Fisher drowned in Yeopim Creek on 30th birthday
Edgar Mathews fell from a boat while fishing near Hertford on his 30th birthday and drowned. his body was not recovered. In Zebulon, extraction of a wisdom tooth and affected tonsils caused the death of 21 year old Ercil Stallings at his home. Dr. Mercer Parrott becomes editor of the Department of Hospitals in the Journal Southern Medicine and Surgery published in Charlotte by the Tri-State Medical Society.
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Hertford
N. C
Edgar Mathews
Yeopim Creek
Here
Dtes Zebulon
Ercil Stallings
First Cotton Bale Tops Wayne County, 1931
The first bale of 1931 cotton in Wayne county sold for seven and a quarter cents per pound, a cent above the daily average due to quality. The 500 pound bale came from Well Peacock farm. A 60 gallon steam distillery was captured near Sandy Ridge convict camp by Deputy C. L. Gray and H. Turpin, with much beer destroyed. New Bern aldermen choose government site options for the new post office, offering three potential locations.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Wayne County
High Point
Sandy Ridge
C. L. Gray
H. Turpin
NEW Postoffice
New Bern
Pimple Cause Death in Kinston Woman
Blood poisoning from a facial pimple caused the death of Gladys Wiggins in Kinston North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
N. C
Gladys Wiggins
Still in Fireplace Mocksville Arraignment Plea
N B Brinegar, 74, Fulton township, pleaded guilty on charges of making whiskey with a fireplace stove sized still. He asked for money to pay a mortgage and received a two year suspended sentence. Magistrate Saintsing dismissed a civil suit by Rev C E Ward against Bodenheimer Funeral Home. Ward sought 75 in commissions.
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Mocksville
N. C
N. B. Brinegar
Fulton Township
Winston-Salem
J. E. Saintsing
C. E. Ward
R. S. Bryant
Bodenheimer Funeral Home
Ward
Fountain speaks at labor meeting in Greensboro
Lieut. Gov. R. T. Fountain of Rocky Mount told the Tri-State Boosters Association that labor must be linked to employer prosperity for overall growth. He urged a balanced economic system prioritizing human needs over pure consumption and called for open channels of commerce to ensure proper distribution.
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Greensboro
R. T. Fountain
Rocky Mount
Tri-State Boosters Association
Methodist Protestant Meeting Moves to High Point
Lexington news item says the North Carolina Methodist Protestant annual conference will meet at First Church in High Point instead of State Street church in Lexington. The 1931 conference was set for Lexington but moved because of the inadequate local auditorium, seeking a more spacious venue for sessions.
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Lexington
State Street Church
High Point
North Carolina
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