Lumberton—Roiy Sealy, white, 23, is in the Baker Sanitarium here in critical condition and Andrew McCain and James Marshall, negroes, are in jail here charged with assaulting Sealy and robbing him at his filling station in the western part of Lumberton.
Monroe—James Colson and five of his children were bitten by a dog supposed to have rabies and after the head had been examined, they found such to be the case. They are having the treatment administered.
Elizabeth City—Elmer Ashley, 16, son of Paul Ashley, Chowan farmer, was instantly killed six miles from Edenton when his automobile ran into ahorse-drawn state highway truck, according to word received here.
Greensboro—O.C. Brown, driver of an automobile that killed a negro man, John “Gorrell, on the Battleground road, near here, Christmas day, was cleared of blame for the accident, it being held by D.H. Collins, magistrate, that the death was due to the negligence of the negro.
Louisburg—Estimated damage of $50,000 was done when the general store of W.D. Fuller and Company at Wood, 18 miles east of here, was burned together with the stock of goods and Mr. Fuller’s residence, which was at the rear end of the store.
Gastonia—Addie Bell Montgomery, negro woman, died from the effects of burns received while cooking dinner. This is the fifth death from burning in Gastonia in the past 30 days.
Charlotte—That the proposed mosque of Oasis temple is to be under construction before 1925 is past and that work on it may begin during the coming summer was announced by Louis D. Sutherland, new potentate, at a banquet given in his honor and attended by several hundred nobles of the Shrine.
Lenoir—Four young men were bound over to the Superior Court of Watauga county under bonds of $1,000 each on charges of exploding dynamite bombs on the streets of Blowing Rock. The young men are Claude Teague, Fred Young, Oscar Pitts and Howard Oxendine.
Spencer—The town of Spencer has purchased a two-story brick building on Fourth Street at the corner of Yadkin, known as the Vuncannon livery stable, and will convert it into municipal offices, fire station, city jail, mayor’s office and headquarters for the water department.
High Point—Perry Alexander, 17, was accidentally shot and perhaps fatally wounded by Melvin Roach, a 6-year-old boy here. The shooting occurred at the home of the child’s father, Marvin Roach on Kearnes street, where Alexander was visiting. The little fellow picked up the weapon, a rifle, and it accidentally discharged, the bullet entering Alexander’s head.
Lumberton—Albert Harlee, one of three negroes ordered held by the coroner’s jury investigating the murder of Arch Johnson, white man, near Red Springs on the night of December 20, made a complete confession to Sheriff B.F. McMillan, in which he stated that he struck the blow that brutally and instantly killed Johnson.
Asheville—Carol Lloyd, 16, was drowned and S.H. Norchcroffs was severely injured in an automobile accident on the Oteen road, according to reports. A big Marmon car with three men and a woman in it went into the railing of the Haw Creek ridge near Biltmore. Lloyd, who was driving the car, was drowned in the waters of the creek.
Asheville—Carol Lloyd, 16, was drowned and S.H. Norchcroffs was severely injured in an automobile accident on the Oteen road, according to reports. A big Marmon car with three men and a woman in it went into the railing of the Haw Creek ridge near Biltmore. Lloyd, who was driving the car, was drowned in the waters of the creek.
New Bern—William A. Pilling Sr. of Watertown, N.Y., a former resident of New Bern, was fatally injured when hit by an automobile on New Year’s night, according to information received here. Mr. Pilling, who was 62 years of age, was visiting a son in Houston, Texas, when the fatal accident occurred.
From page 3 of the North Wilkesboro Hustler, January 14, 1925
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