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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1934
Page
1
Election chatter fills the county with rumors most of which are false. We have seen no discharged voters and no illicit campaign spending. A candidate hosted two barbecues, Enfield feeding 750 people funded locally, and a second near Aurelian Springs funded by residents.
The injunction against the May City Board of Commissioners brought by Dave L Trayn ham, defeated candidate for Commissioner, was dropped when Traynham through his lawyers entered a non-suit and did not appear at the Wilson hearing before Judge Small. The Board was vindicated on its merits.
Frank Blacker a Rockingham Jewish merchant was killed when his small pickup crashed into a vegetable truck three miles beyond Halifax at five this morning. Homer Benoist, unhurt aside from cuts, drove the other vehicle. Blacker owned Blacker's Dept Store and was en route to Petersburg and Richmond to pick up dry goods.
Raleigh reports Attorney General Brummitt says voters in the June 2 primary may receive ballot aid from a precinct election official a family member or another person upon the voters request No markers or assistants are to be appointed for primaries The voter may choose who aids and election officials may restrict space for ballot counting to keep non aiding persons out Voters have right to be present at counting but space may be enforced to protect the process
Waverly Traylor 18 died in Roanoke Rapids Hospital nine hours after being found on ACL railroad tracks near Weldon. Coroner's jury ruled death from a head wound by a party unknown, with foul play or accident still undetermined. He had spent Sunday at Miss Pat Carroll's home and was last seen alive after leaving his girlfriend Earl Har.
A Roanoke Rapids petition to the County Board of Elections asks for adequate polling staff on June 2. It proposes selecting half the helpers from a list of 140 men. Twelve Democratic primary candidates signed, while three did not sign and four others were unavailable.
In the South Ward business section last Saturday W. C. Billy Williams fired at L. M. Daughtry who tried to enter Williams Funeral Home. The two had ongoing trouble over a court judgment Williams received.
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