Eight Condemned Men On Death Row At State Prison
Eight condemned men and five guards occupy death row at the state prison in Raleigh with twelve total prisoners. Several scheduled electrocutions loom this summer including Freddie Willey and Wilbur McLeod, both facing the chair unless governors or courts intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State's Prison
Gardner
Freddie Willey
Randolph County
Wilbur McLeod
Lee County
Percy Miller
Bertie County
Pat” White
Windsor
Supreme Court
Miller
Willie and Goliath joke from Sunday school drive
A father's quiz to Little Willie about who killed Goliath ends with a punch line. Willie says he did not know because it was sitting on a back seat and couldn't see. The joke plays on mishearing and childlike ignorance in a church outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Willie
Goliath
Willie
State Prison Singer Casts Off Shackles
Paul Turner a state prison baritone finishing a three year manslaughter sentence left the service and opened a studio in the Carolina hotel Raleigh. His first professional date will be in Atlantic Beach pavilion Morehead City. He has a remarkable voice known as Sonny Boy and has sung on radio before. Turner earned nine months off his sentence for good behavior and may make Victor records in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Paul Turner
Carolina Hotel
Atlantic Beach Pavilion
Morehead City
Hendersonville
Turner
Sonny Boy
N. A. Town
Victor
Notice of Administration for Annie Roberts Estate
Havig qualified as administrator of Annie Roberts alias Annie Roberts Lewis, deceased of Surry County North Carolina. Creditors must present claims to Bank of Mount Airy by June 1 1930 or be barred. Debtors should make payments promptly to Ravens. administrator dated May 29 1929 Bank of Mount Airy administrator of Annie Roberts alias Annie Roberts Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havig
Annie Roberts
Annie Roberts Lewis
Surry County
N. C
Bank of Mount Airy
Brookhart and Hull Attack Tariff Bill
Washington reports that Senator Brookhart and Representative Hull led a Republican independent critique of the house tariff bill. Four senate finance subcommittees planned further hearings while they pressed for inclusion of an export debt plan and argued current rates harm farmers. Wool and sundries and earth, earthenware and glassware schedules faced upcoming testimonies with about 100 witnesses already testifying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brookhart
Towa
Senate
Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
Brokhart
House
Executor's Notice for Jease Hiatt Estate in Surry County
Executors James Monroe Hiatt and William Henry Hiatt notify all claimants against the Jease Lafayette Hiatt estate in Surry County to present claims by May 20, 1930 at Mount Airy North Carolina or be barred from recovery. Debts owed should be paid promptly. Dated May 20 1929. D L Hiatt Attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paring Genset
Jease
Lafayette Hiatt
Surry County
Este
Mount Airy
North Carolina
James Monroe Hiatt
William Henry Hiatt
D. L. Hiatt
Notice of Sale of Land in Fairen Heights Surry County
Public auction in front of Bank of Mount Airy on Monday July 1 1929 at 1 PM to satisfy debt secured by a 1926 deed of trust Harri son Ashburn and Mary Ashburn by Workman s Building and Loan Assn. Describes Lot No 10 Fairen Heights and adjacent parcels with lines to J R Hines A G Bowman A E Smith Rosa Johnson and others. Sale includes principal 3800 plus interest and costs. M H Sparger trustee dated May 30 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Ashburn
Mary Ashburn
Workman's Building and Loan Association
Office of the Register of Deeds
Surry County
N. C
Bank of Mount Airy
Marshall and
Durham Streets
Durham Street
J. R. Hines
Fairen Heights
Mt. Lee
Sley
B. i
Sarah Ash
Durham
A. G. Bowman
A. E. Smith
Rosa Johnson
Marshall Street
Durham and
Marshall Streets
Mary Grace Foy
Robert Ashburn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Randolph
Lloyd Stanley
Craven County
William Lee
Duplin
Redmond Wilson
Pender County
Ernest Fox
Edgecombe County
Rocky Mount
Willis Buckner
Buckner
New Bern
John Freeman
Yadkin County
Clyde Sloan
Dublin County
Buddie Macon
Warren County
W. L. Stevens
Ben Wallace
Guilford County
Otto Wood
Wood
Roy C. Mitchell
Ommercia
W. E. Haymore
Loans—Insurance Johnson Building
Brookhart and Hull
Owa
Farmer
Fender
Frank Norman
Pine Street
John H. Midkiff
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