(From The Dunn Dispatch, Jan. 11, 1921)
Monday, January 11, 2021
Jesse Johnson Receives $100, Furniture, Provisions from Friends Following Fire, Jan. 11, 1921
Friends of Jesse M. Johnson, who was a heavy loser from the fire which destroyed the old Godwin place last week, have presented him with a purse of more than $100, a quantity of new furniture and a lot of provisions. P.K. Honeycutt, E.M. Jeffreys, and A.F. Pope performed the committees which presented the presents to Mr. Johnson.
The Enterprise, Williamston, N.C., Jan. 10, 1921
Concrete Bridge Across Black River Nearing Completion, Jan. 11, 1921
The concrete bridge across Black river, midway between Duke and Dunn, which has been in process of construction for some time, is nearing completion. With the completion of the new bridge the Duke-Dunn highway will be a splendid stretch of road. The distance between the two towns is only four miles, and with the completion of the bridge the two towns of Harnett will be seemingly nearer to each other than ever before.
(From The Dunn Dispatch, Jan. 11, 1921)
Italian Boys Write Looking for Farm Work, Jan. 11, 1921
Four Italian boys who are experienced in farm work and who are not satisfied with city life as they find it in New York, have written Secretary Riddle of the Chamber of Commerce in an effort to find jobs on farms around Dunn. They intimate that there are several others who would like to come South and engage in farm work. Italian boys who are able to do farm work are about the best help farmers can get. It may not be a bad idea to get a few of them started this way. Those who care for their help should communicate with Mr. Riddle.
(From The Dunn Dispatch, Jan. 11, 1921)
Dr. J.M. Lee Returns to Sampson County, Jan. 11, 1921
An erstwhile Sampsonian, having been out of the county for 12 years, Dr. J.M. Lee, has come back to make his home and to continue the practice of medicine among his kith and kin in Sampson. Dr. Lee left Sampson a number of years ago and entered Rules Creek academy. From there he went o Wake Forest College for two years and on the Medical College of Virginia to receive his M.D. degree in 1916. At that time Hopewell, Va., was a flourishing city and Dr. Lee began his practice among the ammunition manufacturers soon after his graduation from the Medical College. Since the war, Hopewell has lost its standing on the map and Dr. Lee did the logical and came to the best county in the world to make his home and to dispense the balm of healing to his kinspeople.
Being a Sampsonian, Dr. Lee is no stranger. He is a nephew to Whit Tart and is related more or less to the Lees as well as every other native of the county. Dr. Lee is making his home with Mr. R.D. Vann, near Newton Grove, and confines his practice to the length and bounds of North Carolina and Sampson county and wish the best for him in his work.
(From The Dunn Dispatch, Jan. 11, 1921)
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Hickory Crime Wave Broken, Says Editor, Jan. 10, 1921
There is one wave that we are hearing less about these days—the crime wave—and the courts and public opinion have helped the officers to break it. The Record believes that the courts generally do the right thing, and it is sure judge and jurors in every instance try to reach an honest verdict. Failures are due to the errors which even judges are likely to make. The lawless element will take charge of any community unless the citizens show an interest in their own affairs and it is good to know that the people of the country have been aroused on this one danger.
(From the editorial page of the Hickory Daily Record, Jan. 10, 1921)
Adopted Boys at Oteen Hospital for Veterans Thank Hickory for Remembering Them, Jan. 10, 1921
Boxes of crepe paper and Christmas tree decorations were sent up several days in advance and the boys had a great time decorating their own ward and tree. Besides the box of hand made cakes and candy, which was sent to the ward, each boy received a Christmas stocking stuffed with goodies and an individual present, such as a bath robe, bed room slippers, cap, socks, sweater, hot water bottle, foot warmer, fountain pen, or other useful articles.
Several of them write that their ward was beautiful and that, thanks to the people of Hickory, they had the happiest Christmas that they had ever had away from home.
Another boy wrote to Mrs. K.C. Menzies: Dear Friend: Am in receipt of your kind letter, also receive this fountain pen this morning and words cannot express the appreciation I owe the folks of Hickory and yourself.
My Christmas this year was one of happiness and content and will always linger in my mind the kindness and “home like” feeling that the folks of Hickory and Asheville extend to the comrades who participated in the world war.
Life once more is sweet and precious when one fully realizes the abundance of friends he possesses.
Kindly extend my thanks to your good organization and yourself for the kind and blessed work you have conducted at Oteen the past years.
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(From the Hickory Daily Record, Jan. 10, 1921)
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