According to the books, ex-sheriff Massey of Johnston county is badly in arrears with the county. The reports are that the deficit may reach $100,000 or more. An audit of his books is being made.
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Bert Robinson of Lenoir county had a narrow escape from death last Saturday while cleaning out a well. He sank in quicksand and was unable to get out. A rope was put under his shoulders, but his rescuers could not pull him out. It was necessary to do a lot of digging before he could be saved.
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While backing his car out of the garage, A.P. Ritchie of Gastonia ran over and killed his 8-year-old son Monday. The boy got on the running board and when he fell off was run over by the front wheel. He lived but a few minutes.
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Fourteen negro prisoners came very near escaping from jail in Charlotte last Sunday morning at about 4 o’clock. They had cut a hole through a brick wall and were about to escape when a falling brick made a noise and alarmed a police officer. None of the prisoners escaped.
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President R.W. Stone of the Farmers’ Union says that he favors the cooperative plan of marketing farm products. He urges all farmers to join in such associations and help to make cooperative marketing a big success.
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The Ku Klux Klan seems to have been an issue in the recent Fayetteville mayoral campaign. J.R. Harrison said that his opponent, J.R. Cook, was backed by that organization. Cook made no statement but was elected by a considerable majority.
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Last Friday was the hottest April day in Charlotte in 47 years. The mercury reached 96 degrees. On the same day it was 94 in Greensboro and was hot all over the central part of the State, in fact every where except on the coast and in the mountains. Wednesday there was a big drop in the temperature and fires were necessary.
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Twenty prisoners were taken from Charlotte Monday to the Federal penitentiary for selling narcotic drugs. Among the number was a dentist and a doctor. Most of the prisoners are dope fiends themselves. They were held in jail for several weeks and their health is said to be better now than when they went in.
From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068210/1925-04-30/ed-1/seq-1/ -=- Sixty-three percent of the North Carolinians who applied for admission in the army in January at Camp Bragg were rejected “physically unfit.” This statement was made by Lieutenant W.S. Bryan in the course of an address to students at Wake Forest College recently. A citizen’s military training camp is to be held at Camp Bragg during the month of July. From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, April 30, 1925 newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068210/1925-04-30/ed-1/seq-1/
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