John Bethea Jr., 24, Killed, B.M. Hamer Seriously Injured in Accident, March 3, 1924

One Man Killed in Automobile Accident. . . John C. Bethea Killed and B.M. Hamer Seriously Hurt in Accident

Charlotte, N.C., March 3—John C. Bethea Jr., 24 years old, a bank teller, of Dillon, S.C., was fatally injured, and B.M. Hamer, a planter of Hammer, S.C., was seriously injured when an automobile driven by Hamer went over an embankment near here today. Bethea died while being brought to a hospital.

Hamer is in a local hospital and is not believed to be fatally injured. Three Davidson College students, also in the car, were slightly hurt.

From the front page of the Concord Times, Monday, March 3, 1924