Drowning of Roanoke Rapids man at Chowan Beach
John Henry Goldsmith 23 a Negro worker from Greenville South Carolina who lived in Roanoke Rapids drowned at Chowan Beach near Winton on Friday July 26. His body found Saturday near the safety ropes in four feet of water after friends noticed his sudden disappearance. He had been employed by the Halifax Paper Company and left no contact with relatives, though his mother may live in Greenville. Funeral services were held Sunday at a colored church near Gaston.
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John Henry Goldsmith
Roanoke Rapids
Greenville
South Carolina
Chowan Beach
Winton
Goldsmith
Halifax Paper Company
S. C
Red Spider Seen Threat to Halifax County Cotton
The county agent reports the red spider is damaging cotton in parts of Halifax County while boll weevils are not yet common. Dry, hot weather favors the pest and oils include dusting sulphur and potassium sulphide spray. A second sulphur application a week after the first is advised to kill newly hatched spiders.
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Halifax
Town Talk highlights of local visitors and travelers
Mrs M C Hassell visits son in Columbia. Many residents spend weeks visiting relatives in Portsmouth, Columbia, Richmond and Norfolk. Guests include Mrs Lettie Armstrong, Jacqueline, Shirley Bright, Mr and Mrs J M Ingram, Miss Elizabeth Strickland, Captain and Mrs T P Smith, and Carlton Morris with family at the Royalton Hotel for the World’s Fair.
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Lettie Armstrong
Jacqueline
Shirley Bright
Portsmouth
Columbia
Bertie Brown
Kinston
George Taylor
Lelia Parsons
Fannye Y. Edwards
Hopewell
Virginia
F. L. Gilliam
A. D. Lynch
Coy and
Jean
Richmond
W. T. Edwards
B. D. Johnson
Greenville
J. B. Edmonds
Glenn Goode
C. M. Pitt
Reno Alsbrook
New York
W. C. Allsbrook
Elizabeth Strickland
Petersburg
A. L. Gillam
Marvin Buke
Margie Mae
Virginia Beach
Clara Bell Mooney
Warrenton
Carlton R. Morris
Franklin Street
Hotel Royalton
New York City
Evelyn Phelps
Norfolk
T. P. Smith
Tom
W. B. Masingale
Clyde Liske
Mount Gilead
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Gaston
EXIDE
Timates
Brickell
M. C. Hassell
Steward Hassell
John Ruthenberg
John Knight
Mrs. C. M. Pritt
Joe Pearson
J. M. Ingram
Lula Clary
Mrs. W. C. Allsbrook
J. Dean
Roanoke
Virginia Reaves
W. A. Reaves
T. B. Turner
T. M. Johnson
Asheville
N. C
Government Hospital
Oteen
Board of County Commissioners
E.H. Smith
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
W. 2Nd Street
W. Second St
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