Mysterious Grave Holds Adam Etheridge's Hog, Dec. 31, 1920

Considerable speculation over the contents of a mysterious grave found in the woods near the farm of Gus Etheridge agitated many citizens in the “Log Town” section last week. Some were sure that one of the many revenue men recently visiting Roanoke Island had been murdered and done away with. Others were of the opinion that some negro offspring had been secretly buried. Flowers on the grave confirmed this theory. The mystery was not solved however until two young men aided by a collored man took it on themselves to investigate and found it to be one of Adam Etheridge’s hogs which had died and was buried with much ceremony, for a joke. (From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, Dec. 31, 1920)