Jan. 23, 1923 - THE WESTERN SENTINEL
CLEMMONS:
The Influenza epidemic seems to be subsiding in this section, but a few new cases having been reported for some time.
The many friends of Mrs. S.J. Davis will be sorry to learn that she is sick at her home here.
Master Clint Hart, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Hart, is suffering from an attack of bronchial pneumonia, following influenza
Mr and Mrs. Clyde Barber and children of Taylorsville, and Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Johnson, of the Boyer Bridge section, spent Sunday here, the guests of Mrs.
Barber's mother, Mrs. F.A. Jones and daughter Miss Cora.
W.H. Shannon, head clerk in the Southern Railway office at Greenville, S.C., spent the week-end here as the guest of Mrs. Shannon and mother, Mrs. Bryan
Jarvis.
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Brown and Miss Jennie Mullican, of Winston-Salem, were the guest here Sunday of Mrs. Brown's parents, Mr and Mrs. E.P. Mullican.
Mr and Mrs. B.L. Watkins of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday here as the guests of Mrs. Watkins mother, Mrs. Bryan Jarvis
G.W. Oliver, a progressive colored farmer of this section, has a bad case of blood poisoning on his left hand.
Mrs. W.H. Davis and daughter, Miss Jessie, spent part of last week in Winston-Salem visiting and shopping.
Jan 26, 1923:
HOOSIER STATE MAN LIKES THE SENTINEL
Editor Sentinel:
Through the kindness of my good cousin, Mrs. M.E. (Crowder) Renigar, I have read The Sentinel nearly one year, and to say the least, I deem it a splendid
paper. It interests the people here in "Hoosierdoom" as many of our pioneers came from North Carolina.
My grandfather, Jacob Crowder, father of Nathaniel, Henry, John, Thomas and Whitty A. Crowder (my father) came from North Carolina to Northeastern
Dubois county, Indiana, about the year 1848.
W.A. Crowder, Sr. settled near the present village of Hilliham in 1860 where he spent the remainder of his life and reared to adult age seven boys and four girls.
He died June 6, 1920.
There are many members of the Crowder family here, all descendants of W.A. Crowder, Sr., and relatives of Nathaniel Crowder, deceased, of near Winston-Salem.
We are glad to note the work of the wearers of the "Compass and the Square" and to know tha the "Good Samaritans" are in evidence in your thriving city. The
K.K.K. is just now making its way into our town of French Lick, famous thruout the country for its fine mineral waters. No one seems to fear the klan, but most
people like the attitude of the order, and hopefully await further developments.
Hoping this may find a spare corner in the Sentinel, I remain, W.A. Crowder, Jr., January 19, 1923
Feb 2, 1923 - THE WESTERN SENTINEL:
HENDERSON IS HELD ON BIGAMY CHARGE
Alleged to Have three Wifes Living; In Jail in Default of $1000 Bond
C.A. Henderson, whom it is alleged has three living wives, was tried in the municipal court this morning on the charge of bigamy on a warrant sworn out by wife
number two, who gave her name as Sadie Bumgarner Henderson. She testified that she was married to the defendant in Ashe county in August 1912. Judge
Hartman held that there was a probable cause and bound the defendant over to the March term of superior court. In default of a $1,000 bond, he was remanded to
jail.
The evidence was that the defendant was married a third time to Lillie Belle Smith, of Winston-Salem, in August of last year, and that he is now living with her
here. A local minister testified that he performed the ceremony, and that Henderson told him that his wife had been dead about seven years.
It is understood that the defendant's first marriage was to Ida Moore of Wilkes county in 1906. Suit for divorce from her has been started in Forsyth superior court.
Henderson was arrested in this city several months ago on a warrant from Wilkes county, charging him with bigamy, but because of the fact that witnesses did not
appear against him, the case was thrown out of court.
Feb 2, 1923- THE WESTERN SENTINEL
Mr. and Mrs. Petree Married Fifty Years
Germanton, Dec 28-- Thursday evening Miss Mary Preston Bynum entertained a few intimate friends in honor of her birthday anniversary. The feature of the
veening was the cutting of the large birthday cake, which was decorated with pink candles. Miss Bynum cut the ring; Miss Louisa Powers received the button,
and Miss Fannie Davis, the thimble. Miss Bynum served a dainty two-course dinner to her guest which she had prepared herself.
Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Small and daughters of Gastonia, are spending the holidays with relatives here.
Mrs. J.C. Dearmin and son Claude, of Jacksonville, Fla., are the guests of her sister, Mrs. J.C. Carson
Dr. and Mrs. C.C. Keiger and small daughter of Charlotte, are visiting Mr. and Mrs H. McGee.
Charles Petree of Shanghai, China, and Robert Petree, of South Boston, Va., are guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Petree on route 1, during the
holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Petree, of Germanton, Route 1, celebrated with golden wedding Tuesday, December 2?. Only the children and a few friends were invited.
Several of the children were absent on account of living so far away.
"Boots" Foy and John Kurfees, Jr, students at Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute, Mt. Pleasant, NC are spending the holidays with their parents here.
Miss Louise Powers is quite ill with grippe at her home here.
I.M. Jones, who has been confined to his room for several days on account of the grippe, is better but still unable to leave his room.
Mrs. W.e. Alspaugh, Misses Flora and Nell Alspaugh, of Winston-Salem and Mr and Mrs. R.C. Bradford of Huntersville and F.W. Alspaugh of Atlanta, visited
relatives here Christmas Day.
Master S.M. James, Jr is visiting his grandparents, Mr and Mrs. W.E. Alspaugh, near Winston-Salem.
Jan 2, 1923- THE WESTERN SENTINEL
13 YEAR OLD BOY WITH A BIG GUN TOO MUCH FOR 225 POUND CHIEF OF KERNERSVILLE POLICE
Father of Lad Had Been locked Up and When Chief Refused to Free Him, Boy Went Home, Got Pistol, Waylaid Officer and Getting Drop on Him
Marched Him to Town Jail; Here However, Chief Outwitted the Boy and Tables Were Turned; Boy Released on Parole Today.
The wild and wooly western pictures at the moving picture houses Thursday paled into significance in the quiet village of Kernersville when the populace of that
otherwise quiet community saw their chief of police, Charles Dillard, a giant weighting fully 225 pounds, marching down the street, headed for the town jail, with his
hands pointing heavenward, and ten paces behind him, directing his movements, was a tiny lad with a huge revolver.
While the surprised citizens stared the pair proceeded to the town lockup. But there the tables were turned. Dillard opened the door at the lad's command, but
before the boy could stop him the chief of police had secured his own revolver and the boy, Manuel Kendrick, thirteen years old, was the prisoner.
The whole thing came about like this: W.T. Kendrick, the lad's father, a newcomer to Kernersville, having been reared in the fastneses of henry county, Virginia,
had been arrested during the morning on the charge of imbibing too much of the forbidden fluid. At the time of his arrest and incarceration, the lad was attending a
moving picture, where pictures of the Wild West were being shown. There he saw men of great daring accomplishing great deeds with nothing more than a huge
revolver to aid them.
When the picture was over and he had returned home, he heard of what had befallen his sire. Angered, he approached the chief of police and demanded his
father's freedom. When this was denied he returned to his own home, got out his father's pistol, and started out as a knight of old to rescue his father.
He was almost successful, but he failed and as a consequence he was lodged in his father's cell.
This morning he was tried in the juvenile court in this city. He told the judge that he thought that he had a perfect right to defend his father in any way that it
seemed necessary. The court listened to his story carefully, and then upon the recommendation of the superintendent of public welfare, turned the lad loose,
placing him upon probation, and requiring him to report to the mayor at least once a week.
It will be a long time before Kernersville gets over that spectacle. Just to prove that Kernersville has a sense of humor some wiseacre has inscribed over the door of
the police station in that town, "And a Little Child Shall Lead them."
JAN 9, 1923 - THE WESTERN SENTINEL
DEATH IN LOUISVILLE OF ERNEST F YOUNG
News has been received here of the death in Louisville, KY of Mr. Ernest F. Young, a former resident of this city and at one time captain of the local military
company. Mr. Young was general agent in Kentucky and southern Indiana of the New york Life Insurance Company. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Metta Graham
Young, and an adopted son, Ernest F. Young, Jr., and by two sisters, Miss Leala Young and Mrs. Henry Marsh of Charlotte. Mr. Young was a brother of the
late Major John G. Young. The funeral services will take place in Charlotte Tuesday.