffered serious injury.
A week ago it was felt that Graham was getting along fine
with the flu situation. Only 6 or 8 remained in the hospital. Now it is raging
in the northeastern section of the town. About 20 new cases are reported today.
The number of cases has been on the increase since Monday. In one family, nine
are reported sick. Seven from one family are now in the hospital. Two or three
are reported critically ill. The doctors, nurses, and active workers are doing
everything they can.
The Mexican Theatre was to have opened on the 18th
but owing to the influenza epidemic the opening has been postponed to the 23rd.
News came last week that Lieut. Chas. Memefee at Camp
Wadsworth, S.C., and Lieut. John D. Kernodle Jr. at Camp Travis, San Antonio,
Texas, had each been promoted to First Lieutenancy.
A child named Ruth Esther Rhyne, aged 9, died a few days ago
at the Caswell Training School for the feeble minded at Kinston. Hot water was
turned on her by an idiotic adult inmate in a bathroom and she was scalded from
her knees down. It is not believed the act of the idiot was malicious.
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