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'iw.wn mn mw—KHraa*^ | 31 PER CENT ; | Of Halifax County Population | | || IN THIS TOWNSHIP I * lliHini^ffiiknisims-insuuinSii-snii-asisasiaHsasESteiinssiSinial VOLUME IS. H NUMBER 28. NEGRO ASSAILANT SHOT THREE TIMES . — ___ POSSE OF 200 MAKE CAPTURE Excitement Intense In Triple Cities As Two - Fight For Life J. B. 'Crew. ’Chief of Police t>? Weldon, sod "Erwin {Baddy! Jackson, Negro, whom the chief attempted to arrest Sunday af ternoon,' He lit death’s door ini the "Roanoke "Rapids Hospital to day. Crew was,-conscious this! morning for a'few mnutes and! talked a 'little -about the sWft ;ihg. ' ; *'■ Chidf *Crew-was shot by Jack son and'the Negro, escaping for by a pesse-rff men, led by 'Boun ty and nelty officers, and ahot 'down from a high perch In the cotton wetdinxrm<3f *he Enttem Cotton 'Oil 'Co., - whi "itngi tivetautwHightTOfi , , : The rphliceman wm kftt one ’<iimeibjjr»ih^)tat£rmn fartworiia pistdl^ttbe bill entering writer the rhjWaeye, severing the agtiic nerve of the left eye, jaishs. throagh^the IkWrer pnrvo^^WM braioand jeoming out beEadthe left tsar. Since being brought to the hospital: Mr. Geew has 'lingered between .life and death. Attending physician? ^as sert he has a slim chance to recover, but nothing definite about his con dition etn . be. ascertained for several days. He has been conscious for on ly a few minutes at a time since.tfhe shooting Sunday. Should he recoMer, he will lose .the use of the left ii> e permanently. As yet, he has run jio fever and every care is being taken to prevent,possible complications. The Negro was hit four times. He claims the first shot was inflicted by Chief Crew. Two of the shots passed through the stomach. One struck him in the left aide, coming out on the right side after passing through his. entHU body. Another went in his j right side. A third shot struck him in the back and lodged under the left ’ shoulder blade. The fourth shot hit his shoe, struck .the sole of his right foot and stopped, the ball being re covered from the inside of the shoe. An operation was performed and four holes in .the intestines sewed up. Bis chancer for recovery are better than those of the white man, although bis condition is still serious. He has been conscious most of the time acd bis side of the story toW. There were an many different ver sions of the story, especially of the first part in which the Chief was wounded, that it was most difficult to gain a clear idea ©f just what trans pired. The following details were furnished by officers and persons who saw parts of the action which moved so swiftly late Sunday after noon and threw the entire county in an uproar. Jackson had been having some trou ble with other Negroes near Brown's Tea Room, a colored hangout in South Weldon, near the Eastern Cotton Oil Co .plant and across the street from the Standard Oil Co. tanks. He had been fluorishing a gun, and was re ported to have been drinking. The matter was reported to Chief Crew wh owent to the scene of the action. After looking for Jackson, who had disappeared into a house, he sent for ! deputy sheriff W. C. Mitchell, who was at the South Weldon Drug Co. I The tw oofficers continued a search I for Jackson and found him in the t house. He started out the front door, j gun in hand, but retreated when he ( saw the officers. Crew emptied his gun in the ground to bring the ne gro out. The two started around the house as the Negro ran out the back and was commanded to halt. Instead, he cursed the officers, it is said, and filed. Then Crew fired several times (Continued on Back Page) GH Hit By Hit And Run Drivur IXm In Hospital Gladys Carlyle, daughter of Mr. mi M*%. It, X. Carlyle, eft near Scot tel Kook, flfed fa a TuiWo hospital yesterday from injuries sustained Satarday when she struck by a hit and mm -drhwr. The accident took (place on the Tar boro road about four rniiles from Scot Itmd Neck. The Carlyle girl, with a tetor, Wtt wafting 'along the road when a car, (teun lby;a Negro, atrack 4he ftfl. The sister was sso frightened that she failed to see what kind of car It was or who Vnss (driving and could g;ve the officers no clue except that ltfa«Htiver'wuto<r<litired, Car and driver disappeared without stopping. the injured (git 1 was taken to a has pfcal at Tarboro where she lingered’ for three flays. Coroner Billy Wili «ms w»B edHeid t to ^Scotland Neck yes terday aafii tike ^coroner’s jury return* rd?a vewfcit < of death by being struck by ’* («Br (driven i by an unknown ne gro. Officers are searching for ctea as to tbeiteatfty of the aiaa. Gladys, 117,-mrid her sister vat <eAT the ccmreOte. rlTwo cars paai and the dedfh 'Car iieft the coacpfae, the back call (hitting the girl as tfia flrinwr twkfleflfltlbaek' on the road. A.knp anU log wvr'Wbroken and internal iu^ursns more aattsfoed. cancer; CLINIC COMING At ljr-fcal Hospital "Next Week—Lecture at H. S. Tomorrow Night A three day cancer clime will be held at the Roanoke Rapids Hospi tal October 2ft, CO and 31. The‘hos pital physicians are giving their str vices free to those who come for ex amination for cancer on the above dates. The clinic hours are from 1 p. nV-to 5’p. m. Three phvsicans, experts in the field ■ot cancer have been secured to make addresses in the County. Dr. Shands, of Duke University Medical Staff ap peared in Enfield, October 20 at 8. p. m., and Dr. H. H. Bass, State chair-1 rtctn for the Control of Cancer speaks' m Scotland Neck, Thursday, October 23 sit 3 p. m. ®>r. S. M. Budd of the MdGuire clinic of Richmond will make : an address on the subject in Roanoke i RaptQr. at 8 p. ra* 'October 24, on the third floor of the Junior High School building. Attend these lectures, at least one of them. Read the free lit- j erature *>n cancer, learn the danger j signs of mancer, and if you have a*y of them attend the clinic. Anyone -who has any of the danger signs and symptoms of cancer should ftake advantage of this clntic for the detection of qancer. Thlese danger signs are, external cancer, cancer on (Continued on back page) STATE FARM PRISONER DIES A. C. Saul, 33, prisoner at Caledonia State Farm died last Friday from pncumimia. The body was shipped to his home at Schoolfield, Va., for burial. ! THE WASH IS READY All is in readiness for Hanging Ou'. the Wash, a play to be presented at the High School tomorrow night by the St. Mary's Guild of the Episcopal Church. It is said that timely town topics form a zestful part of the en tertainment. Eight o’clock is the time for starting the laundry work. SPECIAL MUSIC SUNDAY * Special music will be featured at both the morning and evening ser vices of the Roanoke Rapids Baptist Church. The anthem, “One Sweetly Solemn Thought,” will be sung by a specially trained choir at the morn ing service while a special Quartet number is on the evening program Harvey Saunders is directing the singers. The public ia cordially invit jed to all services. PROSPECTIVE Of PROPOSED HOTEL FOR TWIN CITIES The above .is the architeOt** representation of the fifty roona! hotel which will be built at once | at OohwWl Heights, Va., by i. W. Smeot, contractor for the Guaranty Finance Corporation of KichHwnd, Which specializes in financing and building hotels and-pertmetltjtouwtkjTwonth «r hotels of similar design will •be (milt in other Virginia towns this year. Local -citizens, inter ested inn hotel f*r the Twin Ci ties. art planning to open nego tiations with the company, which has ths cash now to build at leant two mere hotels....... On the third floor of this par ticular hotel are, several three room apartments, parlor, bed room, kitchen and bath, with electric refrigerators and other modern conveniences. The en tire hotel, including apartments, will be furnished with Simmons equipment and furniture. 9 ; ■ —.- -s threehwkt in^eeck AT WELjBON HerajffMan In Hospital; Fake Call To Officers Set Fire To Bridge As "an aftermath to the shooting in Weldpn Hte Sunday aftqpiopay'lltree men were injured in an a*to crash, officer* 'guarding the wounded Ne gro at the hospital were lured away by a fake message from Jackson and •the Weldon bridge was set fire by unknown parties. Frank Steber, advertising manager ; for Th eHerald, sustained severe ‘in juries when he was thrown from a car which was smashed irto by an other car soon after the shooting at Weldon. The accident occured a f«w blocks from, the Eastern Cotton 03 Co. Mr. I Steber hail been to the scene of the ! shooting and was return :ng with Mr. ! Floward Bounds of the Bounds Motor j Co. As he started to leave the car, .a Ford sedan smashed in the rear o5' j the Hudson, driven by Mr. Bounds. Mr .Steber was thrown from the car i against a telephone pole and both | knees were sprained. He has 'been in ! the hospital since but will be a&le to I leave in a few days. Ira If. Davis and S. B. Wag-staff of Weldon were ha the Ford, the farmer (driving. The force of the impact shov- i jo j the 'Hudson about 100 feet and j (broke the windshield of the Ford. I * Both mew were cut about the face, j Tley had .been near when Mr. Crew j was shot «mrlier in the evening and I were part of the posse which hunted ( Ifor the Negro. They were hurrying j back to the oil mill when the acci dent took place. Both ..cars were bad !ly damaged. J Fake Call To Officers Soo® after the wounded Negro was f carried to the hospital, ten city and -county officers were stationed at the hospital to prevent further trouble. A 'telephone call came from a man in [Weldon stating that a race riot had j broken out in Jackson and all avail able officers here were needed there. Instead of proceeding to Jacksnn part of the officers remained at the hospital while others went to Weldon to trace the call. They could not find the man wh ©telephoned and return ed to'the hospital. Later, they were | in touch with Northampton officials %rho reported no disorder of any kind. Weldon Bridge Afire A' few minutes after the above epi sode, unknown parties set fire to the Weldon bridge. Driver Davison, bus driver for the Norfolk bus, discover ed the blaze as his bus started over the bridge. The sills beneath the floor were burning merrily. He snatched a fire extinguisher from the car and had the fire out in a few minutes. The bridge was not damaged much. | INFANT DAUGHTER DIES Blary E. Edwards, 19 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Edwards, Jackson Street, died Sun day. Funeral services were held on , Monday by Reverend C.T. Thrift. Twin City Kiw«u» Chib *" ' ■ ' Club Hi tarty anAoi of tfe* local Ki wnai* CMb tmrmfwi to BnfieH Tues day night *f ttrfe w«*k for th» weekly! MMtfeg whkh ttiMfe di* plan of the1 ngakr glranadep raltm meeting here. ' They were gnaetn of the Enfield) Knvaais CMb in ■fcelrgplendid tpotr-) ten ift iftrbnew Mwonic Mldlng. Af taw • epoclal 'harbepke dinaor, the -pro own w»» pad an % the laoal •’KlwadW CWk wider dtae ‘dlmotaea of Kiwanipn M Manning. Club singing was followed by a talk cn Kiwanian principle* fey Hugh Krai toy, secretary of the 'local club, fie stressed regular attendance at 'weekly meetings, a mtRt'ant program and the taking of an active part in all 'dhib activities. Musical numbers were presented by Messrs Buxton and ton, Rosemary Banjo artists. Fua for the occasion was furnished by Howard Psnden and his tap«*rancing bofcdy, croi s questions and crazy answers, and a boxing contest between teams j representing each club, won by the j Enfield Club. The address of welti vne { was by D. llac Johnson of the En- j field Club. j Ten Local Nurses Take Staie Exams Ten nursese who are graduate* of the Roanoke JLapids Hospital Traiin :ing Scfcool are in Rate&h today, to morrow and .Saturday, taking the &tate Board examination for trained nurses. The young ladies left yes terday. Those taking the exams are Misses Edna McCommiis, Blomie Taykir, Martha Daughtreyv .Stella Giles, Mai - \ guerite McDonald. Lucy Hayes ,Nd» lie Williams, Nannie May Wt»od, Effis* Wohdye and Annie May Etturidge. MRS. ANNIE SFE BUTIER Mrs. Annie Sue Butter, 63, dsad Fri day a tthe Hulifax County Sanatori um. She had been ill tfor some time and was moved to the Sanatorium two months ago. Her husfiand, VI. G. Butler, and several children survive. Funeral services were held gatui••day with Reverend J. E. Kirk officiating. WHAT A MAN SAYS Statement -By CHARLES CURTIS Vice President of the United States The American Red Cross is in v position to and does more to relieve those stricken by misfortune than any other organization in the world. Its splendid work has done much to bring a friendly feeling in all parts of the world for the people of our country because they sustain the American Red Cross. This wonderful organization is en titled to the liberal support of our people. Mrs. Birdie Brown of Kinston vis ited here last week. J. W. BAILEY HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY Democratic Candidate to Speak to Twin City Voters .Tosiak, W .’Bailey, Democratic nomi nee for TX. B. Senator, will speak 'here ih the interest r.f the Democratic party and 'his own candidacy oh Wed nesday nifeht, October 29. 'The speak ing will be at tbe High School at eight o’clock. Mr. Failev did not si eak here dur ing the pr.jnarv »vt Halifax Count” and especially tbe two Roanoke Rap ids precincts returned handsome ma jorities for hire over Senator F. M. Siirmf.ns. Voters in Eastern North Carolina are not taking its much interest in the November election as party leaders think they should. While the RepuV, licans are making a strong fight in the Western section of the State, who,? there is a large Republican vote., they ha?.e wisely stayed tmt of. this normally strong Demoirratre ter- ; ritrrry. The result is that there has not beer, any interest and Republicans tac tics to have a'Jight vote in Democratic strongholds is causing no Tittle con cern to Bailey and State Democratic learie s. A meeting *)f the Halifax Crranty Democratic committee was held at Halifax Tuesday of this werk. Every prechivt in the county was represent ed. Messrs A- 'N. Martin, W. F. Joy ner, L, G .Shell and Billy Williams represented tbelx>cal precindts. A series of irrecinct meetings were plarmet in th <nrounty prior to Hr. Bailey’s arrivAL W. T. Clermmts, TM Travis,-Jr., and S. L. Steadman were appointed a committee to map opt r. ispeaking program. At precindt meet ings, local speakers will be used to pep up things in preparation for Hr.. Bailey’s ar rival. Rosemary voters will meet nekt Monday night over W. C. Williams} Furniture Store and Roanoke Rapids voters will bold a precinct meeting in the court room over the Roanoke Bank and Trust Co. AR voters of the two precincts are urged Ho attend one cf these meetings. j MEN OF THE CHURCH Tho Presbyterian Men of the Church w\il meet this Friday night at the church at 8 o’clock. The. sub ject will be “The Christian Home/’ and F. D. Wilson will he in charge of the program. All members are uiged to be pr»sent: and on time, while vis itors at* .* cordially invited. LADIES AID CAKE SALE A" cake sale for the benefit of the Ladies Aid of the First Christian Church will be held Saturday morn ing, October 25. at the store of the Shell Furniture Co., in Rosemary. De licious home made cakes of every kind will be on sale. Miss Evelyn Grant of Garysburg is in the local hospital with diptheria. LOCAL CONTRACTOR TO BUILD HOTELS Dial Phones Ready Final tests have been made on the new dial system installed in the Twin Cities and Weldon by the Carolina Telephone & Tele- ••' f»“»ph Co., and if the proper re port* are made by the home of-..? flee, the new system will be hook ed in for use on next Wednes *»T- ,•'* Local telephone workers are not certain as to the date" hat it will be only a short tittle ;nowrf New directories will be issued at an early date in time for users, to have in handling the new sys- | tern which eliminates the central office, Halloween Party At The Country Club The Womans Club is planning a big Community Halloween party at the Country Club Halloween night from seven to eleven. There will be pro vided by a special committee a re gular program, another committee will have charge of gaipes and amuse ments for children. ^Tables will be placed for those wishing to play bridg eand dancing will also be en-. joyed by those desir$pg same. Lots of Halloween stunts will be.j enjoyed and refreahr.\ nts will be served. j The prices will be 16 cents for chil-; dren, 25c general admission or 35c' for those playing bridge. H1WAYMAN TAKE PANTS FROM MAN Queer Doings Mark A Strange Week Fnd of Shocting and Fights Tragedy and comedy were mixed in peculiar happenings over the past week-end in addition to other events reported in this i; re. A nan was shot in a family -rw at F,'b ny \'a ; ja local man was robbed of everything he had. including his pants; white man and black mixed up on the Ave nue; -and a young race riot ended the Fair late Saturday night. Eddie Connor of Ebony is in the local hospital as a result of a family row Monday night. His uncle and an other Icrasman were fighting and Ed di estepped between them to prevent bloodshed. A gun in his uncle’s hand went off at the same time and Connor received the ball in the stom ach. He is in a serious condition. The uncle was arrested. Loses His Pants Taylor Cole, employee of the Roa noke Mitts Co., returning here Sun day night in his automobile, was held up by two white men near Warren ton They took his watch, money, strip ped his car of motormeter and tools, and then, not satisfied, peeled off Mr. Col(fs pants and hit him a terrific blow over tfoe head. After he recovered from the blow, he borrowed a pair of trousers and (drove on her*, stopping at the hospit al to have a bad gash in his forehead dressed. Mr. Cole had been to see his ■ father who was ill at his home nerr j Warrenton. He could not identify his assailant*. Other Social Events A street fight between a white man and a Negro on Roanoke Avenue Sat urday night was repented. The Ne gro finally knocked the white man j over and fled down the street. It was the only blow he struck. Late Saturday night a riot started at the Fair Grounds when a Negro j ran into a white man. Fists, sticks and bottles flew for a few minutes until officers cleared things up. The Negro was badly battered before res cued. Two cars smashed head on near South Rosemary Monday night. Nei ther were local cars. A white man from. Oxford was treated at the hos pital for cuts. Negroes in the other car were cut and bruised. Both cars were wrecked. J. W. SMOOT ACCEPTS, POSITION Guarantee Finance notinced this week that he was now connected With the Guarantee Financd Corporation, an organisation for or ganising, financing end building ho tels and apartment houses. . . ♦ Main offices of the Company1 are at 707 Mutual Bldg., Richmond, with oth er offices in- Washington and New York. / Mr. Smoot will have charge of ajl building for the Corporation- .The company will start work at once on 1 hotels in Virginia towns and has funds available for the immediate erection of at least three mosd hotels and apartment houses. ' , The first1 combination hotel and apartment house Will be built at Co lonial Height#, dust outside .Peters burg. There nfiU , thirty te forty hotel rooms* with baths on the 'three room apartments on the top first, second and third1 floors, with i story. The ground floor Will house ; the lobby, dining room, kitchen ♦of fices and two shops. All structures built by the company will be fireproof of reinforced con crete and. other fireproof- material. Shumons beds, mattresaep, dra and furniture will be used. The plan for financing, as outlined briefly by Mr. Smoot, was explained on the basis of a fifty room hotel costing complete and furnished $125, 000. A smaller hotel would cost in proportion. Several local men who are interest ed in getting a hotel here have ap proached Mr. Smoot for details of the financing plans of the company and he has stated his intention of get ting other officials of the company here if enough men in the community are really interested. As an example, Mr. Smoot explain ed the following general method used | by his company in financing and .building a $125,000 hotel. Plans: Our plans for building small hotels and cooperative apartments is generally as follows, subject to change Jto suit needs, etc.: I Investment: Site of suitable size to meet requirements, $15,000; fifty 'room, hotel-apartment, reinforced 'concrete, comp’t, $75,000; hotel furni ture and fixtures, (not including din ing rooms), $20,000; Discounts and working capital, a-c, $15,000; estimat ed total, $125,000. Financed; Class “A” bonds, 6 per cent, 15 years, $75,000; class “B” bonds, 6 per cent, 10 years, $25,000; stock of th ecorporation, at par, $25, 000; estimated total, $125,000. Income rent for $2 per day, two to room, allowing 65 days vacancies, $30,000; shops, dining room, and oth er concessions, rent, $5,000; estimated total, $35,000. I Expenses: General operating ex penses, $15,000; interest on class “A*** | and “B” bonds, 0 per cent, $6,000; .average insurance premium, 15 year | endowment, $7,000; Wear-tear-depre ciation a-e, $4,500; available for stock dividends, (10 per cent), $2,500; esti, ' mated total, $35,000. | Insurance: Twenty - five men | subscribe for the stock of the pro posed corporation, and also insure, in dividually, to the extent of $4,000 i each on the 15 year endowment plan, land company pay the premiums. The net results, is as follows: | Twenty-five men at $4,000 insur ance, means, $100,000; Stock subscrib ed, by above men, $25,000; capital, $125,000. Ownership: Allowing the dividends to accrue, $25,000 of this endowment insurance can be cashed in in about 10 years and pay the class “B" mort gages, and in 15 years the remainder mature and pay the remaining class “A’ ’mortgages, and so retire the funded debt and leave the stockholders in possession of the free property, each having invested only the $1,000 against which he will own an equity in the property with a book value of $5,000 per person.
