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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1934
Page
7
New Flat Rock town counsel is sworn in and immediately enacts rules banning street tying of cows without permits and threatening legal action for milking near homes. Dogs must wear muzzles when a mad dog is reported. biting leads to beheading and state analysis, else dogs may be tied in backyards.
A local notice restricts whiskey and beer on public streets within Flat Rock with a government stamp required. Violators face fines between four and five dollars. penalties apply to all to include any government personnel. Driving while dizzy from alcohol is also warned against.
Street peddler with no beef, rabbits, mutton, lamb or goat license will be barred from Flat Rock by daylong daylight window. Seller must display a license showing a $1 fee and prove goods are grown on his own land with an affidavit on each hindquarter.
Audience no 461 warns no fighting between post offices and drug sellers under threat of arrest. Fights must occur only at home or on side streets near businesses. Fist fighting costs 1 dollar, brass knuckles 2 dollars, pistol fighting in public 3 dollars, man and woman fighting 50 cents each. Two women fighting incurs no charge. loud cussing during a fight costs 1 dollar extra.
The ordinance prohibits firing guns within city limits except during Christmas or while confronting burglars thieves or peeping Toms. Violators face confiscation and the city council will hold the weapons as incurred damages. The measure was ratified by the council on August 25 1934.
Mr and Mrs H M Evans and daughter Emily of Liberty Tenn visit Holt Evans. Misses Mary Collins and Frie da Heller return from Montreal and Atlantic City with Emily Austin and Mrs Nira Powell of Tarboro. John Newton and Miss Mildred Ramsey visit in J K Newtons home. John McGwigan of Chapel Hill visits Enfield. Mrs W R Garnette and Walter Jr along with Mrs Lila Timberlake and Francis Timberlake return from Winston Salem Asheville and Lake Jaraluuska. Mrs James Moore and Wallace visit her parents the Wall family. Mrs R D Phillips and son Dixon of Richmond visit George and Mrs Andrews.
Miss Arline Carroll attends Norfolk College. Several residents return from trips and visits including to James River, Ocean View, Wilmington, Holland and Emporia. Families noted include Hudsons, Brittons, Talberts, Dobbins, Hawkins, Gentry and more with weekend or Sunday visits across Virginia.
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