Hobson Accuses Self of Buring Mercer's Barn, Jan. 29, 1924

White Man Is Charged with Burning Barn

Charged with burning a barn belonging to Onnie Mercer, Hermert Hobson was bound over to the Superior Court Monday afternoon under a bond of $1,000.

The man was arrested by the local police for drunkenness and will in their custody is alleged to have talked too much and to have given them evidence which led to his trial on the more serious charge.

From the front page of The Wilson Times, Tuesday, January 29, 1924.