Middlesex Store Destroyed by Fire, Nov. 30, 1920

By the Associated Press, Middlesex, N.C., Nov. 30—The Middlesex Supply Company, general mercantile business, was destroyed by fire early today, the damage estimated at $100,000, partly covered by insurance. The building was totally destroyed. A rear door and a window were found open when the fire was first noticed, and the supposition is that the building was fired to conceal a robbery. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 30, 1920)