Police Investigating Big Fight and Cutting Match in Catfish, March 2, 1921

City and county officers today were investigating reports of a big fight and cutting match in the Catfish section of the county Sunday afternoon, but little information has been received. The affair occurred in the bend of the river, it is said, and Ray Hedrick, who is declared to be an expert with the knife, is said to have been the principal combatant.

From the Hickory Daily Record, Wednesday evening, March 2, 1921. Hickory and Catfish are in Catawba County. You can locate them on this 1911 map of Catawba County.