Homer Burnett Killed In Cave-In
Goldsboro, Sept. 19—Homer Burnett, a negro, was killed in Wayne County yesterday when a cave-in occurred in an excavation in which he was working. Burnett, a convict, was at work with other prisoners when the accident occurred. He had declined to accept a warning, appearing to be despondent. His home was in California.
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Arrest in “Klan Case”
Greensboro, Sept. 19—S.L. Jenkins, Winston-Salem merchant, is under arrest charged with immoral relations with Margaret Smith. The couple are alleged to be the “Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Webb” recently reported to have been kidnapped by alleged Ku Klux Klansmen at Taylorsville. Authorities allege that after many months’ association, Jenkins tired of the woman and “framed” the hold-up in which he was kidnapped and carried off in a car while the woman, badly frightened, was left in a road. Jenkins has a family.
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Heavy Fire Damage
High Point, Sept. 19—Fire last night destroyed the plant of P.A. Thomas Car Works, street car manufacturers. The damage was estimated at $250,000. The origin was not determined.
From The Kinston Free Press, Saturday, Sept. 23, 1922. The Perley A. Thomas Car Works, in business from 1918 to 1930, produced streetcars for Charlotte, Greenville and High Point, North Carolina, as well as Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, and New Orleans. Wikipedia has information about the company, including photos, online at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perley_A._Thomas_Car_Works.
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