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Carolina’s Only TABloid NEWSpaper The Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME TWENTY_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8ht., 1934 NOVEMBER THIRTY UP AND DOWN Oie Avenue WITH THE EDITOR The Kiwanis Club defeated the Young Mens Civic Club at volley ball at the High School gym to night, 4 games out of 5. They have now won at baseball and volleyball, while the Young Men have won at checkers. Hoping to even the count, the losers have challenged Kiwanis to a football game. Warm weather the first of the week brought forth a crop of wild strawbreries. Henry Fitts brought one to the office this week. R. L. Towe, member of . the County Board of Education spoke this morning at High School chap el as part of the program of American Education Week. Spec ial radio programs will be broad ed Friday and Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoon over WPTF at Raleigh and WBT at Char - lotte. Roanoke Rapids children like te go to school. Miss Hearne re ports that yesterday 22 rooms out of 42 had perfect attend LITTLE - KING Mr. and Mrs. Prank King an nounce the marriage of their daughter, Dolly to Raymond Lit tle on Saturday, Novemeber 3rd, '1934. A liquid air demonstration was held at the High School ehapel Wednesday morning by J. S. Sloan who did phenomenal tricks with liquid air at a temperature of 312.3 degrees below zero. Carl W. Hales, registered phar macist, formerly employed by the Rosemary Drug Co. is now the proprietor of a drug store of his own in Seaboard. Mr. and Mrs. Hales moved there this week from Williamston, where they located after leaving here, a few months ago. The time of the American Le gion Armistice Day Service Sun day at the Weldon Methodist Church has been changed from ( Continued on back page) ARRESTS MADE IN VA CASE Richmond, Va., Nov. 7 - With only the phantom-like “Roy Brown” still at large today, state and Prince George police, holding four men, believe that they are on the way toward the solution of last Sunday’s miniature crime wave in the Petersburg-Hopewell sector. Still searching for Brown, sup pose to be an escaped convict from North Carolina, the police have reconstructed the situation as follows: Sunday morning Junius Rid dle and Garland Starke, Newville farmer, driving toward Hope well, picked up a third man who they knew only by sight. After a series of farm visits at which liquor was consumed, the trio was arrested in Colonial Heights for speeding. Riddle now in the Pet ersburg jail on a drunken driving charge, said he climbed peace fully into the police car but that ( Continued on back page) CONVICT KILLED BY TRUCK Whit Anthony of Tillery, work ing as a prisoner on the high way near Arlie, was instantly killed late Tuesday afternoon when struck by a truck, driven by Willie King, 20, of Littleton. King is under a $500. bond awaiting further disposition of the case. He claims that he did not know he hit the man, thus explaining why he did not go back to the place where Anthony lay. Three prisoners working with Anthony say the truck passed a car at the place they were work ing and hit two men at the edge of the road. One was unhurt but Anthony was struck in the back of the head by the body of the truck. The prisoners were trusties and the guard was down the road and did not see the tragedy. All were from the prison camp at Heathsville. Murray Myrick of Littleton is owner of the truck. Normar. Ed wards and Howard Walker were on the truck with King. Founder of Rose’s 5-10 and 25c Stores Above is Paul H. Rose, native of Northampton County, who is the founder, President-Treasurer of Rose’s 5, 10 and 25 cent Stores, largest organization of its kind in the South. Informal opening of the new Rose store at 1005 1009 Roanoke Avenue will be held Friday night. The Roanoke Rapids Store is one of the largest and f'nest of its kind in Eastern Carolina, and has over 5,000 square feet of floor space. DEMOCRATS SWEEP COUNTY AND NATION Julian R. Allsbrook, Democratic nominee for State Senator, led the -county ticket in Tuesday’s election with 2,768 votes while Leonidas Hux, for Clerk,was close behind with 2,766. Judge R. Hunt Parker led the ticket on the State ballot with 2,901 votes while Judge Kerr had 2,838 for Congressman and Stan ley Winborne had 2,815 for Util ities Commissioner against 45 for his Republican opponent, Zimmer man. Roanoke Rapids, on the county ballot, gave the lead to Allsbrook with 1,091 votes, with J. R. Wrenn for Commissioner next with 1,074 votes in the two precincts. On the State ballot, Judge Par ker received 1,220 in Roanoke Rapids and Judge Kerr 1,166. The total vote of the county was Solicitor, Burgwyn 2,671. State Senate, Allsbrook 2,768, Clark 2,675, Long 4. For House of Rep resentatives: Leggett 2,649, Thor ne 2,656. Republicans, Hockaday 36, Reynolds 51. For Sheriff, John son 2,673, Vaughan 1, Lewter 6. For Clerk of Court, Hux 2,766. For Judge Recorder Court, Dan iel 2,673, Sloop 1. For Register of Deeds, Mitchell 2,713. For Coroner, Cooper (Dam.) 2,691, Bar bour (Rep.) 33. For Commissioners: Whittaker 2,643, Warren 2646, Collier 2667, Perry 2602, Wrenn 2733. For Judge 3rd District, Parker 2,901. For Congress, Kerr 2638. For Constable Brinkeyville, ( Turn over ) 8 CITED AREFREED BY COURT The eight mill employees of Roanoke Mills Co., cited for contempt on petition of Dr. T. W. M. Long, when they circulated petitions in an en deavor to break a medical contract they and oth - ers had with the Doctor, were freed this afternoon by Judge Small when the court dissolved the contempt or - der. i ne attorneys tor Dr. Long ad mitted they did not have suffic ient proof to show that the de fendants had knowledge of th« restraining order issued by Judge Frizelle in October, 1932. There upon the court acquited the de fendants and dissolved the show cause proceedings on contempt. The eight defendants were Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Davis, E. L. Hogan, O. F. Ray, Clifton Grant, Tommy Beale, Loftin Rook and Garland Wheeler. They had circulated petitions among signers of Dr. Long’s 1932 contract with the purpose of band ing together to break the contract. More than 200 are said to hava signed the petition. Attorneys for Dr. Long were George C. Green, E. L. Travis, Winfield Crewe and Eric Nor fleet. For the defendants attorn eys were Gay and Midyette of Jackson. WHEEDEN AWARDED CONTRACT The L. Wheeden Co. was aw arded the contract for tha new school building of the Roanoke Rapids graded school district and work will begin next week. The building will be located on Cedar Street between 7th and 8th Streets, the first school building on the West side of the Avenue. The low bid by the Wh eeden Co. was $22,375 with plumb ing to cost $3,950. Total cost of the new building, including lots and architects fee will be $29,644. There are 24 lots in the new school area, in the center of tha block and the site is surrounded ( Continued on back page) ”1.
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