65-Foot Whale Washed Up at Nags Head, May 17, 1925

Whale and Warm Weather Arrive at Nags Head, N.C. . . . Populace Hopes Fertilizer Factory Will Relieve Settlement

Nags Head, N.C., May 16—Nags Head, former rendezvous for free booters and smugglers and in winter swept by furious storms, has another problem today which, with the advent of hot summer weather, promised to become acute.

A 65-foot whale, which seafaring men believe mistook a large coastwise steamer for a male rival, is lying on the beach, washed up by the gale of the past week. Its mouth is big enough to hold a small automobile. Two enterprising beach combers were engaged today in cutting out whalebone, and summer residents are hopeful that the effort to dispose of the carcass to a Norfolk fertilizer manufacturer will be successful.

From the front page of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925

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Fines Assessed in Recorder's Court May 16, 1925

30 Days Given Two Defendants. . . Andrew Franklin and Beamon Pickard, Not Being Able to Pay Fines, Get Sentences

Four speeders, two drinkers, an illegal possessor, a dog owner and several others drank of the bitter cup of justice in the Recorder’s court Saturday morning. H.L. Cheek, L.B. Holloway, Harold Hillard and J.E. Green each paid out their fines of $5 and costs for the fun thereof.

A.H. Lee was fined $5 and costs for being drunk.

Andrew Franklin, tried and fined $5 and costs on Friday morning when he plead guilty to being drunk, was back Saturday because he had no money. And now he is going to spend 30 days at the workhouse and work it out.

S.P. Mason Jr. Plead guilty to giving a worthless check and the judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs.

Beamon Pickard plead not guilty to the illegal possession of hair tonic, rum, denatured alcohol, or whatever it was the officers testified he had been drinking and they saw him set aside. The Judge’s verdict was “guilty” and the defendant was fined $5 and costs, which he said he did not have. So he was given a sentence of 30 days in the workhouse instead.

Ed Lee Briggs plead guilty to failing to pay his dog tax and judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs.

Luke Monroe and John Tooten, colored, were given until June 13 to get their water and sewage connections made, as ordered, while in similar cases against R.B. Helman and Ed Bradsher judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost, they having completed their jobs.

From page 3 of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925

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C.J. Cole Guilty of Negligence Resulting in Car Accident, May 17, 1925

C.J. Cole Fined $54.75 by Judge. . . Defendant Is Found Guilty of Negligence Which Resulted in Automobile Wreck

Another one of those automobile wreck cases, wherein the prosecuting and defendant witnesses fail to agree on most of the major and minor details connected with the wreck, was tried before Judge Graham in Recorder’s court Saturday morning. C.J. Cole of Blacknall street, West Durham, was charged with injury to property, N.J. Brandon being the prosecuting witness. Cole was found guilty, and judgment was suspended upon payment of the costs and sum of $54.75 to the use of Thomas Doyle, whose truck Brandon was driving at the time the collision occurred between it and a Ford touring car being driven by the defendant. Counsel for the defense, J.W. Barbee, gave notice of an appeal and bond was fixed at $100.

As to some of the details on which the prosecuting witness and the defendant failed to agree upon, Brandon testified that he was traveling south on Broad street at about 10 miles an hour when Cole came out of C street, driving west, and struck this car while going at a rapid rate. Cole testified that it was the other way around, that is, the truck driven by Brandon hit his car. Cole, however, testified that he failed to stop or blow his horn or slow up very much on entering the street intersection. Under cross examination by W.B. Guthrie, counsel for the prosecution, the defendant stated that he guessed he was going about 30 miles per hour. Other witnesses testified that although Cole was going at an excessive rate, it was very doubtful if he was going that fast.

From page 3 of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925

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R.G. Brice, 55, Killed When His Car Overturns, May 17, 1925

Charlotte, N.C., May 16—R.G. Brice, 55, leading business man of this city, was instantly killed shortly after 9 o’clock tonight when his automobile overturned twice on a sharp curve near Rock Hill, S.C. J.W. Zimmerman and Joe Garibaldi, prominent business men of the city, sustained minor injuries.

From the front page of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925

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Laundry Being Sued for Pollution, May 17, 1925

Water Polluted, Cows Dry Up, Babies Hungry, Laundry Sued

Spartanburg, S.C., May 16—Citizens of Valley Falls, this county, threaten suit against the proprietor of a laundry, the dirty waters of which they claim polluted the pasture branch and caused many cows grazing therein to fall in their milk.

Under the South Carolina code it is unlawful to turn refuse water into a stream with fish, and under this statute the families whose babies are suffering for want of milk threatens to sue Proprietor Brannon of the laundry.

Samples of the water are being analyzed in laboratories preparatory to court action.

From the front page of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925

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Mangum High School Graduating 14, May 17, 1925

School Year Ended Friday in Mangum High School. . . Progressive County School Sends Out 14 in Graduating Class

The Mangum township high school held its commencement graduating exercises Friday evening and sent out its first graduating class since the curriculum of the school was raised to conform with state requirements of a first class high school.

The number of graduates in the class were 14 and next year the senior class will number twice as many. This high school is showing rapid and healthy growth and is an object of pride to the community in which it is located.

From the front page of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925

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Judge Thomas Calvert to Preside at Durham County Criminal Court, May 17, 1925

May Term Criminal Court Will Convene on Monday. . . Judge Thomas H. Calvert of Raleigh Will Preside at Regular Term

The regular May term of Durham county criminal court will convene tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock with Judge Thomas H. Calvert of Raleigh presiding. The session will continue throughout the week at the end of which it is believed that the criminal court docket in this county will be well cleared. At present time the docket is composed mostly of bond cases, the jail having been practically cleared by Judge Henry Grady at the last session of court which ended May 9.

From the front page of The Durham Sun, Sunday morning, May 17, 1925

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