Beacon Flashes
Mr. E. LUDFORD came home from Jacksonville Saturday night suffering with a painful wound on the head inflicted by an axe. Â It seems that he was walking with the axe on his shoulder, and in some way fell, the axe striking him on the head. Â Dr. S. HASSELL has been rendering medical attention and Mr. LUDFORD is getting better now, though at one time the wound was thought to be of a very serious nature.
Source: Roanoke Beacon, 14 Jan 1898.