Short Raleigh court term ends with few trials and lenient sentences
The Raleigh criminal court concluded a brief term with only one jury trial, the murder verdict against Weber Garrett for Henry Giles’s death. Penitentiary terms totaled six years across defendants, while five misdemeanor pleas led to one year in jail plus probation for each defendant.
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Patel
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Weber Garrett
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Leint
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Petit Larceny
Lester VT Colored Meeting Ends With School Closing Plans
The VT A of Lester met April 3 with an open Meeting featuring songs Scripture readings and selections by girls and boys quartets. A report by Mrs. Emmeths Carter and remarks by Prof. J W Haynes followed. Elementary programs run April 18 20 21 at the Baptist church while the High School continues for another month and a play is planned later.
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Battle Ivy
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Hey
W. H. Woodson
Ely
L. B. Smith
Nev
W. R. Woodson
Nelegate
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Cleo Blakey
AM. B. Dixie
Thieves of Love
The
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Wright
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Weekend school program catalogs plays and graduation items
A 1930 school program lists recitations and plays by students including The Forrest of Every Day and The Wee Three Charas, divvied with songs, dialogues, and a graduation on April 20. Notable performers include Lillian Browgh Roberta Bensett, Herbert Van Allen William Dooley, Martin Clench Levi White, with diplomas awarded and hymns sung by the Girls Glee Club.
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W. R. Woortson
Lillian Browgh
Roberta Bensett
Herbert van Allen
William Dooley
Martin Clench
Levi White
Love, betrayal, and tragedy in a northern gold quest
Martin abandons Lillian for gold. she chooses Flerbert the heir. Martin returns, quarrels, and fatally shoots himself in a scuffle, while Lillian marries Herbert. The item notes a Boys Glee Club song, banjo numbers, and a closing Jet Laughter Reign. Local notes list visits, road hopes, sermons, Sunday school banners, and small town comings and goings in Daniels and Beckley areas.
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Lillian
Flerbert
Herbert
Ierbert
Boys Glee Club
J. W. Haynes
Lester
Amigo
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