Sam King, 72, Killed When Walking Along Track, March 24, 1926

Hillsboro Man Killed by Southern Train

Burlington, March 22—Sam King, 72, of Hillsboro met an instant and tragic death near the Graham passenger station when struck by east-bound passenger train 16 at 3:15 Sunday afternoon when he was walking on the track to the station to board it en route home.

The aged man had been visiting a daughter at the King mill, in east Burlington, it is said, and left the home some time before train time to walk to Graham to board it.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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Mrs. Stultz Slashes Her Throat, Now In Hospital, March 24, 1926

Winston Lady Slashes Throat

Winston-Salem, March 22—Mrs. Walter Stultz, who resides on the Rural Hall road several miles north of this city, while in a fit of mental aberration at an early hour this morning, slashed her throat with a butcher knife and is at the Lawrence hospital in this city. She is in a serious condition, but some hope is held out for her recovery.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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Making the South the Nation's Dairy Center, March 24, 1926

Dairying Will Make Prosperity. . . Steps Being Taken to Make the South Nation’s Dairy Center. . . Prosperity for People

Constructive steps “to make the South the nation’s dairy center” are outlines in an article in the Manufacturers Record, indicating that, instead of being an importer of diary products and ice cream, as at present, the South ‘ere long will ship milk and cream and ice cream to other parts of the country. “There is no reason why the South should not supply the North, the East and the Middle West with dairy products and ice cream; there is every reason why it should,” is virtually a summary of opinions expressed by United States Government officials and other authorities on dairying.

On the production end, farmers are to be encouraged to turn to dairying as a profitable, year-round industry; on the line of distribution, great dairy products and ice ream plants are being established from the Mason and Dixon line to the southern tip of Florida to market the Southern farmers’ milk supply. For the consuming public, this means an ample supply of dairy products and ice cream at reasonable prices.

Whether ice cream was introduced in the United States by Nancy Johnson or Dolly Madison, says this article, it was first produced in quantity in Baltimore by John Fussell, before the Civil War, and artificial ice was first made at Apalachicola, Fla. Now the great dairy and ice cream industry is to be restored to the place of prominence in the South which it occupied many years ago. The dairy industry, instituted over 3000 years ago by Abraham, is to be featured in the modern day progressive South.

Some idea of the magnitude of the ice cream end of the dairy business alone is given by the Government figures showing that from 1914 to 1921 it increased from $55,983,000 to $213,262,000, or 281 per cent, compared with 61.3 per cent in lumber. From 1914 to 1923 it increased 363 per cent.

Also, the Department of Agriculture says, the South is handicapped by “a one-crop system which forces many farmers to borrow money,” while the dairy industry will be profitable in itself and will furnish the farmer with ready cash throughout the year.” . . . .

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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William Hart, 62, State Highway Commissioner, Died March 19, 1926

William A. Hart, State Highway Commissioner, Dies Suddenly

Tarboro, N.C., March 19—William A. Hart of Tarboro, state highway commissioner, fell dead in his home here today, while walking from his bedroom to the bath room.

Hart was 62 and was serving his second term as commissioner. He was a candidate for lieutenant-governor in the primary election and had seriously contemplated making the race for the governorship. He was a wealth landowner and farmer.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday, March 24, 1926

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Miss Leone Blackman Still Unconscious After Car Accident, March 23, 1926

Selma Girl Thrown from Car Is Still Unconscious. . . Miss Leone Blackman Received Fractured Skull Sunday When Negro Ran into Car in Which She Was Riding. . . Negro Is in Jail

Selma, March 22—Sunday evening about 7 o’clock as Mr. W.R. Smith and family, accompanied by Miss Leone Blackman, were returning from a drive on highway 22 their car was struck by one driven by Romie Hastings, colored, at the intersection of Raeford and Watson Streets. The impact was so great that Miss Blackman and Master Harold Smith were thrown from the car. Miss Blackman was picked up in an unconscious condition and with a fractured skull. The little boy had only a few cuts and bruises about the face.

Miss Blackman was rushed to her home with Drs. Vick and Person in attendance. A local nurse was called in until Miss Zelda Smith of Raleigh could be summoned. The patient has never regained consciousness and her physicians hold out little hope for her recovery, though a surgeon has been called in consultation from Raleigh.

Miss Blackman is one of Selma’s most popular young women, and the accident has caused a gloom to settle over the entire town. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are prostrated with grief, while no blame whatever is attached to them.

The negro’s car was turned over and completely demolished though he escaped almost unhurt. He is in jail awaiting a hearing.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, March 23, 1926

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Police Will Look after Family of J.H. Wyatt As He Serves Jail Time, March 23, 1926

Fund Is Started for J.H. Wyatt’s Family

Raleigh, March 18—Policemen, brother officers who served with him on the local force, and other friends, have started a fund to provide for the family of Jesse H. Wyatt while he is serving his sentence in the state prison for the killing of Stephen Holt.

The former detective exhausted all his funds in taking care of the medical and hospital bills on account of Mr. Wyatt’s illness, and the family was left without adequate funds for support.

All living expenses and other necessary things will be met by checks from the fund started by the policemen. Different departments of the city government will share in the fund.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, March 23, 1926

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Federal Officers Catch Robert Seapark and L.M. Hamilton Running Whiskey, March 23, 1926

Two Captured by Federal Officers. . . Men Supposed to be Rum Runners Arrested with Whiskey in Car

A rum running automobile and two men were captured at Harrison’s Lake between here and Princeton Friday night by Federal officers. The car was a Buick and it was equipped with a smoke screen. When the car reached Harrison’s Lake the smoke gave out and as it slowed down to round the curve, according to reports, the officers dashed up and arrested the men. A Federal officer from Charlotte and another from Fayetteville had been chasing the car since it left Kinston but on account of the smoke screen had not succeeded in capturing it. Between 75 and 100 gallons of whiskey were found in the car.

The men, Robert Seapark and L.M. Hamilton, were brought here and placed in jail. Yesterday they were carried to Fayetteville to await trial there in Federal court this week. They are thought to be regular rum runners.

From the front page of The Smithfield Herald, Tuesday morning, March 23, 1926

Are you wondering how leaving a trail of smoke could hide a car and keep police from stopping the bootleggers? I was, so I asked AI. Copilot says an oil-burning smoke device didn’t hide the car so much as it hid the road ahead, slowing down the police. The car would carry a small tank of waste oil, crankcase oil or kerosene and route it into the hot exhaust manifold or tailpipe through a valve. When the oil hit the hot metal, it vaporized, producing a huge, think, white or blue cloud. At night, when headlights hit the smoke, it turned into a blinding wall.

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