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Francis Hall, 11, Drowns in Lake Near King's Mill, May 29, 1924

Little Hall Boy Drowns in Lake Near King’s Mill

Francis Hall, 11 years old son of Mr. John Hall, and brother of Sidney Hall, who is president of the graduating class at Leaksville High School, was drowned Monday afternoon about 5 o’clock in the lake at Lakeside Park one mile from Leaksville near King’s Mill.

The Hall boy was on a picnic with other members of the fourth grade of the Leaksville school. It appears that he, with a little playmate, remained after the teacher and others had left, and were playing on a raft when he fell overboard into six feet of water. An hour elapsed before the body was finally found and brought to (the) bank by Myron Smith. Attempts to restore respiration failed.

The sympathy of many friends goes to the family of little Francis.

From the front page of The Arrow, Spray, N.C., Thursday, May 29, 1924

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