Newspapers / Roanoke Rapids herald. / Aug. 23, 1934, edition 1 / Page 1
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Carolina’s Only TABloid NEWSpaper The Roanoke Rapids erald VOLUME TWENTY ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23rd„ 1934_NUMBER NINETEEN CONVICT KILLS WITH FIST AT STATE FARM UP AND DOWN "Ghe Avenue WITH THE EDIYOR It appears that bad weather er may delay opening of the Avenue on the last block be tween 3rd and 4th Streets until next week. The entire Avenue, on the present contract, is now open with the exception of this last block with only a quarter of that left unfinished. The bad place left on the West side of the Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets by installation of the sewer line is being fixed this week with a coat of asphalt. Altho working only three days a week, sidewalks appear almost as by magic in various parts of the city. Completed in the past week were walks on both sides of the street from Charlotte to the Avenue on 4th Street. A perfect net of walks now lead from all directions to the High School. Jackson Street from 4th to the Hospital is next on the progrttm. Well laid plans are for walks to the Avenue centering on schools, churches and the hospital. The buildings occupied by Smith’s Billiard Parlor and the Olympia Cafe are being treated to a new front with a stucco and imitation stone finish. The completed fronts Will be very attractive. The Rose mary Drug Co., next door, is plan ning a new front and entrance and work may start on this next week. Those sending in news items are again requested to write names and initials plainly. Use typewriter whenever possible and check those names. The Herald has a new typesetter who is not familiar with the names and they must be writ ten clearly. Remember when you are writing that m, n, u, v, and w, with an occasional d thrown in can make anything out of a name. To say nothing of trying to decide whether it is an a or (Turn over) NEGRO IS DEAD FROM ASSAULT James Smith, Negro con vict, killed Lonnie Green, Negro convict, with a blow of the fist at the Caledonia State Farm near Scotland Neck late Tuesday afternoon. Three eye witnesses saw three blows passed, one of which was fatal to Green, who died a half hour after the fracas. The first bllow was in the stomach, the second in the face and the third, delivered as Green was falling, landed at the base of the brain. Green was sitting down when the fight started and the first blow passed. He and Smith had words and as Green started up he re - ceived a terrific blow to the stom ach, followed by another to the chin which .sent him toward the ground. The third, and probably the fatal lick, came as he fell and landed at the nape of the neck. Medi cal views and those of the Coron er differ slightly as to which act ually caused death. Some say the stomach blow was sufficient, if Green had been drinking much water. They had all just finished supper and were in the stockade. Others say the blow at the base of the brain could have caused in stant paralysis of the nerves or a cerebral hemorrhage. Smith is 21 years old and is serving a 30 year sentence for sec ond degree burglray. He is being held in solitary awaiting further court action. Green was 22 years old and was serving a 15 year sentence for as sault. He was a Halifax County Negro who lived near Tillery. Smith was sent here from another county. Smith was taken to the States prison at Raleigh yesterday for safe keeping. 1st BAPTIST CHURCH Reverend Gordon L. Price of the First Baptist Church, who has been holding a revival at Jarrats, Va., this week, will be back Sun day to fill his regular pulpit for both morning and evening services. Willing Victim Of Snake Bite T<i-iifflm«mnmaYrT.....ii ..i v inn n ■ To demonstrate the ; ower of religion, the Rev. Albert Teest er, 39, Sylvia, N. C., preacher, let a five-foot rattlesnake sink its fangs twice into his arm, while his congregation looked on. After several pain-wracked days, during which he refused the services of physicians, Teester was able again to speak to his flock, although the swell ing of his arm, as pictured above, had not subsided. PLAYING WITH GUN ONEDEAD Living Man Says They Were Just Tussling Over Gun When It Fired. Clarence Sherrod, “IE year old Negro, was shot an] instantly killed at the home of S^m Purvis r<sr Scotland iNeck last Thurs day and John Draughan is held in jail without bond charged with the killing. The gun was missing when of ficers arrived but turned up later when the person who had it turned it over to Sheriff Johnson. This party said the gun was given to him by Sam Purvis. Purvis and Jack Reynolds were held on a charge of aiding and (Turn over) Edwards Is Fined, Others Get Road Sentences; Appeal All five men in the Jackson Street shooting affray of last September were found guilty by a jury in Superior Court Friday after a trial which lasted all of one day and which went to the jury late Thursday night. Millard EtiKvards, to whose house the other men came, and who admitted going back into his house to get his gun after he says his life was threatened, was fined $100 and half the costs of the court by Judge Small. The charge was assault with a deadly weapon. Gilbert Barber, the leader of the crowd which came to Edward’s house, was found guilty of a charge of assault with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to 18 months in a dis trict road camp. Allen Barber, his brother, was found guilty of the same charge, and was sentenced to 12 months minimum in a dis trict camp. , ... . Morris Blanton and Richard Searce were found guilty of aiding and abetting in an assault with a deadly weapon. Blanton was sentenced to 15 months and Searce to six months in district camp. An appeal to the Supreme Court was noted in all cases. Crow ded courtrooms day and night, with crowds anxiously awaiting the verdict Friday morning, marked it as one of the most bitterly contested trials in the county in several years. BLOODY BUNDLE FOUND IN CREEK Complete mystery surrounds the discovery of a bundle of bloody clothing found in Ray’s Creek near Roanoke Rapids last week. Offi cers have kept quiet hoping to gain some information about the ownership but today no clues had been gaiined. The bloody bundle was fished out of the creek by Jim Taylor who works at the saw mill about three miles from Roanoke Rapids. He noticed a piece of white cloth in the water and retrieved it to find he had a bundle of clothing, covered with blood. The clothes had been weighted down with several rocks, tied to gether with strips of a bloody handkerchief and pushed under the bridge. From this spot the heavy bundje had been washed in to shallow water. Untied, the bundle revealed a bloody undershirt with what ap pears to be a bullet hole in it. There is no laundry mark or other means of identification. Also a pair of striped shorts, which had been cut into small (Tarn over) 7-LEG KITTEN A kitten, with seven legs, was born Tuesday to a cat be longing to Marylyn Wheeler, daughter of D. W. Wheeler, 231 Jefferson Street. There were three fully de - veloped legs on each side of the body, making a total of six, with the seventh, a smaller leg, between the front two. Paws and claws were fully de veloped. The kitten, buried yesterday, was disinterred and will be pre served for a time in alcohol or formaldehyde. The kitten, a little black, ap peared perfectly normal other wise, but died yesterday after living twenty-four hours. As the news spread many citizens viisited the small freak, others arriving too late yesterday af ternoon to see it alive. It was one of a litter of triplets.
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