Local News from Wilson, Hickory Newspapers, April 5, 1919

From The Daily Times, Wilson, N.C., Saturday, April 5, 1919

Personal News

Mr. Sam Marshburne of Nash county was in the city yesterday attending the funeral of his brother, Mr. James Marshburne.

Miss Frazier, who is connected with the educational affairs of Wilson county, was with the Lucama schools last week.

Captain Dick Dunn, Lt. Dempsey, and Mr. Douglas Moss of this city will leave tonight for Camp Jackson to visit Company K, which is there to be demobilized. These boys, with others, paraded with the 119^th today in Columbia. We understand there are only 14 of the Wilson boys with Company K, the others are from other states and communities.

A message from Sgt. Billie Meares, a member of Co. K., to relatives in this city, states he is now at Camp Jackson.

Miss Sallie Hadley has returned from New York.

Mrs. E.T. Carney is in Wilmington where she is visiting her mother, Mrs. Schulken.

Ernest Boswell and Sergeant Bobbie Moore have been discharged from the service and are at home.

Mrs. J.B. Ramsey and son, J.B. Jr., of Rocky Mount are the guests of her mother, Mrs. J.T. McCraw.

Messrs. Smith and Grantham have purchased from the Morris Plan Bank the market house property recently bought by the latter institution. We understand the price was around $20,000.

Baby Welfare work will be conducted at Rock Ridge next Tuesday. An organization has already been organized at that point.

Messrs. Applewhite and Thompson were each fined $10 by Mayor Killette this morning on account of the affray in which both participated the other day, as stated in the Times.

Complaint is made that since the ordinance to enforce automobiles to stop at the corners of Nash and Tarboro and Barnes streets that other vehicles now take the right of way and seem to pay little attention to the automobiles. One lady complained this morning that a buggy ran into her car. Every vehicle should observe the traffic laws, stop at the corners, and drive to the right.

A message to his people in this city states that Mrs. Vick Morris and Sergeant Billie Morris have arrived at Camp Jackson.

Mrs. Deaver Dead

Mrs. A.A. Deaver, proprietress of the Imperial Hotel of this city, passed away at a hospital in Fayetteville where she went for treatment at 3:30 this morning. The funeral and burial will be held some time tomorrow near Hope Mills, where she resided before coming to Wilson.

The deceased was about 55 years of age and leaves the following children: Mrs. G.H Baker, Mrs. Carl Hinnant, and Miss Annie Deaver.

The deceased was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and was highly esteemed by all who knew her.

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From the Hickory Daily Record, April 5, 1919

Local and Personal

Dr. R.L. Fritz left today for Statesville to enter Dr. Long’s Sanitarium to undergo a slight operation.

Mrs. J.T. Regan and Miss Sarah Lutz, who were operated on Wednesday at Statesville, are getting along nicely.

The canteen served 28 sick overseas soldiers this morning. The men were on a special car en route to the hospital at Azalea.

Dr. and Mrs. C.B. McNairy and family of Kinston passed through Hickory en route home from Lenoir.

Mr. E. Bryan Jones went to Salisbury last evening to be near Mrs. Jones, who was to undergo an operation in a hospital there today.

Mrs. S.H. Farabee and children are expected home this evening from Raleigh, where they spent two weeks with relaltives.

Sergeant-Major Russell M. Yount of the 115^th machine gun battalion arrived in the city today from Camp Jackson where he received his discharge.

Mrs. Paul G Caldwell of Gastonia is the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. P.W. Hamot, at their home on Twenty-Second street. She was the guest Wednesday and Thursday of Miss Louise Ingold.

Mrs. H.F. Deitz was called to Lincolnton Thursday in response to a telephone message announcing the illness of her husband. Mr. Deitz is some better now. Mrs. Deitz returned home Friday.

Rev. HG. Allen of Granite Falls will preach the funeral sermon for Mr. Ray Flowers at Pisgah church next Sunday at 11 a.m. Ray flowers is the son of Mr. A.C. Flowers. He was killed in action in France.

Mrs. S.C. Nichols of Winston-Salem arrived in the city last evening to spend a few days with her father, Mr. Daniel Keever, who will be 86 years old tomorrow. Mr. Keever, by the way, is one of the nicest citizens in this section and a finer old gentleman never lives. “Uncle Dan’s” friend wish for him many happy returns.

Private Merton Killian has returned home, having been honorably discharged from the service at Camp Wheeler, where he has done his duty in the ordinance department.

During their visit to Columbus, Ga., Lieut. and Mrs. Marion Gordy, of this city, have been delightfully entertained. Sunday they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.L. Gordy at the spend-the-day party at Cusseta. Monday evening a theatre party was given in their honor. Wednesday afternoon Mrs. J.G. Gordy entertained at cards in honor of Mrs. Gordy. Several family dinners, also a number of automobile rides, etc., have added pleasure to the visit of Lieut. and Mrs. Gordy.

Mr. N.A. Hoyle of Blacksburg, S.C., spent the week-end here with his daughter, Mrs. Terissa Hoyle 

Wilson.

Mr. Jack Smyre of this city is just home from overseas with three gold service stripes, showing that he was 18 months aboard, and seaman Vernon Hewitt is home on a furlough. He is on the battleship New Hampshire and has been making hurried trips back and forth across the Atlantic the last two months bringing soldiers home.

Miss Bertha Cline, who has been teaching at Iron Station the past few months, left Monday morning to visit her brother, Rev. John Cline in Asheville.

Mrs. W.M. Sikes and children, after spending the winter months at the Piedmont hotel, this city, left Wednesday for their home in Waynesville.

Mr. Eric Jones, who was recently discharged from the army, is spending the week here with his grandmother, Mrs. Geo. W. Cochran, and other relatives.

Miss Brenda Sharp spent the week-end in Lincolnton with her parents, returning to Catawba College Monday morning.

Hon. H.H. Showman of Baltimore is spending the week end here with his friend, Mr. P.O. Carpenter.

Miss Grace Gaither, who is teaching at Cherryville, after spending a few days here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Gaither, has returned to Cherryville.

Mrs. Indo Tomlinson, who was Miss Annie Leigh Hewitt before her marriage a few weeks ago, is spending a few days here with her mother, Mrs. R. Lee Hewitt, before going to Portsmouth, Va., to reside.

Messrs. Felix Peck, Bain Michael and Misses Katie Moose, Helen and Clara Lentz spent the week-end at the home of Mr. Peck and the Misses Lentz near Gold Hill, Rowan county.

Miss M. Edna Edwards of Kinston is in the city this week lecturing before the schools of the county on “fire prevention.” Miss Edwards is connected with the State Insurance Department.

William Alexander Hall Dead

Mr. William Alexander Hall, one of Hickory’s best citizens, died at 3:15 o’clock this morning at his residence following an illness of several years, most of which time he had been confined to his room and bed. For several months he was an invalid. Mr. Hall was afflicted with paralysis about seven years ago and, though he fought heroically against it, finally fell victim. He was 45 years old on March 2.

Mr. Hall was the son of Mrs. Hall and the late J.G. Hall, one of Hickory’s foremost citizens, mayor and a founder of the Piedmont Wagon Company. The son, like the father, was a true gentleman, and his life was a noble one. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church, a Mason and Knight of Pythias.

Besides his wife, who was Miss Louise Jones of Happy Valley, Mr. Hall is survived by four children, two boys and two girls, and by four brothers and two sisters. These are Messrs. E.L. Hall, Lenoir;  J.G. Hall, Covington Ga.;  R.B. Hall, a chemist, in France; Samuel L. Hall, Charlotte; and Misses Gertrude and Mary Fries Hall, Lenoir.

Mr. Hall was prominently identified with the fire insurance business in Hickory and until three years ago gave it his active supervision.

The funeral will be held from the Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o’clock and will be conducted by Rev. A.A. McLean, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Lenoir, assisted by Rev. S.B. Stroup, rector of the Church of the Ascension here. Masons and Pythians will attend the funeral in a body.