Dr. M.G. Wilson Begins Practice in Smithfield, Dec. 8, 1925

Dr. Wilson Locates Here

Smithfield extends a welcome to Dr. and Mrs. M.G. Wilson, who moved to our city last week to make their home. They have purchased the bungalow of Mr. and Mrs. D.T. Lunceford on Johnston Street. Dr. Wilson is no stranger here, being a native of Johnston County. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Wilson of Wilson’s Mills. He located at Princeton soon after receiving his license to practice medicine, later removing to Greenville. He has responded again to the call to practice his chosen profession in his native county, and his office may be found on the second floor of the Hood building.

Dr. Wilson received his medical training at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He was interned in a hospital at Pittsburg, Pa., for a year after graduation.

From page 3 of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, December 8, 1925

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W.A. Lee of Four Oaks Beginning Hog Killing, Dec. 8, 1925

Kills Big Hogs

Mr. W.A. Lee of Four Oaks, route 2, was in town Saturday. He said he killed two Durock Jersey pigs last week which weighed 1,212 pounds. One weighed 550 and the other 662 pounds. Mr. Lee says he has just started to killing his hogs. He feeds them on corn, peas and beans. Mr. Lee lives at home and boards at the same place.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925

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Country Correspondence from Emit, Dec. 8, 1925

Country Correspondence—Emit

Mr. and Mrs. J.V. Bell spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. B.C. Hinton near Zebulon.

Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle Hinton spent Sunday afternoon in the Hales Chapel section.

Messrs. Bige Hinton and J.S. Talton were in this section Sunday night.

Messrs. A.D. Hinton and S.M. Burns made a business trip to Middlesex Saturday.

Mr. M.C. Hinton and Mr. J.V. Bell made a business trip to Middlesex Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Narron are all smiles—it’s a fine girl.

Mr. W.J. Wilder is on the sick list. We hope he will soon be out again.

Mr. and Mrs. Lumis Strickland made a business trip to Raleigh last Wednesday.

The people of this section are beginning to kill hogs. Mr. J.V. Bell killed a fine one last week which tipped the scales at 878 pounds. Mr. A.D. Hinton killed four Thursday, which weighed 1,017 pounds.

Mr. and Mrs. Charley Meacombs and Miss Alice Hinton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Coy Hinton near Zebulon.

Mr. Leamon Corbett of Kinston was in this section Friday.

--Middlesex, Route 3, Dec. 3

From page 2 of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925

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Robbie Massengill, 30, Died of Appendicitis, Dec. 7, 1925

Prominent Farmer of Ingram Dies. . . Mr. Robbie T. Masengill Passes Away Following Serious Operation

Mr. Robbie T. Massengill, who lived in Ingrams township, died at the Smithfield Memorial hospital Saturday following an operation for appendicitis. He was taken ill some time ago and was operated on Thanksgiving day, but his condition was so serious that the operation was of no avail.

Mr. Massengill was born August 11, 1895, and was a little past 30 years old. He was the son of the late J.A. Massengill of Ingrams township. During the World War he served in the United States navy for 26 months. In 1923 he married Miss Sallie Johnson of Bentonville, who survives him.

He never united with any church but was a believer in the Primitive Baptist faith. He was from a prominent family and was a successful farmer and business man.

The deceased is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Sarah Massengill of Ingrams township, two sisters, Mrs. Jesse Barns of this city and Mrs. W.G. Thomas of Varina, and four brothers, Messrs. J.T., N.A., and J.A. Massengill Jr., who live at the old homeplace, and Lester Massengill of Montgomery, Ala.

The funeral was held at the home Sunday afternoon, conducted by Elders Xure Lee and L.A. Johnson, and interment was made in the family cemetery. An unusually large crowd estimated at about 3,000 people attended the funeral to pay a last tribute of respect to their departed friend and neighbor. The floral offering was profuse and very beautiful, silent testimony to the esteem in which the deceased was held.

The bereaved ones have the sympathy of a host of friends in this hour of bereavement.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925

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Heart Attack Takes J.T. Vinson, Dec. 7, 1925

J.T. Vinson Passes Away in Clayton. . . Succumbs to Heart Attack in Few Hours After He Is Stricken

Friends and relatives throughout Johnston County will regret to learn of the death of Mr. J.T. Vinson, which occurred at his home in Clayton yesterday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock. Mr. Vinson had suffered several heart attacks, having had a slight one last week. He arose as usual, however, yesterday morning and went to his office. He returned home for breakfast and about 7:30 was taken sick, growing gradually worse until after the noon hour.

The deceased was about 60 years old. He was a brother of the late J.A. Vinson and was the executor on his estate of his brother. Surviving Mr. Vinson are seven children as follows: Messrs. Turner, Herman, Willard and Loomis Vinson of Clayton, Misses Naomi and Claudia Vinson of Clayton and Mrs. Ivan Smith of the Bethesda section. He also leaves three sisters: Mrs. Marceline Cox of Durham, Mrs. H.B. Ipock of Clinton, and Mrs. Rosa Duncan of Clayton.

The funeral will be held this afternoon about 2 o’clock at the home in Clayton after which the body will be taken to the old Vinson burying ground at Wilson’s Mills for interment.

The deceased was a member of the Clayton Baptist church and his pastor, Rev. E.C. White, will conduct the services.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925

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Beady Wiggs, 43, Died Nov. 27, 1925

Death of Beady P. Wiggs

Selma, Nov. 30—On Friday, November 27, about 3:15 o’clock, the Death Angel visited the home of Mr. Alex Wiggs Jr. and took from him his loving wife, Beady P. Wiggs. She was born November 10, 1882, and died November 27, 1925, making her stay on earth 43 years and 17 days. She was twice married, first to Henry W. Stuckey and to this union were born three children. Later she married Mr. Alex Wiggs Jr. and to his union was born one child.

The deceased was converted about 30 years ago and joined the missionary Baptist church, and her seat was never vacant when she was able to go. Surely, she has reaped the reward of a righteous woman and will be missed by everyone that knew her. Oh, how sad home is without dear mother. She was so good to us all and seemed to love us all so much. How hard it was to give her up, but she was too good to live in this old sinful world any longer, and God saw she had toiled and suffered long enough and called her home. We all knew she was good, and she is out of this sinful world and is peacefully resting. Our loss is her eternal gain.

She was taken to Parrish Memorial Cemetery on November 28, and Rev. Jim Worley preached her funeral about 4 o’clock. She was laid to rest amid a large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends. The floral offerings were beautiful, showing the love and esteem in which she was held. Those left to mourn her loss are a husband the two children, Archie L. Stuckey and Andrew Wiggs. She also leaves five brothers: G.H. Parrish, Z.A. Parris, J.E. Parrish, M.P. Parrish and G.W. Parrish, and three sisters: Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. J.V. Oliver and Mrs. S.P. Phillips. The best thoughts we have about her are her parting words. They were: “I am going home to rest.”

A precious one from us is gone,

A voice we loved is still;

A place is vacant in our home

That never can be filled.

We wish to thank each and every one who assisted in any way during her sickness and death.

Written by her niece, Mrs. Annie Parrish

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925

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Mary Currie, Mother of Mrs. A.G. Martin, Died Dec. 6,1925

Mother of Mrs. A.G. Martin Dead

Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Martin were called to Raeford today by the death of Mrs. Martin’s mother, Mrs. Mary B. Currie, which occurred at her home Sunday night. Mrs. Currie had been seriously ill for several weeks and her death was not unexpected. The funeral will be conducted at the Presbyterian Church in Raeford this morning at 11 o’clock. Miss Laura Currie, a daughter who teaches at Brodgen near town, left yesterday for Raeford.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, Dec. 8, 1925

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Body of W.L. Little Found by Daughter After He Was Struck by Car, Dec. 6, 1925

W.L. Little Is Killed When Car Strikes Him. . . Prominent Anson County Man Found Dead Several Hours After Accident

Wadesboro, Dec. 6—This city and section were terribly shocked this morning by one of the saddest tragedies the county ever knew, when it was learned that W.I. Little, a prominent and popular citizen of White Store township, was killed last night by a car on the road near his residence. Mr. Little was returning from his son’s store when struck by the car going in the direction of the store.

His family became uneasy when he had not returned home at 11 o’clock and instituted a search for him. He was found by his daughter, Miss Netta, about a hundred yards from his home and had been dead for some time. His leg was broken in two places by the impact of the car wheel and investigation developed the fact that he had bled profusely and had crawled across the road in his effort to reach his home, his trail being plainly marked by blood stains. It is said that a handkerchief found about his person was knotted and saturated with blood as though it had been used by him in trying to staunch the flow of blood.

The circumstances of his death were peculiarly sad and pathetic, as from all indications he had made a desperate effort to reach his home.

A negro boy named Wade Little, aged 20 years, was arrested this afternoon and placed in jail here on a confession made by another negro that Wade Little was the driver of the car that killed Mr. Little. The negro who gave the information claims that the Little negro was driving very fast when he struck Mr. Little, who was walking by the roadside, and that the driver of the car refused to stop and render assistance, although he knew it was Mr. Little whom he had struck.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Lightning Destroys Catawba College Tower, Dec. 7, 1925

Lightning Hits Tower of Catawba College

Salisbury, Dec. 6—Lightning hit the tower on the main building of Catawba College during a thunderstorm that swept over the city about 6 o’clock Saturday morning, doing damage of approximately $500. Part of the dislodged stonework of the tower crashed through the third floor on the second floor into a room adjoining that of Rev. Shuford Peeler, dean of the college, but no one was hurt.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Otto Wood, Escaped Convict, Captured Near Mooresville, Dec. 7, 1925

Hears That Otto Wood Has Been Captured

Charlotte, Dec. 7 (AP)—The Charlotte News says it is informed that Otto Wood, escaped convict from the North Carolina State Prison, was captured today near Mooresville, N.C., by Chief of Police Woodside of that place.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Minister Compares Need for Local Hospital to "No Room at the Inn," Dec. 7, 1925

Dr. Rowan Sponsored the Proposed Hospital in His Sunday Sermon

Rev. J.C. Rowan, using as a text “There was no room for them in the inn,” advocated from his pulpit Sunday morning the proposed county hospital. In the course of his sermon he said, “The Christ was crowded out of the inn at Bethlehem because there was no Christianity at the inn. What man can lay any claim to Christianity who would not give up his room in a hotel or his berth on a train to a woman in travail The people of today are crowding out the Christ and can lay no claim to Christianity, if they do not visit the sick. The visitation of the sick enjoyed by Jeus and demanded by vital Christianity is not merely making social calls or paying social visits, but living a life of service and rendering assistance in the hour of need. I know of no wiser and better way of visiting the sick in Cabarrus County than building the proposed county hospital; and I want to be one of the ministers of this county to advocate from the Sacred Desk the building of that institution. To fail in this worthy and Christian undertaking, saying thereby to those who are not only poor but also sick, helpless and dying, we are going to see that you do not get any help even from the benefaction of him who thought of you and planned for you before he died, is to crowd the Christ out of Cabarrus County. He was crowded out of the inn at Bethlehem and to bring upon ourselves the judgment of Him who will certainly say, “I was sick, and ye visited me not, inasmuch as ye did not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.”

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Kepleys Awarded $15,800 in Suit Against Kirk Bus Line, Dec. 7, 1925

Verdict Returned Against Kirk Bus Lines for $15,800

Charlotte, Dec. 5—A jury in Mecklenburg Superior Court here returned a verdict for $15,800 in favor of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Kepley against Kirk Bus Lines of Salisbury. Mr. and Mrs. Kepley were suing the bus line for $100,000 as a result of their car being struck near Charlotte several months ago.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Masons Holding 3-Day Gathering in Salisbury, Dec. 7, 1925

York Rite Masons Will Hold Festival. . . Three-Day Gathering to be Staged in Salisbury, Commencing Wednesday

Salisbury, Dec. 7—Salisbury will be host to a large and distinguished gathering of prominent Masons from all parts of the state when a three-day festival of the York rite bodies opens here Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock.

Leon Cash of Winston-Salem, grand master of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina; James W. Payne of Salisbury, grand high priest of the Grand Chapter of the State; William R. Smith of Raleigh, illustrious grand master of the Grand council of North Carolian; and James H. Taylor of Gastonia, grand commander of the Grand commandery of the state, are among the high officials expected to be in attendance, and each of them will make addresses during the festival.

The chapter degrees will be conferred by the Salisbury chapter on Wednesday afternoon; the council and commandery degree will be conferred Thursday by the Salisbury bodies; while on Friday, a district meeting of the 25th Masonic district will be held with the Salisbury and Spencer blue lodges.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Mrs. Boyden in Hospital with Broken Leg, Dec. 7, 1925

Mrs. Boyden Suffers Broken Limb

Salisbury, Dec. 6—Mrs. Boyden, wife of Col. A.H. Boyden, fell at her home this morning and broke a limb near the ankle. She is at the Salisbury hospital where it is said she is resting well this evening.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Seabock Completes 110 Hours of Driving, Dec. 7, 1925

Finishes 110 Hours of Continuous Driving

Greensboro, Dec. 5—Earle Seabock of Hickory this afternoon at 4 o’clock completed here 110 hours of consecutive driving of an automobile. He started at 2 a.m. Tuesday. He was chained and locked to the wheel and kept the automobile moving continuously the whole time, taking as and air for the tires on the move.

A year ago, Ralph Bennett drove for 100 consecutive hours here. He died about six weeks ago, just after another like test.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Drunk Hog Leads Deputy Sheriff to Still at Lumber Yard, Dec.7, 1925

Drunken Hog Leads Way to Large Still

Hattiesburg, Miss., Dec. 7—A drunken hog led to the discover of one of the most complete stills found in South Mississippi in recent months, located at the plant of the J.J. Newton Lumber company.

The moonshiner had coupled up his improvised still with the steam house of the lumber plant, and in that manner was able to obtain steam, water and power.

A hog staggered across the yard in front of the general manager’s office, and the authorities were notified. It was feared the hog was mad. Deputy Sheriff Ward Camp responded. He took one look at the porker and started an investigation. He walked about the big yards and when he neared a certain point the hog made a rush at him. The animal stood guard over the spot, but was too intoxicated to put up much of a fight.

Camp continued his investigation and found a complete 100 gallon still. The lid of the outfit had been sealed with a clay mixture. Fingerprints found in the clay may lead to the identity of the moonshiner.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, Dec. 7, 1925

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Remember the Undernourished Child, Says Editor of Concord Tribune, Dec. 5, 1925

Remember the Undernourished Child

Plans have been perfected for the present by which ilk can be secured for undernourished children at Central School. Certain women of the city, it is understood, have agreed to assume responsibility of the milk bills for the present time and after the Christmas holidays, they hope to secure enough public funds to continue the milk diet for the remainer of the scholastic year.

The practice of providing milk for certain of the students in the school was started several years ago and proved so beneficial that it has been continued. This year, due to several circumstances, the diet was not started at the opening of the school but a way has been found by which it can e continued until the schools close for Christmas. After that, it is tentatively planned, the public will e asked to subscribe to the fund.

Persons familiar with school conditions are best able to judge the value of the milk diet. The teachers, for instance, repot that they can see a marked change in many children after the milk diet has been followed for several weeks. Children who appeared dull and listless become good students and apt pupils after they have half a pint of milk a day for several weeks. These children were not dull and stupid—they were just undernourished.

Of course, it is not planned to give the milk without cost to those children whose parents can afford to buy it. The milk is provided for them but at their own expense. It is for the undernourished child that the milk is free and in practically every case the undernourished child is one who cannot afford milk.

We have not been asked to bring this matter to the attention of the public and we may be premature with the suggestion, but we offer it just the same—that part of our Christmas money be put aside now to be used later should public contributions be solicited.

It does not cost a great deal of money to provide the half pine of milk each day for the children who need it most. The cost is a very nominal one and we could well afford to cut down a little on two or three presents intended for healthy children that the emaciated one might get the milk they so badly need.

From the editorial page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Family Denies Children's Rabies Treatment, "Lord Will Take Them When the Time Comes," Dec. 5, 1925

Children Bitten by Dog Not Taking Treatment. . . Parents Say That Lord Will Take Them When Time Comes and Refuse to Give Them Pasteur Serum

Two children who were bitten by the dog which was said to be mad are not taking the Pasteur treatment, according to Dr. S.E. Buchanan, County Health Physician.

Although the parents of the children have had the danger attendant to such a bite pointed out to them, they declare, says Dr. Buchanan, that the Lord will take the children when their time comes and that there is no use to have any treatment.

The names of the children were not given, but it is understood that they were in the same group of children at the White-Parks Mill. Seven children are already taking treatment for bites received on Thanksgiving Day.

Although there was no way to make the parents have their children take the treatment, Dr. Buchanan declared that it was tragic that these children should run the risk of taking the dread disease when the prevention could be secured so easily.

From page 5 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Local Mention from Concord Tribune, Dec. 5, 1925

Local Mention

Come in and get one of our Vest Pocket memorandum books for 1926. We want every subscriber to have one.

The condition of Mrs. Marshall Teeter, who has been ill at the home of her parents for some time, is reported as being unchanged.

The regular Saturday night moving pictures will be held at the U.M.C.A. tonight at 7 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.

Rev. W.C. Lyerly, pastor of Trinity Reformed Church of this city, will preach to the boys at the Jackson Training School Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.

The condition of Eleanor Wallace, daughter of Mrs. T.N. Spencer, is reported today as slightly improved. Attending physicians have announced that the child has pneumonia and that her condition is as favorable as could be expected.

Approaches to the road on the concord-Charlotte highway are being repaired now in Cabarrus County. The work is being done under the supervision of the State Highway Department, large trucks and scrapers being used to level the approaches.

Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Mixon left this morning for their home in Woodland, Cal., where they will spend the holidays. They spent several weeks in Concord, Mr. Mixon being manager of the circulation campaign recently conducted by The Tribune and Times.

Capt. and Mrs. W.J. Burdell of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.J. White. Capt. and Mrs. Burdell will sail in February for Honolulu, where he will e Captain of the army post for three years.

Efird’s Kannapolis store opened a new addition which gave the store practically twice as much space as it had before. A large number of people attended the opening. This store started in Kannapolis less than a year ago.

Fifty feet of concrete has been poured on the three mile stretch of highway beyond Mt. Pleasant but operations were halted this morning on account of rain. Unless the weather becomes unusually cold, the concrete pouring will begin a full blast on Monday, according to highway officials.

Freakish weather was Concord’s portion during the night. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled very much as it usually does in the summer months. A light rain fell during the night and this morning and rising temperatures continued throughout the day.

R.C. Benfield, superintendent of the city’s street department, has had a force of hands at work near the White Parks Mill for several days widening and repairing streets. The streets were laid out several yeas ago but had not been improved until Mr. Benfield started his force to work on them several days ago.

It is reported this morning that officers during the night arrested two federal prisoners, the charge being intoxication. The report says the two men were released from the county jail Friday, their terms expired on that day, and immediately proceeded to imbibe freely of liquor in celebration of their release.

Durant Griffin, white man arrested Friday charged with stealing chickens from A.B. Coble, was given a hearing Friday afternoon and sentenced to serve 90 days on the chain gang. Another man charged with assault on a female was fined $15 including the cost when taken before Judge Caldwell Friday afternoon.

Miss Isabelle White has returned to Raleigh, after a visit to parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.J. White. She recently completed her training as a trained nurse and passed the state board examination in October being credited with honors in her examination. She is now located in Raleigh for the practice of her profession.

Public schools of Concord will close on December 18th for the Christmas holidays, according to an announcement made by city school officials. The usual two weeks holiday will be observed, with work to start again on January 4th. It is said that the county schools, due to their short terms, will be closed only one week for Christmas.

Valuable property on the national highway opposite the intersection of the Sunderland Hall road near the Flint Rock filling station will be sold at auction Saturday, December 12th at 2 o’clock p.m. There will also be three other sales, including several lots near the Hartsell Mill, and four store lots and one dwelling directly opposite the mill. Fifty turkeys will e given free at the sale.

From page 8 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Country Correspondence--Harrisburg, Dec. 5, 1925

Country Correspondence—Harrisburg

Thanksgiving has come and gone. I’ve seen lots of hunters but not many rabbits.

Miss Mabel Young of Greensboro is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. Ernest Stallings.

Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Stafford gave a Thanksgiving dinner to the mail carriers and their families of the village.

Mr. Ira Taylor of Gastonia spent Thanksgiving with his family.

Mr. and Mrs. Clanton of Charlotte spent Thanksgiving with their daughter, Mrs. Richard McEachern.

Ernest Stallings and Worth Oglesby have accepted positions with the Ford plant.

Jim Gourley and family of Greer, S.C., are visiting relatives in the village.

Mrs. D.A. Gross, who has been spending awhile with her brother, J.C. Higgins, has returned to her home in Greensboro.

From page 3 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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County Notes from Rt. 2, Rockwell, Dec. 5, 1925

Country Correspondence—Rockwell Route 2

Mrs. Mary Troutman spent a few days with her daughter, Mrs. J.W. Connell.

A large crowd attended the singing convention Sunday at Mt. Hope Church.

Miss Dorothy Lentz, of this neighborhood, and Earl Brown of Landis were married November 21st. Their many friends extend congratulations.

Miss Lillie Troutman of Concord spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Connell and family.

Miss Sarah Jackson of the Sloope School spent Thanksgiving with home folks in South Carolina.

Mrs. Mary Troutman spent Friday and Saturday with her son, W.D. Troutman of Concord.

Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Sides and family, of Concord Route 4, spent Sunday at J.A. Taylor’s.

Mrs. Ora Corl of Kannapolis spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.A. Corl.

From page 3 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Winfield Scott Hartsell Died of Heart Attack, Buried Dec. 4, 1925

Death of Winfield Scott Hartsell of No. 3 Township

Winfield Scott Hartsell, a prominent young farmer of No. 3 township, is dead. Mr. Hartsell had been plowing with a Fordson tractor all day Thursday, taking sick after eating a hearty supper. He lived about four hours after the first attack. He died at 10:30 p.m.

He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. S.J. Hartsell who survive. He also leaves his wife, who before marriage was Miss Ruth Goodnight, and two small children, Helen and Thelma. Also the following brothers and sisters: Boyd, Harry, Roy and Wilson Hartsell of No. 3; Miss Virginia Hartsell of Charlotte, Mrs. Theodore Hudson of Rockingham, and Misses Bertha, Esther and Ruth Hartsell, all of this county; one half-sister, Mrs. Calvin Garmon of Concord; one half-brother, Coy Hartsell of Morganton, and one brother, Frank Hartsell.

His remains were laid to rest in Gilwood Cemetery Friday evening at 3:30 o’clock. Funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. F.A. Barnes. Mr. Hartsell had been a member of Gilwood Church since early boyhood.

From page 5 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Mollie Irvin, 60, Died at County Home, Dec. 5, 1925

Mollie Irvin Dead at County Home

Mrs. Mollie Irvin, 60 years of age, died at the Cabarrus County Home Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. Funeral services will be held at Harmoney Methodist Church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock and burial will be made at Oakwood Cemetery.

Mrs. Irvin was born in Randolph County, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Irvin. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Charles Davis of Concord, and one niece, Mrs. Lum Morris, also of Concord.

From the editorial page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Burglars Steal $100 Raised for High School Athletic Association, Dec. 5, 1925

Burglars Pay Visit to School Building. . . Got about $100 Last Night from Vault of Albemarle Structure

Albemarle, Dec. 4—The new city high school building was visited by burglars last night and around $100 taken from the vault. The Scotch Highlander Bank gave a concert in the early evening and the amount of money which the Athletic Association got from the proceeds of the sale of tickets was left in the vault, with about $30 of the school “book fund.” Superintendent Beam stated last night thar he took out around $200 that he had collected on tuition last afternoon and deposited it in the local bank and but for that, the burglars would have gotten that amount too. Bloodhounds were secured but as the break-in was not learned about until after a great many of the pupils had tracked around the building and over the grounds, the dogs didn’t seem to be able to follow the trail of the thieves. Superintendent Beam feels that he has a pretty close clue on the fellows, and he believes they are local people who know where the vault is and that there had been money left here last night. The vault door had been pried open with a claw hammer so the thieves could get their hands in. Entrance to the building was made through a window.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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J.K. Doughton's Lawyers Confer, Dec. 5, 1925

Doughton Lawyers Confer About Case. . . Seem Confident That Their Client will be Acquitted of Charges

Greensboro, Dec. 4—In conference here today with Col. F.P. Hobgood, attorney for J.K. Doughton of Raleigh, charged with violation of the national banking laws, were Mr. Doughton, his father, R.A. Doughton, commissioner of revenue for North Carolina, and Col. W.S. O’B. Robison, noted attorney of Goldsboro. The conference was in preparation for the trial of young Doughton, set for December 14, in federal district court here, along with J.D. Norwood and M.L. Jackson, on like charges.

The three were indicted by a grand jury on the charge of violation of the law in connection with the failure of the People’s National Bank of Salisbury in June 1923. What plans were made at the conference were not disclosed, although defendants’ attorneys seem confident of acquittal.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Jodie Williams, 58, Ends Life with Carbolic Acid, Dec. 4, 1925

J.L. Williams, Union County Man, Ends Life with Poison

Monroe, Dec. 4—Jodie L. Williams, a prosperous farmer of New Salem township, Union County, ended his life today by drinking a quantity of carbolic acid. Mr. Williams emptied the bottle, walked into the room where his family was, told them what he had done and added that it would all be over presently. He then drank a glass of water, laid down on the porch, and was dead in five minutes.

For some time, Williams had been depressed and apparently in bad health. His acquaintances believe that he was a sufferer from incipient insanity. He was 58 years of age and leaves a wife and eight children, most of whom are small.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925. Carbolic acid was used as an antiseptic in 1925.

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Poultry Venture Profitable for Disabled Vet, Dec. 5, 1925

Makes Net Profit of $690.78 on Poultry

Statesville, Dec. 5 (AP)—M.T. Combs, partially disabled veteran of the World War, who lives in Concord township, made a net profit of $690.78 on his poultry during the past year, reports R.W. Graeber, farm agent in Iredell County.

The income from the flock, including sales of eggs, broilers and hens, and all culled birds, totaled $1,317.22, wile the expenses of operating and of buying new birds for the flock was $626.44, leaving a profit of $690.78. The flock now numbers 246 hens and 12 roosters, and Mr. Combs is planning to increase this number as his physical condition improves sufficiently to enable him to care for a larger number.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Ealine Boone, 4, Died After Falling Into Boiling Pot of Grease, Dec. 3, 1925

Little Child Falls in Pot of Boiling Fats

Columbia, S.C., Dec. 4—Ealine Boone, aged four, died at a local hospital last night from burns suffered when she fell into a pot of grease near Gaston, a few miles from here. The little girl was playing in a neighbor’s yard while her parents were assisting the neighbors in killing some hogs, when she lost her balance and fell backward into the pot of boiling fats.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925

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Don't Skip Out Early, Says Salem College Editor, Dec. 5, 1925

Every year there are some girls who feel that they simply can’t wait to go home until everyone else is ready, but must leave at least a day or two soon, cutting classes in order to do so. It is interesting to notice that these girls are generally the ones who must need to attend classes. The school authorities always express disapproval for this rushing off ahead of time, and there is no reason why every girl should not co-operate with them. If one likes a school well enough to attend it, one should not be in such a desperate hurry to leave that one cannot wait until the appointed time.

From the editorial page of The Salemite, student newspaper of Salem College, Winston-Salem, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925.

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Salem College Freshmen Elect Officers, Dec. 5, 1925

The Freshman Class Elects Officers

The Freshman class officers were elected last Tuesday, December the first. Owing to the large size of the class, and the limited time for voting, the regular process of nominations from the floor was not used. Each girl was asked to write her choice of officers on a slip of paper and hand it in. when the votes were counted, it was found that the following girls had majorities: Vice-President, Mary Miller Falkner; Secretary, Anne Hairston; Treasurer, Janie Little; Class Historian, Margaret Sharp; Class Teacher, Miss Eleanor Chase; I.R.S. Representatives on campus, Cam Boren and Maud Phillips; off campus, Helen Johnson and Caroline Price.

From the front page of The Salemite, student newspaper of Salem College, Winston-Salem, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925. No president was listed in article.

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Mathematics Club Organized at Salem College, Dec. 5, 1925

Mathematics Club Organized Monday. . . May Hairston Is President; Other Officers Elected; Committees Are Appointed

The Mathematics Club, consisting of 35 members, was organized Monday morning, November 30. The following officers were elected:

May Hairston—President

Zora Foy—Vice-President

Rachel Philips—Secretary

Isabel Dunn—Treasurer

Leonora Taylor, Alice Eborn, Isabel Dunn and Zora Foy were appointed as a committee to draw up the by-laws and constitution.

The program committee selected consisted of Eugenia Brown, Lillyan Newell, Anne Hairston, and Pearl Martin.

The next meeting, a Christmas party, will be held Wednesday evening, December 9. Virginia Welch was elected chairman of a committee to plan the program and entertainment.

From the front page of The Salemite, student newspaper of Salem College, Winston-Salem, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925.

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Social Notes from The Salemite, Dec. 5, 1925

Here and There

The following girls spent last week-end at their respective homes: Julia Bullock, Marjorie Tate, Lucile Reid, Elizabeth Stocks, Margaret Lee Millner, Evelyn Graham, Carrie May Baldwin, Augusta Webb, Virginia Stainbach, Elizabeth Kluttz, Zora Foy, Margaret Hartsell, Anne Thomason and Bessie Clark. Jennie Wolfe accompanied Bessie Clark to her home in Leaksville.

From page 4 of The Salemite, student newspaper of Salem College, Winston-Salem, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1925. No president was listed in article.

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Leftwich Arcade Building Burns, Fourth Time This Year, Dec. 3, 1925

Leftwich Arcade Building Visited by Another Fire. . . For Fourth Time This Year the Building Located in Greensboro Is Damaged by Stubborn Blaze. . . Firemen Saved All Occupants. . . Means of Escape Were Blocked by Blaze Until Firemen Reached Them by Outside Walls

Greensboro, Dec. 3 (AP)—For the fourth time this year fire took a heavy property toll shortly before 6 o’clock this morning in the Leftwich Arcade building on Elm Street.

Fourteen persons who reside in apartments on the second and third floors were cut off form escape and were rescued by firemen. Firemen Crumpler was injured as a result of cutting an artery in his leg when he kicked a glass out of a door. The damage to the building alone probably will exceed $30,000 and loss to stores on the main floor from water damage will equal or exceed that amount.

As a result of the window, an investigation is being conducted with a view to condemning the building, it was announced by Capt. Shaw of the fire department. T.J. McAdoo, city building inspector, and W.L. Scott, fire commissioner of the state, today are inspecting the structure.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1925

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Clifford Holmes, 15, Swallows Tack, Removed at Hospital, Dec. 3, 1925

Swallows Thumb Tack, Rushed to Hospital

Monroe, Dec. 3—Clifford Holmes, 15-year-old son of F.C. Holmes of Marshville, was rushed to the Ellen Fitzgerald Hospital, Monroe, this afternoon with a thumb tack in his lower part of his throat as a result of holding tacks in his mouth while sticking pictures on the wall. The tack was removed and young Holmes is reported resting well.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Dec. 4, 1925

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Tom Brannock Scolds Sons, Then Hangs Himself, Dec. 4, 1925

Reprimands His Boys Then Hangs Himself

Mount Airy, Dec. 3—Following a reprimand to his boys for a dispute they had, Tom Brannock of this city went into the yard and hanged himself last night.

Mr. Brannock, who was employed in one of the furniture factories in this city, did a good day’s work and went home, apparently in his usual good health and spirit, and ate a hearty supper. Some time later, it is said, he had occasion to talk with his younger children concerning a dispute in which conversation it is alleged he threatened to leave home or hang himself, and in about 20 minutes his lifeless body was found hanging from a beam in the yard, which had been erected and was used by the boys in play for trapeze stunts and exercise.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Dec. 4, 1925

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Children End Up in Institutions After Father Dies, Dec. 2, 1925

Seven Children in One Family Go Bad. . . Story Told of Tragic Breaking Up of Group After Father Died

Madison, Dec. 2—A story of the tragic breaking up of a family after the husband father died that is probably without parallel in the state was told here a few days ago by Miss Elizabeth Simpson, county welfare superintendent, who stated that five of seven children in one family are now in North Carolina correctional institutions. Two boys are at the Jackson Training School and three girls at Samarcand.

The family moved to this county from Surry a little less than a year ago, following the death of her husband and father, and had resided here and at Mayodan since. Somehow the mother, it is said, failed to exert any influence over her children and they became incorrigible and a public menace.

Miss Simpson, in her capacity as welfare officer, was called on to remedy the situation and succeeded in placing the children, for at least four of them are under 17, in the institutions mentioned. One boy is only 9 while the other is 11. The two youngest girls are 14 and 16.

The mother now has only one of her seven children with her. Her oldest boy is said to be working on a farm in Surry County. She and her baby have been returned to Surry County and placed in the care of relatives. It is said the family was getting along well until the death of the father.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1925

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Eff Bell Fined $50 for Making a Little Holiday Cheerup--Peach Brandy, Dec. 3, 1925

Made Brandy, Must Pay $50 and the Costs

Shelby, Dec. 3—“Jedge, Ah jes’ made hit for a leetle holiday cheerup, and Ah didn’t know hit wuz wrong ter make hit, cus hit don’t make yer drunk and only makes you feel a leetle better and then sorter sick.” That was the explanation Eff Bell, aged Kings Mountain negro, gave Recorder John Mull as he faced the court charged with manufacturing liquor from California peaches.

After some deliberation Judge Mull fined him $50 and the costs and left him a suspended sentence of six months on the roads if he tried his art again on California peaches.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Dec. 4, 1925

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D.O. Walton Sentenced to 8 Months in Workhouse for Slander, Dec. 3, 1925

Draws Eight Months on Charge of Slander

Salisbury, Dec. 3—a case coming up from the western part of the county and heard before Judge Coggins in the county court Tuesday was that in which a white man, D.O. Walton, was charged with slander of the wife of another man at that community. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve eight months in the workhouse. He gave notice of appeal and bond was fixed at $500.Only two more cases were on the docket, these being speeders of cars, and they paid costs.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Dec. 4, 1925

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Accident in Crib Takes Life of 11-Month-Old Susan Phylis Stephenson, Dec. 3, 1925

Child Is Choked to Death in Her Crib

Washington, N.C., Dec. 3—Susan Phylis, the 11-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Stephenson of Wanoca, was strangled to death today at noon. She was left in the crib to sleep, and when the mother returned the child had been dead presumably 30 minutes. The baby’s head had in some way gotten between the spokes of the crib which resulted in choking her to death. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 4 o’clock.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Nov. 4, 1925

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J.F. Click, 78, Former Editor of the Times-Mercury, Celebrated 78th Birthday Dec. 3, 1925

Veteran Paper Man of Hickory is 78 Years Old

Hickory, Dec. 3—J.F. Click, one of the oldest newspaper men in this section of the state, observed his 78th birthday anniversary Wednesday. He made no celebration plans and spent the day quietly with his family and friends.

In 1884 Mr. Click, who was born and reared in Davie County, moved to Catawba County, coming to Hickory in January 1891. Two months later he took over the editorship of The Times-Mercury and remained with that paper until about two years ago when he retired from public life.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Nov. 4, 1925

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Joe Gilland, the Child Behind Little Joe's Church at Barium Springs Orphanage, 1907

According to Alan Keith-Lucas' book "Meeting the Needs of the Time: A History of Barium Springs Home for Children 1891-1991," the original Little Joe's Church building was built in 1907 to fulfill the dream of a little boy named Joe Gilland. Little Joe was unable to walk into town to attend church and he saved up 45 cents to start a church fund for the Barium Springs campus. The money was found in a coin purse when Little Joe died at age 9 in 1903.

The following is an excerpt from Celeste Boyd's obituary which appeared in the Statesville Daily Record 10 April 1952:

"Mrs. Celeste Boyd . . . served as housemother in the orphanage for some time and was with little Joe Gilland at the time of his death. Joe was the little boy who expressed a dying wish that his little savings be used to start the building of a church in Barium. Miss Boyd furthered the child's wish, helping to raise the money that built Little Joe's Church that serves Barium today."

Little Joe Gilland By S. David Carriker

Little Joe Gilland was actually Joseph Dewitt Gilleland, the son of William Lee Gilleland and Sallie Rose Ann Putnam and William Lee Gilleland. He was born in Iredell County, North Carolina in 1894 and was the 3rd child:

1) Katie Lee Gilleland (September 13, 1891-February 22, 1917),

2) Janie Tennie Gilleland [Mrs. G. W. Mayhew] (May 23, 1893-October 23, 1972),

3) Joseph Dewitt Gilleland (May 24, 1894-February 2, 1903) and

4) Isabel Elizabeth Gilleland (November 1898- a brief time after June 14, 1900).

Their father, William Lee Gilleland was born March 6, 1841 in Iredell County, NC and died April 13, 1898, seven months prior to the birth of the final child Isabel. He was 57 and had served in the military, being imprisoned for a time during the Civil War. There were several epidemic and diseases going through the Carolinas (1880-1910), but he died prior to the use of county records indicating the cause of death (for Iredell County, 1913). He was buried at New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Iron Station, NC, just across the Catawba River.

Needless to say, Sallie was left with a 7-year-old, a 5-year-old, a 4-year-old and then gave birth to Isabel seven months later. Her husband was deceased and her in-laws were deceased. She had some sickly children and was forced to live in the County Home, just down the road from the Barium Springs Orphanage. At the County Home, on June 14, 1900, Sallie (widow, 41; May 1859), Katie (9; September 1891), Tennie J. [Jane] (7; May 1893), Dewitt [Joseph] (6; May 1894) and Isabel E. Gilleland (1; November 1898) are listed as 'inmates' {as in 'residents'} at the County Home in Barium Springs. Later in 1900, Jane and Joseph were put in the orphanage up the road for better care. Katie was older and could help her mother. But I feel that Isabel may have died young from one of the diseases so prevalent in 1900 (Typhoid Fever, Scarlet Fever, Measles…). There is no other listing for Isabel in the records of death, graves, marriages, censuses or any other type of listing.

Little Joe's story at the Orphanage is well known. He could not walk with the other children to Troutman to go to the church there and set his goal to raise money to build a chapel at the Orphanage. His collected pennies became dollars and hundreds of dollars to build the chapel appropriately name "Little Joe's Chapel."

For the rest of the family, sister Katie died of measles in 1917. His mother, Sallie, lived in Katie's home in 1910, then in Janie's home in 1920 and 1930. She died October 11, 1934 and was born May 10, 1858, 76 years old. Janie lived until October 10, 1972, in the Mooresville area.

There are no descendants of William and Sallie Gilleland. William is buried in the New Hope Cemetery in Iron Station, N.C. Sallie is buried at the Willow Valley Cemetery in Mooresville, N.C.

Katie is buried at the Centre Presbyterian Church Cemetery in Mooresville, N.C.

Janie is buried [unmarked] at the Willow Valley Cemetery in Mooresville, N.C.

Little Joseph is buried at the Barium Springs Orphanage Cemetery in Barium Springs, N.C. Isabel may have been buried at the County Home Cemetery, which was removed in 1972.

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Rev. Boyd, Founder of Barium Springs Orphanage, Has Died, Dec. 2, 1925

Rev. R.W. Boyd Dies at Mooresville. . . Was Prominent Presbyterian Minister and the Founder of Barium Springs Orphanage

Mooresville, Dec. 2—Rev. Robert Warren Boyd died at the home of his son, Pascal S. Boyd, on Eastern Heights at 9 o’clock tonight, following an attack of pleurisy and complications. The deceased was born in Chester county, South Carolina, December 8, 1839, and had he lived until next Thursday would have attained his 88th year. He was educated at Erskine College, Due West, S.C., and the University of North Carolina. He was a student at the university at the outbreak of the war between the states, and enlisted in Company F, 13th South Carolina regiment. He studied medicine under the late Dr. Wiley of Chester, S.C., after the war, but on account of all the colleges of the south being destroyed during the war and being unwilling to go to a northern school, he gave up his medical course and entered the ministry, having devoted his time to teaching and farming prior to securing his degrees form Columbia Theological Seminary. In 1886, May 24th, he was married to Sarah Jane Backstrom of Chester county, S.C., and to them were born six children, two of whom are dead.

The funeral services will be held at Little Joe’s Church at Barium Springs at 11:30 o’clock Friday morning.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, Dec. 3, 1925

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Should School Terms be 8 Months Instead of 6 Months Long? Dec. 2, 1925

School Term Is to Remain Same for Some Years. . . Forces Favoring Two Months Extension Are Forced to Wait

Raleigh, Dec. 2—For the enlightenment of a wary legislative and political leaders, who have registered fear that the “time is not ripe” for the statewide eight months school term, Superintendent of Public Instruction A.T. Allen pointed out today that, at the earliest, the extended term cold not be put into effect before 1929 or 1930.

The school forces, who are organizing in earnest for a campaign in the next legislature to add two months to the constitutional term, have met thus far little active opposition. Somewhat disconcerting, however, has been the occasional comment of a legislative or political cadre warning against “trying to progress too rapidly.”

The circumstances of the school term fight are such, Mr. Allen assured today, that there can be no hurry in the first place. The school people will have to wait until the legislature 13 months hence. That will be in January 1927. If the solons agree to submit a constitutional amendment providing for the extended term, it can not be voted upon by the people until the general election of 1928. So that, if it carries, it cannot be put into effect until the fall of 1928, or possibly the year following.

By then, certainly, Mr. Allen thinks the time ought to be ripe. Ever legislature that turns the proposition down will be delaying it just two years longer, and the school people think the state’s duty to the children is such that it can not afford to wait indefinitely.

Most of the calls for “time” have been based on the need for the enactment first of legislation that will equalize the school tax burden among the counties of the state. The school forces think five years should be ample.

The 1927 session could submit the amendment, they argue, the 1929 legislature could work out the financial problems. The condition of the state by that time should be such as to justify the necessary legislation.

Between three and four million dollars I the estimate of what it would cost to extend to eight months the term of every school now running six. The present cost of running the schools is around $20 million, so that the added financial layout necessary would be about 20 per cent of the current total.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1925

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Friends Seeking Pardon for Tom Cooper, Dec. 2, 1925

Will Seek Pardon for Tom Cooper. . . His Friends Believe His Federal Prison Term Will be Enough Punishment

Raleigh, Dec. 2—Tom Cooper who lost his appeal in the state court this week, is to get free from Atlanta prison on a minimum time, and he will start at once into the service of eight years for banking violations under the state law.

The federal and state offenses are very much the same. The state bank went into a national depository so that the breaches of the banking law are almost the same. The punishment inflicted upon Cooper is 11 years. His transactions were not called embezzlement. It is not alleged that he took the money and failed to pay it back. He violated the law as regards the prohibitions against exceeding the reserve and the capital stock. These were essentially state offenses. It is not charged that he actually stole money with intent to steal.

The violations were flagrant, all the lawyers and judges who have inquired into the case say, but the inequalities of the law show up in rather lurid style.

The purpose is to get him here so soon as he can leave the federal prison, then make application for a parole He will e allowed to serve a year or more before any move will e made in his behalf. Mr. Cooper has been prominent in state politics. Governor McLean knows him well. His brother, now under federal sentence for violations of the same laws as Tom Cooper, is out on appeal. W.B. Cooper, former lieutenant governor, stands a small chance of escape through appeal. He had been acquitted in the state courts for violations of the state law.

The fact that Toim Cooper will have done three years before he gets into the state prison works powerful in his behalf. He is now in the early 40s and giving 25 per cent of his life to prison service is a good clemency talker. His Wilmington friends are going to get up a whale of a petition, one of them said here a few weeks ago.

In New Hanover politics Cooper was a member of the school board and always he was credited with carrying New Hanover against Max Gardner in 1920. Which is used as no reason whatsoever for getting the parole affair fixed before Gardner gets into the governorship in 1929.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1925

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Legal Steps in Salisbury Banking Case, Dec. 1, 1925

Doughton Files First Demurrer. . . New Legal Steps Taken in Salisbury Banking Case

Greensboro, Dec. 1—First legal steps in the Salisbury banking cases since the indictment of J.D. Norwood, J.K. Doughton and M.L. Jackson were taken today by F.P. Hobgood of this city, attorney for Mr. Doughton, now a resident of Raleigh, when he filed for transmission to federal judge H.H. Watkins a demurrer and motion to quash the original indictments, in which the three defendants are jointly charged with violation of the national banking laws.

Sixteen counts are in this original indictment, and it is the only bill in which all three of the defendants are incited jointly, in connection with the failure of the People’s National Bak of Salisbury, which went down in June, 1923.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1925

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Alvin Mansel, Facing Electric Chair, Insists He Never Confessed, Nov. 30, 1925

Asheville Negro Denies He Has Made Confession. . . Mansell, Facing Death Sentence, Insists He is Innocent to Prison Officials

Raleigh, Nov. 30—Alvin Mansel, Asheville negro under sentence of death following his conviction on a charge of assaulting a white woman, today denied to state prison officials that he had made any confession of the crime and persisted in his claim that he is innocent. Mansel was questioned as the result of a report from Asheville that he had confessed.

Mansel displayed a willingness to thoroughly discuss his case and sought to argue to his questioners that the circumstances of his identification by the woman showed that he was not the man. She knew him, he said, that he worked at a hospital near Asheville and had seen him before the crime of which he was convicted. Had she been positive, he contended, she would have told officers that she was assaulted by “the boy who works at the hospital” instead of waiting until his arrest and then identifying him.

Doubt as to Mansel’s guilt has been privately expressed by several Asheville people, who have visited Raleigh recently. No appeal as yet has been made to the governor in his behalf, however. In keeping with his regular practice, Pardon Commissioner H. Hoyle Sink will make an investigation into the case.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Case Against Couple Who Violated State Hotel Law Postponed, Dec. 1, 1925

Case Against Sunday School Workers Is Again Postponed

Winston-Salem, Dec. 1—Although today was not the time set for the trial of M.W. Brabham and Miss Virginia Jenkins, defendants charged with violation of the state hotel law, the case was again advanced, this time being continued until December 15.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1925. Brabham or Braham?

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Is Braham Avoiding Court? Dec. 1, 1925

Braham Caught Train at Thomasville for South

Thomasville, Dec. 1—M.W. Brabham, who was arrested in Winston-Salem on Saturday night under a serious charge and who was expected to appear in court to answer the charge on Monday, came to Thomasville Sunday and boarded Southern train No. 45 at 2 o’clock p.m., going south.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1925. Brabham or Braham?

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Lyerly Thinks He Ran Over Robber, Nov. 30, 1925

Flagged by Men with Pistols, Strikes One. . . C.W. Lyerly, Rowan County Man, Says He Refused to be Robbed and Ran Over Man

Lexington, Nov. 30—No trace had been secured late today of an unknown man reported to have been run over by an automobile on the central highway about three miles south of here early this morning, when three men are alleged to have attempted to hold up C.W. Lyerly of Faith, Rowan county, with pistols.

Mr. Lyerly reported to local officers on reaching here that three men were standing in the road near the bridge over Swearing Creek and that tow of them had pistols in hand and waved him to stop. He started to slow down, he stated to the officers, but on second thought decided to make a dash to escape being robbed, so stepping on the accelerator, swerved to the right and pulled full speed ahead. He failed to miss one of the men and was of the opinion he ran almost squarely over him. He is quoted as saying that he glanced back after he was a safe distance away and saw two men dragging a third off the roadway.

Officers from here went to the scene at once and saw some evidence that a car had struck something. There was no definite trace of the man, though a person living near the place is reported to have stated that an automobile stopped near the creek about the time Mr. Lyerly reported striking the alleged highwaymen.

It is thought that the me either had a car nearby or else stopped a passing machine and took their companion away.

From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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K.K.K. Newspaper's Message to Protestants, Dec. 2, 1925

A Message to Protestants of America

On May 1st of this year the first issue of this paper was published. At that time, it was my intention to publish a monthly publication; a real, patriotic, Protestant newspaper dedicated to American ideals and principles, and to expose the rottenness and under-handed methods of the foes of Americanism. After the first issue, we were requested by thousands of friends to publish the paper oftener than once a month, We have, in a few short months, by the help of patriotic Americans on the “Firing Line,” built up a subscription list of thousands of subscribers in 14 states in the American Union, especially in the Southland. I want to ask you loyal patriots to do something else for the cause we have championed. If each of you will secure only one subscriber, and send his name in, we can more than double the work we are doing. One dollar does not mean much, but when thousands of patriots will send in a subscription, it will mean much to us. We are in the fight to a finish, to tell the world of the rottenness of the Church of Rome and other un-American influences, and we are expecting the help of every one of you to get the TRUTH to the masses. Friends, won’t you do this little bit for the cause? It will mean much to us the great Protestant cause we are representing. When you read this copy of our paper, pass it along to a friend and get his subscription. Do this TODAY, and help us get a million readers for the KLEAN KUT KOURIER.

Yours without fear or favor,

Whiton Davis, Editor

From the front page of the Klean Kut Kourier, Fayetteville, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925

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Naturalization Ceremony Includes KKK Demonstrations, Two Burning Crosses, Dec. 2, 1925

Nazareth Sees a Demonstration by Klan Hosts. . . More Than 100 Aliens Naturalized at Impressive Ceremonies

Bethlehem, Pa.—Bethlehem Klan No. 157 held their annual picnic and open-air demonstration at Nazareth Fair Grounds recently, ably assisted by the ladies organization of Bethlehem. More than 2,000 persons were present to hear the beautiful music and the excellent speaking, as well as witnessing one of the most spectacular demonstrations ever staged in this vicinity.

Rev. Hebler of Statington and Mrs. Inez Baker of Reading delivered very enthusiastic and inspiring addresses on the patriotism and benefits of both the Knights’ and Women’s organizations of the Klan, and their talks were greatly enjoyed and appreciated by all who heard them.

After the speaking a bugle sounded assembly, a signal for the candidates and the Klansmen to make ready for the naturalization ceremony. They marched into a field set apart for the purpose, to the strains of “Onward Christian Soldiers,” played by the Bethlehem Band. There were nearly 100 aliens naturalized, and during the impressive ceremonies two crosses were burned on the field and lit up the surrounding country for a great distance and the white robes of the more than 200 Klansmen could be seen by the spectators from the sidelines where they were taken care of by the efficient Klavelier unit, which is more than 100 strong.

The women’s organization rendered a great and never-to-be-forgotten service. To them belongs the greatest part of credit for the great success of the demonstration. They worked untiringly until the last, and the men appreciate their efforts more than can be expressed in words.

From the front page of the Klean Kut Kourier, Fayetteville, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925

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Send $15 to Join Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Dec. 2, 1925

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

If you are a white Protestant native-born citizen of good character and believe in: The Tenants of the Christian Religion.

White Supremacy.

Protection of our pure womanhood.

Just Laws and Liberty.

Closer relationship of Pure Americanism.

The upholding of the Constitution of these United States.

Freedom of Speech and Press.

Closer relationship between Capital and American Labor.

Preventing the causes of mob violence and lynchings.

Preventing unwarranted strikes by foreign labor agitators.

Prevention of fires and destruction of property by lawless elements.

The limitation of foreign immigration.

The much needed local reforms.

LAW AND ORDER.

And desire to become a member of this great American organization, fill out the blank below and mail to P.O. Box 1204, Raleigh, N.C., together with your check for $15 as evidence of your good will. This application will be referred to the Klan in your home town.

Name

Occupation

Residential Address

Business Address

From page 3 of the Klean Kut Kourier, Fayetteville, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925

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Judge Grady Opposes Capital Punishment, Sentences C.S. Snyder to 4 Months in Jail Plus Fine, Dec. 1, 1925

Judge Grady Opposes Capital Punishment

Oxford, Dec. 1—“Capital punishment is a relic of barbarism, and I would like to see it abolished in North Carolina,” said Judge Henry A. Grady in passing alternative sentence on C.E. Snyder, convicted of manslaughter in the Superior Court Wednesday. The jurist’s opinion was elicited by the fact that of the original venire summoned to sit on the Snyder case exactly 20 had been excused when called on account of being opposed to capital punishment.

Snyder drew an alternative sentence of four months in jail and pay to the widow of Clarence White, the slain man, the sum of $2,000, or serve from three to five years in the penitentiary. He chose the former alternative.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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High Hampton Property Sold for $335,000, Dec. 2, 1925

High Hampton Property Sold for $335,000

The High Hampton property, comprising the High Hampton Inn and 2,400 acres of beautiful mountain land in Jackson County, recently purchased by a syndicate of investors, has been sold to R.M. Combs of Sarasota, Fla., it was announced today.

The purchase price was given as $335,000.

Mr. Combs plans to spend $1 million in development of the property, and will place it on the market as soon as his program of improvement is completed. A landscape architect to have charge of laying out the grounds, developing golf links, improving the lake, and otherwise enhancing the grounds, highways, and drives, has been employed, according to the announcement.

The sale was made by Fred Burnett of Hendersonville.

Some six weeks ago the property was acquired by a syndicate of whom E.L. McKee is president; H.W. Plummer, Asheville, secretary-treasurer; Gilbert White of Durham and Charles E. Waddell of Asheville, vice-presidents.

This company incorporated with $500,000 capital stock, and first announced intention of improving and developing the property. The sale to Mr. Combs however terminates this program, and the new owner has announced that he will proceed with the development.

Mr. Combs is a successful real estate operator at Sarasota, where he has extensive holdings, it is announced.

From the front page of the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925

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Local and Social News from Balsam, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925

Balsam

Mrs. A.C. Bryson was summoned to Canton Tuesday of last week on account of the illness of her father, Jr. Hall. He passed away in a few hours after her arrival. He was a Confederate Veteran. We extend sincere sympathy to the bereaved ones.

Miss Bonnie Barnes and Mrs. Elbert Reece were married in Sylva Saturday noon at the home of Esq. R.A. Painter, he officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Will Reed, step-father and mother of the groom, and Miss Evie Reece, sister of the groom, accompanied them to Sylva and witnessed the ceremony. They were given a reception that night at the home of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Ellen Barnes. A sumptuous supper had been prepared to which a large number of friends and relatives were invited. Music and games were enjoyed until a late hour. Later the bridal couple were given a serenade.

Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Lee Jr. attended the marriage of Mrs. Lee’s sister, Miss Mabel Wiliams to Mr. Stanley Weaver, which took place at the home of the bride in Waynesville Thanksgiving Day.

Rev. Wm. Pruitt of Hazelwood preached morning and evening in the Baptist Church here Thanksgiving Day.

A most enjoyable Thanksgiving entertainment and box supper were given at the public school house Friday night. The proceeds, which amounted to $36.35, will be used for the benefit of the school. Miss Katie Kenney won the cake which was voted to the prettiest young girl.

Misses Hannah Warren and Myrtle Lindsey of Asheville week end visitors in Balsam.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. Mart Hoyle Nov. 9th, a nine-pound girl, Alice Ivalee. This is Mr. Hoyle’s 16th child and he is a young looking man yet.

Mr. Dick Queen of Dillsboro was here Friday and Saturday.

Mrs. Maybelle Perry, Mrs. Lily Bryson and Mrs. Meleta Beck went to Sylva Saturday.

Mrs. Mabel Ensley went to Sylva Monday on business.

Mr. George Knight went to Sylva Monday.

Mr. Charlie Penland and family of Clyde spent Sunday of last week with Mrs. Penland’s sister, Mrs. R.J. Bryson.

From the front page of the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925

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County Agent C.W. Tilson Explains How to Home Cure Pork, Dec. 2, 1925

Formula for Home Curing Pork

If you like well flavored palatable pork for your table, use the following mixture for curing your meat.

2 pounds fresh salt

4 pounds brown sugar

3 ounces ground sage

2 ounces grown pepper (black)

1 ounce salt petre

The meat should be thoroughly cooled out after killing before the hog is cut up. Then rub each peace thoroughly all over with this mixture before storing away in a thin covering of the mixture. At the end of two weeks the meat should be taken up and the salty mixture rubbed off. Then apply a new coating of the mixture and place it back with a thin covering of the mixture as before.

The amount of the mixture stated above will be needed to put away approximately 100 pounds of pork. Increase the mixture accordingly for additional 100 pounds of pork.

When once you eat meat from this method of curing, you will discard the salt-alone method of curing says County Agent C.W. Tilson.

From the front page of the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925. Saltpeter, sometimes spelled saltpetre, is potassium nitrate. It was often used in curing pork 100 years ago. It doesn’t directly preserve the meet; it is a precursor to nitrites, which preserve pork. These days, nitrites are more often used for curing.

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John S. Forster Died at Hospital Nov. 24, 1925

John S. Forster Is Dead

Asheville Citizen, Nov. 25—John S. Forster, for 35 years a resident of Asheville, died at a local hospital yesterday at 2:15 o’clock after an extended illness. Physicians in attendance had expressed little hope for his recovery and his death was not unexpected to members of his family.

Mr. Forster is survived by his wife, three daughters: Mrs. C.C. Hipps, Mrs. R.E. Christopher, Mrs. Edward O’Kelley; three sons: Homer, Habile and William; one sister, Mrs. S.M. Phillips; two brothers, F.S. and J.E. Forster, all of Asheville.

Funeral service will be held at Sylva Thursday morning at 11 o’clock followed by interment.

The funeral was held here at the home of Mr. Forster’s brother-in-law, Mr. A.J. Dills, on Thursday morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. J.B. Grice, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, Asheville, conducted the service. Interment was in the Dills family burying ground.

From the front page of the Jackson County Journal, Sylva, N.C., Dec. 2, 1925

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R.A. Hudson, 70, Died Nov. 29, 1925

Prominent Farmer of Union County Dies

Charlotte, Nov. 30—R.A. Hudson, prominent farmer of the Waxhaw section of Union county, died suddenly at his home about 3 o’clock Sunday morning, according to advice reaching here yesterday. The funeral was held at 12:30 o’clock at Providence Presbyterian Church in his county.

Mr. Hudson retired as usual Saturday night. His family was awakened about 2:30 o’clock Sunday morning, finding him in the throes of a paroxysm that ended with his death in a short while. He was a man of considerable wealth and highly regarded by his neighbors. He was 70 years old and, with Mrs. Hudson, was anticipating with great pleasure the celebration of their golden wedding anniversary within a short while.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Paul "Caleb Goodman, 80, Died on Thanksgiving, 1925

Paul Caleb Goodman Dies in Rowan County

Mooresville, Nov. 30—Paul Caleb Goodman died at his home near Landis, Rowan County, on Thanksgiving Day, aged 80 years. He was stricken with pneumonia the day before he died. He lived his long and useful life near where he died. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Goodman, one of a family with nine children, all of whom are dead except Mile Goodman of Hickory and James H. Goodman of Mooresville. He joined Mt. Moriah Church when a young man.

Funeral services were held at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church, which is in sight of the home, by his pastor, the Rev. J.S. Messinger, assisted by Rev. C.A. Brown of China Grove, and the remains were laid to rest in the cemetery nearby.

From the front page of The Concord Daily Tribune, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Jury Asking for Mercy in Sentencing Jesse Wyatt, Dec. 1, 1925

Wyatt Jury to Seek Clemency. . . Is Understood That 9 of 12 Jurors Favor Light Punishment. . . Prepare an Appeal

Raleigh, Nov. 26—Nine members of the Durham county jail (jurors?) which tried Jesse Wyatt last week for the killing of Lawyer Stephen Holt of Smithfield June 1, have signed an appeal to Judge Garland A. Midyette so Durham people today apprised Raleigh folks, and the burden of their supplication to Judge Midyette is the saving of Wyatt from a prison term.

The Durham jury convicted Wyatt because there was nothing else they could do. There was testimony to the effect that he took his pistol, rested it on his left arm and fired at the automobile in which Mr. Holt and a party of Johnston men were riding. The jury did not believe that. Mr. Wyatt declared that he shot into the pavement and the bullet ricocheted, striking the lawyer from behind and killed him instantly. The jury did not believe that. It did not believe that in his great zeal to stop a car which had some evidence of a rum runner, Wyatt shot accidentally and too quickly, merely happening to catch the attorney in the range of the ball. There was the whole world for Wyatt and the jury concluded that a man who could not hit everything except the lawyer was careless. It gave him manslaughter and a recommendation for mercy.

Judge Midyette will follow the recommendation, but mercy ranges all the way from 20 years down to four months in prison. The judge could give five years and still feel merciful. The jury will probably decide the issue for him if it agrees unanimously on a sentence in jail with leave to hire out. Judge Midyette leans always to mercy. But he has never intimated that he would save Wyatt from prison.

Judge Midyette was prosecuting a similar case when called to the bench. He was solicitor and W.E. Woodfin, prohibition agent, had killed Grover Cleveland Bradley, Northampton blockader. There was considerable evidence that there was no excuse for killing Bradley But the federal government defended its representative and District Attorney Tucker appeared for him. Judge Midyette had then become judge and he never appeared again the case and federal jury quickly acquitted.

In that case Woodfin used his gun and there was no accident, but there was an element of self defense. Judge Midyette has no doubt that Wyatt when in good faith for a blockader and got an innocent man. But in 20-odd years it was the solitary break of Wyatt, who is the father of seven children, hardly any of whom are old enough to work.

The sentiment for punishment of prohibition officers who have been shooting rather wildly found a climax in Wyatt’s case and the Raleigh officer is the first real goat. Wherefore there is a lot of sympathy for him.

--Greensboro Daily News

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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James Woodard, 15, May Recover from Shooting, Dec. 1, 1925

Wounded Boy Is Now Improving

James Woodard, the 15-year-old son of Mr. Robert Woodard of near Pine Level, who was shot and seriously wounded by a neighbor boy, Gaston Oliver last Thursday, is getting along nicely, according to a report given out by the hospital here yesterday. Hope is now entertained for his recovery unless complications set in.

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Negotiations Over Ivanhoe Mill Appear to Fail, Dec. 1, 1925

Former Operators May Not Get Mill. . . Negotiations Appear to Have Failed; About $800,000 Tied Up in Failure

Raleigh, Nov. 27—Failure of negotiations in the Ivanhoe Cotton Mill’s failure by which the stockholders’ creditors who had drawn such fancy salaries as officers and were due so much money, would have forfeited their claims and taken over the mill, is about to be written.

The referee in bankruptcy was to have all the claimants with him tomorrow for what appeared to be final action, certainly final as indicating what would be the course of the mill officials. Referee Joe Cheshire had the interested parties together sundry times. The last time they met it seemed reasonably certain that the innocent stockholders would get their money out and the old operators of the corporation would get the mill. But that does not appear even half way certain now.

Failure to get together tomorrow will postpone the meeting several days, but the negotiations appear to have failed. There is about $800,000 tied up in the failure.

--Greensboro Daily News

From the front page of the Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925 newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073982/1925-12-01/ed-1/seq-1/

Charlie James' Parked Car Totalled, Dec. 1, 1925

Auto Accident Saturday Night. . . Car Belonging to Charlie James Completely Wrecked by Bertie County Negro

Saturday night a colored man from Bertie County came up the river hill on the wrong side, or got on the wrong side after he got up, and drove head-on into a Ford couple belonging to Charlie James, which was standing in front of his home. The car was badly torn up and the colored man thought he had lost his eyesight, but Mr. James took him to Dr. Saunders, who found that he only had two minor cuts on each eyelid. After the doctor had dressed the wounds, he told the darkey, who was confident he was blind, to open his eyes. Those who saw those eyes roll over when he found that he could see will never forget the sight.

From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Will Hines, Charles Carroway Cases Settled in Recorder's Court Dec. 1, 1925

Little of Interest in Recorder’s Court

The only case in the recorder’s court this morning that created any excitement at all was a “small” whiskey case. Will Hines of Robersonville was charged with having a Coca-Cola bottle full of “corn,” and he admitted the charge. Judge Smith gave him 10 days in jail with a $25 fine and costs in the action.

Charles Carroway, who was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, was found guilty and required to pay the costs of the action.

Two cases, one against Thos. Settler Jones, charging abandonment, and another against Tom Welch, in which he was accused of larceny and receiving 150 pounds of cotton, were continued into a later date.

From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Average Cost Per Pupil Per Day in Martin County Was $0.177, Dec. 1, 1925

Some Figures on School Costs. . . Tabulation Made by Superintendent of Schools Presented for Comparison

In a recent tabulation by the Superintendent of Schools for the term 1924-25, there were found to be 31 white schools caught by 96 teachers at an average monthly salary of slightly more than $94. Forty-five percent of the children on census of one-teacher schools, of which type there are 11, attended regularly; 55 per cent of the children on census of two-teacher schools, there being eight such schools, attended regularly; 62 per cent of the children on census of schools having from three to six teachers, there being eight such schools—attended regularly, and 80 per cent of children on census of schools with 7 or more teachers—there being four such schools—attended regularly.

This indicates efficiency in the larger schools to a greater extent than in smaller schools, or, to say it another way, greater loss by failure of pupils to attend in smaller schools.

The teaching load averaged 24 pupils to each teacher in one-teacher schools, 20 pupils to the teacher in two-teacher schools, 26 pupils to the teacher in schools of three to six teachers; 30 pupils to the teacher in schools of seven or more teachers. Considering the fact that a teacher in a one-room school must hear 42 recitations in six hours and manage 24 pupils classified in seven grades, the job appears impossible. Yet some teachers are willing to add to their teaching load high-school subjects. While, on the other hand, the teacher in one of the schools of the larger type teaches six subjects in a day and manages a room of 30 pupils on an average. Is it any wonder we can not get the best trained teachers to take the small schools?

The average monthly salary paid teachers in one-room schools was slightly less than $60; the average monthly salary paid teachers in two-teacher schools was slightly less than $70; the average monthly salary paid teachers in schools of three to six teachers was $95; the average monthly salary paid teachers in schools of seven or more was $115.

The lowest cost for teaching a child per day was 8 cents and 3 mills, while the highest cost for teaching a child per day was 23 cents; and both of these schools were one-teacher schools representing an elastic range in cost of approximately 15 cents. To say it another way, the one-teacher school may e either the cheapest school or the most expensive one. The lowest cost for teaching a child per day in a two-teacher school was 13 cents and 4 mills, while the highest cost was 21 cents and 7 mills, representing a range in cost of 8 cents from lowest to highest. The lowest forteaching a child per day in schools of three to six teachers type was 15 cents and 6 mills, while the highest cost was 17 cents and 8 mills, representing a range in cost of approximately two cents. The lowest for teaching a child per day in schools of seven teachers or more was 17 cents and 7 mills, while the highest cost of teaching in this type of school was 19 cents and 9 mills, indicating a range of approximately two cents from lowest to the highest cost in this group. It would appear that there is less fluctuation in teaching costs in larger schools.

The training which a teacher of Martin County has is equivalent to one and a third years of college training. One-third of the counties of North Carolina have better trained teachers than our county has, while approximately two-thirds of the counties have teachers of less average training than we have.

The large fluctuation in teaching costs is indicative of the board’s efforts to secure good teachers in the small schools; that is, the success and failure of their effort is reflected in it. Twenty-five per cent of the cost of salaries is usually necessary to provide miscellaneous operating expenses for a school, and the average cost of teaching a pupil a day in the schools of the county was 17 cents and 7 mills, while the average cost of miscellaneous operating expenses was 3 cents and 7 mills.

From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925. A mill is a cost per 1,000, so 17 cents and 7 mills is $0.177 for the average cost of teaching a pupil a day in the schools of the county, and miscellaneous operating expenses was 3 cents and 7 mills, or $0.037.

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Macedonia Local and Personal News, Dec. 1, 1925

Macedonia Local and Personal News

Mr. Marvin Jones was the guest of Miss Sadie Mae Hadley Sunday.

Miss Vivian Peele spent Saturday night with Miss Virginia Peele.

Miss Sadie Mae Hadley attended the Union Saturday and Sunday.

Mr. Robert Coltrain was the guest of Miss Myrtle Beacham Sunday.

Mr. Roy Peele was the guest of Miss Sarah Hadley Sunday night.

Mr. and Mrs. J.L. Holliday attended the union at Oak Grove Sunday.

Miss Carrie Ward attended the union Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Hadley went to the union Sunday.

The many friends of Ralph Holliday are very much glad to know that he is much better after suffering for several days from a broken collar bone.

Mr. George Peel had a wreck last week. A big bus hit his little Ford.

From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Henry Lotz, Lucy Mills Wed Dec. 1, 1925

Lotz-Mills

Mr. Henry J. Lotz of Everetts and Miss Lucy Mills of Poplar Point were quietly married by A.J. Manning at his residence in Williamston at 9 o’clock this morning. Only a few close friends of the bridal party witnessed the ceremony.

Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Lotz left by automobile for Rocky Mount, where they will take a train for northern and western points. They will spend some time in Wisconsin, Mr. Lotz’s native State.

Mr. Lotz is now in the railroad service at Everetts, coming there from Virginia, where his father and mother now live. Mrs. Lotz is the daughter of Mr. L.J. Mills, one of the leading farmers of his section of the county.

From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Bear Grass Local and Personal News, Dec. 1, 1925

Bear Grass Local and Personal News

Mrs. B.O. Cowing was the guest of Mrs. C.C. Cowing Wednesday afternoon.

Misses Mary and Mintie Bailey attended the union at Oak Grove Sunday.

Mrs. J.O. Anderson visited her sister, Mrs. Mollie Bailey, Sunday.

Miss Roxie Jones of Edwards was the guest of Miss Louise Rodgerson Saturday.

Mr. Julius Jackson was the guest of Miss Frances Cowing Saturday.

Miss Louise Rodgerson of the Leggetta Cross Road school faculty spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rodgerson.

Mr. June Harris was the guest of Miss Mary Bailey Saturday.

We are glad to know that Mrs. Dennis Bailey is improving after being quite sick.

Mrs. A.B. Rogers is reported much improved at the Washington Hospital, where she underwent an operation.

Mr. Grey Leggett was the guest of Miss Louise Rodgerson Wednesday.

Miss Fannie Perry spent the week end with Miss Frances Cowing.

Miss Louise Rodgerson and Mr. Harold Flynn motored to Greenville Sunday afternoon.

Miss Mary Harris spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Harris.

Herman and Russell Rogers and Clayton Bailey attended the show in Williamston Saturday night.

From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Martin County's First Sign of Snow Nov. 30, 1925, Was Just a Few Flying Flakes

First Snow of Season Reported Yesterday

The first snow of the season was reported yesterday morning by several parties in the county, who reported just a few flying flakes.

From the front page of the Enterprise, Williamston, Martin County, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 1925

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Norman Hunt Gets 13 Months on Road for Carrying Concealed Weapons, Nov. 30, 1925

Indian Gunman Gets Road Term. . . Norman Hunt Goes to Roads for 13 Months When Found Guilty of Carrying Concealed Weapons, Resisting Officer and Being Drunk—Officers Take Third Pistol from Him—Told Sheriff McMillan He Wasn’t Going to “Stick ‘Em Up”. . . Hezzie Oxendine Off Light

Norman Hunt, Indian gunman who was arrested at a filling station 3 miles west of here Wednesday night by Sheriff B.f. McMillan after it was reported that Hunt was trying to hold up the proprietor of another filling station at the point of a gun, was sentenced to a total of 13 months on the roads late Friday afternoon by Recorder P.S. Kornegay.

Hezzie Oxendine, who was with Hunt at the time, was charged with driving a car while under the influence of whiskey, possessing and transporting whiskey, but was given such good recommendations by the officers that arrested him, and the prosecuting witness, that he was allowed to pay a total of $35.70 and his car ordered returned to him.

Hunt was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, resisting an officer and being drunk. He was given 6 months each in the first two and one month in the last charge. It was in evidence that upon information Sheriff McMillan went to Hall’s filling station about 2 ½ miles west of here, where it was reported the trouble began. Mr. Hall testified that before Sheriff McMillan arrived, Norman Hunt and Hezzie Oxendine came to the station and that on account of a slight breach of conduct, Mr. Hall had to call Oxendine’s attention to his actions. Oxendine, Mr. Hall said, told him he was sorry for anything he had done that was not right. After this Mr. Hall saw Hunt get a pistol out of his car. He asked the Indian what he was going to do with it. Hunt is said to have told him that if he would come around behind the filling station, he would show him. Mr. Hall told him that what he was going to do would have to be done in the light.

After a few more words Hunt and a woman walked off down the road, Oxendine and another woman following in the car. Sheriff McMillan was told that the Indians had gone toward the other station across the river and the officers proceeded there. When the sheriff walked into the station, he saw Hunt standing beside a stove with his hands in both overall pockets. Pulling his gun the sheriff ordered him to hold up his hands. “I’m standing up and that is all I’m going to do,” the sheriff understood him to say. At this instant a deputy came in the building and with a gun drawn covered the resisting Indian. Then the sheriff pulled Hunt’s hands out of his pockets and made him raise his hands, finding in his pocket a 32-calibre automatic pistol, the third officers have taken off the Indian during the past few months. After this there was no further trouble. In Oxendine’s coat a small quantity of whiskey was found, and in the rear of the car a quart jar one-third full of whiskey was found. Oxendine contended that he knew nothing of the whiskey in the rear of the car, and Hunt stated that was true, he having put the whiskey thee without telling or getting Oxendine’s consent. It was on these grounds that the recorder allowed the car to be returned to Oxendine.

Immediately following the robbery in Ashpole swamp several weeks ago, when Mr. F.L. Fenegan, fruit salesman, was knocked in the head and robbed of $60 in cash, officers found Hunt and an Indian woman cohabitating together. A heavy fine was placed on Hunt at the hearing which followed. A pistol was found on this occasion. Hunt is known to be a dangerous man when he is drinking and it appears from the court records that he is generally drinking.

Other Cases

Other cases disposed of by Recorder Kornegay during the past week were:

--Robert Haywood was required to pay Mrs. Agnes Edmund, prosecutrix, $9.01 and the costs in the case for disposing of crop.

--Probable cause was found against Prince Gavin, colored boy charged with having carnal knowledge of a female under 16 years of age.

--John Bullard paid a board bill and the costs in a case charging him with evading the payment of the bill.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Nov. 30, 1925

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Flue Burst at New High School, Students Dismissed, Nov. 30, 1925

Burst Flue Gives High School Pupils Holiday. . . Damage Will be Repaired Today and School Will Keep Tomorrow

A flue in a boiler is a small article, but small things can cause trouble, as Supt. W.B. Crumpton discovered this morning when the blowing up of just such a flue prevented the heating system in the high school from functioning and made it necessary, due to the cold weather, to send the high school children back home for the day. The flue will be prepared in plenty of time, however, for school Tuesday, as workmen were put to work to remedy the defect as soon as the trouble developed.

Soon after the fire was started early this morning, the flue cracked and the necessity of giving up school for the day was apparent. It is the first trouble that the heating plant in the new high school has caused.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Nov. 30, 1925

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W.F. Barnes Found Not Guilty in Traffic Accident, Nov 30, 1925

W.F. Barnes Wins Case in All Day Recorder’s Court. . . No Evidence That Defendant Was Drinking, Although He Had Knocked Old Man Down a Few Minutes Before Wreck—Mrs. W.S. Alexander Seriously Injured When Mysterious Car Wrecks Two Cars at One Time and Keeps Going—Barnes Did Not Evade Arrest. . . Man Riding with Defendant Says Barnes Caused Wreck

Who was driving the car that ran into a car driven by Miss Dora Thompson of McDonald on the hard-surfaced highway about 1 mile west of here Saturday night, causing serious injuries to Miss Thompson’s sister, Mrs. W.S. Alexander, is the question that is being heard here since the verdict of not guilty returned Friday afternoon in Recorder P.S. Kornegay’s court in favor of Mr. W.F. Barnes, who had been charged with being responsible for the accident.

Mr. Barnes was in court early Friday morning to contest the charges of reckless driving and driving an automobile while under the influence of whiskey. Miss Dora Thompson was the first witness presented by the State and she told of driving near the National cotton mill when she saw an automobile coming diagonally across the highway and of the car striking the car she was driving, turning it over on the side and pinning her sister under it. She stated she was positive that the car was coming toward Lumberton, and on cross-examination stated that she did not remember telling anyone that the car which struck her car was coming from the direction of Lumberton.

Dr. S.L. Whitehead, who treated Mrs. Alexander, testified that the injuries consisted of five or six broken ribs, a broken collar bone, and other minor injuries.

Whiskey Charge Dismissed

It was the contention of the State that Mr. Barnes was under the influence of whiskey, but Recorder Kornegay dismissed that charge before the noon recess. The State’s best witness was Mr. W.A. Howell, who testified that he was riding in the car with Mr. Barnes when the car ran into the car driven by Miss Thompson. He also testified that he was walking along the highway with Mr. Evans Bailey, a man who appears to be about 60 years old, when the car driven by Mr. Barnes struck Mr. Bailey and knocked him down. This, the witness said, happened about 5 minutes before the wreck. After Mr. Bailey was knocked down, he and Mr. Howell got in the car with Mr. Barnes to ride to a store a short distance away. Mr. Howell would not say that Mr. Barnes was drinking, but repeatedly stated that there was “something wrong with him.” He claimed that he did not see a third car mixed up in the accident, as was later brought out in some conflicting evidence.

The Mysterious Car

This evidence tended to show that while Mr. Barnes was driving very moderately on the right side of the road coming in the direction of Lumberton, a car driven by Miss Thompson was going in the opposite direction and on the right side of the road. The mysterious car came from the direction of Lumberton and in an effort to pass Miss Thompson’s car went too far to the left and struck Mr. Barnes’ car, after which it struck the car driven by Miss Thompson. Miss Thompson testified that she did not see the car. Mr. Howell said he did not see the car, and Mr. Bailey stated that he could not recall anything about it as he was very nervous and excited. On cross-examination Mr. Howell was heavily attacked by the attorney appearing for Mr. Barnes and held his own admirably. He stuck to his story throughout and claimed to the last that the car in wich he was riding was the one that struck the car driven by Miss Thompson. But there was not sufficient corroborative evidence to satisfy the recorder. Mr. Howell stated that the car which was turned over while lying practically off the pavement, while many defense witnesses testified that the car was more than two-thirds on the pavement.

There was considerable evidence that Mr. Barnes’ car was was badly damaged in the wreck, the front wheel being demolished, which caused the car to swerve to the left side of the road, where it was found by officers. It was the contention of the State that Mr. Barnes’ car was struck by a car other than Miss Thompson’s causing the spokes in Mr. Barnes car to be broken off and a long indentation made in the cement. The scar on the cement started about 18 inches from the center of the road on the right side, the side Mr. Barnes’ witnesses claimed he was at the time of the wreck. The scar extended from this point to a place on the left side of the road where the Barnes’ car stopped. This was corroborated by many witnesses.

Move to Dismiss

At the close of the State’s testimony the defense moved for dismissal. Recorder Kornegay stated that he would dismiss the liquor charge, but that he wanted to hear further evidence for the defense. Here the big gun for Mr. Barnes was fired with witnesses testifying in corroboration that an automobile with very poor lights was seen going in the direction of Maxton only a few seconds after the crash, and that this automobile could not have passed the wreck after the crash. A storekeeper 75 yards from were the accient took place testified that he heard the crash and by the time he could run to the front of the store the mysterious car passed. Another witness stated that he saw a car several hundred yards up the road from the accident. He stated that the car stopped and was starting off again and that the occupants were cursing and appeared to be intoxicated. Other witnesses testified that they heard another car after the wreck, but the State tore down part of the circumstantial evidence by forcing the witnesses to admit that traffic was very heavy at ythat time of night and many car were passing at all times.

Called the Sheriff

As a strengthening point the State tried to show that Mr. Barnes evaded arrest, but on cross-examination Sheriff B.F. McMillan stated that Mr. Barnes called him over the ‘phone about 11:30 that night and told him that he had heard officers were looking for him and that he would come to the court house then but the officer told him that he could wait until the next morning. Mr. Barnes came to the sheriff’s office the next morning and was placed under a $1,000 bond.

The court room was well filled with witnesses and spectators, much interested in the affair being very evident. Had not Recorder Kornegay dismissed the case without argument, the entire day would have been consumed with the grind.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Nov. 30, 1925

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High School Teacher Nearly Shot Thanksgiving Morning, Nov. 30, 1925

Mr. Brunson Has Close Shave with Death. . . Bullet from Gun Accidentally Fired Narrowly Missed Mr. R.E. Brunson after Killing Another Man—Killed a Deer and Had a Good Time

R.E. Brunson, member of the high school faculty, had a most interesting time at his home, Brunson, S.C., during the past week-end. On arriving at his home town Thanksgiving morning, he walked into his father’s store and was greeted by a bullet, as a gun which two men were playing with went off and killed a third white man. The next day he went hunting and killed a deer.

During his stay at home a negro was killed at the fair at Brunson. The weather was much warmer than at Lumberton, he reported on his return, many going about in their shirt sleeves. Despite his close shave with death, Mr. Brunson enjoyed his time home exceedingly, he said.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Nov. 30, 1925

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E.J. Britt Buys Brack Ward Farm at Auction, Nov. 30, 1925

E.J. Britt Buys Brack Ward Farm

The Brack Ward farm in Saddletree township was sold at public auction Saturday by the W.H. Bethune company, the successful bidder being Mr. E.J. Britt of Lumberton at $5,450. The house was burned some time ago, and Mr. and Mrs. Ward and children will move to Buie’s Creek. There are a little over 200 acres in the tract, about 70 under cultivation.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, Nov. 30, 1925

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