Newsome sentenced to death for Beulah Tedder slaying
Pittsboro June 11 Larry Newsome, a Black man, was found guilty of first degree murder for slaying Beulah Tedder, a young Wayne County girl. Judge R A Nunn set a Friday July 13 execution date in the electric chair after a second trial. Defense to appeal within 40 days. National guardsmen guarded the courthouse with mounted machine guns amid a tense scene.
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Pittsboro
Larry Newsome
Beulah Tedder
Wayne County
R. A. Nunn
A. C. Ray
Defense
Newsome
State Penitentiary
Raleigh
Supreme Court
H. A. Grady
Wade H. Barber
John Kronegay
Carl Smith
W. ’. Linville
State Hospital For
Goldsboro
Notice of Sale Under Deed of Trust in North Carolina
A. E. Tilley as trustee will sell at the First Nationalist Mount Airy on June 23 1928 at 1 PM land parcels in Franklin Township Surry County North Carolina to satisfy a $600 debt secured by a deed of trust dated October 2 1926 from J C Gatewood to A G Goodson. The sale includes three tracts totaling about 113 acres with detailed descriptions and prior conveyances to Riley Barker and others.
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J. C. Gatewood
A. G. Goodson
First National Ist
Mount Airy
N. C
Surry
North Carolina
Franklin Township
Jerry Barker
Barker
Samuel Galyean
Said Smith
Barkers
Riley Barker
Moses Smith
Register of Deeds
Dobson
Vaughn's Corner
Dan
Sarah Smith
State of
Sec. of
State Office
A. E. Tilley
Local Notes and Social Roundup
Route 2 items report E C Midkiff returning home after three weeks in Martin Memorial hospital. Twin daughters born to Mr and Mrs J W Throckmorton. J C Simmons left for Washington DC. E I Sutphin of Winston Salem visiting family here. Ed Simmons Masten Stanley and Raymond Shelton went to Stuart VA. Jessie Belton and daughter Annie with Mr and Mrs George Ford visited here. Mrs C H Timmons traveling to Perry Point MD to see patient. Mrs Hurley Webb of Pilot Mountain visiting relatives. Maggie Chaney married Herbert Sutphin. they will live with groom’s parents. Charlie Belton family and Jim Hemmings with Essie Hemmings and Ruby Riggs went to Bristol TN for weekend. Flat Rock Sunday school intermediate class met at Miss Hazel Sutphin’s. Frank Simmons joined Raymond Beamer at Standard Service Station. Judson Midkiff broke right arm from a swing. Pete Hicks’ small son improving from pleurisy. Mr and Mrs G Smith and family visited relatives in Winston Salem. Thora Baughn returned home from Martin Memorial hospital.
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J. W. Throckmart
J. C. Simmons
Washington, D. C
E. I. Sutphin
Winston-Salem
Messrs
Ed Simmons
Masten Stanley
Raymond Shelton
Stuart
Jess Belton
Annie
George Ford
Winston- Salem
C. H. Timmons
Perry Point
Marshall Timmons
Pulaski
Hurley Webb
Pilot Mountain
Maggie Chaney
Herbert Sutphin
Charlie Belton
Ada Belton
Jim Hemmings
Essie Hemmings
Ruby Riggs
Bristol
Tenn
Flat Rock
Hazel Sutphin
Frank Simmons
Raymond Beamer
Main
Rockford
Judson Midkiff
Pete Hicks
G. ©. Smith
Winston Salem
Thora Baughn
Martin Memorial Hospital
Lawrences Fiancee Visits Him in Jail
Lawrence's fiancee visited W. Herbert Lawrence in a Durham hospital and after his transfer to the county jail. She returned home near Cooleemee. He is improving after a prior suicide attempt in Chatham county jail and remains weak as his habeas corpus appeal progresses toward the North Carolina Supreme Court in September.
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Durham
W. Herbert Lawrence
Durham County
Cooleemee
Lawrence
Chatham County
Petition for Conditional Pardon in Surry County Case
The undersigned apply to the Governor of North Carolina for a conditional pardon on July 11 1928. Convicted at the February Term 1928 Surry Superior Court of temporary larceny of an automobile. Protests may be sent to the Governor on or before that date. Clyde Alderman E C Bivens Atty. This June 11 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Surry Superior Court
Clyde Alderman
E. C. Bivens
Methodist Women Hold Enthusiastic Central Church Meeting
Local four circles of the Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs. Willie Moore Gentry's home for a quarterly study. More than fifty women attended despite bad weather. a program on medical missions featured Mrs. Calvin Graves. Mrs. Lucy H. Robertson, longtime society president, urged spiritual awakening and global outreach. $900 was pledged for missions. Evening session at Miss Grace Foy's home included Robertson recounting the growth of women's work from early times to today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of Central Methodist Church
Willie Moore Gentry
Circle Three
R. H. Daugherty
Calvin Graves
Robertson
Seasion
Grace Foy
Howard Foy
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Chatham Court
National Guard
E. C. Midkiff
Madam Slater
3Rd & Main Sts
Western Union
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