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Carolina’s Only TABloid NEWSpaper _Ihe Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME TWENTY_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 26th, 1934 NUMBER FIFTEEN LOCAL OFFICERS TAKE HOMANC SUSPECTS UP AND DOWN ^he Avenue WITH THE EDIVOR Low Bidder Mrs. lone T. Emry was low bidder on bids called by the Postoffice Department on lots for a site for the proposed Fed eral Building for Roanoke Rap ids. The lots are located at Roanoke Avenue and 7th Street, near the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital and adjoining lots on which the proposed City Hall and Fire Dept, may be built. Her bid on the 110 foot frontage requested was $1,300 less than the next low bidder. The Emry bid for the site was $2,200. PROPOSED PHONE LINE The Merchants Association and )Kiwanis Club are trying to aid the community of Aurelian Springs in obtaining a dial system telephone connection with Roanoke Rapids, Weldon and Halifax. A delegation from here and the Springs called on Mr. Porter at Tarboro, vice president of the phone company. If the communities will build a line at an estimated cost of be tween $1,000 and $1,500, the phone company agrees to furnish ser vice at what was considered a very fair rate. It could be given to sub scribers on party lines at a rate of about $1.50 per month, which would retire the indebtedness in less than 5 years, and also take care of maintenance costs. Speaking of the Dog Show to be held in Roanoke Rapdds in September, reminds us of the old saying that “every dog has his day.” Looks like all the dogs are going to have a day. Should be a lot of fun for everybody —except the dogs. Asphalt top has been laid on the Avenue for two blocks from the Junction. One block is now open to traffic and the second block will be open tomorrow. The first of next week will see traf fic traveling to the Citizens Bank comer, while the first of the fol lowing week should see the en tire business section, doing busi ness as usual. Three-way traffic on the new Avenue is a simple matter, while four can squeeze by. We do not, however, recommend the latter course. —TURN OVER— Aurelian Springs Boy Competes Eight contestants, the largest number ever to enter the East ern district essay contest of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association, competed in Tarboro for first place and the right to compete in the State final contest for grand prize of a one year college scholarship. Miss Celeste Spivey, left, was the winner. Others competing, reading left to right, were: Grace Mewborn, Snow Hill; Evelyn Brown, West Edgecombe; Kenneth McIntyre, Red Oak; George Thorne, Aurelian Springs; Adelle Norman, Saratoga School; Hubert Jones, Bethel; and Virgil Sutton, Hertford. The cute little girl in front is Deborah White, of Hertford, whose recitation was an added feature of the contest. The essay contest, now in its seventh year, is in charge of M. G. Mann, secretary-treasurer of the cotton association. Young Thorne, a student at Aurelian Springs High School, won third prize. MAY LOSE EYE FROM INJURIES Car Turns Over At Curve On Hiway Near Here Late Tonight; Three Hurt Three were hurt, one seriously, when a car left the road at the curve just this side of Jim Gurk ins late tonight. Vernon Daughtry, 18-year-old Northampton County boy, may lose the sight of his right eye as a result of severe facial injuries. Andrew Wrenn has a shoulder injury and Ashley Smith, Camp Store boy and driver of the car, suffered minor lacerations. Smith failed to make the turn in time and the car headed off the road and turned over. It had been recently repaired and was stiff and hard to manage, according to the owner. FATHER OF LOCAL MAN John Edward Barnes, 75, father cf David Barnes of Roanoke Rap ids, died at Seaboard Sunday. In terment was there Monday after noon. $70,000 COTTON CHECKS (Special to The HERALD) $70,000 in cotton checks for the cotton farmers of Halifax County arrived last night in the office of the County Agent, according to an authen tic message received after The Herald went to press tonight. All Halifax County farm ers, therefore, will bring their cotton contracts to the office of County Agent Davis and receive their checks, after proper identification. A total of about $90,000 will be received from the gov ernment by Halifax farmers who signed the acreage-cut agreement. Checks for the other $20,000 are expected daily. This newspaper congratu lates Halifax County farmers on their good fortune. That bunch of checks, amounting to approximately $70,000, now reposing in the county seat, should help us all out mater ially. And just remember, the Herald circulation drive lasts two more weeks. Arrest 3 In Pig Car Here Today BULLETIN—Latest news tonight in the Hog Case is that Northampton county farmers identified six of the hogs in Henderson late this afternoon as being from their own pens. The Harrises will be tried Friday morning before Judge Thompson on warrant from Heathsville served by deputy sheriff Gray and Friday afternoon at 2:30 by Mayor Jenkins on a warrant from a Roanoke Rapids man who says he identified one of the pigs as his own. Three men and a boy were arrested here this morning on a charge of wholesale robbery of hogs over a great part of Eastern North Carolina. At the time of the arrest theyf were in a “hog car”, the likes of which has never been seen m these parts before. Those held in Roanoke Rapids jail tonight are L. R. Har ris, Lonnie Harris and Leonard Harris, three brothers, who now live in the mill section of Henderson where part of them work Held also is a 14-year-old boy, Lewis Harris, son of L. K., who was with the party at the time of arrest. rhe three men will be charged with the robbery of as many as 100 hogs at various times during the past several rnAhs in Halifax, Northampton and other Eastern counties. At their home today, police Massey reported a pen of 14 hogs, while neighbors led officers to at least a half dozen other pens in and near the mill village, each the residence of trom six to ten porkers. The officers phoned Mayor Jenkins this afternoon that several of the hogs had died from cholera, while others look ed puny The news was dispatched to all places using hog meat and close exammatmn was made by all barbecuers dur "p? tj1® d.ay- Owners of stands and cafes are making every effort to keep any of the meat from usage and so far as cnnM any di™aid0"ui!1' ROa"°te Raplds stands »ere <3 Another "Bad Man” Bites The Pavement JOHN DILLINGER Notorious killer and jail break er for one short year who was shot and killed Sunday night by agents of Uncle Sam. Dillinger reached for his gun and out with it when cornered near an East Chicago theatre, but two bullets from quick-shooting sleuths end ed his short, stormy career. Officers arresting the alleged hog gang were C. L. Massey, dep uty C. H. Jordan of Northampton, Carl Green, Collins Fitts and Fed eral Collector Jeff Welch. War rants were sworn out by John Parker of Murfreesboro, and J. H. Floyd of Camps Store. A barbecue size animal of about 50 pounds was stolen from these men. As the news of the arrest spread, farmers began reporting thefts over a period of months and some are on their way now to Hender son to try and identify their lost Pigs if same are still on earth. The “hog-car”, as it was named on the Avenue, was parked all day in front of City Barber Shop and was the object of intent scrutiny by hundreds of persons, who held their respective noses and viewed the interior. It was a ’28 or ’29 model Buick sedan, in delapidated condition. The back seat had been pulled forward o make the rear end into a sort of truck body and into this the pork riLW6-e jfChed- How ™ny had ridden m that back seat may never be known but the upholstery was —TURN OVER—
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