Violent Thunder Storm With Hurricane Winds Stuck Wilmington, June 30, 1922

Electrical Storm Damages Wilmington. . . Street Cars and Automobiles Are “Drowned” and Trees Are Bowled Over

Wilmington, June 29—Wilmington was this afternoon swept by a terrific electrical storm, accompanies by a wind of hurricane proportions, that uprooted hundreds of trees in all sections of the city and did considerable damage to houses, store fronts and exposed automobiles. Streets were torn up in parts of the city.

Lightning split a big tree in the courthouse grounds, hurling it into the ground and demolishing a five-foot brick wall. A Ford coupe belonging to H.F. Wilder was also struck by lightning. No one was injured. The storm was confined to the city.

On Church street, near Sixth, water ran over the platform of a moving street car, while automobiles in the vicinity, parked at the curb, were washed 20 feet by the rain water.

The weather bureau reported the maximum velocity of wind at more than 50 miles an hour, though torrential rainfall measured .08 of an inch. From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Friday morning, June 30, 1922

Department of Agriculture Wants Dr. B.W. Kilgore to Go to Washington, D.C., June 29, 1922

Co-Operatives After Kilgore. . . Would Rob State of Her Great Agricultural Expert. . . Farmer’s Organization Has Offered Him Handsome Salary and Responsibility

By Brock Barkley

Raleigh, June 28—the co-operative marketing movement is after Dr. B.W. Kilgore, director of the state’s agricultural extension service, with an offer of thrice his present salary and an executive position of great responsibility.

He has not reached a decision as to accepting the offer yet, and the state will likely make an effort to retain his services. It is understood the joint committee on agricultural extension will meet tomorrow to see what can be done towards inducing him to remain at the head of the agricultural work in North Carolina.

The cotton cooperative movement wants him to assume, it is understood, general charge of the work in the southeast. In going after Dr. Kilgore, the cooperatives are keeping in line with the policy of the movements to procure the services of the biggest men obtainable.

Dr. Kilgore, head of the state’s agricultural extension service for 25 years, is recognized as one of the most thoroughly equipped and experienced agricultural experts in the country. His advice and counsel is sought by agricultural organizations all over the United States. He is considered one of the state’s most valuable officials, and for that reason his loss to the department of agriculture would be serious.

From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Thursday morning, June 29, 1922

Edgar Walker Pharr, Leading Charlotte Citizen, June 29, 1922

Charlotte Builders

A series of pen etchings of men of Affairs by Larry Palmer, noted artist of the New York World. These Sketches were made from photographs by Cooke.

EDGAR W. PHARR

Story by David Shaw

Now we have a thorobred Mecklenburg exhibit—to the manor born. As a representative Charlottean, Edgar Walker Pharr is a credit to the higher type of North Carolina citizenship. On the Pharr farm beyond Myers Park is where he developed a tall and stalwart physique. There is was he was born March 4, 1899, to those stanch citizens, Mr. Walker S. and Mrs. Jennie E. (Walker) Pharr.

A burning ambition for education obsessed him even when a boy. He proved a bright pupil in the rural public schools. The Charlotte University school taught him efficiently in 1905-6. In further development of his unusual mental faculties, A.R. P. Erskine College, Due West, S.C., enrolled him in 1906, where he graduated with A.B. degree in 1909. Determining to adopt the course of law as a business profession, Edgar took advantage of facilities of the legal department, University of North Carolina, where he studied in 1909-10, followed by instructions in the Charlotte law office of Thaddeus A. Adams. Mr. Pharr was licensed to practice the profession of law in 1912. From 1910 to `9`1 he was associated with Pharr & Bell, lawyers. Since 1912 he has been engaged in general law practice in the courts of this state. July 1, 1921, E. McA. Currie and Edgar Pharr formed the law firm of Pharr & Currie. Upon the new floors of the Law building their fine suite of offices is numbered 405-7-9. Mr. Pharr is identified with the following organizations: State and county bar associations, Tabernacle A.R.P. church; Y.M.C.A.; Knights of Pythias, past chancellor commander Rathbone lodge No. 37; royal prince (past royal vizier) Suez Temple no. 73 D.O.K.K.; Phalanx lodge No. 31 A.F. and A.M.; Charlotte Chapter No. 39; Charlotte commandery No. 2; Oasis Temple of the Shrine; Woodman of the World; Charlotte Chamber of Commerce; Good fellows’ club.

Senator Edgar Pharr has represented Mecklenburg in the general assembly of North Carolina since 1917, recently being nominated in democratic primary for his fourth successive term. His work as a legislator was characterized by the enactment of constructive laws for the development of his state. As one of the brainy young leaders, he was aligned with every progressive movement to build North Carolina a better commonwealth to live in. The Pharr-Matthews bill, enacted into law in 1919, marks one of his distinguished achievements. Under this legislation the state highway commission was formed and did its first constructive road work under direction Chairman Frank Page. Furthermore, it directly influenced passage later road laws and was the active germ that developed the $50 million bond issue for road-building.

As Mecklenburg chairman, war savings committee, Pharr put his county in state leadership as purchaser of war savings stamps, the people buying over a million dollars of these government securities. When it is considered that only $1,000 of them was permitted to be sold to one person, this patriotic campaign can be put down as remarkable one.

October 15, 1914, Miss Alta Ruth Knox, one of Atlanta’s fair rosebuds, and Mr. Edgar Pharr were married. To this union one child has been born: Charlotte Walker Pharr, six years old. On that broad and magnificent and beautiful East Boulevard house at 203, the lives of the members of this popular family synchronize with all the sweet things that Nature so lavishly has provided in Dilworth environs.

Edward Walker Pharr is a solid asset in the corporation known as Charlotte.

From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Thursday morning, June 29, 1922

State Vets, Led by J.S. Dorton, Working to End TB in Dairy Herds, June 29, 1922

Darton President of State Veterinarians. . . Dr. Rae of Charlotte Discusses Some Important Facts in Clinical Diagnosis

Asheville, June 28—J.S. Dorton of Shelby was elected president of the North Carolina State Veterinary Medical association, at the business session of the 21st annual meeting, opening here tonight. The session will close tomorrow.

Other officers elected were R.F. Huffman, Wilmington, first vice president; Dr. S.A. Alexander, Monroe, second vice president; and J.P. Spoon, Burlington, re-elected secretary and treasurer.

“Some Important Facts in Clinical Diagnosis” was the subject of an interesting treatise by Dr. H.C. Rae of Charlotte.

The following resolution was passed:

“Resolved, that the association go on record as endorsing the efforts of the bureau of animal industry and the state veterinarian to eradicate tuberculosis from cattle in the state. “that we also endorse the plan of our state officials in their attitude toward the part of the practicing veterinarian in the work, namely, the testing of accredited herds after they are accredited by the bureau, and all co-operative tuberculosis eradicating work in which the private practitioner is engaged.”

From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Thursday morning, June 29, 1922

Romelyn Nelson Leaves for Vermont Home, June 29, 1922

Romeyn Nelson Leaves for Home in the North. . . Legal Action May Possibly Grow Out of Long Secret Conference with Solicitor Huffman

Morganton, June 28—Romeyn Nelson and brother left today for Asheville, p

lanning to leave tomorrow morning on their return to their home in West Pawlet, Vt.

Solicitor Huffman still declines to make a statement as to the object of the visit to Morganton, stating that probably in a few days there might be some action which he would be privileged to make public.

It is understood, however, that young Nelson came to Lincolnton with intention of trying to effect a reconciliation with his wife, and that he did not receive there the treatment that his mission would justify.

The fact that he has appealed to the solicitor of the district indicates that he tings he has grounds for just complaint in regard to the turn affairs took in Lincolnton.

He and his brother were in conference all morning with Mr. Huffman, who, while declining to divulge any of the details, let it be understood that they told him the whole story.

From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Thursday morning, June 29, 1922

Charlotte Observer, June 29, 1922

Distilling Plant So Large It Had to Be Dynamited, June 29, 1922

Complete Distilling Plant at Greenville

Greenville, S.C., June 28—The largest and most complete distilling plant ever seen by the raiding officers was taken and destroyed Tuesday night by agents of federal prohibition officers operating out of Greenville, near the boundary line of Edgefield and McCormick counties. The outfit was too large to be destroyed with axes in the regular fashion, and two sticks of dynamite were set off under the apparatus, blowing it into bits. The plant consisted of a large brick furnace, over which was a steel riveted boiler, having a capacity of about 400 gallons. Two copper condensing outfits were connected with the boiler, each having a capacity of 90 gallons. Five thousand gallons of rye beer was poured out by the officers. No arrests were made.

From the front page of The Charlotte Observer, Thursday morning, June 29, 1922

Local and Personal News from The Graphic, Nashville, N.C., June 29, 1922

Local and Personal

Mrs. Robert Fuller of Henderson is spending several days in Nashville visiting her sister, Mrs. E.P. Walker.

Mr. Archie D. Odom and family have moved into the residence formerly occupied by Rev. Edgar E. White and known as the Baptist parsonage.

Miss Elizabeth Thompson of Richmond, Va., has been spending several days in the city mvisiting Mrs. Guy E. Bissette.

Mrs. Annie B. Dozier, after spending several weeks visiting her sister, Mrs. A.P. Petway of Goldsboro, returned home Tuesday.

After spending several days very pleasantly at Wallace where she visited relatives and friends Mrs. E.s. Paddison returned home last Thursday evening.

Mr. N.L. Strickland, accompanied by Mrs. Ida Vick Taylor, motored to Raleigh last Sunday where they spent the day. It is said “N.L.” went on professional (?) business. (The question mark was printed in the newspaper.)

Messrs. Clarence Pitt, G.C. Collins, Pell Batchelor and Herbert Hamlet motored to Seven Springs last Sunday morning and spent the day at this well-known health resort.

Mr. W.J. Batchelor, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Benson and children, spent Sunday in Raleigh, where “Buck” is supervising the work at the Teachers’ Summer School at State College.

After spending the Regional Meeting of the North Carolina Press Association at Warrenton on last Saturday afternoon and evening, Editor and Mrs. M.W. Lincke returned home Sunday afternoon.

The first cotton blossom of the season to reach The Graphic office this morning by master Louis Joyner, son of Mr. L.B. Joyner. Following our usual custom, Louis wins a year’s subscription to county paper.

Mrs. Harry M. Rouse, who has been quite sick for several months at her home in Goldsboro, has sufficiently recovered to permit her a visit to Nashville and is recuperating at the home of her sister, Mrs. M.W. Lincke. Mrs. A.N. Rouse, who has been at the beside of her daughter for several weeks past, returned to the city Tuesday.

The “Jazzers” in attendance upon the “Rocky Mount June Dance” held in that city last Friday night and until day-break Saturday morning, must have been a “jazzy” affair, judging from the appearance of some of the participants passing through Nashville early Saturday morning and the persistency with which they called for ice-water and other cooling beverages.

Miss Christine Lincke, who graduated with high honors from the Goldsboro High School some days ago and who has been residing with her aunt, Mrs. Harry M. Rouse during the term just ended, returned home Tuesday afternoon. Goldsboro has one of the very best schools in the State, the work of the institution and requirements of students completing the course being possibly the highest in the state.

Mr. A.V. Bobbitt of Goldsboro, district manager of warehouses for the Tobacco Cooperative Marketing Association, spent a few hours in Nashville Monday in the interest of the association and looking after matters which come directly under his direction. Mr. Bobbitt expressed himself as being much gratified at the spirit of cooperation being manifested by the business men and citizens of Nashville and the farmers of this section in the success of the Association and the manner in which they have gone about to make Nashville one of the receiving points for the tobacco of members of the Association.

From The Graphic, Nashville, N.C., June 29, 1922

Shopping in Nash County, Ads from The Graphic, June 29, 1922

Shopping at Batchelor-Benson Company, Planters National Bank, Ward Drug Store, Nashville Motor Company, The Nash Supply Store/The Nash Department Store

Page 3—R.C. Calton Drug Company, The Domestic Bakery of Rocky Mount, Metropolitan Hat Works, The Bank of Nashville, Franklin Insurance and Realty Company, B.G. Alford Company, Arrington-Bissette Company

Page 4—Wheeless Motor Company, Rocky Mount Savings & Trust Company, First National Bank, Rocky Mount, G.C. Collins & Company

From The Graphic, Nashville, N.C., June 29, 1922

H.C. Sullivan Charged with Misappropriating $60,400 of Bank's Funds, June 28, 1922

Trial of Sullivan Is Ready to Begin. . . Former Cashier Will Be Tried for Alleged Misappropriation of $60,400

By the Associated Press

Hertford, N.C., June 28—The trial of H.C. Sullivan, former cashier of the now defunct Farmers Bank & Trust Company of this city, charged with misappropriations of $60,400 of the bank’s funds, was expected to begin in Perquimans County superior court here today. A special venire of 35 was drawn from which to select a jury.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Luther T. Blackwell Short $20,000 in Postal Accounts, Caught in Hotel Room With Nina Thompson, June 28, 1922

Luther T. Blackwell in Atlanta Prison. . . Arrested by Postal Authorities for Alleged Shortage of $20,000 in His Accounts

By the Associated Press

Atlanta, Ga., June 28—Luther T. Blackwell, former postmaster at Pine Hall, N.C., was held in jail here without bond today pending action by post office inspectors, by whom authorities state he has been sought for an alleged shortage of $20,000 in his accounts. He was arrested at a local hotel in company with a young woman who told the police she was Miss Nina Thompson, of Columbus, Ga. She is being held on a charge of suspicion. An attempt by a negro bellboy at the hotel where Blackwell and the woman registered Sunday as “Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Walker, Spartanburg, S.C.,” to ?ob their room led to the arrest. The boy was seen entering the room by R.C. Tuggle, house detective. The woman’s screams soon followed, and the detective rushed in. He found the negro with nine $100 bills in his hands, and two $10 notes in his mouth.

About this time Blackwell entered, and when asked to appear as a witness against the negro, Tuggle said, offered him the money to drop the case. The detective insisted that the couple accompany him to the police station where Lieut. Of Police Scott said he recognized the man as the former Pine Hall postmaster.

Blackwell is said by the police to have admitted his identity and the shortage of his accounts. The woman denied any knowledge of the affair, claiming she met Blackwell here on Monday.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Frank Morgan, 78, Shot While Walking Through Woods, June 28, 1922

Shoots Old Soldier Without Any Cause. . . Unidentified Man Fires on Veteran 78 Years of Age, As He Passed Through Woods

Albemarle, June 27—Frank Morgan, 78, a Confederate veteran, was shot from ambush near Oakboro yesterday afternoon. He was passing along through a wood traveling a somewhat abandoned pathway when suddenly and without warning he was fired upon by someone, a shotgun being used with the result that he was rather seriously wounded, a large number of shot entering his body.

It was said that he was wearing his Confederate badge and that the party who shot him possibly took it for a prohibition officer’s badge and fired thinking he was shooting a revenue officer.

It will be remembered that three or four years ago near the same section a man by the name of Shoe was shot and instantly killed while passing through the woods but the guilty party was never apprehended and until this day the slayer of Shoe is unknown.

Sheriff Morton was called and rushed to the scene of the shooting promptly and proceeded to scour the woods for the assailant of Mr. Morgan but although he and his deputies are at work on the case this morning, there seems to be no clue as to the guilty party.

While Mr. Morgan is seriously wounded it is hoped that he will recover in the absence of complications.

From the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Roy Ringier, Fred Morrow, Jim Brown, Gaither Staley Arrrested in Liquor Raid, June 28, 1922

Liquor Raids Feature Week in Rowan County. . . Prohibition Officers Sweep Down on Four at One time, One at Another

Mooresville, June 26—Friday night Prohibition Agent Hallyburton swooped down on four young men several miles from town in Rowan county and found in their possession five quarts of hootch. The boys range in age from 18 to 29 years. They had in waiting a Ford car, but had not been able to load the cargo after having it delivered until the officer and his assistants arrived. The liquor and boys were conveyed to Statesville and were put under $300 bond each for their appearance at federal court, the bond being required by Commissioner Lazenby. All four boys, Roy Ringier, Fred Morrow, Jim Brown and Gaither Staley, have been under watch of police officers and others for some time.

Saturday morning Officer Hallyburton returned to Rowan county and searched the house of Ed Anderson, but found no liquor. They then went to the home of Harrison Anderson, a little further on, and hidden in the weeds behind the garden fence they found nine quarts of the vilest liquor made. Anderson was not taken and could not be found. The liquor was in fruit jar containers.

From the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Rev. Sam Maxwell Changes Dance Hall Crowd into Prayer Meeting, June 28, 1922

Revivalist Turns Dance Into a Prayer Meeting

Murphy, June 27—the Maxwell-Powell evangelistic campaign, which has been in progress here for the past week, is creating a bit of a stir. Last Saturday night Sam Maxwell, after learning that a dance was to be given in the same hotel at which he was stopping and at an hour which would conflict with the night service, entered the dance hall in the midst of a gay crowd of dancers and started a prayer meeting. Jazz music and skipping heels were quieted for one night in Murphy. This act on the part of the evangelist was regarded as showing him to be a fearless man who does not use his pulpit as a cloak in which to ridicule.

Large congregations are attending the services in which much interest is being shown.

From the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Sam Belk in Poor Shape After Being Badly Burned, June 28, 1922

Union Young Man Is in an Awful Plight

Monroe, June 26—Reports from relatives and friends of Sam Belk, who was so badly burned at his home in Buford township a few nights ago when his clothing caught fire from a match that he unthoughtedly struck while working on a gas pipe to his automobile, are to the effect that he is not getting along well at all. A man who had just been to see Mr. Belk reported Saturday that the flesh on his arm is decaying and will probably slough off.

Those who have seen Mr. Belk state that it is a pitiable sight to behold the condition he is in, and physicians are very doubtful about his recovery.

From the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Salesman Becomes Suddenly Insane at Wilson Hotel, June 28, 1922

Salesman Became Suddenly Insane. . . Jumps three Floors From Wilson Hotel; Is Later Placed in Hospital

Wilson, June 27—C.S. Young of Atlanta, Ga., a traveling man who had been in Wilson for the past week, was taken to a local hospital today suffering from temporary insanity.

Mr. Young was a guest at the Briggs hotel. Last night he became apparently insane and jumped from the third floor to the second from the outside wall of the building, which is somewhat dismantled, undergoing repairs. The man then jumped to the first floor. He received severe bruises about the legs but was not seriously hurt. He seemed to be laboring under the delusion that he was being pursued by several people. He was detained last night by the police and today was taken toa local hospital for treatment.

From the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Henry C. Furr, Former Policeman, Has Died, June 28, 1922

Death of Henry C. Furr

Mr. Henry C. Furr died today about 1 o’clock at his home on Fenix street after an illness of a little over a week of kidney trouble, aged 47 years. Mr. Furr was for a number of years a member of the police force of Concord and Mooresville. He resigned from the Concord force abut four months ago, shortly after the death of his wife. He had no children of his own, but leaves four step children. He also leaves one brother and three sisters, namely Mr. Riley Furr of Stanly County, Mrs. J.O. Whitley and Mrs. Ellen Hartsell of Stanly County, and Mrs. Laney Hatley of Concord. Mr. Furr was a good citizen, and had many friends. The funeral service will take place Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock, conducted by Revs. G.W. Rollins, J.F. Armstrong and B.G. Whitley.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, June 28, 1922

Leon Trice Says L.G. Thornton's Been Using His Name, June 27, 1922

Denies Knowledge of Unfortunate Affair

About two weeks ago, a young girl who gave her name as Mrs. Leon Trice was picked up unconscious in the neighborhood of the depot. At the time it a thought that she had taken poison upon failing to find her husband, who she thought had come here. It was later stated by a physician who examined her that she fell from a very serious attack of heart failure and that she showed no symptoms of poisoning.

In view of the fact that his name has been used in connection with that of the girl’s husband, Leon Trice has made the following statement clearing him of any connection with the unfortunate circumstances:

“The photograph printed above is thought to be the picture of a man, at present a boatswain’s mate in the United States navy, who claims to be Leoindas Goodwin Trice of Hendersonville, N.C. The above picture strongly resembles L.G. Thornton, who left here several years ago. It is thought here that the Thornton boy entered the navy. The facts in the case are these:

“While in the vicinity of Brooklyn, N.Y., the man whose picture is printed above, married under the name of Leonidas Goodwin Trice of Hendersonville, N.C., lived with his wife for some time and then left. Whether or not he was transferred to another statin or merely quit his wife, I don’t know. The wife then wrote to the register of vital statistics at Hendersonville for the birth certificate of Leonidas Godwin Trice, presumably to ascertain if she had married a minor. A picture of the girl’s husband was later sent to the register of vital statistics, and a justice of the peace, into whose hands the picture fell, recognized not the real Leon Trice of Hendersonville, but a man who bore a resemblance of L.G. Thornton. This information was imparted to the girl.

“Some two weeks ago, a woman appeared in Hendersonville who claimed to be Mrs. Leon Trice. She, however, failed to find her husband, as the real Leon Trice was not the man she married.

“In view of the above embarrassing circumstances, I wish to go on record as stating that I know nothing whatever of the case; I never saw the woman claiming to be Mrs. Leon Trice before she came to Hendersonville, and I have never been to Brooklyn, N.Y.

“I take this means to rectify and correct any false rumors that may have gotten abroad.

Signed: Leon Trice

From the front page of the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922

Colony at Mountain Home Enjoying the Season, June 27, 1922

Colony at Mountain Home Enjoying a Splendid Season

Mountain Home, the well-known summer colony of Florida people, is situated on the Henderson-Asheville highway, 4 ½ miles north of Hendersonville, where mountain breezes blow, and is quite a popular resort these warm summer days.

The colony was funded seven years ago, when a number of people from St. Petersburg and vicinity formed a stock company and purchased several hundred acres of land that was ideal for such an enterprise. They subdivided it, or a good portion of it, into lots 70 b 140 feet, and numbered the lots, 1 to 250. The numbers were put into a receptacle and shaken until they were well mixed. The members of the colony each drew a number from the receptacle, and so on until all the numbers were drawn out. The various members of the enterprise improved the lots so drawn as they saw fit and proper.

Soon the colony attracted the attention of people not only from Florida, but from South Carolina, Alabama, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, and Canada. Today these various states and foreign countries are represented by lot owners in the village of Mountain Home. There is a water system owned by the villagers, that furnishes an ample supply of water to the residents and property owners in this well-known town of Mountain Home. The water comes from the mountain side by gravity, and is as pure as any water found on this continent east of the Rocky Mountains. There is also a big, bold spring near by that the villagers patronize freely. What a treat it is to be able to quaff the pure cold water from this mountain spring! Many people congregate at the spring during the hot summer days to drink of the cool and thirst-quenching waters.

In addition to being alive with its summer population, Mountain Home is developing into an all-year round proposition. Some of the owners of the property in this mountain resort live there all the year, enjoying the winter as well as the summer climate.

The inhabitants of this lovely little mountain village have up to this time gotten their mail on a rural route, which runs through the town, but soon they will have a post office all their own. The post office will bear the name of Mountain Home, and Miss Jacabson will be the first postmistress. The villagers will then take delight in walking down to the post office for their mail, This no doubt, will be quite a pleasure.

The season of 1922 at this well-known resort, is now in full swing, and will last until October. And, as above stated, people from several states may be found summering at Mountain Home.

Rev. Mr. Thrower of Tampa, Fla., is among those who are spending the summer at Mountain Home. Other prominent people are there also. They have for amusement lawn tennis, quoits and other games of like tenor.

They also have services each Sunday at the village. These services are well attended by people of the village and others.

C.W. Weicking, a whole-souled and likeable man, conducts a splendid hotel at Mountain Home. His house is modern and up-to-date, and to say that he furnishes a well filled table expresses it mildly.

This mountain resort is free from the burdensome taxes, being situated outside of any incorporated town, which is considerably in its favor. These people do much trading in Hendersonville.

While summering in the mountains this season, you should not fail to take a look at Mountain Home. You should actually spend a day there and see the many advantages this splendid colony can boast of.

The people of Hendersonville and surrounding country appreciate this colony of good people and The Times takes this occasion to say so.

From page 3 of the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922

P.S. Ramsey Elected Worshipful Master of Kedron Lodge, June 27, 1922

New Officers Elected by Kedron Lodge Members

At the meeting of the members of Kedron lodge last Friday night, the officers for the ensuing year were elected. The meeting was well attended and very interesting.

The officers elected are: P.S. Ramsey, worshipful master; N. Brenner, senior warden; C. Few Jr., junior warden; H.A. Stepp, treasurer; W.C. Rector, secretary; L.R. Geiger, senior deacon; E.E. Lott, junior deacon; W.H Vanderlinden, senior steward; Allan Rhodes, junior steward; and J.H. Blankenship, tyler.

From the front page of the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922

Fletcher, Hickory Nut Gap, Etowah News, June 27, 1922

Rural News Items

FLETCHER NEWS

Mrs. J.L. Beal and two daughters of Gastonia, N.C., are guests of the former’s sister, Mrs. J.C. Sales.

Dr. and Mrs. J.W. Sumner were called to Siler City last week on account of the death of Mrs. Sumner’s father.

A.J. Hart of Flat Rock visited his daughter, Mrs. A.G. Wolfe, recently.

J.E. Ballinger has returned home after visiting relatives in Hendersonville.

The friends of Mrs. M.L. Baldwin will regret to learn that she is seriously ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Marion McCarson and children of Biltmore were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. German Southern during the week-end.

Miss Pearl Weaver, Henderson County public health nurse, was here two days last week examining the school children of this section.

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Ballinger and little daughter of Hendersonville spent Sunday here with relatives.

George Lance had the misfortune of breaking his arm while cranking a car a few days ago.

S.L. Reese who died at his home in Hendersonville was buried at Patty’s Chapel cemetery here last Thursday afternoon. Mr. Reese was a former resident of this township and had many friends and relatives here.

Miss Olive Odam who has been spending a few days here has returned to her home in Balfour.

The series of services which has been going on at Calvary Episcopal Church for several days has come to a close.

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jackson of Asheville were recent visitors here.

HICKORY NUT GAP

Mrs. J.E. Simpson, Mrs. J.E. Kennette, Miss Lucy Wilson, J.L. Barnette and W.H. Patrick of Gastonia were visitors in this section Sunday and were delighted with the scenery.

Otis T. Hallman of Charlotte was here the past week on business.

Mrs. Maybee Smith and two children, of Newport News, Va., are here visiting her father, S.G. Freeman.

Mrs. Bishop was a vistor at Chimney Rock Sunday.

The farmers in this section now have their corn crops in excellent condition, and hope to be able to keep them so, provided the favorable weather continues.

ETOWAH NEWS

The concert given by the Seben Choir of Asheville at the school house Saturday night was greatly enjoyed by a large attendance. Mr. and Mrs. Ewart Blythe of Brevard spent the week-end with relatives.

Percy Justus made a business trip to Hendersonville Monday.

Walter Lance, Percy Justus and Denton Morgan motored to Penrose Sunday afternoon.

The citizens of this community are still looking forward with eager eyes to the completion of the new and better road through this section and hoping to see it in the near future.

Misses Emma and Renona Cantrell of Big Willow called on Miss Julia Morgan Saturday morning en route to Brevard.

Miss Migga Aiken of Asheville visited Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Aiken Sunday.

The Sunday school at this place is progressing nicely under the leadership and guidance of O.C. Orr.

From page 2 of the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922

Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., June 27, 1922

Half of Lenox Park Already Sold for Homes, June 27, 1922

Half of Lenox Park Sold

Hanson and Wright, who recently purchased the whole of Lenox Park, report that already they have disposed of half of it to people who intend to make their homes there.

From the front page of the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922

Elizabeth Joyce Nutt Died Monday of Heart Failure, June 27, 1922

Greensboro Girl Dies Here

Miss Elizabeth Joyce Nutt of Greensboro died here Monday morning as the result of heart failure. The body was prepared for burial at Shepherd’s undertaking parlors and shipped to Greensboro for burial. It is understood that Miss Nutt was in the insurance business.

From the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922

Mrs. Raymond Edwards Heading Fundraiser for Patton Memorial Hospital, June 27, 1922

Hospital Tag Day to Be on July 4th

The annual tag day for the benefit of the Patton Memorial Hospital will be held this year on July 4th. This is one of the most worthy causes for which funds are solicited and it is hoped by the tag day committee, of which Mrs. Raymond Edwards is chairman, that the public will respond generously and co-operate with the committee in its effort to assist the hospital.

Headquarters on tag day will be at the Justus pharmacy. The committee calls on all who are able to report there and get a supply of tags to sell.

From the front page of the Western North Carolina Times, Hendersonville, N.C., Tuesday, June 27, 1922. The postcard of Patton Memorial Hospital is considerably later than 1922 but I couldn't find an earlier image.

J. Baxter Hayworth, Shot in Back of Head, Has Died, June 26, 1922

Local Merchant Dies From Wound in Back of Head. . . J.B. Hayworth Dies at Hospital Without Explanation

J. Baxter Hayworth, who on Wednesday evening shortly after 6 o’clock was found in his store near the Nokomis mill with a bullet wound in the back of his head, died Friday morning about 11:30 o’clock at the High Point hospital, where he was taken on Wednesday night.

The body was brought here Friday afternoon and prepared for burial. A post mortem examination was conducted by local physicians and the two portions of bullet imbedded in his brain were removed.

Funeral was conducted from the home on East Center Street yesterday afternoon by Dr. L.T. Wilds and interment was in Chestnut Hill Cemetery at Salisbury.

Mr. Hayworth, who had conducted a store and lunch room here for several years after moving to Lexington from Salisbury about six years ago, was 43 years old. He leaves and wife and six children here, and several brothers and sisters and other relatives at Salisbury, his former home.

The former merchant was unconscious for some time prior to this death although he is said to have been conscious the morning following the shooting, at which time he told a doctor at the hospital, so it is reported, that he did not shoot himself and would not tell who did the deed in case he should die. This statement was not changed, so as far as learned here. He is also said to have declared shortly after the shooting here that he did not shoot himself but that nobody else did it. He was probably only partly conscious at the time he made these statements.

The fact that Mr. Hayworth was shot in the back of the head led some to believe that he had been a victim of foul play. A thorough investigation is said to have been made, and no definite clue could be secured that would tend to further confirm this conclusion.

There are two views expressed as to his mental attitude prior to the shooting. Some of his relatives and closest friends said that he had appeared to be in fine spirits. On the other hand he is said to have been having difficulties in meeting all his financial obligations, but probably not more than many men in business have confronted during the past two years.

The post mortem examination is said to have disclosed that only one bullet entered the skull and this broke in two instead of splitting, as at first supposed. While the bullets in the pistol found beside Mr. Hayworth’s body were jacketed, they are said not have been what is usually termed the regulation teel jacketed bullet.

From the front page of the Lexington Dispatch, June 26, 1922.

Carl Palmer Given 3 1/2 Years on the Roads After Stealing T.W. Kellam's Car From Front of Guilford Courthouse, June 26, 1922

Palmer sent to Guilford Roads for Auto Theft

Carl Palmer, who plead guilty to the theft of an automobile belonging to T.W. Kellam of Winston-Salem Monday afternoon from in front of the Guilford courthouse, was on Friday sentenced by Judge B.F. Long to serve 3 ½ years on the public roads of Guilford County.

In pronouncing sentence Judge Long entered on the court records the following statement: “The court states at time of imposing sentence that it would have, on account of the aggravation of stealing a car from in front of the courthouse while court was in session, made the sentence six years, but it appears that the defendant has re-imbursed Mr. Kellam for all expenses incurred in getting his car back and the court takes this into consideration in passing sentence.”

Palmer was caught last Tuesday afternoon at Yadkin after an exciting dash around the county that led almost twice across Davidson by a devious route. He had abandoned the car on a by road from the Central Highway, a short distance this side of the toll bridge. Fletcher Carrick, former deputy of this county, claims to have made the actual arrest, but the prisoner and car were taken to Winston-Salem by Thomasville and Forsyth county officers, who received the $200 reward offered. Further efforts have been made on behalf of Carrick and a suit to recover half the reward has been talked of here.

From the front page of the Lexington Dispatch, June 26, 1922.

Irene Covington, County Health Nurse, Resigning, June 26, 1922

Miss Covington to Leave Work This Week

Miss Irene Covington, county health nurse for the past six months, expects to leave this week for her home at Bennettsville, S.C., where she will take a much needed rest as she has been working steadily in her profession for a number of years. Miss Covington is giving up the work here though public announcement of her resignation has been withheld by the county department in the hope of announcing her successor at the same time.

So far no successor has been definitely secured for the county health nursing position, although every effort is being made to satisfactorily fill the place, it is stated. It had been hoped also here this time to have a community nurse for Lexington on the job, but this has not yet been accomplished because of difficulty in finding a candidate for the place.

Dr. Perry announced Saturday that Mrs. W.P. Bain, of this city, any experienced vacancy, beginning work today.

From the front page of the Lexington Dispatch, June 26, 1922. The last sentence doesn’t make any sense, but it was what was printed.

E.J. Zimmerman Said He Was Permanently Injured by Falling Brick After Wall Demolished Following Fire, June 26, 1922

City and Maker of Fire Trucks Sued for Injury. . . Zimmerman Asks $10,000 for Lick From a Brick

Notice of suit and attachment has been filed in a damage action of E.J. Zimmerman against the American LaFrance Fire & Engine Company and the Board of Commissioners of Lexington, in which Mr. Zimmerman asks the sum of $10,000 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by being struck on the head by a brick from a falling wall.

The injury was sustained on April 19, when a portion of the wall of the Grimes building on East Center Street was being pulled down by city firemen and others. Part of the brick struck the hard surfaced street and careened across to the sidewalk along the Development Building, where a group of men were gathered.

Mr. Zimmerman was struck on top of the head with a brick and was rendered unconscious for a while. Following this he was confined to his home for a while and alleges in the notice of suit that he was permanently injured by reason of the blow. At the same time bricks struck E.A. Timberlake, Raymond Bowers and others, Mr. Timberlake sustaining painful injuries. He was an interested spectator of the wall pulling across the street.

When it appeared that the portion of the wall of the building that had been gutted by fire the night previous was a menace, it was decided to pull it down. One of the new fire trucks now owned by the city was hitched to a cable attached to a portion of the wall and was used to pull it down. Mr. Zimmerman’s counsel have not yet filed the formal complaint but it is understood that it will e contended the LaFrance company is responsible because it was still owner of the fire truck used, the purchase by the city not being closed until later. The city is made a party to the suit, it is understood, because employes of the city were engaged in pulling down the wall.

Mr. Zimmerman, who moved to Lexington early last fall, was a resident of Lexington at the time but has since moved back to his old home at Welcome. Attorney P.V. Critcher and Phillips & Bower represent Mr. Zimmerman. The interests of the city are being looked after by Attorney E.E. Raper.

Notice of another suit against the city has also been given by John E. Rickard, acting as next friend for Roy Rickard, a minor. Summons in this case is returnable by July 6. It is understood that Mr. Rickard will claim damages for his son by reason of personal injury, it being alleged that the little boy fell down the opening on the sidewalk near the Peoples Drug Store, where a cigar store was conducted at the time, and broke an arm.

From the front page of the Lexington Dispatch, June 26, 1922.

Etta May Crook Feted on Her 11th Birthday, June 26, 1922

Birthday Dinner Held

There was a birthday dinner Wednesday at the home of E.F. Crook in honor of his little 11-year-old daughter, Etta May.

Those present were Miss Nova Bean, Miss Grace Palmer, Misses Arnetta, Hazel and Thelma Bean, miss Bessie Briggs, Master Floyd Briggs, Master Mack Bean, Mr. Louis Bean and Mr. Elmer Crook.

The dinner was served by Mrs. Roy Bean and Mrs. E.F. Crook, cousin and mother of the maiden.

From the front page of the Lexington Dispatch, June 26, 1922.

Truck Crashes Into Folks in Front Yard Killing Jimmy Hill, 13, and Injuring 5 Others, June 25, 1922

Truck Kills One and Injures Five Others. . . Jimmy Hill, 13 Years Old, Killed Near Kinston When a Truck Ran Into Group

Kinston, June 24—One person was killed and five injured late today when a West Construction Company truck laden with negro paving laborers left the road at Smith’s crossing, 12 miles from here, and crashed into a group of visitors in the front yard of a country home.

The dead, Jimmy Hill, 13 years of age. The injured, Mrs. Julia Smith, elderly woman, possibly fatally hurt; Nathan Hill, Mrs. Nathan Hill, Mercy Hill and Ernest Hill. The dead boy was a stepson of Nathan Hill, and was a neighborhood pet.

Tonight Smith Crossing was divided between anger and tears. The negroes fled from the scene, the driver was among them, but he was not identified. Threats of violence were heard in the vicinity, but authorities believed the driver had gotten out of the neighborhood. Residents said the heavy truck was being driven at a rapid speed when the driver lost control.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, June 25, 1922

R.P. Richardson, Tobacco Pioneer in Reidsville, Has Died, June 25, 1922

R.P. Richardson Dies in a Local Hospital. . . He Was Prominently Identified With Reidsville Tobacco Industry. . . The Body Is Taken Home

Robert Payne Richardson, one of the best known residents of Reidsville, died at a local hospital last night, where he has been undergoing treatment for the past week. The body was taken to his home in Reidsville last night. Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

Mr. Richardson was one of the pioneers in the tobacco industry in Reidsville. He was the proprietor of the Old North State Smoking Company and was prominently identified with other enterprises having to do with the manufacture of tobacco., He was also interested in other business firms in Reidsville.

Mr. Richardson, who was about 65 years of age, is survived by his wife, who was Miss Maggie Watt before marriage; two sons, P. Watt Richardson and Robert P. Richardson Jr.; and one daughter, Miss Margaret Richardson, all of Reidsville.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, June 25, 1922

Herman Massey Crushed to Death While Playing Around Elevator, June 25, 1922

Charlotte Youth Crushed to Death Under Elevator

Charlotte, June 24—Herman Massey, son of Noah Massey, was killed this morning by being crushed by an elevator. He and another boy were playing near the elevator and the Massey boy went under the elevator while the other two were pulling it up. It fell, crushing the boy to death.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, June 25, 1922

E.E. Sharp in Court Because His Rooster Crowed Before Dawn, June 25, 1922

Wilmington Rooster Gets Its Boss Into a Court Litigation

Wilmington, June 24—E.E. Sharp, well known citizen, is under indictment here because his rooster crowed each morning before daylight. Miss Katie Foard is the prosecuting witness. The trial is set for Monday.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, June 25, 1922

William Noell to Pay Lora Gee $4,000 After He Assaulted Her, June 25, 1922

William Noell, Rich Tobacco Dealer of Danville, Va., Again Found Guilty of Wrong Conduct. . . Lora Gee Wins. . . Jury Gives Child $4,000 Damages Because of an Assault by Noell. . . Case Was Hard Fought

Danville, Va., June 24—William W. Noell, wealthy tobacco dealer of this city, was again found guilty of assault on 14-year-old Lora Gee here tonight, this time in civil court where a jury returned a verdict after deliberating for more than an hour, awarding the child $4,000 damages. She asked for $30,000. Motion for a new trial was made before court adjourned.

The afternoon was consumed by final arguments in the course of which Eugene Withers and Malcolm Harris emphasized the unreasonableness of her story and the weak points in the plaintiff’s case. John Lee and Duvall Martin appearing for the girl were censorious of the defendant in their remarks. As no usual motions were made after the verdict was received it was understood that no appeals would be taken.

The presentation of evidence was completed on the adjournment of court at 1 o’clock. The instructions being argued at that time and given to the jury at 2:30 o’clock after which the final pleas and summing up of the case was heard.

The “surprise” which was promised by the defense was that in the testimony of James H. Dillard, automobile salesman, a new witness who testified that “between 4 and 5 o’clock” on the day of the purported factory occurrence he saw Lora Gee in close conversation with S.J. Davis, the man who reported the affair to the police, at the entrance to a store on Patton Street. He said he passed close to them and he could see that the girl was not crying. The alleged assault took place between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Dillard could not be pinned down to any closer definition of the time. He said that he did not appear as a witness before because he did not think that the episode was very relevant to the case.

Noell was on the stand for an hour this morning and clung tenaciously to his absolute denial of any wrong doing. He reiterated what he had said at previous trials, that is that he did not invite the girl into the tobacco factory, that curiosity impelled the child to come in unbidden and that she asked to be shown over the plant. He said that he never put his hands on her nor ever attempted to do so. Every allegation contained in the story of the girl was met with an emphatic denial. He also contradicted two city policemen in their testimony as to what he had said about the girl crying. He was plied with questions but met them unhesitatingly and was considered a good witness in his own behalf.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, June 25, 1922

The New Bernian, Sunday, June 25, 1922

Howard Cobb, 17, Drowns While Swimming at Lowell Mill Pond, June 24, 1922

Youth Loses Life in Lowell Mill Pond. . . Howard Cobb of Fremont, With Picnic Party, Drowned While Swimming

Wilson, June 23—Howard Cobb, 17 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Cobb of Fremont, was drowned yesterday afternoon in Little River at Lowell’s Mill, four miles from Kenly.

The young man was with a picnic party from Fremont spending the day at the mill. He was swimming in the water below the mill dam when he swam too close to the dam and was caught in a whirlpool which carried his body under the water. Rudolph Lane, a young friend of the boy from Fremont, rushed to his aid and was about to effect his rescue by tying a rope about his body when persons on the bank misunderstanding a signal from Lane drew the rope away. Cobb’s body slipped out of his friend’s grasp and disappeared in the water. It was recovered two hours later.

The deceased is survived by his parents and one sister. He was very popular in this community, and his death has cast a gloom over Fremont.

The burial took place at Fremont this afternoon.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, Saturday morning, June 24, 1922

Allen Young, Principal, Fined $250 and Costs For Stealing Letter With $8, June 24, 1922

Negro Allen Young Convicted and Fined. . . Head of Wake Forest Normal and Industrial Stole Letter with $8. . . Fined $250 and the Costs

Raleigh, June 23—Allen L. Young, principal of Wake Forest Normal and Industrial school, who has been on trial in United States court since Wednesday morning, was convicted today and sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and costs of the case after a number of local citizens, both white and black, brought into the courtroom by his lawyer and himself, had spoken very favorably of his previous good reputation. Several negro men expressed themselves as believing he could still render good service to his race if given another chance.

The case was based on his obtaining from Lonnie G. Bowling, substitute clerk in the post office of Wake Forest, on August 10, 1921, of a special delivery letter for Cissie Purefoy, containing $8, mailed the prior day at Norfolk, Va., by Annie Purefoy. He volunteered to deliver the letter to the addressee, who was unknown to Mr. Bowling, but did not do so and afterwards denied that it was given to him. There were two witnesses to the delivery of the letter to him, however, Rosa B. Wilkinson, a negro woman who was standing near him at the time, and Otho K. Holding, postmaster, who was at the general delivery window when Young obtained the letter from Mr. Bowling at the post office lobby.

After investigation by a post office inspector, Young was arrested on March 30, 1922, at Raleigh, and given a preliminary hearing on April 3 before a United States commissioner. On that occasion he set up a false alibi that he was in Greensboro on the day the letter was delivered at Wake Forest, alleging that he left Wake Forest the night of August 8, 1921, in an automobile for Raleigh, thence by train for Sanford and from there on afternoon of August 9 to Greensboro, where he came into contact with a number of citizens and left on the afternoon of August 10, via Raleigh for Wake Forest. He testified that while at Greensboro he registered at Craig House near depot and saw Prof. Charles H. Moore and Gurney E. Nelson there, that he obtained contributions to be mailed at a later date from E.B. Jeffress, Dr. banner and Dr. Wheeler, but did not obtain any payments on that date, other than $5 from a gentleman at Proximity Mill, whose name he did not know and could not describe and small amounts of cash from a few persons he did not remember. In this manner he sought to keep the actual date of visit to Greensboro concealed, but Mr. Jeffress, in looking over his subscription book recalled that there was a contribution that day from W.D. Meyers. It was found that Mr. Meyers issued a check to him for $50 on September 15, 1921, which was the real date of his visit to Greensboro, instead of August 10, as he alleged. It developed that Moore and Nelson were both out of North Carolina on the date Young claimed to have seen them at Greensboro (August 9).

From the Greensboro Daily News, Saturday morning, June 24, 1922

Three Acquitted of Killing John McGee Because He Had a Brick in His Hand, June 24, 1922

Acquit White Defendants for Slaying Hamlet Black

Hamlet, June 23—Charges of murder against Bransom Millikin, his wife, Fannie Mae Millikin, and James Smith, resulting from the killing of John McGee, a negro, at the home of Mr. Millikin on Sunday morning, June 11, were dismissed after a preliminary hearing in a packed court room before Recorder J.C. Leigh this afternoon.

Evidence was introduced by Prosecuting Attorney Wade Saunders in an effort to show that the negro was inured by a blow behind the right ear before being killed by a load of buck shot, and a physician was called to the stand to testify. The defense claimed that the negro was killed in Millikin’s front porch with a brick in his hand, which was sufficient reason for his death. After long arguments by the prosecution and the defense composed of four lawyers, the case was dismissed.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, Saturday morning, June 24, 1922

Police Searching for Old and Feeble Confederate Veteran, June 24, 1922

Lincolnton Veteran Missing and Police Search for Him

Richmond, Va., June 23—The Richmond police received a telegram today from M.T. Leatherman of Lincolnton, N.C., inquiring if Henry Daughterty, Confederate veteran of that community, ever reached here for the reunion this week.

The message stated that he was old and feeble, and as no word had come from him it was feared that some mishap had befallen him.

Search for him was being made tonight.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, Saturday morning, June 24, 1922

Neptune Fishery Sold, Will Open October 1, 1922

Neptune Fishery to Open at Wilmington October 1

Wilmington, June 23—Sale of the Neptune Fisheries Company to the Chincoteague Fish Oil and Guano Company of Chincoteague, Va., was announced here today by Henry W. Conant, president of latter concern.

Full operations will be resumed October 1. The amount involved in the transaction was not made public.

The Neptune plant has been idle for two years. With the resumption of operations, the company will handle a fleet of five steamers in its fishing operations. Its annual payroll in Wilmington will be about $300,000.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, Saturday morning, June 24, 1922

Charge of Possession of Liquor Against Lewis Long Dismissed, June 24, 1922

Charlotte Attorneys Class Over Case Arising Out of Recent Sharpe Affair

Charlotte, June 22—Lewis Long, charged with possessing liquor in his car in January, while the automobile was in a local garage, was found not guilty in the city court his morning following a statement made by J.F. Newell, attorney for Rev. J.A. Sharpe, through whose efforts Long was arrested on an affidavit furnished by F.H. Huneycutt, sanitary inspector, that the prosecution had never claimed it had sufficient evidence to convict Long and that he desired to inform the court “now that we do not contend that the state can convict Long on the affidavit which has been turned over to your honor.”

In spite of the unique attention which developed when an attorney speaking for the prosecution informed the court before the case was called that the defendant could not be convicted on statement containing the sworn testimony of Honeucutt, the defendant through counsel, D.B. Smith, demanded a trial and was given it.

Sharp and bitter words developed at this juncture between Attorneys Smith and Newell.

“It is none of his business,” Mr. Smith told the court, “whether this is tried or not. He need not be concerned about where it starts or where it stops.”

“You keep your mouth out of this matter,” Mr. Smith said with feeling, as he turned toward Mr. Newell. When Mr. Newell sought to respond Mr. Smith told the court that if the court did not make Mr. Newell shut up and attend to his own business, “I will.”

The Charlotte police force is as efficient and as conscientious in its duty as that of any city or town in North Carolina, declared R.K. Kohloss of Salisbury, federal director of prohibition enforcement for the state, here today.

Mr. Kohloss said he had never heard any criticism of the local officers until a few weeks ago. Up to that time he had merely assumed, never having the opportunity directly to pass judgment upon the character of the local force, that it was doing its work to the satisfaction of the people.

The Provident Bank and Trust Company of Cincinnati offered a bid of $289,669.10 was declared the purchaser of the $287,000 gold bonds of the city of Charlotte by the city commissioners Friday morning.

From the front page of the Greensboro Daily News, Saturday morning, June 24, 1922. Obviously, the last paragraph doesn’t go with this story, but it was included in the newspaper article.

Progressive Farmer, June 24, 1922

Isaac Wheaton Burned Nearly to Death, June 23, 1922

Burned Nearly to Death, Home the Prey of Flames

Isaac Wheaton, an aged Negro, is in the Community Hospital as a result of serious burns sustained when his home was practically destroyed by fire early Tuesday night. Wheaton was given to fits and it is thought that he upset a lamp near his bed.

The home was ablaze when the fire was discovered, and the fire company had the fire nearly out when out became known that Wheaton was inside. He had barred the door and gone to bed, and there he was discovered on his face, wrapped up in quilts that were partly burned away.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, Friday, June 23, 1922

It Was All in Fun Until 9-Year-Old Pearl Beck Suffered Fractured Skull, June 23, 1922

Children playing in a yard at Mt. Airy threw some playthings of 9-year-old Pearl Beck on the roof of an outhouse, in fun. The child climbed to get her toys and fell, withstanding a fractured skull from which she soon died.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, Friday, June 23, 1922

Pocketbook With $85 'Dissolves' From E.F. Price's Overall Pocket, June 23, 1922

$85 Dissolved: Left In Overall Pockets

E.F. Price, a Norfolk house mover who is moving two houses from the recently acquired site for the new high school on Road Street, pulled off his overalls Wednesday afternoon and hung them up in an outbuilding when he left work. He left his pocketbook containing $85 in bills in one of the overall pockets and when he got back, he found that the pocketbook and all had dissolved. He has been unable to locate the thief but suspects a workman who failed to show up right after the loss of the money.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, Friday, June 23, 1922

Martin Johnson, Master of the Trenton, Sailed More Than a Million Miles, June 23, 1922

Has Sailed Over a Million Miles In 35 Years Between Elizabeth City and Nags Head and Manteo

Martin Johnson, widely known steamboat man and Master of the “Trenton” plying between Elizabeth City, Nags Head and Manteo, holds the record for distance covered on any particular route in the section. Capt. Johnson has sailed over 1,000,000 miles on his route which he has followed every day, continuously and successively for the past 35 years, six days a week, 52 weeks a year.

Capt. Johnson sails about 92 miles a day, 550 miles a week, 28,600 miles a year, 1,001,000 miles in 35 years. The total round trip mileage between Elizabeth City and Manteo via Nags Head is about 97 miles, but an allowance of several miles is made to cover occasional absences on business and pleasure.

This is an instance of staying at home and traveling a lot. But who wants to stick on a job 35 years to travel a million miles? It is proof that a man is interested in what he is doing.

From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, Friday, June 23, 1922

Sandhills Sending Record Peach Crop to Market, June 23, 1922

To Market Record Peach Crop

Sanford—Since the Sandhills Peach crop has begun to move it is now estimated that the crop will be almost double what it was last year. It is now believed that it will be over 1,100 cars. It is conservatively estimated that the total amount of money to be received from the crop will be upward of $1,500,000 should prices obtain during the season. Several cars of peaches from the Sandhills region were shipped over the Seaboard last week. This was the early variety and were not as good as the later peaches will be.

From The News-Record, Marshall, N.C., Friday, June 23, 1922

News Record, Marshall, N.C., June 23, 1922

Mountain Schools' Requests to Home Missions Board of Southern Baptist Church, June 23, 1922

Mountain Schools’ Faculties Ask Summer Normal Training School. . . Annual Conference of Mountain Schools’ Faculties Closed Friday; Trained Nurses Asked for 36 Institutions; Over 6,000 Students Registered

Ridgecrest, June 17—Resolutions passed petitioning the Home Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Church to establish a permanent normal training school for faculty members of the mountain schools in the Appalachians, supported by the Baptist Church; the drawing up of a petition asking the board to place a trained nurse in each one of the 36 institutions, wee two of the most important accomplishments of the conference of the mountain schools’ faculties which was held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at Ridgecrest, the Southern Baptist assembly.

Ridgecrest was proposed as the site of the training school. In the event that the Home Missions board acts favorably on the plan, it is believed that the step will mean more upbuilding of Ridgecrest than any other one thing in its history. The erection of a large brick building with an auditorium and class rooms would be one of the possible outcomes in the event the board sees fit to establish such a training school.

The placing of a trained nurse in each of the institutions to look after the physical welfare of the students would mean an additional expenditure of $26,000 or more.

At the present time there is an enrollment of over 6,000 students in the 36 Baptist institutions. The system is under the direction of Superintendent A.E. Brown of West Asheville, and R.L. Creal, the assistant superintendent, and spreads over the territory of eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, eastern Tennessee, western North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and northern Alabama. The Baptist Home Missions board also supports similar institutions in the Ozark mountains. A conservative valuation of the buildings and property of the schools is placed at $1,700,000. The teaching staff of the schools number 252 trained instructors, most of whom are college graduates with various degrees. At the present time there are being training in the schools 237 young ministers who will take up different charges upon completion of their studies. Many of the schools give junior college work and are ranked among the best preparatory schools in the south.

The mountain schools’ faculty completed one of the most successful conferences they have ever held. The attendance was made up largely of superintendents and prominent members of the faculties. During the conference the following program was carried out.

Addresses on the necessity for the fullest co-operation of mountain school workers as relating to the schools and the denominational program, were delivered by W.E. Wilson of Mitchell Institute, Bakersville, N.C., and L.E. Curry of Barbourville Institute, Barbourville, Ky.

The opening address of the conference was delivered by Prof. R.L. Moore of Mars Hill College.

Miss Ruth Richards, a faculty member, gave an interesting talk on the obligation of mountain school workers to the communities in which they work.

A discussion on the development of the self support of the schools was conducted by M.L. Skaggs, H.C. Hester, and R.F. Hough. Discussions were held on such subjects as the development of the industrial departments, the scope of the Bible department, and recreation for students was taken up by the conference.

C.L. Marshall and E.M. Snow presented the subject of adult illiteracy in the mountains.

The following are the institutions represented in the mountain schools’ faculty:

Virginia—Lee Institute, Pennington Gap; Oak Hill Academy, Kendrick.

Kentucky—Barbourville Institute, Barbourville; Hazard Institute, Hazard; Magoffin Institute, Salyerville.

Tennessee—Cosby Academy, Cosby; Chilhowee Institute, Seymour; Doyle Institute, Doyle; Stocktons Valley Institute, Helena; Watauga Academy, Butler; Smoky Mountains Academy, Sevierville.

North Carolina—Fruitland Institute, Hendersonville; Haywood Institute, Clyde; Mars Hill College, Mars Hill; Mitchell Institute, Bakersville; Mountain View Institute, Hayes; Round Hill Academy, Union Mills; Sylva Collegial Institute, Sylva; Yancey Collegiate Institute, Burnsville.

South Carolina—North Greenville Academy, Tigerville; Six Mile Academy, Central; Spartan Academy, Welford; Long Creek Academy, Mountain Rest.

Georgia—Blairville Institute, Blairville; Bleckley Institute, Clayton; Hiawassee Academy, Haiwassee; North Georgia Baptist College, Morganton.

Alabama—Eldgridge Academy, Eldridge; Gaylesville Academy, Gaylesville; Tennessee River Institute, Bridgeport.

--Asheville Citizen.

From the Asheville Citizen, as reprinted on the front page of The News-Record, Marshall, Madison County, N.C., Friday, June 23, 1922

James Haynie of Druid Has Died, June 23, 1922

We are sorry to learn of the death of James Haynie of Druid, N.C., Friday June 16th. Mr. Janie had suffered with Brights disease for the past year but had only been confined to his room for the past 40 days. Th writer has had the pleasure of knowing Mr. Haynie for the past 25 years and has dealt with him largely during his acquaintance and has never dealt with anyone who was mor honest and upright in his dealings. Mr. Haynie served as a magistrate for a number of years and was at one time jailor under Sheriff Cole.

Mr. Haynie was buried at Sol Shelton burying ground Sunday at 2 p.m. He leaves a wife, two girls and five boys. From The News-Record, Marshall, N.C., Friday, June 23, 1922

Gas Engine, Wood Saw Outfit for Sale, June 23, 1922

FOR SALE—Five horse-power oil burner gas engine, Webster Magneto, Practically new. Also wood saw outfit complete. Cash or terms, or will exchange for cattle. A bargain for someone. Dan T. Haynie, Barnard, N.C.

From The News-Record, Marshall, N.C., Friday, June 23, 1922

Mary Gaston Dies When Kerosene Oil Can Explodes, June 22, 1922

Burned to Death

Mary Gaston, an elderly colored woman who lived in the alley back of the McCracken Clothing Store, was so badly burned Monday afternoon from an explosion of a kerosene oil can while kindling a fire, that she died about two hours later at the Haywood County hospital.

She was a good cook and had lived here many years, having formerly lived at Morganton.

From the front page of The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier, Thursday, June 22, 1922

News From Sylva, Canton, Murphy, Franklin, Andrews Papers, June 22, 1922

Western N.C. Items

Frank Buchanan, one of the best-known citizens of the Savannah section of Jackson County, died at his home June 4th at the age of 77. The funeral was conducted at the East Fork Baptist Church, June 6th, by Rev. Thad F. Deitz of Bryson City, and interment was in the Deitz cemetery. One hundred twenty members and friends of the Coward family met at the home of Hon. J.D. Coward at Cullowhee, Monday, for the annual reunion on the anniversary of the birth of the late Nathan Coward.

--Sylva Journal

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D.G. Wilson is highly pleased with the results of the sale of the P.P. Morgan farm between here and Asheville, which he conducted last Saturday as practically every parcel of the tract was sold to eager bidders.

Funeral services were conducted here last Sunday afternoon for Corporal Hubert L. Moore, formerly of co. H, 7th Infantry, who made the Great Sacrifice oversees, and it was fitting that a great concourse of his friends and fellow-citizens should pay their last tribute to another hearo of the Great War.

--Canton Enterprise.

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Dr. H.N. Wells and Mr. C.B. Hill caught a 32-pound catfish in their fish trap near Murphy a few days ago.

Deputy Sheriff Polie Bell brought in two moonshine outfits last Saturday, which he captured in the lower end of the county near Isabelle.

Mr. John Reinhart of Hayesville had the misfortune to be badly hurt by a steam shovel Wednesday while working on the road above Andrews. He was brought to the Murphy Hospital Wednesday night by Dr. C.V. Orr of Andrews. Upon examination, it was found that his thigh was crushed and his color bone broken. It could not be learned just how the accident happened.

--Murphy Scout

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The Franklin Graded School Board met on Thursday, June 8th, and opened bids for the construction of the school building, for which a bond issue of $50,000 was voted by the citizens of the school district a few months ago. Only two bids were submitted to the board, one by Mr. Zeb Conley of Franklin and the other by Geo. A. Clayton & Co., building contractors of Atlanta, Ga. The bid of the Clayton Company for the building, not including the heating or plumbing, was $43,422. Mr. Conley’s bid was only $78 higher, his figures being $43,500. The contract was therefore awarded to the Atlanta concern.

--Franklin Press

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A quiet marriage took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.S. Russell Wednesday morning, June 14th, at 9 o’clock. Mr. C.S. Johnson and Miss Maud Russell were the contracting parties, Rev. L.B. Smith officiating.

The Andrews Tanning Extract Co. resumed operations a day or so ago. This industry gives employment to a large number of men in their extensive plant at Andrews, and the starting up of this plant will open up the market for thousands of cords of acid wood, thereby giving employment to all the men that want work. In addition to the resumption of this valuable industry, we are advised that the Cherokee Operating Co., The Southern Iron Mining Co., and Heaton and Russell have all resumed shipments of iron ore, after a shutdown for more than 18 months.

--Andrews News

From The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier, Thursday, June 22, 1922

Sam Sussman's Store Moved to Asheville, June 22, 1922

Sam Sussman Goes to Asheville

Sam Sussman, who has had a notion store in the old Schulhofer building for many years, has packed up his goods and moved to Central Avenue, Asheville.

The old wooden building he occupied has been condemned by the city and will soon be torn down. It is understood that a fine brick building will soon replace the old one.

From the front page of The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier, Thursday, June 22, 1922

Balsam News Briefs, June 22, 1922

Balsam News

Mrs. Wesley Queen received notice of the death of her half-sister, Mrs. Lassie Swanger Henry, which occurred last week at their home in Clear Lake, Washington.

Monday of last week Mrs. D.T. Knight and entire family suffered violently from ptomaine poisoning. However, they are about well now.

We are glad to know that Mr. H.P. Ensley and family have returned to their home here after spending the winter in Waynesville. Mr. Ensley has been quite sick but is improving.

Mr. W.S. Christy is also on the sick list.

Rev. O.J. Jones of Sylva visited the sick members of his congregation here Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ensley of Hazelwood visited his parents here Sunday.

Miss Catharine Rickards of West Palm Beach, Fla., is here for the summer.

Mr. B.D. Rosenbrook and family of Savannah, Ga., are also here for the summer.

Mr. John Brooks is quite sick.

Lloyd, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Bryson, fell out of an automobile and was badly bruised, having been caught between the wheel and the bank. However, he is getting on all right now.

Marion, little son of Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Howell, swallowed a large rusty pin Saturday, but so far there has been no bad result from it. Messrs. W.B. Farwell and Geo. T. Knight motored to Asheville Tuesday.

The Protestant Methodist Sunday School of Canton picnicked in Balsam Friday. They came by motor. We enjoyed their good singing and hope they will come again.

Miss Harriett Christy of Norfolk, Va., is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Christy.

Hotel Balsam and Balsam Lodge are open and receiving guests.

Mrs. J.R. Rork went to Waynesville Saturday.

From The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier, Thursday, June 22, 1922

Largest Middley Oven in South Installed in Waynesville, June 22, 1922

Waynesville Has Largest Bake Oven in the South

It was said by the superintendent of the Middley Oven Co. of New York that he has just erected the largest Middley oven in the South on Church Street, Waynesville. It will be in operation in a few days.

From The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier, Thursday, June 22, 1922

Waynesville Has Aroused From Sleep by Jessie Daniel Boone, June 22, 1922

Waynesville Has Aroused From Sleep

By Jesse Daniel Boone

Just take an early morning peep

At Waynesville, well-aroused from sleep.

See wooden buildings giving ‘way

To modern ones of well-burnt clay;

Where once were sorry, muddy lanes

Are well-paved streets and water mains;

The vacant storehouse, home and room

Are all fille dup and help things boom.

Where once was heard lament, complaint,

From merchant, sinner, and from saint;

You hear these praising up the town

While a smile replaced every frown.

To those who left and went away

Dawn brings a new and better day;

Another Waynesville has appeared;

The clouds have gone; the sky has cleared.

The boosters drove the grouches back

And now we have a good clear track;

So open up and let’s all go;

We’re tried of running thing sin low.

Step. On the throttle, let’s run in high

And pass the other fellow by;

We have the scenery, water, air,

And all the things to make us fair.

From the front page of The Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier, Thursday, June 22, 1922. J.D. Boone was editor of the newspaper.

Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier, June 22, 1922

Women's Hats, Styles and Prices in the 1920s

Unprecedented 8.29 Inches of Rain Fell in Reidsville Area Monday Night and Tuesday Morning, June 21, 1922

Unprecedented Rain Falls in Reidsville Tuesday Morning

Reidsville, June 21—Unprecedented rains fell in this section early Tuesday morning and Monday night, causing much damage to crops and property. The heaviest downfall was within a radius of three or four miles of Reidsville.

Weather Observer E.M. Reed reports a rainfall of 8.29 inches in Reidsville. Water on the streets was hub-deep and automobiles had difficulty in traveling the streets. The Edna Cotton Mills pond in Reidsville, Rankin’s pond five miles south of Reidsville and perhaps other dams in the county gave way under the pressure of the water. A number of bridges on small streams and approaches to come concrete bridges were washed away.

It was the hardest rain and longest period of excessive downpour perhaps ever known in the section. A number of first floors of business houses and residents here were flooded.

From the front page of The Fayetteville Observer, June 21, 1922

Obe Hefner, Badly Slashed by Jim and Remus Bryant, Probably Will Live, June 21, 1922

Obe Hefner Expected to Recover

Reports from the Oxford Ford section today indicated that Obe Hefner, who was severely cut with a knife in the hands of Jim and Remus Bryant Monday evening, probably will recover, although his wounds, according to Dr. Chas. L. Hunsicker, appeared more dangerous than those of Charlie Little, who died from the slashing he received at the hand of the two men. Little’s wounds were dressed by Dr. Long at Catawba and he seemed that he might recover.

The first his wife and family knew of the affair was where his body was brought into the house.

The Bryant brothers lived in Lincoln county before going to work on the Arndt place and after the cutting they went to the homes of relatives in Lincoln, where they were arrested.

Sheriff Mauser announced this afternoon that the preliminary hearing will be held at Newton at 1 o’clock this afternoon before Justice of the Peace Clarence Clapp. Solicitor Huffman will be present from Morganton. The facts in the tragedy may be learned at this trial, but in the meantime all the officers have learned is that the affair was over the alleged theft of some fish.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, June 21, 1922

Court Wants to Hear More About Accusations Rev. J.A. Sharpe Made in Sunday's Sermon, June 21, 1922

Lawyer Objects to Examination Unless in Public. . . Tells Court That Rev. Sharpe Must Be Examined in Open Court or Not at All

Charlotte, N.C., June 21 (By Associated Press)—“I will not permit my client to be examined in private. He will be examined out in the open, or he will not be examined at all,” declared Attorney J.F. Newell this morning in police court, when the presiding judge, J. Lawrence Jones, was listening to arguments as to whether the hearing in the ad testificandum papers served on Reverend J.A. Sharpe, local Methodist pastor, should be public or private.

Judge Jones informed Rev. Sharpe’s attorney that the hearing would be held today and that it would be private.

Reverend Sharpe was served with ad testificandum papers, in order to give Municipal court officials the benefit of information he said in a sermon Sunday night he possessed to the effect that bootlegging and immorality are unchecked in Charlotte and are being condoned by the city administration and police officers.

From the front page of The Fayetteville Observer, June 21, 1922

Harland Wilson, Mr. W.G. Hall, Miss Janie Leach Have Died, June 21, 1922

Mr. Wilson Dead

Mr. Harland Wilson, second son of Dr. and Mrs. R.B. Wilson, was killed yesterday at Dante, Va., the sad message being conveyed in a telegram to the parents of the young man last night. No particulars have been learned. The body will reach Hickory some time today.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, June 21, 1922

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Death of Esteemed Resident of City. . . Mrs. W.G. Hall Died Early This Morning; Hers Was a Life of Service

Mrs. Olivia Stedman Hall, widow of Wilbur G. Hall, died at her home on Maiden Lane at 2:15 o’clock this morning after a period of declining health of more than a year. She was a descendant of prominent and widely known families, being a granddaughter of the late Judge Henry Patter and a daughter of the late Captain John Madison Stedman, who lost his life by the explosion of his steamboat on Cape Fear River.

Mrs. Hall was a woman of great force of character and decided ability. Hers was a life of service, and it can be said truly that she strove faithfully and well in her day and generation. She possessed rare musical talent and culture, and for years was the principal music teacher of the city, many of Fayetteville’s best and most thorough musicians being instructed by her. During a long period, she was organist and instructor of the choir of First Presbyterian Church of this city, and the high class of music always rendered at this church bore evidence of her ability and faithful service. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Loyal and devoted to her family, friends and church, her loss will be felt sadly.

Mrs. Hall leaves two children—Miss Robbie Hall and John P. Hall, both residents of this city; three grandchildren, Douglass, Edward and Miss Elton Hall, children of the late Douglass Hall of Columbia, S.C., and a sister, Miss Ella Stedman of Fayetteville.

The funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock from the residence on Maiden Lane, conducted by Rev. J.A. McMurray. Mrs. Douglass Hall and two children, Elton and Douglass, came here today from Columbia to attend.

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Miss Janie Leach of Maxton Passes Away

Mrs. W.B. Malloy has received a telegram announcing the death of Miss Janie Leach, her aunt, which occurred at her home in Maxton yesterday. Miss Leach, who was a member of the Center Presbyterian Church, was greatly beloved by a large circle of relatives and friends in Robeson County.

Mr. and Mrs. Malloy went to Maxton by automobile this morning to attend the funeral, which was held at 4 o’clock this afternoon.

From the front page of The Fayetteville Observer, June 21, 1922

Grace Sigman, Clifford Little Wed, June 21, 1922

Little-Sigman

A quiet wedding was solemnized Saturday evening at 8:45 when Miss Grace Sigman became the bride of Mr. Clifford Little. The ceremony was performed in the presence of a few relatives and friends. Rev. R.B. Peery officiated, using the impressive ring ceremony.

The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O.E. Sigman of this city. Mr. Little is the son of Mr. Frank Little of Clines township. The young couple will make their home in Hickory for the present.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, June 21, 1922

Free Anti-Typhoid Clinics Proposed for Catawba County, June 21, 1922

Urge Campaign in Catawba County

The county board of commissioners will be asked at their next regular meeting to put on in cooperation with the state board of health a free anti-typhoid fever campaign in the county, and there is little doubt that Catawba will see a repetition of the clinics this year. Several years ago the first dispensaries were opened and proved highly successful.

As a means of preventing typhoid fever, vaccination is the only remedy known. It is practiced in the army and navy and in some countries is compulsory for the civilian population.

It is hoped that when the dispensaries are opened Catawba people will attend in large numbers and make this campaign the best ever held here.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, June 21, 1922

Legion's Swimming Pool Gets Brighter Lights, June 21, 1922

Brighter Lights at Legion Swimming Pool

Installation of two high electric lights over the swimming pool has nearly doubled the illumination of the water at night and patrons of this popular place will find more light on the subject. The three smaller lights have been taken down. The crowd is going to the pool in ever-increasing numbers, despite the numerous counters attractions.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, June 21, 1922

S.E. Cain Harvests Delicious Early Cantaloupe, June 21, 1922

Early Cantaloupe

S.E. Cain of Seventy-First Township, sent to the Observer office today a fine cantaloupe, the second ripe “native” melon we have seen. It was a Rocky Ford Junior, delightfully fragrant, and very sweet of flavor.

From the front page of The Fayetteville Observer, June 21, 1922

Caldwell to Build Modern Country Home, June 21, 1922

Caldwell to Build Modern County Home

Mr. Mark Squires, here from Lenoir today, announced that the Caldwell board of commissioners yesterday awarded the contract S.F. Hart??? of Lenoir for the construction of a modern county home on the sight of the present building. F.B. Ingold of Hickory got the contract for the plumbing and heating and the building will cost $40,000 when completed.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, June 21, 1922

Kyser, Dunn, Harris Paddle 90 Miles Down Tar River, June 20, 1922

Boys Make Night Trip on the Tar. . . Three Boys From Rocky Mount Make Record Trip by Canoe Over 90 Miles of Tar River; Unable to Pitch Tent During Storm Last Night

The storm last night did not hinder three boys from Rocky Munt in making their canoe voyage over 90 miles of the Tar River to this point. The three lads, James Kyser, Roy Dunn and James Harris, left Rocky Mount yesterday at 11 a.m. and did not let up until they arrived here this morning.

The original schedule was to camp during the night, having been prepared to pitch their canvas along the banks while en route. However, the heavy rainfall prevented this rest and they paddled on.

The time made by these boys is, so far as The Southerner knows, the best yet made on this stretch of Tar River. The distance is estimated to be about 90 miles, and while not navigable to large craft, offers little resistance to the canoe.

From the front page of The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, N.C., June 20, 1922

Bolt Of Lightning Strikes Daniels Home

Lightning Sets Fire To Mattress; Occupants of Bed Unharmed and Fail to Be Aroused

Early Sunday morning the home of Mr. W.D. Daniel of Battleboro was struck by lightning.

The lightning hit the chimney, went down through the roof, glanced to the bed where two of his girls were sleeping, set fire to the mattress of the bed just between the two girls, jumped to the floor, and as it passed out of the house it made a large hole in the floor.

Mr. Daniels, becoming alarmed, went upstairs to his daughters’ room and found them both fast asleep. Upon further examination he found seven panes of window glass broken in shivers (slivers?).

No one in the house was hurt, and beyond the burnt mattress, the hole in the floor and the crushed window glass, there was no other damage in the building.

From the front page of The Daily Southerner, Tarboro, N.C., June 20, 1922. Last name spelled Daniel on first reference and Daniels on subsequent references.