Madison, March 9—Yesterday Mayor Meador sent George Cardwell, a young white man, on to court under a $250 bond for operating a car while under the influence of whiskey. Cardwell and two friends had been driving around town Sunday afternoon and evening. In the meantime, Oscar Ballin, who lives a few miles from town, had parked his buggy, to which a mule was attached, while he went to Ralph Webster’s to secure some ice for his family, 10 of whom are sick. Cabell Gibson was in the buggy when Cardwell and his companions came up behind. The car Cardwell was driving hit the buggy in the rear, throwing Gibson out and cutting him up to some extent. The buggy landed on the mule, that is what was left of it, and the animal was so badly lacerated that it was necessary to secure a Winston-Salem veterinarian to render the necessary surgical aid. The buggy was demolished. Chief George T. Martin took the three joy riders under his protecting wing and they spent the remainder of the night in the town jail.
Influenza is still raging in this section, and probably never before has there been so much sickness. There are also several cases of pneumonia.
From the front page of The Danbury Reporter, Wednesday, March 10, 1926
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