Kinston, Dec. 8—Frank McLawhorn, nearly 80 years of age, who died in the Ayden community a short time ago, left more than $20,000, a part of it hidden about his home. Recently a grandson of McLawhorn, working on the premises, found $2,000 in a fruit jar, according to a report today.
McLawhorn’s custom for many years was to secrete his savings in barrels of peas, under logs and in snuff boxes and jars, it was said. He kept all of his hoard at home until this year, when he put a part of it in banks. That was after he had missed money from a hiding place, the report said.
Before his death the aged man frequently pointed to a barn. He had suffered a stroke and was unable to speak plainly. Beyond the barn was the family burial ground, and those about him supposed he was indicating a desire to be buried there. Subsequent developments have led to the belief that he was trying to inform relatives of the money hidden in the barn.
McLawhorn was a hard worker. He denied himself many comforts in order to save while rearing a family, but his financial affairs, it is understood, were a secret closely guarded. He made loans to friends, and from these, it is said, he never exacted a note.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, December 9, 1924. $20,000 in 1924 is equivalent to $369,198 in 2024.
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