Solicitor Huffman Will Seek Death Penalty for Major Wade Rowman, Aug. 1, 1925

Will Seek the Death Penalty for Bowman

Hickory, Aug. 1—Solicitor R.L. Huffman will ask for the death penalty for Major Wade W. Rowman, released under bond of $7,500, he said today over the telephone to the Hickory Daily Record.

Solicitor Huffman was here during the trial and heard the conclusion of the evidence, he stated that if Bowman was turned loose he would secure a bench warrant at once. The solicitor said he would not secure a warrant for statutory offense since Bowman was under bond.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Two Killed When Downed Power Line Electrified Sidewalk July 31, 1925

Electrocuted by Charged Sidewalk

Richmond, Aug.1—Two negro women were instantly electrocuted and a third badly shocked Friday afternoon when they walked into an area of sidewalk charged with electricity from a power line which had blown against a steel pole during a severe rain storm.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Rev. George Holder Killed Wife, Then Himself, Aug. 1, 1925

Ill Health Cause of Double Tragedy

Richmond, Aug. 1—Rev. George W. Holder shot and killed his wife and then killed himself here this morning at their home.

The shooting took place in the dining room and both are believed to have died almost instantly. The police had not definitely assigned a motive but declare that their preliminary investigation indicated ill health was the cause of the tragedy.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Vernon Hanbury, 16, Still Semi-Conscious After Auto Crash, Aug. 1, 1925

Boy’s Condition Little Changed. . . Vernon Hanbury, Hurt in Auto Crash, Not Yet Fully Conscious

The condition of Vernon Hanbury, Cradock youth of 16 who was seriously injured in an automobile accident on the Woodville highway, near this city early Thursday night, still is virtually unchanged, according to Dr Zenas Fearing, his attending physician. Dr. Fearing states that young Hanbury is suffering from concussion of the brain and has only partially regained consciousness. He has been under treatment at the Elizabeth City Hospital since the accident.

Vernon Hanbury was riding with two other boys at the time of the accident, which occurred when an automobile driven by Dr. F.W. Lowry, who lives near this city, came upon the highway at the West Church street crossing. Dr. Lowry was driving toward Elizabeth City. There was a collision, and the car in which the boys were riding turned over two or three times. Young Hanbury was thrown from it to the concrete paving, and was unconscious when picked up. The other boys were caught beneath the car, and were virtually unhurt.

The youth sustained two broken ribs and a general shaking up, according to Dr. Fearing. His continued failure to regain complete consciousness is ascribed to the shock of his fall to the roadway, which is believed to have set up a condition of congestion in the brain. When this congestion clears away, Dr. Fearing hopes that the boy will recover rapidly.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Mrs. Leslie Sherlock Injured When She Grabbed Boy Jumping from Elevator, Aug. 1, 1925

Recovering After Elevator Mishap

Mrs. Leslie Sherlock, whose arm was injured badly in an elevator accident in McCabe & Grice’s store, on East Main street, last Tuesday afternoon, is recovering rapidly, according to Dr. Zenas Faring, her attending physician. She is at the home of her sister, Mrs. John Markham on Riverside avenue.

Mrs. Sherlock was injured when she grabbed a small boy as he was jumping from the elevator when it was nearing the ground floor. Somebody grabbed the rope controlling the elevator, causing it to rise, and Mrs. Sherlock’s arm was caught between the elevator and the mezzanine floor, and badly lacerated. It was feared for a time that amputation would be necessary.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Sweet Potatoes Getting $6 to $6.75 per Barrel, Aug. 1, 1925

Currituck Sweets Move Briskly Now

Sweet potatoes are moving briskly from Currituck County these days. Shipments to date have aggregated 20 to 25 cars, according to Norfolk Southern officials, who predict still heavier consignments through the coming week.

Sweets are bringing $6 to $6.75 a barrel, f.o.b. Elizabeth City commission men state, and from $7 to $8 a barrel on the Northern markets. It is anticipated that the price will continue high as the crop is substantially shorter than usual this year.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Rev. Campbell Baptizes 38 Sunday Morning, Aug. 1, 1925

38 Are Added to Church

Creswell, Aug. 1—Rev. Lawson Campbell, who held revival services here last week, baptized 38 people Sunday afternoon. There were around 2,000 people on the banks of the Scuppernong River to witness the baptism.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Three Mules, Car, Hay and Corn Destroyed in Fire, Aug. 1, 1925

Mules and Auto Lost in Flames

Creswell, Aug. 1—It was reported here today that the stock house of John Snell was destroyed by Fire Wednesday morning at 3 o’clock. Three mules, one automobile, some hay and 20 pounds of corn were destroyed.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Willie Davenport Injured When Rat Poison Explodes, Aug. 1, 1925

Box of Rat Poison Explodes in Face

Creswell, Aug. 1—Willie Davenport had his eyes badly hurt Wednesday afternoon at his home here when a box of rat poison exploded in his face. The box of poison was found in the attic of his home by some carpenters who were repairing the house. They threw it down to Mr. Davenport and he was attempting to get the top off with his knife when it exploded.

From page 3 of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Fire Chief Suspects Children Started Fire in Truck, Aug. 1, 1925

Fire in Old Truck

Fire of undetermined origin in an old automobile truck at the rear of the Perry Apartments on East Church street brought out trucks 1 and 2 and the hook and ladder company Saturday morning at 10:55 o’clock. The blaze was quickly extinguished with chemicals. Fire Chief Flora expressed the opinion that it was started by children playing with matches. The fire caused considerable excitement among occupants of the apartments.

From page 4 of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Ida Frue, 66, Died July 30, 1925

Funeral for Mrs. Frue

The funeral of Mrs. Ida Frue, who died Thursday evening at her home on the Newland Road, was conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. R.W. Prevost at the home, and burial was in the family burying ground.

Mrs. Frue was 66 years of age at the time of her death and had been a faithful member of Berea church for 47 years. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Frue, and four children.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Stepfather Gets 10 Years for Brutality, Aug. 1, 1925

Stepfather Gets 10 Years for Brutality

Brandon, Miss., Aug. 1—Because he was unable to “pull” a cross-cut saw, his stepfather choked him until his eyes literally were forced from their sockets, James Weems, 14, stepson of Frank Linton, testified in court here Friday.

Weems was taken to a local hospital after the choking and his eyes, which were bulging from the sockets, were removed. The sightless lad’s testimony was followed by a plea of guilty from the stepfather, who was sentenced to 10 years in state’s prison, the maximum penalty.

From page 4 of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday evening, August 1, 1925

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Editor Suggests 'Pajamas' Instead of Suits in Summer, July 31, 1925

Scheme for a Revolution in Men’s Dress

We ventured three or four weeks ago to assert the need of a revolution in men’s dress in tis part of the world, and our suggestion was that the Southern climate called for a costume something like a suit of pajamas. This to be worn not only in the privacy of the home but on the streets and in places of business and pleasure. Now we read, in a dispatch from London, the declaration by Dr. Leonard Hill, a member of the British Institute of Medical Research, that tight collars are harmful to health.

This is only a little step in the direction of dress reform; but every little helps, and we are grateful to the eminent doctor for starting a war on the tight collar. Ourself, we abandoned stiff collars long ago and intend never to wear them again except when our presence at an evening wedding or some other formal gathering compels us to submit to this atrocity.

Dr. Hill says that women, wearing low-necked blouses, short skirts, and thin stockings, are clad more healthfully than men. And in this case health and comfort go together. As far as summertime clothing is concerned, it must be apparent to anybody who has given the subject a moment’s thought that fashion has been less kind to man than to woman.

In our recent lamentation about masculine attire in summer we made the point that the male inhabitants of this semi-tropical region, the southeastern corner of the United States, were following, but for slight modifications, a style set in northern Europe scores of years ago, and that between winter and summer garments there was not nearly so much difference as the difference in temperature demanded.

The great obstacle in the way of the highly-to-be desired change in style is, of course, the enslaving effect of custom and convention. Nobody wants to make himself conspicuous, no matter how firm his conviction that the established way is the way of folly. Consider our own situation, for example. We think well of pajamas as a street costume in summer; but are we going to walk uptown thus clad and walk into the drugstore and order drinks? Not on your life. Quite aside from the danger that Mayor Roberson might order Town Manager Knox to order Chief Featherston to order Policeman Williams to arrest us, we have no wish to face the interrogations and the ribaldry of the populace.

The other day we received a message from Raleigh that our plea for dress reform had gained favor in high quarters. Bejamin R. Lacy, treasurer of the State of North Carolina, declared—and we have this on what the political correspondents call “unimpeachable authority”—that, if we would come to the capital and make ready to issue from the Sir Walter hotel in pajamas, he would join us at the door, similarly attired, and we would, the two of us, walk up Fayetteville street to Capitol Square.

Who knows but that such a demonstration might set the ball rolling? We are tempted to accept the proposal. Yet, even with the thought of it, we begin to feel the courage oozing forth. Mr. Lacy, being a man of influence, would hardly be molested. But how about us, a stranger and obscure? The police would probably run us in, and before we knew what was happening we might be enjoying the hospitality of George Ross Pou in his official capacity.

No, there ought to be more than two demonstrators, if the public is to be first impressed and then converted. I recall that 25 and ore years ago some of the most fastidious dressers in the University came from Raleigh. Perhaps some of these might be prevailed upon to join in the parade. If we could persuade John and Graham Andrews, and Albert Cos, and Aldert Root, and Hubert Haywood, ad Hall Worth, and Henry Turner—I mention just a few who come to mind—if we could persuade these and others of good repute in the community to join in the enterprise, we might carry through the revolution.

From the editorial page of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925, Louis Graves, Editor

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H.V.P. Wilson Returning from Carnegie Institute Lab at Loggerhead Key, July 31, 1925

Back from Tortugas. . . H.V.P. Wilson Is Home Again After Work in Laboratories

Henry Van Peters Wilson, professor of zoology in the University, got back Wednesday from the Dry Tortugas, where he had spent a month working in the marine-life laboratories of the Carnegie Institute. Loggerhead Key, the island where he carried on his investigations, is eight hours by steamer from Key West, and mail comes only once every two weeks. Dr. Wilson, when he arrived in Chapel Hill, had not heard a word of the plan of his son-in-law, Thorndike Saville, to spend a year in South America in the sanitary engineering service of the governments of Brazil and Venezuela.

The Carnegie laboratories, on Loggerhead Key, are one-story frame buildings which, when one first sees them, would seem to be unbearably hot places in which to work. But each one of them is so constructed, with ventilators in the steep-sloping roof, and with shutters hung like awnings over the windows in the section devoted to living quarters, that the scientists live in comfort.

One of the keys of the Tortugas, not far from Loggerhead, is a great tropical bird preserve. Dr. Wilson’s boat steamed by close to it but did not stop. The key has only one inhabitant, a man who lives there throughout the year as a companion and caretaker of the millions of birds.

From the front page of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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Meeting Old-timers: Eben Alexander, Guy Roberts, the Lawrence Holts, July 31, 1925

Meeting Old-timers

One of the agreeable features of a journey such as the one that Mr. Odum and I made to Dayton, Tennessee, is running across old friends. And the dweller in Chapel Hill is apt to be more than usually fortunate in this when he goes a-traveling, because almost every town of any size, within a thousand miles’ radius, has its University alumni.

Stopping at Knoxville on the way home, I saw Dr. Eben Alexander, the brother of Mrs. A.H. Patterson. He is a prominent surgeon there. We grew up together here in Chapel Hill, where his father was professor of Greek and mine was professor of mathematics in the University. In the old days Eban was exceedingly fond of cockfighting, and the other day I asked him if he was still interested in it.

He is now an elder in the church and it would not be seemly for him to indulge in this sport. But, as proof that the pastime of his youth is still held in affectionate memory, the large flock of chickens at his home on the outskirts of the city includes a few high-blooded gamecocks. He likes to look at them and admire their points even though his position of dignity and his matured conscience prohibit him from letting them have it out in the arena. When he showed them to me, he was sighing for the dear, dead days. But maybe that was a bluff for the benefit of me who might betray him in print—maybe he slips out sometimes at night with his cronies and has his fun? I don’t know. I didn’t question him too closely.

Of all bundles of nervous energy I ever saw, Eben is the beatin’est. I remember him as such, and he has not changed. Doesn’t he ever quit working? I asked his wife. No. From performing an operation he rushes home to dig in the garden. Off again to make calls on patients, and then back again to tinker with the automobiles or patch the roof or repair the broken drain pipe. Poring over medical journals at night, or rushing off to meetings of the Rotary and other civic or professional organizations. Up at daybreak in the morning to feed the chickens and perhaps superintend the milking of the cows. Thus, day after day.

Once a year he goes off for a bear hunt in the mountains of east Tennessee. He told me that he had been at this 13 years and ha never got a shot at a bear yet. His fellow huntsmen have tried to give him the best location whenever a bear is about to be flushed, but every time the bear goes the other way and somebody else in the party gets him.

Guy Roberts

Coming through the town of Marshall, in the valley of the French Broad a few miles this side of Tennessee, I halted long enough to drop in at the office of my classmate Guy Roberts. His length of more than six feet is the same as when we did our classday exercises around the Davie Poplar in 1902, but his girth is considerably greater. He told me of having gone to England last summer with the several hundred other American lawyers who were guests of the British bar. When I expressed regret that I could not see him in the high hat and cutaway coat that he had worn at the King’s garden party, he said these ornaments were packed away and would probably never be used again.

From the street in front of the courthouse he pointed in what seemed to be the direction of the sky and told me that was where he lived. His home is on one of the mountains that rises from the river valley. From the porch you can very nearly throw a stone down upon the courthouse roof. It looked to me as if the stone would have to fall about a mile before it hit anything. It might be convenient for Guy, when he goes downtown to work in the morning, to descend in a parachute.

Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Holt

At Asheville, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Holt, I was much interested in a letter which Mrs. Holt had recently added to her collection. It was written in 1818 by Mrs. Thrale, who became celebrated through her long association with Doctor Johnson. The writing on the four pages was regular, and all of it easily legible. A quaint document.

In Lawrence Holt’s library is a bound set, complete, of the installments as they originally appeared on the news-stands in London, of H.G. Wells’ “Outline of History.” The publication of books in this fashion is not practiced in America. Each installment is a sort of magazine in itself and has somewhat the aspect of a “penny dreadful”—with a brilliantly colored cover and with several pages of advertisements. It is of about the side of the Literary Digest, but is far more lurid in appearance.

From the front page of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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Watley Piersons Returning to Chapel Hill Aug. 27, 1925

Piersons Due Here Aug. 27

Letters received in Chapel Hill from Mr. and Mrs. Watley W. Pierson bring the news that they will sail for home on the Olympic August 19 and are due to arrive in New York on the 25th. They expect to come immediately to Chapel Hill, reaching here August 27. Mr. Pierson has been absent since last September traveling and studying in Chile, Argentine, Brazil and other South American countries, and in Spain. He writes from Paris of the great interest taken in Europe in the Scopes trial and the genuine surprise that such a thing could occur in America in the twentieth century!

From the front page of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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Major John W. Graham Turned 87, July 31, 1925

Major Graham 87 Years Old

Major John W. Graham was 87 years old on Wednesday of last week. The day found him in much better health than for many weeks past, and he was able to get out of bed and greet a number of his friends who called to pay their respects.

From the front page of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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C.B. Griffin Vacationing in Virginia Mountains, July 31, 1925

Griffin, Cave Explorer. . . Peoples Bank Cashier Saw Wonder of Nature in Virginia Mountains

C.B. Griffin, cashier of the Peoples Bank, got back early this week from his automobile trip to the Blue Ridge mountains in northwestern Virginia. His companion was his 9-year-old nephew, James Patteson. They were gone about a week.

Mr. Griffin’s principal activity while he was gone was exploring the celebrated caves near Luray.

“This is about the most beautiful sight I have ever seen,” he says. “The place is illuminated by electricity and has concrete walks. The stalactites that hung from roof, reflecting the light rays, are dazzling in their brilliance.”

Mr. Griffin drove his Buick up the Shenandoah valley, and he found the roads superb. He went 230 miles to Staunton, Virginia, the first day, and the next morning he made the rest of the distance to the Cave. Here he joined some friends from Pennsylvania who had a complete camping outfit and the party established itself on the camping ground at the mouth of the Cave. Mr. Griffin did a great deal of swimming and mountain climbing.

From the front page of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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Family Reunion on W.P. Jordan's Birthday, July 29, 1925

Jordan Family Reunion

Mr. and Mrs. W.P. Jordan and their children attended the annual reunion of the Jordan family in the Cedar Grove section, in the northern part of Orange county this week. This celebration is held every year on the birthday of Mr. Jordan’s father, July 29.

From page 2 of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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Percy Hogan Visiting, Looking for Old Stamps, July 31, 1925

Percy Hogan Here. . . Former Chapel Hillian on Vacation Tour in Automobile Passes Through

Percy Hogan, native Chapel Hillian and University alumnus, now a resident of Kingsport, Tennessee, came in by automobile Sunday and stayed until Monday afternoon. He was accompanied by his friend, Tom Pratt, owner and editor of the daily newspaper in Kingsport.

Mr. Hogan and Mr. Pratt are ardent stamp-collectors. In the last year or so they have concentrated upon Confederate stamps. By accident they acquired jointly, a few months ago, two Confederate stamps which they sold for enough money to defray the expenses of a two-weeks vacation. “That’s how we happen to be here now,” said Mr. Hogan to one of his old friends upon whom he called Sunday afternoon.

They set out northward from Kingsport in Mr. Pratt’s car and traveled by Bristol, Roanoke, and Lynchburg to Richmond. Turning south, they drove to Warrenton in this state and thence to Ocracoke down on the coast. From there they struck for Tennessee by way of Chapel Hill.

From catalogues and philatelist periodicals they knew of stamp-collectors all over the country, and everywhere they stopped they held confabs with collectors and engaged in swapping, buying, and selling. Just before they left Chapel Hill they visited the office of the Weekly and arranged for the insertion of an advertisement notifying all and sundry that they were in the market for rare stamps.

From page 3 of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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Chapel Hill Neighborhood Notes, July 31, 1925

Neighborhood Notes

Miss Lucy Lay, member of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare, has been spending this week with her sister, Mrs. Paul Green.

Mrs. Phil Branson of Alabama is here with her 15-months old daughter on a visit to the Bransons.

Mrs. N.D. Elliott, Miss Guelda and Miss Lucile Elliott will leave Saturday with Mrs. J.E. Kennett and Miss Madge Kennett. They plan to go by automobile to the mountains. The Elliotts will be at Black Mountain for two weeks or more, and the Kennetts will go to Blue Ridge.

Beth Chase and Martha Royster left this week to spend the next few weeks at camp in Blowing Rock.

Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Royster will be at Wrightsville Beach during the month of August. Thorndike Saville is in Blowing Rock.

Mrs. Flora Rice and her son, Philip, have left Chapel Hill for the summer. Mrs. Rice is at Atlantic City with her daughter, Eleanor, who has been ill for some months.

Mrs. Greenlaw’s brother, W. Durland of New York, is here on a visit to his mother. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlaw have gone to Baltimore and Chicago for a few days.

Miss Elizabeth Bingham of Salisbury came to Chapel Hill Monday to visit her sister, mrs. W.D. Toy.

Miss Carolyn Winston has come back from Brevard where she has been the guest of Miss Dorothy Fetzer.

Mrs. Josephine Daniel Moore is expected Saturday to spend two weeks with her mother, Mrs. M.W. Daniel.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Harwood of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, came Wednesday to visit the Braunes.

Miss Alma Holland has returned from a visit to her home near Fayetteville.

Mrs. A.S. Barbee is with her sister in Enfield.

Mr. and Mrs. R.P McClamroch have bought two of the Forest Hills lots during the last week and the J. Burton Linkers two, and S.H. Hobbs one.

Lawrence MacRae, son of Mrs. R.S. MacRae and brother of Mrs. Dora Elliott, will leave Raleigh next week to live in Greensboro. Mr. MacRae was in Chapel Hill night before last.

Mrs. Dora MacRae Elliott left Thursday for Brevard, where she will visit Mrs. William Fetzer. Virginia Elliott went to Charlotte with her cousin, Peggy MacRae.

From page 3 of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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Whit Lloyd Buried at Bethel, July 31, 1925

Whit Lloyd’s Death

Whit Lloyd of the Bethel Church section died this week. The funeral and burial were at Bethel. Surviving children of Mr. Lloyd’s first marriage are Mrs. Moody Lloyd, Robert Lloyd, and Wayland Lloyd. He is survived also by his second wife and three small children.

From page 2 of The Chapel Hill Weekly, Friday, July 31, 1925

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15-Year-Old Runaway Ruth Murrie Found in Tennessee, July 30, 1925

Alamance Girl, Missing Since Friday, Found in Knoxville. . . She Is Arrested with Two Male Companions in the Tennessee City

Burlington, July 29—Ruth Murrie, 15-year-old girl runaway from her home on route 4, near here, last Friday, is under arrest with two male companions in Knoxville, Tenn., according to a message received by Police Chief R.D. Rain at 1:30 o’clock this afternoon Her companions are said to be J.E. Clayton and L.H. Lyerly, unknown here.

E.M. Haynes, chief of police at Knoxville, advised the local police official in his wife that the girl he is holding declared she was Ruth Murrie and was in a Ford automobile, which she told him she had stolen from her father, Ira Murrie.

On his returned from a trip to Salisbury and Charlotte this morning, where the missing girl was reported as seen by several gas filling station employes, the father said he believed the girl was a victim of a sudden mental disorder, as she had been at certain periods in her life.

Along the route followed in the vain search for her, it was reported she was reduced to a pitiful state without funds, and at several gas stations had succeeded in buying small quantities of gasoline on credit. Food had been given her, it is said, by different ones who did not know the circumstances of her leaving home.

Members of the family had been in much distress since it became known the girl had idled her time in Burlington last Friday afternoon and night until 11 o’clock and then drove off toward Greensboro.

The Knoxville police will be advised to hold the young men companions of the girl until a thorough investigation can be made, to determine how and for what purpose they were traveling with her. It is believed they may be young men she may have known or recently met somewhere in North Carolina, possibly High Point, Salisbury or Charlotte.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Thursday, July 30, 1925.

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Editor's View on Scopes Evolution Trial, July 30, 1925

The Scopes Trial

The evolution trial, so called at Dayton, Tennessee, ended just as most people thought it would end. That is to say John T. Scopes, the teacher who taught the theory of evolution in a public school, which is contrary to Tennessee law, was convicted and his attorney appealed to a higher court. The case may go finally to the Supreme Court of the United States.

The purpose of the trial at Dayton was not to punish Scopes but was done to test the constitutionality of the law. Scopes was quite willing to be used for this purpose. Incidentally, he has gotten a great deal of publicity and may make a great deal of money out of his fame. The town of Dayton, unknown before except by a comparatively small number of people, has been for a time on the tongues of millions. The lawyers on both sides of the case, especially Bryan and Darrow, got an enormous amount of advertising which may be worth considerable to them in a financial way. [Actually, William Jennings Bryan had already died. You can read about this at newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068210/1925-07-30/ed-1/seq-1/].

The masses of the people not only in Tennessee but all over the world, know little about evolution and have carried but little about it. For some 50 years it has been a matter of great interest to scholars and scientists everywhere. As a result of the trial, many people not heretofore interested have begun to inquire into this thing called evolution. It is well enough for people to think occasionally about something besides their own little affairs and those of their neighbors and if the Dayton trial has broadened the views of any considerable number of folks, it has been worth while.

Our understanding is that practically all scientists of the present day believe in evolution. That is, they believe that the forms of life now on the earth, including man, came originally from tiny cells. Mr. Bryan, and a great many others, say that this believe is contrary to the teachings of the Bible, and they do not wish it taught in the public schools. They say that all the animals including man, were created in just the same forms that they are today. This difference of opinion between the evolutionists and the fundamentalists caused the Tennessee anti-evolution law and the Dayton trial. The dispute is not ended yet but any means and is likely to flare up a great many times in both state and church circles. It may go on for a number of years but will finally die out just as other disputes have done. There was a time when a bitter fight was made against the theory that the earth revolves around the sun. It is never disputed now.

The controversy between evolutionists and anti-evolutionists will neither destroy religion nor stay the advance of science. In fact it is likely to be good for both. The hope and consolation afforded by religious faith are too real and too strong to be abandoned. Man must have some sort of religion. Of course opinions about religion change from century to century, from age to age. Christianity of the present day is quite different from what it was three or four hundred years ago, to say nothing of a thousand years ago. It is likely that there will be other changes in the future. Science is constantly discovering new truths and will continue to do so. So as the years go by both religion and science undergo changes, but they ought not to conflict. The human race has been thousands of years reaching its present standard of culture, and it has been a hard uphill fight. It seems pathetic that there would be a conflict between religion and science when both have as their aim the happiness of the human race.

From the editorial page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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Editor Says N. & O. Just Doing Its Job in Criticizing Pou, July 30, 1925

Just Like the Others

Superintendent George Ross Pou of the State Penitentiary, who had a fight with Mr. Jonathan Daniels, a member of the News and Observer staff, said the newspaper had been telling lies on him. Mr. Pou did not specify what the lies were. If he means that because the News and Observer has had something to say about the big deficit that has accumulated in the penitentiary’s financial affairs under his management that therefore it lied, then he might as well include a lot of folks and newspapers, too. It has been a matter of common knowledge for many months that the penitentiary is running in debt all the time. In referring to it, the News and Observer has done nothing more than its duty. Mr. Pou is just like a lot of other public officials—mighty friendly as long as they are getting praise, but very indignant when any thing critical is published.

From the editorial page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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Dog That Bit Edwards Child Did Not Have Rabies, July 30, 1925

Dog Bites Child

A little daughter of Mr. Carl Edwards, who lives at Gallant’s near West Beaufort, was bitten by a fox terrier Tuesday week and some fear was felt that the dog might have been mad. The animal was killed and its head sent to the State Laboratory in Raleigh for examination. A report from the laboratory received today states that there was no indication of rabies. The child was bitten on the lower lip and the wound, which was not a very bad one, was treated by Dr. C.L. Duncan.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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Mason, Dudley, Springle, Duncan in Police Court July 26, 1925

Police Court Items

Not many offenders against the majesty of the law faced Mayor Thomas in police court Monday. The cases tried resulted as follows:

Will Mason, drunkness, 15 days work on streets.

Steve Dudley and Hubert Springle, drunk, disorderly and fighting, guilty, and were fined $50 each or 30 days street work.

W.E. Duncan, allowing dog to run at large. Let off with costs amounting to $3.45.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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Dive Leaves Aleck Mason Briefly Unconscious, July 30, 1925

Diver Gets Hurt

While diving from a boat a few days ago near Bird Shoal, Aleck Mason, a son of Captain Aleck Mason of Beaufort received an injury that laid him up for several days. The young man’s head struck against the bottom and the blow rendered him unconscious for a short time. He was taken to his home by companions and Dr. E.B. Whitehurst gave him the necessary attention. It is expected that he will soon be all right.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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Robert Simmons Broke Leg Cutting Down Tree, July 30, 1925

A Falling Tree Breaks Man’s Leg

Robert Simmons, a colored man of middle age, was brought to town Monday afternoon suffering from a badly fractured leg. He had been employed by S.C. Campen to cut down some trees for him and while at work a tree fell and in some way caught him under it with the result stated. The man was brought to town and attended to by Dr C.L. Duncan and then taken to the Morehead City hospital.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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Carteret Man Very Successful in New Jersey, July 30, 1925

Carteret Man Is Making Success . . . Fareleigh [Fairleigh] S. Dickison Is Now Banker and Manufacturer in Jersey Town

Forty years ago a Carteret county youth felt the urge to go out in the world and seek his fortune. He worked his way on a lumber vessel from Beaufort to Elizabethport, New Jersey, and soon found employment ther. He is now a prominent business man of Rutherford, N.J., and is highly regarded there as a clipping form a newspaper of that city shows. The newspaper extract reads as follows:

“By direction of President Calvin Coolidge, Secretary of War John W. Weeks has appointed Farleigh S. Dickinson of Rutherford as officer of the United States Army with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Order of Reserve Corps.

At the close of the World war Becton, Dickinson & company, of which Mr. Dickinson is the president, received citations for distinguished service in having aided materially in obtaining victory for the armies of the United States.

This commission has been given in recognition of this service and in harmony with the Department program of industrial preparedness for national defense.

In addition to Mr. Dickinson’s activities in manufacturing and banking, he has for many years served as counsellor of the National Retail Instrument Association and is now and has been for the past six years president of the American Surgical Instrument Surgical Instrument Manufacturers’ Association, is vice-president and a director of the Rutherford National Bank, director of the Bergen County Bank of Rutherford, former president of the Rutherford Rotary Club, a member of the Sinking Fund Commission of the Union Club, president of the Yountakah Country Club, as well as being interested in all movement for the improvement of Rutherford and vicinity.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925. The headline spelled Mr. Dickinson’s first name “Fareleigh” and the article spelled it “Farleigh”, but I believe both are wrong. I believe this must be Fairleigh Dickinson, and that Fairleigh Dickinson University is named after him.

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068210/1925-07-30/ed-1/seq-1/ According to Wikipedia:

“Fairleigh Dickinson University was founded as the Fairleigh Dickinson Junior College in 1942 as a junior college by Peter Sammartino and wife Sally, and was named after early benefactor Colonel Fairleigh S. Dickinson, co-founder of Becton Dickinson.[6] Its original campus was located in Rutherford, New Jersey. By 1948, Fairleigh Dickinson Junior College expanded its curriculum to offer a four-year program when the GI Bill and veterans' money encouraged it to redesignate itself as Fairleigh Dickinson College. In that same year, the school received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.”

New Summer Reads in Beaufort Library, July 30, 1925

New Books for Library

Several new books have been added to the public library’s collection recently and others are expected shortly. Among the new arrivals is the much talked of volume “Drums.” This book, written by James Boyd of Southern Pines, is a tale of North Carolina in the Revolutionary days. It has an interesting plot and is well written.

Other books added are “The Restless Lady” by Philip Gibbs, “Brains of the Family” by E.J. Roth, “New Friends in Old Chester” by Margaret Deland, “Minnie Flynn” by Francis Marion. The complete set of Patty books by Carolyn Wells.

From the front page of The Beaufort News, Thursday, July 30, 1925

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Ephraim Boles, 70, Struck by RR Engine on Way Home from Work, July 29, 1925

Aged Negro Is Killed by Engine at Spencer

Spencer, July 28—Ephraim Boles, negro, aged 70 years, met death under the wheels of a yard engine near the Spencer transfer sheds late Monday afternoon, while on his way to his home in East Spencer. It is said he was employed by the street force on Salisbury Avenue and quit work at 5:30 p.m., and that in crossing the yards was struck by a yard engine. The wheels passed over both legs. He was rushed to the Salisbury Hospital in an ambulance but died about five minutes after reaching the institution. Just how he happened to get caught under the locomotive is not known.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 29, 1925

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One of Thompson Twins Died July 27, 1925

One of Thompson Twins Dies Despite Much Care

Norwood, July 28—One of the twins born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Crowell Thompson died Monday morning, and was buried here today. The children were the smallest ever seen here, weighing at birth about 1 ½ and 1 ¾ pounds each. They were kept in a condition as close to incubator heat as possible and were fed during the six weeks with a medicine dropper. A registered nurse rendered all the service possible for two week. Little hope is held for the life of the other.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 29, 1925

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Black Snake in Mrs. Graham's Chicken Coop, July 29, 1925

Finds Black Snake Embracing Chicken

Madison, July 28—Mrs. B.B. Graham of near town is authority for the snake story which follows: Recently Mrs. Graham heard a commotion in a chicken coop wherein she had a number of fryers fattening, and hastened to investigate, finding one chicken lying on his back and fanning the air with his feet. Without stopping to observe closely, Mrs. Graham reached in and drew the struggling fowl out. And although she had been feeding the chickens on the fat of the farm, the weight of this particular individual astonished her.

When she had drawn him outside, therefore, she took a good look to find the reason of this excess avoirdupois. One look was quite enough. Embracing the chicken was one of the biggest black snakes Mrs. Graham had ever seen. Very soon the chicken was dropped and help called for. Mrs. Graham’s son came and killed the reptile.

After it had been killed, the snake was stretched out and measured and found to be five feet long. It had wrapped itself around the chicken in order to kill the fowl preparatory to swallowing it, it is assumed.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 29, 1925

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People Aren't Willing Frugal in 1925, Says Dr. Branson

Pleasures Are the Causes

Dr. E.C. Branson of the Extension Department of the University of North Carolina has made an extensive study of farm conditions in North Carolina, other States in the Union and in foreign countries. He knows these conditions as well as any man in the South, perhaps, and it is startling to read some figures he has made public.

Dr. Branson says there are 1,241,000 citizens in the State “who do not own a single foot of ground they cultivate, nor a single shingle of the roof over their heads.” Dr. Branson rightly contends that the matter is a very serious one, and it is little less than shocking to see comparisons made between farmers in this and other countries in the matter of land owning.

Dr. Branson’s interpretation of this condition interesting. Touching upon the reason that so many of the people of this State are under the yoke of tenancy, he says:

“The feeling for the essential power of thrift is largely lacking among the American people today. They seen their immediate needs and forget that they should be willing to forego them in view of more permanent things. The average American sees what he wants and gets it, whether it be bread, bonnets or paregoric. It is from this widespread lack of thrift that our own problem of farm and home ownership arises.”

The Charlotte News says Dr. Branson is right in his deductions, and the Charlotte contemporary sums the whole thing up with he statement that our people do not own their farms because they do not care whether they won them or not. Indifference and satisfaction with tenancy are causes, but pleasures come first.

The News says: “A vast number of these more than 1,200,000 of our people who are shiftless and homeless and landless are in that condition because they don’t care, because they are not ambitious to get out of it, and because they are entering their interests, labors, affections and determinations upon other things far less important and far less contributory to their worthiness as citizens.”

Too many people are letting pleasure interfere with other activities. They do not buy farms because they take all of their money for amusements. They want automobiles and luxuries and so long as they are in that frame of mind they do not care whether they ever had any land of their own.

From the editorial page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 29, 1925

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Violet Ruth Mauney Buried July 28, 1925, After Drinking Kerosene

Child in Gastonia Dies from Drinking Kerosene

Gastonia, July 28—Funeral services were conducted today for little Violet Ruth Mauney, 2-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mauney of Lowell, near here, who died suddenly from effects of drinking a small bottle of kerosene oil. The child found the liquid while playing about the home.

From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 29, 1925

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6% Inheritance Taxes Awaiting E.D. Latta Estate, July 29, 1925

Heirs of Latta May Pay Inheritance Taxes. . . State Revenue Department Officials Wait for Itemized Accounting.

Raleigh, July 28—The estate of the late E.D. Latta, of Asheville and Charlotte, may be subjected to heavy inheritance tax schedules under the revenue and machinery acts of the 1925 general assembly, although state revenue department officials will not venture an estimate until it receives an itemized account of the value of the estate.

Press reports indicated that Mr. Latta was worth from $6 million to $8 million, but that a large portion of this had been divided among his widow and two children a few months before his death. However, under the revenue and machinery acts, all gifts made within three years before death are subject to the inheritance tax. Hitherto, the law exempted gifts in cases where it could be shown that they were not made in anticipation of death.

A part of the approximately $2 million left to charity may be subject to inheritance tax because all of the causes to which it was bequeathed are not located in North Carolina.

The inheritance tax rate on estates valued in excess of a million dollars is 6 per cent.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 29, 1925

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Atlanta and Asheville Plan Motorcade for Opening of Highway, July 29, 1925

Formal Opening of New Highway

Asheville, July 28—Organization to cooperate in a large way with the Atlanta-Asheville motorcade, for formal opening of the new highway connecting Atlanta with western North Carolina, has been started here.

Mayor J.H. Cathey has been appointed general chairman of arrangements. He will be assisted by the presidents of the civic clubs of Asheville. A delegation of Asheville citizens, motoring, will go to Atlanta on Sunday, September 13th, to act as an official escort for the Atlanta motorcade, leaving that city on Monday, September 14th, and reaching Asheville on the evening of September 15th.

Entertainment will be provided en route. The motorcade is under the auspices of the Atlanta Journal. The city editor, Harlee Branch, and his party, were here last week with a scout car. They were cordially received.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 29, 1925

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Rocky Mount Population 22,640, July 29, 1925

Rocky Mount’s Population is 22,640

Rocky Mount, July 28—The population of Rocky Mount and its suburbs is now 22,640, Secretary George Williams of the Chamber of Commerce has announced. The announcement was made following the compilation of statistics for the new city directory.

Rocky Mount, one of the growing cities of eastern North Carolina, is located in two counties—Nash and Edgecombe. A few years ago it had only a few thousand. Then it grew officially to 6,000, later to 4,000 and now its estimated population is nearing the 25,000 mark.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 29, 1925. According to Wikipedia, The city’s population was 54,341 as of 2020 and the Rocky Mount metropolitan area was 145,383 in 2023.

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Some Gastonia Mills Operating Part Time, July 29, 1925

Some Mills in Gastonia Not Operating Full Time

Gastonia, July 28—“All plants in this city are running, although several of the textile mills are operating on half-time but are maintaining their usual forces and very little unemployment is apparent,” reads the report of H.W. Davis, of the industrial information division of the United States department of labor.

Resident tradesmen are engaged chiefly in alteration and repair work.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 29, 1925

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Five School Trucks Ordered, July 29, 1925

Five School Trucks for Rowan

By the Associated Press

Durham, N.C., July 29—The Durham county board of education has placed an order for five school trucks. They will be used to transport children to and from school in rural communities.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 29, 1925. Would Durham County be ordering school trucks, the early form of school buses, for Rowan County? Probably not. Just an interesting error on the front page. I don’t know which is correct.

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Local Mention, Concord Tribune, July 29, 1925

Local Mention

John Safrit of Rimer was bitten by a spider this morning near his home. He was brought to Concord for treatment and for several hours was in great pain. The effects of the poison wore off shortly before noon, and he was able to return to his home.

A fine breeze swept concord this morning, sending the mercury from the high point of Tuesday to lower and pleasanter figures. The change in the temperature came some time after midnight and was a great relief from the excessive heat of the past several days.

No session of the city court will be held this afternoon, it was stated at police headquarters this morning. “We haven’t a thing docketed for trial this afternoon,” Chief of Police Talbirt stated. “Business has been very quiet with us this week, and we have received few calls.”

W.O. Allen, deputy sheriff who spends most of this time as officer for the Brown and Norcott Mills, has been acting as speed cop on the roads of the county recently. The officer was on the Concord-Charlotte road Tuesday and was seen to make one arrest between Concord and the Mecklenburg county line.

“Clean Up Week” has been a success so far and city officials are sure it will continue so if people of Concord continue to cooperate. The campaign will be continued this week and persons are urged to get their trash to streets nearer their homes so it can e collected by the trucks and wagons being used for this purpose by the city.

Miss Clara and Goldie Kale have returned to Mt. Holly after spending several days with Miss Margaret Litaker.

There will be no more mid-week services in the First Presbyterian Church until September. Work has been started by the Cabarrus county highway commission painting the bridges of the county. Only the steel structures are receiving the coat of paint.

Marriage licenses were issued to the following couples Tuesday by Register of Deeds Elliott: L.A. Lentz and Miss Irene Dry, both of Concord, and John L. Rendleman Jr. and Miss Marie Ayers, both of Salisbury.

A new building is being constructed by L.H. Sides on Church street, near the county building. It is to belong jointly to Mr. Sides and W.W. Morris. The building is to have one story with a basement and will be rented as a store room.

Mr. and Mrs. I.I. Davis Jr. and Miss Minnie Hill Davis have been spending this week at Brevard, where Miss Betsy Davis has been in Camp Ilahee. They plan to return to Concord later in the week as Miss Davis will leave the camp today.

Corrections

In the account of the accident at Kannapolis which was received yesterday by telephone, the name of one of the persons injured was given wrong. It should have been Zeb Baker when it was given as Zeb Bradford.

In the report of Monday’s police court carried in Tuesday’s Tribune, it was stated that all fine money except $3.75 had been paid by the defendants. The sum should have been $103.75, the court having allowed the defendants additional time in which to secure the money.

From page 8 of the Concord Daily Tribune, July 29, 1925

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100 Raleigh Dogs Shot in Mad Dog Scare, July 28, 1925

State Capital Mad Dog Scare. . . Execution of a Hundred Dogs the Result; Pou Loses His Head When Reporter Seeks Interview

Raleigh, July 27—A mad dog scare and a fight between a News and Observer reporter and the Prison Superintendent were the two matters which absorbed chief interest at the Capital City during the past week. Governor McLean was busy with the installation of the new policies of government which he is advocating but stopped long enough to run down to Lumberton the last part of the week to inspect his crops and then to the Sand Hill peach show. He also sent out a call for a special term of court to try the case against the four Raleigh Ice Companies alleging restraint of trade.

The mad dog scare, because of the intimate personal relation it might at any time assume, absorbed chief interest and there probably was some panic not justified by facts. A child died last Monday of rabies and the same day a German police dog went mad and bit three or four persons and several dogs. This was the signal for a general open season on dogs and about 100 passed out by the execution method during the week. A number of others were treated for the disease and several persons, bitten or who had contact with dogs which died or went mad, were inoculated against the disease. Dr. C.A. Shore of the State Laboratory reassured the populace with a statement that the treatment was an almost sure preventive against rabies. The scare had the good effect of making people more careful concerning their dogs, and it is probable Raleigh will back stringent legislation concerning dogs at the next legislature.

George Ross Pou, Superintendent of State Prison, lost his head Tuesday afternoon and when Jonathan Daniels, reporter for the News and Observer, asked for an interview he was met with a blow to the face and a statement to the effect that the State Prison was not giving any news to the News and Observer as that paper “had told nothing but damned lies” about the Pou administration. The two then mixed it up a little. Each claims the other got the worst of it, but the fact is neither was badly damaged. Pou lost his head and acted unwisely and unbecoming a State Official, but at the same time The News and Observer has been unrelenting in its crusade against Pou and his printed things concerning him which would have made many a man of more balance than Pou lose his head. . . . .

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Thieves Attempt to Burn Johnson House After Theft, July 28, 1925

Makes Attempt to Burn House

Princeton, July 25—An attempt was made to burn the home of Zeb Johnson Thursday night, the 23rd. Old sacks and rags were piled up in one corner of the middle room, and a blanket was hung over the only window so that the light from the fire could not be seen from the street. The old rags burned so slowly that it was some time before the blaze actually burst on the outside. Three young women and one man were seen at the house about 10:30 and the alarm of fire was given about 1 o’clock. The fire was first seen by two young men who came into town from Wilmington at 1 o’clock at night.

In a few minutes, a number of citizens were at the house and the fire was extinguished. It was noticed that all the bed clothing was gone, the trunks and bureau drawers were all empty, and it happened that all things of value had been removed from the house and then the house set on fire to cover up the deed.

It has been reported that there was no insurance on the furniture or on the building.

Zeb Johnson and family were away from home on the night of the fire.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Mrs. Cole Suffers Serious Eye Injury After Car Strikes Enbankment, July 25, 1925

Mrs. W.W. Cole in Auto Accident. . . Ran Into an Embankment on Way Home from Lake Junaluska; May Lose One Eye

A telephone message from Salisbury received by friends here Saturday night about 9 o’clock announced the distressing news of an automobile accident in which Mrs. W.W. Cole of this city and Miss Beulah Keel of Wilson were painfully injured. Messrs. Geo. E. Thornton and J.L. Scotton left early Sunday morning for Salisbury, returning Sunday night with the report that the injured are resting comfortably as can be expected.

Mrs. Cole and Miss Keel had been spending several weeks at Lake Junaluska and were returning home having left Lake Junaluska Saturday morning. They were accompanied by H.W. Whitmore, manager of the Bell Telephone Company of Wilson. Mrs. Cole was driving her car and had had no trouble until within about five miles of Salisbury. When they rounded a curve about 7 o’clock in the afternoon, they came in close contact with a Ford which the met, and Mrs. Cole had to swerve her car to the wrong side of the road to avoid a collision. Another car coming immediately called for another dodge and, the driver lost control of her car, running into the high bank by the side of the road. The car was turned on its side and the occupants were extricated with difficulty. Some negroes came upon the scene and helped in the rescue, and later some white men passed and took the injured to a Salisbury hospital.

Mrs. Cole is apparently hurt worse than the others. Besides painful bruises, one eye was cut, so that two stitches were necessary in the eyeball. It is feared that she may lose the sight entirely.

Miss Keel sustained bad bruises and had a front tooth knocked out and may probably lose two others. X-ray pictures taken Sunday did not show any broken bones. Miss Keel will probably be able to leave the hospital this week, but the condition of Mrs. Cole’s eye may require her to remain a longer time.

Mr. Whitmore was practically unhurt.

The automobile was damaged to some extent though not a total wreck as was first reported. The front fenders and running board were wrecked. Probably $200 will cover the damage.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Criminal Cases in Recorder's Court, July 28, 1925

Recorder's Court Last Three Days. . . Many Civil Cases on Docket; 13 Criminal Cases Tried During Week

A full docket was disposed of in Recorder’s Court last week. Court did not adjourn until last Thursday afternoon, too late to publish the proceedings in the last issue. Civil cases consumed most of the week but the following criminal cases were also tried and disposed of:

State vs Eddie Halsey, charged with carrying concealed weapon. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to jail for a term of 60 days, to be worked on the roads of Smithfield township.

State vs John Foster, charged with larceny. The defendant failed to appear and the bondsman, John Harris, was given 30 days to bring defendant into court or pay the bond.

State vs Charlie Hall, charged with driving a car while under the influence of whiskey, and with assault with car. Guilty on both counts. The defendant was fined $25 and costs on first count and prayer for judgement was continued upon payment of costs on second count.

State vs Dennis Batten and Minnie Eason, charged with fornication and adultery. Defendants waived examination and were bound over to Superior Court under $200 bond each.

State vs Bert Boling, abandonment, guilty. Prayer for judgment continued upon payment of cost. Time given to pay costs.

State vs John McLamb, assault, guilty. The defendant was given 90 days in jail to be worked on roads of Smithfield township and pay costs. Appeal was made to Superior Court under $100 bond.

State vs John Lee, false pretense, guilty. Judgment continued upon payment of cost. Defendant was found guilty of assault and non support.

State vs Herman Barbour, Eldridge Barefoot and Ruffin Wimbly, charged with assault, drunkenness and cursing on public highway. All three were found guilty of assault. Herman Barbour guilty and sentenced to four months in jail to be worked on roads of Smithfield township. As to Barefoot and Wimbly, judgement was continued upon payment of cost. Time was given to pay cost.

State vs Zo Coats, Seba Johnson, Dave Gower, and Larice Coats, charged mob violence and assault with deadly weapon. Defendants were found guilty. Judgment suspended upon payment. Road sentence for Zo Cats changed to $200 fine and costs. Fines of $150 each reduced to $100 each and cost. Four months road sentences for Barbour, Eldridge, Barefoot, Wimbly suspended during good behavior. Herman Barbour to pay fine of $75 and costs.

State vs Irene Williams, Essey Williams and Arlena Joseph, charged with assault with deadly weapon. Irene Williams not guilty. Required to pay one-third of cost. Essey Williams and Arlena Joseph guilty. Continue prayer for judgment for 60 days and pay costs as to Essey Williams. Arlena Joseph was sentenced to jail for a term of 60 days.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Carter's, Progress and Princeton School Districts to Vote on Equalization, July 28, 1925

May Equalize Schools in Three Districts

Princeton, July 25—On August 25th the qualified voters in the Carter’s, Progress and Princeton school districts will vote to determine whether they will combine and become one and the same school district in order to equalize the educational advantages [of children in these] districts. If this election is in favor combining the three districts, every child in the territory included will have the same opportunity to get an education from the first grade thru the 11th grade free of cost for tuition or transportation.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925. Parents who lived in a district without a high school wouldn't have to pay fees to another district if they wanted to send their children to high school.

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'Non Progressive' Doesn't Want City to Borrow Funds for Sidewalks, July 28, 1925

Calls Himself a Non-Progressive Citizen

Editor The Herald:

This being a progressive age with the progressives, those who have large incomes and bank accounts seem to take a delight in placing debts on the non progressives who have no large incomes or bank accounts, and thereby gets him when he hardly knows which way he is going or where.

Our City Fathers have recently decided to do a large amount of street paving, and there is a large portion of the citizens who are not able to bear the burden of any more taxes as we are now overburdened with them to the limit. The progressives never stop to think of the burden which this paving will put upon those less able to bear it. They can stand it and they don’t care a snap whether the other fellow can or not. They want it and must have it. Did they ever stop to think of the situation? What will paved streets bring us? Will they bring us a big pay roll for every Saturday night? If so we are with the progressives. But as the outlooks is now, we need enterprises that will insure employment for new comers, and then we can expect people to locate among us. But with paved streets and no enterprises to give them a living, do you think at the present that it is wise and prudent, during as slump in business, to undertake this project? “Nothing to do,” you hear on all sides. We can’t and ought not be burdened any further as to taxes.

It seems from the projects over the state that the small towns are cutting their throats by wishing to be connected with the large towns on paved roads. It naturally carries trade from them. They will find out ere long, too late to remedy the situation, that they have made a mistake.

The next generation with this young set already here and those to come, will face the debts that this one has made and put upon them. This one says, “They will have the improvements, let them pay for them.” But they may not have wanted them, yet they must pay, and they will wish bad wishes, and would want this old gang buried deeper.

There is too much selfishness in this generation. If they want anything, without thought for the less fortunate, they proceed to make it hard for the little fellow in order to carry out their desire. If they could about face, and try to induce some enterprise worth while they would do the town which they call home untold good. What we need is more business and places of employment to induce people to locate in our midst. If the town Fathers would seek for enterprises that would give folks employment, the paved streets, and our town would be a garden spot in this old Johnston County.

E.G.S.

A non progressive for want of funds.

From page 4 of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Two Surprise Showers for Miss Helene Ives July 23, 1925

Two Showers for Miss Ives

Surprise characterized the linen shower Thursday evening which was given to Miss Helene Ives who today became the bride of Mr. Carlton Stephenson, the hostesses being Misses Alma and Vara Smith. Miss Wilso lured the unsuspecting honoree to the home of the Misses Smith ostensibly to fit a dress. No bright lights nor festive decorations in the living room gave the surprise away, and the first intimation of a party was when Miss Ives was sent into an adjacent room for some article and found grouped in the dark a bevy of young friends. As the light was turned on, an array of linen towels and handkerchiefs were disclosed, and the guests enjoyed the expression of surprise on the face of the recipient of the lovely gifts. One of the number, Miss Dora Barbour, then proposed the following toast:

Here’s to lovely Helene,

A happy bride-to-be!

May she have a happy voyage

On the matrimonial sea.

With True Love for her pilot

We are watching her depart.

May she ever find safe harbour

In her True Love’s heart!

When the gifts had been examined the entire party repaired to the home of Mrs. N.L. Perkins, in Brooklyn, where another surprise awaited.

The home of Mrs. Perkins was most attractive for the occasion and the guests were welcomed by Mrs. Perkins and Miss Lallah Rookh Stephenson, who were the hostesses for the remainder of the evening. C cake contest entertained the guests for a time, the winners being Miss Lucile Johnson, who answered correctly the most of the questions and received a chocolate cake, and Mrs. W. Ryal Woodall, who received the booby prize, an egg beater.

At an opportune time, Miss Irene Myatt, impersonating an old man, appeared at the door, and applied to the bride-to-be for a position as cook for his wife, who he announced was in the next room awaiting an interview. Miss Ives was ushered into the presents of her prospective servant which proved to e an improvised figure contrived from all manner of kitchen utensils. Useful articles, gifts of those present, were concealed all about her person, the indispensable broom being the backbone of this competent looking old woman.

When the figure had been dismounted, the guests were served delicious refreshments, a most pleasing finale to the two showers. A chicken salad course was served first, followed by an ice course. Miniature spoons to which were attached fortunes, were given as favors.

About 30 guests were present.

From page 4 of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Methodist Orphanage Singing Class At July 26, 1925 Service

M.E. Orphanage Class Here Sunday

In the absence of the pastor, Rev. A.J. Parker, the orphanage singing class gave a sacred program at the Methodist church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock hour. The younger children of the orphanage participated in this program which was enjoyed by a large congregation. Among the little girls who took part was little Miss Geraldine Smith, daughter of Mr. Allen Smith, who is at the State Sanatorium. She quite captivated her audience with her reading, “The Baby Cottage.”

From page 4 of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Miss Phillips, Mr. Ford to Marry August 18, 1925

Announce Engagement

Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Phillips announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Nannie Mae, to Mr. A. Roscoe Ford. The marriage will take place on August 18.

Miss Phillips has for a number of years served the public very efficiently in the office of the telephone company here, and has numerous friends who will read the above announcement with interest. Mr. Ford, who is an employee of the Young Motor Co., is originally from Four Oaks.

From page 4 of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Clayton Couple Married by Justice of Peace July 25, 1925

Barbour-Williams

Miss Rossie Williams and Mr. Lenard Barbour, both of Clayton, were quietly married at the home of Justice of the Peace D.T. Lunceford Saturday afternoon about 6 o’clock, Mr. Lunceford officiating.

From page 4 of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday, July 28, 1925

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Branson Wants Money to Teach White Illiterates to Read, July 27, 1925

Illiteracy Is Still Problem. . . Dr. E.C. Branson Addressing Welfare Workers Pleads for Aid Among State’s White Illiterates

By Lucy Lay

Chapel Hill, July 27—Speaking before the members of the Public Welfare Institute recently at the University, Dr. E.C. Branson pleaded earnestly for a reduction of illiteracy in the State.

“We have,” he said, “a great and unrealized problem in our problems of sheer and near illiteracy among the white people of North Carolina; and we must remember that it is first and foremost a problem of the rural districts. Out of 132,000 white illiterates all but 5,000 live in the country. And the white ?? which was the most terrible curse ever laid upon a human being: ‘Let him alone.’ Shut up in the pint cups where they beat their drums, they are robbed of the social, intellectual, ethical and spiritual contacts that are the heritage of the race.”

Dr. Branson advanced the theory that the problem of illiteracy could never be cured by secular effort alone. “It will not,” he said, “be accomplished by work which can be paid for dollar by dollar. It will not be cured until the rural churches of the State decide to take the matter to their hearts. There is no country problem which can be cured without the country churches.

We have 58 organized religious bodies in North Carolina and the problem of sheer illiteracy has got to be a home mission, into which the churches have got to put the fervor. Sheer illiteracy is one of the difficulties which the Church realizes is crippling its work. A minister once told me that his greatest enemy in his work was the ?? of ignorance.” Near illiteracy, which is the condition which exists when a man can read and write a little, but will not do it, is the twin brother of sheer illiteracy.

Dr. R.R. Reader, noted authority on child care, spoke to the members of the Institute on the importance of motivating the child’s interests in various way. In discussing the care of the child in an institution he stated that the institution could surpass the family training in all ways but one and that was the individual love given to a child in a family. Contacts between the child in an institution and his family should be frequent in order to let growth come in a normal way.

One of the most interesting of the group meetings was held by Miss Emeth Tuttle on the Mother’s Aid Work throughout the State. Under present conditions the State appropriation amounts to $28,500 available to be spent by the counties for helping worthy mothers to raise their own children in their own homes. The counties supplement an amount to that given by the State.

Much enthusiasm has been aroused by the members who represent all sections of the State. Several new County Superintendents of Public Welfare, elected on July 13, were in attendance. They were: W.P. McGhahon, New Hanover; Mrs. John Whitford, Craven; Mrs. Synal Fields, Edgecombe; Mrs. Stella Price, Catawba; James Moore, Wayne; Mrs. D.J. Thurston, Johnston; Rev. Ira Swanman, Polk; and Mrs. Franks, Macon.

Other county Superintendents attending were: Miss Fay Davenport, Gaston; J.B. Hall,Halifax; J.E. Jackson, Granville; W.E. Holland, Iredell; Rev. G.B. Hannaham, Lenoir; M.M. Grey, Mecklenburg; Miss Lucile Eifert, Moore; G.H. Lawrence, Chatham and Orange; Mrs. Anna Lewis of Pasquotank; K.T. Futrell, Pitt; Miss Elizabeth Simpson, Rockingham; D.W. Christenson, Sampson; Z.V. Moss, Stanly; F.H. Wolfe, Union; Mrs. W.B. Waddell, Vance; Mrs. T.W. Bickett, Wake; J.T. Barnes, Wilson; Mrs. B.C. Sterno, Guilford; Miss May Robinson, Anson; D.E. Robinson, Brunswick; A.W. Rymer, Buncombe; J.B. Smith, Cleveland; J.H. Brown, Cabarrus; J.A. Martin, Cumberland; J.W. Dickens, Davidson; A.W. line, Forsyth.

Other members attending included the staff of the State Welfare Board and other welfare workers.

From page 3 of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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Fire Destroys Old Gin House, $500 Loss, July 27, 1925

Old Gin House Burns

Camden, July 27—Fire Sunday night completely destroyed the old gin house of R.B. Stevens of this place. The building houses a Ford automobile and several farming implements, and the estimated loss is $500.

The cause of the fire is not known. However, some believe the building was truck by lightning.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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New Road, Bridge Will Shorten Drive to Currituck, July 27, 1925

For New Road Cut Mileage to Point Harbor. . . Four Mile Link and Bridge Across North River Would Cut 17 Miles Distance to End of Currituck. . . Job Urges Project. . . And All Speakers on Pleasure Day Join Him in Favoring Quickening Communication with Dare

A bold scheme to throw a bridge across North River and, by the construction of a four-mile link between Old Trap road in Camden and the State highway form the courthouse to Point Harbor in Currituck, to shorten by 35 miles the round-trip distance between practically all points below Coinjock and Elizabeth City, suggested by the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce, met hearty and enthusiastic support at the Pleasure Day celebration at Point Harbor Saturday. Immediate steps looking to the mapping out of plans to make provision for financing the project are looked for.

The distance from Elizabeth City to Point Harbor, as the roads run today, is 52 miles and the distance from Point Harbor to Norfolk is but little more than the distance from Point Harbor to Elizabeth City. The proposed bridge and road would cut the distance from Point Harbor to Elizabeth City to 35 miles, without affecting at all the distance between Point Harbor and Norfolk. Equal mileage and a relatively larger proportion of the distance to Elizabeth City would be saved to all points between Point Harbor and Coinjock. For instance, the distance from Elizabeth City to Poplar Branch is 38 miles. The new road would cut this distance to 21 miles, less than an hour’s drive.

This bringing of Elizabeth City into closer and more intimate connection with Lower Currituck, one of its richest trade areas, is naturally what appeals most strongly to the Chamber of Commerce. But hardly less interesting to Currituckians would be the effect of the new highway on the development of a summer resort at Point Harbor; while to residents of Dare County the new road suggests immediately the quickening of communication between that county and Elizabeth City through the establishment of ferries between Point Harbor and points in Dare.

Speaking in favor of the road on Pleasure Day, in addition to Secretary Job, Senator P.H. Williams and J.C.R. Ehringhaus both have the project their unqualified endorsement.

Elizabeth City had a larger share than usual in Pleasure Day exercises at Currituck this year, the Elizabeth City Merchants’ Association providing a handsome silver cup as trophy for the winner in the boat races. This cup this year was won by Clarence Midgett of Manns Harbor, ad will pass into the permanent possession of any contender in the Pleasure Day boat races who wins it for the third time. Second and third, respectively, in the boat race Saturday were Lasidio Twiford of Powells Point and Guy Lennon of Manteo. The local speaker was former Representative Pierce Hampton of Waterlily.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., July 27, 1925

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Sportsmen Claim Currituck Game Laws Unconstitutional, Discriminatory, July 27, 1925

Sportsmen Go After Game Laws of Currituck County. . . Suit Filed in Mecklenburg County Against Game Commissioners of Currituck Charges Game Laws of the County Unconstitutional and Discriminatory

Charlotte, July 27—Tar Heel sportsmen are out to explode the whole structure of North Carolina game laws and let the fragments fall where they will, preferably on the sounds and marshes of Currituck county.

Exasperated to the point of desperation at the swiftly diminishing game supply in the state and Currituck county’s 12-year success in allegedly blocking efforts to same the state’s game, sportsmen Friday fired their first charge of explosives under the game law foundations.

A suit filed in Mecklenburg superior court Friday against the game commissioners of Currituck county charges that the game laws of that county are unconstitutional and discriminatory.

Should it prove that the plaintiffs are right, it would then follow that numerous other county game laws would be in the same class and would likewise fall.

The result would be, the plaintiff sportsmen feel, that the long sought-for state-wide law would at last have half a chance to replenish itself.

Currituck county, duck shooters charge, is dominated by the will of northern millionaires who have erected immense shooting lodges on the expansive sweeps of Currituck county marshes. The wealthy one, they say, have imposed their own regulations on the shooting grounds and the Currituck citizens who are solicitous that o disturbance comes to them. Every effort of the North Carolina sportsmen for a state-wide game law has for 12 years fallen monotonously to defeat, and the sportsmen charge that the Currituck lobby at the legislature has been reliable.

The Currituckians say their county is very poor and would be unable to raise its share of taxes for schools and roads without burdening its citizens, except that it happens to contain a duck shooting ground not excelled in America. The fees they receive from visiting sportsmen, it is claimed for them, enables them to keep up their schools and build roads.

The outside sportsmen say they have no objection to that and would willingly exempt Currituck from the operation of a state law. They complain, however, that Currituck lobbies in the legislature and upsets all plans which the other counties desire.

Tired of continuous defeats, the sportsmen are approaching their problem from a new angle and are willing to reduce the already bewildering complicated mass of county game laws to a mass of junked statutes in order to gain their point.

On one count they charge that the Currituck game revenue laws were passed in the legislature in one day and are not valid because it is required that revenue laws be passed on separate days.

The next count charges that the Currituck laws are unconstitutional by reason of being discriminatory n that they name a nominal fee for Currituck citizens, a season fee of $5 for other residents of North Carolina, and a fee of $77.50 for citizens from other states. The plaintiff are of the opinion that a favorable decision in the courts would force Currituck county to come into line with the other counties of the state and that the state game law would follow.

Dr. A. Wylie Moore is the Charlotte sportsman named as a plaintiff. The other of J.B. Cheshire Jr., Theo G Empire, S.H. Jordan, R.T. Stedman, E.G. Thompson, J.J. Lawson, and W.L. Rankin, each from a different section of state and each representing a strong coterie of supporters of the suit. Cansler and Cansler and Claude A. Cochran of Charlotte represent the sportsmen.

The suit is against B.B. Bell, R.P. Midgett, R.L. Griggs, Pierce Hampton and W.S. Newbern, game commissioners of Currituck county. Ehringhaus and Hall of Elizabeth City represent the defendants. The suit was filed here with the expectation that the defendants will seek to have the case moved into their court district.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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Two-Car Collision Near Moyock, July 27, 1925

Two Badly Injured at Moyock Sunday

Moyock, July 27—Otho Parker of Northwest Virginia was badly injured and a Mr. O’Brian of Norfolk sustained a gash on the head from flying glass when a Ford driven by Ortho Parker of Northwest and Charlie Poyner of Moyock collided with a Buick driven by Clifton Doxey of Norfolk, on the road between Northwest and Moyock near the Virginia line.

Doxey was enroute to Moyock accompanied by O’Bryan and Mrs. Davind Linsey and her three children of Poplar Branch when his car was struck.

The Buick was slightly damaged, and the Ford was completely wrecked.

Poyner was trapped beneath the overturned car, but he and the others, with the exception of O’Bryan and Parker, escaped with minor injuries.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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Storm in Nansemond Fells Trees, Unroofs Houses, Destroys Crops, July 27, 1925

Town of Nansemond Is Swept by Storm

Suffolk, July 27—The fury of a northwest storm filled with rain and hail and twisting wind swept down upon the village of Nansemond, five miles from Suffolk, shortly before 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon, felled trees, unroofed houses, and laid waste to crops on a path 1,000 yards wide and several miles long. The storm was 10 minutes in speeding on its way, but it left tremendous damage in its wake.

A few minutes before the storm struck the little village of Nansemond was bathed in sunshine. In half an hour from the first drop of rain, the sun was shining again, but Nansemond farmers had in that interval lost thousands of dollars in damage to crops, several homes were wrecked, and the road through the village was strewn on either side with uprooted trees and debris.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., July 27, 1925

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Early Sweet Potatoes Going for $12 a Barrel, July 27, 1925

Gets Fancy Prices for Early Sweets

Gregory, July 27—Twelve dollars a barrel was the price at which early sweet potatoes shipped from this place Saturday by H.R. Sawyer, through the local forwarding firm of J.H. Boswood & Son, sold today on Northern Markets, according to wire advices reaching Mr. Sawyer.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., July 27, 1925

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Demand for Soy Bean Harvester Increasing, July 27, 1925

Soy Bean Harvester Concern Will Build

In order to handle substantially increased business, the Scott Sales Company, manufacturers of soy bean harvesters, announces the purchase of property for a harvester plant on the Woodville Highway near the Norfolk Southern station and the leading of its present quarters to a new automobile concern.

This week the Scott company will begin erection of a building with 7,500 feet of floor space to house its soy bean manufacturing plant. F.V. Scott, president of company, declares this year’s output of harvesters will probably double last year’s. Already, at the beginning of the season, he says, he has orders for as many harvesters as he sold in 1924.

From page 4 of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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Turner and Sawyer Opening Jack and Jill Shoppe, July 27, 1925

Jack and Jill Shoppe Something Quite New

T.T. Turner and Roland Sawyer of the firm of T.T. Turner & Company have returned from an extensive buying trip in Northern cities. This company is opening a Jack and Jill Shoppe on the second floor of the main store, featuring a delightful array of wearables for the small boy and his little sister from 2 to 14.

New fixtures are being installed on the second floor which is being remodeled for the Jack and Jill Shoppe. Everything on the ground floor will be for Dad. An announcement in the near future of their opening will be of considerable interest to tots and their parents.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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Braxton Dawson Moved to Coca Cola Bottling at Edenton July 26, 1925

Moves to Edenton

Braxton Dawson, for several years connected the Coca Cola Bottling Works here, left Sunday to assume charge of the Coca Cola plant at Edenton. He is planning to make his home there.

From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., July 27, 1925

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Mary Ann Pritchard, 84, Died July 25, 1925

Mrs. Pritchard Dead

Mrs. Mary Ann Pritchard, widow of the late Arthur Pritchard, died at her home on Body Road near Elizabeth City Saturday night at 10:30 o’clock in her 84th years.

Although she has been a sufferer for many years, she was only confined to her bed for one week when her death came to her relief.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Maria Harris; one granddaughter, Mrs. Amelia Davis; and three great grand children, Adrienne, Carson and Ralph Davis, all of this county.

The funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock, Reverend R.W. Prevost officiating, and interment made in the family burying ground near this city.

From page 6 of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, July 27, 1925

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Jury Convicts Spencer Family of Manslaughter, July 24, 1925

Whole Family Found Guilty. . . Charged with Attacking Man with Shovel

A dispatch from Newton, N.C., says: Tom Spencer and his wife, Myrtle, and their two children, Dallas and Lola, were found guilty of manslaughter by a Catawba county jury here last week. They were convicted of killing Ray Hendrick on the morning of June 7.

The case went to the jury at 11:30 o’clock in the morning and the verdict was returned an hour later.

The killing, which has attracted considerable interest in this section, occurred at the home of the Spencers, in what is known as the Catfish settlement, Catawba county. Evidenced introduced during the trial was to the effect that Hendrick went to the home of the Spencers with a club and was met by the entire family, who were armed with fire shovels and sticks. Dr J.H. Shuford of Hickory, who treated Hendrick, testified that the murdered man received three blows on the head, either of which might have caused death.

The principal witness for the State, Roy Minges, who was alleged to have gone with Hendrick to the Spencer home, was unable to testify which member struck the fatal blow. He did testify, however, that Hedrick was hit after he had been ?? to the floor.

Defense witnesses testified that Hedrick was not hit while on the floor, but they testified, almost to a witness, that he, Hedrick, knocked Tom Spencer to the floor and was ready to pounce on him again when Lola, daughter of Spencer, struck the fatal blow on the side of Hedrick’s head.

The case is considered unique, inasmuch as an entire family was tried and convicted. The Spencers contended that Hedrick was killed in self-defense. It was also brought out during the trial that bad feeling had existed between Hedrick and the Spencers for some time.

From page 6 of The Zebulon Record, Friday, July 24, 1925

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Evangelist Runs Into More Evil than Good, July 24, 1925

Says Inhumanity of Man Little Changed from Biblical Days

A dispatch from Newark, N.J., says: Harry W. Butz, draftsman and itinerant evangelist, who walked from Newark to Cincinnati and return to determine what a penniless Christian way-farer might expect from his fellow man, announced his findings a few days ago, and asserted that man’s inhumanity to man had not changed much from the days of the good Samaritan.

On the trip, which was concluded Thursday, he said he was given a lift by one of every 30 automobiles accosted. He was held up once in every 118 miles, but one-third of the hold-up men gave up their own funds to him when they learned his mission.

Clergymen, church offices, business and professional men and social agencies refused assistance 20 times to the one time such help was accorded. And he was offered six drinks of whiskey to one of coffee.

His itinerary included Philadelphia, Wilmington, Del., Baltimore, Washington, Cumberland, Pittsburg, Wheeling and Dayton, returning by way of Chillicothe and Washington Court House, Ohio, Parkersburg, W. Va., Cumberland, Baltimore and Philadelphia.

Twelve different bootleggers offered him employment, and he met 437 working men who said they were driving to tramping for lack of work.

From the front page of The Zebulon Record, Friday, July 24, 1925

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Based on What Was Stolen, Police Suspect Moonshiners, July 23, 1925

Are Moonshiners Preparing Defense Against Officers?

Lexington Dispatch

Are the moonshiners in some sections of Davidson County preparing to fight back against the drive made by county officers to break up blockading? This question was raised in the minds of some Tuesday morning when it was learned here that the Denton Hardware store had been broken in the night before and four double-barrel shotguns, two Winchester rifles and a considerable quantity of ammunition stolen.

Two empty 100-pound sugar bags were used in the assault upon a rear window that gave the robbers admission to the store, it was reported here, a heavy rock being placed inside these and hurled against the window, smashing through with a minimum amount of noise. The use of sugar sacks may be a clue to the character of the robbers, since nearly all of the moonshiners of this section use large quantities of sugar, bought in 100-pound burlap bags, in their operations.

Three double-barrel Ithaca shotguns, one double-barrel LeFevre shotgun and two Winchester rifles of 22 calibre were taken. A considerable amount of shells and cartridges is also said to have been stolen.

Officers here and throughout this section were notified by telephone and it is hoped to secure evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of the guilty parties.

From the front page of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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James Raymer, 78, Recovering from Car Accident, July 23, 1925

James F. Raymer, 78 Years Old, Injured in an Auto Accident

James F. Raymer, aged 78 years, is at his home on Eastern Heights, suffering from injuries received Monday morning a little after 10 o’clock, when he was struck by an automobile at the Reid R. Morrison place. He had been on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Charles Mott at Mount Mourne, and was walking along the highway returning to his home in this city. J.E. Brown and P.E. Kale came along in a car and had stopped to take Mr. Raymer in. the old gentleman was crossing the road from the left to the right, when a Ford car came up behind him. The horn blew and Mr. Raymer apparently lost his head and stepped in front of the approaching car, although it had been pulled over as far as could be done without getting in a ditch. The Ford car was driven by Mrs. A.E. Love of Near Huntersville, and it was going at a very slow rate of speed.

The car knocked Mr. Raymer on the hood and then he sloughed off and fell to the hard-surfaced road. One wheel of the car apparently passed over his head, causing a laceration across the forehead and a number of bruises. The injuries were quite painful but are not considered very dangerous. Mr. Raymer is terribly sore.

Messrs. Brown and Kale, who were eye-witnesses, say the accident was unavoidable and attaches no blame whatever to Mrs. Love. Mrs. Love was accompanied by her daughter and two sons, all of whom offered whatever assistant they could render.

Mr. Brown brought the injured man to Dr. Taylor’s office, where every attention was given him before he was sent to his home. Wednesday morning Mr. Raymer was resting fairly well.

From page 2 of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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Time with John Weaver Is Well-Spent, July 23, 1925

Greens Creek Farmer Issues String of Very Unique Challenges. . . John Weaver, Well Known Polk County Fiddler, Claims Biggest Trees, Best Collection of Indian Relics, and Issues Defiance to Fiddlers

Our old friend, John Weaver of Greens Creek township, made this office a pleasant call Saturday morning, bringing with him a bouquet of beautiful flowers for which Mrs. Weaver is noted, and which seemed like a nosegay from the Garden of Eden when our own growing things are dried up and pulverized into dust.

John issued a challenge—three of them to be exact—and the columns of the News will be open to all comers to take up his banters. In the first place, Mr. Weaver is known to be one of the best fiddlers in the state, and his rendition of “Arkansas Traveler” with monologue is a rare treat to those who have been fortunate enough to hear him. He challenges any fiddler to a contest in this particular number, fiddler to live east of Bird Mountain, and excludes blind or left-handed fiddlers.

The second challenge is one that should appeal to every lover of primitive nature, particularly to those how feel a deep concern for the rapidly vanishing forests of our mountains. Mr. Weaver’s claim is that he has the greatest variety of the biggest trees covering the smallest area of any man in this section. In this particular woods on Weaver farm are trees which have, in some way, escaped the woodsman’s axe.

The third challenge has to do with an unusually large and rare collection of Indian relics gathered from the mounts and valleys of Greens Creek. These relics are valuable from a collector’s viewpoint, owing to the splendid condition and variety of articles. Mr. Weaver is a man of pleasing personality, and very hospitable, and is always glad to show visitors around the farm and woods, and will be pleased to show his curios to those really interested.

From the front page of The Polk County News, Tryon, N.C., July 23, 1925

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John Flippin Died When Mules Fractured His Skull, July 23, 1925

Trampled by Mules and Fatally Injured

Mount Airy, July 17—John Flippin, a prominent farmer of Stokes county, died in the hospital here Tuesday evening of injuries received when his team ofm ules became frightened Monday as he was putting them in harness and ran away. Mr. Flippin attempted to hold the animals by the bridle and was dragged and trampled by them, suffering a fractured skull and other serious injuries. He was a man in the prime of life, prosperous and happy, the father of three small children. The accident caused much sadness in his community.

From the front page of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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Borel Frontis, 5, Struck by Swinging Brick, July 23, 1925

Borel Frontis Gets Lick on Head

While at play with a number of young companions in the field in rear of his home Monday afternoon, Master Borel Frontis, the 5-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. Shelly Frontis, received a severe though not a serious lick on the back of his head. Some of the children had a brick tied to a long rope or string and were swinging it to and fro over a deep ditch. Borel, unnoticed by the others, walked in the way of the brick, which struck him on the back of the head, cutting a severe gash which required a number of stitches. The young fellow is out at play again and is apparently none the worse for the painful experience.

From page 2 of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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Mrs. Saunders, 75, Died as Result of Stroke July 21, 1925

Mrs. R.M. Saunders Died at Henderson

Mrs. Rufus M. Saunders died at her home at Henderson Tuesday night at 10 o’clock, having suffered a stroke of paralysis several weeks ago from which time she gradually grew worse to the end. Mrs. Saunders was native of Iredell county and lived in this city for many years.

The funeral will take place at Henderson today (Thursday). Surviving are the following children: Mrs. H.S. Dingler of this city; J.P. Saunders of Asheville; Mrs. Lizzie Fleming of Roanoke, Va.; Jay S. Saunders of Rosemary; Mrs. Ozelle Worley; and Mrs. R.H. Craig of Henderson. Two sisters and one brother also survive, the sisters being Mesdames D.U. Bostain and William Ketchie of this city. Mrs. Lula Jones, another sister, died at her home her last Friday. The brother is M.C. Honeycutt of Charlotte. Mrs. Saunders was 75 years of age the 17th of July.

Mr. and Mrs. H.S. Dingler and son Dewey and Mr. J.E. Brown left Wednesday morning for Henderson to attend the funeral.

From page 2 of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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Sidney Morrow, 41, Died of Bright's Disease, July 23, 1925

Sidney O. Morrow Dead

Sidney O. Morrow, aged 41 years, died at his home near Mount Ulla Wednesday morning at 2 o’clock. He had been sick since Monday with Brights’s disease and the announcement of his death came as a great shock to the community.

Mr. Morrow was a hustling farmer and well-known in the community in which he lived. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at Triplett Methodist church by Rev. C.L. McCain, pastor.

Deceased is survived by his widow and seven small children, also three brothers and two sisters, as follows: James, Walter, and George Morrow; Mesdames Lowrance and Robert Freeze.

From page 2 of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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Mrs. Katie Rebecca Mayes, 37, Died July 16, 1925

Mrs. Rebecca Mayes Dead

Mrs. Katie Rebecca Mayes, wife of J.E. Mayes, died at her home several miles north of Mooresville last Thursday, July 16th, after a long illness, suffering a complication of troubles.

Deceased was twice married, her first husband being William G. Evans and to this union there were born seven children, all of whom survive, together with her second husband, Mr. Mayes.

Funeral services were held Friday at 11 o’clock at Vanderburg Methodist church, conducted by Rev. J.H. Price. Deceased was 37 years, 9 months and 24 days old.

From page 5 of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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Mrs. Joannah Lucinda Deweese, 79, Has Died, July 23, 1925

Aged Woman Dies in Cabarrus

Mrs. Joannah Lucinda Deweese, aged 79 years, 11 months and 21 days, died at her home a short distance from Gandersburg in No. 3 township, Cabarrus county, Tuesday morning at 2:30 o’clock. Mrs. Deweese was one of the oldest women of the community and beloved of a large circle of friends. Surviving is one daughter, Miss Martha Deweese. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Gilwood Presbyterian church by Rev. F.A. Barnes, the interment being made in the cemetery at that church.

Mrs. Deweese was known to a large number of Mooresville citizens and had many friends and a few relatives in this community.

From page 5 of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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Eloping Parson Again Deserts Wife, 9 Children, July 23, 1925

Eloping Parson Again Leaves Wife and Nine Children in Indiana

The avowed intention of Rev. Wilson Culp of South Bend, Ind., to bring an end to his career of elopements and devote the rest of his life to his wife and nine children evidently has been cast aside, as he has disappeared again. Mrs. Dorothy Culp, his sister-in-law, of Napanee, Ind., is also missing.

The Rev. Culp and his sister-in-law were last seen July 8, local authorities revealed today. Mrs. Wilson Culp has sworn out a warrant charging her husband with non-support.

Only a few months ago Culp and his sister-in-law eloped to Chicago, finally returning and asking forgiveness. A few years ago, the Rev. Culp eloped with a choir girl while he was pastor of a church near Xenia, Ohio.

From page 5 of The Mooresville Enterprise, July 23, 1925

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KKK's Parade, BBQ, Visit to Church, July 24, 1925

Church Visited by Order of Ku-Klux Klan. . . Rev. Mitchner Presented Letter and Donation. . . Big Parade and Barbecue at Henderson Wednesday Night

On Friday night, July 17th, about 8:45, nine members of the Knights of the Ku-Klux Klan entered the church, about six miles north of Zebulon, and presented Rev. Mr. Mitchner with a letter containing a donation to him and his assistants, stating in the letter how much the Klan appreciated the excellent work and service the pastor and Rev. Mr. Britt had rendered that community.

At the close of the reading Mr. Mitchner announced that the letter was from the Zebulon Klan, in which all Klansmen, who were standing near the pulpit, politely saluted the preacher and departed for parts unknown.

Big Parade and Barbecue at Henderson by Klansmen

It has been reported here at Zebulon that at Henderson, N.C., last Wednesday evening one of the biggest Klan demonstrations in the history of Klansdom was pulled off in that town. Thousands of hooded men were in the parade. Prominent Klansmen from all over the State were present, it was stated.

At the Fair grounds in that town, a great feast of barbecue and Brunswick stew was had.

At 7:30 p.m., a lecture was delivered by a prominent official of the order.

At 8 p.m., the parade took place and every principal street of Henderson was paraded through.

After the parade, the crowd reassembled again the Fair grounds where another lecture or address was delivered by another prominent official of the Klan.

Those that witnesses the parade on the streets of Henderson say that it was one of the biggest affairs ever launched in that section.

From the front page of The Zebulon Record, Friday, July 24, 1925

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