By J.D. Frink
Mr. Ziddie Hilburn died at his home on Route 2, Vinland last Sunday. Mr. Hilburn was confined to his bed with rheumatism for 18 years but he bore his afflictions with Christian fortitude, never complaining, but lived in hope of a home beyond the skies, where there is no sickness, sorrow, pain or death. All through these long years of suffering, his faithful and devoted wife exerted every ounce of energy she possessed for the comfort of her afflicted husband. He was a consistent member of the Missionary Baptist church at Mount Sinai, and in the beautiful cemetery at this place, his remains were laid to rest and the funeral services held by the Rev. S.A. Hatley Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Charles D. Blackman of Temple, Texas, arrived Monday night and will spend a few months here in her beautiful North Carolina home, and visiting with relatives. She was accompanied by her nephew, Master James Harper Pitman, who has spent the past year with her in Texas.
Messrs. W.I. Peal and L.C. Jordan left Monday on a business trip to Charlotte. Mrs. Hilton Blackburn has returned from an extended visit to relatives in Kings Mountain, Cherryville, and other points in the state, to her home on Route 1. Mr. N.A. Watson, who with his family removed to Badin a few months since, is spending his week’s vacation with relatives and friends in this county.
Mr. M. Norris arrived from St. Paul’s Tuesday noon and will spend the week hereabout with friends.
Mr. Fulton Beck, aged about 50, died at his home near Mollie last Friday. He had been in declining health for some time. He is survived by a number of brothers, sisters and other relatives.
A few crates of strawberries are still being shipped daily from this station, and are selling at fairly good prices. The shipments are made mostly to Charleston, S.C., and Savannah, Georgia.
Two carloads of Irish potatoes were shipped form here last week. The first car sold at $4.25 per barrel and the other car brought $4.15 per barrel.
The showers that have fell throughout this section during the past few days have been very beneficial to growing crops. The soil, especially here light and sandy, was becoming very much in need of moisture, and had not the drought been broken, soon the crops would have been damaged very materially.
It is rumored that Clarendon is soon to be the home of another Chrysler Six. With only a few more car sales, our town and surroundings will go one better in car-dealership than the circulation of brother Kesiah’s paper, as he reported it recently, in its home town.
Only two weeks will be allowed automobile owners to procure license plates for the new near. All owners must have the new plates attached to their cars on the first day of July if they drive them, or be subject to indictment, according to a statement of the state automobile commission, which is now mailing out blanks to car owners by the hundred thousand. Plates will e on sale, it is said, in all the large towns of the state between June 15th and July 1st, and no grace will be allowed in which to purchase plates after the latter date, as heretofore.
From page 10 of The News Reporter, Whiteville, N.C., Thursday, June 11, 1925. IUs J.A. Hilburn the same person as Ziddie Hilburn? It seems unlikely that there were two men with the same last name died on the same day after spending 18 years bedbound due to arthritis.
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn85042236/1925-06-11/ed-1/seq-10/
No comments:
Post a Comment