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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME TWENTY_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 30th., 1934 NUMBER TWENTY
Call Strike
Sat Night
More Don’t for our correspond
ents: Do not use the words “de
lightful” and “delicious”. It may
just be an old fashioned custom but
we assume at all parties, etc., the
hostess entertained in a delightful
manner and the refreshments were
delicious. So why use them? If
however, the hostess happened to
be grouchy and mean in manner
and the food is terrible, it would
be “news” to so state. The same
holds good for weddings. In re -
porting all such social occasions,
a simple statement of facts, with
the use of as few superlatives as
possible, is much better for all
concerned.
BUXTON SHEARIN
Mr. and Mrs. Hannibal Shear
in announce the marriage of
their1'daughter Cecil, to Russell
Buxtdn, Jr., on Saturday, Aug
ust the 18th.
Bessie is a little brown bantam
hen, owned jointly by Mrs. W. C.
Hasty and Mrs. Esman Hasty of
1024 Jackson Street, in Rosemary.
Bessie is not much for size, weigh
ing scarcely one pound, but she is
smart. When the other hens were
laying this spring, Bessie would
go on the nest and after sitting
awhile would cackle as loudly as
any of the other hens, but believe
it or not, she has never laid even
one egg- At last she decided she
wanted a family so took her nest
to sit, three eggs being all she
could cover. Her patience was re
warded and Bessie is the proud
and happy mother of three little
baby chicks. Mother and chicks
are doing fine.
Miss Beatrice Cobb, editor of
the Morganton News-Herald and
secretary of the N. C. Press As
sociation, was nominated as
National Committeewoman to
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CALL GOES
OUT THIS
AFT’RNOON
United Textile Work -
ers call cotton mill
members out in Na -
tion Wide Strike.
The cotton textile strike
has been officially called for
11:30 Saturday night by the
United Textile Workers.
The special wire went out
this afternon to all locals of
the U. T. W. from strike
headquarters in Washington,
signed by F. J. Gorman, chair
man of the strike committee
of United Textile Workers.
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BENEFIT
BASEBALL
WED’AY
Young Mens Civic Club and
Kiwanis to meet at Sim
mons Park next week.
The Young Mens Civic Club has
challenged the Kiwanis Club to a
baseball game the proceeds to go
to the fund for buying uniforms
for the High School football team.
The challenge was accepted by
the Kiwanis Club tonight and the
game will be played next Wednes
day afternoon at 3:30 at Simmons
Park.
While the younger club has plen
ty of stars of recent days with
such men as Coach Hoyle, Ted
Speight, Clyde Liske, Bernard Alls
brook, Bill Alligood, Gene Kim -
ball, Willis Matthews, Tom Cheek,
Tom White and the like, they will
meet some real opposition from
the older Kiwanis Club stars when
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Five Attempt Escape
_At Caledonia Today
Louisiana's
‘Dictator'
“Hitler of The Delta” is what
his foes term Senator Huey P.
Long, above, after the bold coup
by which he compelled a docile
Louisiana legislature to push
through 27 bills giving him dic
tatorial powers. Anti-Long
forces are fighting the new laws,
several of which would turn
over to Senator Long control of
the state’s election machinery.
MORE INSURANCE
AGENTS FOR CITY
Mrs. Minnie H. Allen and J. P.
Little, both of Roanoke Rapids,
were among those granted licenses
to sell insurance in the State, hav
ing passed the necessary State ex
aminations.
Included in those passing exams
were five prominent school prin
cipals and superintendents in the
State who are going to try to in
crease their incomes by selling in
surance as a sideline.
SUITS ON
BACK TAX
Foreclosure suits against Hali
fax county property owners for
delinquent taxes due in 1931 and all
previous years will be filed not
later than September 15th, C. S.
Vinson, county audiitor, said this
week.
Mr. Vinson urged all citizens
liable to such suits to pay their
back taxes before the deadline in
order to save both themselves and
the county money as considerable
court costs will be attached to each
proceeding.
Ernest Hux, Guard, Kidnapped And Taken
For Ride; Found Dead In Car After
Prisoners Are Caught Tonight.
Ernest Hux, 30 year old guard at Caledonia State Farm,
is dead as a result of a break for liberty by a gang of grade
B prisoners at the State Farm late this afternoon.
At press time, an autopsy is being performed on the
body of the dfead guard to determine whether a bullet from
his own gun at the hands of the prisoner who stole it from
him caused his death or whether shots fired by other guards
at the fleeing car in their efforts to stop the car killed him.
STRICKEN
ON VISIT
Stricken while on a visit with
relatives in Scotland Neck, Lee
Washington, employee of the
Rosemary Mfg. Co., was rushed
back to the Roanoke Rapids Hos
pital Tuesday for an emergency
operation but died Tuesday after
noon.
He had worked here for several
years and lived in South Rosemary.
Surviving are his wife, one child
and a brother.
Funeral services were yesterday
with interment in the cemetery of
the Deep Creek Primitive Baptist
Church.
REYNOLDS
PASSES
BAR EXAM
Ottis J. Reynolds of Roanoke
Rapids was one of 46 out of 109 ap
plicants to pass the tests and be
issued a license to practice law by
the N. C. Stu„e Bar’s examining
board last week.
Young Reynolds did not attend
college but has spent several
years studying law at nights while
working in the local cotton mills
He will open an office in Roa
noke Rapids.
The bar examination just given
was one of the hardest yet given
and the new board is apparently
tightening up to let only the best in
the profession. Only 42. per cent
passed. Four negro applicants fail
ed to pass while three out of the
four women who took the tests
were successful.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stratton, an
announce the birth of a son, Sun
day, August the 26th.
a single Duiiet entered nis
head at the base of the skulL
The pursuing guards did not
know Hux was in the car
they were trying to stop.
The break took place when
Edgar Shearin, state high -
way employee, drove his car,
a small coupe, up to the
camp this afternoon. He was
on a tour of inspection. Mr.
Shearin removed the keys of
his car and went about his
work. Hux was on guard a
few feet away and was over
powered by two prisoners,
Roy Adams and Luther Pen
ninger. Mr. Shearin, attract
ed by the shouts of the guard
looked up to see Hux batter
ed back. At the same time he
heard a rifle report. The two
prisoners were joined by three
others, John Mclver, Ray -
mond Burch and Ransom
Brooks.
One prisoner covered Shear
in with the rifle and demand
ed the key to the car. The
five then dragged Hux to the
car and drove off. It had not
been determined tonight
whether he was shot at the
time or not.
A guard fired two shots at
the car from his post. Guards
W. W. Cook and I. D. Hinton
gave chase, firing scores of
shots from their pistols. They
finally overtook the car and
the prisoners surrendered.^
Hux was in the car mortal
ly wounded. He was driven
toward the Roanoke Rapids
Hospital by Dr. F. M. Park
er but died before reaching
Weldon.
All five prisoners are in
custody under heavy guard.
There were 17 bullet holes
in the car.
Mr. Hux lived at Tillery and
had been a guard for three
years at Caledonia. He is sur
vived by his wife, mother and
two children.