Godbold seeks missing boy Alton with Riley Driggers in flight
Godbold, a farmer from near Rowland North Carolina, searched Chesterfield Marlboro and parts of North Carolina for his13yearold son Alton Godbold who left home last September with Riley Driggers. The father offered a reward for information on their whereabouts and vowed to pursue them, detailing Driggers and the boy's close bond and troubling behavior including a recent gun purchase.
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Cil Godbold
Rowland
N. G
Alton Godbold
Rile Driggers
Chesterfien County
Marlboro
North Carolina
Driggers
Godbold
Riley Driggers
Alton
Gortbold
Local notes from Clio and nearby towns May 80
Mrs DW Pate returned from Highsmith Hospital to tend her grandson Douglas McLaurin recovering from a serious operation. Mr W D Buxley and Mrs Singelton wed at the Baptist manse. Waysons Dupree moved to a new home on Tyeyst east Clio welcomed as pleasant citizens. The last 1907 cotton crop gathered. farmers plan a large new crop. Joe Straus and Miss Anninus attended Gen DeJongh's funeral in Florence. Theo Weill visiting relatives in Rockingham N. Brick and Porter called for a new store building by L Currie. Ivey Mill Co installed a new gasoline engine to boost meal production and lumber dressing. A. Driggers bought the fate engine from Ivey and started a stew mill east of Cho under Market Side. A former graner and all faces discussed politics and farmers' fate with Smith in mind.
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Clio
DW Pate
Highsmith Hospital
Wednesdy
Douglas McLaurin
Pate
Lena
W D Buxley
Singleton
Baptist
J J Douglas
Waysonx Dupree
Tyey
Smith
Teaching at Ready Greek Spent Weekend in Town
The report notes teaching duties during Saturday and Sunday in town by guests connected to Miss Isabella Cross, Harmony School principal. Miss Cross appears on the sic list, with the school under Miss Berta Quick and music teacher Miss Mary Hamer. Mr Wi Smith was seen in town with friends on Monday.
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Isabella Cross
Harmony School
Miss Cross
Berta Quick
Mary Hamer
Wi Smith
Rosa Galloway
Wisy Bethen
Red Bluit
Mamie Galloway
Inez Chamness
AL Calhoun Jr Store
Marlboro Guards Pass Inspection and Encampment Plans
Marlboro Guards were inspected by Lieut Cabinass for the war department and Adjutant General Brock for the state. The company passed credibly with officers and men congratulated on their display and improvement under Capt McIntyre. They will encamp with the regiment on June 20 for about 10 days, with a public drill and exhibition likely May 5.
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Marlboro Guards
Lieut
Cabinass
War Department
Aant
Brock
Capt
McIntyre
Distant Search Into Lost Boy Case Reaches Marlboro County
In Chesterfield and Marlboro counties a father pursues clues about a missing boy and a man named Driggers who enticed the child away, traveling by buggy through Benettsville and Marlboro without results. The anxious mother joins the search, while local ministers and towns reflect on faith and duty amid the unsettling disappearance.
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Chesterfield County
Marbury
Godbold
Driggers
Tie
Marlboro
Bennettsville
Tanner
Alton Godbold
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Phillips
J L Phillips
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Ular Music
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C W Dudley
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Arato Usana
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