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.* I I ' ' 11 " . - —.. .. ' ' ■ ■ ■■■—■ ■ ■ ■ ’ 1 .. —- 1 1 . ■ ■ ■ ■— ■ - 6 WOMEN ARE HURT WHEN CARS CRASH AT WELDON BRIDGE Six worn. A were injured, two of them seriously, when two cars wrecked at the hill near the Wel don bridge last Sunday. Miss Lau ra Jett, school toacher of Reedville, Va., was removed from the Roa noke Rapids Hospital Sunday night and taken to Richmond for special treatment for severe head injuries. Mrs. W. E. Maddrey of Roanoke Rapids is in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital with a broken leg. Others injured were Dr. Ruth J. Brown, Heathsville, Va., Mrs. Flo ra Crantz, Reedville, Va., Miss El sie Haney, Reedville, and Miss Ed na Edwards, Edwardville, Va. Dr. Brown and Mrs. Crantz are still in the Roanoke Rapids Hospi tal while Miss Harvey and Miss Edwards were discharged from tV.a hospital Tuesday. The five women from Virginia, three of them teachers in the Reed ville public school, were on their way to Florida for the holidays. Coming down the hill to go on the Weldon bridge, Dr. Brown, who was driving, says her wheels slip ped off the concrete shoulder and when she steered the car back on the concrete it swerved into the other car. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Mad dry of Roanoke Rapids were the only occupants. Mrs. Maddrey suf fered a broken leg but Mr. Mad dry was unhurt. HALIFAX COUNTY MAN IS KILLED AT SKIPPERS, YA. Walter Carter, 56 years old, a native of Halifax County, w4s al most instantly killed in Virginia / Monday night when struck by a car driven by Wick Cagle of Roa noke Rapids. Young Cagle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cagle, with R. G. Floyd, was returning to Roanoke Rapids when the car hit Carter near the series of filling stations at Skippers, Va. Nobody in that section knew who the dead man was and the body was taken to Emporia. After hear ing the facts in the case, the Sher iff of Greenville County released the Roanoke Rapids boy without bond. Filling station attendants said that Carter had been hanging around the filling stations for sev eral days, and that he appeared to be in an unnatural state. Pills of various kinds were found on his person and relatives said he had a habit of leaving home for several days without any apparent reason. From reports, officers gathered that the man had walked or stum bled into the path of the car. Vlr ginia authorities will inquire furth er into the case at Emporia on January 10th. Relatives of the dead man say he left his home near Darlington sev eral days before his death and they did not know where he was. Funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o’clock with inter ment in the family cemetery at Au relian Springs. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cornelia Carter, and three brothers, Andrew, James and Adolphus Carter. The Cagle car was damaged in the crash but the driver is said to have been able to stop the car be fore passing the body of the fallen man. The following announcements have been issued: Mrs. Hattie C. Conner announces the marriage of her daughter, Mary Lucille, to Mr. Plummer Nicholson Clark on Sun day, the twenty-sixth of December, nineteen hundred and thirty-seven at Rich Square Methodist Church, Rich Square, North Carolina. PRIZES FOR FIRST BABY IN 1938 Who will be the first white baby bom in Halifax County in 1938? Several Roanoke Rapids business firms are anxious to know for there are free gifts awaiting that youngster. A double page spread in this is sue gives all the facts of the ) con test and the simple rules covering same. Parents have until noon Tuesday, January 4th, to bring birth certificates to this newspaper office. Business firms co-operating in this unique way of welcoming in the new year are Lynches Jewelry Store, Dr.Pepper Bottling Co., Shell Furniture Co., Brasington Studio, Hodges Jewelry Store, R. I. Starke Grocery, City Barber Shop, Land Brothers Jewelry Store, F. M. Co burn Shoe Store, Rosemary Drug Co., Leggetts Department Store and W. C. Williams. Read each message carefully. You will find some interesting ways of saying Happy New Year on that double page. DIES IN WRECK DEC25tli Claud Kitchin Suits, 24, fatally injured in an automobile wreck Christmas Day near here, died be fore reaching the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Suits and a brother-in law were riding together with the former driving, when their car left the road and hit a stump. Suits was a resident of Norfolk from which point he drove a con voy truck for a motor transport company. His father lives in Em poria. Funeral services were held Sun day with interment at Mt. Vernon Church in Brunswick County, Va. MRS. A. W. WILLIAMS WINNER *150 CASH PRIZE OF MERCH'TS All three cash prizes in the limits of Roanoke Rapids Township had been claimed and paid over by the Merchants Association tonight, ac cording to Miss Lillian Bell Jen kins, secretary. However, none of the three cash prizes, totaling $300, to those living outside the Town ship, had been claimed today. Shoppers living out of town are urged to come in and visit any participating stores where they can get all necessary information. First city prize of $150 in cash was won by Mrs. A. W. Williams, 216 Madison Street. Mrs. Wil liams, a widow, was overjoyed at the announcement she had won. Her son, Horace Williams, has been out of work for several months and the money was needed badly. Mrs. Herman Vincent is a daughter of the winner. Mrs. Williams thought she had looked at all her coupons and had given up. Another was later found around the house. It was the one. Second prize of $100 in cash was won by Mrs. G. L. Tickel of Frank lin Street and third prize of $50 in cash was won by Mrs. J. L. Lang ston Jr., 225 Washington St. HURTAS1*uJS ARe AT A°Ra*N Willis Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Perkins Taylor of Little ton, was slightly injured and Clar ence Browning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Browning, was seriously injured Saturday evening about 8:30 when the plane, in which they were occupants, crashed at Aure lian Springs. They were both taken to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital after the accident, from which Browning was discharged Wednesday. Willis was able to be back at work at The Alston Grocery Co. on Wednes day morning. The plane, according to several witnesses, handled in fine shape when it first took to the air Sat urday afternoon. The cause of the crash is thought to have been caused by an aileron becoming jammed on the right side of the plane and causing the pilot to lose all control. At the time of the crash he was trying to land in the Aurelian Springs school yard and his speed was so great that he overshot it and landed in a field between a store and houpe. His speed was estimated at between 90 and 100 I miles per hour. The plane; struck a power pole and broke all power lines on it. The top wing' struck the pole and sheared it back over the cockpit, pinning Taylor in the plane. Browning was knocked uncon scious by the impact. The parts of the plane are scattered over a large area of ground and had not been removed yesterday. The crash was heard for some distance around and a large crowd quickly assembled. Mrs. Willis Lyles of Louisburg was the first to reach the plane after the crash. There were sev eral others in the store nearby who helped extricate the men. It was said that as soon as the wing was lifted from around Taylor, he help ed himself out, but that Brown ing had to be pulled from the plane. They were very fortunate in escaping with only cuts and bruises. The motor dug a furrow in the ground for 100 yards. The plane was of the Travel-Alre make (X-5) and was several yean old. It is a total loss.
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