Monday, August 28, 2023

Retaliation Against Henley Ballard for His Opposition to Bootlegging, Aug. 28, 1923

Destroy Tobacco

Greensboro, N.C., Aug. 27—Under cover of darkness, two unknown persons, armed with corn knives, destroyed about an acre and a half of tobacco, the property of Henley Ballard, a white farmer who resides near Colfax, and who has been actively engaged in opposing bootlegging in this section for some time.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 1923

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