Sample Copy
Box Holder
P. O. or R. F. D.
VOLUME TWENTY-IVVU KUAIMUMi KAflUB, IN. t._xntKBUAi, UU1. l, iTOb NUMBER THIRTEEN
STILL ROOM FOR LIVE
WIRE WORKERS IN CITY
AND COUNTY DISTRICTS
There is still plenty of opportunity (and will
be until Saturday night) for some good live-wire
workers to win the automobiles in the Herald Cir
culation Campaign just getting under way. The
two new 1937 model cars, a Pontiac and a Chevro
let, one to be won by a city worker and one to be
won by some person living outside the city, are
awaiting new owners. The surface has not been
scratched. The only mark so far has been in the
main business section of Koanoke Rapids. The
thousands of prospects in the mill villages, in oth
er towns and on the rural routes remain to be cov
ered and signed up. This week is the last week
hundreds of old subscribers will receive their Her
ald until they renew. Also this week, copies are
going to 1,000 additioharjE>eoj?le in this trade terri
tory who will thus become prospects when they see
what they get for their money. 28 pages of local
news, 8 pages of famous comics, 8 pages of special
feature-magazine section, and once a month 12
pages for the farmer and his family in roto
gravure. That is the 1937 model Herald.
Below are listed the names of those nominated
in the HERALD’S Circulation Campaign to date,
and the votes credited on their nomination cou
pons. Because the name is listed below, does not
mean every one is an ACTIVE worker, in fact only
a very few have made a report of subscriptions,
and are Candidates in name only. All not making
a report by Saturday, Oct. 10th, will be dropped
from the list.
There is plenty of room for more workers,
and we expect several to realize what a splendid
opportunity the Herald offers them, and enter dur
ing the next few days.
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
(Winner of District to receive 1937 PONTIAC or CHEVROLET)
Mrs. Scott Lassiter, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Miss Mabel Williams, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Mrs. W. S. Batton, Jr., Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Miss Irene Turner, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Mrs. Ivey Mohorn, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Mrs. Paul Woodruff, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Miss Fannie C. Harris, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Mrs. Loftin Moody, Roanoke Rapids —-5,000
Mrs. T. B. White, Roanoke Rapids-1-5,000
Mrs. T. M. Jenkins, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Ralph Knight, Jr., Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Miss Mabel Fitts, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Mrs. Lewis Johnson, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
Mrs. J. L. Langston, Jr., Roanoke Rapids — 5,000
Mrs. Bertie Cole, Roanoke Rapids-5,000
DISTRICT DUMBER TWO
(Winner of District to receive 1937 PONTIAC or CHEVROLET)
Mrs. Edward D. Hales,iSeaboard-5,000
Miss Martha Hawkins,;rWeldon-5,000
Miss Susie Belle Kee, C umberry-5,000
Miss Lillie Mae Floyd^ |Halif ax-5,000
Mrs. E. K. Veach, Aurvlian Springs-5,000
Miss Allyne Faucette^ R. F. D. Littleton-5,000
Miss Macon Floyd, Camp’s Store-5,000
Miss Ella Parks, Tillery-5,000
Miss Mildred McDaniel, Enfield-5,000
Miss Mammie Stansbury, Airlie-5,000
B. C. Hamlett, Hollister-5,000
W. I. Barnes, R. F. D. Littleton-5,000
Concession
Reported In
Near Murder
* f
It was reported here today that
the four Negroes, captured yester
day, charged with killing another
Negro and robbing the dead man’s
father, have all confessed to the
murder and robbery. The crimes
took place between Roanoke Rap
ids and Emporia on a side' road
near Fountain Creek.
> A posse of North Carolina and
Virginia officers late yesterday
captured four Negroes suspected of
slaying another Negro and wound
ing his father in a country store
holdup near Pleasant Hill, N. C.
The four escaped yesterday morn
ing after robbing Aldas Smith, 60
year-old Negro storekeeper, of $40
and fatally sh^ting h)s 24-year -
old son, Billy.
Lawrence Wyche, nephew of
Smith, was arrested with .Joshua
Graham on railroad tracks near
Pleasant Hill. A short time earlier
police had captured Hilliard Bardin
and Willie Leake, and jailed them
for questioning at Halifax, N. C.
The four were transferred to the
jail at Emporia. Va., after Wyche
reportedly confessed that he shot
his uncle, and charged Bardin fir
ed the bullet which killed the store
keeper’s son. The two victims liv
ed just across the Virginia line.
Police said Wyche went to
Smith’s store about 6 a.m. and
asked him to open it for a pur
chase. When his uncle complied,
Wyche and his three companions
allegedly overpowered him and
took $40 in cash.
one* in vjTizzara, or
Greensville County, Va., and Sher
iff J. C. Stevens, of Northampton
County, led the posse which cap
tured the Negroes.
Wyche, who was a nephew of
Smith’s wife, seemed to be the
ring-leader, according to police. He
had lived on the place for about
two years and the other three as
sailants were strangers.
Smith went into the store with
Wyche and Leake and when he
turned aro' ’.o give them back
change, Leak had him covered
with a pistol. They forced him to
his house and he got away from
them, jumping in the house and
slamming the door. But they fired
at him hitting him in the shoulder
as he fled. The wound is not se
rious.
Bardin and Graham were in the
house at the time and when they
heard the shooting outside, they
killed the younger Smith, who was
asleep. It is thought he jumped
up when he heard the shots and
was shot and killed without ever
knowing what was happening in
the house.
The tour then robbed the store
but could not get their car, stolen
from Quantico, Va., running and
abandoned it and the loot.
The gang separated, Bardin and
Leake coming out of the woods
and catching the Richmond-Rocky
Mount bus. J. Winfield Crewe Sr.,
who was on the bus going to Wel
don, became suspicious and report
ed the matter to the Weldon police
who followed the bus and arrest
ed the two Negroes between Hali
(Continued on Back Page)
Breaks 5 Generation Chain
With the death of Mrs. Betty Inscoe, 9fi, Hali
fax County’s oldest person, who died here last
night, a chain of five generations was broken. In
the picture above Mrs. Inscoe is seated at the left,
her son, D. A. Inscoe, 75, is seated at the right. The
baby is Hattie Pearl Reid, 3, Mrs. Inscoe’s great
great-grandchild. Standing are Mrs. Clyde Inscoe
Reid, 23, her great grandchild and F. L. Inscoe,
Mrs. Inscoe’s grandson. So, when this picture was
taken less than two years ago it represented moth
er, son, grandson, great granddaughter and great
great granddaughter.
There is now another great-great grand
daughter, Patricia Ann Nicholson, 3 months old.
Oldest of the family now living and probably
the oldest living person in Halifax and Warren
C ounties is Charles Riggan, 94 year old brother of
Mrs. Inscoe, who is in Roanoke Rapids today. Mr.
Riggan is hale and hearty at 94, with a twinkle in
his eye as he tells about his dancing days of years
gone by. Two weeks ago, he attended the funeral
of Mr. Sterling Carlisle, who was 92 and the oldest
person in this county.
Mr. Riggan likes to talk about the War Be
tween the States. He was in for four years and
fought from Richmond to Gettysburg. He was
wounded twice, one time when struck by shrapnel
he was reported dead. -\
He said they thought nothing of marching 20
miles in a day and going into battle on the same
day. Last year he attended the Confederate Re
union at Shreveport, La., wants to go back this
year to the Reunion at Jackson, Miss.
f (
15,000 HERALD READERS THIS WEEK
. l . 't.SI ___j