Shelby, April 16—David Philemon, ministerial student of Boiling Springs high school and author of several pamphlets of poems, roamed in a dazed condition from the school early Wednesday morning and was found about day-light near Beam Mill in his night clothes. Squire Sylvanus Gardner and a Mr. Ledford discovered him along the road and noticing his mental condition, brought him to Shelby, where he was placed in the care of Sheriff Logan. Philemon is said to be a junior at the high school and a native of Union County.
About 1 o’clock Wednesday morning he left his room in his night clothes and went to the home of the Boiling Springs pastor, Rev. John Green. After calling Mr. Green to the door he told him that he had received a call as a missionary to the foreign fields and must be on his way. Mr. Green asked him to return to his room and dress, promising to meet him there as soon as he (Green) could dress. When Mr. Green reported at the room, he found that the young student had not returned but had left the community walking.
Neighbors were summoned and hunting parties formed to make a search in every direction. Early in the morning Gus Jolly and Mr. Hamrick reported that they had tracked his bare feet in this direction. Soon after their arrival in town they learned that the dazed student had been located near Beams Mill and brought to Shelby. Officers say he had regained his mental faculties to some extend and that he will be dismissed in a day or so.
From page 5 of the Concord Daily Tribune, April 17, 1926
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In 1926 Boiling Springs High School was a private boarding school run by the Baptist Church, which is why this junior in high school was described as a ministerial student and why the story says he was later "sent home."
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