Convict Succumbs To
Heat At Caledonia
One of the convicts at the Calodo
ria Prison Farm near Tillery fell
prostrate in the field last Wednesday
imd died a few hours late-’, accord
ing to Capt. N. E. Ranes, Warden of
the Prison. The intense heat is
thought to have caused M> deatn.
One mule was lost also but it is
r.ot kn.'.wn wbo:h:u- the cause of his
death v.v.s attri uteri to r'.o heat, ac
cording to reports from the prison
farm.
“The men have not been working
full time this week or last week.”
stated Capt. Ranes. “and will not un
til this hot weather lets up.” he add
ed. The thermometer registered 1)9
degrees at Caledonia the hottest day
of this week.
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FACTS ABOUT HALIFAX
Negro is In Jail On
Chargfe of Stealing
Sugar from Store
With 200 pounds of stolen sugar on
his wagon headed for home, Joseph
Warren, negro, had his journey ab
ruptly broken before he reached the
town limits of Enfield when he was
taught by Robert Kimball and C. W.
Strickland and placed in the hands
of the law to assume rseponsibility
for taking property of the Randolph
Store Co. without Mr. Randolph’s
knowledge. The negro admitted to his
guilt.
The Randolph Store Co. being
dosed Wednesday when an order of
sugar was sent to his store, the dray
man placed the sacks in a storage and
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junk room of the Kimball Ilavdwn’v
building. Mr. Kimball : " r hack >
i hon later noticed that -me »>f the
wgar was missing. With Mr. Str k
1 vnd, he started out looking for the
ti-.'u f. Warren was caught just at the
railroad track with the goods on his
wagon.
The negro was given a hearing be
fore Mayor A. M. Atkinson, and fail
ing to raise bond of $100, was placed
in Halifax County pail.
Robbers Take S75
From Service Station
Making their entry through a win
dow, robbers visited the Shell Gaso
line Station on the edge of Enfield
Wednesday night and unmolested left
the proprietor with about a $75 loss
as a remembrance of their intrusion.
X'o accesories have been missed, nor
were any clues left that would lead
to an arrest.
Crops Made Improve
ment During Past Week
Weather condition the third week
in .July was favorable for the growth
of crops in the Roanoke-Chowan sec
tion. Showers were quite general
throughout this section, but heavier
:n some than in others. As most
crops had been cultivated clean they
got the full benefit of the showers
and the favorable temperature, not
so hot as in many sections of the
country.
The fight on the boll weevil con
| tinued and much good accomplished
j in checking the spread of the weevils.
On some farms where cotton has
J been dusted two and three times it
■s thought the weevil is under control
and cotton is blooming well. Fre
quent cultivations have also destroyed
large numbers fo the little pests.
The corn crop made great improve
ment during the past week. The early
planted has matured.
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Buck Horn Country
Club Is Organized
The Buck Horn Country Club will
soon become a familiar name in and
around Scotland Neck, as this is the
name which has been adopted by a
group of golf enthusiasts who are ra
pidly shaping plans to put a golf
course in playing order.
Those interested in the formation
of a local golf club met last Friday
night and formed a temporary or
ganization. Fifteen men signified their
willingness to become charter mem
bers of a club and work was started
at once on working out the details and
getting a larger membership.
The second meeting of the group I
was held Tuesday night of last week
and a permanent organization was
perfected. Irwin Clark was elected
president of the club and Ashley Bry
and. secretary and treasurer. The
members decided to name the infant
organization the Buck Horn Coun
try Club since it is between Buck
Horn Creek and Chapel Run, two and
one half miles from the pavement in
East Scotland Neck on the Palmyra
road.
The third meeting of the dub was
held last night and it was decided to
allow the first 30 men to join the club
by paying an initiation fee of $25, the
next ten to pay $37.50 and the balance
to pay $50, with date of application
for membership to be considered when
filed with a cash payment for the full
amount with the treasurer. The club
now has about 20 paid-in members
and it is believed that the thirty mark
will be reached before this week is
gone.
clerkTof COURT
AND SUCCESSFUL
OPPONENT CLASH
(By J. ROY BARKER)
W. F. McGlohon. clerk of the Su
perior Court, and Alvah Early, who
defeated the former for the nomina
tion to the Clerk’s office in the pri
mary of June 7th, were the princi
pals in the only Monday “meeting” in
the courthouse at Winton. It was an
off day for the County Boards, and
politics stepp 'd in to create the only
big news of the day. Juhn A. North
rott, County Accountant, who spends
iwo Monday- i:i each month bcnac:
secretary to the c unty boards, act
ed as arbiter on the Monday’s meet
ing.
Mr. McGlohon attempted to strike
or throw his iron or steel clerk’s sea!
at Mr. Early, who was sitting in the
clerk’s office talking to Miss Mary
Wood, assistant to Mr. McGlohon. Mr.
Northcott who was standing between
the two, prevented trouble by grab
bing the upraised arm of Mr. Mc
Glohon. Miss Wood also assisted in
preventing further trouble by step
ping between the two men.
Mr. Early made no attempt to
strike or prolong the argument. He
left the office for that of register of
Deeds.
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Whitehead Taps
Forger On Head
Leslie Willie, Xegro, is in Halifax
jail with a sore spot on his head where
he was tapped by Chief J. F. White
head of Enfield when he tried to es
cape from the law after forging the
name of W. H. Bailey, white man of
Enfield, to a $50 check.
The negro brought the check to the
Bank of Enfield soon after the doors
opened Monday morning and asked
for cash, The bank officials seeing
that the signature was not that of
Mr. Bailey’s told the negro that the
cash had not been taken out and to
come back later. The man left the
bank with the forged check and Chief
Whitehead was told to watch him.
After waiting around town for
awhile the negro entered the Young
Mercantile Co., and called for a suit
of clothes. The size didn’t make any
difference to him, he said, all he want
ed was some clothes. While he was
beiing waited on. Chief Whitehead
stepped in the back door and the ne
gro started to make his departure
through the front entrance.
Arthur Vick and Sam Venson who
knew the check and were aiding the
law, were in the front of the store
f.nd as the negro started out, they
caught him. A tussel ensued, and the
law-breaker was brought to order by
a tap over the head from the billy of
Chief Whitehead.
A hearing before Mayor A. M. At
kinson was held and the negro placed
under a $300 bond. Failing to give
bond, the negro was sent to Halifax
jail to await the next term ©f Super
ior court.
Car Tears Window
From Moving Train—
Drewery Man Killed
L. X. Setzer, garage man of Drew
Yy died at the Henderson hospital
ii'om injuries received at North Hen
derson on Wednesday night when his
car collided with another and was
thrown into a moving passenger
train.
The window was torn from the train
by the impact, but pone of the pas
sengers were hurt.
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Convicted of stealing lour chickens,
Tom Gray of Nottingham, Eng., was
.“*• U*Hed to leave town f.ji ten years
Miss Ellne Cutriss of Oxford, Eng.,
was awarded a medal for saving a dog
and three puppies at the risk of hex
own life.
ONCE A CUSTOMER
-ALWAYS A FRIEND!
TAYLOR — MATTHEWS
DRUG COMPANY, Inc.
P H O N E 5 8 No. 27
Roanoke Rapids North Carolina
IMPORTANT—This is No. 27 of one of 49 ads like this which will
■ un from Jan. 23 to Dec. 24. The first twenty persons bringing
the 49 ads to our store on Dec. 24, 1930, will receive free, one dol
lar in merchandise. Clip this out and sare it.
Sargon Was Grand
Blessing, She Says
“Bilious headaches and sieges of
vomiting used to nearly run me dis
tracted and I’ve gone for nights at a
MRS. MAMIE L. RUDD
time without a ‘w'v.k* of sleep. My
appetite was poor an.! my stomach
badly disordered. Ten years of these
troubles put me in bed, but Sargon
overcame every ailment I had and no
body knows what a grand blessing it
has been to me. I feel like a new
woman!
“Sargon Pills rid my system of poi
son and gave nature a new start in
keeping my bowels perfectly regulat
ed without the least weakening or up
setting.”—Mrs. Mamie L. Rudd, 48
Muddlemont Ave., West, Asheville.
Taylor-Matthews Drug Co., Roa
r.cke Rapids; Rosemary Drug Co.
Rosemary, Agents—(Adv).
Nathan Levitt, 92, married Mrs.
Lena Chafed, 58, in Cleveland, Ohio,
on the day they metf for the first
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TAYLOR and COLLIER
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES
In order to satisfy the collection of Taxes for the Town of
Roanoke Rapids, I will sell at public auction the property of the
following on Mondav, August 4th, 1930 at 12 o’clock Noon, in front
of the Post Office, Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina.
G. F. GRAY,
Tax Collector.
1927
Mrs. P. J. Bounds, 1 1-3 lots and house on Hamilton Stilpet, No 507
1-:; of 505,- -?
Mrs. N. B. Brown, 2 lots Jefferson Street - 1 7,9~
j. A. Chaloner, 2 lots Jefferson Street - 7,15
0. R. Kmorv. 1 lot Washington Street; 2 lots Jefferson Street - 9.85
Mrs. I. I, T. Emery, 1 lot Roanoke Avenue - 715
E. B. Glover, 2 lots and house Hamilton Street ----- 11.03
I, . Killebrew, 2 lots and house Jefferson JStreec 1.5.05
W. L. Long, 13 lots Hamilton Street; 1G lots Washington Street - 275.17
Mrs. J. T. Pruden, 1 lot and house Jackson Street -- 15.25
B. I). Rabil. 1 lot Roanoke Avenue - -- 7-15
Mrs. A. E. Thompson, 2 lots Jackson Street, 4 lots and 2 houses
Hamilton Street - **4.15
M. R. Wood, 1 lot and house on Jackson Street- 11.75
Roanoke Avenue Development Co., 50 lots Roanoke Ave., 3 1-3 lots
Jackson Street 258.61
Matthews and Norinsky, 15 lots and 6 houses on Jefferson Street- 66.10
1926
Matthews and Norinsky, 13 lots Jefferson Street- 60.70
Wyche and Long 5 3-5 lots on Roanoke Avenue __ -- 40.22
Mrs. Hattie J. Collins, Building on leased lot- 7.65
C. F. Ellis, Roanoke Ave., 5 lots Hamilton St., 8 lots and house
Roanoke Avenue - 10.85
B. D. Rabil, 1 lot Roanoke Avenue- 7**5
J. E. Tickle, 2 lots Washington Street - 10.03
4t-july 31
ONCE is enough...! \
HE ’S paid that bill. His cancel
* ed check proves it. He re
ceipts his own bills as he pays
them. Also he automatically re
cords expenditures, and lets the
bank do his book-keeping. Be
cause of the triple convenience, he
advises.
OPENING A
CHECKING ACCOUNT
S-A-V-E
With Safety at This
B-A-N-K
S-T-A-R-T
Savings Account
T-O-D-A-Y
Roanoke Bank & Trust Co.
THE LEADING BANK IN THIS SECTION
S. T. PEACE, President
J. W. ROSS, Cashier H. H. KING,
Roanoke Rapids Branch Rosemary Branch