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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