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Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Headlines From Across the State, Oct. 12, 1922

Condensed News from the Old North State. . . Short Notes of Interest to Carolinians

Greenville—W.H. Whichard, aged 71, highly respected farmer, died at his home near Staton’s Mill. Mr. Whichard was one of the best known men of his section and was held in highest esteem by a wide circle of friends.

Wilson—The best average price for tobacco since 1919 was established here when 646,628 pounds was sold for $236,719.54, or an average of $36.60 per hundred pounds.

Whiteville—Don Nobles, charged with the killing of his kinsman, Frank Nobles, was brought back from Seaville, Fla., by Sheriff Ammons. Nobles, it is said, admits to the killing freely, but refuses to state a reason for the homicide.

Durham—Sharpe Roberts, former Piedmont league baseball player, who was stabbed and seriously wounded in an affray, which occurred during one of the Durham-High Point post-season series games, will recover, it was announced at the Watts hospital.

Lenoir—Marshall Webb of Leaksville, one of the smaller students in the Patterson school in Happy Valley, was seriously injured when run down by an automobile. Both legs were broken, one in two plaes, and a compound fracture was made on the other in addition to the break.

Lumberton—Sellers Skipper, white barber of Red Springs, Robeson county, who was found in a road in the outskirts of that town in an unconscious condition, died in a hospital in Fayetteville. A blow on the back of the head caused the death of Skipper.

Durham—Walter Dayton, catcher of the Durham Piedmont league baseball team, who suffered a fractured ankle in the fourth game of the league’s post-season series, has recovered sufficiently to walk on crutches. Physicians say he will be able to leave the hospital within a few days.

Hickory—The Catawba county fair enlarged so as to include four counties, was formally opened by President John W. Robinson in the presence of an unusually large crowd. This was known as Burke county day, and J. Earnest Erwin of Morganton was the speaker of the afternoon.

Greensboro—Definite answer as to whether Greensboro will retain its franchise in the Piedmont Baseball league, must be given to W.C. Bramham of Durham, president of the league, immediately after the meeting of the stockholders of the club and others interested on October 17. That is the ultimatum delivered personally to John T. Rees, president of the local club.

Winston-Salem—The Forsyth county fair opened at Piedmont park and the thousands in attendance were free to admit that the commercial and farm exhibits were decidedly the best they had ever seen at a county fair. All of the space this year in the commercial building is taken by Winston-Salem merchants and manufacturers, who have arranged a regular exposition in which many locally made products are featured.

Chapel Hill—All records for attendance at the North Carolina University have been broken, it was announced when figures at the end of the third day of enrollment showed 1,788 students on the campus.

Wilmington—Contracts for 25 Pacific type locomotives at a cost of $1,350,000, has been awarded to the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, by the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, it was announced here.

Lumberton—Sheriff R.E. Lewis arrived here with Joe D. Kemp, who was arrested in St. Augustine, Fla., on the charge of killing Daniel E. McNeill near Red Springs, Robeson county, on August 15, 1878, 44 years ago.

Marshall—Henry Humphrey, 11-year-old negro boy who shot and killed Blaine Moore, a 7-year-old playmate, when he discharged a shotgun at Aaron Logue, a 19-year-old lad with whom he had been disputing, is being held in the city jail, awaiting the decision of Coroner E.R. Morris as to what action to take.

From the front page of the Washington Progress, Thursday, Oct. 12, 1922

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