J.L. Hamme, Official Speaker for K.K.K., to Speak, Sept. 16, 1924

Ku Klux Speaker Is Booked for Shelby

J.L. Hamme, one of the official speakers of the Ku Klux Klan, will speak in the Court House or on the Court Square of Shelby Thursday night of this week, beginning at 8:15 o’clock. The Ku Klux Klan has been making an effort for some time to perfect an organization here but this is the first time a public speaker ahs been sent here to announce the principles of the klan. The speaking will be public and lades as well as men are cordially invited to hear Mr. Hamme, according to the announcement sent to The Star.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Cleveland County Pottery Kilns to Open Sept. 20, 1924

Pottery Kilns to Open September 20. . . A Visit to Jugtown Where One of the Oldest Arts in America Is Practiced

Those of Cleveland county who have become interested in the pottery plants in Catawba county might be interested to know that the potters will burn kilns and have newly made wares ready for sale after September 20th. A representative of The Star visited two of these plants last week and found them well worthwhile. Jugtown pottery has been known for years but only recently have the people manifested any particular interest. The women of Shelby have shown a peculiar interest in pottery since the manufacturers have turned to fancy designs. One of the oldest potters found in that section was Mr. Johnson, aged 74, who learned the trade in east Tennessee and has been following it for 60 years. He confines himself to crockery ware, jugs, churns of the cruder sort, although he is an artist in his line, working in a picturesque little log cabin beside the road with his furnace near at hand.

The Hilton, 10 miles from Newton, have the largest plant, three men working all the time, making 250 different designs. They cater more to the artistic rather than the strictly useful and so well have they become known that an order is never solicited. Orders pile in faster than they can make the wares. Some days 15 to 20 automobiles drive to their door, mostly with women customers wanting to buy the fancy products which are later painted for ornamental purposes in elegant homes throughout the land.

The Hilton pottery was brought into the limelight by exhibitions at the Made-in-Carolinas expositions held in Charlotte. Articles appearing in the press recently have revived interest in this art, one of the oldest in the country, which dates back to Indian days.

“Why don’t you hire more men and increase your output to meet the demand,” inquired The Star representative.

“We can’t get the men,” replied Mr. Hilton. “It takes four years for one to learn the trade, and we can’t find people who are willing to serve an apprenticeship that long.”

If you have never seen the potter take the plastic clay and make it obey the will of his fingers, the trip is worth the time. You’ll learn why Jesus is referred to as the potter and you as the clay, why some vessels break and others serve a good purpose.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Deacon George Hogue Appeals Sentence on Roads, Sept. 16, 1924

Deacon Appeals His Sentence on Roads

Saturday morning in recorder’s court George Hogue, colored, for years a leading deacon in Shoal Creek church, No. 3 township, was sentenced to eight months on the county roads on several liquor charges preferred against him, and immediately following the sentence an appeal to Superior court was noted.

In the section around George’s home a still was found some weeks back by the officers and upon a search of the house a half pine of liquor was found together, the officers testified, with several other bottled that smelled of the beverage produced from corn. George denied any connection with the still, but testified that he bought a pine in Kings Creek on the road leading to the “rock house,” the half pint being what was left over. The bottles, he said, picked up by his wife and daughters to be used for various purposes around the house. A number of prominent citizens of No. 3 testified to George’s good character and his faithfulness in church duties and work, but Recorder Falls took note of the prosecuting evidence and decided upon the eight months. The appeal was entered by Clyde R. Hoey, the defendant’s lawyer.

At the same court Clarence Burroughs, colored, who a month or more ago used his knife on Cicero Saratt, was given a hearing. Immediately following the cutting Cicero’s feelings toward Clarence were rather heated, but the heat seems to have subsided since and Cicero was loath to attach much blame to Clarence’s act. The judge let Clarence go with a $10 fine with the remark to Cicero that “If you want your head smoothed down, I have no objections.”

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Mrs. John Stephens, 92, Recalls Four Jails of Cleveland, Sept. 16, 1924

Has Seen the Four Jails of Cleveland

Mrs. John F. Stephens age 92 years, who spent most of her life in Shelby is here on a visit with relatives from Muskogee, Oklahoma, where she is making her home now with her daughter, Mrs. S.E. Gidney. She is here with Mr. and Mrs. Gidney for a while, coming last week from Washington, D.C., where she has been visiting. Mrs. Stephens remembers the four jails of Cleveland county has had. The first jail was a log structure, the next was a brick affair situated where Charlie Laughridge’s home now stands, while the third jail now stands, but is being replaced by a new $80,000 structure on the east side of the present jail. Mrs. Stephens, although 92 years of age, has a clear mind and active body for one of her advanced years.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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From the Mountain Eagle, 1861

Mountain Eagle Recalls History. . . Old Paper Published in Shelby Shows Heated Controversy Over Secession—Gidney Prominent

There has come into the hands of The Star a copy of the Mountain Eagle, published by Thomas Eccles and Sam S. Moss in Shelby in 1861 when the war was brewing. Cleveland county was spelled Cleaveland at that time, and Major H. DeK. Cabaniss and Dr. J.W. Tracy were in controversy as delegates to the state convention to determine whether North Carolina would join the other states in secession or not. Major Cabaniss wrote “One of my opponents (Dr. Tracy) has said over and over again, that if North Carolina did not secede that he would leave her borders. I said to him in debate at Major Holland’s, that I thought he had better be out of North Carolina than to be here, disorganizing the very party which he professed to e in favor of and I as one, would bid him a hearty goodbye when he left.” Dr. Tracy in reply declared he would vote for secession and hold himself in readiness to defend North Carolina with all his power and energy and “I am ready to spill the last drop of my blood in her defense, or any other seceding state.”

Roster of Pacolet Guards

This issue of the Mountain Eagle also carried a role of the Pacolet guards, one of the first companies in the Confederate army to be formed in the south. It was made up of 80 men in Spartanburg and Union counites with Capt. J.Q. Carpender in charge. Speaking of Captain carpenter the paper says: “He is a native of Lincoln and a braver and more noble-hearted gentleman could not swell the ranks of the guards. He served in the Mexican campaign under Captain Clark as orderly sergeant. ‘Jake’ will not be found to be a pasteboard soldier.” In the roster of the company are names of families living in Cleveland today, such as Alexander, Allison, Blanton, Bridges, Byers, Cline, Collins, Gaffney, Goforth, Jones, Logan, etc., R.M. Gaffney, member of the company was a brother of our townsman J. Frank Gaffney.

Business Houses Then

The paper carries under the heading “Three Lives Lost” the following: “A sad and painful occurrence took place on Monday night the 4th of February 1861 in Broad river at the Cherokee Iron works. Mr. William W. Gaffney informs us that four valuable negroes, Albert and Tom, the property of Governor Gist. Same belonging to Dr. J.G. Gaffney and Dennis owned by Major Montgomery, attempted (without permission) after their day’s work to cross the river in a batteau. The river at the time being very full and rapid. Unfortunately, they were borne down the stream and swept over the falls.” Dr. Gaffney was the father of Mr. J. Frank Gaffney of Shelby.

One of the largest advertisements in the paper was for Dr. J.F. Miller’s drug store. In addition to selling drugs, medicine, varnishes, oils, brushes, perfumes and confections, etc., he offered brandies and wines for medicinal purposes.

A.H. Gaither was an attorney-at-law at the time; D.A. Putnam was an artist in house, sign and ornamental painting; M.L. Putnam was a watchmaker and repairer; A.M. printers.

Shields ran a carriage factory and did blacksmithing, taking country produce in exchange for his work; A.W. Quinn, the father of the late Beck Quinn, was a merchant tailor who had just removed to Fronebarger’s brick range; W.P. Love esquire had performed a ceremony united J. Runnions and Miss E.R. Quinn in the holy bonds of matrimony; and the Kings Mountain Railroad company offered a financial statement and paid a dividend of 2 ½ per cent to the stockholders. The inaugural address of Jefferson Davis was published, he being the first and only president of the Confederacy. His inauguration took place at Montgomery, Ala., and the paper says of it that “the procession was the grandest pageant ever witnessed in the South.”

Mr. Gidney Called

A meeting was held at St. Pauls church at which A.P. HOlafield announced himself a candidate for the secession convention and opposed to secession. “J.W. Gidney, esquire, being loudly called for, responded to the true spirit of the young and gallant Southerner—he was a native of the state and county of Cleaveland, and he felt proud to ‘flash his maiden sword’ in so good and holy a cause as that of the rights of the states and their duty to sustain them. Mr. Gidney is a young man of promise. He has made a good start—may those promises be fulfilled.”

Speaking of the convention and secession, the Mountain Eagle said editorially “Citizens of Cleaveland, Rutherford and Polk. Bly all the memories that cluster around the bleaching bones of your fathers on Kings Mountain—we exhort you to do your duty to your county and leave the consequences to God.”

The Mountain Eagle was published in a room at what is now the College Inn, and O.C. Sarratt was one of the From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924. Last sentence in the paper was omitted.

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Cleveland County Girls Attending N.C. College for Women, Sept. 16, 1924

Bevy of Girls Leave for the N.C. College

A bevy of pretty Cleveland county girls left yesterday morning for Greensboro to enter the North Carolina College for Women, the number going from Cleveland this year to this institution being the largest the county has ever sent.

Leaving Monday morning were Misses Rosalynd Nix, Louise Lever, Frances Whisnant, Minnie Eddings Roberts, Mary C. Hamrick, Sara Austell, Alpha Gettys, Hattie Gidney, Margaret Ross, Pearl Dixon, Oviedo Roberts, Isabel Hoey, Edith Arrowood, Mary Palmer, Grace Bolling and possibly others.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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P.F. Grigg Building Business House, Sept. 16, 1924

Building Store House

P.F. Grigg will begin next week the erection of a large business house on the site of the old Shelby Creamery property in South Shelby, which he purchased some months ago. He will build of wood and sheet metal a building 50x100 feet with basement, and sell coal, wood, fertilizer and feeds of all kinds.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Shelby High School Meets Gastonia High Oct. 7, 1924

Highs Play Gastonia at Kings Mountain

The Shelby High gridders will meet the Gastonia high eleven at Kings Mountain on Tuesday, October 7, the date of the Battleground celebration, it has been announced. The locals first game will be on Friday, September 26.

The game in Kings Mountain is expected to be witnessed by a larger crowd than any other during the season, owing to the big celebration on there that day. The event will draw thousands of people from the two Carolinas to the historic mountain, while the game is the chief athletic attraction. The elevens are expected to be better matched than ever before. Word comes from Gastonia that Coach Pat Crawford has a heavy, fast moving outfit and that they intend to score on Shelby for the first time. Appearances here are that Gastonia will meet a stronger Shelby eleven than ever before, which assures the descendants of the Kings Mountain heroes some real athletic entertainment for the day.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Dr. McBrayer Moving Practice to Raleigh, Sept. 16, 1924

Dr. McBrayer Opens Office in Raleigh

Dr. James H. McBrayer, who has been for some time successfully engaged in the practice of dentistry here with offices in the Union Trust building, left last week for Raleigh where he will engage in practice. Dr. McBrayer purchased the location and equipment of Dr. S.E. Douglas, there and with the purchase naturally acquires an excellent practice as a starter.

Dr. McBrayer was popular here and efficient as a dentist and will enter the professional circles at Raleigh well equipped to make good. Shelby regrets to lose such an able dentist and he has the best wishes of his many friends for success at his new location.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Miss Turney Bobbing Hair at Mrs. F.N. Wood's Millinery Store, Sept. 16, 1924

Hair bobbing for ladies and children done by Miss Turney at Mrs. F.N. Wood’s millinery store, South Shelby.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Mrs. Cline Died Following Stroke, Sept. 16, 1924

Mrs. Jerome Cline Dies at Lawndale

Mrs. Louisa Beam Cline, widow of the late Jerome Cline, died at 6:30 o’clock Monday morning at her home at Lawndale, following a stroke of paralysis Saturday afternoon at 6:30 o’clock. Mrs. Cline was about 60 years old and a devoted mother and church member, holding her membership at New Bethel Baptist church where the funeral will be conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock.

Mrs. Cline’s husband died about three years ago. He was one of the leading farmers of that community. She is survived by five children: Grover, David and Furman Cline, Miss Lou Cline and Mrs. Will Spangler. One sister, Mrs. Nancy Grigg, who lives on N. Morgan street, also survives, together with two brothers, Mr. David Beam of Cleveland county and Rev. John Beam, a Baptist preacher of Roxboro and superintendent of the Person county schools.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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E.F. Lewis, 69, Died in Shelby, Sept. 16, 1924

Mr. E.F. Lewis Dies in Shelby, Age 69

Mr. Emanuel Franklin Lewis, born October 22nd, 1855, died in Shelby Saturday, and his remains were buried Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Sunset cemetery, the funeral being conducted at the Methodist Protestant church of which he was a member, by the pastor, Rev. J.M. Ridenhour. Mr. Lewis had been ill for about 10 months. He was well known in Shelby and had been a member of the M.P. church for some time.

Surviving are the following children: L.P. Lewis, Mt. Holly; A.C. Lewis, Marion; O.C. Lewis, Shelby; Sidney Lewis, Hickory; Mrs. Mattie McDonald, Hickory; Mrs. J.C. Rhodes, Gastonia; Mrs. Dora Stephenson, Chester, S.C.; Mrs. Estella Matherly.

From the front page of the Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Tuesday, September 16, 1924

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Cooper, Rourk Guilty of Mishandling Bank Money, Sept. 15, 1924

Cooper and Rourk Have Plead Guilty. . . Charges Grow Out of Alleged Violations of State Banking Laws

Wilmington, Sept. 11—Thomas E. Cooper and Joseph C. Rourk, president and cashier, respectively, of the Liberty Savings Bank, through their attorneys, W.F. Jones, Herbert McClammy and C.D. Weeks, today tendered pleas of guilty to the misdemeanor charges and pleas of forcibly trespass to the felony charges in connection with their alleged violations of the state banking laws, and their pleas were accepted by Solicitor Woodus Kellum.

Judge Henry A. Grady set Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for disposal of the cases, at which time he told Solicitor Kellum he would hear him in a review of the testimony that would have to be offered in the case had come to trial.

From page 2 of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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Coroner's Inquest Concerning Death of W.W. Johnson Continues, Sept. 15, 1924

Continue Johnson Inquest

Charlotte, Sept., 15—C.G. Brown of Winston-Salem, said to be a finger-print expert, and W.D. Rock, meter reader, are expected to be the principal witnesses Tuesday morning at the coroner’s inquest into the death of W.W. Johnson, Mt. Holly barber, who was found shot to death in the home of E.L. Reed Saturday, September 6th, according to Coroner Frank Hovis. L.H. Fulp, of Statesville, and H.L. Reed, of this city, are now held in jail without bond in connection with the case. The coroner’s inquest, which started last Tuesday and was postponed until today, was postponed this morning until tomorrow morning.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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Governor Says He Will Build Cold Storage Facility After He Leaves Office, Sept. 15, 1924

Morrison Will Enter Business on Retirement. . . Governor Will Organize Cold Storage Company Designed for the Farmer

Whiteville, Sept. 12—When Governor Morrison retires from public office, he will tackle the job of organizing a private company for the operation of cold storage plants for products of the farm.

That petition was made known today after an address to Columbus county people in which he listed the need for storage facilities with the necessity for developing water transportation aids and aid to profitable marketing by the agricultural interests.

“We need cold storage plants and companies established by private enterprise into which the farmers can carry perishable products and market them orderly,” he told the Columbus county people in his speech, and afterward in conversation he stated he proposed to tackle such a job when he becomes a private citizen.

The governor got the idea, he said, from observations on the Erie Canal in New York state, where apples and other products grown in that state are stored by the farmer or sold to the storage companied and marketed orderly and profitably.

Senator Joe Brown, a merchant and farmer, confirmed the need for such facilities in the state when he pointed out that 5,000 barrels of potatoes went to waste in Columbus county because they could not be marketed in time.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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Ruth Horton, 8, Killed in Fall from Tree, Sept. 15, 1924

Little Girl Killed in Fall from Tree

Raleigh, Sept. 13—Ruth Horton, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William M. Horton, of this city, was instantly killed this afternoon. She fell from a tree onto an iron spiked fence, one of the spikes of the fence piercing her heart. The little girl and several companions were climbing a grape vine running up the tree when she lost her footing and fell onto the fence.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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New Tabernacle Going Up in Salisbury, Sept. 15, 1924

Salisbury to Build Tabernacle for Lyon

Salisbury, Sept. 13—The tabernacle to be used in the Lyon meeting which begins here November 2nd will be erected on the Presbyterian lot near the center of the city and on the site of the Methodist tabernacle, which was used for two years recently while the Methodists were building a new church. J.W. Fletcher has been named as chairman of the tabernacle committee, and the Lyon organization will send a man here to help him plan and construct it. T.M. Kesler has been named chairman of the finance committee, and other chairmen are being selected from day to day so that soon the organization will be completed.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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New Company Now Producing Oxygen, Sept. 15, 1924

Charlotte Now Has an Oxygen Factory

Charlotte, Sept. 13—The plant of the recently organized Carolina Standard Gas Products Company, in the western part of Charlotte, has been completed and tested out, and will begin full time operating during the coming week. The product of the new plant, which cost approximately $75,000, is oxygen, this being the first establishment in the Carolinas to produce this gas for which there is a constantly increasing demand in modern industrial establishments.

The capacity of the new plant, which will operate constantly 24 hours a day, is approximately 30,000 cubic feet of oxygen per day.

Users of oxygen include cotton mills, steam and electric railways, machine shops, garages, junk dealers, and others.

From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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Surprise Birthday Supper for Ralph Caldwell, Sept. 15, 1924

Surprise Birthday Supper

On last Thursday evening Mrs. Ralph Caldwell entertained several of Mr. Caldwell’s friends at their home, near Concord, when she gave him a surprise birthday supper. The men slipped quietly into the house and when Mr. Caldwell came in, he found them. They went into the dining room where Mrs. Caldwell, assisted by her mother, Mrs. N.P. Watt, and by Miss Martha Caldwell, served a delicious supper. After supper they retired to the living room where they smoked and played cards for several hours.

Those present were: Olin Caldwell, Espy Cannon, Walter Smith, Frank Brumley, F.S. Goodman, H.E. Bonds and R.V. Caldwell Jr.

From page 2 of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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Miss Montgomery Is Bride of Dr. Street, Sept. 15, 1924

Street-Montgomery

The following announcement from Friday’s Raleigh News and Observer, will be read with interest here.

Miss Montgomery, being a daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. S.L. Montgomery, of this city:

A wedding of much interest throughout the State will take place tomorrow morning at 11 o’clock when Miss Julia Lily Montgomery of this city will become the bride of Dr. Claude Augustus Street of Winston-Salem. The marriage will take place at the first Baptist Church.

Miss Montgomery is the niece of Mrs. M.T. Norris of this city.

From page 2 of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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D.A. Sears Weds Miss Della Frye, Sept. 15, 1924

Sears-Frye

D.A. Sears of Concord and Miss Della Frye of Maryland were married here Wednesday, the ceremony taking place at the parsonage of the First Baptist Church and was performed by Dr. G.A. Martin. Mrs. Sears is a sister of Rev. A.B. Frye, pastor of the Methodist Church at Ocean View, Maryland. Mr. Sears is a resident of Concord and holds a position with the Concord and Kannapolis Gas Company. They will be at home in this city after September 15th, at 144 West Depot Street.

From page 2 of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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Mary Francis Miller Celebrates 4th Birthday, Sept. 15, 1924

Birthday Party

Miss Mary Francis, the charming little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Miller, delightfully entertained a number of her little friends Friday afternoon from 4 till 5 o’clock. The occasion was in celebration of her fourth birthday.

After various games were played ice cream and cake were served by the hostess’ mother and Mrs. J.T. Kearns.

Those present were: Estelle Kirk, Mildred and Martha Elizabeth Miller, Estelle and Elizabeth Allred, Raymelle Williams, Frone Maxine and Sybil Miller, Louise Kearns, Inez, Helen and Margaret Weaver, Rost Lee Honeycutt, Hazel Scott, Joe and Virgie Kearns, Joe Cook, Aubrey and James Melvin Brown and Tommie Kirk.

From page 2 of The Concord Times, Monday, September 15, 1924

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School Teacher in Jail for Strangling Her Baby at Birth, Sept. 14, 1924

School Teacher Is Charged with Death of an Infant Child. . . Baby Strangled at Birth with a Piece of Cord—Mother Alleged to Have Taught School Same Day

Waynesville, Sept. 13 (AP)—Mollie Teague, young school teacher at Little Cattaloochee, 35 miles from this place, is held in custody on the charge of having strangled to death an infant child at birth. She is alleged by the Sheriff’s officers to be the mother.

She has confessed to the crime, which occurred last Tuesday, according to Haywood county officers.

The tiny baby was found Tuesday in a cornfield near the home of W.G.V. Messer, in Little Cattaloochee township. It had been strangled to death, a cord being tightly drawn about the neck when found.

At the Coroner’s hearing, Messer testified that on Tuesday morning he had seen the school teacher in the cornfield. She had been staying at his house while teaching the school, a short distance away. She taught school that day, Messer finding the body of the baby shortly after noon of the same day.

When questioned by officers, she admitted, they say, that she gave birth to the child in the cornfield Tuesday morning, strangled it with the cord, and then taught school the same day.

She is held under guard, seriously ill, at the Messer home.

From page 5 of the Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, September 14, 1924.

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Roy Carr, 14, Sent to State Prison for Housebreaking, Sept. 14, 1924

Sends Boy to Prison

Raleigh, Sept. 13—Roy Carr, 14 years old, has been sent to the State prison for not less than two years and not more than three by Judge J. Lloyd Horton, after he had been found guilty of housebreaking, and the judge had been informed that the boy was in corrigible.

From page 9 of the Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, September 14, 1924.

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Tobacco Farmers Will Have Money in Their Pockets, Sept. 14, 1924

Did You Get Your Share of This Money, Mr. Merchant?

Warehouse operators in Goldsboro yesterday “cast account” and found that since the opening of the market on September 2nd, they had paid out $187,127.98 for tobacco which had been sold on the floors of the local warehouses.

Without a doubt the majority of this money has been or will be spent in Goldsboro. Without a doubt many of the progressive merchants of this city have already received a goodly share of this sum and others will get a share later on.

And this is only a small portion of the total amount which will be paid out to the growers who sell on the floors of the warehouses in Goldsboro.

It is, therefore, an easy matter for local merchants to see that all that is necessary for them to do in order to get their share of this money is to go after the business and this can best be done through the medium of newspaper advertising.

The Goldsboro News thoroughly covers the rural section of Wayne county. It is read each day by several thousand persons and an advertisement carried in its columns is read by each and every one of these.

Now is the time for the merchants of Goldsboro to go after the business of these tobacco growers as never before. Thell them what you have to offer, state prices and invite them to your place of business. Do this and get your share of the trade that is coming to this city.

The lead editorial in the Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, September 14, 1924. R.F. Beasley, Editor

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Kepley's Penalty for Running Down and Killing Aged Negro, Sept. 14, 1924

$100 and 30 Days

Salisbury, Sept. 13—A.R. Kepley has been fined $100 and sentenced to 30 days in jail for running down and killing an aged negro on the main street here. He was also ordered to pay the prosecuting witness $750.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924

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Louis Uzzell's Bail is $2,500, Sept. 14, 1924

Negro Used a Gun; Secures Freedom. . . Judge F.A. Daniels Permits Louis Uzzell to Give Bond for His Appearance in Superior Court

Habeas corpus proceedings in the case of Louis Uzzell, colored, being held in the Wayne county jail on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill on one James Hill, also colored, were heard before Judge F.A. Daniels in the city yesterday afternoon, and the defendant admitted to bail in the sum of $2,500.

The arrest and incarceration of Uzzell followed “a shooting bee” at a colored baseball game in New Hope township on last Saturday afternoon, after Uzzell and Hill had a disagreement as a result of the game.

Witnesses stated that the two men engaged in an altercation which resulted in Uzzell drawing his revolver and shooting Hill.

The wounded man is said to be in rather a serious condition at the present time.

The case was set for trial at the November term of court.

From page 3 of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924

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James Richardson Struck by Car, Sept. 14, 1924

Man Struck by an Auto Is Recovering. . . James Richardson Painfully Injured in Collision with Harvey King’s Motor Vehicle

James Richardson, white, an employee of the Durham Hosiery Mills, was yesterday recovering from the effects of painful bruises received Friday afternoon near the company’s plant, when he collided with an automobile driven by Mr. Harvey King, No. 313 W. Center street.

According to the version of the affair given by Mr. King, he was driving up Center street near the hosiery mill shortly after that plant had ended operations for the day. Mr. Richardson, he said, walked out from the sidewalk, in an apparent effort to cross the street, and ran into the machine, being struck by the rear fender and knocked down.

Aside from being badly bruised, Mr. Richardson is said to have suffered no serious injury.

From page 5 in the Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, September 14, 1924.

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Should Soda Fountains Use Common Drinking Cup? Sept. 14, 1924

Aldermen Will Decide Fate of Drinking Cup. . . City Dads Will Tomorrow Night Say Whether or Not Fountain Operators in Goldsboro Can Continue to Use Common Drinking Glass or Whether They shall Use the Sanitary Container Exclusively at Their Founts

Tomorrow night the city fathers are to decide once and for all the fate of the common drinking glass, which has for years been in use at the soda fountains of this city, and bring to an end the much mooted controversy, which has been waging for the past several weeks.

The ordinance relative to the use of sanitary containers at all local soda foundains went into effect on the first of the month. The operators of several of the fountains registered a protest against the compulsory use of the same, and appeared before the board at the last meeting, in defense of their side.

Discussion pro and con was rife, and the result of the matter was the aldermen held the ordinance in abeyance for a period of two weeks, starting which time the operators of the fountains were told to get together with the health authorities and to see if some amicable solution of their problems could not be worked out.

However, it seems that there has been no getting together on the subject. The health officials assert that the sanitary drinking cup is the one thing that must be used, and tomorrow night they will marshal their forces before the board in an effort to convince that august body that such is the case. It is understood that the medical society members will appear, as will representatives of several woman’s organizations in the city.

It is likely, it is pointed out, that the fountain operators will appear again in defense of their position, and indications are that a happy time will be had by all.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924

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Wayne County Rural Schools Announce Opening Dates, Sept. 14, 1924

Rural Schools in Wayne County Are Soon to be Opened. . . J.T. Jerome, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Says Indications Are That Enrollment Will be Heavy

According to information given The News yesterday by Mr. J.T. Jerome, superintendent of public instruction in Wayne county, the rural public schools in this county will begin their 1924-25 terms on October 6th and November 3rd, the eight-month schools starting on the date first mentioned, and the six-month schools on the latter date.

During the Summer months, according to Mr. Jermone, many improvements have been made in school buildings all over the county. Eight or 10 of the schools in the county have been consolidated, the school buildings have been enlarged, and new equipment added, and when pupils and teachers return to take up their work they will find many changes made.

Indications are, said Mr. Jermone, that the enrollment will be the largest in the history of the county schools, and he is looking forward to a most successful year in every way.

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924

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Standard Motor Company of Goldsboro Changing Hands, Sept. 14, 1924

Standard Motor Company Announces Change of Hands. . . Effective Tomorrow Messrs. H.H. Parker and Jos. R. Williamson Will Sell Their Holdings in the Standard Motor Company, Local Lincoln, Ford and Fordson Dealers, to New Company Being Organized

It has just been announced by Mr. H.B. Parker, President, and Mr. Jos. R. Williamson, manager, that effective Monday morning, September 15th, they will sell their entire holdings in the Standard Motor Co., local Lincoln, Ford and Fordson dealers, to a new company being organized.

In discussing the matter with Mr. Parkson, he made the following statement: “I have been thinking for some time of retiring from active business, especially from such a business that requires as much time and attention as does the Ford business in Goldsboro. Therefore, Mr. Williamson and myself, who are owners of the Standard Motor Company, have decided to sell out to a newly organized company. I have been actively associated with the Ford Business in Goldsboro some 10 or 12 years, and have seen the business grow from a very small business to the present big company, which is now handling nearly a thousand cars a year. The action we are taking has been contemplated for some time. . . . “

From the front page of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924

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Alice Wilkinson, Lewis Haynes Wedding at Bride's Parents' Home, Sept. 14, 1924

Haynes-Wilkinson

The marriage of Miss Alice W. Wilkinson of Goldsboro and Mr. Lewis E. Haynes of Reidsville was quietly solemnized Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the country home of the bride’s parents.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. C.P. Jerome, and only members of the family were present.

The bride is the attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Wilkinson. She received her education at the East Carolina Teacher’s College.

The groom is a young business man of Reidsville, N.C., where they will make their home after a trip to the western part of the state.

From page 3 of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924

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Missionary Society Holds Silver Tea, Sept. 14, 1924

Woman’s Missionary Society to Meet

The Woman’s Missionary Society of the Christian Church will hold a Silver Tea at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R.I. Thornton on Thursday evening, Sept. 18th, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

There will be a musical program given by Hurst’s Orchestra. Come and help a worthy cause.

From page 3 of the Goldsboro News, September 14, 1924. A silver tea is a fundraiser. Admission is a silver coin, so you could come for a nickel or a dime or a quarter, or any combination of change.

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Personal Mention in Goldsboro News, Sept. 14, 1924

Personal Mention

Mr. W.L. Rawlings left yesterday afternoon for a week end visit at Swansboro.

Mrs. Richard Harrison of Portsmouth, Va., who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.M. Irwin on Park avenue, has returned home.

Mrs. M.E. Robinson returned yesterday from Baltimore, where she has been visiting the past two weeks.

Mrs. Charles W. Grainger left yesterday for a visit with relatives in Rocky Mount.

Miss Mary Elizabeth Morris has returned home after a visit at Wrightsville.

Mr. C.M. Black left yesterday afternoon for a visit at Swansboro.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanes and son, of Winston-Salem, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F.K. Borden.

Mr. George C. Royall returned to this city last night from Richmond, where he has been receiving treatment.

From page 3 of the Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, September 14, 1924

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Goldsboro Must Have Pro Baseball Team, Sept. 14, 1924

We Must Have Baseball

The committee of baseball enthusiasts who have accepted the task of raising funds sufficient to assure Goldsboro’s entrance into a league next season have raised $1,000 thus far and have been given assurance that the remainder necessary will be forthcoming when they call for it.

Goldsboro wants and within a doubt will have a professional baseball played in its midst next season. The fact that a town has a team in a league is a big advertisement in itself, and Goldsboro people are always live to every opportunity.

We trust that when members of the committee call upon individuals here that each and every one of those called upon will subscribe just as liberally as possible.

From the editorial page in the Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, September 14, 1924. R.F. Beasley, Editor

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Deputy Sheriffs Capture Stills in Salem, Walnut Grove, Sept. 12, 1924

Capture Two Stills

Oxford, Sept. 12—Deputy Sheriffs Bragg, Walker, and Klapp captured two stills this afternoon. One in Salem township, one of 60 gallon capacity. At this still they found two men at work building the furnace for the still. The two men ran, constable Bragg in hot pursuit. Bragg was not fast enough for the man who had the iron bars staring him in the face.

The other still was found in Walnut Grove township. This one was of 40 gallon capacity, and according to offices had the fire still in the furnace. The men had just completed a run and carried with them the cap and worm together with what moonshine that they made.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Charlie Thomas Cut His Own Throat, But Doctors Say He Will Survive, Sept. 13, 1924

Raleigh Man Cuts Throat, Will Live

By the Associated Press

Raleigh, Sept. 12—Fearing that Charlie Thomas, the man who last night was found in his room with his throat cut, is temporarily mentally deranged, two attendants have been stationed in his room at the hospital to watch him.

When neighbors first found Thomas, they though that he had been attacked and called police to the residence and an investigation was immediately started, but no trace of his probable assailant had been found at 8:30 tonight. Police now say that Thomas probably cut his own throat.

Hospital physicians stated tonight that the man would probably recover.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Prohibition Agents Seized $30,000 in Property in August, 1924

Dry Agents Seize $30,000 Property

Salisbury, Sept. 12—Property appraised at about $30,000 was seized by the prohibition agents in North Carolina during the month of August, according to the report of Director Coltrane. Included in this property are eight automobiles.

There were 548 gallons of liquor and 68,790 gallons of beer, which would have been distilled into liquor, destroyed. About eight to 10 gallons of beer distilled into a gallon of whiskey, it was explained. Ninety-three stills were captured “red-handed” and these with other arrested from evidence secured resulted in 167 prosecutions.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Warrant Issued for Mrs. Keene, Charging Her with Assault and Battery, Sept. 13, 1924

Warrant Issued

Oxford, Sept. 12--Mayor T.G. Stem issued a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Geo. Keene, charging her with assault and battery upon Mrs. K.S. Bowling. The affray is alleged to have happened some time ago.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Charlotte Had Big Parade and Speech, Sept. 13, 1924

Charlotte Has Big Parade and Speech

Charlotte, Sept. 12—While national guard companies, hospital units, and several hundred citizens in line, Defense Day was observed here late with a parade through the downtown streets. Civic organizations also were in line.

Mayor J.O. Walker made the observance official so far as the city was concerned when he on yesterday issued a proclamation calling on the people to observe the day in fitting manner.

The first section of the parade was made up national guard units, a hospital corps and Red Cross nurses. The second included the Salvation Army band, Boy Scouts and the Junior Red Cross. The third consisted of Confederate Veterans, Red Cross canteen workers, first aid workers, home service workers and disaster relief workers.

Adjutant General Metts of North Carolina was the chief speaker at a dinner tonight at the Chamber of Commerce.

During the day an American flag was presented to the Central high school by the Junior Order of United American Mechanics.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Chapel Hill Crowd Hears R.B. House Speak on Defense Day, Sept. 12, 1924

Chapel Hill Hears House Defense Day

Chapel Hill, Sept. 12—Robert B. House, acting secretary of the state historical commission, was the principal speaker at national defense day exercises, which were observed here in a patriotic manner.

A crowd estimated at 100 persons gathered at the post office at noon. The local Boy Scouts band struck up patriotic airs and there were short addresses by Mr. House and by Francis F. Bradshaw, dean of students in the University, and Carl Durham, commander of the Chapel Hill post of the American Legion, who arranged the program. E.R. Rankin of the University faculty presided over the exercises. Rev. A.S. Lawrence of the Episcopal Church conducted the devotional services.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Parade, Patriotic Speakers at National Defense Day, Winston-Salem, Sept. 13, 1924

Simple Exercises Held at Winston

By the Associated Press

Winston-Salem, Sept. 12—Simple exercises marked national defense test day here. They were held on the courthouse square at 5:15 this afternoon.

The program included patriotic music by the Salem band, prayer by the chaplain of the American Legion Post, Rev. R.E. Gribben, a short address by Attorney Luther Ferrell, one of Forsyth County’s representatives in the legislature, closing with a parade by the local company of the national guards and the reserve officers.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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General Bowley Is Speaker at National Defense Day, Sept. 12, 1924

General Bowley Is Asheville Speaker

By the Associated Press

Asheville, Sept. 12—Loyal support to the ideals of national defense day were exhibited today in Asheville with the outpouring of thousands of citizens to witness the test parade and hear the address of General A.J. Bowley, U.S.A., the principal speaker at the mass meeting of the city auditorium.

The parade was one of the most successful ever held in the city and the mass formation which followed it on Battle Square was also well attended. The public meeting and address of General Bowley followed the mass gathering on the square being held shortly after 11 o’clock.

Patriotic civic and veterans’ organizations joined in the parade and with them were thousands of school children.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Greensboro Folks Hear Address by Col. Henry D. Styler, Sept. 13, 1924

Greensboro Heard Address by Styer

Greensboro, Sept. 12—Parade of various units, filled with civilian volunteers and an address by Colonel Henry D. Styer, commander of the first American forces to land in Siberia, when a Red army under German command threatened to overrun that country, featured the national Defense test day celebration here.

In response to a proclamation of Mayor Claude Kiser, the streets are decorated with flags and this afternoon many places of business were closed for the parade and speaking.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Miss Annie Ruth Cates, William Byrd Wed Sept. 12, 1924

Married Yesterday

Miss Annie Ruth Cates, youngest daughter of H.M. Cates, 203 Gregson street, and William Byrd of Duke were married late yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs. H.M. Nevilles of Cary. They will live at Duke, where the groom is engaged in farming.

From page 3 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Dear Miss Dix: Advice to Lovelorn, Sept. 13, 1924

Dorothy Dix Letter Box

Dear Dorothy Dix—

I am 25 years old and have been married and divorced twice, but have no children. I am now going with a man who is a perfect gentleman, but my father objects to my going with him or any one else, just the way he always did before I married either time. I am never allowed to receive any company in my home or to have any men callers. The result was that I used to meet them on the sly on the streets. That is the way I met and married the wrong men.

Now I want to play fair and square by having my friend visit me in my own home. I do not intend having him stay until midnight. All I ask is that he be permitted to call for me when we attend a theatre or dance, but this is out of the question, as my father will not allow it.

What should I do? Sneak out again the way I used to and meet my friend on the sly, or find some other place to board, where I can have him call on me the way he should?

Answer:

Certainly, Julia, I should advise you go live some place where you can receive your men friends in a proper and decent manner, and where you will not be forced to lie and deceive in order to have a little innocent pleasure. You owe that much to yourself because no man can have the same respect for a girl who has to slip out and meet him on the sly on a street corner as he does for the one who receives him in the conventional-hallowed precincts of her own parlor.

But surely any father who refuses to let his daughters receive their men friends at home is a fit subject for the investigation of either an alienist or the Grand Jury. He must be mad, not to know what he is doing; or criminal, not to realize the results of forcing a young girl out on the streets to pick up her acquaintances there, to find her pleasures in the street and to be treated as lightly as men treat girls they come to know in that sort of way.

For when you lock a girl in a room, it is a dead sure thing that she will climb out of the window. If you refuse to let her have company at home, she will find it wherever she can, on the streets, at corner drug stores, at dance halls, at many a place that is the anteroom of hell. If you deny her a lawful good time in her youth, she will have an unlawful good time, even if she has to sell her soul to get it—which is something for stern parents to think over.

The only way fathers and mothers can protect their daughters is to encourage them to bring their friends home, to make their companions welcome in their home and make home so attractive that the young people want to come to it. In that way only do they have a chance to find out with whom their children are associating and to guide them in the choice of friends. In that they only can they help their girls to pick the right men for husbands.

More than that, the background of a home is a great protection to a girl. It throws an aura of respectability about her, and the knowledge that she is being gently, wisely, capably looked after makes men show her a deference and a consideration they never show to a girl they pick up on the streets, who has no home to which they are ever invited and no mother and father they ever met.

Your father is responsible for your two unfortunate marriages, Julia. You have suffered and profited by your hard lesson. Meet no more men on the sly, but openly and aboveboard in some respectable home.

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Dear Miss Dix—

I am a young married man and earn a good salary, enough for us to live on in comfort, but my wife is not willing for us to have a home of our own. She wants to live with her people, which I cannot do. In the three years we have been married we have started to keep house six times, and every time she has broken up and gone back to her father and mother. The last time she went I refused to go with her, but she took our baby, which I am crazy about, and went anyway. I feel that I have done my duty, because di did all that I could to make her happy and comfortable, and to make a nice home in which our child could group up, and now I am at my wits’ end to know what step to take next.

G.W.

Answer:

When a woman is a quitter there isn’t much chance to do anything with her, G.W. Your only hope would be in her parents having the backbone and the good sense to tell their daughter that she must go back home and do her duty, and that they will not make any slacker welcome in their house. But they will never do it, because if they had been people of the grit they would never have raised up the poor, weak, flabby creature your wife is.

It is very sad to think of how many divorces could be avoided, how many homes could be saved, if mothers and fathers had the nerve and determination to hold their daughters to their duty after they get married, and force them to go back and try to make a success of marriage, instead of chucking it the first time anting goes wrong and they find out that matrimony means work and sacrifice, instead of billing and cooing.

There are times when we all feel like giving up and running up the white flag of defeat; when we feel that we have done all that we can do, and there is no more fight left in us. But if somebody or some force holds us to our task we get our second wind and wrest victory out of defeat, and we get a happiness and a self-respect that we would never have known if we had cowardly surrendered. And this is just as true of matrimony as it is of any other undertaking.

The woman who refuses to do her part in making a home when her husband provides the means of doing so defaults on her part of the marriage contract. She is a coward. She is a cheat, and her husband loses nothing when she leaves him. But when she takes the child he loves away from him she adds a cruel crime to her weakness. She has no right to rob the child of its father nor to do the child the deadly wrong of making it an orphan deprived of a father’s guidance.

But what a man can do in such a situation I so not know. It is just one of the pitiful tragedies of which we find no solution hat happens so often in this heart-break house we call life.

Dorothy Dix

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Dear Miss Dix—

My parents are trying to force me to marry one man while I love another. What shall I do?

Florence

Answer:

Marry the man you want. You are the one who has to live with the man, not your parents, so you are the one who should be pleased. The marriers should be the pickers and have their own choice.

Dorothy Dix

From page 3 of the Durham Morning Herald, Saturday, Sept. 13, 1924

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Baxter Bell, 6, Suffers Concussion, Other Children Upset When School Truck Turns Over, Sept. 12, 1924

Serious Accident of Currituck School Bus. . . 6-Year-Old Boy Sustains Painful Injuries When 20 Children Were Upset at Sligo

The custom of entrusting the lives of school children in the hands of boys under 16 years of age in the school trucks used for transporting pupils to and from school may be broken up, at least in this section of the state, since Jack Bell, the 6-year-old son of Baxter Bell, Clerk of the Superior Court in Currituck, was severely injured Monday evening when a school truck carrying some 20 pupils upset near Sligo. The truck was driven by Titus Knight, a pupil of the Currituck school, who is under 16 years of age.

When the truck upset near the home of Dr. Cowell, the little Bell boy sustained a deep cut of the right forehead and extending to the upper lid of the right eye, and is now confined in bed with a concussion of the brain.

Helen Williams, the 8-year-old daughter of David Williams of Shawboro, suffered from contusions of various parts of the body, but her condition is not to be considered serious.

Baxter Bell, the father of the injured boy, says that he had repeatedly protested to the school authorities against the practice of allowing boys to drive the school trucks. O.B. Jones of Elizabeth City, who was passing the truck at the time it turned over, is absolved from blame in connection with the accident. Mr. Jones says he was driving his Ford coupe behind the truck when he gave the signal, and the driver pulled over to the sider of the road, which is a state highway. He then passed the truck, going he says at about 12 miles an hour. He was accompanied by Mrs. Jones, who looked back and saw the truck turn over in the ditch. The ditch is about eight feet wide and three feet deep and several of the children fell in the water.

Mr. Jones rendered prompt aid to the children and took the Bell boy to the home of Dr. Cowell, who gave aid promptly and after he learned it was Baxter Bell’s child, owing to the seriousness of the case, Dr. John Saliba of Elizabeth City was called in consultation.

In an effort to learn if Mr. Jones was to blame several people looked over his car and found no trace of any collision with the truck. The plausible theory is that the driver of the truck steered it over too near the ditch, and being inexperienced with a truck heavily loaded, it slipped in the ditch and upset, before he was aware of his situation.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

Murder Case Postponed Until Next Term; Other Cases in Chowan Superior Court, Sept. 12, 1924

Murder Case Is Laid Over. . . Small’s Slayer to be Tried at Next Chowan Term; Court Ended Thursday

David Jones, charged with murdering Sam Small, an eccentric white farmer on a Chowan County road Saturday, August 30, was not tried at the term of Superior Court in Chowan, which adjourned yesterday, but the case was continued by order of the court to the next term, and in the meantime, Jones is being held in Washington County jail.

Jones was removed to Washington County last Friday night, when officers became fearful of his safety in the face of public sentiment, after George Russell had turned state’s evidence, and aided in his capture. Russell is being held in Edenton for State’s witness.

Russell and Jones, 20-year-old negroes, suspected by Chief of Police Robertson of Edenton, who with Officer Pratt, caught Russell early Friday afternoon. Russell immediately told the officers that he and Jones had planned to hold up Mr. Small and rob him on the Wildcut road that Saturday night as he was on his way home. Mr. Small was known to have generally carried money in his pocket. The negroes, according to Russell, went to a store and bought a gun, and held Mr. Small up intending to rob him and let him go. But the victim put up a fight, and Jones fired at him and killed him.

The sudden appearance of Wallace Griffin in an automobile put the negroes to flight, and they made their way to a negro cabin where they were given refuge for the night. After the excitement was over, they emerged and made their way about town, unsuspected, until Chief Robertson got busy on a clue, and they went in hiding again.

Jones was caught hiding behind a trunk in a negro shack at Edenton. He was next the weather-boarding and covered with a number of old quilts.

Other Cases

Court has been moving swiftly at Edenton this week and Solicitor Small secured a number of convictions, one for murder and one for assault on a woman, as well as several convictions for minor offenses.

--Clinton Bond was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced to seven years in prison for the murder of James Bond in July. Both were negroes, and deckhands on the steamer Guide. Clinton Bond, following a dispute with James, struck the latter over the head with a rock, choked him unconscious, and threw him overboard.

--Leon Twiford, a white man, formerly a resident of East Lake, who calls himself a preacher, was given two years on the roads for an assault on a woman, he having broken into the home of Mrs. Minnie Smith on September 1 and touched her on the foot waking her.

--A negro woman, calling herself M.E. Miller, who was found guilty and ordered to leave town when tried in the lower court, appealed her case and was acquitted in Superior Court when tried on a charge of prostitution. She was arrested when a number of sailors were found in her home recently.

--J.J. Bunch was placed under suspended sentence for driving a car with improper lights.

--William McClenny, a fisherman, was taxed with the costs for setting his nets outside the limit marked by the Fisheries Commission.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Q.C. Davis Led into Ministry After Drowning Incident, Sept. 12, 1924

Drowning, He Yelled for God. . . And That’s How Berea Farm Boy Came to be a Big Preacher

The Rev. Q.C. Davis, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Albemarle, N.C., who with his distinguished brother Judge J. Warren Davis of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals of Trenton, N.J., is conducting a revival in their old home church at Berea, near Elizabeth City, this week is a man of many interesting parts.

How the Rev. Q.C. Davis became a minister is an interesting story, known to but few of his old boyhood friends in this county. Dr. Davis wanted to be a surgeon and might have been just a plain farmer the rest of his days, but for the fact that he went swimming one Sunday morning. It was a second Sunday morning in June 1887. A companion with whom he was swimming became exhausted and cried for help. Mr. Davis went to his rescue; the drowning many threw both arms around his neck and both went down.

The dead weight of the other man was too much for me,” says Dr. Davis, “and when I realized that we were both about to drown my whole life flashed before me. I thought of the old church back at Berea and recalled that it was then about the hour of service in the old church; I thought how much better everything would have been had I been at church that morning instead of in swimming. And then I cried out to God to help me; instantly the man who was dragging me down released me and both of us were saved.

“Now when you’re in a tight place like that and call on God to help you and help comes that instantly, you can’t help hitching up the thing with God. It gave me something to think about and I thought seriously about God for the first time in my life; I thought it was up to me to do something for God.”

Dr. Davis tells how he began to organize prayer meetings and other religious services in the neighborhood and of his beginning to win souls to Christ. Then he found a way, although married and the father of three small children, to go to Crozer Theological Seminary at Chester, Pa., where he was educated for the ministry.

Dr. Davis has seven children now, all grown and all successful men and women. How he educated these seven children on the small salary of a Baptist minister without ever going in debt more than $200 or $300 at any time, would make a story in itself. Here is how his seven children have panned out:--

The first, Rev. Floyd P. Davis, is pastor of a Baptist Church at Chesterfield C.H., Va. The second, Q.C. Davis Jr., is a member of the Norfolk County (Va.) bar and has served his county four terms in the Virginia General Assembly. The third son, Dr. Wm. Henry Davis, is Professor of Greek in the Southern Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., and the author of theological text books in use on two continents. The fourth son, J. Vernon Davis of Washington, D.C., is Vice President and General Manager of the Washington & Old Dominion Railway and probably the youngest vice president of a standard rail road in America.

There are three daughters. Miss Rose May Davis is a graduate of the University of Virginia and in a class of 130 applicants for license to practice law in Virginia two years ago was the only one to make 100 points on the examination. She is now Professor of Science in the Baptist College at Gaffney, S.C. A second daughter, Miss Emma Elizabeth Davis, graduated with honors at Trinity College, N.C., but put aside her ambition for professional career by marrying Dr. R.H. Holden of Durham. The youngest daughter, Miss Marie Davis, graduated at Trinity last June and is teaching in the public schools of Albemarle this fall.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Mayor Brings in Private Detectives to Check on Liquor Sales, Sept. 12, 1924

Detectives Proved No Good When After Corn. . . But Cost the City $300 and the Police Got the Laugh on the Birds

Hearing much of the reported inactivity of the Elizabeth City police, who seem to be overlooking liquor offenders altogether since Chief Gregory gave orders to his men to issue no warrants and make no arrests without coming to him first, Mayor W. Ben Goodwin ordered two detectives from a private agency in Raleigh to learn if any liquor was being handled in Elizabeth City. The detectives were known in Elizabeth City and hadn’t been here three hours before the news got all over town, and even the police heard of it.

The next day the most seasoned liquor lovers were going around town with dry mouths wondering what the matter was, and with all the bootleggers wise to the amateur sleuths, liquor was practically unobtainable. The birds left last week, amid the laughter of the police, but they carried away with them $318 of the city’s money, and nary a drop was turned into headquarters.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Newland Community Fair Oct. 3, 1924

Newland Community Fair on Friday, October 3rd

Plans for a big fair to be held in Newland township at the High School on October 3 were made Wednesday night, and the following officers were elected: Frank Sawyer, President; Eugene Sharber, Secretary; B.L. White, program committee.

Here are the heads of departments:

--Field Crops, W.S. Williams;

--Live Stock, J.E. Gregory;

--Poultry, Mrs. A.F. Stafford;

--Fruits and Nuts, Miss Mary Belle Etheridge;

--Cooking, Miss Mary Hewitt;

--Canning, Miss Louisa Brothers;

--Domestic Arts, Miss Sackie Gregory;

--Flowers, Miss Parthenia Williams.

The fair will be enlivened by many stunts, and numerous exhibits will show the best of Newland’s agriculture. The best exhibits will be brought to the Albemarle Fair in Elizabeth City.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Moyock Community Fair Oct. 2-3, 1924

Moyock Community Fair October 2 and 3

The Moyock Community Fair will be held on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 2 and 3, this year and promises to be one of the best community fairs to be held in Northeastern North Carolina this fall. Moyock has the pep and community pride to stage a big fair.

Dr. Eugene C. Brooks, President of N.C. State College, will speak at the Moyock Fair Friday morning, Oct. 3, at 11 o’clock.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Elizabeth City Beginning a Boys Band, Sept. 12, 1924

Boys Band Is Going Strong. . . Getting Everything in Readiness for the Beginning of Practice

Ready to Help the Boys

Elizabeth City’s own bandmaster is going to give his services as director of the boys band until the first of the year. Leslie D. Waldorf knows music and is enthusiastic about his job. He takes a lot of pride in his new task of training 50 boys to be lowers of horns and beaters of drums.

Hopeful of the day when they may be masters of their instruments sufficient to make trips to nearby towns resplendent in stunning uniforms, and carrying a bright and polished horn, the boys of the newly organized band are eagerly awaiting the arrival of instruments and the beginning of rehearsals under the direction of their enthusiastic leader, L.D. Waldorf.

Mr. Waldorf has obligingly offered his services free as director of the band until the first of the year, when he will start on a very nominal salary, barely enough to pay him for his time. But the money is not the reward Leslie Waldorf wants. For eight or 10 years he has dreamed of a band for the boys of Elizabeth City. He has carried this dream in his head, as hopeful as the boys themselves but never before has he found an opportunity to put it into reality.

It will be a big day for Mr. Waldorf when he sees a band of his own making, able to furnish music for the Fourth of July races, the Fair, and sundry excursions of this section. The boys are to furnish their own uniforms, to be all white, consisting of a pair of white duck pants, a white shirt, white shoes and stockings, a white coat, and a regular band cap. Mr. Waldorf believes his boys will be playing real music by January 1.

Already $1,275 has been subscribed to the band, which lacks $225 of being the amount necessary. There are 15 boys on the waiting list, anxious to join the band, and $2,000 could be easily used. The city gave $300, the Elks $60, and the boys themselves raised the remainder. Other orders have promised to make contributions later.

The band has 71 members, 56 of which can enter, while 15 remain on the waiting list. The boys and the instruments they will play are named herewith:

Coronets: Melvin Davis, Burgess Perry, Thomas Williams, Raymond Willias, Ernest Provo, Cyrus Aydlett, Lorimer Midgett, Julian Aydlett, Journeay Aydlett, Blacknell Cooke, Elliott Morgan, Wilfred Hopkins, Jack Perry, Paul Willey.

Clarinets: Joe Kramer, William Perry, Allan Bell, Aubrey Gallop, Merrill Griggs, Wesley Sheep, Vernon Chappell, Byron Sawyer.

Saxophones: Roscoe Foreman Jr., Wilson Sanders, Wilburn Smith, Hugh Sawyer, Bradford Sanders, Tom Weeks, Clay Foreman, Walter Cohoon, Selden Mann, Blucher Ehringhaus Sam Twiford, Robert Taylor, Carl Blades.

Flute: Marion Seyffret.

Piccolo: Richard Job.

Altos: Robert Williams, Tyler Sawyer, Claude West, Edward Dunstan, Oscar Meggs, William Anderson, Keith Saunders, Howard Johnson.

Baritones: Francis Jacocks, Horace Wise, Frank Snowden.

Trombones: Jehue Hickman, Robby Lewis, James Ferebee, William Gordon, Burrus Tillett, Littleton Gibbs, Elbert Mann, Woodrow Fulcher.

Basses: Kennedy Hontz, Robert Koontz.

Snare Drums: Aubrey Heath, William Spruill, Randolph Dozier.

Bass Drums: Bobby Fearing Charlie Hules.

Cymbals: William Midgett, George Little.

The Kiwanis-Rotary Committee are: E.F. Aydlett Jr., Chairman; Frank Kramer, secretary-treasurer; A.T. Hawley, publicity director; W.C. Sawyer, drive leader; A.R. Nicholson, J.T. Stallings, S.B. Parker, G.F. Seyffert.

The Band Officers are L.R. Foreman Jr., President; Jehue Hickman, Vice-President; Wilson Sanders, Secretary; and Melvin Davis, Treasurer.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Sarah Nixon Bride of M.R. Medlin, Sept. 12, 1924

Medlin-Nixon

Miss Sarah Louise Nixon, attractive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Nixon, one of the most prominent Chowan county families, was married at Edenton Saturday to Mr. M.R. Medlin, well-known business man of Raleigh. The couple left on the afternoon train for a wedding tour, after which they will make their home in Raleigh.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Delaware Man Buys Home on Main Street, Sept. 12, 1924

C.G. Blades of Delaware Buys Main Street Residence

C.G. Blades of Laurel, Delaware, well known in this city, and brother of Dr. L.S. Blades, has purchased the J.G. Gregory home on West Main Street and will take up his residence here after the first of the year. Mr. and Mrs. Blades have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Blades at their home on Main Street for the past week.

Mr. Blades and his brother, Dr. Blades, are the only surviving brothers of a very prominent family that has been known in eastern North Carolina for many years, having been active in the lumber business in this city and New Bern where other members of the family settled.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Editor in Atlanta Writing Magazine Article, Sept. 12, 1924

Saunders Off Again

W.O. Saunders left Wednesday for Atlanta, Ga., in quest of material for another magazine article. He will be the guest of Mr. Forrest Adair, president of the Adair Realty & Trust Co., of Atlanta.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Ben Goodwin at National Convention of Red Men, Sept. 12, 1924

Mayor Ben Goodwin, who is Great Keeper of Records of the North Carolina Red Men, is attending the National Convention of Red Men in Indianapolis this week. He is accompanied by Mrs. Goodwin.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Dr. Wilson's Niece Has Died, Sept. 12, 1924

Dr. Wilson Called Away

Dr. N.H.D. Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist Church, was called out of town Wednesday night by the death of his niece, Mrs. W.K. Boyd of Durham, wife of Prof. Boyd, the Chair of History at Trinity College. Mrs. Boyd was born Patti LeGrand. The funeral was conducted in Durham Thursday, and the burial will be in Rockingham Friday. Dr. Wilson will be back in time for his Sunday engagements.

From the Elizabeth City Independent, Friday, Sept. 12, 1924

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Miss Jessie Thompson's Successful Chicken Farm, Sept. 11, 1924

Miss Jessie Thompson Has Pioneer on Claims and Chicken Farms

By Virginia L. Terrell, in News and Observer

Miss Jessie Thompson doesn’t look a bit different from all the other women of North Carolina who have passed their days between the house and the store and the church, with a circle meeting thrown in every other Thursday for amusement, and, probably a choir practice on Friday night for social activity. In fact, she looked just a little more timid and retiring, and was just a little smaller and more frail looking than all the other healthy farm women at the convention last week at State College.

At least, that was the way Miss Jessie might have appeared during the first day of the meeting, but on the second she came into her own, and cast around her head a glow of adventure that transformed the black silk dress which she wore into a hoopskirt of the eighties, that placed on the neatly brushed light hair a big sunbonnet, and transformed the Ford which brought Miss Jessie up from Columbus county into a covered prairie schooner. With her first few words, Miss Jessie brought before the women of the convention the flavor of pioneer days, proved good her title on two counts—a pioneer of the old school in a government claim in Colorado, and a pioneer of the new school on a chicken farm in Columbus county.

Miss Jessie’s adventures in chicken raising have reached out beyond the confines of North Carolina plowed fields into the snowy mountains of the west, where many years ago she nursed in vain the beginning of a chicken farm that has since made her famous and financially independent.

It was back before 1900, Miss Jessie doesn’t say just how far, that she and her mother moved up in the mountains on the government claim, and spent the first six weeks snowed under, seeing but one person, a neighbor who lived probably several mountains away, who came over in her snow shoes one day to welcome the new family. And she promised the little girl that as soon as spring broke, she should have a chicken from her brood.

Not That Sort of Chicken

‘I named the chick Nanny, and boasted of the time that I would have an egg for breakfast every day. When Nanny crowed instead of cackling, I was disappointed, but still coaxed him away from the rest of the chickens and gave him special food, which was a poor policy, for one Sunday he furnished the chief attraction on the dinner table, and my first chicken venture had failed.”

But Nanny had become immortal, for of the thousands of chickens which Miss Jessie had raised and sold, she has never had any but Plymouth Rocks and the farm down in Columbus county is a living monument to Nanny who so many years ago thrived and was eaten on a mountain top in Colorado.

That was the way the “Chicken Lady” got started in the business which has today been built up to a thriving trade that finds her chickens on the tables of many North Carolina and Virginia homes.

In 1896 Miss Jessie and her mother joined the Sunny South Colony and headed for North Carolina, with all their worldly possessions in two trunks. But some of the colonists brought their livestock, and again the interest in poultry was revived. The Thompson family brought four hens and a rooster. That was the foundation of the present day flock.

For many years there was no incentive to raise chickens for the market, for the folks didn’t want to pay more than 25 cents for a hen, regardless of size. But then the country began to prosper, and the reward for keeping her flock purebred Plymouth Rock began to come in. Miss Jessie began to get 50 cents for a Plymouth hen to the great indignation of those who raised scrubs and instead(?) that a hen was a hen. She had her troubles at competition, but they never really bothered her, and she kept right on raising her hens in spite of the woman who insisted that it cost just as much to raise a little hen as a big one, and if Jessie Thompson got 50 cents for hers, she would certainly get 50 cents for her own. And that was that.

Incubator for $5

But equipment had to be bought, and the chicken raiser heard of a friend who was tired of the business and wanted to sell an incubator for $5. So she bought it. She got 98 chickens the first time, and the adventures that Miss Jessie had with those first chickens would make any city business woman ashamed of herself. She didn’t have a brooder, but gave about 60 of them to a hen, and took the others in the house at night and covered them with a feather cushion. That was fine in good weather, but when it rained and the old hen couldn’t cover up all the brood of 60, and right in the midst of the shower Miss Jessie would have to torn out and gather up a bucketful and put them in the oven to dry.

And then every year, she had to raise about 50 extra chicks to feed the hawks. She tried every kind of scarecrow without any success, until “Tige” appeared. Tige was name for Buster Brown’s dog in the funny papers. He came without ceremony one day, and has remained ever since, a tramp dog of the ugliest variety, but at the same time, one of the most faithful. He has trained the family collie now, and between the two of them, nothing bigger than a mockingbird slights on the Thompson chicken yard.

The Pleased Customer

At the end of 1917, when the chicken business first began to be profitable, the account book showed sales amounting to $148.44 in eggs and chickens. At the beginning of 1922 there was a new 100-hen house ready for the pullets, with two rooms and a feed rooms; there was a 250-egg Buckeye incubator; a coal-burning brooder, an oil brooder; and an account that reached $1,023.71. From the time she began to enlarge her plant she paid for every pound of feed and for all the labor required in the care of the chickens.

Miss Jessie’s policy is based on the belief that a pleased customer is worth more than seven consecutive insertions in the daily paper, and she illustrates by telling of a man to whom she shipped a fine rooster. The rooster’s beauty was marred by a slightly defective comb, and the customer’s pet aversion was ugly combs, so he sent it back for exchange, and got the Beau Brummel of the flock. Miss Jessie’s courtesy has resulted in a big business in that part of the State.

But with all of her success in the business it is of other women that Miss Jessie still thinks. Says she:

“Most of us women want something that is MINE, not OURS, so I want to tell them if they are really chicken-minded, if the poultry page is the most interesting thing in the paper, if they can set an old hen with patience and 15 eggs and not want to sling her off her nest when she picks their hands; if they can burnup their mistakes this year with the determination to have more chicks and fewer mistakes next, then they will be justified in going ahead and building up, not buying, as large a flock as they can handle, for in due time we shall reap if we faint not.”

Story from the Raleigh News and Observer, as reprinted on page 2 of the Whiteville News Reporter, Sept. 11, 1924

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Tryon Graded School Opened Sept. 1, 1924

Opening of Tryon Graded School

The Tryon School opened on Monday, Sept. 1st, with a very pleasing attendance, 40 students being enrolled in the High School and 260 students in the Elementary School. Since the opening date quite a few new students have enrolled, making the present attendance in the entire school 318 pupils.

The Tryon High School has been very fortunate in securing the services of Mrs. T.G. Smith as teacher of English and Latin, and Miss Lenora Jeffries as teacher of mathematics and history.

Mrs. Smith is a graduate of Winthrop College, receiving an A.B. degree in 1918. Since graduation Mrs. Smith has been teaching in the Spartanburg and Forest City Schools.

Miss Jeffries is a graduate of Randolph-Macon College, receiving an A.B. Degree in 1917. Since graduation Miss Jeffries has been teaching in Florida and Morganton, N.C.

We have one new teacher in the Elementary School and have been very fortunate in securing the services of Miss Eva Missildine as teacher of the fourth grade and assistant athletic director. Miss Missildine is a graduate of Rollins College, receiving an A.B. degree in 1924.

From the front page of the Polk Count News, Tryon, N.C., Sept. 11, 1924

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Lynn School Welcomed 98 Students Sept. 8, 1924

Lynn School Opens

Ninety-eight bright faced girls and sturdy boys of Lynn were ready for work when the Lynn Schools started off Monday morning, Sept. 8. All seemed ready for business and ambitious to make the coming school year one of the best and most successful of record. Mr. Isley, the principal, will be ably assisted by Miss Hilda Burgess of Columbus, in the intermediate department, and Miss Oma Rynolds, in the primary. The little village of Lynn is located in one of the most charming spots in the state, saturated with Indian history and legend, and the unsurpassed view of the surrounding mountains will no doubt be an inspiration to both teachers and pupils.

From the front page of the Polk Count News, Tryon, N.C., Sept. 11, 1924

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Tri-Township Fair in Mimosa Oct. 10, 1924

Tri-Township Fair at Mimosa October 10th to be Big Event. . . Saluda, Columbus, Tryon. . . Industrial and Commercial Concerns Declare Day a Holiday. Public Schools Requested to Close. Cooper’s Gap, White Oak, and Green’s Creek Townships to be Represented. Premium List Open to All Residents of Polk County

The Tryon Chamber of Commerce in executive session went on record as being heartily in accord with the objects of the Tri-Township Fair Association and pledged its support in making the 1924 Fair at Mimosa a red-letter day in Polk County history.

President B.L. Ballenger called the meeting to order promptly at 8 o’clock Thursday evening and explained the purpose of the special meeting to assembled members.

Chas. J. Lynch, President of the Tri-Township Fair Association, in a short and snappy address stated that in his opinion the success or failure of the fair depended largely upon the support of the Chamber of Commerce of Tryon and its members individually and collectively. Stressing the importance of the project to merchants, bankers, farmers and other residents, Mr. Lynch explained that he wanted to make the fair something really worth while and he felt sure that the Association could do it with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Tryon business interests.

Mr. Sams, County Agent, told of the work he and Mrs. Padgett Smith, Home Demonstration Agent had already done throughout the county and expressed himself as believing that the majority of Polk County people were heartily interested in the Fair and wanted to see it a success. Mr. Sams stated that in spite of the continued dry weather he could assemble a splendid agricultural exhibit, including corn potatoes, yams and other products of the section. “From Tryon to the foot of the mountains and for three miles out, no section in North Carolina has greater agricultural possibilities,” said Mr. Sams. “They may joke about our ‘Thermal Belt,’ but such a belt exists and the farmers of the section know it from actual experience.”

Mayor W.S. Green of Tryon said Polk County folks could depend on Tryon for solid support in putting over the fair. “If they want us to, we’ll daddy the whole thing,” said Mr. Green with a smile.

Road Commissioner Stearns, who freely tendered the use of Mimosa Casino for the housing of exhibits, said he believed the Fair would be of great interest to everybody in the county. Calling attention to the presence of Judge J.J. Gentry in the audience, he expressed himself as believing that Tryon and other towns in the county could profit by the Judge’s example in building rest stations for the use of tourists. Introducing Judge Gentry, Mr. Stearns requested that the South Carolina visitor tell the audience what he was doing on Bird Mountain.

Judge Gentry said that nothing would help the county more than close cooperation between the people of the cities and those of the farms and that in his opinion fairs had done as much as any other one thing to build up a cooperative spirit. When asked to exhibit at Mimosa he explained that his holdings in part lay in South Carolina, where he lives, “but,” said the Judge, “If you wish it, I’ll put on a Bird Mountain exhibit.”

Mrs. Padgett Smith recommended that the premium list be opened to all exhibitors whether residents of the three townships or not, and this was heartily agreed upon, thus allowing Green’s creek, Cooper’s Gap, Mill Springs and other townships to enter their picked products in competition to the three townships represented.

Prof. Isabell of Green’s Creek stated that his township would take up the challenge and have representation. “We needed $500 to have our schools placed on the accreditation list. When I started out to raise it folks laughed and said it couldn’t be done. I had it oversubscribed in jig-time. That’s the way Green’s Creek does things.”

Mr. White, County Commissioner from Green’s Creek, expressed approval of the plan and said that the Association could count upon his personal support to the extent of his ability.

President Ballenger of the Chamber of Commerce stated that the Chamber would be pleased to work hand in glove with the Fair Association and appointed a committee of 10 to look after Tryon’s interests. Those appointed were Mesdames W.C. Ward, N.b. Jackson, W.Y. Wilkins, P.G. Morris, C.W. Morgan, W.W. Graham and Messrs. C.M. Howse, W.M. Hester, Billy Gray, and George C. Aid. Mrs. E.G. Holden was appointed as a special committee of one to arrange a historical antique display.

George C. Aid and Mr. Ellis agreed to arrange an art exhibit.

Mr. F.P. Bacon of the Southern Mercerizing Company, stated that he would be pleased to join other manufacturers and merchants in arranging suitable displays and recommended that the Chamber of Commerce request the closing of city and county schools on Oct. 10th and arrange to have the school buses available for transportation purposes. Mr. Bacon said that he would close his plant on that day, and suggested that all merchants and manufacturers in the section do the same thing.

President Lynch of the Fair association made a motion that the Chamber of Commerce recommend the payment of premium list from County Funds and his motion was carried by unanimous consent.

Miss Mae Irene Flentye suggested that especial attention be paid to the poultry exhibit, which she said could be made as good as in any county in the state, and recommended that the committee lay off a plan of building and assign proper space for various exhibits.

The whole audience seemed very much impressed with the possibilities of putting on a really worth while exhibition and with the right kind of cooperation from Columbus and Saluda townships and the help of the other communities, the Tri-Township Fair will assume the magnitude and importance of a real agricultural and industrial exhibition such as other Tar Heel counties pride themselves upon.

From the front page of the Polk Count News, Tryon, N.C., Sept. 11, 1924

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Peoples Bank Installs Gas 'Bombs' to Stop Burglars, Sept. 11, 1924

Bandit Protection Recently Installed in Tryon Bank. . . Peoples Bank & Trust Company Installs Mechanical and Chemical Protective Devices. . . Prevents Bank Burglaries. . . Gas Bombs Drive Away Would-be Burglars and Bandits. Approved by Police Officials

Acting on the theory that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, the officers of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company have recently caused to be installed the latest devices in vault and safe protection, which include an automatic alarm system, triple automatic locking devices and gas bombs.

These bombs, according to W.F. Little, cashier of the institution, are of glass, so arranged that an explosion in the vault will release a trigger causing them to burst and overpower the would-be burglars with deadly fumes. Three different gases are used in order to prevent the bandits from utilizing gas masks, it being asserted that no one mask is proof against all three gases.

The locking devices are so arranged that the blowing off of the lock will automatically cause the tripping of extra bolts and double lock all existing bolts so that they cannot be moved even though the locking mechanism is destroyed.

In addition to these devices, the Peoples Bank and Trust carries ample insurance against both burglary and hold-up losses for as Mr. Little asserts, “Anything that one man can build another man can tear apart—given the time. Protective features are intended to multiply the time it takes to force entrance and increase the chances of detection.

The Peoples Bank and Trust Company carry membership in the National Bankers Association as well as the Carolina State Bankers Association, and both organizations maintain an adequate field staff engaged in running down offenders against their members including burglars, hold-ups, forgers, and swindlers of various sorts. These and the insurance companies have possibly done more to make bank deposits safe from lawless depredations than any other agencies.

From the front page of the Polk Count News, Tryon, N.C., Sept. 11, 1924

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Mr. and Mrs. P.G. Morris Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary, Sept. 11, 1924

Silver Wedding Reception

One of the most delightful receptions was given last Wednesday evening, Sept. 3rd, by Mr. and Mrs. Pulaski Gray Morris in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary. The place chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Morris was the Lanier Library, which, with its decorations and furniture arrangement, had all the charm of the home, and at the same time was spacious enough to accommodate easily the large number of guests who came during the evening to greet the happy couple and offer congratulations. Receiving with Mr. and Mrs. Morris were their only daughter, Mrs. Buckner of Asheville, and their only son, Mr. Morgan Morris with his lovely young bride. Mrs. Kittrell, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Millikin and Mrs. Morgan received at the door, Misses Lucile Smith and Margaret Doubleday presided over the punch bowl. They were assisted by Miss Leonora Jeffries of Gaffney, a member of the Tryon school faculty.

The Doubleday orchestra played at intervals throughout the evening enchanting music appropriate to the happy occasion, and Miss Eunice Stockard and Mrs. Preston sang dear old love songs in their usual charming manner. At a late hour delicious refreshments were served by a bevy of high school girls. The gifts attested the popularity of the pair.

Besides a large number of Tryon friends, there were present also an equal number of friends and former neighbors in Landrum where Mr. and Mrs. Morris resided before they came to make Tryon their home a few years ago.

From the front page of the Polk Count News, Tryon, N.C., Sept. 11, 1924

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Son of the Late John Frink is Grocer in Miami, Fla., Sept. 11, 1924

A few days since we received a letter through the editor of the News Reporter from Mr. James Solomon Frink, who is engaged in the grocery business at Miami, Fla. He, having seen our name in a recent issue of the paper, and thinking we might be some of his relatives, wrote the editor for information. Mr. Frink was ?? in this county between Cristo and Cerro Gordon, on the W.C.—A. Railroad, and will doubtless be remembered by the older inhabitants from that and other parts of the county. He was a son of the late John Frink, but has not visited his old home in 20 years. So many changes have taken place during this time in that part of Columbus county, it is doubtful if he would recognize it as his old home.

He has one son in this state, who is Division Auditor of the S.A.L.R.R. at Raleigh.

Our people in this section of the county are very much pleased with the prospect of a highway along the right-of-way of the Conway branch of the A.C.L. from Tabor, leading through Clarendon to Chadbourn. There is probably no section in greater need of a road than this and it is hoped that the honorable board of county commissioners will have this proposed road built at once.

From the front page of the News Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 11, 1924

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Questions for the People, Sept. 11, 1924

Are the people of Columbus county able to stand and increase of 35 cents on the hundred dollars’ valuation of their property this year? Can the average farmer spare his children from his farm eight months in the year to go to school? Can he afford to buy all the school text books required at prices double their actual worth? Are the children getting three or four times as much out of the six and eight-months’ terms of school now as they did out of the two and three months’ terms 25 years ago?? These propositions are before you, fellow citizens. Study them over.

From the front page of the News Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 11, 1924

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J.B. Schulken's Health Improved, Sept. 11, 1924

Mr. Schulken Out Again

The many friends over the county of Hon. J.B. Schulken will be pleased to learn that the prominent attorney is again at his office. Mr. Schulken was indisposed during the past term of court, and without his presence there was a feeling of something missing in the court room. For 40 years Mr. Schulken has been an outstanding member of the bar, and also a leader in church work in the Methodist churcn.

From the front page of the News Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 11, 1924

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News from Tabor in the News Reporter, Sept. 11, 1924

Happenings in Thriving Town of Tabor. . . Musical Friday Night; Mr. and Mrs. Roland Baldwin’s Baby Home From Wilmington Hospital; Personal Items

Tabor, N.C., September 10—Dr. L. Baggett was a visitor in Wilmington last week.

Miss Anna Bell Floyd left Tuesday morning for Red Springs where she will enter her senior year at Flora McDonald College.

Mr. M.N. Jenkins and little daughter, Helen, were visitors in the city last week.

Mrs. E.W. Fonville has as her guest her sister, Mrs. Lee Bennett, from Onslow county.

Mr. B.B. Anderson of Mullins, S.C., spent Monday night with Mr. W.B. Roberts.

Mr. D.E. Canady of Bug Hill is visiting is son Mr. J.J. Canady.

We are all looking forward to the musical to be given in the school auditorium Friday night. It will be given for the benefit of the Methodist church.

Miss Dorothea Hughs left Tuesday morning for Durham, where she will be a student at the Durham conservatory of Music.

Mr. Albert Bryant left Wednesday morning for Greenville, S.C., to attend the Bailey Institute.

Mr. Horace Bass, who has been here during tobacco season, has left for his home in Danville, Va., where he will enter school.

Mr. “Stumps” Walden motored to South Boston, Va., Saturday and returned Sunday.

Mrs. D.J. Hughes and children spent last week-end with her mother in Proctorville.

Rev. R.G.L. Edwards and family returned home Saturday from Onslow county, where Mr. Edwards has been conducting a series of revival meetings.

There was a fish fry given at Pireway Wednesday for our school teachers and tobacco men.

Mr. Roland Baldwin returned home from Wilmington last Sunday with her baby, who has been seriously ill at the Baby Hospital. Since her return the baby has not been doing so well, and they are fearful of having to take her back. We all home for the dear little one a speedy recovery.

From the front page of the News Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 11, 1924

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Police Raid Bawdy House, Arrest Women, Sept. 10, 1924

Five White Women in Tuesday Couret. . . Police Make a Raid Alleged Bawdy House and Take Inmates into Custody

White women were among the group of defendants hauled into court on Tuesday morning, there as the result of raids made by police on Monday night upon a house of unsavory reputation. Bertie Holder, charged with operating a bawdy house, with Agnes Herndon and Elizabeth, charged with indecent exposure, were arraigned and their cases continued until Wednesday morning. Ada Paschall and Laura Wagner were fined $5 and the costs each for taking part in an affray.

D.M. Segrest, found guilty of illegal possession of whiskey, drew a fine of $25 and the costs as a reminder that the law no longer tolerates the hoarding of alcoholic beverages.

Acie Warren, declared by officers to have partaken too freely of intoxicants, was fined $5 and the expenses of his prosecution.

P.L. Pickett, charged with a violation of an automobile law, was given a suspended judgement. L.W. Cameron was given a like disposition of his case for violating a traffic law.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 10, 1924

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Police Seeking to Arrest Miss Kelly Again, Sept. 10, 1924

Dragnet Set for Mystery Woman

Wilmington, Sept 9—Arrest of Rosa Cecilie Kelly, Wilmington’s “mystery woman” was hourly expected tonight, following a hurriedly arranged dragnet set for her apprehension this morning when Mrs. Louise Wise Lewis wired local detectives to hold the woman on suspicion of larceny. Miss Kelly was released by the local police Monday afternoon.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 10, 1924

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Fulp and Reed In Charlotte Jail, Sept. 10, 1924

Fulp and Reed Held in Charlotte Jail

By the Associated Press

Charlotte, Sept. 9—Lee R. Fulp of Statesville, held in connection with the mysterious death of W.W. Johnson of Mount Holly, and Robert L. Reed, held as a material witness, were still in jail tonight awaiting conclusion of the coroner’s inquest into Johnson’s death. The inquest opened today but after a long session was carried over until tomorrow for its conclusion.

Authorities tonight reported that there had been no development today in the situation. Both men admitted being with the dead a few hours before his dead body was found but were firm in their statements that they knew nothing about his death.

Johnson was found dead in Reed’s home here about noon Saturday, a bullet through his head having caused death.

From the front page of the Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 10, 1924

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Berry Child Injured in Car Accident, Sept. 10, 1924

Berry Child Is Accident Victim. . . J.H. Berry III Suffers Broken Rib and Chest Injury Near Oxford

Oxford, Sept. 9—Master J.H. Berry III, the young son of J.H. Berry Jr., received slight injuries in the chest and a fractured or broken rib when the car in which he was riding went over a three-foot embankment near Harrisburg on the Oxford-Henderson highway this afternoon. The boy was rushed to Brantwood hospital where attending physicians pronounce the youth’s condition not serious. Information received from the hospital late this afternoon was to the effect that the boy was sleeping but that he was nervous as a result of the shock.

The party, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Berry Jr., their infant daughter, the injured boy and a friend were enroute to Durham to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Berry are former residents of Durham, but have been in New York sometime where Mr. Berry has been connected with the British-American Tobacco company. Mrs. J.T. Broadway of Durham, mother of Mrs. Berry, arrived at the hospital this afternoon where she will remain with Mrs. Berry until Wednesday.

According to those who went to the scene shortly after it happened, the accident was unavoidable. The road force was at work scraping up the road and had rolled up a pile of soft dirt in the road. It was stated that a wagon was standing in the road and when Mr. Berry, in an effort to miss an approaching car and the wagon at the same time, hit the pile of soft dirt, the car went over the embankment. The car was only slightly damaged.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 10, 1924

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Desk Sgt. George Clark Moves to Attendance Officer, Sept. 10, 1924

Clark’s Successor Is Not Yet Named

No successor has been appointed to take the place of Desk Sergeant George Clark who is resigning to take up school attendance work. Sergeant Clark has bene day desk man for several years at headquarters of the Durham police department and leaves that position with a good record. According to Chief Doby an officer will be detailed to take over the day desk duties until a successor is named.

From page 2 of the Durham Morning Herald, Sept. 10, 1924

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