Mecklenburg County NcArchives News.....J. Walter Potts 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Guy Potts http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004214 January 28, 2008, 8:19 pm Charlotte Daily Observer 1901 2 Aug 1901 A Wonder in Steele Creek Tax Collector W.N. Peoples is prepared to make affidavit to the effect that the 21 year old son and oldest child of J. Walter Potts, of Steele Creek, this county, stands six feet, seven inches high and is strong in proportion to his size. And Mr. Potts' youngest son, who is barely five years old, is a prodigy of strength. Since he first gazed upon the world this young gentleman has been an athlete, and now, in the pride of his five years, he lifts a 50-pound weight in either hand - holds it out on the muscle. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb