News Briefs from Across the State, May 28, 1925

Doings in the Tar Heel State

High Point—H.D. Herrin, former real estate man of High Point, who was arrested in Baltimore this week on a charge of embezzlement, has been released under $10,000 bond. He probably will be arraigned in police court here.

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Four Oaks—The store of J.W. Sanders and Company was robbed of about $1,000 worth of men’s and women’s ready-made clothes. The entrance was made by sawing an iron bar and breaking the glass of a rear window.

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Durham—A. Adams, aged 60 years, passed away at his home here, following an illness of over two years brought on by a complication of diseases. He was well known in the city, especially among the older residents, and leaves a large circle of friends.

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Winston-Salem—Nine cars stolen from this city last Saturday have been recovered. Six were found and recovered here, three in other places. The coupe of Miss delphine Brown, stolen on Tuesday, was located at Winwiddie, Virginia, and Henry Johnson is being held there on the charge of the larceny of the car.

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Rutherfordton—The Rutherfordton Country Club held one of the most valuable meetings in its history at Gilkie. James. G.K. McClure was the principal speaker. He urged for closer co-operation between the farmer and the business man. He declared that the counties in Western North Carolina should produce $3 million worth of poultry annually.

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Winston-Salem—Bill Davis of Salisbury is unconscious with the extent of his injuries unknown. Miss Dorothy Jones of Bluefield, W. Va., is suffering from a wrenched back, lacerated leg and minor cuts and bruises; Miss Elizabeth Gray of Bluefield, W. Va., is suffering from injuries in the chest and minor cuts and bruises; and J.M. Tutterow of Salisbury is being held pending investigation as the result of an automobile accident that occurred a few yards from the home of W.M. Hanes on the road to Hanes.

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Charlotte—“Bill” Ford, brother of “Uncle Henry,” blew into Charlotte Monday morning on a swing around the Southern States and held the center of the “stage” at a room in the Mecklenburg Hotel while devoting an hour to telling interesting stories regarding his brother and himself.

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Dunn—C.C. Butler of Dunn was advised by wife that his son, Odie P. Butler, aged about 22 years, met death by electrocution in Washington, D.C., when he came in contact with a live wire. The victim of the accident had been in Washington only a few weeks where he was employed in electrical work.

From page 2 of The Alamance Gleaner, Graham, N.C.

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