Passengers aboard an early morning street car, coming into the business section from Dilworth, found an aged woman, virtually blind, who said she was on her way to the county home.
She had boarded the car at the southern end of the city and proposed to transfer at Independence Square to A Belmont car. She expected to wlak from the end of the Belmont line to the county home, about nine miles distant.
A man and woman, sympathizing with the woman in her plight, offered assistance and took her to the police station. There Detective D.B. Bradley obtained her transfer by automobile to the count home.
Her name was given to the police as Mrs. Broom. She was an occupant of the county home for some years, but a few months back returned to her people, she said. They were described as being poor and unable to provide for her. She carried a small bundle of clothing, and was obliged to feel her way about, being blind in one eye and partially blind in the other.
She was asked by her assistants if they treated her well at the county home.
“Oh, yes,” she replied. “They were so good to me out there and I shall certainly be glad to get back. They didn’t want me to leave home, but I know they are poor and can’t well take care of me, so I’m going back to the poor house.”
From The Charlotte News, March 29, 1921
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