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w y “ 15 YEARS OLD | IJC Lj L' U A ¥ I A POCKETBOOK NEWS EACH ISSUE IS NOW READ I B B Ti B B T j|\ /A I j| ^ FOR YOU IN THE BY 10,000 PEOPLE A » HERALD ADS - OF THE TWIN CITIES-RO ANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY - - VOLUME 15. _ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C.. THURSDAY, JULY 4th. 1929. _ __ NUMHEH 12. MAN HELD ON SERIOUS COUNT HERE Rufus Turk Will Be Charged With Attempted Asault At Trial Monday TWO SMALL GIRLS Will Be Witnesses Against Man Held on Circumstantial and Damaging Evidence Rufus Tuck, 25, was lodged in the ' Halifax county jail Tuesday after noon to face a serious charge when he will be brought back here before Mayor Long for an examining trial next Monay afternoon. He will be charged with attempted assault on a twelve year old girl. Tuck was arrested Tuesday about noon by Chiefs Dobbins and Gray af ter circumstantial evidence pointed to him as the man who accosted Ruth Oaroll, age 12 and a small Haze lit girl on the road between the railroad and Cedanvood Cemetery Tuesday morning. The story told by the girls is that a man stopped thorn and told them he had a rabbit in the woods nearby, ask ing them to come over and see it. The girls followed him into the woods where they claim the attempt took place. When the smaller girl ran toward the road, the man fled. Near the place they found engineer Barrow at work and he brought the girls to the officers. The only description they could give was that the man wore dark blue trousers with a white stripe. Tuck was arrested at the bridge be tween Roanoke Rapids and the Roa noke Mills. But he was wearing ovcjf-J alls. The officers took him back his hous.e He claimed he had not left the house all morning, as he had not been working for some time. The officers say this story was re futed at his home where it was sa d he left at seven in the morning and returned about eleven. The trouble took place a little before the time of his return. The most damaging evidence against Tuck was a pair of trousers similar to those described by the girls. They were found hanging back of the door. They were wet and the cuffs were covered with wet mud which the officers say came from the swamp thru which they tracked him. Tuck maintained his innocence thru out, altho one of the girls identified him as the man. The other child, how ever, was unable to state v he her or not Tuck was the man. saying she was too frightened to remember. GARYSBURG Mrs. Tom Brown and son of Wash ington have been visiting her sister, Mrs. Q. T. Stephenson. Mrs. Alice Parker has been ill but is improved. Mrs. Lillie Edwards of Lawrence ville is visiting relatives here Mrs. H. C. Taylor and children of Durham have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Taylor. Miss Ezelle Ward has been the guest of Miss Byrd Suiter. James Parker of Rosemary visited his mother, Mrs. Sallie Parker, last week. Miss Frances Gay has returned from a visit to Washington. Mrs. Z. L. Davenport of Gumherrv is a patient in the Roanoice liapids 'Hospital. -n James N. Rasberry, formerly of Scotland Neck, is out under $500 bond, charged with misappropriating $5. 000 from the Commercial National Bank of Raleigh, where he had been working. n It has just been learned that Macon Harrison escaped from Caledonia pris on farm on June 13. He was convict ed in 1927 of the slaying of Sheriff Turner of Lee County. -□ The four Spanish aviators, lost at aea for several days were rescued last creek by a British vessel. Oscar De Priest, Negro congress man form Illinois, hurled defiance at Southern States this week, terming their resolutions concerning the Hoov #r tea party as “cowardly.” MRS. H. T. TAYLOR CONTEST WINNER Mrs. H. T. Taylor was the winner of the individual prize in The Herald Subscription drive which closed Sat urday night and which added many new subscribers to the growing list of the paper. The auxiliary of the Roanoke Rapids Methodist church were the winners in that contest. Thi contest now gives The limy, 1 a bona fide paid up list in th;a county and that section of Northampton County across the river from this township. Meanwhile voluntary subscriptions from all over the countv are being re ceived every day at The Herald of fice. -n HEN THIEF IS CAUGHT Negro Steals 42 Chickens. Sells Them To Man Who Sells Them To Original Owner Lee Palmer, negro chicken thief, was captured Wednesday night after !a hard chase and lodged in jail. He stole 42 chickens, sold them to a m m, who in turn, sold back to the man they first belonged tc. It was this way. Lee stole the chickens the first of the w.*ek from Mr. George Pappendick. He then later sold them to Mr. O. L. Smicn. Tues day, Mr. Smith took some of them to Taylor and Collier and sold them to that store. Mr. Papepndick, who is; employed there, recognized them. Mr. Smith agreed to take the chick ens to the Pappendick chicken yard to test them out. Sure enough, the chickens were perfectly at home and started to feeding and roosting as if they had never been away. Sheriff Bell was called in Wednseday night and when Lee returned to the Smith home f r his coops, the officer was awaiting him. The ngero got away and a merry chase fcllowed. He was finally caught back of the Avenue Service Station by Bob Bishop, Norm in Norwood and others who had been hastily deputis ed by the sheriff. The preliminary hearing will prob ably held Monday. -D ‘CLOSE HARMONY’ IS APTLY NAMED “Close Harmony” proves to be apt ly named at the People’s Theatre next Wednesday, Thursday and Fri day, when Buddy Rogers and Nancy Carroll, popular screen lovers nppear in a peppy, zestful Paramount pro duction in which the “red hot” music of the jazz age formed the medium of their musical and dramatic talents. The play, an adaption from the ori ginal story of the same name by Elsie Janis and Gene Markey, is a portray al of the lives and loves of those who gain their livelihood behind the foot lights on the vodvil stages of the big cinema palaces. Buddy is the ambitious leader of a jazz orchestra, and Nancy is the head lined song and dance girl of the theatre where Buddy and his musici ans get their chance. Menace and comedy alike are 'iKnished by Jack Oakie and Richard “Sheets” Galla gher as a song and dance team, and by Harry Green as the high pressure manager of the theatr?. The general tone of the picture is that of sparkling .tuneful music and pepy dancing blended with throbbing romance. Its sound reproduction is “lispless” and comes nearer to abso lute perfection than anything yet heard from the silver screen. ‘Close Harmony” then, is worth seing if you enjoy your eye and ear entertainment sliced thick and richly spread with zestful, peppy relish. -1—I Mr. Carey Massey entertained a number of his friends at a delight ful picnic at Slagel’s Lake Tuesday evening. A delicious camp fire sup per of roasted weiners, sandwiches, pickles, cakes, marshmallows and drinks were enjoyed by ihe follow ing, Misses Iva Green Harris, Inez Massey, Sally Hodgens, Lillian Hoot er, Ellie Maud Massey, Sybil Simms, Kathlen eMassey, Fannie Alford, Lil lie Mae Keeter and Cinderella Hart.! Messrs Roland Geddy, Lemanor Hart, Wilbur Mills, James McNeil, Hugh Rook, Carey Massey and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. MaBsey. -□ Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Taylor, and Mary, Ella Lee, Virginia and Mary Frances Tay lor, motored to Oxford Sunday, vis iting while there the Oxford Orphan age and the State Experimental farm of agriculture. LOCAL MAN DIES AFTER CAR WRECK Robert Smith Is Killed In Auto Accident Near South Hill; Dies in Henderson FUNERAL TUESDAY Hit By Truck From South Caro lina; Car Demolished; Truck Disappears Robert Smith, age 33, resident of the Belmont section, died Monday’af ternoon in a Henderson hospital as the result of an accident which hap pened early Sunday morning near South Hill, Ya. A large fruit truck with a South Carolina license, coming out of South Hill, struck the car in which Smith was riding, swept it from the mad and fatally injured the Roanoke Ra pids man. The driver of the truck and the truck disappeared and have not been seen since. A policeman in South Hill bare ly caught sight of the license tag a few minutes bcfoi*e the accident which took place two miles this side of South Hill. The injured man was rushed to the hospital at Henderson for medical aid but died Monday afternoon. He made no statement about the wreck and was only able to give his name and the words, “Roanoke Rapids.” He was identified after a call here Mon day to Chief Gray. The body was brought here Tues day and funeral srvices were held in Cedarwood Cemetery. The car Smith was driving belong ed to his father in law, J. J. Riggan, 300 street, Rosemary. The car was completely demolished. A wife and three children survive. Thee hildren are Helen l’aylor, 10, Mildred Allen, 8, John Wilson, 6. Mrs. Smith was Miss Lelia Riggan be fore her marriage. The deceasedf was formerly a loom fixer for Roanoke Mills Company, but two weeks ago began driving a truck for the New Bakery of. Rosema*y, traveling the South Hill territory. Ma nager Etheridge of the New Bakery stated he was a good man o*i the job and had doubled the business on that route the short time he was on it. It was not known why Smith was near South Hill Sunday morning. There were no eyew'-tnesses to th? wreck and the fault has n:»t been placed, since the truck driver cannot jbe located. L—I HOSPITAL NEWS Recent births at the hospital: To Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Young, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Thorne, Weldon, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Williams, Lawrenceville. The following have undergone op erations in the past few days. Miss Mary Louise Rainey, Littleton, Mrs. Anna Temple, Lawrenceville, Mrs. Hubert Mocre, Mrs. Mary Perkin-.on, Mrs. A. J. Bounds, Mrs. D. A. Arm strong. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Jackson died Wednesday morning. Mason Anderton. injured in an auto wreck last week, is improving. Mrs. C. T. Kidd was able to leave the hospital Tuesday. -n The Monday night bridge dub had a most deligthful meeting on Monday evening with Mrs. Cooper Grizzard as hostess. Three tables were placed for players and after five or six progres sions the scores were collected and Mrs. Allen Zoilicoffer was presented a pair of silk hose as high score win ner. A lovely plate of salad was ser ved. Thoseenjoying Mrs. Gmzar«\y hospitality were Mesdames Hugh Camp, Howard Pruden, Julian Alls brook, Allen Zoilicoffer, 73. E. Leh man, George Hayes and Miss Ruth Transou. Guests, Mesdames J. Pi Grizzard, Octavius Griffin, Tommie Gates, Misses Flbrine Holt and Mar garet Clarke. -□ Miss Ruby Pearsons of Erwin. N. C.t is visiting Mrs. W. J. Chambliss. The Kiwanis Club of Scotland Neck will meet only twice a month during the months of July and August. The body of Mrs. James Harris of New York was brought to Scotland Neck last week for burial. She was formerly Miss Alice Hopkins. WORLD SERIES ON The Boars and Cubs are in the midst of a 5 game series for the championship of the Rosemary Junior League, second half. The first half was won by the Bears, who also won the first game of this series Monday 6 to 2. The last half was close. The Yankees and Tigers were tied for 3rd place only one game behind the Cubs. These boys play air ^ight ball and a visit t otheir games near the Rose mary Mill office will‘delight any fan who wants to see some first class sand lot baseball. -□— LOCAL BOY IS ON TOUR OF EUROPE Charlie Spencer Sailde From New York Las) Month For Three Month’s Trip VISITS SIX LANDS Bov Who Worked W'-’v Through School Wi’h Smile Is Seeing The World -1 It will be interesting to the friends of Charlie Spencer, who always car ried a “smile that wouldn’t come off” and who, after graduating from the local high school, worked and taught and helped himself in any way Me could until he graduated from Chapel Hill and after teaching the past year in the High Point high school, to know that he is, as Charlie says, “gonna see the world.” On June the 8th, Charlie sailed in company with Mr. Robert Marshall of High Point, on the S. S. Republic, from New York for Europe. They will anchor on the coast of France. They will spend about ten days visit ing Versailles, Fountainbleau and the Chattan country. The next stop will be Cologne, Ger many where they will spend some time in visiting the Hel/ileburg uni versity. Then they will sail down the Rhine to Switzerland and from Lake Geneva will go to Italy and visit for a few days each such places as Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, and Naples an dfrom there they will sail over the Mediterranean to Genoa, the birth place of Christopher Columbus. From this point they will turn back to France and will visit Nice and Carcas sonone. Spain will be the next in the tour with ten days spent in Seiville and Granada, then by way of Madrid they will visit Spain again. They expect tc fly from Paris to London, to ride through Spain on a donkey, to visit the grave of Shelley and see the Blue Grotto and travel through the Cha teau country on bicycles. They will then turn their faces homew'ard and expect to land in New York on Sep tember third. -r~i FOR NEW CHURCH The Ladies Aid Society of the Rosemary Methodist church is trying to do its share in helping build the new church now planned. Every Sat urday they will sell babecue, chicken salad, sandwiches, home made cakes and pies, drinks and ice cream from 11 a. m. to 10 p. m. They are located in the tent acros from the Rosemary Theatre and will appreciate a visit. -□ Miss Margaret Barrow was host ess to three tables of bridge celebr at ing her birthday. The high score prize was won by Miss Alice Coleman and Dr. Wm. Ward. A sweet course was served and the birthday cake cut. Those playing w^re Misses Juli*a Bradley, Alice Coleman, Iva Pitt, Lucile Smith and Eva Krause ar.d Messrs George Burgwyn of Jackson, Jack Cassada, Earl Gaddy, Homer j Jones, Ned Manning and Dr. Wm. Ward. At 11 o’clock the members of the party were invited to the home of Mrs. S. T. Peace where dancing was enjoyed. -O Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Strickland and family have returned to their 4>ome in Erwin, N. C., after visiting , Mrs. Strickland’s parents, Mr. a?id Mrs. A. B. Tudor. Miss Louise Boyd of Rocky Mount, N. C., is visiting Miss Janie Cook. Miss Lucy Wood had returned from New Bern, N. C., where she has bee., visiting her aunt, Mrs. W. A. Brink Misses Lillian and Beulah Mae Wood ruff of Erwin, N. C., are vis iting friends here PET DAY FRIDAY AT PARKS City Playgrounds Opened Mon day With Many in Attendance And Growing Daily GOOD SUPERVISION Children Will Bring Their Pets In Contest Friday; Open to All i.n Community Those children of the Twin Cities who have not yet been ro one of the two playgrounds started Monday have missed a whole lot of go• J fun. The work has begun in earnest un der the direction of ?lr. P irk.;, t'n1 new High School Coach. He has been doing this summer work for the past two years at Sanford and renewed special training at Char! ti.-;. lie ha an assistant at each park. The children are urged to attend the playground nearest their home. The Rosemary Park is being used f a playground and loO children w.-re having the times of then lives there Tuesday morning? Th ? playground of the Central school is being u.-ed in Roanoke Rapids. The hours are from 9 to 11 each morning and from 3 to 5 each after noon. All the old games and plenty of new ones are being taught the child ren by experienced play supervisors. Playground ball and horseshoes seem to fascinate the boys, while the girls always seem to be in a big circle do ing some mysterious new game. Friday of this week will be Pet Day. Every boy and girl under 14 years of age is urged to bring his or her pet for the contest. There will be prizes awarded for the largest pet, the smallest pet, the prettiest pet, the ugliest pet, etc. The grown ups should be there Fri day to see the children display their pets. Some of them will have little dogs, some of them big dogs, Kittens and cats, canaries and parrots, and we bet some of the boys will have frogs and fish and maybe a pet flea. Every child 14 or under in this com munity should be at the playground. Parents should welcome this work which will keep the children from the streets, teach them the proper kind of games, teach them to play with other children in the right way. The ground supervisors are very careful to see that only the best influences are brought to bear and this play is open to all the little boys and girls of the two towns. There are even sand bor es for the tiny tots an’ everything. n_ DRIVING RULES As a contribution towards greater safety and more pleasant driving con ditions on the highways of the coun try this summer, the Ford Motor Com pany has listed twelve rules as sug gestions to motorists and uas dis tributed them to dealers all over the country. Annuoncement of the suggestions was made today by the Tri City Mo tor Company, Ford dealer in this city, who will display the list prominently in his place of business. “These rules,” said Mr. Edwards, “are merely common sense as applied to automobile driving. Every expo i enced motorist knows all of them. It is our hope, however, that by staring them concisely and posting them where they will come to the attention of a great many motorists, we can emphasize them as to make a real con tribution towards greater highway safety.” The twelve rules are: —Courtesy comes first. Consider the rights and privileges of others. 2—Keep your mind on your driving, and anticipate sudden emergencies. 3.—Learn the “feel” of having your car under control. 4— Obey all traffic and parking regulations. 5— Keep to the right, and comply with road markings and signs. 6— Signal for stops and turns — Watch the car ahead. 7— Slow down at crossings, schools, dangerous places. 8— Never pass cars on hills, curves, crossings. 9Adapt your driving to road- con ditions—sain, ice, soft spots and ruts. 10—It doesn’t pay to take the ‘right of way’ too seriously. *"—When you drive, remember ll<? you’re a pedestrian. i* <r the law. It was passed for your protection. -□ Miss Mary Hardy of Wattsboro, Va., is visiting Miss Odell Smith. GUESS V/HO? Now don’t ask us why Bill dre.v this one in this particular way. Perhaps it looked so much like the person that Bill felt that it should be disguised in some way. Anyway he put a mask on him, hut the lover part of the face shown is exactly like that of a you.; man who works for one of the la g est corporations in this section of the state, with headquarters in Roanoke Rapids. There are many handsome young men working for this particu lar company. By the way Bill has a special set of his sketches bound in book form, some of them colored, and he lv* j do nated that as a second prize in this contest which ends September 1. $5 in cash to the best set of answers and Bill’s book of sketches for the second best. MARRIAGE LAW STARTS In Effect Monday for Minors; 5 Days Notice Necessary For License The State’s new marriage law goes into effect on July 1, and no more will minors be able to hurry from home to be marriied in haste if the purpose of its framers are realized. The law in its legal phrasing is as follows: An act to require advance notice of five days with respect to issuing mar riage license. | The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: Section I. That on and after July first, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, aplication for a mar riage license shall be filed with the re gister of deeds at least five flays prior to the issuing of such license, giving the names ,ages and addresses of the contracting parties, together with the names of the parents or persons in loco parentis: provided that upon the application of either of the parties to a proposed marriage the Clerk of the Superior Court of the county in which the license is to be issued may, upon satisfactory evidence being present led to him, or upon the request of the I parents or guradian, if any, cf the contacting parties, by order authorise the license to be issued at 'inv' time before the expiration of said five days. Section IT. This act shall not apply to marriages publicly announced through the press at least five days before the proposed marriage. This act shall not apply to persons over twenty-one years of age. Section III. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. Section IV. This act shall be in force from and after its ratification. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15 day of March, 1929. I—I STORE IS MOVED The II. T. Smith Department store this week moved from its old stand on the corner across from B. Maries Store to its new place up the street just this side of the Eelectric Build ing. -□ On Saturday night Mrs. Mary Griz zard and Mrs. Pendleton Grizzard were joint hosts at bridge honoring Miss Magneta Lassiter, the house guest of Mrs. Cooper Grizzard. The guest of honr was given a hand made handkerchief as a prize and high score prize was won by Mrs. Clarence Grimmer, a sachet. A salad course was served to the following: Mes dames Octavius Griffin, E. E Leh man, Tommie Gates, George Hayes. Clarence Grimmer, W. C. Williams, Frank Wilson, R. P. Beckwith, Coorer Grizzard, Misses Magneta Lassiter, Margaret Barrow and Florine Holt. $26,000 IS COST NEW BUILDING Office Building at Halifax Would Stand County at Least That Amount Says Architect ANOTHER FROBLEM fs Raise in Taxes Necessary If More County Roads Are To Be Built Next Year The Board of County Commission ers met at Halifax Monday and after a short and quiet meeting adjourned until next Monday when they will meet again with the Board of Equali zation. Architects plans for a new office building to cost aporo in.ate'.y $26, 000 were studied by the commission ers but no action was taken. The plans called for a two story brick building of face brick corres ponding with that of thr- court house. The possible location of the building would be in the rear of the court house and in front of the jailer’s residence. On the first floor, according to the plans, would be the offices of County School Superintendent Akers on one side, and the offices of County Au ditor Hawkins across the hall. There would probably be two other offices downstairs for other officials. Up stairs the plans called for sets of of fices for the County Health Depart ment, the Welfare Officer, the Home Demonstration Agents, etc. As was previously reported, Coun ty Supt. Akers was ordered by the County School Board to move his of fices to Halifax from Roanoke Rapids as of July 1. The school board re quested space from the Commission ers. To house Mr. Aker’s force it would be necessary to make some changes in the court house. When Commis sioner Shell demanded that in the event Mr. Akers was forced to move all the comity off Mate should move to Halifax, it became necessary to plan on more room outside the pres ent court house. Plans for an office building were called for. Mr. Akers did not move July 1 for the reason there was no place for him to move to, as the changes were not made in the court house because of the new plans for an office building. The case now seems resolved into the following possibilities. I. A now office building costing $26,000 to house all the county officials at Hali fax. 2. Changing the court house and making only Mr. Akers move to Halifax. 3. Leaving things status quo, all county officials in their pres ent locations. Another problem confront? the county offcials in the matter of the county road tax. Halifax county has as many county roads as probably any county in the state. They bad grown so numerous that last year, while about $40,000 was sport on new roads, it took $120,000 to maintain all county roads. If any new roads are built this year, it will he necessary to ra;?e the tax levy about ten cents. It will take about all the road revenue at the pres ent rate to maintain the roads now built. This question of raising taxes is worrying the officials, wli woul i much prefer to order ;i reduction. However, they say the ueople are still clamoring for more roads in many sections of the county. _rn_ LOSE FIRST IN 8 For the first time in eight games, the Rosemary Mill Bascoes dropped a game when they were defeated last Saturday by Chase City, Va., 12 to 5. The locals played good defensive ball with three double plays and. one triple play, but they could not connect with the old pill at the right time. -n Mrs. Cooper Grizzard entertained with bridge on Saturday afternoon honoring her house guest, Miss Mag neta Lassiter. There were three tables of players and Miss Margaret Clarke was winner of high score prize, a flower vase. The honor guest was given a pair of silk hose. At each table the person cutting high card was given and old fashion nose gay. Those playing were Mesdames E. E. Lehman, Howard Pruden, Julian Alls brook, Octavius Griffin, J. P. Griz zard, Carroll Wilson, George Hayes, Misses Ruth Transou, Margaret Clarke, Magneta Lassiter, Lucile Al len and Louise Pierce of Weldon. -D Mr. Luther Parsons and children of Erwin, N. C., spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Chambliss.
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