Indian Child Dies of Burns While Lighting a Fire with Kerosene, March 9, 1925

Indian Child Dies of Burns at Buie. . . Said to Have Used Kerosene in Starting Fire—A Miss Hall of Bladen Also Seriously Burned

By W.H.M. Brown

Buies, March 7—A small daughter of Wesley Sanderson, Indian, was so badly burned Wednesday morning while attempting to make a fire, that she died during the afternoon of Wednesday. Her clothes were ignited from the flames. It was reported that she used kerosene in kindling. The child was 8 or 10 years old. In attempting to put out the flames, her father is reported as having been burned very badly on his hands.

News is also received here that a Miss Hall of Bladen county, a relative of Mr. and Mrs. Z.G. Hall, who live here, was burned very badly one day this week. The extent of her injuries is reported as being serious. Miss Hall visited here last fall.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Escaped Convict Picked Up for Robbery, March 9, 1925

Escaped Convict Again in Toils of Law for Robbery. . . Andrew Hamer Admits Escaping from State Prison 2 Months Ago—W.R. Tyner’s Store in Lowe Robbed—Bailey Ford Caused Hamer and Floyd Braswell to Fail in Attempt to Get Away with Merchandise Valued at $200. . . Solicitor F.E. Carlyle Recognizes One Defendant

Andrew Hamer, negro, escaped convict from the state prison in Raleigh, was tried before Recorder P.S. Kornegay Saturday morning on a charge of store-breaking and bound over to Superior court.

It was in evidence that Hamer and Floyd Braswell, also colored, hired a Ford car from another negro who lives in Red Springs Thursday night, and after robbing Mr. W.R. Tyner’s store at Lowe of merchandize valued at about $200, started back to Red Springs. When near that town the Ford refused to run and the robbers were forced to remove their loot to the near-by woods, where they were found by officers Friday.

After hiding the goods, the negroes went to Red Springs, leaving the car in the road. Hamer went to Fayetteville to get some money, so he stated, to have the car fixed. It was while he was on the train near Shannon that officers arrested him. The officers had boarded the train at Shannon, believing that Hamer was on it on his way for the stolen goods.

Solicitor F. Ertel Carlyle asked if he had not been seen in the court house here before. The negro said that he was sentenced by Judge N.A. Sinclair during 1923 from Robeson Superior court to an indeterminate period of not less than 5 years and not more than 10. When asked about his escape he readily admitted that he escaped about 2 months ago.

Both negroes are being held in the county jail without privilege of bond. Willie Moore, owner of the Ford car, but who claims he knows nothing of the robbery, is also being held in jail on a charge of aiding and abetting instore-breaking.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Thieves Active Saturday Night, March 7, 1925

Thieves Saturday Night Were Very Active Here. . . Office of Seaboard Passenger Station and Store on Chestnut Street Robbed

Robbers Saturday night broke into the Seaboard passenger station office and according to Mr. Earl Tuton, two tickets for Rockingham were taken. Entrance was made by breaking a window in the office.

The store of Mr. J.D. Barfield on Chestnut street was also entered Saturday night and $1.20 in money taken. A Chevrolet car was also stolen Saturday night, mention of which is made elsewhere in this issue.

A good many robberies have taken place in Lumberton recently and police are working overtime in an effort to catch the thieves.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Chevrolet Stolen Under Nose of Police, March 9, 1925

Car Stolen from in Front of Town Hall Under Nose of Police

Assistant Fire Chief Paul Britt is short of a Chevrolet touring car, and local police are at a loss to know who was so bold to steal the car Saturday night from in front of the townhall, which is headquarters for police and firemen.

According to night policemen, the car was stolen about 4 o’clock Sunday morning. The key had been left in the car, and the thief had no trouble in making a quick get-away. Both town and county officers spent most of yesterday in trying to find a clue, but so far nothing has been learned.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Wayne McNeill Principal of Philadelphus, March 9, 1925

Mr. Wayne McNeill Elected Principal of Philadelphus. . . Has Been Teacher There Past Two Seasons—Basketball Teams Continue String of Victories

By W.H.M. Brown

Buies, March 7—In a game of basketball yesterday p.m. at Philadelphus, with the Wagram and Marshville teams, the Philadelphus boys and girls won the game. So far they have wone out with the Robeson county schools, and are still gaining victories with other schools.

At a meeting of the Philadelphus school committee Friday Mr. Wayne McNeill of Wagam, who for the past two seasons has been teaching in the school, was elected principal for the next term. Mr. McNeill is a brother to Mr. John Charles McNeill, the well-known poet, who died a few years ago.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Eugenia McLean Wins Honorable Mention in Latin Contest, March 9, 1925

Honorable Mention in State-Wide Latin Contest

Second honorable mention was won for Lumberton high school by Miss Eugenia McLean, whose paper was third best in the first annual Statewide Latin contest, the winners of which were announced at Chapel Hill Saturday night. The contest was held under the auspices of the University Extension division and Latin department in co-operation with the participating schools. The Central high school of Charlotte, represented by Walter Spearman, won first prize. First honorable mention was won for Roxboro high school by Ellen Bradsher, whose paper was second best.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Mrs. W.M. Pate Dies Suddenly While Serving Breakfast, March 9, 1925

Mrs. W.M. Pate Dies Suddenly at Dunbar. . . End Came While She Was Serving Breakfast—Apparently Had Been in Her Usual Health—Funeral at Philadelphus

By W.H.M. Brown

Buie, March 7—The death of Mrs. W.M. Pate, which occurred at her home in Dunbar, S.C., Wednesday morning, was news received here with sorrow. Mrs. Pate apparently was in her usual health when the end came while she was serving breakfast. Mr. W.H. Adams, who lives here, just returned from the Pate home, where he had been to relieve Mr. Pate as operator while he was away attending the funeral of a sister, whose death occurred in Florida last week. Mr. Adams reports that Mrs. Pate was then in her usual health.

Funeral services were conducted at Philadelphus church Thursday evening. Friends will deeply sympathize with Mr. Pate in his bereavement.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Mrs. J.S. Crenshaw Succumbs to Paralysis, March 9, 1925

?Mrs. J.S. Crenshaw. . . Prominent St. Pauls Woman Succumbs to Paralysis—Funeral and Interment Yesterday

By Bessie G. Johnson

By ‘phone to The Robesonian

St. Pauls, March 9—Funeral services of Mrs. J.S. Crenshaw, who died at her home here Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock, were conducted yesterday afternoon by Dr. E.C. Murray, pastor of the Presbyterian church.

Deceased had been in ill health for a long time, suffering a stroke of paralysis several months ago while visiting relatives in Charlotte.

Mrs. Crenshaw raised a family of 11 children, all of whom are married. She is survived by her husband, who resides here; six daughters, Mrs. H.N. Westmoreland and Mrs. J.W. Houston of Charlotte, Mrs. Vance Skipper of Lumberton, Mrs. Tom Willis of St. Pauls, Mrs. Mary Parnell of Rocky Mount, and Mrs. Clarence Dunn of Fayetteville; and five sons, O.A. Crenshaw of Charlotte, Henry C. and J.P. Crenshaw of St. Pauls, and Sam and Lloyd Crenshaw of Rex. She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. A.M. Sammonds, Mrs. R.M. Ross and Mrs. J.M. Ross, and by two brothers, C.C. Brown and J.A. Brown, all of Charlotte. There are three half-brothers, W.H. and L.F. Brown of Charlotte and W.O. Brown of Knoxville, Tenn., and two half-sisters, Mrs. R.M. Forbis of Spartanburg, S.C., and Miss Lena Brown of Knoxville, Tenn.

Mrs. Crenshaw was a member of the Sharon Presbyterian church from early childhood and was an active member of the Presbyterian church of St. Pauls.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, March 9, 1925

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Rufus Curry in Jail After Cutting Up Wife with Razor, March 12, 1925

Negro Uses “Razzer”

Rufus Curry is a colored denizen of “Grimtown,” negro settlement in the outskirts of Forest City. ‘Rufe went home unexpectedly Saturday night about 9 o’clock, when it is claimed he found a male visitor entertaining his wife. Visitor Tim Dobey and wife tried to bar Rufe form his home, but he forced his way in just as Tim made his escape through a window.

The husband then decided to take his wife back to her people—“right now.” Grabbing her, he proceeded, telling her—according to report—“Woman, I’se gwine ter cut you every time you breathe some, so Rufe produced the ever-ready razor and proceeded to the carving. By the time they reached her mother’s home, he had trimmed her closer than a German butcher could carve a ham. The negro woman was cut on the arms, the head, face, legs, and almost everywhere. It kept two physicians busy for some time to sew up the cuts, but they say she will recover.

Rufus was arrested and placed under bond. “The man in the case,” so far as known, escaped all punishment as well as dodged the officers.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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Mrs. Young's New Nash Stolen While She Was at Church, March 12, 1925

Auto Thieves Caught After Thrilling Chase. . . Car Stolen During Church Services in Gaffney—Prompt Work by Rural Policeman Morrow

Rural Policeman C.D. Morrow quickly captured two men charged with theft of a new Nash Sedan from Mrs. D.G. Young in Gaffney Sunday night. The car was taken during church services. Police of neighboring sections were called and at 12 o’clock that night Mr. Morrow had captured two young men giving their names as Alonzo Phillips and Stanyarn Moseley and secured possession of the car.

Immediately upon getting a description of the stolen car, Mr. Morrow went to Alexander and watched the road. Just before 12 o’clock he saw a new Nash sedan dash by. He took up the pursuit and just as he reached Spindale he overhauled the men and placed them under arrest, but not until having had a very exciting chase, as they were “hitting it up” at 60 miles when they passed him at Alexander.

Officer Morrow reports that the men stopped at the store of Joe Randall at Harriltown, where they attempted to steal gas. Failing in this they took a N.C. license tag, which they put on the stolen Nash. Arriving at Sandy Mush, the men stole gas from J.E. Ferree’s store.

The men were placed in jail at Rutherfordton Sunday night and taken to Gaffney Monday morning, where they were placed in jail and charged with the theft of the car.

Mrs. Young very magnanimously gave Mr. Morrow a $50 reward for this prompt capture of the men and the return of her car.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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J.J. Butler Broke Both Arms in Fall, March 12, 1925

Both Arms Broken

Mr. J.J. Butler of near Forest City fell from a ladder Monday and suffered a fracture of one arm and both bones broken in the other. He was attended by Dr. A.C. Duncan. It is now reported that he is doing nicely.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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Chas. Baynard Seriously Hurt When Struck by Car, March 12, 1925

Severely Injured

Mr. Chas. Baynard of Alexander sustained severe cuts and bruises when he was struck by an automobile driven by a Mrs. Tesseniar last Friday. The accident happened near the store of Holland & and Randall. Mr. Baynard’s face was lacerated, one eye almost torn out, his head and ear cut. He was unconscious when picked up from the road. He was given medical attention and taken to his home. While severely hurt, it is hoped that he will quickly recover without serious consequence.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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House in Florence Mills Village Burned, March 12, 1925

House Burned

The house in Florence Mills village, belonging to the Florence Mills, was burned Thursday about 1 p.m. Mrs. Porter was living in the house at the time. The loss to the Mill Company is about $1,500. This is covered partly by insurance. Mrs. Porter’s household goods were all burned. The origin of the fire is unknown.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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Henrietta News in the March 12, 1925, Issue of The Courier

Henrietta News

Henrietta, March 10—Mr. Henry Moore and family, of Charlotte, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Wease.

Mr. L.M. Daniel has moved his family back to his farm near Tanner’s Grove. Mr. Daniel will go back and forth to his work at the Henrietta Store during the summer months.

Mr. C.F. McMahan has resigned the position of overseer of the weaving department here. Mr. Neal of Union, S.C., will take his place.

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde E. Mahaffee and little son, Clyde Jr., visited Mr. W.L. Horn of Forest City Sunday.

The second quarterly conference of the Methodist church was held at the parsonage Saturday night by presiding elder Rev. Z. Paris. The regular Sunday morning services were conducted by Rev. Paris.

We are glad to see Mr. W.S. Moore out again after a week’s illness.

Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Walker Smith and Miss Elizabeth Smith spent Sunday with Mr. R.L. Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cantrell and children of Avendale, spent the week end with Mrs. S.J. McMahan.

Mr. and Mrs. D.M. Lane visited relatives in Gaffney Sunday.

Miss Anie Bell Sane spent the week end in Rutherfordton visiting Miss Ola Lovelace.

Miss Sallie Wacaser spent the week end with Miss Virginia Edwards at Spindale.

Messrs. R.D. Dillard and John Lane were in Spartanburg Saturday on business.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925. Is “Anie” a typo or how she spelled her name?

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News from Florence Mills, March 12, 1925

Florence Mills News

Mrs. Lon Jones and Mrs. Earl Harrill have bad cases of the flu.

Mrs. Erie Baynard, Mrs. Zennie Green, Mrs. John Green, Little Miss Mollie Owens, Misses Myrtle Nanney and Minnie Melton are all on the sick list.

Rev. H.C. Sink closed his meeting at Shelby Sunday night, with a number of professions and 11 added to the church. He will start a meeting at Caroleen next Thursday night, March 11th. We hope for him a good and successful meeting.

The Florence Baptist people are holding prayer meetings in the cottage homes this week. They are expecting to begin a revival meeting at their church in the near future.

The old stork has been very busy here for the last week. He visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Crow last Wednesday and left them a lovely little daughter, Evelyn.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Edman Coffee, the 8th, a fine boy.

Mr. Fletcher Davis and Miss Sallie Anderson, both of this place, were married at Spartanburg last Saturday, March 7th. Their many friends wish them much joy in their new venture.

Little Miss Nellie White entertained a number of her friends at home Saturday, celebrating her birthday. They played many games. They also enjoyed the contests that were given. Many prizes were won. Nellie received a beautiful lot of presents. All enjoyed the afternoon very much. Each one returned to their home feeling very happy and wishing her many more birthdays.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925. The item on Rev. Sink says he’ll start a meeting next Thursday night, March 11th, but the date in the banner of this paper is Thursday, March 12. Obviously, something is incorrect.

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Stork Delivered 1 Girl, 3 Boys in Forest City, March 4-8, 1925

Visits of the Stork

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jasper C. Crow, March 4, a fine girl.

To Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harris, Bostic, March 6, a fine boy.

To Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Coffey, March 8, a fine boy.

To Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Huntley, March 5, a fine boy.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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6-Month-Old Brooks Boy Dies, March 12, 1925

Little Child DiesLittle Child Dies The six-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Oran Brooks of Route 2, Ellenboro, died at 4 o’clock last Saturday afternoon, following a short illness of bronchial pneumonia. Burial took place at Walls’ Sunday. The parents have the sympathy of all in their bereavement.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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Two Sisters Died During Week, March 12, 1925

Death of Mrs. Mary Miller

Rutherfordton, March 10—Mrs. Mary Jackson Miller, widow of the late W.G. Miller, died at her home on Broad River Monday and was buried in Rutherfordton cemetery Tuesday, Rev. J.O. Ervin conducting the service in the Methodist Church.

Mrs. Miller was 84 years of age and until a short time ago was able to attend to the business connected with a large farm. She was a good Christian woman, beloved by neighbors and friends, and her death marks the passing of a representative of one of the oldest and most prominent of Rutherford county’s citizenship. In former days this home was noted for its hospitality; parties of young people meeting there and at the old Miller homestead, situated nearby, where for days they were entertained in royal style.

Surviving are a sister-in-law, Miss Matt Miller of Rutherfordton; two sisters, Mrs. Lettie Jackson, Gilkey, formerly of Marion, and one sister living in Texas, whose name we could not learn. Another sister, Mrs. Morgan, who was visiting this home from Fair Forest, S.C., was stricken with pneumonia and died, her body being carried to her home for burial on the day previous to Mrs. Miller’s death.

From the front page of The Forest City Courier, Thursday, March 12, 1925

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Lewis McCulough Injured at Construction Site March 6, 1925

Negro Falls Off Ladder and Breaks Jaw

Lewis McCulough, negro, about 45 years of age, had his jaw broken in two places and his ankle sprained when he fell off a ladder while working for the Brown Construction Co. at the building which they are constructing for the Ward Wholesale Grocery Co. The accident occurred late Friday afternoon.

He was rushed to the office of Dr. Matt Patterson, who wired his jaw in such a way to hold it in place. The injuries were of a very painful nature.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7, 1925

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Newton Folk Want Feimster as District Road Commissioner, March 7, 1925

Wilkinson Opposed by the Catawba People. . . Newton Folks Want Feimster Named as Sixth District Road Commissioner

Charlotte, March 6—Friends in this section of W.C. Wilkinson, of this city, sixth district highway commissioner, today started a flood of telegrams pouring into Governor McLean’s office at Raleigh, urging that he reappoint the Charlotte man on the highway commission.

The sudden activity in behalf of Mr. Wilkinson was started by announcement that Catawba county citizens, 3,000 strong, had signed and forwarded a petition to the governor urging the appointment of W.C. Feimster of Newton, as a member of the commission from this district.

Mr. Wilkinson admits that there was a strong sentiment against him in Catawba county and said he was aware of the petition being sent to Raleigh by citizens of that section.

Location of the State highway some time ago, was given by Mr. Wilkinson as the probable reason for the opposition to him in Catawba county. He says he placed the road from Statesville to Conover, instead of from Statesville to Newton as desired by many Catawba county citizens.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7, 1925

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Episcopal Church Young People's Society Met March 6, 1925

Officers of Episcopal Young Peoples Society of North Carolina Meet Here

A special meeting of the officers of the Young Peoples Fellowship of the Durise(??) of North Carolina of all Episcopal churches was held Friday at All Saint Rectory in Concord. The meeting was called by the Rev. Charles B. Scoville, secretary for the Young Peoples Work in the Durise to make plans for a summer conference to be held this summer. It was decided to hold the conference at St. Mary’s School, Raleigh, on the 4th to the 7th of June. Courses will e given in the Bible, Sunday school teacher training, young peoples methods, interchurch conferences on social service. Bishop Penick was asked to preach the conference sermon. Present at the meeting yesterday were: Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Pneick, D.D., Daniel Yates of Charlotte, president of the Y.F.P. of the Durise; Charles Sturges of Henderson; and Clarence Blair of Greensboro, vice president; Miss Lucy Kimbell of Henderson, treasurer; Miss Carolina Holmes of Lexington, secretary, and Rev. Mr. Scovil.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7, 1925. The word “durise” is used twice in this article. I can’t find a definition for this word.

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American Legion Meeting Ends with Dutch Supper, March 7, 1925

Legion Meeting Featured by Addresses from Visitors. . . Supper Served at Conclusion of Program—Quartette Delights the Audience

Speeches by State Commander Wade Phillips of Lexington, Paul Noel, also of Lexington, and Rev. Mr. Skerey, field secretary of the $5 million endowment fund for orphan children, featured the meeting of the American Leion held in its club rooms on Depot Street Friday night.

All three of the visiting speakers made entertaining and forceful addresses. They congratulated the Legion on the excellence of the club rooms and on the good chapter which the local post had maintained in the past.

A quartette composed of R.E. Ridenhour Jr., Sam Goodman, R.P. Benson and Jess Raeford sang several humorous selections.

The meeting was presided over by John M. Oglesby, former commander of the local post. Rev. C.B. Scovil opened the meeting with a short prayer, which was followed by the song, “America.” In addition to “America,” a number of other songs were sung by the members of the post, led by the quartette.

At the conclusion of the meeting, a Dutch supper was served.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7, 1925

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Frennick, Jelsma, La Voie, Smith Returning to Team, March 7, 1925

Many New Men for High Point Team

High Point, March 7—Many new faces will be seen on the High Point team when the club begins spring training here April 1st, according to “Duck” Smith, the new manager. Only five of the players on the 1924 team are expected to return, while approximately a score of new players will try for places on the team, it is announced.

Among the contracts that have been signed and returned to the local management are Pitchers Frennick and Jelsma, Outfielders La Voie and J. Smith, and Infielder Pegram.

Smith, the new manager, will come here about March 20th, according to a statement given out by local club officials, the other members of the team reporting about 10 days later.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7, 1925

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F.M. Dulin, 70, Has Died, March 7, 1925

F.M. Dulin Dead

F.M. Dulin died this morning at his home near the Roberta Mill after an illness of several months. Mr. Dulin was born in Mecklenburg county, later moving to Cabarrus county where he spent most of his life. Mr. Dulin was 70 years old. He was twice married and is survived by his wife and four children, Caldwell Dulin of the Hartsell Mill and Mrs. Roberta Carthan of the Roberta Mill, by his first wife, and Floyd Dulin and Miss Ivey Dulin of Roberta Mill, by his second wife. A brother, A.H. Dulin, and a sister, Miss Frances Dulin, also survive.

The funeral will be held at Fairview Church Sunday at 2 o’clock and burial will be made in the church cemetery.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7, 1925

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Heart Attack Following Fishing Trip Takes Wilburn Thompson, 66, March 6, 1925

Hickory Man Drops Dead While Riding. . . W.C. Thompson, Merchant, Victim of Heart Trouble While on a Fishing Trip

Hickory, N.C., March 6—Wilburn C. Thompson, prominent merchant and business man of Hickory, aged 66, died suddenly this afternoon while returning from a fishing trip in Alexander county. Throughout the day Mr. Thompson was in the best spirits and was seemingly in the best of health. After riding several miles with his companion, Mr. Thompson suddenly fell over dead. Heart trouble was assigned as the cause.

A native of Gaston county, Mr. Thompson came to Hickory 15 years ago from Stanly and entered the mercantile business as the senior member of the Thompson-West Company store.

Besides her wife, the deceased is survived by two children, Mrs. A.M. West of Hickory and Rev. Loy D. Thompson of Salisbury.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7,1925

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"Aunt Add" King, 80, Died March 7, 1925

Mrs. A.A. King Died Here This Morning. . . Death Comes After a Few Days’ Illness—Funeral Arrangements Not Made

Mrs. A.A. King, one of the most loved women of Concord, died at her home on West Corbin street at 8:30 this morning after an illness of only a few days.

“Aunt Add,” as she was known to all her friends in Concord and the county, had celebrated her 80th birthday on February 27th and at that time had seemed in unusually good health. She was taken sick shortly after a party given in her honor. Her condition became serious when bronchial pneumonia developed and on account of her advanced age, she was unable to fight the disease long.

The hour of the funeral has not been determined as yet owing to the fact that arrangements cannot be made until word is received from relatives in Texas. The funeral services will be conducted at Central Methodist Church, and the burial will be made in Lincoln county beside the grave of her husband.

Mrs. King was born in Rutherford College, February 27, 1845. She was married October 16, 1864, to Joseph Hamilton King, who was also of Lincoln county. She has lived in Concord for a number of years.

Surviving Mrs. King are five children Peter E. King of Constantinople, Turkey; J. Oliver King of Oklahoma; Horace J. King of Texas; Mrs. J.W. Clegg of Greensboro, and Miss Ida Mae King of this city. There are 18 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Mrs. King also has two sisters living, Mrs. D.P. Dayvault of Texas and Mrs. P.A. Hoyle of Newton. She was a sister of the late Dr. D.D. Johnson, who for years operated a drug store in Concord.

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The announcement of Mrs. King’s death came as a distinct shock to her hundreds of friends and relatives in the city and county. The news spread rapidly and cast a pall of gloom over the city, the deceased being one of the best known and most popular women in Concord.

Mrs. King had been a member of the Methodist Church all her life, and for many years had been an active member of the Central methodist Church, of this city. She attended services regularly, was keenly interested in the affairs of the Church and was a powerful influence for good in the various circles and societies of the women of the church.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7,1925

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Radio, Jazz, Poor Quality Liquor Linked to Increase in Insanity, March 7, 1925

Adds Radio to the Causes of Increase in Insanity. . . Expert Links It with Jazz and Poor Liquor in Affecting Minds

New York, March 6—An increase in insanity is the result of the radio, jazz and poor liquor, Dr. Isham Harris, superintendent of the Brooklyn State Hospital for the Insane, said at a luncheon of the Lion’s Club today. Radios have been eliminated from hospitals for the insane, he said, because they have an irritating effect on mental cases.

Dr. Harris said prohibition caused insane commitments in Brooklyn to increase since 1922 from less than two to more than five per cent. Dancing and flapper affairs, he added, tend to create an abnormal mentality in a boy or girl.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7,1925

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Delia Akerley Lost in East African Jungle, March 7, 1925

Lost in the Jungles

Mrs. Delia J. Akeley, naturalist and explorer, is believed to be lost in the East African jungles on her way to the Abyssinian frontier. She entered a region never before explored by a white person, with a party of 60 natives, to study jungle life for the Brooklyn museum.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 7,1925

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Louisburg Train Wrecked, No One Injured, March 6, 1925

Louisburg Train Wrecked. . . Wednesday Morning Three Miles from Town. . . Backing in From Franklinton Tender Leaves Track—Locomotive Also Derailed—No Casualties—Track Badly Damaged

About 10:30 o’clock Wednesday morning the Louisburg Train on its morning trip from Franklinton to Louisburg, in front of the Wiley Holmes home place. For the past 10 or 15 years, the train has been backed into Louisburg owing to the turntables having been allowed to go to pieces. It was on one of these backing trips that the tender left the track. This caused the train to be torn up and let the locomotive to the ground Luckily, no one was hurt as the train was not moving so fast, but that it was stopped before it turned over. The track was torn up for quite a distance.

The wrecking crew from Raleigh was soon on the job and work was begun to clear the track, which was done very quickly.

The exact cause of the trouble has not been determined. Some guessed it to be rotten cross ties causing the track to spread, others were of the opinion it was trouble with the locomotive—it having just left the shops that morning. Still others think running the train backwards had as much to do with it as anything else.

All trains Wednesday were annulled and the mail and express were brought over from Franklinton by truck.

From the front page of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., Friday, March 6, 1925

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Sheriff Justice Gets Still Near Red Bud, March 6, 1925

Gets Still

Sheriff F.W. Justice reports the capture of a 50-gallon copper still complete near Red Bud on last Saturday evening. He was assisted by Officers Pace and Bledsoe and Mr. J.E. Thomas.

From the front page of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., March 6, 1925

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J.G. Loyd Caught Arm in Corn Shredder, March 6, 1925

Caught in Shredder

J.G. Loyd had the misfortune of getting his right arm caught in a corn shredder on last Friday while shredding corn at Dr. C.H. Banks. He was taken immediately to Rex Hospital at Raleigh for treatment. The shredder belongs to Sheriff F.W. Justice.

From the front page of The Franklin Times, Louisburg, N.C., March 6, 1925

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Community Leaders Discuss Growth in the Sandhills, March 6, 1925

Planning Business in the Sandhills. . . Dozen Leading Men Meet at Knollwood to Talk Over Affairs

By Bion H. Butler

Tuesday night Sam Richardson, Frank Buchan and Talbot Johnson assembled a little group of men at Mid-Pines club house to discuss the situation in the Sandhills and the possibility of extending the interest and development of this field. Being in attendance it was my opportunity to size up a right important meeting of outstanding men of this vicinity gathered to discuss a vital question. Besides Johnson, Richardson and Buchan others present were James Barber, Leonard Tufts, A.S. Newcomb, Judge Way, Jack Boyd, Harry Lewis and Edwin McKeithan. If you will look that list of names over it will be seen that it is a right strong bunch of men. John McQueen and H.A. Page Jr. had been asked to take part in the meeting but were kept away by other matters. John McQueen and Henry Page are both pretty busy men. But they are interested in the situation.

Talbot Johnson announced the purpose of calling the men together telling in his introductory talk about a trip to Florida a few days ago where he found that everybody has gone crazy over what is the most astonishing real estate gamble probably ever known on earth. Without going into the merits of that situation very far Leonard Tufts and Arthur Newcomb told briefly a similar story of their experience in Florida, the purpose of the tale being to show what can be done with warm weather and enthusiasm to impress on Sandhill folks that with our resources here we might do much more than we are. To imitate Florida was farthest from the intention of any man at the meeting, but all agreed that if Florida, with her limited resources can infect this whole United States with the virus of real estate insanity, a reasonable amount of energy and enthusiastic backing the solid resources of the Sandhills can do an awful lot more in this neighborhood than we are doing at the present time.

Not that the Sandhills is playing a losing game at all, for it is not. Leonard Tufts presented figures of Pinehurst which showed that this is the best season ever known there. For that matter each year at Pinehurst shows an increased business over all proceeding years. Mr. Tufts told that the hotels had their hands full. In spite of the continued increase of building year by year, but three or four cottages at Pinehurst were without tenants. Property sales were more active than in previous years, and prospects for summer building tell of activity throughout the year. Sam Richardson had been talking with John West, division passenger agent of the Seaboard during the day, and brought the positive information that freight and express business at the Southern Pine station was running far in excess of any previous season and that passenger traffic to Sandhills towns has made a new record this winter. John Powell reports that the post office is away ahead of any previous years, Frank Buchan says the hotels of Southern Pines are doing more business than ever in their history, and that while some of the cottages are not rented this year it is not surprising for about 40 new houses were building during the year. Harry Lewis says that in spite of new stores that have been opened this year his business continues to expand, and that as far as he gathers form other merchants the village never knew such a voluminous trade. The definite figures presented by these men of business that is checked up every night tell in positive terms that the Sandhills section is making gratifying progress.

Possibly if we did not have something like Florida to compare our progress with, we would be enthusiastic over the advances we are making. Arhtur Newcomb mentioned the reasonable increase in land values, offering as an illustration prices in some negotiations that are under way at the present time in the vicinity of Broad street and Pennsylvania avenue, where $130 and $250 a front foot according to location seems acceptable to buyers. Mr. Newcomb thought such a price low because as he says the way development is going on, convenient locations before a great while will be in much keener demand and a $6,000 lot for a $100,000 building is not regarded as a high price. Judge Way, one of that excessively modest group of Pittsburghers, that is getting interested in the Sandhills county, blushed and said that one thing we need here is more hotel accommodations. He argued that if people want to come this way for the winter, they must have a place where they can eat and sleep, and he thought another good big hotel, anywhere in the Sandhills from which the golf courses and amusement features at Pinehurst and Southern Pines and Knollwood could be reached, would bring a much larger winter population and the Judge and Mr. Tufts and Mr. Newcomb were fully in harmony in the belief that people who come here and get acquainted by a brief visit to the hotels are liable to want to build a winter home for themselves and become permanent winter if not all the year round residents. Jack Boyd made one point that struck the bunch with a good deal of force when he said that if the Seaboard would arrange a schedule out of New York to enable a busy man to get away from there at 6 o’clock after his day’s work was done, instead of 3 o’clock which compels him to break way from his business at a bad hour, many more people could run down here on an overnight journey. And a train leaving here at 6 o’clock at night instead of 10 would put people in New York early enough in the morning to do a day’s work, instead of spoiling the day by getting there just about noon.

Mr. Barber proposed that we provide some means of showing more fully what we have here. And thought perhaps a system of sight seeing automobiles or something of that kind to get the people out and let them know more about the attractions of the community would be a wise idea. Edwin McKeithan who has been active in the development of the Sandhills ever since development has started, drew some comparisons between North Carolina and Florida and talked about direct and indirect methods of advertising which got everybody started along this line. He also pressed the question of a hotel a little farther and questioned Mr. Tufts about the cost of a hotel such as would be desirable. Considerable interest was shown in the idea of a new hotel, the principal difficulty of this proposal being the one of financing. The interest that was shown at the meeting led to the forgetfulness of time, until about 11 o’clock James Barber suggested that it was about time for us older fellows to be in bed and with the understanding that next week the group would gather again to go a little farther into these things, we all went home. It is unfortunate that the Pilot does not have room for a more lengthy story of what was done there, but as plans will be worked out farther, it is sufficient to say that we all realized very clearly that Moore county is coming along at a satisfactory gait and every day stepping a little harder on the accelerator. One easy glimpse of the reports that were presented from the daily and weekly balance sheet of the various industries of the territory makes that positive.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, March 6, 1925

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No Cameron Letter in This Issue Because Mrs. Harrington Is Ill, March 6, 1925

No Cameron Letter

On account of the sickness of Mrs. J. Mck. Harrington, we have no Cameron letter this week. Mrs. Harrington has been confined to her bed several days. The Pilot readers will miss her letter for the first time in about 4 ½ years, or ever since The Pilot became a paper.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., Friday, March 6, 1925

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Cold Snap Saving Peach Crop, March 6, 1925

The Week-End Cold Snap Helps the Peaches

Last week it looked as if the impatient peach orchards were liable to blossom too soon and run their trusting noses into a certain destruction. But the cold snap that wound up the week checked up the impetuousness a bit, and gave the situation a more satisfactory note. A few more cold days and the trees will be near enough to April sunshine to be reasonably safe. Here and there a few blossoms are reported, but not many yet.

From the front page of The Pilot, Vass, N.C., March 6, 1925

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New High School Needed, Declares U.E. Swann, March 5, 1925

New School Building Only Practical Plan

To the Citizens of Beaufort:

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of Beaufort Graded School, held Feb. 27, a plan was adopted for the proposed new High School building. The plan includes 13 standard classrooms, Superintendent’s office, library and other small rooms, also an auditorium with a seating capacity of about 800.

We have studied several plans but as soon as this one was examined, it was the unanimous opinion of the Board that it meets our requirements and is the best we can get for a reasonable cost. This plan can be built and equipped complete for about $70,000. The Board had decided that, under no circumstances, must it cost more than $75,000.

Mr. J.J. Blair, State Supervisor of School House Construction for North Carolina, met with the Board. At the Board’s request he made a careful inspection of our present school building and grounds to determine if it is possible to add to this building as a matter of economy. After inspection, Mr. Blair was very positive in his assertion that no money can be saved by adding to the old building, and that it is impossible to add standard classrooms to this building on account of the new state law which requires fire towers. After a most careful study of the situation, it is the unanimous decision of the Board of Trustees that it will be false economy to try to make any additions or alterations to the present building.

There is no adequate auditorium in town where large assemblies can be held. There is a growing demand on the part of the people from the interior of the State for places on the seashore where conventions of various kinds may be held. The auditorium in the proposed new building is large enough to accommodate the average convention. This will make it possible for the town to have may of these gatherings during the summer months, thereby bringing many more people to our town. The benefits from this source alone will amply justify the cost of a new building site, even if nothing is said of the great benefits to the school of ample recreation grounds for school children.

We cannot expect our town to grow unless ample school facilities are provided. We have spent large sums of money on our streets. We have a beautiful town. If we will now provide an adequate school, people will move to our beautiful town and help us pay its bonded indebtedness.

U.E. Swann, Chairman, Beaufort Graded Schools

From page 4 of The Beaufort News, Thursday, March 5, 1925

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Education Is Best Gift Parents Can Give Children, March 5, 1925

If parents can make any better investment for their children than providing them with the means of getting an education, we do not know what it is. Sometimes people work hard and deny themselves all their lives in order to leave some property to their children. Then it happens all too frequently that these savings of a lifetime are lost in a few years after those who made them are gone. A good education is a thing that will last for a lifetime and is therefore a valuable possession. Its value can hardly be measured in dollars and cents.

From the editorial page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, March 5, 1925

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Congleton, Dixon, Sadler, Parkin Guilty of Imbibing, March 5, 1925

Mayor Tries Four on Same Charge

Four defendants, all charged with practically the same offense, to-wit drunkness, faced Mayor Thomas in his court Monday afternoon. All admitted having imbibed a little too freely but none had been very boisterous and so the Mayor had a heart and let them off with the costs.

John Bunyan Congleton who, like the famous religious leader whose name he bears, had had considerable experience with courts and jails, was among those present and furnished much entertainment for the court audience. He appeared in court with his lengthy form bent almost double, leaning heavily on a broom stick and an expression of great pain on his countenance. There were two charges against John and it looked rather squally for him but he is a very resourceful person in courts and with the assistance of an eloquent plea by his counsel Mr. C.R. Wheatly, he was let down with $10.75, the costs in the case. One of the charges against him John denied entirely and the other was due to extenuating circumstances. He said that while walking around in the back part of he did know who, hit him in the back with a soft drink bottle and inflicted great injury and pain upon him. Fortunately a short time after a stranger met him and seeing the distress he was in, handed him a half pint bottle told him to drink freely. He emptied the flask and got considerable relief but also got arrested a short time afterwards. After hearing his statement the Mayor relented and rendered his verdict which seemed to meet with the approval of the crowd because most people are rather included to pity John than to blame him. He drinks too much but is a very industrious fellow when sober.

The other three tried by the Mayor were John Dixon, Tom Sadler and Carlton Parkin, all young white men. The evidence was that they were drunk but chief of Police Longest stated that they were not unduly disorderly and so they were left off with the costs.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

Diamondback Rattler Already Out, March 5, 1925

Early Snake Gets Shot by Hunter

It seems that snakes as well as mockingbirds and flowers are aware that Spring is near at hand. It is not enough often that anyone reports killing a rattler in February and het that this does happen is vouched by Mr. W.D. Allen of Newport. Mr. Allen is a great hunter and while out with his bird dogs one day last week, they struck a trail and finally came to a point which proved to be instead of a covey of quail a big diamondback rattler Mr. Allen shot the creature and took its hide back to Newport, where it is on exhibition. The snake was an unusually large one, measuring eight feet in length and about 13 inches in circumference.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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J.W. Hall Charged with Beating Niece, Who Then Died, March 4, 1925

King Man Held on Grave Count. . . J.W. Hall Is Held on Charge of Beating Woman Who Died Later; She Was His Niece

King, Feb. 19—J.W. Hall, who resides one mile south of town, was given a hearing here Tuesday before Justice of the Peace James R. Caudle and Thomas E. Smith on a charge of willfully and feloniously beating with a stick Mrs. Pearl Wilson and her small son, from which it was claimed she died three days after reaching her home.

The evidence was that Hall went to the home of Wilson, who resides in Virginia and requested that Wilson and his wife, Mrs. Pearl Wilson, who was a niece of Mr. Hall, returned with him to his home. Sam Wilson, husband of the dead woman, stated that he told Mr. Hall that he could not go but consented for his wife to go, Hall agreeing to bring her back within a few days.

It went along for some time and she did not return it was then that Wilson stated that he went to the home of Hall after his wife and was denied the privilege of seeing her. Later she was brought within a short distance of her home and left by the road side.

A Mr. Slate, who was a witness at the hearing, stated that she was left on the road side near his home and that she came to his house and requested that he carry her home, saying that she did not believe she could get home with a sack of clothing that she was carrying, and that he assisted her in getting home.

Slate, who was one of the jurors at the coroner’s inquest held over the remains in Virginia, also stated that the finding of the coroner’s jury was that she died from dropsy brought on by lack of medical attention and rough treatment.

Probable cause was found and the defendant was bound over to the next term of Stokes Superior court, which convenes in March, in a bond of $700 which he has gave. Appearing for Hall was Attorney T.W. Kallam of Winston-Salem while the state was not represented by counsel.

From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, March 4, 1925

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Tom "Brandy" Noe Charged with Larceny, March 5, 1925

Tom Noe Arrested on Larceny Charge

Tom Noe, frequently called “Brandy,” a young white man of Beaufort, was arrested Tuesday night for entering the pilot house of the fishing boat Chas. S. Wallace and committed to jail. Mayor Thomas required a bond of $500 which Noe was unable to give. For some time Captain Bonner Willis and his brother, Captain Wilbur Willis of the W.M. Webb, have been missing things from their vessels. The two boats dock at the foot of Orange street. Tuesday night Captain Bonner concealed himself in the pilot house of the Wallace and waited for development. About 8 o’clock Noe came along the Wallace in a skiff and climbed aboard. He first went to the galley and could not get in and then came to the pilot house where Captain Willis took charge of him. Noe stated that he was looking for some matches but this explanation of his visit was not satisfactory to Captain Willis and so he had Noe put under arrest.

At the June term of court in 1923 Luther Lloyd and Tom Noe were put under a suspended sentence by Judge Grady of three to five years in the penitentiary if they violated any law within five years. Lloyd was convicted of entering the warehouse of the Beaufort Grocery Company last year and is now in the penitentiary. Noe will be tried in Superior court next week.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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Core Creek News Briefs, March 5, 1925

Core Creek News

It was right cold here Monday but is delightful today.

Rev. Mr. Carter filled his regular appointment here Sunday afternoon. He had a large congregation and preached a very good sermon.

Mrs. J.F. Sabiston who has been on the sick list for some time is right much improved.

Miss Mary Davis of Beaufort spent the week end with the Misses Whitley.

Mrs. E.C. Dickinson spent Wednesday with her mother Mrs. Lula Bell of Harlowe.

Messrs. Bridges and Wilbur Sabiston and Marcus Dickinson attended the movies at Beaufort Saturday.

Mr. Alex Foreman was a business visitor at Beaufort Friday.

Mrs. C.C. Dickinson and little daughter Florence spent Wednesday with her mother Mrs. C.T. Eubanks of Wire Grass.

Mrs. Willie Smith of Dover returned to her home Friday after spending some time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Small.

Miss Marie Dickinson spent the week end with her sister Mrs. Dewey Hardesty of Oyster Creek.

Mr. D.W. Sabiston and son Bridges were in Beaufort Wednesday on a business visit.

From page 2 of The Beaufort News, Thursday, March 5, 1925

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Gales Creek News, March 5, 1925

Gales Creek News

Well, we’re glad to say that spring is almost here and we hope our “Flu Victtums” will soon be out again. The Flu has caused our attendance record at school to look bad.

Miss Mildred Garner has been quite ill at her home with tonsillitis.

Miss Bessie Barnes of Wildwood spent the week end with her cousins, Misses Etta and Ethel Lewis.

Messrs. David and Nathan Jessup of the U.S. Dredge Croatan called on Misses Etta, Ethel and Ada Lewis Friday night.

Mr. and Mrs. John Ward and children spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Garner.

Mr. Jerome Garner went to Camp Glenn on a business trip Monday morning.

Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Hall were the guest of their sister, Mrs. B.F. Jones at Vernola Sunday afternoon.

The crew of the Dredge Croatan gave an oyster roast to the neighborhood people Sunday afternoon at the Adam’s landing. Plenty of oysters and a delightful time were reported.

Misses Etta and Ethel Lewis returned to their school at Newport Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. D.B. Garner, who has been quite sick, is able to be out again.

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Hibbs are sporting a “brand new Ford.”

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Hibbs, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Garner and granddaughter Leona Carraway attended church at Wildwood Sunday.

Mr. Robert Millis and Roy Mann of Newport called on Miss Mildred Garner Sunday afternoon.

Messrs. W.J. Bryan and Nathan Jessup of the U.S. Croatan called on Miss Margaret Hall Sunday night.

Mrs. Lester Hall and baby spent Saturday with her mother-in-law, Mrs. D.J. Hall.

The school here is progressing nicely. Everybody is working hard for County Commencement. We’re so sorry to say we have only one month more of school.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Taylor and family of Arapahoe spent the week end with Mrs. W.P. Taylor.

From page 2 of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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Real Estate Transfers Recorded, March 5, 1925

Real Estate Transfers

The following real estate transfers have been recorded by Register of Deeds Jno. W. Hamilton since last week.

David Williams to Austin Neilson, part lot 130 Old Town Beaufort, consideration $10.

W.C. Cole and wife to T.C. Holland, 4 acres in Whiteoak Township. Consideration not shown.

Luther D. Garner to Jessie G. Garner, tract in Newport Township, consideration $60.

K.L. Garner et al to Jessie J. Garner, 2 acres in Newport Township. Consideration $10.

E.R. Mason and wife to Arthur Gillikin, tract in Straits Township, consideration $55.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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Marriage Licenses Issued Last Week, March 5, 1925

Marriage Licenses

Only two licenses to wed have been granted by Register of Deeds Jno. W. Hamilton since last Thursday. They are as follows:

Wm. H. Jessup of Roxboro, N.C., and Pearl Fulcher of Morehead City.

T.R. Lewis and Belvina Willis of Morehead City.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Gaskill Have a Son, March 5, 1925

Birth Announcement

Cards recently received in Beaufort announce the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Gaskill of Miami, Florida. The child has been named Lorenzo Jr. Mr. Gaskill is a native of Sea Level and has lived in Beaufort for some time.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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Mrs. A.F. Doane Dies of Pleurisy, March 5, 1925

Mrs. A.F. Doane Dead

Information received here recently by Mr. W.A. Mace conveyed the intelligence that Mrs. A.F. Doane died of pleurisy Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Doane and two daughters lived in Beaufort for a number of years and have many friends here. The body of Mrs. Doane was taken to Guilford, Connecticut, her old home, for interment.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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Louisa Mason Dies Following Stroke of Paralysis, March 5, 1925

Mrs. Charles W. Mason Dies

Information has been received in Beaufort of the death of Mrs. Louisa Mason of Atlantic, wife of Charles W. Mason, Wednesday morning. Mrs. Mason suffered a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. John G. Jones and James Wallace Mason, both of Beaufort, daughter and son of Mrs. Mason, went to Atlantic Saturday on account of their mother’s illness and were with her at the end.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, March 5, 1925

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Mistrial Declared After Jury Finds Defendant Guilty, March 5, 1925

A mistrial was declared by a judge in an East St. Louis court recently when a jury that did not know the difference between the legal terms “defendant” and “plaintiff” brought in a verdict for the defendant. “We wanted to give the verdict to the little light-haired fellow,” said the jury. He was the plaintiff.

From page 5 of The Beaufort News, Thursday, March 5, 1925

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R.W. George Loses Home to Fire, For the Third Time, March 4, 1925

R.W. George Loses Home by Fire. . . Large 10-Room Residence and Its Contents Burned Friday—Origin of Fire Unknown—Loss Is Heavy

The handsome 10-room residence of Rev. Robt. W. George at Francisco was completely destroyed by fire on Friday morning of the past week, the fire being discovered in an upper room of the building about 11 o’clock in the day. Nearly all of the contents of the residence were lost. While no estimate of the loss has been made, it is very heavy. Mr. George, it is stated, covered $5,000 insurance, though this will cover only a part of the loss.

The origin of the fire was not known.

This is the third time Mr. George has lost his home by fire since his marriage. It is stated he will re-build at once on the same site.

From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, March 4, 1925

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Laurel Mabe Arrested When Still Found Near His Home, March 4, 1925

Laurel Mabe of Danbury Route 1 was arrested last week after a distillery had been found located in the woods near his home. He was given a hearing before Justice N.A. Martin and bound over to Federal court. Mr. Mabe swore that he did not know the distillery was there until it was located by the officers.

From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, March 4, 1925

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Treating TB Patients in Early Stage Pays Off, Says Dr. McCain, March 4, 1925

1,036 Patients Living, Working. . . Records of Discharged Cases at State Sanitorium Second to None in United States

Sanitorium, Feb. 25—One thousand thirty-six former patients now living and working is the record of the North Carolina Sanatorium for its patients discharged from the Sanatorium during the past 10 years. There are also 303 living and not working. Eighty-nine per cent of all the early stage cases treated in the past 10 years are living and 80 per cent are living and working.

“We claim,” Dr. P.P. McCain, superintendent of the North Carolina Sanatorium, said, “to have the most complete records of our discharged cases of any sanatorium in the United States. We have not completed our survey for 1924, but previous to December 31, 1923, we had lost track of only 56 out of all the patients discharged form the Sanatorium.

“If we estimate the value of a life at the low figure of $5,000, these cases who have been restored to health and to useful citizenship are worth more than $5 million to North Carolina. Outside of their money value, the patients who have gone out from the institution have been a great health educational factor in the State, missionaries carrying the gospel of early diagnosis and prevention of tuberculosis to cities, villages and farms throughout the whole state. Our ex-patients are instrumental in discovering a large percentage of the patients sent to us in the curable stage. They have learned the symptoms of tuberculosis; they know the necessity of an early diagnosis if a cure is to be effected, and their own experience has made them want to help the other fellow.

“As a means of prevention the value of the institution in these discharged cases cannot be estimated. Ot only has the life of the person infected with the disease been saved, but many persons have been kept free from the risk of infection and probable death by removing the tuberculosis persons from among the healthy citizens of the community. Treatment by segregation removes the risk of infection, and knowledge of how to prevent infection by precautionary measures lessens the risk of infection to others when they leave the institution.

“The extent to which the institution has been successful in the prevention of the great white plague is shown by the steadily declining death rate. Ten years ago there were more than 5,000 yearly deaths from tuberculosis. In 1923 there were only 2,510. Tuberculosis exacts its toll from those in the prime of life. Is it not worth while to save 2,500 of our most useful citizens every year?”

From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, March 4, 1925

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Womanless Wedding to Raise Money for Parsonage, March 7, 1925

Womanless Wedding at Davis Chapel

On Saturday evening, March 7th, at 7:30 o’clock, the Epworth League of Davis Chapel will present a play entitled “The Womanless Wedding.” In the play will be about 20 characters, all men. There will be a small admission fee of 15 and 20 cents, which will be used for the benefit of the M.E. church parsonage. Don’t forget the time and the place, and remember that you are cordially invited to come out and aid in a worthy cause.

From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, March 4, 1925

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News Briefs from King, N.C., March 3, 1925

King, March 3—W.A. Smith is opening up a music store in the Smith building on the corner of Main and Depot streets.

A Ford roadster occupied by Robt. Thomas and Tom Jessup turned turtle on an embankment in West King yesterday afternoon. Fortunately, the young men were not hurt, but the Ford was much used up.

The one-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Hartgrove, who reside on Dan River street, died yesterday after several days’ illness with pneumonia. The interment was conducted from Mt. Olive church today.

Ruth, the small child of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Spainhour, is very ill with pneumonia at their home here.

The girls’ basket ball team of the King high school defeated the Pilot Mountain team in a game played at Pilot Mountain Saturday afternoon. The score stood 19 to 17.

J. Wilson Mitchell returned yesterday from a business trip to Raleigh.

Chas. R. Carroll is preparing to build a nice home on West Main Street. Work will start in a few days.

J.W. Spainhour of Winston-Salem was here Sunday calling on his friends.

John T. Love, who has been ill at his home here, shows improvement.

F.N. Jones, manager of the King Manufacturing Co., spent Sunday in High Point.

D.E. Wall has purchased from P. Newsom a nice residence lot in Pilot View, on which he will erect a nice residence soon.

The King high school basket-ball team defeated the Shoals school team in a game played here Friday, the score being 21 to nothing. The game was refereed by Miss Faye Tillotson. The line-up was as follows: Shoals, R.F. Scott, L.F. McCullum, C. Kiger, C. Butner, R.G. Chilton and L.G. Owen; King, R.F. Meadows, L.F. Boyles, C. Caudle, C. Thomas, R.G. Masencup and L.G. Ingram.

The Moravian Ladies’ Aid Society will meet with Mrs. Clady Newsom on Thursday, March 5th, to discuss plans for their miscellaneous sale to be held on Saturday before Easter.

Work on J.H. Hauser’s new home on West Main street is nearing completion.

From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, March 4, 1925

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Chief Coffey Injured Trying to Stop a Car, March 3, 1925

Chief Coffey Has Accident. . . Our Chief Gets Hurt Trying to Step from One Car to Another While Going at a Rapid Speed

On March 25th Sheriff Ingram and Chief Coffey received (a) complaint from a traveling man that some drunken men coming from the direction of Georgia had passed through Franklin and had gone toward Dillsboro. The officers pursued, came in sight of the tail light of the car on the other side of Cowee mountain. The men in the car the officers were pursuing evidently became suspicious and turned into a side road just as another car occupied by Dr. Wilkes of Sylva came out. The officers continued the pursuit of Dr. Wilkes, believing him to be the man they had originally started after. Dr. Wilkes was overtaken between Dillsboro and Sylva. Just as the officers’ car was drawing alongside of the doctor’s car Chief Coffey, who was on the running board, stepped from the car while it was going at a good rate of speed and fell heavily on the concrete road. Sheriff Ingram continued the pursuit of the car until it was overhauled and stopped. Seeing his mistake, the Sheriff apologized, and Dr. Wilkes proceeded on his way. Sheriff Ingram then returned to where Chief Coffey had fallen and found Mr. Wilson, the contractor for the Georgia road, had picked up the Chief. Mr. Wilson stated that he would carry the Chief to the hospital at Asheville, but Mr. Coffey preferred to return to Franklin. He was brought back to town and is still confined to his bed. It appears that no bones were broken, though Mr. Coffey was badly bruised innumerous places.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925. The banner of this issue is dated March 3, but this article is about something that happened March 25, so I’m not sure which date is correct.

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Chief Coffey's Injury More Serious Than Thought, March 3, 1925

Chief Coffey was more seriously hurt in the fall from an automobile near Sylva on March 25th than was at first believed. The doctors say that he will be confined to his bed for several weeks. It is now thought that his hip was either dislocated or fractured. The good people of Franklin regret this accident and wish for the Chief a rapid recovery. While Chief Coffey is confined to his bed, Mr. J.R. Norris is acting Chief of Police.

From page 2 of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Sheriff Shouldn't Stop People Without Cause, March 3, 1925

Pernicious Activity

For some time now our Sheriff has been actively engaged in the pursuit of whiskey runners. To this there can be no possible objection provided the efforts of this official are confined to this class of men. But in his eagerness to arrest bootleggers he seems to have cast aside the well-balanced judgment which should be associated with the official acts of all officers.

Innocent people have been held up at the point of a pistol. Highways have been blocked on curves ad the lives of the guilty and innocent alike have thus been placed in jeopardy. It is against the law to block a highway and there can e no possible excuse for violating one law to enforce another. Our officials should remember that doctors have to visit the sick at night and many other people have legitimate business on the highways after dark. Under present conditions the driver of a car never knows whether the road will be blocked around the next curve or whether he will have his car crowded into a ditch by the car of our officials. Be the driver of a car innocent or be he guilty of hauling liquor, it’s all the same to the Sheriff. No self-respecting American man or WOMAN, likes to be treated as a criminal unless there be reasons for such treatment. Our law-abiding citizens are entitled to protection as the hands of our officials. They have a right to travel the highways at night with the assurance that the road is clear and that they will not be subjected to the indignity of having a gun thrust into their faces on the off chance that they are liquor runners. The Sheriff’s authority does not include the privilege of preventing respectable and law-abiding citizens from pursuing the even tenor of their way without molestation.

From the editorial page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925, S.A. Harris, editor.

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Section of Road Closed Until Concrete Can Be Poured, March 3, 1925

The road from Otto to the Georgia line is closed and will remain closed until the concrete is poured—probably about the 15th of June. The Wilson Construction Co. knows its business and the citizens of that section may rest assured that this company will cause them as little inconvenience as possible. This company started pouring concrete last Monday.

From the editorial page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925, S.A. Harris, editor.

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Cleveland County Got Electric Lines to Farmers, March 3, 1925

Electricity for the Farms

In Cleveland county, North Carolina, where hydro-electric energy is available, each township of the county has organized a company and has built lines to convey electric current to the homes of the farmers. The farmers in most townships of that county are now using electricity to light their homes, run their ensilage cutters, feed grinders, wood saws, cream separators, sewing machines, etc.

In our rumination along this line we have often thought of what a man-made paradise Macon county could be with the assistance of electric current. An all-wise Creator has given us the greatest country of the globe in which to live. He has likewise endowed man with intelligence and reasoning power denied to lower animals. This intelligence and reasoning power were given to man that he might have dominion over the world and that he might subdue the animals and the physical forces of the earth to his comfort and contentment.

Man should be satisfied with nothing but the best. And we do not mean that he should go beyond his means to attain the best. Now the farmers of Macon have an opportunity to make their homes more enjoyable, to make their families more contended, to make their own labors and those of their families lighter.

The contract for Franklin’s power dam was let on March 27th. This dam will be completed by December 1, 1925. It is suggested that the farmers of Smith’s Bridge, Cartoogechaye, Cowee, Sugar Fork and other sections investigate the advisability of building power lines to their respective sections with a view to utilizing electricity in their homes and barns. It should not be a difficult matter to finance these lines on borrowed money to be repaid by receipts from the sale of current. The question of electricity in the homes of our farmers is at least worthy of serious consideration. It would eliminate to a considerable extent the danger of fires in the homes and barns.

From the editorial page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925, S.A. Harris, editor. If the contract was let March 27, as it stated in the article, then the newspaper date—March 3--must be wrong.

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Editor Predicts Shining Future for Macon, March 3, 1925

Macon’s Hour

With the letting last Friday of the contract for the municipal dam and power house, Franklin and Macon County are one step nearer to the goal toward which we have been dreaming and working for many years. The expenditure on the dam on the Georgia road and the Dillsboro road will approximate three-quarters of a million dollars within the year. This, however, is only of temporary interest. The permanent benefit to Macon county can hardly be estimated. When we once let the outside world know of our unexcelled climate, rugged mountains with peaks that pierce the sky, abundant hydro-electric power, plentiful supply of labor, concrete roads, immense quantities of timber supplies, the fertility of our soil, the upstanding character of our citizens, then we can begin to realize the importance and far-reaching effects of the work that is now under way in the county.

We hardly dare predict what the future five years hence holds for our people. Suffice it to say that there will stand in our valleys mighty industrial plants employing hundreds of men and women, magnificent hotels will crown the hilltops above the lake and beautiful summer homes will nestle along the shores, the highways will be crowded with thousands of cars filled with people who are anxious for a breath of our mountain air, trucks and wagons from cove and mountain cottage will bring the produce of the farms to a populous town, civilization will smile in all its glory and God’s mighty paradise of the mountains will have come into its own.

From the editorial page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925, S.A. Harris, editor. Do you know happened October 29, 1929, preventing the editor's vision of a glorious future?

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Mountain Towns Offer Free Land to Lure Factories, March 3, 1925

Where Rip Doesn’t Sleep

The story goes that Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years, but it is a safe bet that he didn’t take this snooze in the vicinity of Prentiss and Riverside. The progressive citizens of these two towns are on the jump. They are offering free factory sites to any industrial enterprise that will locate in their towns. And incidentally they have some of the best locations for factories in the county. The good people of Prentiss and Riverside are not working in opposition to Franklin. They are only looking out for Number One and no one can blame them for so doing. If they are willing to offer greater inducements than does Franklin, industrial enterprises will naturally locate there.

In this connection it should be remembered that the Press is run solely in the interest of the county and that it is in no way partial to Franklin when another section of the county has an opportunity to better itself. The Press therefore wishes Prentiss and Riverside all success possible in the progressive undertakings.

From the editorial page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Police Fined Car When They Couldn't Figure Out Whose Liquor it Was, March 3, 1925

Tom Angel’s Car Fined

Last Sunday Mr. Bill Sutton, Mr. Mothews and Mr. Roberts decided to visit Georgia. So Bill made arrangements to rent Mr. Angel’s car for the trip. It seems that these young men got to Georgia and trouble. At any rate, they were arrested are(and?) a small amount of liquor, so the report goes, was found in the car. Mr. Matthews made bond and returned to Franklin. The other two were detained, tried and found not guilty because the officers couldn’t prove that the car in which the liquor was found was the one in which they had gone to the Empire State.

Monday morning rolled around and Mr. Angel was shy one perfectly good car. So he lit out for Georgia to see why his trained car had not returned home. He found it in Clarkesville rearin’ to come but held in leash by the Sheriff. Since one of the men was released on bond and the other two were found not guilty, Mr. Angel is still trying to figure out why it cost him$113 to get his car. He finally has come to the conclusion that the car must have been fined this amount.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925. A last name was spelled Mothews on first reference and Matthews later in the story.

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George Reece Not Guilty of Reckless Driving, March 3, 1925

Cars driven by Mr. George Reece and Mr. W.G. Hall ran together on Main street near the fountain last Sunday. Mr. Reece’s car suffered serious damage while that of Mr. Hall had a rear wheel knocked off and was otherwise damaged. Mr. Reece was tried Monday on charges of reckless driving but was found not guilty.

From page 2 of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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New Furniture and Music Store Will Also Sell Coffins, Have a Hearse, March 3, 1925

New Furniture and Music Store for Franklin

Mr. O.C. Bryant and Mr. Wiley Carpenter have organized under the firm name of Bryant and Carpenter, a furniture and music store. They are at present located in the west half of the building on Main Street formerly occupied by Porter Motor Company. In addition to a complete line of furniture, Victrolas, Records, etc., the new firm will also handle a large line of Caskets and Coffins. In connection with this phase of their business Bryant & Carpenter will have at the disposal of the public a hearse. A hearse has been one of the great needs of Franklin and these young men are to be congratulated on getting a hearse for Franklin’s use.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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J.L. Barnard Promised a Respectable Dance Hall and Amusement Palace, March 3, 1925

Will Build Dance Hall

Mr. J.L. Barnard will build a large dance hall and amusement palace at the public camp ground near the foot of Trimont about one mile from Franklin. A place of this kind has long been needed.

In connection with the hall Mr. Barnard will install a soft drink stand. He will also serve sandwiches, ice cream, etc.

Mr. Barnard states that his amusement place will be conducted on a high moral plane and that no rowdyism will be permitted on or near the hall. Those who know Mr. Barnard know that he will tolerate no unseemly conduct on the part of those who attend dances at his hall. In other words, he will make his dance hall a wholesome place for amusement.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Allfather Family Moving to Black Mountain, March 3, 1925

A Good Citizen Moves

Mr. W.E. Allfather, who has been a resident of Franklin for more than a year, has purchased a home and an electric bakery at Black Mountain and will move to that town with his family in a few days. During their stay here Mr. Allfather and family have made many friends who regret to see them move away. The best wishes of all go with this popular family.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Alex Moore New Superintendent of Baptist Sunday School, March 3, 1925

Mr. Alex Moore was elected as Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School in Franklin last Sunday in the place of Mr. John S. Trotter whose term had expired.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Burn Victim Returning Home, March 3, 1925

Mr. Fred Killian from Nantahala, who had his arm burned by gasoline some time ago and who has been at the Munday Hotel since, left last Monday for his home.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Birthday Dinner for Mrs. T.M. Slagle, March 3, 1925

Birthday Dinner

Mrs. Carl Slagle and Mrs. Esther Fries delightfully entertained Mrs. T.M. Slagle on the occasion of her birthday last Sunday with a birthday dinner. The dinner was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Slagle. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Crawford and Mrs. and Mrs. Will Sloan, intimate and personal friends of Mrs. T.M. Slagle, were present and (so) was Mr. C.W. Slagle. All present thoroughly enjoyed the bounteous dinner and the delightful reminiscences of other days. It seems that the dinner itself particularly appealed to Mr. Crawford.

Only one candle was on the cake. Some claim it represented 31 summers, others claim 51 years had passed since Mrs. Slagle’s birth, while Mr. C.W. Slagle intimated that the one candle represented on century, whereupon he had to show how fast he can run.

From the front page of the Franklin Press, Macon County, N.C., March 3, 1925

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Trial of Willie A. Doxey, 66, for Killing Nephew, Wm. H. Doxie, March 2, 1925

Willie Doxey Now on Trial for Life in Elizabeth City. . .Charged with Murder of William H. Doxey, Who Died in Hospital on February First. . . Deceased Warn to Leave Home. . . Had Been Reared in Home of the Defendant—Wife’s Name Is Brought Into the Case Also

By the Associated Press

Elizabeth City, March 2—Willie A. Doxey, charged with the murder of his nephew Wm. H. Doxey, who died in a local hospital February 1, was to go on trial today in Currituck superior court.

Doxey shot his nephew on January 31 after returning from a hunt and finding Mrs. Doxey away from home. Before the trial it was intimated Doxey and his nephew had engaged in a series of quarrels which ended in the former warning the latter not to visit his home again.

The defendant is now 66 years of age. Twenty-two years ago, he married Miss Daisy Hampton, 16, and known as the “belle of Currituck.” Soon after his marriage Doxey took his nephew, then a boy of 12, into his home. He was fond of hunting and was away from home many nights.

As Wm. Doxey became older, however, he became involved in quarrels with his uncle, and finally was warned never to enter the house again, it was stated.

Before dying, young Doxey left a statement in which he said that while he was on his way to Poplar Branch from the direction of Bertha, his uncle met him on the road. The elder man shouted that he was going to kill him, young Doxey said, adding that he wrested the revolver from his hand. The older man promised not to shoot, young Doxey continued, and the revolver was returned to him.

Then, the nephew asserted, Willie Doxey backed away 10 feet and shot him. His uncle’s wife was a “good woman, perfect as far as I know. We have prayed together many times.”

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, March 2, 1925

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Miss Charlotte Anthony, 22, Killed in Fall from Car, March 2, 1925

Salisbury Girl Falls from Car and Killed. . . Door to Coupe Somehow Came Open and Miss Charlotte Anthony Fell Out

Salisbury, March 1—Miss Charlotte Anthony, aged 22, was fatally injured when she feel out of a coupe last night at 11 o’clock. She and Banks Sloop of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, were returning home from Mooresville where they had been during the evening, and when they were near the Rowan Cotton Mill, just south of the city, the car door came open from some unexplained cause and Miss Anthoiny fell out. The car was going about 20 miles an hour and when Mr. Sloop got it stopped he returned and picked Miss Anthony up and carried her to her home, 606 Maupin Avenue. She was conscious and did not appear to be so badly hurt but when a physician arrived, he saw the seriousness of the wound which was in the back of the head and she was taken to the Salisbury Hospital where she died at 2 o’clock this morning.

Miss Anthony had been employed as a clerk with the R.W. Walker Lumber Company for three years. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Stotts, and six sisters. Four of the young sisters are at home, another, Miss Glenna Anthony, is a member of the school faculty at Statesville, and a married sister, Mrs. Margurite Goldman, lives in New York City. Interment will be at Glen Alpine where Miss Anthony’s father is buried, but time of the funeral awaits word from the sister in New York.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Sculptor of Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Arrested in Greensboro, March 2, 1925

Borglum Declares Again He Will “Rot in Jail” for His Ideals

By the Associated Press

New York, March 2—“Ready to rot in jail” in defense of his ideals, Gutzon Borglum, sculptor, is preparing for the “fight of his life” in connection with the Stone Mountain confederate memorial, which he says should be completed because it is the greatest project of thought ever conceived.

He admitted last night on his return from Atlanta that he had destroyed his model and plans after his dismissal by officials of State Mountain Memorial Association. For this he had been arrested at Greensboro, N.C., on a warrant charging vandalism and malicious mischief.

“I destroyed the temporary models for the greatest piece of sculpture in the world’s history,” he said, “because I believe in the right of an artist in his own creation. I am ready to rot in jail rather than yield this principle. Let the small provincial mind of my enemies contemplate the work of stonecutters or shoemakers if they wish. I am ready for a fight.

“Why, they are trying to crucify me. Think of their impudence. They fired me a fortnight after I had served notice on them that I intended to ask an accounting of their stewardship of the Association’s funds. They were spending about as much on office force as I was on the mountainside with my force.”

Borglum said he would confer with wealthy friends who had said they would back him to the limit.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Brent Drane, Dr. W.S. Rankin to Retire from State Service, March 2, 1925

Drane and Rankin to Retire from Office. . . Dr. Rankin, It is Reported, Will Head Hospital System of the Duke Foundation

Raleigh, Feb. 28—Important changes in heads of State departments are pending, it became known here tonight. Brent Drane has submitted his resignation to Governor McLean as head of the geological and economy survey, and Dr. W.S. Rankin will shortly retire as head of the State board of health.

It is stated that Dr. Rankin will retire in the near future to become head of the hospital system created under the Duke foundation; that while this arrangement has been entered into, it will not be officially confirmed until the trustees of the Duke foundation meeting in March. Governor McLean stated tonight that he had not yet heard of Dr. Rankin’s resignation, which must be submitted to the State board of health.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Bill to Move Rural Police from Sheriff's Office to County Commissioners, Feb. 28, 1925

Put Rural Force Under County Commissioners

Raleigh, Feb. 28—A new bill to place the Mecklenburg county rural police force under the county commissioners will be introduced in the house Monday by Speaker Edgar W. Pharr and will receive the support of Senator Hamilton C. Jones in the senate.

The measure, introduced by Representative Julia Alexander and W.R. Matthews to abolish the rural force, will never get out of the house alive.

Speaker Pharr’s bill will transfer control of the force from the sheriff to the county commissioners. The commissioners now appoint the police. Representative Matthews, it was understood, will probably sign the bill.

Miss Alexander could not be reached here tonight for a statement as to her plans for abolishing the force in view of the reaction to the announcement of the bills introduced. She indicated last night that her original intention was to place complete responsibility for law enforcement in the hands of the sheriff. Speaker Pharr’s bill will transfer authority now resting with the sheriff to the county commissioners, and leave only the deputies with that officer.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Sallie B. Ferguson, 88, Died March 2, 1925, of Pneumonia

Mrs. Sallie B. Ferguson Died Here This Morning. . . Had Been Ill for Week with Pneumonia and Her Death Was Not Unexpected—Funeral Tomorrow Afternoon

Mrs. Sallie B. Ferguson, one of Concord’s oldest and best known women, died this morning at 8:18 o’clock at her home on Georgia Avenue after an illness of a week with pneumonia. For several days she had been critically ill and her death did not come as a surprise to relatives and friends who had kept advised as to her condition from day to day.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at her late home on Georgia Avenue, and interment will be made in Oakwood cemetery. Services at the home and cemetery will be conducted by Rev. G.A. Martin of Landrum, S.C., former pastor of the First Baptist Church of this city.

Mrs. Ferguson was a daughter of the Joel Hill and was born and reared in the Rocky River neighborhood. She was born October 9, 1836, and spent her entire life in Cabarrus county.

Mrs. Ferguson was twice married, her first husband being Joseph Hall. To this union two children were born, W.J. and Edwin Hall, both of whom are dead. Several years after Mr. Hall’s death the deceased was married to W.M. Ferguson, who died August 2, 1891. To this union three children were born, and two of them, Mrs. Harry Trice of this city and Miss Annie Ferguson of Statesville, survive.

Mrs. Ferguson was a member of the First Baptist Church and for years was one of the Church’s most active members. She was widely known throughout the city and county, her family having been prominent in the life of the county for many years.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, March 2, 1925

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J.L. Bost, 27, Died After 6-Month Illness, March 2, 1925

Death of J.L. Bost

J.L. Bost, well known young farmer of the Rocky Ridge neighborhood, died Saturday night at the home of his father after an illness of six months. He had been critically ill for some time and his death was not unexpected.

Mr. Bost was 27 years of age and is survived by his wife, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Bost, two sisters and two brothers.

Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Rocky Ridge Church, and interment was made in the cemetery at Center Church.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Mrs. Allen Lane Reed Died March 2, 1925

Mrs. Allen Lane Reed Dead

New York, March 2—Mrs. Allen Lane Reed, sister of late James Lane Allen, noted novelist, died today at her home in Manhattan. She was the last surviving member of the immediate family of the novelist, who died two weeks ago.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, March 2, 1925

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Ben Morgan, 50, and Kit Morgan, 48, Killed When Train Strikes Car, March 2, 1925

Two Killed by Train

By the Associated Press

Lynchburg, Va., March 2—Ben Morgan, aged 50, and his brother, Kit Morgan, aged 48, were killed in Alta Vista when the automobile in which they were riding was struck by a through northbound freight train.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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At the Star Theatre, March 2-7, 1925

Star Theatre

Program Week of March 2nd to 7th

Monday and Tuesday

“The Enemy Sex”

With Betty Compson, Percy Mormont, Huntley Gordon, Kathlyn Williams, Sheldon Lewis, Dot Farley, Pauline Bush. The love-adventures of a beautiful “Gold Digger.” A Paramount

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Wednesday and Thursday

“Twenty-One”

With Richard Barthelmess and Dorothy Gish. Now this is a real good picture, one you should see. A First National.

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Friday—One Day Only

“The Story Without a Name”

With Agnes Ayres, Antonio Moreno. Now you have read the story, now see the picture. A Paramount.

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Saturday

“Biff Bang Buddy”

With Buddy Roosevelt. A Western in 5 reels, and a good comedy.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 2, 1925

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Man Shoots Man in Bed with His Wife, Fined $100; Wife Gets Two Years, Feb. 28,1925

Watson Group Getting Away. . . Mrs. Watson Appeals Sentence to the Industrial Home

Charlotte Observer, Feb. 28th

While Thomas I. Watson was being fined $100 and costs in Superior Court yesterday morning for carrying a concealed weapon, Mrs. Watson was being given a term of from one to three years in the Mecklenburg Industrial home on a charge of registering at a hotel for immoral purposes.

Watson paid his fine and was again a free man, following the verdict of not guilty rendered Thursday afternoon in the case charging him of shooting and killing Joseph E. McDonough, registered at the hotel with Mrs. Watson as man and wife, when Watson accompanied officers to the room to identify them for arrest on Sunday night, February 15th.

Mrs. Watson, through her attorney, John J. Parker, gave notice of appeal from Judge Wade H. Williams, sentenced to the industrial home, and bond was fixed at $500. Mrs. Watson’s attorneys wanted to have the case tried at this term, but the grand jury had been dismissed for the term, so a true bill could not be found, thus not getting it before the court.

Her case was then continued until the next term of criminal court, beginning on May 11, and $500 cash bond was posted by her father, R.M. Miller, for her appearance at that time.

And the principals in one of the most appealing tragedies ever enacted in Charlotte have gone.

Watson, his 13-year-old daughter, Isabel Watson, and Mr. Miller, Mrs. Watson’s father, left last night by automobile, supposedly for Concord, to get the trunks left there by Mrs. Watson on the fatal Sunday while she was on her way from Greensboro to Birmingham to join her husband. Mr. Miller said he might be here again today for a time, but plans to Leave as soon as possible for his Texas home, taking with him his daughter, one of the angles in the tragic triangle.

Mrs. Watson left the city yesterday. Just where she went was not disclosed, but it is presumed that she went to Concord to make a separation of the effects in the trunks there belonging to her and Mr. Watson.

While Mrs. Watson’s plans were to return to Texas with her father, leaving probably today, Watson said last night as he was leaving for Concord that he expects to return to Charlotte in a day or two. It is intimated that he may work for a while in this state, but further than that his plans have not been announced.

Intimations are, also, that there might be no move or step toward a reconciliation between husband and wife, for the time, at least, and that this phase would not be considered until after the case against her, 10 weeks off, is finally disposed of. Neither has given any hint of his or her attitude toward reconciliation.

A conference between Mr. and Mrs. Watson may have been held in Concord last night, if that is where she went. It is very well understood that they have not conferred since the tragedy in the hotel room nearly two weeks ago.

Watson submitted to the charge of carrying a concealed weapon in Superior Court yesterday and the evidence submitted in the murder charge against him, with reference to the pistol, was admitted. Judge Lane imposed the $100 fine.

In city court no evidence was submitted in Mrs. Watson’s case. Judge Williams had heard the evidence in Superior Court and this was admitted as evidence, following the formal plea of not guilty that had been entered by Attorney John J. Parker, who addressed the court, making a plea that Mrs. Watson be permitted to go home with her father. He read letters from people in Texas, which contained expressions of high regard in which she was held in her community and in college.

Solicitor High McAulay expressed sympathy for the parents, but expressed the belief that Mrs. Watson should receive some punishment. “The defendant was the direct or indirect cause of a man’s death and of her husband tried on a murder charge. This takes it out of the common run of cases of this sort and justifies the statement that the defendant should be punished for her share in the proceedings,” the solicitor said.

The parents of this woman have my sympathy, but justice cannot be administered by sympathy,” said Judge Wiliams, in whose hands the case was left. “The jury that rendered a verdict of not guilty in the case of her husband yesterday, by that verdict seemed to think that McDonough’s death was justifiable. If that phase of the case is to be taken into consideration, why should the defendant be allowed to go free? If she is a woman of education and refinement, then she is more guilty because she knew better,” Judge Williams said.

Only three white women were in the courtroom that was crowded to the doors with men.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Feb. 28, 1925. I question whether the wife's age was just 13, although that's what was printed in the newspaper article. She was held in "high regard by her community and in college.... If she is a woman of education and refinement, then she is more guilty because she knew better, Judge Williams said." Maybe the newspaper article has a typo and Mrs. Watson is 23 instead of 13?

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3-Year-Old, 12-Year-Old, 78 Year-Old Killed in Automotive Accidents, March 1, 1925

Three Meet Violent Death in Charlotte. . . Aged Man and Two Children Victims in Trolley and Automobile Accidents

Charlotte, March 1—One of the “Four Horsemen” has been abroad in Charlotte since Friday night, three persons having met violent deaths during that period.

The latest victim of the grim reaper was three-year-old John Francis Winchester, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raiford Winchester, who died late last night of injuries sustained earlier in the evening when struck by an automobile driven by a negro, William Johnson. The accident occurred in front of his parents’ home on the Dixie road, five miles from Charlotte.

The child was with an uncle who was repairing his automobile parked by the side of the highway and is thought to have stepped from behind that machine directly into the path of the negro’s machine.

Funeral services for the child were held this afternoon at 4 o’clock at Steel Creek Presbyterian Church. Interment was in the church cemetery.

Captain Franklin Stutts, 78, of the Charlotte fire department, died Friday night of injuries sustained when he was struck by a trolley car on North Tryon Street. Funeral services were held this afternoon, and he was laid to rest in Elmwood cemetery.

John Edward Sanders, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Sanders of Elizabeth Avenue, who was killed late Friday night when struck by an automobile while at play near his home, was buried this afternoon.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, March 2, 1925

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Cotton Industry in North Carolina, Feb. 28, 1925

Notes on Tarheelia

By the Associated Press

Three cotton manufacturing plants are located in Montgomery county, one at Biscoe and two at Troy. These mills have a capital stock of approximately $1 million.

The presidents of the Montgomery county cotton mills include John C. Rankin, E.O. Anderson and Mrs. T.J. Smitherman.

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Moore county has three cotton mills, one at Hemp, one at High Falls and one at Vass.

The Moore county cotton mills have a combined capital of approximately $800,000, and the presidents include W.W. Cowgill, J.W. Woody and A. Cameron.

The Rocky Mount Mills are located at Rocky Mount, Nash county and B. Cameron is president of the concern. The corporation has a capital stock of $1 million.

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New Hanover county is the home of two cotton manufacturing plants, both of which are located at Wilmington. John D. Bellamy and Hobert R. Bellamy are the presidents of the concerns, which have a combined capital of about $150,000.

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Three cotton mills with a combined capital stock of approximately $2 million are located in Orange county, one at Carrboro and two at Hillsboro. The presidents are C.M. Carr, S. Strudwick, and J.C. Webb.

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McDowell county has three cotton mills, all of which are located at Marion. These mills have a capital stock of $2,438,200. The McDowell county mills have as their presidents B.M. Hart, D.E. Hudgins and Reginald W. Baldwin, all of Marion.

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The Capitola Manufacturing Company is located at Marshall, Madison county. The mill has a capital stock of $64,500, and A.Q. Kale is president of the concern.

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Fourteen cotton manufacturing plants are located in Mecklenburg county. The presidents of these concerns include: Dr. C.A. Misenheimer, D.B. Gossett, S.M. Robinson, C.W. Johnston, F.C. Sherrill, A.C. Summerville, J.C. Rankin, Charles C. Lima, M.L. Cannon and W.C. Wilkinson.

These mills are located at Charlotte, North Charlotte, Cornelius, Davidson, Huntersville and Paw Creek. They have a capital stock of more than $6 million.

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Eight cotton mills are located in Iredell county, two at Mooresville, four at Statesville, one at Troutman and one at Turnersburg.

The Iredell county cotton mills have a capital stock of more than $5 million. The presidents of the various mills are A.F. Bruton, J.E. Sherrill, N.B. Mills, D.M. Ausley, William Wallace, R.L. Stowe, Edward Kale, and J.W. Watts.

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Six cotton mills in Johnston county are located as follows: two Clayton and three at Selma. These mills have a capital stock at $1,111,632.

Charles W. Horne, C.W. Johnston, Alvin Hunsicker and B.W. Adams are the presidents of the mills in Johnston county.

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Sanford, Lee county, is the location of one cotton mill. J.C. Watkins is president of the concern and the firm has a capital stock of $299,400.

The Caswell Cotton Mills and the Kinston Cotton mills are located at Kinston, Lenoir county. F.C. Dunn and J.F. Taylor are the presidents of the two concerns, which have a combined capital stock of $754,000.

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Lincoln county is the home of 16 cotton manufacturing plants. Fifteen of these plants are located at Lincolnton and one at Southside. These mills have a combined capital of several million dollars.

The presidents of the Lincoln county mills include D.E. Rhyne, J. Lee Robinson, Robert C. Boger, R.S. Reinhardt, John C. Rankin, C.E. Childs, D.P. Rhodes, J.S. Mauney, R.L. Goode, M.H. Cline, J. Frank Love, and John C. Rankin.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Feb. 28, 1925

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