How Does Crank Family Evade Punishment? March 31, 1922

Almost Impossible to Convict Cranks. . . Powerful Influences in This City Believed to Secretly Back Them in Crime

Lloyd Crank, sentenced to two years on the roads in a case of prostitution in the Recorders’ Court here on Wednesday, March 8, went scot free when a jury in the Superior Court here last week acquitted him of the charge. His brother Charlie Crank who drew two years in the Recorders’ Court for prostitution and the theft of an automobile was convicted only on the charge of theft in the Superior Court and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary.

On the night of Sunday, March 5, an automobile was stolen from in front of the McAdams revival tent on Parsonage Street. Three days later Charlie and Lloyd Crank, Otis Bland, Lee Overman and two 15-year-old girls by the name of Harris were found in a Negro cabin near Elizabeth City. The car was found ditched near Weeksville, nine miles from town. Charlie Crank confessed to the theft of the car. The two Cranks were sentenced to two years on the roads each and the girls held for Samarand Manor, the state reform institution for wayward girls. But, as is usually the case, the Cranks appealed to a higher court and with able counsel laughed defiance in the face of the State. E.F. Aydlett and Martin Simpson represented the Harris girls; W.L. Cohoon and P.W. McMullan represented the Cranks.

Solicitor Ehringhaus boiled when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Lloyd Crank. Among other things, Mr. Ehringhaus said: “I know that the most lecherous, venal influences in this community cluster about that man and others.

“I am willing to make affidavit,” declared Solicitor Ehringhaus in Superior Court Saturday morning “that Lloyd Crank came into my office during the Winder trial, and talked with me about his efforts to get testimony to impugn the character and good name of the prosecuting witnesses in that trial; and that he admitted that he knew nothing against the character of that witness. I have evidence that he has been receiving money from Winder.”

The difficulty in convicting the Cranks is believed to lie in the fact that they are the servitors in immorality of influential and wealthy men in the community; and that when they get in trouble they threaten to tell what they know about their respectable patrons, compelling them to employ the best lawyers for them and use their influence with venal jurors.

The jurors in the Crank case were:

E.R. Norris, O.M. Wynn, J.L. Pendleton, U.D. Dozier, H.F. Thornton, W.C. Godfrey, M.M. Hurdle, A.L. Phelps, C.A. Bright, L.I. Berry, Ernest White and A.O. Smith.

Last week’s term of the Superior Court in this city was called “The Crank Special.” The Cranks crowd the docket of every term of the Superior Court in this county. It would be interesting to know just who pays their bills.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 31, 1922

Thomas L. Higgs Leads the Way in Highway Work, March 31, 1922

That’s Higgs—Hat on, Ready to Go

T.L. Higgs

If you can’t do a man’s work, get off the job; and if you want to know what a man’s work is, follow me and see how I do it! That’s Thomas L. Higgs, Engineer to the Pasquotank Highway Commission. Higgs is the toughest, liveliest, hardest working son-of-a-gun ever brought to Pasquotank County. He is not content to boss a job of road building, but when the work doesn’t go to suit him he pitches in and does a day laborer’s work, day in and day out if necessary till he has shown every man on the job what he wants done and how fast he wants it done. And men work like beavers for Higgs because they know that Higgs knows what a mans can do. He got over 3,000 feet of brick road laid on the Newland project last week. And now Tom Higgs is taking on a little work on the side. His job with the Pasquotank Highway Commission may go with the finish of certain construction work this summer. He expects to stay right on in Elizabeth City just the same, anticipating enough sewerage, drainage, paving, mapping, land surveying, etc., to keep him busy. Photo by Bayard Wooten.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 31, 1922

Grand Jury Seeks to End Immoral Auto Spooning, March 31, 1922

Grand Jury Would End Auto Spooning. . . Want Motorcycle Cops to Look Into All Parked Cars in Country After Dark

Spooning after nightfall in automobiles parked on the highways and in the shady lanes of Pasquotank after nightfall is going to be a dangerous pastime this summer, if a recommendation of the Grand Jury in the superior Court of this county last week is carried out by the county commissioners.

The Grand Jury took cognizance of the fact that the position of motorcycle policemen has been ordered abolished after April 1 and asked the county commissioners to restore the motorcycle police and enlarge his powers. The grand jury would have the motorcycle police especially instructed to investigate every darkened automobile fund parked in any suspicious place after nightfall, with a view to locating couples engaged in spooning. The idea is to put an end so far as possible to the use of the automobile in immoral traffic, it being a notorious fact that scores of boys, girls and older people take to the church grounds, river shores and other unfrequented places for illicit spooning in the good old summer time.

Some wag has suggested that the Grand Jury had a grudge against motorcycle policemen and was fixing for some cop to get his head shot off while nosing around and prying into automobiles after dark.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 31, 1922

Joy Riders Should Watch Their Step, March 31, 1922

Motorcycle Policeman Will Not Be Taken Off. . . Joy Riders on the Weeksville Road Will Still Have to “Watch Their Step”

The announcement several weeks ago by the County Board of Commissioners that they were going to dispense with the motorcycle policeman after April 1st brought about quite a bit of criticism and caused many petitions to be sent to the board to reconsider their previous action. Whether or not sentiment of the public has anything to do with it, there seems to be little likelihood that this county will be without a motorcycle cop except for a few days after April 1st. The whole truth of the matter is that the board does not look with any especial favor upon Smith, the present officer. It seems that his extravagance in gasoline and cartridges to his pistol, besides his lack of mechanical knowledge of his motorcycle make him an expensive man for the county. Not wishing to offend his sensibilities, the Board of Commissioners didn’t fire him but decided to declare the job vacant after April 1st—for a few days at least. And in the meantime, they are looking for a good man for the job.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 31, 1922

Woman's Trunk Led Officer Anderson to Dig Up Fresh Grave, March 31, 1922

Officer Anderson’s Mistaken Clue

A woman’s trunk, which was found behind the gas plant recently, has given the police considerable trouble. The trunk, it is said, contained a quantity of clothes and some letters belonging to a female. Chief of Police Holms wrote to the address which the letters furnished but has not yet received any answer.

Upon failure of the owner to reply, Officer Anderson, who found the trunk, recalled seeing a grave which had been recently dug nearby. Nothing daunted by a sign on the grave, and thinking he would solve the mystery, he proceeded to dig it up. Officer Anderson will hereafter believe in signs as he found just what the sign read, “Fido, our darling dog.”

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 31, 1922

to Mark Easter Tuesday with Bridge Tournament, Mardi Gras, March 31, 1922

Easter Tuesday Will be a Big Day Here

A Bridge tournament and Mardi Gras will be put on in this city the Tuesday following Easter for the benefit of the Community Hospital ambulance fund. The afternoon will be exclusively for the ladies but the night tournament will be for everybody. There will be exhibition dancing and refreshments will be sold. The committee intents to have this a big time. Tickets are to be sold at a dollar a couple.

The last day of Dress-Up Week, April 8, will be ambulance Tag Day. All the money raised from these two days will go toward the hospital ambulance.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, March 31, 1922

Easter Fashions for Sale at McCabe & Grice, March 31, 1922

News Briefs From Across the State, March 31, 1922

N.C. State News. . . A Digest of Everything Worth Knowing About Old North State Folks and Things

--Roger Moore, a prominent business man of Wilmington, was elected Governor of the Seventh District Rotary Clubs last week.

--R.E.L. Skinner of Durham was badly but not seriously hurt as the result of the derailment of the Seaboard Mid-South special near Alberta, Va.

--W.L. Reasons of Pinetops, near Tarboro, was seriously and probably fatally injured while using dynamite to blow up a stump on his farm.

--Dr. Kemp Plummer Battle, prominent Raleigh specialist, died last week at the Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia.

--The 32nd Annual Convention of the North Carolina Baptist Women’s Missionary Convention will open in Charlotte Tuesday, April 4.

--The death rate from tuberculosis fell below a hundred per hundred thousand in 1921 for the first time in the history of vital statistics in North Carolina.

--An enrollment of not less than 300 is expected at the training school for Sunday school and church leaders scheduled to be held at Trinity College April 2 to 9.

--Bangor Crumpler, probably the oldest citizen of Sampson County, is dead. Not having an authentic record of his age, it has been estimated that he was more than 100 years old.

--E.G. Coltrane, superintendent of the Roanoke Rapids schools, has been named full time secretary of the North Carolina Teachers’ Assembly at a salary of $4,000 per year.

--Police Chief C.C. McClees of Durham, whose resignation takes effect April 5, has issued a signed statement in which he lays his failure to succeed on the job to doing his duty.

--Alfred Collins, negro, charged with robbery of a store and post office at Wenona, dug himself out of jail at Plymouth Sunday afternoon, but was recaptured and back in his cell at midnight.

--The State Fish Commission yacht Atlantic picked up 53 shots of illegally set nets in the vicinity of Edenton this week. The catch was sold at Manteo and the proceeds will go to the public schools.

--Jane Addams, settlement worker and head of Hull House, Chicago, was secured as speaker for Phi Beta Kappa day at Trinity college. Miss Addams spoke at Craven Memorial Hall Thursday evening, March 30.

--The administrator of the estate of W.T. McCuiston, Greensboro policeman murdered last May by bootleggers in that city, won a $10,000 verdict against Carl Talley, one of the bootleggers, and his wife, Mrs. Ethel Talley.

--Property owners in North Carolina paid fire insurance companies last year a total of $8,379,054.06 in premiums and received back $6,364,378.65 for losses incurred, according to a statement issued by Insurance Commissioner Stacey W. Wade.

--W.T. Clark, senior member of the W.T. Clark Co., independent buyers, re-driers and shippers of tobacco, turned down a salary of $50,000 a year tendered him to manage the leaf end of the Co-operative Marketing Association in Eastern Carolina.

--J.C. Plonk, retired cotton mill manufacturer, has made a gift of $100,000 to the Rutherford Hospital at Rutherfordton, as a memorial to his wife, the late Laura E. Plonk. The money will e used to purchase radium equipment for the institution.

--George W. Garren, 28, of the Fruitland section, Henderson county, was fatally stabbed in a church yard near his home, and Hubert Maxwell, of that section, is held charged with the killing. It seems that ill feeling had existed for some time between the two.

--John Newborn, negro laborer, employed in road construction work near Kinston, while taking his bath, substituted gasoline for soap to remove grease spots form his skin, then stood too near a fire. The gasoline ignited and Newborn was severely burned.

--Bob Williams, negro bandit who has terrorized hamlets of Brunswick county for the past two weeks, was captured in a swamp near Phoenix after a thrilling chase in which sheriffs’ posses from two counties, a cordon of city police and a detachment of National Guardsmen took part.

--Jule Coswell is in jail at Lenoir charged with the murder of his brother-in-law, Jacob Carlton, who died from gunshot wounds. The shooting arose over a quarrel between Carlton and his wife, who is Coswell’s sister, and Coswell claims that he shot Carlton because he was beating his sister.

--J.B. Hunt of Goldsboro received a judgment of $10,000 against the Standard Oil Company. The plaintiff exhibited two severely burned legs to the jury, testifying that he was injured by an explosion of an oil stove, due to the fact that it was filled with oil containing too high a percentage of gasoline.

--County authorities are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Harry Shuford, young cotton mill executive whose body was found in the Hotel Carroll at Bessemer City, Saturday, with a bullet wound in the head and the skull fractured as if by a blow from some heavy instrument.

--At a directors’ meeting held in New York C.M. Carr was elected president of the Durham Hosiery Mills, to succeed his brother, the late Julian S. Carr Jr. C.M. Carr was formerly treasurer of the company. A.H Carr, former vice-president and assistant secretary, was elected vice-president and treasurer.

--Building of the union passenger station in Winston-Salem on the Wheeler lot in the eastern part of the city seems to be a foregone conclusion. Several of the tenant houses on the property have been torn down and occupants of others have been requested to move without delay, which is taken to mean that excavation work will begin at once.

--David Croon, negro, who has been held in Craven jail since he was captured in Pamlico county by Sheriff W.H. Pickles following the killing of another negro at Adams Creek three weeks ago, was taken to a hospital in New Bern where his left leg was amputated having been shot by Sheriff Pickles when he attempted to resist arrest.

--J.W. Kepley, proprietor of the Hotel March at Lexington, was the first man to feel the teeth incorporated in the hotel inspection law by the General Assembly last year when he was hauled into court and fined $10 for refusing to comply with the regulations of the State Board of Health. He declined to post room rates, supply fresh bed linen, exterminate vermin and correct conditions in his kitchen.

--Mrs. Annie L. Everett of Winston-Salem has instituted suit against S.W. Davis, a furniture merchant of Greensboro, in which judgment in sum of $20,000 is asked because of alleged improper remarks made to her in August, 1920, at which time Mr. and Mrs. Everett were residents of Greensboro. The plaintiff claims that because of fear of causing trouble between Davis and her husband, she kept the matter a secret at the time.

--Mrs. J.E. Taylor of Thomasville asked for $40,000 in her suit against Dr. J.W. Peacock because of the killing of the plaintiff’s husband a year ago, and was awarded $23,150 last week by a jury in Forsyth superior court J.E. Taylor was chief of police of Thomasville when he was shot and killed by Dr. Peacock, who was later tried and committed to the State Insane Asylum at Raleigh after a verdict of insanity had been returned.

--Gypsy Smith Jr., in one of his sermons in Raleigh last week, said, “If I were to ask you church members sitting there before me at the end of this service to join me in a whirlwind campaign of personal work to save the lost in this city, 75 per cent of you would bolt. You church members know the letter of the law, and you know all about the activities of your church organization, but the vast majority of you are as ignorant of free grace as a crowd of Hottentots.”

--The Department of Commerce thru the Bureau of Census announces that on February 28 there were in place in North Carolina 5,340,000 cotton spinning spindles, and that 5,253, 199 were operated at some time during the month of February. The aggregate number of active spindle hours reported for February are 1,369,660,481 the report shows that North Carolina was behind only Massachusetts in the cotton spinning industry for February, with South Carolina ranking third.

--2,600 bales of cotton stored in the tobacco warehouse of T.V. Bobbitt and Company at Goldsboro were destroyed when the structure was burned Sunday night by a fire believed to have been of incendiary origin. The loss in cotton was estimated at $200,000 with $190,000 insurance. It is understood that the warehouse was insured for $16,000, which is believed to cover its loss. Total damage to cotton, warehouse and out buildings is around $225,000. The cotton was owned by H. Weil and Brothers, cotton factors, and the warehouse was the property of the Carolina Warehouse Company.

From The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., March 31, 1922

J.F. Alexander, From Forest City, Honored in Florida, March 30, 1922

Local Man Making Good in Florida. . . Helping Build Sunny Florida. . . Splendid Biographical Sketch of Our Fellow Townsman, Mr. J.F. Alexander, Taken From the Tourist News of Florida.

His many friends—and that includes every one of his large acquaintance—will very much appreciate the following tribute paid to our fellow townsman, Mr. J.F. Alexander, by the Tourist News, published at St. Petersburg, Fla.:

J.F. Alexander was born and raised on a farm near Forest City, N.C. His early memories are mostly of the strict economy necessitated by his father’s fortune having been swept away by the Civil War. The school days that could be spared from hard work were spent in a little country school house and finished with a full course in the city high. The hard, unremitting toil in his father’s sawmill, with an old-time upright saw capable of cutting only 5,000 feet a day, was never thought of as the beginning of an annual “cut” of 16 times as many million feet.

The first mill owned by Mr. Alexander was a “circular” saw supposed to cut 8,000 feet a day, but 6,000 would come nearer to the actual output. After a long time another mill was added, then another, and another, until now he and his associates own about 130 mills, from which they ship out annually from 80 to 100 million feet of finished lumber and “dimension cut.” It is almost unbelievable that this could be accomplished in 25 years, but it has been and the story is not nearly finished, either. They own large cotton plantations, with gins and mills, capable of a tremendous output.

Mr. Alexander is at the head of the Alexander Manufacturing Company, making 30,000 pounds of cotton yarns a week. He is also interested in a long list of banks, including the Central National of this city, of which he is a director. His large loan and realty interests here are but an expression of his affection for and interest in the city that cancelled his home doctor’s indefinite engagement. That was nine years ago. The incomparable climate, clean social atmosphere, and the restfulness of the green-bench spirit, with the assistance of undeniable opportunity, were the winning factors in turning the overflow of profits this way.

The Alexander Hotel, with its electric sign perched high in the darkness of the night; Grove Heights, one of the city’s fine subdivisions; the ownership in upwards of 500 feet of inside Central Avenue frontage, and the vast amount of buying and building made possible by loans, are expressive of his faith in the future of the city that makes accomplishment attractive.

Born of true Southern parentage and direct Colonial ancestry, three of the latter having signed the Declaration of Independence, the family history is interesting indeed. The father fought for the Confederate cause and, while in Florida to care for a dying relative, served in the war against the Seminole Indians. The years of “reconstruction,” too, would add interesting pages. Mr. Alexander was too busy for the luxury of serious courtship until since coming here for the well-earned vacation. In 1915 he was married to Miss Kathleen Young, the daughter of a prominent physician in Forest City, N.C. They and their two children enjoy winter-summer life at the Alexander and “Bob’s” “Home of Good Eats.”

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, March 30, 1922

W.W. Walsh Dies When Run Over By Motorcycle in Charlotte, March 30, 1922

Accident Fatal for W.W. Walsh. . . Local Man Dies Following Collision With Youth on Motorcycle—Body Brought Here

The following account of a distressing accident, which occurred in Charlotte Tuesday evening, in which Mr. W.W. Walsh, local man and son-in-law of Mr. H.L. Hyder, received fatal injuries, is taken from the Charlotte Observer:

As a result of a fractured skull, sustained when he was run over by a motorcycle driven by Ransom McMahan, 17-year-old son of B.R. McMahan of 411 East Sixth Street, at the corner of Davidson and Ninth streets at 5:30 yesterday afternoon, W.W. Walsh, a carpenter in the employ of Propst Contracting Company, died at St. Peter’s Hospital at 7:20 last night. He was 45 years of age.

Mr. Walsh, who had been in Charlotte about two months working on a construction job, was apparently going to his home at the end of his day’s work. As he approached the corner of Davidson and Ninth streets, he evidently saw the motorcycle coming up Ninth street toward Caldwell.

According to young McMahan, both endeavored to dodge each other an in attempting to do so, each mistook the supposed intention of the other and collided, resulting in Mr. Walsh being knocked down and both wheels passing over his head.

Young McMahan immediately went to a drug store and telephoned for Rogers’ ambulance, at the same time informing the police department of the accident. The young man was taken to police headquarters, where he is here, pending an investigation, and Mr. Walsh was rushed to St. Peter’s hospital, where he died later in the evening. He never regained consciousness.

The deceased had resided in Forest City until he came here a short while ago to work for the Propst company as a carpenter. He is survived by a wife and two children in Forest City.

As there were no witnesses, other than two small children and one woman about two blocks away, when the accident occurred, it is not known whether a preliminary hearing will be held in recorder’s court or whether a coroner’s inquest will be the means of determining whether or not McMahan was to blame for the accident.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, March 30, 1922

N.B. Hoard Shot and Killed While Trying to College Small Debt, March 30, 1922

Killed by Negro Woman

Mr. N.B. Hoard, who was connected with the City Market here for some time, and a son-in-law of Mr. J.W. Smith, was killed by a pistol shot fired by a negro woman in Greenville, S.C., last week. Mr. Hoard, it is said, had gone to the residence of the woman to collect a small debt. The first shot struck him in the face, and he died from the injury on Friday, after lingering two days. The burial took place Saturday at Greenville.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, March 30, 1922

Hollis HIgh School Exercises; Honor Roll for Forest City Public Schools, March 30, 1922

Closing at Hollis High School Successful

The four months’ session of the Hollis high school came to a close Friday, March 24, with appropriate exercises. A two months’ school will be taught later in the summer.

The address was delivered by Mr. Lawton Blanton of the Piedmont high school. Mr. Blanton, a native of Hollis, who has come into prominence as an orator, has already won four medals, the last one being received at Wake Forest College recently. This was a state contest in which 61 contestants took part. He also received a scholarship to Wake Forest College, and will enter school there next fall.

Mozele Gold received the Reciter’s Medal; her reading was “When the Moon Rose.”

Maynard Blanton received the Declamation Medal. His subject: “Spartacus to Gladiators.”

Miss Annie Davis of Green River in Polk County was awarded the scholarship medal. Her average for the year was 96.

A most tempting dinner, served picnic fashion, was very much enjoyed.

The afternoon program was in charge of the primary and grammar grades and consisted of songs, recitations and short dialogues. The children performed well their parts and showed careful training on the part of the teachers.

The teachers in charge of the school the past session were Mr. B.G. Weathers, Misses Alpha Elliott and Estelle Carpenter and was one of the best sessions the school has ever had.

After the exercises, the Parent-Teachers’ Association had a short meeting and elected officers for the coming year.

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Honor Roll

For sixth month of Forest City public schools:

1-A Grade—Claude Haynes, Bunyan Jones.

1-B Grade—Gwendolyn Proctor, Hicks Hill, Jack Cooper, Bertha Baynard, Hull Jones.

1-C Grade—Annie Moore, Evelyn Morehead, Myra Morris, Boyce Covington Jr., Mary F. Harrill, Farmer Thomas, Robert Jackson.

1-D Grade—I.T.D. Philbeck, Charlotte Davis.

2-A Grade—Guy Vess, George Avant, Onieda Leonhardt, Virginia Magness, Howard Magness, Ernest champion.

2-B Grade—Dorothy Green, Alice Fletcher, Paul Hamrick, Zulema Tolleson, Worth Daniel, Bostic Jones, John Blanton, Hilda Settlemyre, Billie Avant.

3-A Grade—No report.

3-B Grade—Alice Owens, Sarah Bridges, Evelyn Jones, George Laughter, Kathrine Moore.

3-C Grade—No report.

4-A Grade—Callie Deane, Blanche Doggett, Katie Hardin.

5th Grade—Roy Watkins, James Thomas, Charles Ford, W.B. Marks, Grace Jones, Bernice Kanipe, Horace Yelton.

6-A Grade—Agnes Davis, Earl Huntley, Marie Huntley, Mary Jones, Mary Mears, Eva Owens.

6-B Grade—Alice Holmes, Sara Ruth Doggett.

7th Grade—Kathryn Barber, Margaret Moore, Leo Padgett, Ruth Doggett.

8th Grade—Alice Barber, Robert Lee Harrill, Hilda McDonald, Hattie Baynard.

9th Grade—Roland Morgan, Wade Matheny, Flora Matheny, Merle Hollifield.

10th Grade—Frank Biggerstaff, Laura Mae Watson, Mattie Lee Flack, Ruth Mears.

11th Grade—Ralph Biggerstaff, Louise Harrill, Helen Covington.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, March 30, 1922

Caroleen Chapter, Eastern Star Officers Installed, March 30, 1922

Caroleen Chapter Officers

Caroleen Chapter, No. 128, O.E.S., held a public installation of officers on the night of March 22nd, with Rev. John S. Wood, Associate Grand Patron, of the Grand Chapter of N.C., as installing officer.

The following officers were installed for the ensuing year:

Worthy Matron—Sister Minnie Allen.

Worthy Patron—Brother B.A. Stalnaker.

Associate Matron—Sister Ammie Wilson.

Secretary—Brother C.C. Wilson.

Treasurer—Brother J.H. Francis.

Conductress—Sister Daisy Roberson.

Associate Conductress—Sister Carrie Robinson.

Chaplain—Brother U.K. Allen.

Marshal—Sister Carrie Hughes.

Organist—Sister Abie Long.

Adah—Sister Florence Queen.

Ruth—Sister Elmira Stalnaker.

Esther—Sister Mary Head.

Martha—Sister Maud Smith.

Electra—Sister Ona Francis.

Warder—Brother R.M. Queen.

Sentinel—Brother E.C. Dobbins. Several short talks were made, which were enjoyed by all present. Refreshments were served during a social hour, which was enjoyed by visitors and members alike.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, March 30, 1922. O.E.S. is Order of Eastern Star.

J.A. Webb of Hickory to Paint Forest City High School, March 30, 1922

Painting of New High School Building Let

Mr. J.A. Webb of Hickory, N.C., has been awarded the contract for the painting of the new Forest City High School building. Mr. Webb makes a specialty of handling large painting jobs and the highest class of work.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, March 30, 1922

Saturday Afternoon in Pittsboro, N.C., July 1939

Folks would come to town on Saturdays in 1939, to shop and to visit. This photo, taken in Pittsboro, Chatham County, N.C., is from the Library of Congress' collection of historic photos.

Local and Personal News From Mocksville and Farmington, N.C., March 29, 1922

Local and Personal News

Cotton is 17 cents.

Get your ink at this office.

Miss Essie Call visited relatives in Advance Friday and Saturday.

R.A. Elam of Iredell County was in town last week on business.

Miss Julia Heitman has returned from a visit to relatives at Salisbury.

Mrs. W.F. Reece of Statesville spent last week in town with friends.

For Sale—A few Black Sumatra game chickens at a bargain. J.L. HOLTON

Miss Mamie Steele of Rockingham is the guest of Miss Sallie Hanes.

The big frost of last week did but little damage to the fruit crop so far as we can learn.

Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Stroud and children spent the week-end with relatives in Statesville.

Claud Miller of Wilkesboro spent several days in town last week (visiting) relatives and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clement and children of Stony Point spent Friday in town with relatives.

Rev. V.M. Swaim of Winston-Salem was in town last week shaking hands with his many friends.

Selected—Rhode-Island Red eggs for hatching $1 for 15 prepaid. ERNEST P. WALKER, Farmington, N.C.

Mr. and Mrs. James Dickerson of Sanford came up last week to spend several days with relatives and friends.

James S. Ratledge set out his cabbage plants in November and on March 20th had white head cabbage for dinner.

B.R. Steelman of R. 2, who has been suffering with flu for the past month, was able to be in town Thursday.

The grading on North Main Street is progressing satisfactorily. The weather was ideal last week and no time was lost.

Extra strong, long rooted, frost proof cabbage plants, 200 post paid ?? cents, prepaid $1.50. B.G. WILLIAMS, Advance, N.C.

W.H. Hobson of Salisbury was in town last week mingling with the court crowd and renewing old acquaintances.

Solicitor Hayden Clement of Salisbury was in town several days last week visiting the court and shaking hands with old friends.

Sweet Feed, chicken feed, cotton seed meal, ship stuff and timothy hay for sale. When in need of feed see us and get our prices. J.P. GREEN MILLING CO.

Sheriff Winecoff and R.S. Powell went to Raleigh Thursday afternoon to carry Lester Cornatzer and I.R. Elam to the penitentiary.

There had been ginned in Davie County up to March 20th, 1,012 bales of cotton, compared with 1,227 bales ginned to the same date last year.

We do all kinds of cabinet work, refinish old furniture, etc. First class work guaranteed. WALKER 7 LANIER, Phone 36.

The smallpox situation in Clarkesville township shows some improvement. There has been no deaths so far from the disease and those first afflicted are getting along nicely. There are no cases in Mocksville at this time.

Second-hand brick, lumber, windows, doors and blinds for sale at Court House, Mocksville, N.C. See J.L. Holton, County Treasurer.

G.W. Ratledge of Woodleaf was among the court crowd last week. George tells us that he is getting along well in the milling business. The flour made by Rice & Ratledge has a ready sale and is hard to beat.

C.H. Allen of Cleveland was courting here last week.

Among the visiting attorneys here last week were Fred M. Parrish, Marshall Mott, A.E. Holton, Brock & Brown of Winston-Salem, Hudson & Hudson, Lee Wright of Salisbury, and Lewis & Lewis of Statesville.

I will sell at public auction for cash on Saturday, April 1st, all my household and kitchen furniture MRS. ALICE CAUBLE. First house below old jail.

W.A Kerr has moved his family from Route 5 to the Griffin house on South Main Street Mr. Kerr has accepted a position with the Martin construction force, who are building the concrete road through Mocksville.

Meyers spray pumps and lime sulphur. Now is the time for second spray. MOCKSVILLE HARDWARE CO.

A better schedule is wanted for Mocksville and other points on N.C. Midland Railroad. A train leaving Winston-Salem about 5 a.m. going south, a train leaving Charlotte about 6 a.m. going north; a train leaving Winston-Salem at 5 p.m. going south, and a train out of Charlotte at 5 p.m. going north, seems to be what the people of Mocksville would like to have. With such a schedule our mail service would be greatly improved, and our citizens could go to Charlotte, Salisbury, Statesville, or Winston-Salem and spend the day, returning same evening. An effort is being made to have such a schedule put into effect this spring.

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Farmington News

The sick folks are all improving at this writing.

Mrs. Wm. Scholtes returned to her home in Winston after a week’s visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Hartman. Mr. Scholtes was a visitor for the week-end.

Kelly Walker of Cooleemee is visiting relatives here.

Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Johnson, Miss Grey and Master Billy motored to King last Friday.

Misses Ruby Armsworthy, Leona Graham and Mary Duncan of Kannapolis visited home folks over the week-end.

The Baptist congregation were given a most interesting missionary service by the young people of their Sunday school Sunday morning. The story of the good Samaritan was dramatized. Then each department of Home and Foreign Mission work was represented by different young people, representing the different countries in Foreign fields and the different phases of the work in the Home fields. Each part was well presented in a very helpful manner. Rev. Hall preached a very helpful sermon following the program.

A crowd of young people gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Graham, Saturday night and gave Gilmer Graham a pleasant surprise in honor of his 17th birthday. The evening was spent in games and music. Refreshments of hot chocolate and cake were served. Gilmer received several gifts from his friends.

The Farmington boys began their baseball sport last week with a game with Jamestown, which resulted in a score of 28 to 6 in favor of Farmington. Our boys will pay N. Winston team next Friday, and on Saturday will play Jamestown again at Farmington. Jamestown expects to have a stronger line-up than last week. Any team wishing to schedule games with Farmington High, write Mr. L.A. Miller, Manager, Farmington. The V.I.S. will give a Community Social next Saturday eve at the school auditorium, beginning at 8 o’clock. An interesting program of music and recitations is being arranged by Misses Holt and Helen Bahnson. Games and contests are planned for both old and young by the recreation committee under the direction of Mr. Miller and his assistants. Other committees are planning for refreshments and general welcome. All are invited. An admission of 10 cents will cover all the fun and eats.

Wes. Johnson, Luke Furches and sons Henry and Douthit attended the baseball game Saturday at High Point between Guilford and Mars Hill Colleges. We understand the score was 11 to 12 in favor of Guilford College.

From The Davie Record, Mocksville, N.C., March 29, 1922

Ads and a Warning That You Can't Open a Fire Hydrant to Wash Your Car, March 29, 1922

Buy an Edison Phonograph at Crawford’s Drug Store; buy horses, cattle, bulls, sheep, pigs, a Ford car, household and farm goods at auction by Furches Brothers; Millinery Opening at J.H. Robertson & Co., Bixby, N.C.; Drugs, stationary, tobacco, candies, light lunches at Hutchins Drug Store in Winston-Salem; Boys Clonthing at Frank A. Stith Co., Winston-Salem; James & Howard Sanitary Market for finest meats; Dr. E.C. Choate, dentist, of Cooleemee, N.C.; Dr. Robt. Anderson, dentist; Dr. A.Z. Taylor, Dentist; and E.H. Morris, attorney-at-law. Report on the condition of The Farmers Bank & Trust Company, and a warning from V.E. Swaim, mayor of Mocksville, that people are not allowed to open fire hydrants to wash their cars or water their animals. From The Davie Record, Mocksville, N.C., March 29, 1922

A Card of Thanks From L.P. Coxwell, March 29, 1922

A Card of Thanks

I want to thank the good ladies and teachers of this little city for the kindness and hospitality that has been shown to my children while here. As we travel along life’s rugged highway, just let us speak a kind word to others, for politeness is cheap; it doesn’t cost anything.

L.P. Coxwell

From The Davie Record, Mocksville, N.C., March 29, 1922

Jones, March, Conrad, Coggins and West Selling Shoes at Jones & Gentry, March 29, 1922

We Are the Boys That Are Selling the Shoes

Photos, left to right, J.A. Jones, Will H. March, Donald Conrad, Will Coggins, Nat West

Jones & Gentry

“The Shoe Men”

447 Trade St., Winston-Salem, N.C.

From The Davie Record, Mocksville, N.C., March 29, 1922

I.R. Elam Writes Stating His Innocence, March 29, 1922

Letter From I.R. Elam

Editor Davie Record:--

I have been informed that the people of Davie county and surrounding territory are under the impression that I plead guilty to the crime I was charged with in your community. That, if investigated, will be found to be a mistake, because I could hardly submit to an awful charge like this, knowing my innocence. When a man’s life is at stake, it is something to study about. All the evidence against me was purely circumstantial. With God’s word to carry with me to the penitentiary at Raleigh, I’m satisfied that I won’t have to stay long, “All things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” Believing this beautiful verse and trusting Him superior in all things is what I rely on as to my return home a better man, standing for all is right and trying to show men the brighter side of life always. I want to thank the kind people of Mocksville, especially the sheriff and his deputies, also Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Tomlinson, for the courtesies extended me during my stay here. Would to God that we had millions of mothers like these, who remember you even inside the prison walls. My thoughts and prayers will always be for this kind of work, and may I ask that I and my dear little family be remembered in your prayers. I fully acknowledge that I have done things unbecoming to a man, but I have never been a crook and I pray for the time that the people of my state will see my name in places besides in the court proceedings. A letter of encouragement often helps people in my condition and any time I hear from any of you, I assure you it will e deeply appreciated. May God’s richest blessings come to each and every one of you.

Respectfully,

I.R. Elam

Mocksville, N.C., March 23, 1922

From the Davie Record, Mocksville, N.C., March 29, 1922

Augustus W. Smith Farm, Furnishings, Animals, Equipment Will Be Auctioned Off March 29, 1922

Hubert Maxwell Kills George Garren Outside Ebenezer Baptist Church, March 28, 1922

George Garren of Fruitland Killed. . . Young Man Fatally Stabbed Saturday Night. . . Hubert Maxwell of Ridge Section Is in Jail Without Bail, Charged With the Killing

George W. Garren of Fruitland was fatally stabbed Saturday night about 7:30 o’clock in the churchyard of Ebenezer Baptist church, and Hubert Maxwell, of the Ridge section, is held without bail in jail here, charged with the murder.

Maxwell was arrested about 30 minutes after the killing. William Wall, a cousin of Garren, rushed with the wounded man to the city, hoping to secure quick medical aid, but Garren died before the automobile reached town. Wall was held in jail here Saturday night but released Sunday under bond, to be a witness.

The fatal cutting was done with a small knife, with a blade about 2 ½ inches. Following an inquest by Dr. B.F. Cliff here Sunday morning, a coroner’s jury returned the verdict “that Garren came to his death by wounds inflicted by a knife in the hands of Maxwell.”

The tragedy occurred, it is stated, while a community singing was in progress in the church. Maxwell is said to have been in the churchyard when Garren drove up in an automobile, the trouble starting as he alighted. Melvin Hill stated that Maxwell cursed Garren two or three minutes previous to the killing. He and Wall are important witnesses, though neither actually witnessed the killing, it is asserted, due to the darkness. They testified that Maxwell and Garren were seen to run around the automobile, and that when they arrived on the scene, they found Garren lying on the ground.

Maxwell is said to have had an ill-feeling toward Garren because the latter was welcomed at the home of Miss Milda Guice, to whom Garren it is reported, was engaged, while Maxwell’s attentions to the young lady’s sister are said to have been discouraged.

Garren, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Garren of Fruitland, was 28 years of age. He was engaged in farming with his father, and, it is stated, was a man of good character, being well thought of in his community.

Maxwell is about the same age, it is stated. He also was a farmer in the Ridge section, where he lived with his mother.

From the front page of The Hendersonville News, March 28, 1922

On Sale at Patterson's Department Store, Hendersonville, March 28, 1922

Jonah McGraw Hospitalized After Pink Sherrill Stabs Him, March 28, 1922

Pink Sherrill Stabs Relative and Is In Jail. . . Jonah McGraw Is in Hospital as Result of Being Seriously Wounded by Brother-in-Law

Jonah McGraw was stabbed and seriously wounded Saturday night by his brother-in-law, Pink Sherrill, on the carnival grounds near the West Hendersonville station. He is in the Patton Memorial hospital with knife wounds in the abdomen, but it is reported his chances are good for recovery. Sherrill is held without bail in jail here, awaiting the outcome of the victim’s condition.

Sherrill was arrested by Policeman Clarence Edney. Officers said both men were intoxicated, and that the quarrel was the culmination of a jealousy that had existed between the two men.

From the front page of The Hendersonville News, March 28, 1922

News From Henderson County, March 28, 1922

Farm and County News

Commencement at Pleasant Hill Was Well Attended

The commencement exercises of Pleasant Hill school Friday evening were well attended. The proceeds from the entertainment amounted to about $25. An excellent program was given, interspersed with music by the Pleasant Hill string band. Miss Pauline Pace won the first prize in the recitation contest. The second prize was won by Miss Marion Pace. James Drake and Fred Drake won the first and second prizes, respectively, in the declamation contest.

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Saconon

Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Marshall of Hendersonville, Route 1, were the weekend guests of the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wade of this section.

Landrum Jones, who has been very sick with flu and pneumonia, is improving.

Mr. and Mrs. O.T. Parry and family, who have been suffering with flu, are improving.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ward of this section had as their dinner guests Sunday, March 26, the following: Mrs. James L. Ward and two sons, Horace and Newton; Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Marshall and little son, Ivory; Miss Nora Bradley, Lawrence Stepp and little sister, Allene.

Lowell and Brownlow Merrell attended church at Dana Baptist church Sunday.

Several of the friends of James L. Ward met at his house Sunday afternoon and took part in a singing.

Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Hyder of Big Hungry section and children, Misses Gracie and Margaret, were the weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. V.A. Byers.

Mr. and Mrs. J.Z. Ward of this section had as their dinner guests Sunday the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.K. Hyder.

--Pet

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Osceola

Mrs. F.M. Drake has as her guest this week her father, W.S. Dedman.

Miss Dorothy Jamison has been visiting her friend, Miss Virginia Wright.

Miss Julie Holcomb, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. S.L. Fisher, has returned to her home in Tuxedo.

A crowd of young girls from this section went on a picnic Saturday to Sunny Oak Mountain. The party was composed of the following: Misses Eunice Edney, Dorothy Jamison, Virginia Wright, Ollie and Sadie Anders. Mrs. J.R. Edney went as chaperone.

Mrs. T.W. Waddell is ill with flu.

Plato and Hubert Edney of Asheville spend the past week-end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Edney.

Mrs. F.M. Drake had as her guests last week Mr. and Mrs. N. Drake and Mr. and Mrs. Ned Drake and little daughter, Elizabeth.

Miss Virginia Wright spent the past week-end with her sister, Mrs. D.W. Jones, on Willow street.

The little son of Ab Summey is ill.

Freeman Thomas lost a fine milch cow last week.

Mrs. Tom Williams is ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Ned Drake and little daughter, Elizabeth, who have been visiting here, have returned to their home in Salisbury.

--Virginia

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Bear Wallow

Mrs. W.A. Pryor is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Huntley at Hooper’s Creek.

Miss Julia Brookshire of Biltmore visited Mrs. Columbus Oates here Sunday.

Mrs. Columbus Oates, who recently broke her arm, is improving nicely.

Miss Marion Pryor is visiting her brother, Berkley Prior at Chimney Rock.

W.S Shitle of Hendersonville was in the Gap Sunday on the way to his old home in the Chimney Rock section.

Luther P. and Thomas L. Oates of Asheville visited Mr. and Mrs. C. Oates Sunday.

Quay Edney of Edneyville visited Mr. and Mrs. Duey Huntley Sunday.

R.H. Wall has gone to Rutherfordton for a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Rutledge Freeman.

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Big Willow

Misses Annie Bell Cantrell and Nellie Mintz spent last Wednesday with Mrs. Wallace Anders of Pleasant Hill.

W.C. Raines, who has been ill, is not improving.

Mrs. W.M. Brown of Pleasant Hill visited her brother, J.W. Mintz, last week.

M.A. Prince lost his mule last week.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mills of Darlington, S.C., March 10, a daughter, Nora Louise. Before here marriage Mrs. Mills was Miss Martha Brown of Pleasant Hill.

J.W. Mintz and J.W. Cantrell made a business trip to Hendersonville Thursday.

Mrs. Martha Drake visited Mrs. J.W. Mintz Thursday.

--Black Eye

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Rugby

J.S. Hefner and son are preparing to build a new mill house here on the Haywood road.

Mrs. Ganard Smith and sister, Miss Daisy Willis, spent Friday with Mrs. R.J. Evans.

Miss Hilda Cathy of Mills River spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. W.N. Evans.

Mrs. Ida Christy has moved to the Merz place in this section.

Mrs. Francis has sold her Mills River farm and moved into this section.

R.J. Evans purchased a fine milch cow recently.

Arnold Liverette had as his dinner guests Sunday, Joe and Sidney Wilfong.

Mont Byers of this section visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Byers of Naples, Sunday.

G.B. Justice, who has been ill for the past week, is improving.

Lock Jamison, Rob, Joe and Jimmie Dalton and Louis Israel attended the carnival at Hendersonville Saturday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Joyce Shook visited Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Smith Sunday.

Turner Evans of Asheville visited his brother, R.V. Evans, Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Ganard Smith spent Sunday with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Smith, at Naples.

Hobert Evans of Asheville visited his father, R.V. Evans, Sunday.

--Brown Eyes

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Summer School at Horse Shoe

Prof. Will Osborne has opened a summer school at Horse Shoe in which he will give instruction in Latin and Algebra.

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Saconon

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Aswood, a son.

B.A. Merrell of this section has been doing some surveying for J.F. Cagle at the Old Blue House Academy, who is dividing his property for his children People of this section are doing some farming and gardening this week.

--Pet

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Blue Ridge

A singing school started at Refuge March 27 with Professor Pane of Asheville as teacher. It will continue for 10 nights, each service beginning at 8 o’clock Walter B. Marshall of Dana and Miss Bernice Case of Flat Rock were quietly married March 25 at Hendersonville. The groom is the son of Thomas Marshall. The bride is the beautiful and attractive daughter of James Case. Both families are well known in this section. Their many friends wish them much happiness and good luck.

Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Pace were dinner guests at J.K. Hill’s Sunday.

A new barn has been built on the J.T. Cagle place.

Misses Nannie, Allie and Ruth Garrett visited Mrs. Nannie Mitchell Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bly Jr. of Hendersonville visited at J.K. Hill’s Sunday.

--Mary Jane

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Pleasant Hill

A very large crowd attended prayer meeting and song service Sunday evening at Pleasant Hill. Great interest is being taken in these services.

Mr. and Mrs. Quay Drake and H.E. Drake visited their mother, Mrs. E.A. Drake, Saturday night and Sunday.

Rev. J.L. Ross will preach next Sunday at 3 o’clock at the church here. This will be Mr. Ross’ first time to serve the people since he was called as pastor.

The entertainment at Pleasant Hill school last Friday night was thought to be a great success. The school throughout the term has been very successfully taught by Miss Corpening as principal.

An auto turned over a 20-foot embankment on the Mt. Hebron road Sunday night, seriously injuring J.B. Patterson, the only one who was hurt.

Mrs. Arthur Blythe is very ill with flu.

George and Archibald Drake are seriously sick, having been poisoned by poison ash. (Also called poison sumac.)

Mr. and Mrs. Jim Price and family, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk McCrary and family, visited Mrs. Jim Gilbert of Big Willow Sunday.

Mrs. W.E. Huggins of West Hendersonville has been visiting relatives here recently.

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Brown were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sing Drake Sunday.

The farmers of this section are getting very busy now and planting gardens.

Mr. Lester, the landscape gardener, who was here last summer, is again in this section. Mr. Lester’s home is in Sioux City, Iowa, but he has been in Knoxville, Tenn., for the past winter.

Mr. and Mrs. Neal Drake visited Mrs. Drake’s sister at Pleasant Grove Sunday.

--Overalls

From The Hendersonville News, March 28, 1922

Developer Felix Lake Buys Patterson's Mt. Echo Property, March 29, 1922

Mt. Echo Property Sold to Felix Lake. . . Washington Real Estate Man Buys Patterson Place. . . Beautifully Situated Tract West of City Sold Saturday; Will be Much Improved

The beautiful Mt. Echo property of J.H. Patterson was sold Saturday to Felix Lake of Washington, D.C., by the local real estate agency, Smith, Jackson & Morris. This property comprises 20 acres of land and a large, commodious summer home, which is situated on the tiptop of the mountain west of Hendersonville. A wonderful panoramic view is possible from this estate.

Mr. Lake is a Washington real estate dealer. He became interested in Hendersonville through Fassifern School for Girls, where his daughter is now enrolled. He recently bought the Ewart property on Third Avenue, West, and has bought the Patterson property, it is said, for his daughter.

Mr. Lake contemplates, it is stated, many improvements of the former Patterson place, both in the buildings and grounds, with a view to making it one of the loveliest of the small estates in this section of the country.

The Ewart place is already undergoing improvement, which, it is estimated, will mean an outlay of several thousands of dollars. A large force is at work laying out roads, building drives, and beautifying the 50 acres of grounds contained in this estate. With these improvements, and substantial remodeling and added building, Mr. Lake proposes to make of the Ewart property a model estate.

From the front page of The Hendersonville News, March 28, 1922

Debate Over Route of Proposed Paved Road to Buncombe, March 28, 1922

Two Proposed Routes to Buncombe for Paved Road Elicit Argument. . . Rugby Route Strongly Supported by Mills River Section; Old Route Exponents Say They Represent County’s Permanent Interests

Great interest is centering upon the special meeting of the county commissioners called for Wednesday, March 29, to take action concerning the proposed hard-surfaced road from Hendersonville to the Buncombe county line.

At that meeting the report of the engineers n the survey will be heard from. Road trustees and all citizens and property owners affected by or interested in the location of this road are invited to be present and submit their views.

The commissioners must decide over two possible routes: the old route via Balfour, Hillgirt, Naples, Fletcher; and the new route via Mills River road to Rugby, Naples, Fletcher.

A page advertisement in this issue of The News and signed by 82 citizens is evidence of the support given by advocates of the new route, who assert that “the two lines are almost exactly the same length,” and “that there would not be any substantial difference in the cost of construction.”

The crux of the argument for the Rugby road is that it is better for Henderson county to have two good roads serving different sections than to tear up one good road in order to build a better one in the same place, and that the larger interests of the county would be served in the building of this road through the Mills River section. Those who oppose changing the route by building via Rugby state that the cost of building a hard-surfaced highway to the Buncombe county line via the Mills River section would cost the county many thousands of dollars more, and that it is not at all evident that changing the route would serve any larger number of people. They say also that the old route is more direct. They hold, too, that much of the tourist travel would pass Hendersonville, and Henderson county, if the paved route should go by Rugby, in that the distance to Asheville for those coming from Brevard would be lessened.

From the front page of The Hendersonville News, March 28, 1922

Deaths, Explosion, Other News From N.C., March 27, 1922

State News Briefs

Killed As He Slept

Gastonia, March 25—Harry Shuford, aged 30, well known manufacturer of this city, was found dead in his room at a hotel in Bessemer City this morning, his skull crushed. The door was locked and the windows fastened and the affair is a mystery. He had evidently been killed while he slept. Announcement of his approaching marriage in April had been made only a short while ago.

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Still Explosion Fatal

Rocky Mount, March 26—A.E. Addeholt, a farmer who operated a small store in Nash County, was burned to death Sunday in a fire that destroyed his home, thought to have started from the explosion of a still in the house, which it is believed he was operating. His wife and niece barely escaped with their lives.

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Hurt Blowing Up Stumps

Tarboro, March 25—W.L. Reasons of Pinetops, near here, was seriously and probably fatally injured yesterday morning while using dynamite to blow up a stump on the farm. The fuse had been lighted and after waiting for some time without any explosion, Mr. Reasons decided that it had gone out and started to relight a fuse.

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Sea Mystery Echo

Beaufort, March 25—A bottle containing a note purporting to be signed by an engineer aboard the navy Collier Cyclops, which disappeared at sea in 1917, was picked up today northeast of Cape Lookout. The note stated that a German submarine was close by, that all hands had been ordered on board the U-boat and that the Cyclops was to be torpedoed.

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Conductor Drops Dead

North Wilkesboro, March 25—C.F. Crutchfield, freight conductor in the employ of the Southern railway for the past 12 years, with a run between here and Winston-Salem, dropped dead while on his way from his train to his home here Thursday, heart disease causing is death. The body was carried to Greensboro for burial today.

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Study County Government

Raleigh, March 25—Governor Morrison has announced the personnel of a commission to study county government and make recommendations as to changes he thinks needed. L.W.H. Stone, J.E. Latham and M. Scales, all of Greensboro, are members of the committee from Guilford county.

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Killed in Churchyard

Asheville, March 25—G.W. Garren was stabbed through the heart in a churchyard near here Friday night by Hubert Maxwell. Garren was engaged to have been married in a short while.

From the Greensboro Patriot, Monday, March 27, 1922

Glove Catches in Machinery, Kills Hiram Vestal, 17, March 27, 1922

Fall Against Saw Fatal for Youth

Hiram G. Vestal, aged 17, died in a hospital here Saturday morning from injuries received when he was thrown against the saw of a saw mill at Siler City Thursday. The dogs on the carriage of the mill were not working right, and the young man reached out to fix them when one of his gloves was caught by a bolt on the carriage and he was whirled against the saw. His right leg was sliced off at the hip, and he was otherwise injured.

Friday his body was taken to Siler City, where funeral services and interment were held Saturday afternoon.

He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Vestal, and one sister, Mrs. C.C. Richardson, all of Siler City.

From the Greensboro Patriot, Monday, March 27, 1922

Pleasant Garden Defeats Jamestown; Brightwood Wins over Mount Vernon, March 27, 1922

Pleasant Garden Team Is Winner Over Jamestown

Pleasant Garden high school baseball team defeated Jamestown high school Friday afternoon at Jamestown, 19 to 5. Heavy slugging marked the game. Batteries: Pleasant Garden, Tucker and Donnell; Jamestown, Willard and Wiley.

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Brightwood’s Team Wins From Mount Vernon Boys

Brightwood defeated Mount Vernon in an 11 inning game of baseball at Mount Vernon Saturday afternoon, 10 to 9. Batteries: Brightwood, Jessup, Schoolfield and Wyrick: Mount Vernon, Murphy, Doggett and Sommers.

From the Greensboro Patriot, Monday, March 27, 1922

Deaths of Sarah Clegg, 79, and Brantley McAdoo, 73, March 27, 1922

Recent Deaths

Mrs. Sarah J. Clegg

Mrs. Sarah J. Clegg, aged 79, the widow of I.H. Clegg, died at her home on South Spring street here Saturday morning after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the home, conducted by Rev. J. Clyde Turner, D.D., Pastor of the First Baptist church. Burial was made in Green Hill cemetery.

Mrs. Clegg was a native of Chatham county, but had lived here for the past 38 years. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. O.W. Monroe and Miss Connie Clegg, of this city, and four sons, W.F. Clegg, L.L. Clegg, and C.B. Clegg, of this city, and Thomas D. Clegg of the western part of the state.

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Brantley F. McAdoo

Brantley F. McAdoo, aged 73, died at a hospital here Thursday. Funeral services were held here at Buffalo Presbyterian church. Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. E. Frank Lee. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Mr. McAdoo had lived in Guilford county and Greensboro all his life. He leaves a niece and five nephews, Mrs. W.M. Ridenhour, E.A. McAdoo, A.S. McAdoo, J.H. McAdoo, W.F. McAdoo, all of Greensboro, and J.H. McAdoo of Charlotte.

From the Greensboro Patriot, Monday, March 27, 1922

Murder of Harry Shuford Disguised as Suicide, March 26, 1922

Harry Shuford Found Slain in Bessemer City. . . Pistol Wound in Temple Obscured Complete Fracture of the Skull. . . Suicide Is Flouted. . . Murder Theory Is Accepted Although the Circumstances Are Bewildering

Gastonia, March 25—Harry Shuford, a brother-in-law of Solicitor George W. Wilson and prominently connected in Gaston County, was found dead in his room at the Bessemer City Hotel Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock with a pistol wound through his right temple, the pistol lying by his hand, and with a lager wound just above his right temple, a half-inch long and three-fourths of an inch deep, which had been inflicted by some heavy instrument.

The first theory that Mr. Shuford had committed suicide was flouted later when an autopsy was made by Dr. L.N. Glenn, county physician, which revealed that the instrument which produced the larger wound on the right side of his head had produced a complete fracture of the skull.

The mystery incidental to the finding of Mr. Shuford’s body rivals the enigma shrouding any murder ever committee in the annals of Gaston County, local officers declare.

Mr. Shuford was lying in his bed in the hotel, in the room which he customarily occupied, and was beneath two heavy army blankets. When his body was discovered, there was no unkemptness disclosed. He seemed to be lying just as he had gone to bed, without any of the bed clothes being ruffled and without any semblance of disarrangement in the room. The pistol was lying near his right hand, but there was no trace of any other of the probable instruments that, physicians say, produced death.

Suicide Theory Dismissed

Every vestige of suspicion that Mr. Shuford had committed suicide was soon dismissed after Dr. Glenn performed the autopsy and found that the bullet from the pistol had ranged directly through the right temple and lodged in the opposite side of his head, a small bullet from a .25-caliber gun, and that this shot had evidently been fired by Mr. Shuford’s assassins in the hope of concealing the fact of the murder. The coroner’s jury, which began an investigation of the murder about noon Saturday, heard evidence form Dr. Glenn and others to the effect that, in their judgment, the murderer or murderers fired the pistol shot merely for purposes of concealing their crime and to create the impression that Mr. Shuford had shot himself. The theory of suicide was generally accepted during the early hours after announcement was made of the finding of his body. First examinations revealed only the small wound in his right temple. When Dr. Glenn, however, began an investigation, he found the larger wound, an ugly gash above the pistol wound, had been concealed by clotted blood. The extent of the blow delivered upon the head of Mr. Shuford was not indicated until the autopsy was made and the skull found to have been fractured clear around.

Room Was Locked

The theory of murder has been universally accepted, although circumstances are bewildering. Mr. Shuford’s room was locked from the inside, by means of a latch. It was opened only after the hotel proprietor had gotten a pass-key Saturday at 10:30 o’clock and entered the room. How entrance could have been affected stands out as one of the most baffling phases of the murder. The room occupied by Mr. Shuford was on the second floor of the hotel and there were no signs that entrance had been affected from the exterior. The condition of the room also indicated the presence of no intruders or that there had been a struggle between the dead man and his attackers. However, the theory of suicide has been completely abandoned and the coroner’s jury, which adjourned late Saturday, will be reconvened Sunday morning to continue its inquiries to verify the belief of murder.

Mr. Shuford did not go to his room until 1 o’clock Saturday morning. The night watchman at the McLean Mills, in the offices of which the slain man was employed, talked to him while he was putting his car in the garage prior to going to the hotel and it was then about 1 o’clock, the watchman said. Mr. Shuford had been over to Mount Holly to visit Miss Ruth Ensor, a student at Queens College of Charlotte before the Christmas holidays, and to whom he was engaged to be married in April. According to reports from the Ensor home, Mr. Shuford left there about 10 Friday night, came through Gastonia and stopped at a local café about 11:30 and was next seen by the night watchman between 12:30 and 1 o’clock. Mr. Shuford was traveling in a new car which he had just purchased Friday.

Saw People in Room

A mill operative, who lives within 50 yards of the hotel, is the only witness found so far who throws any light at all on the supposition of murder. He said that when the whistles blew about 4:30 o’clock Saturday morning, he got up and was occupying himself about his home when he noticed a light in the hotel room of Mr. Shuford and distinctly saw the forms of three men silhouetted against the background. This man’s first statement to this effect was unimpressive in view of the generally-accepted theory of suicide, but later his testimony was regarded as furnishing the only basis for the officers to begin their investigation of the murder. The operative said he was not particularly impressed at the time the sight of the men in Mr. Shuford’s room.

When found, Mr. Shuford had $30 in his pocket, which adds a further complication to the mystery. The suspicion that robbery might have been a motive for the crime is upset by the presence of this money unless it can be developed that Mr. Shuford was carrying a much larger sum and that his assassins left this to cover up their tracks. Mr. Shuford had deposited a few days ago $4,000 in one of the Gastonia banks, his share of the estate of his late father, the administration upon which had just been concluded, and this money remains to his credit in the bank.

Popular Young Man

Mr. Shuford was regarded as one of the most prominent and promising young business men of the county, with wide family connections and generally popular in Gastonia where he was born and reared, as well as in Bessemer City, his business home. For several years he has occupied a position in the offices of the management of McLean Mills.

He was a son of the late former sheriff of the county, M.H. Shuford, and is survived by three sisters and two brothers, the sisters being Mrs. George W. Wilson, wife of the solicitor of this judicial district; Mrs. R.M. Reid and Miss Laura Shuford, and S.S. Shuford, all these of Gastonia, and J. Oscar Shuford of Lincolnton.

Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the residence of R.M. Reid and will be in charge of the pastor of the First Methodist Church, of which Mr. Shuford was a member.

From the front page of the Charlotte News, Sunday, March 26, 1922

Charles Miller, Moving to Mooresville, Injured When Truck Falls Down Enbankment, March 26, 1922

Moving Truck Tumbles Over. . . Falls Down Embankment Near Town; Load of Furniture Smashed

Charles Miller, who was moving from Greenville, S.C., to Mooresville, suffered painful injuries and the breaking up of a quantity of his household goods Saturday afternoon at 5 o’clock when the two-ton truck in which he was transporting his belongings rolled over the embankment at the bridge on the Dowd Road, near the Elizabeth Mills.

The truck belonged to T.H. Fairchild of Greenville, who was driving it. The furniture on the van was pretty badly broken up in the accident and the truck was injured to some extent. Mr. Miller suffered burns form gasoline when the gasoline became ignited. He was taken to St. Peter’s Hospital for treatment but was able to leave the hospital later in the evening. His family were not with him in the wreck but were coming later. Mr. Fairchild, the driver of the truck, escaped injury.

Motorcycle Officer Will McGraw went to the scene of the accident. He found that four cars had stopped near the bridge to let the heavily loaded truck pass over the bridge and was told that the driver of an automobile coming behind the truck cut around ahead of it, causing the driver of the truck to veer so close to the embankment that his truck slipped over and went down.

From the Charlotte News, Sunday, March 26, 1922

Charlotte City News Briefs, March 26, 1922

City News Told in Tabloid Form

--Miss Winfred Harmon, who underwent an operation for appendicitis Thursday morning at the Mercy hospital, is resting very nicely.

--Col. Bob Wallace of Eastfield is improving after being critically ill for 10 days at his home. His condition was reported Saturday as much improved.

--The ladies of the First Reformed Presbyterian church will give an Old Maid’s convention in the Sunday school building of Brevard street Methodist church Tuesday night at 8 o’clock.

--S.W. Rabb, principal of the schools at Laurinburg, was a Charlotte visitor Saturday en route to Davidson to witness the baseball game between Davidson and Erskine, Mr. Rabb being a graduate of the latter institution.

--Clarence W. Alexander, salesman of the Hardaway-Hecht Company, who has lived in Lincolnton for some time, has moved with is family to Charlotte, his former home, and will reside here in the future.

--Employes of the Bell Telephone Company will present a minstrel show at the Alexander Graham High School building March 28 at 8:15 o’clock, the promoters announcing that an elaborate program is being provided for that occasion.

--Principal Plaxco of the Matthews High School has announced that Rev. R.C. Grier, president of Erskine College, has been engaged to preach the annual commencement sermon in connection with the closing of that school, the baccalaureate to be preached Sunday, April 9.

--W.C. Dowd will be the speaker at the Second Presbyterian Church Sunday morning in connection with the presentation of the cause of the Associated Charities by laymen of the city to all the congregations, his name having been added to the committee to those already published.

--The meeting of men and boys of the city at the Y.M.C.A. Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock will e addressed by Bertram A. Shuman of Buenos Aires, secretary of the Y.M.C.A. in that city which has a membership of 4,000. Mr. Shuman will also be one of the speakers at the latter meeting in the Association for men generally.

--The real estate firm of W.C. Harris & Company, which has for some time been located in the Galloway building adjoining The News office on South Church, has moved into new quarters in the Mutual Building and Loan building at 7 East Third street. The new building is now completed and ready for occupancy.

--At a meeting held with the Friendship Baptist Church during the week, the commission appointed by the Negro Ministerial Alliance to consider the proposition brought by Dr. W.H. Fraser of the Kiwanis Club, to beautify the city, was endorsed and it was decided to recommend that the negroes of Charlotte co-operate in the promotion of this movement. Workers were appointed at the meeting to launch the drive at once.

--125 girls and women are now numbered among the swimming classes which are being taught by the instructors at the Y.W.C.A. Misses Morrell and Haedecke and many others are registered for later classes. Association officials express themselves as pleased with the enthusiasm which the women of the city are showing in this new enterprise. New classes will be started April 15 for which registrations are now allowable.

--The demonstrations in cooking and the use of gas by Mrs. S.R. Dull to be held in Charlotte daily during the week of April 3 will be held at3 O’clock in the afternoon instead of during the morning in order to give housekeepers who do their own work an opportunity to attend, according to an announcement by J.A. Forney, manager of the gas department of the Southern Public Utilities Company. Accommodations for cooks will also be provided. The forthcoming demonstration will e held in the display room at the Mercantile building.

From the Charlotte News, Sunday, March 26, 1922

Elon College Wins Debates With Guilford College, March 26, 1922

Elon Wins Both Debates

Elon College, March 25—Elon scored a double win in the inter-collegiate debate held last night between that institution and Guilford College. At Elon the decision was unanimous in favor of the Elon representatives, and at Guilford College the decision resulted n a two-to-one victory for Elon’s speakers.

From the Charlotte News, Sunday, March 26, 1922

College to Broadcast Lectures by Radiophone, March 26, 1922

Lectures by Radiophone

Medford, Mass., March 25—A course of lectures by radiophone are to be started soon by leading members of the faculty of Tufts College, it was announced today.

From the Charlotte News, Sunday, March 26, 1922

State Considers Selling Shares in State Railroad, March 25, 1922

Will Consider Sale of State Railroad

By Max Abernethy

Raleigh, March 25—Appointment of a commission of five members by Governor Morrison to consider the feasibility of selling the state’s interest in the North Carolina Railroad and Atlantic and North Carolina road was announced yesterday.

Col. Beneham Cameron, Statesville, is chairman; Maj. W.C. Heath, Monroe; C.W. Bradham, New Bern; Tom Bowie, Jefferson; and A.J. Draper, Charlotte, constitute the commission named by the governor. Colonel Cameron and Mr. Bowie were members of the 1921 Legislature, and it was that body which enacted a law authorizing the appointments of the commission. Recommendations, if there are any, will be made to the 1923 Legislature, and in the event the commission has none to offer it is expected to make a formal report of some kind.

The State’s interest in the two roads is well up into the millions, although nobody knows just how much. It cannot be determined just what the State could get for its railroad stock until it goes in the market for bidders. Governor Morrison has insisted several times that North Carolina’s interest in these railroads would liquidate the State’s indebtedness.

It was Mr. Bowie who proposed the sale of the railroads with the suggestion that the proceeds be used by the State to develop the “Lost Provinces” in the western part of North Carolina, including Ashe, Alleghany and adjacent counties. The East, Mr. Bowie insists, is well provided with railroads while the Ashe-Alleghany section has none. Commissioner of Revenue A.D. Watts expects to find several thousand citizens who should have made their income tax returns to the State department but who overlooked it. The final date is May 15, although taxes paid after March 15 will be paid with a 5 per cent penalty.

“We are not checking the list we sent out with the returns which have been received, said Col. Watts today. “We are very busy, but who has not and why.”

State Treasurer Ben Lacy is spending several weeks with relatives in Fayetteville recuperating from a severe attack of illness which came upon him while he was in New York City signing $4 ½ million worth of North Carolina bonds.

From the Hickory Daily Record, March 25, 1922

Successful Highland Graded School Play Raises $100, March 25, 1922

Large Audience Witnesses Play

The Highland graded school auditorium was used for the first time at any entertainment last night when the members of the school presented the play, “Valley Farm,” a delightful comedy-drama in four acts, to a full house, the auditorium accommodating about 400 persons.

The young people taking part in the play acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner and drew tremendous applause. It was the best entertainment of its kind and was deserving of the liberal patronage that was given it. The proceeds amounted to well above a hundred dollars. Misses Rosa Sox and Lula Yount coached the young people in the parts and to them as well as the players is due much of the credit for the fine entertainment.

The cast of characters is as follows:

Harold Rutledge, a young New Yorker—Everett Sox.

Perry Dean, a son of the soil—Zeb Brown.

David Hildreth, a New York lawyer—Russell Yount.

Silas Holcomb, owner of Valley Farm, Mack Little.

Azariah Keep, a clock tinker—Samuel Sox.

Jennings, servant at the Rutledge Mansion—James White.

Hetty Holcomb, a country flower transplanted to the city soil—Edna Sigmon.

Isabel Carney, niece of David Hildreth—Zettah Newton.

Mrs. Rutledge, Harold’s mother—Claudia Sherrill.

Alvira Holcomb, sister of Silas—Irene Sox.

Lizy Ann tucker who borrows but “never gossips”—Nettie Hawn.

Verbena, hired girl of the farm—Lois Bowman.

From the Hickory Daily Record, March 25, 1922

J.H. Shuford Shares Baker Family History, March 25, 1922

Some Baker History

By J.H. Shuford

When I was writing a history of the Shuford family my brother, A.A. Shuford, told his wife that I did not say enough about the Baker family. Our mother was Catherine Baker, who married Jacob Shuford in 1829. I went to school in Pennsylvania in 1871-1872-1873-1874. My college days were spent in Montgomery county Pennsylvania where Ursinus College is located. My grandfather was John Baker, who was born in 1775 and came from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Peter Baker was a pioneer preached (two words that make no sense to me—sh shrdlu) was a preacher in the Lunkards church. He was a leader in that church in his days. He preached in Montgomery, Pa. When I went to school in Pa. I saw many people who were members of the Dunkard church. (Is it Luncards church or Dunkard church? Probably Dunkard, because it was spelled this way on subsequent sentences.)

Peter Baker also preached in Lancaster county, Berks county, Dauflin (Dauphin) county and Lebron county. (There is no Lebron county today, but perhaps there was one at one time?) Peter Baker died in 1734. My grandfather, John Baker, was a member of the Dunkard church. The Dunkard church in Pennsylvania was founded in 1708 by Alexander Mack. Peter Baker was a minister under Mack. He died in 1735. I often heard my mother say that her father and mother were members of the Dunkard church. In the course of time the Dunkard church in Lincoln county, N.C., died out and most of the Bakers who were descendants of John Baker and wife became members of the Baptist church. My mother became a member of the Reformed church. She once said to me that she joined the Reformed church under Rev. John Fritchey and was taken in the church at St. Paul’s church which is near Newton. In the summer of 1871 I left home for Usinus College, Pa. When I told her good bye she said to me, you must go and see father Fritchey. In the spring of 1872 I made a visit to Lancaster, Pa., and spent a night in the home of father Fritchey and family.

The name Baker was first spelt Becker. They were good cooks and knew how to bake good bread and other good things, and they changed their name to Baker. My mother was a fine cook. She knew how to bake good bread, fires, and how to fry meat in the skillet.

From the Hickory Daily Record, March 25, 1922

Elizabeth Bain, "The Lady with the Smile" To Address Rotary Club, March 25, 1922

Miss Bain Unusual Speaker

Miss Elizabeth Bain, who will give talks in Hickory in April under the auspices of the Rotary club is said to be the first woman who has ever been asked to address Rotary clubs on social hygiene. The rotary clubs of Charlotte and Hickory are among the first organizations in the south to hear her. Miss Bain has been in Texas lately helping the government’s work with soldiers and the nickname given her by our soldiers in France has been revived in Texas. Soldiers call her “The Lady with the Smile” and in the letter file of the American Social Hygiene Association, to whose lecture staff Miss Bain belongs, there is a letter from an ex-soldier, which explains why the soldiers gave her the title. In writing to ask for a booklet, Miss Bain had advised him to get and read, the ex-soldier says:

“Miss Bain didn’t scowl at us nor iower(glower?) at us, nor chunner at us, nor look at us like we were worms. She talked to us friendly and smiled. I reckon she’s got more friends in the army than anybody else and it’s all because of the way she has. She’s got a regular honest to goodness home folks smile.”

From the Hickory Daily Record, March 25, 1922. To chunner someone is to talk tiresomely or at length; to chatter on. I wish I could have found a photo of Miss Bain smiling.

Chief Powers Makes Madison County's Largest Haul, March 24, 1922

Biggest Haul Yet

On last Thursday, March 16th, three strange cars passed through going in the direction of Tennessee. Chief Powers became suspicious and got ready for their return. The sheriff and other officers being out of town the chief secured the aid of Troy Rector and Sam Bailey, and got in a car and located themselves in the road near W.V. Farmers and waited for the return of the suspicious cars. About 1 o’clock the cars made their appearance, a new Buick leading the procession and considerable in advance of the other cars. This car was stopped by the officers and searched but had no whiskey.

Clarence Anders and another party from Asheville, was in charge and (although?) Anders was arrested, the other man made his escape. In about five minutes two Ford cars drove up. The inmates of the first car were immediately put under arrest by the chief while Troy Rector made his way back to the third or last car, where there was also two men, one of them being Vernon Bailey and an unknown man who both ran. Rector called the chief, who left the car he had in custody with Sam Bailey and went to Rector’s aid. The officers chased the fleeing parties who began to shoot and the officers returned the shots, which resulted in a general fusillade. Bailey was captured by the officers while the other man made his escape. The officers returned with Bailey to the starting point and found that the second car and three men had escaped from Sam Bailey and made their final getaway. It was impossible to give chase to that car for the reason that they already had two cars and two prisoners then in custody. After the mist had cleared away it was found that one of the men (was?) Vernon Bailey who was arrested is the same Bailey who had played such an active part in Asheville. He is now under sentence for 10 years in the state’s prison for murder and is waiting the result of the Supreme Court. When arrested Bailey had on his person a .32 colt, most of the shells being empty having just previously engaged the officers. The party who was with Bailey that got away was pursued so closely by the officers that he ran out of his overcoat and the officers still have the coat as evidence of the race. After arriving at Marshall the officers found that they had captured one new Buick car, one new Ford car, 66 gallons of whiskey, a .32 colt pistol and a good overcoat. This is the largest capture ever made in the county and speaks highly for the officers who raided this number of cars and men in the night time under unequal terms.

The officers did not expect to find so many cars and so many men when they went out, if so they would have taken a force to have handled the whole bunch. However they done well, much better than could have been expected under the circumstances. Anders and Bailey were placed in jail on Friday. They were brought before Roy Gudger and Bailey’s bond was fixed at $4,000 and Anders at $2,000. They made bond and were released. Since the above capture we notice from the Asheville papers that Anders has been sentenced to the roads of Buncombe County for a term of 18 months for carrying a concealed weapon in Buncombe County. So Madison County will not get the use of either Bailey’s or Anders’ service for quite a while yet.

From The News-Record, Marshall, Madison County, N.C., Friday, March 24, 1922.

Scott Dillingham Sure Arrest Is a Mistake, March 24, 1922

Dillingham Back in Jail Wearing Same Old Smile. . . Is Now Held on Larceny Warrant Brought From South Carolina

Back in his old cell in the county jail, Scott Dillingham is still smiling the same old smile, and assuring is friends he will soon be out again.

Dillingham was arrested at 10 o’clock yesterday morning by members of the sheriff’s department on a warrant charging larceny brought from Greenville, S.C., by Sheriff Rector of that county.

The charge is brought as the outgrowth of an old case, reported settled. Dillingham was at work in his place of business at 63 Biltmore Avenue, where he is manager of the Asheville Auto exchange, where the papers were served.

With the warrant requisition and extradition papers were served, signed by the governors of the two Carolinas. In a fight against extradition Dillingham has through counsel instituted habeas corpus proceedings.

Habeas Corpus Hearing Set for Today

Hearing of the proceedings will be before Judge Thomas J. Shaw, presiding over Buncombe Superior Court at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Representing Dillingham will be the firm of Reynolds and Reynolds, Judge Thomas A. Jones, and Judge Philip C. Cocks.

For the plaintiffs in the bringing of the warrant Sheriff Rector has engaged Attorney Mark W. Brown.

Concerning his present position Dillingham said last night, when interviewed at the jail by a representative of The Citizen:

‘This case is the result of a civil suit brought jointly against myself and W.M. Jackson by a Greenville partnership. The charged I got a Ford touring car from them and did not pay them. The value of the car was fixed at $262.50. On my return to Asheville, when I began straightening up my affairs to start all over again, I settled with P.C. Perkins, one of the partners, by paying him $450. I have is receipt.

“The charge then pending against me in Greenville was not prossed by the solicitor there, and the solicitor’s signed non-suit is now on file in the office of Sheriff Lyerly.

“Now A.J. Carpenter, the partner of Perkins, comes forward and says Perkins did not have the right to settle, and that he (Carpenter) is not satisfied with his share. Carpenter is asking for $800 in settlement for his claim, and started these proceedings.

“A am sure everything will be straightened out this afternoon and that I will be allowed to make bond and get out to settle this matter which I have already done.”

From The Asheville Citizen as reprinted on the front page of The News-Record, Marshall, Madison County, N.C., Friday, March 24, 1922. The Madison County Record was established in 1901 and the French Broad News in 1907; the two newspapers consolidated in 1911.

Mars Hill Baseballers Beat Marshall Nine, March 24, 1922

Mars Hill Baseballers Uncork Swat Season in Western Carolina

Mars Hill college baseballers pushed off to sea Saturday by defeating the strong Marshall nine in the opening game of the season at the “Planet base” by the score of 7 to 1.

With weather conditions encouraging, the game was a good exhibition of early spring ball. Coach Roberts tried out a multitude of new players of promise and was satisfied with the showing made by them.

The Mars Hill men hit the ball hard at times and this bunching of hits accounts for the majority of scores piled up against the visiting team.

The summary:

Base on balls: off Metcalf 2; Goode 5. Hit by pitched ball, Berry, Struck out; Davis 6; Metcalf 3; Allen 2; Goode 12. Two-base hits: Hutchins 2; W.A. Davis and Briggs.

W.A. Davis, pitching for Mars Hill, was a twirler in the Western North Carolina league last year, playing on the Asheville club during the latter part of the season.

From the Asheville Times, as reprinted on the front page of The News-Record, Marshall, Madison County, N.C., Friday, March 24, 1922. The Madison County Record was established in 1901 and the French Broad News in 1907; the two newspapers consolidated in 1911.

Loving Farewell to Little Agnes Miriam, Daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Woodson, March 24, 1922

In Memory of Little Agnes Miriam, Daughter of Rev. and Mrs. R.S. Woodson

Marshall, N.C., R.F.D. No. 5

The sun from a cloudless sky was just peeping over the eastern hills when the cruel death minister visited our home on February 24, 1922, taking from our fond embrace our precious infant daughter Agnes Miriam. She was born on August 19th of the preceding year; so her stay here on earth was only six short months and five days.

The illness of our little Agnes was of only a few hours duration. At 9 o’clock p.m. on Thursday, she was stricken suddenly with what the doctor diagnosed as congestion of the brain. She died the following morning at 8 o’clock.

She had always been a very bright and cheerful child. She had a smile for every one and was loved by all who knew her. She was laughing with those around her only a few moments before being stricken with the fatal malady.

She had always been the very picture of health having never been seriously ill in her life When she straightened out her plump little body and closed her own brown eyes, it was hard to realize that it was Death claiming our own—We had seen her close those precious eyes so many times for a refreshing nap, to awake always laughing and ready to play. After death had done its work it seemed that little Agnes was only sleeping.

How empty our arms and home seem without our darling! It seemed our brightest hopes were crushed when they closed that little white casket. But we can look beyond this shadow and catch a vision of her over yonder in the arms of the Good Shepherd. And while she was taken from us at such a very tender age, we know she is where she will never want for anything. No harm nor danger can touch her.

She leaves a father and mother, one small brother and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dolman Bradburn and Rev. J.A. Martin, after which the little body was carried to the family burying plot, just across the hill from the home, where it was laid to rest to await the summons that will call her from the grave a bright and shining little angel—

So good bye, little Agnes;

It’s strangely sad to all;

But it has pleased the Father,

And we yield to His call.

There is a home in Heaven;

The Bible tells us so;

To you it will be given

To that dear place to go.

“Forbid not little children,”

The loving Savior said;

So you will be there with Him

When graves give up the dead.

It will not be forever,

But just a brief meanwhile,

Till we shall cross the river,

And meet your same sweet smile.

You were our joy while living;

Your death has given pain;

But we will live for Jesus,

And shall have you again.

From the front page of The News-Record, Marshall, Madison County, N.C., Friday, March 24, 1922.

Mrs. F.S. Gorenflo, 38, Death Announcement, March 24, 1922

Mrs. F.S. Gorenflo

Mrs. F.S. Gorenflo, age 38, of 2900 Williams street, died at a local sanitarium Thursday afternoon at 4:45 o’clock on February 22nd, 1922, following a 10-day illness. She is survived by her husband, F.S. Gorenflo, three sons, John, James and Fred; three daughters, Sarah, Edith and Helen Gorenflo; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Warner of Hot Springs, N.C., three brothers and two sisters. She was a member of Emerald Avenue Presbyterian church of Knoxville. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

There was a large gathering of the people of Hot Springs and vicinity at the funeral services of Mrs. F.S. Gorenflo Sunday afternoon at 1:30 February 26th, 1922, in the Presbyterian Church. Rev. R.I. Gamon, D.D., of Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted the services.

Mrs. Gorenflo has been an exemplary Christian since her childhood and was greatly beloved by all who knew her. She was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church. At the time of her death she was a resident of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She passed away at a local sanitarium in Chattanooga, on the 23rd instant, after a brief illness. There remains to mourn her loss her husband, F.S. Gorenflo; three sons, John, James and Fred; three daughters, Sarah, Edith and Helen Gorenflo; father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. John Warner of Hot Springs, N.C., three brothers and two sisters. The family and relatives appreciate the great kindness shown by the people of the community.

From the front page of The News-Record, Marshall, Madison County, N.C., Friday, March 24, 1922. The article is a bit confusing because the newspaper, as many papers did 100 years ago, stacked two articles one on top of the other.

Washburn and Broadway News in the Forest City Courier, March 23, 1922

Washburn’s News

Bostic, R. 3, March 20—The Platonic Literary Society of Rutherford College gave their annual debate Friday, March 17. Program:

Address—By the President.

First Declaimer—True Education by author, M. Lewis.

Second Declaimer—The Unknown Speaker—Leonard Rayle.

Third Declaimer—Spartacus to the Gladiators by Howard L. Wells.

Music—By Annie B. Goode.

Mr. Bill O’Brien died this morning. Funeral services have not been arranged yet.

Mr. Howard Wells will return from Rutherford College Friday for a short stay.

Washburn’s school played Bostic last Friday, score being 5-10 in favor of Bostic.

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Broadway Notes

Mr. Syd Cooper spent last week at home.

Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Smart spent the week-end at Cliffside.

Miss Oveda Sherlin spent the week-end at Spindale.

Jack Cooper has been out of school with chicken pox.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Harrill spent the week-end at Marshall.

Mr. Ed. Scruggs of Spindale was in town Saturday.

Mrs. Joe Morris has returned to her home, her school having closed.

Miss Fay Morris, who has been employed at Winston-Salem, is at home for a few weeks.

Mayor Lowrance was sick last week, but is able to be out again, much to the delight of his many friends.

Mrs. S.A. Bridges has returned to her home, after spending some time in the country.

Mrs. Fuller Proctor surprised her husband March 14 with a dinner. Quite a number of people gathered at the home to celebrate Mr. Proctor’s 29th birthday. Everybody had well filled baskets, and the table was spread in the yard while Mr. Proctor was away, providing a most happy surprise for him upon his return. The occasion was a most enjoyable one and everybody went away wishing Mr. Proctor many more happy returns of the day.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 23, 1922

Club News From Forest City, Rutherfordton, March 23, 1922

O.E.S. Installation

Officers of the Order of Eastern Star were installed at the lodge rooms here Tuesday night in a most impressive manner. A large crowd was present and many compliments have been heard on all sides as to the excellency of the work of installation. Many good speeches were made and excellent refreshments were served. A beautiful gold pin was presented to retiring Worthy Matron Mrs. S.N. Watson, and a gold ring to the retiring Worthy Patron, Mr. F.I. Barber. A list of the new officers was published in last week’s issue.

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K. of P. Meeting

A well attended and interesting meeting of the K. of P was held here Monday night. There were many visitors, including the Cliffside degree team. Three candidates were passed. The work of the degree teem was especially good. A bounteous repast was served at the Carolina Café.

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Want to Organize American Legion Post

Dr. F.R. Wilkins, world war veteran, has requested the Courier to call a meeting of ex-service men, to meet at the Moss-Reinhardt Furniture Store at 7 p.m. Friday night, to take preliminary steps toward organizing a local post of the American Legion. Let every service man in the county attend this meeting.

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Fred Williams Post Has Big Meeting

Rutherfordton, March 22—the hall of the Fred Williams Post, No. 75, American Legion, was filled Monday night to hear the debate on the bonus bill and the musical program. Rev. M.A. Adams, pastor of the First Baptist church, led devotional services with prayer and a talk on the World War. The audience was net favored with an instrumental duet by Mrs. Wood and Joe Erwin and a vocal duet by issues Eunice Hodge and Etna Geer. Music was a feature of the evening’s entertainment.

The “Resolved, That Bill S506, known as the soldier bonus bill, now pending before Congress providing a fivefold compensation for ex-servicemen should be passed,” was ably discussed by Messrs. S.P. Dunagan and J.O. Wood, of the affirmative, and C.M. Butler and R.E. Price, of the negative.

The affirmative argued that the country is amply able to pay the bonus and the government owes it to the men who “Made the World Safe for Democracy” go give them a bonus, as they fought for $1 per day while many of their fellow men at home were making good wages and living in ease.

The negative argued that the ex-service men were helped in many ways by the training while in service, that the people do not want to pay the bonus and that the government is taking adequate care of all disabled soldiers. They quoted figures to prove that the government is spending over $500 million annually on disabled soldiers. The negative won a 2 to 1 decision. The judges were Messrs. M.H. Jones, W.J. McDaniel and H.L. Carpenter.

Music was furnished while the judges were making their decision. About $22 was realized from admission fees, which will go for the benefit of the local post.

The post seems to be growing very rapidly in membership, popularity and usefulness to the ex-service men. Every man who served in the World War should be a member of the American Legion.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 23, 1922