Benjamin Hopkins, 4, Badly Scalded, Jan. 21, 1921

Sunday morning, Benjamin Hopkins, the 4-year-old son of Mrs. Sam Getsinger of Williamston, who is spending some time in the home of his sister, Mrs. F.M. Shute, while playing near a stove, lost his balance and fell against the stove, overturned a vessel of boiling water on himself, and badly scalded his left arm and side. Medical aid was secured as quickly as possible and the little lad is getting along as well as could be expected.

(From the front page of the Roanoke Rapids Herald, January 21, 1921)