VOLUME TWENTY_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 17th, 1934 NUMBER FIVE
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FATHER-IN-LAW HELD
UP AND DOWN
Xshc Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
This coming Saturday, May
19th, is the LAST DAY to regis
ter in order to vote in the coming
primary elections on June 2nd.
If you are not registered or
have a friend who is not, be
sure to register.
The graduating exercises of the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital Train
ing School will be held next Wed
nesday, May 23rd, at 8 P. M. at
the Junior Senior High School.
All friends of the nurses and
hospital are cordially invited to
attend.
Sunday night, May 20th, Rev.
J. N. Bynum will deliver the bac
calaureate sermon at the Episco
pal church.
A complete list of the 1934
graduating class of the Hospital
training school will be carried in
next weeks’ issue of The Herald.
An important announcement
comes from Miss Lucille Carlon,
returning from her vacation this
week. Typhoid vaccine will be
given at Drs. Weathers and Beck
with’s clinic, in the South
ward, beginning Tuesday, May
22nd. The shots may be taken on
Tuesday and Saturday, the hours
for both days being from 7 to 8
o’clock in the evening. The shots
will be given for a six week per
iod.
The typhoid clinic of Drs. Jar
man and Covington, at Roanoke
Mills, was opened last Saturday.
The vaccine will be given there
on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
from 6 to 7-o’clock P. M.
Coach Tom Cheek will take
his “Independents” to Slagels
Lake, Emporia, Sunday, for the
Virginians opening baseball game.
The tilt will start at 3 o-clock,
and a close game is expected be
tween these two arch rivals.
Mrs. Wade Marks left Wednes
day for New York City to meet
the S. S. “Manhattan,” on which
Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Schmid
will arrive from East Africa.
Mrs. Schmid is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Marks.
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Jess Willard Jr.
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*N' 20, (ttigce), son of the former
Twrld heavyweight champion, npw a
-fresh than; at TJnivemty of CaK
forrua jrojo^ .collie, photographed
es. he tied ,ti 'the1 high bardie event
in h . track . vnteBfc-hera^_
HEARING
ON CITY
ELECTION
Injunction by Traynham to
be heard at Wilson
Tuesday, 22nd.
The. temporary injunction and
restraining order issued by Judge
Small at the demand of Dave L.
Traynham and his attorneys ag
ainst the Mayor and Town Board
of Roanoke Rapids will be heard
before the Judge, at Wilson, N. C.
on next Tuesday to see whether
such injunction and order shall
be made permanent or whether
it shall be dissolved.
A request was made at the
meeting of the Board this Tues
day that the, whole matter be
dropped because of the fact that
Mr. Traynham had lost both in
his own precinct and in the town
at large. This request was made
by Commissioner John C. Smith
on the grounds that it would cost
the city to carry out the orders
of the court.
Commissioner .Frank C. Willi
ams stated that it was an order
to appear and show the court
that the Board was doing its duty
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CRUSHED
TO DEATH
BY TRUCK
Negro Hitch Hiker Hies In
Emergency Room At
Hospital
Moses Cheek, Littleton color
ed man met almost instant death
late Wednesday afternoon, May
16th, when he was run over by
a cotton truck owned by Sam
Robinson, driven by Jack Faul
con, both colored, of Littleton.
Cheek, with three Negro com
panions, James Clark, John Tur
ner Kelly Moaning, who live
near the H. Shearin farm in
South Rosemary were attempting
to “hitch hike” a ride South. The
heavily laden cotton truck, with
its cargo of 25 or 30 bales passed
them near Roanoke Junction
It is said that Cheek hailed or
“thumbed” the driver, and Faul
con the driver, asserts that he
shook his head in thg negative.
In spite of this warning, Cheek
attempted to board the truck,
and in doing so, he was thrown
directly under the. wheels of the
trailer, the wheels literally cru
shing his hip. Cheek suffered a
broken leg, was crushed across
the hip and pelvis bones, and
was bleeding badly. He died a
few minutes after being given
treatment in the emergency room
at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
At a late hour Wednesday night,
Coroner “Billie” Williams said
that owing to the obvious acciden
tal nature of the death he did not
deem a formal inquest necessary.
START TO
WORK ON
BUILDING
Rose Will Occupy New Smith
Building Tn The
South Ward
Actual construction work start
ed in earnest this week on the
new 50xl40-ft. two story build
ing in the “uptown” business sec
tion, which is being built by J.
C. Smith. The building is located
next to Smiths Filling Station.
The building which will be
completed within a few weeks
will have, one store room on the
bottom floor, and 24 rooms up
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Dillinger’s Girl
ST. PAUI» , . Photo showfc
Evelyn Frechette, half-breed,Indian
.sweetheart of outlaw <Jolm DilUnger,
as she was lead into court,to face,*
federal indictment charging she
harbored the notorious criminal.' She!
had pleaded not guilty at an earlier
arraignment;
GROWTH IS
REFLECTED
IN REPORT
Building and Loan Directors
Hear Optimistic
Report
At a regular monthly May
meeting of the board of directors
of the Roanoke Rapids Building
and Loan Association, they lis
tened to a particularly optimistic
report, reflecting on better bus
iness conditions in the. city.
The report was read by R. L.
Manning, secretary of the local
association, and further proved
the benefits of the “new deal”
and its influences on business in
Roanoke Rapids.
The first four months of this
year, just ended, and the same
period in 1933 furnished a most
interesting comparison. For the
first four months of 1933, only
four loans had been made, total
ing only $5,900. and none of these,
loans were for construction pur
poses. In the same period this
year, a total of 23 loans had
been made, totaling $31,300. in
money. Eight of the 23 loans
were for construction, while 15
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KILLLING
CLIMAXES ~
QUARREL
Wife Charges Husband With
Shooting Mrs. Esther
Leitner
Howard Leitner, 48-year old
white man of this city was bound
over to Superior court by a cor
oner’s jury Monday, on a charge
of first-degree murder in connec
tion with the killing of his daugh
ter-in-law, Mrs. Esther Draper
Leitner, at his home, in the Hor
nertown residence section early
Sunday morning. Leitner did not
testify at the inquest, but was
quoted by witnesses as acknow
ledging the shooting of his pretty
daughter-in-law, who is the moth
er of a seven-year-old girl, then
denying it saying he did not know
who shot her.
Mrs. H. G. Leitner, wife of the
accused, on the witness stand, told
of a night of domestic strife in
which her husband accused both
she, and her son’s wife of being
“bad women”.
Mrs. Leitner testified the dead
woman went to the picture show
in Roanoke Rapids with her
daughter, and that when she re
turned home Saturday night, the
elder Mrs. Leitner had a nervous
spell because her husband had a
bused her so. He was drinking,
according to her testimony, and
upon the return of his son’s wife
they had a “row” that lasted un
til about three o’clock Sunday
morning. At that point, she order
ed her husband to leave the house
He remonstrated saying he had
no money to pay board any place
else. Mrs. Leitner offered a
check for $11.10, which she said
was given her by “the law” when
her son, Paul, husband of the
murdered woman, was in trouble.
About daylight Sunday morning
acording to hex testimony, her
husband returned demanding to
know why he had been locked out,
and “what it was all about.” Mrs.
Leitner said she told him of the
night before, and of his accusa
tions as to she and Esther Leit
ner being “bad women.” She call
ed her daughter-in-law to prove
this statement, and as it turned
out, called the girl to her death.
She asked the younger Mrs. Leit
ner to remain in bed with her,
which she did, and apparently
went to sleep.
Her husband returned to the
room, she testified, “with his
eyes looking so glassy they freigh
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