The woods caught fire near the J.H. Carrigan farm on Little Cobcreek last Tuesday, April 20th, but was soon extinguished. Parties were burning off the creek banks when the fire leaped across the road into the woods.
Lewis Kelly, colored, who lives about a mile beyond Wilkesboro on the Moravian Falls road, had his home destroyed by fire. It caught from a defective flue.
Mr. F.C. Forester is building on a lot south of the railroad crossing for gasoline and oil tanks. People can be sure of one thing if they have money—oil and gasoline.
Mr. H.H. Jennings of Mulberry township was in town the other day and stated that he had sown30 acres in grass and clover this spring and intended planting 10 acres in corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix L. Webster of Winston-Salem were in Wilkesboro last Thursday for the funeral of his nephew which was at the Methodist church that afternoon and the burial in the Methodist cemetery south of Cub Creek. His body arrived on the noon train Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Deaton and daughter Ruby and other of their children, of Mooresville, came up last Thursday to the home of Mrs. Deaton’s other, Mrs. J.L. Webster, in Wilkesboro, to attend the funeral of the son, John Webster, of Mr. and Mrs. Effner Webster who was droned recently in the James River near Richmonda, Va., and whose body was found first of last week.
Mrs. John Tevepaugh, who had been ill with flu for some time, returned to her post of duty last week.
The primary grades of the North Wilkesboro school are practicing for their school closing exercises.
Mr. R.A. Kendal of Lenoir was in the city last Monday on his way to Winston-Salem to visit his son.
J.L. Hemphill expects to have his new brick bungalow on Cherry street, Wilkesboro, completed in about one month.
Mr. W.J. Sturdevant of Grayson County, Va., has accepted a position of assistant manager with the Ready Undertakers.
P.L. Lenderman, Wilkesboro tax collector, says the commissioners are pushing him for taxes and he must insist that they be paid at once.
The Beaver Creek township Sunday school convention will be held on the 3rd Sunday in May—May 16th. Attorney F.B. Hendren will speak.
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Henderson went to East Bend last Wednesday to attend the funeral of his uncle, Mr. Sanford Benbow, who died Monday, April 19th.
Rev. W.F. Staley of Winston-Salem preached at the First Baptist church last Sunday. A large crowd attended the services. Mr. Staley was pastor of this church for several years and has many warm friends in the two towns and county.
Dick’s Service Station is the name of the new service station opened by Mr. A.A. Cashion on Tenth street last week. This makes three stations in the Wilkesboro of which Mr. Cashion is general manager. Mr. Cashion expects to put this station on the map by selling Firestone tires, tubes, Texico gasoline, oils and greases, etc.
A large crowd attended the land sale last Saturday. Several lots were sold at reasonable prices. Neither of the J.E. Spainhour residence or the R.A. Spainhour residence was sold nor any of R.A. Spainhour’s property. Eleven lots of the F.G. Holman property on Main street were sold. Mrs. Frank Cranor bought two lots adjoining the Baptist church property on Main street in Wilkesboro. Mr. Patt Williams bought several lots on Cherry at South Railroad.
Willie Ferguson, a blind colored man who lives in East Caro, was knocked down and over run run by an automobile driven by a man named Johnson last Tuesday. One of his legs were broken in three places.
Mr. Johnson J. Hayes brought back his daughter, 4 years of age, from Dr. Davis’ hospital at Statesville where she was operated on for pus on the lung and was in a critical condition Sunday.
Rev. A.T. Pardue was in the two towns Saturday and attended the county Democratic conventions and tied a matrimonial tie.
Rev. J.L. Shinn will preach his final sermon of his pastorate from the Baptist pulpit first Sunday night in May, next Sunday.
From the front page of the North Wilkesboro Hustler, April 28, 1926
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