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
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