Armistice Celebration, Other Local News, Alamance Gleaner, Nov. 14, 1918

From The Alamance Gleaner, Thursday, November 14, 1918

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 18^th but owing to the influenza epidemic the opening has been postponed to the 23^rd.

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.