Charles L. Eskridge, State College student and son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Eskridge, received a fracture of the skull Sunday evening when he fell from a car to the pavement on North LaFayette street—and young Eskridge’s entrance in the Shelby hospital increased the fractured skull list to three.
According to information, Eskridge was riding on the rear end of a cutdown “skeeter” driven by James Gardner, son of O. Max Gardner. The car was stopped at the traffic sign between the Baptist church and the Baber home, and when it started the sudden lurch forward threw the youth from his seat, his head striking the pavement. Information from the hospital Monday morning was to the effect that he was doing nicely and that surgeons were encouraged by his condition He was in a semi-conscious state for some time after the accident, it is said.
Other Fractures
Palmer Paxton of Shelby R-6, who has been in the hospital since July 5, with a fractured skull is getting along satisfactorily according to hospital officials. Paxton was struck on the head with a shovel while at work on the highway near Hoppers bridge. Officers since that time have been on the lookout for Mun Childers, who is alleged to have wielded the shovel.
Master Glenn Short of the Shelby mill village is the third patient suffering from a fractured skull. The young fellow fell from a high porch on July 3, fracturing his skull on the impact of striking the ground.
Mrs. Margaret Anderson, said to be of Charlotte, was taken to the hospital about noon Sunday, suffering from bruises as the result of an auto wreck south of Shelby in the vicinity of Zoar church. The car in which she was riding is said to have turned over but further details of the wreck could not be learned. She is not thought to be seriously hurt.
Editor's Note: A "cutdown skeeter" was a modified car, usually a Ford Model T. It was called a skeeter because it buzzed around town.
From the front page of The Cleveland Star, Shelby, N.C., Monday, July 12, 1926
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