North Carolina Leads in Public School Enrollment Data
Special To The Herald reports State School Facts show North Carolina with 848 778 public school students, second only to Texas. Halifax county’s white enrollment and attendance reach 2 259 and 1 466 respectively, with 75.1 percent attendance, while Negro schools total 7 492 age students, 6 802 enrolled and 4 824 attending at 56.2 percent. Tomakee Rapids shows 2 368 white children age, with 2 228 enrolled and 1 917 attending. The article details historical enrollment trends, daily attendance, and county versus charter school counts, including white and colored breakdowns for 1929-30.
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Herald
North Carolina
Texas
Georgia
State Department of Education
Halifax County
Toamoke Rapids
Mrs Elizabeth Taylor Dies at Road Rapids
Mrs Elizabeth Taylor died at her home early Sunday morning and funeral services were held Monday at 2 30 pm at the First Christian Church in Rosnoke Rapids. Rev W H Grantham her pastor conducted the service and interment was Cedarwood cemetery with grandsons of the closed as pallbearers. She was 79 years old and had lived here for years. Survivors include Buck and Lewis Taylor Mrs Omega Shell Miss Mamie Taylor and Mrs Ada Gray all of Rosnoke Rapids. Mr and Mrs L A Jackson visited relatives at Lawrenceville Sunday.
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Elieth Taylor
First Christian Church
W. H. Grantham
Cedarwood
Taylor
Buck
Lewis Taylor
Omega Shell
Mamie Taylor
Ada Gray
Rosnoke Rapids
Cost of College Education Frayed by Father of Three
A Western Newspaper Union item quotes a father of three in a magazine letter protesting rising college costs. It argues that his three children’s education costs about four thousand dollars annually, excluding vacations and extras, while praising Evans a college student who reports far lower annual costs through work.
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Evans
Western Newspaper
Three year old dies in Weldon house fire
Rena Lee Hales, three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Vernon Hales of Wilson, was burned to death Friday morning at 8:30 when the house she was staying in at Weldon caught fire and burned rapidly.
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Rena Lee Hales
Vernon Hales
Wilson
Weldon
Fire Tragedy After Leap From Upper Story Window
While staying at Mrs. Barnett home, Mr. and Mrs. Hales and their children were trapped in an upper story blaze. Mrs. Hales and her baby leaped to safety with serious injuries to her. the baby survived unharmed. Mr. Hales escaped via a back window and tried to reach his daughter on a window but she perished in the flames. The family had been visiting Mrs. Barnett, who escaped unharmed.
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Mrs. Hales
Mr. Hales
Killed at Caledonia as guard shoots inmate
John Foster alias John Newsome, 81, Forsyth County, dies after a guard’s one inch board shot wounds him at Caledonia State Prison Farm near Raleigh. Serving 25 to 30 years for second degree murder. coroner exonerates guard Chambley. Foster arrived from New Hanover County July 28 1930 and was recently moved to Caledonia.
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John Foster
John Newsome
Forsyth County
Caledonia
Foster
W. C. Williams
Halifax County
New Sporting Magazine in This State
A new Sporting Magazine titled Atlantic Sportsman is announced from Winston-Salem. Gordon Publishing Co. owners A. G. Gordon and H. R. Marshall of Halifax promote the venture, drawing on wide experience in fish and game and conservation circles across North Carolina.
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Atlantic Sportsman
Winston-Salem
Gordon Publishing Co
A. G. Gordon
H.R. Marshall
Halifax
Visitors at Emporia Fair Noted by Harris Pulghum Party
Misses Fannie Harris and Clyde Pulghum with escorts visited the Emporia Fair last Wednesday night, drawing attention from attendees and creating a moment of local interest during the event.
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Fannie Harris
Clyde Pulghum
Emporia Fair
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Clarence A. O'Brien
Attorney ‘& Commercial Treaty
Washington, D. C
Freei
Xe Day Weber
Harlem
Ima
Reapers
Elizabeth Taylor
Road Rapids
Mrs. L. A. Jackson
Lawrenceville
New York
Roanoke Rapids
Thomas Arkle Clark
University Oflinois
Roanoke Pharmacy
E. W. Smith
Aes
Bayer
Pocahontas RO
Carolina Ice Co
R. B. Purdy
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