e^i3i3iU::»:i:nnun:nnssn;!SDi:!HsUusi:SHni:n:U::sH:is:HS:U:in:smsn;i;:n»! P^WF'l'W W V V ^ T B^W gs-iiiiBiS!B!aasBaiffiHaaasaimMMaMaaemnBHESinai!HiH«a THE GREATER CITY I LI I4 L_1 l|| 1^ /\ I IB NO ROOM FOR | 15,000 POPULATION | ^ AiEj 1^LJL|1V/aJLjJL^ I KNOCKERS NOW!— | L-...IN.,1!.—.) OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY »— VOLUME 15. ' ' ■ RO NOKE RAIMDS-ROSEMARY. N. C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 28th, 192!).__ _NUMBER 33. INDICTED FOR DEATH OF WIFE Grand Jurv Returns Indictment Against Henry Bailey, Charg ed With Murdering Wife WAS BATHING When Shot Was Fired Through Window. Jury’s Verdict Caus ed Man's Release Henry Bailey, negro, held by the Coroner after his wife hail been found dead from gunshot wounds, later re leased after a coroner’s jury did not name him in their verdict, was indict ed for murder by the grand jury in session at Halifax this week. Fifteen minutes after Coroner Billy Williams had testified, the indictment was returned and an officer v/as on the way to arrest Bailey who is now in jail at Halifax. Minnie Bailey, the wife was shot through the heart and one lung as she bathed in front of the fireplace on the first of this month. She died at the foot of her son’s bed as she .stag gered from her room into his room in an endeavor to awaken him. The husband was away, presumably at a neighbor’s house end was ’ -Id of the death of his wife as he was re turning. The coroner and other of ficers s -arched the premises f-u* a gun after being told by Bailey th o' a broken gun was the only one - n the -place. They finally discovered a shot pun hidden in the garage "'hi *h Bail er admitted v ;c hi- but stated to the officers it was broken also. Officers say the gun had horn re cently fired and that Bailey finally admitted using it that afternoon to kill a hawk. He said he had hidden the gun away from h's son and brother-in-law, both of whom had “pestered” him for it. They both denied any knowledge of the gun. ■Suspicion first pointed to Bailey when he refused the officer^ the k,cy$ to the barn where the gun was later found. Before a coroner’s jury a few days later, Bailey admitted certain of the above statements to the coroner but said he was so confused he did not know what he was saying and denied all knowledge of his vv ife’s death. The jury returned a verdict of shot by person or persons unknown. Kiwanis Minstrel Is Practically Assured A big time minstrel is just about assured for the Twin (’itles in Janu ary or February. The Kiwanis Club committee is negotiating with the Rogers Producing Co. of Fostoria. Ohio, and if the contract is signed that company will send a director, costumes, scenery and all the other necessities, with the exception of the talent, which Kiwanians boast is not lacking in their own midst. It will be one of the most elaborate and fin ished productions ever staged in this section of the State and will be an evening’s entertainment long remem breed by old and young. -□ Mr. B. C. Allen of The Herald force left this Thursday for Warsaw where he will be married Friday to Miss Minnie Hollowell of Beaufort Coun ty. The bride and groom will reside here and will return next week. -n JUST 21 DAYS LEFT We wish to call to the atten tion of our readers the fact that there are only 21 shopping days left before Christmas Day. We want to urge you all to do your shopping as early as pos sible so as to get good service and so as to be able to mail your Christmas package in plenty of time. We especially want every citizen of the Twin Cities and of Halifax and Northampton County in this trading territory to pay a visit by our representative re trading elsewhere. A personal ▼siit by our representative re veals the fact that practically every store in the Twin Cities has a larger stock fo Christmas goods than ever before; that ev erything the heart could desire can be purchased from some store right here at home. We ask you to read carefully the Christmas ads which will ap pear in The Herald starting next week where you will find many timely suggestions and many holiday bargains. We thank you. Apply For 1930 Job As Census Taker Applications arc being received al ready by Mr. U. I. Hockaday of the Republican Executive Committee of Halifax County for census takers in Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary when the decennial census of the nation is taken next year. One person from each town will be chosen for the work. Mr. Hockaday reports the following applications to date: for Roanoke Ra pids, W. A. White, R. A. Williams, J. L Williams. For Rosemary. S. J. Bounds, C F. Ogletree, D. P. Wikc. MURDER THEORY 87 Year Old iSeaxo Discovered With Darts of face and Head Badly Mutilated Apparently foul and merciless mur der was the decision of Coroner Billy Williams who was called to the Grady Moss Farm on the Littleton road last Friday night to investigate the death of Tillman Boyd, XT year old n< gro. The old mar. was *i's *ovn-cd <1-a i on his bed by John Mills, i-ohoed, wh > notified the dead man’s son. When Mr. Willir.rv ar- vc,j ho found th a «i man ha t teen dead for tho* la <•( twenty four hours. He Jived alone i.o a small tenant hou a. The right side of h's face was ho»v ribly mutilated, as if beaten with a heavy, blunt instrument. The right side of the forehead, the right eve and part of the lip and moth were o’ther missing or crushed Closer inve?tirraii'*n by urn coronei showed that the old man had died of heart failure, probably some time Thursday. No one camp near tin* place and hug * rats had mu dated the uncovered portions of the body --□ Shell Furniture Co. Sale Starts Friday The Shell Furniture Co., which re cently bought the stock of the bank rupt L. G. Shell Co., starts a four teen day sale on this Friday. The en tire grocery stock will be disposed of as the new company will not handle groceries. Furniture bought at the bankrupt sale, as well as new stock bought by the new concern, will be put on sale at greatly reduced prices. A Simmons Mattress and Ace Springs will be given away on the last day of the sale, Saturday, December 14. The clothing and ready to wear depart ment has been bought by Mr. Curtis Shelll, who is also starting a sale this Friday. BIG TREES GONE Work on the White Way progresses rapidly each day. The trees between First and Second streets have been cut and the stumps uprooted. This was necessary in order to place the underground cables. Most of the trees had been condemned for some time as they were tearing up the side walks and there was danger of suit against the city in case anyone was injured by falling limbs. DEATH OF DR. BRADLEY IN CHINA Father of Rev. Hugh Bradley Dies at SutsOn, China Af etr LingerinR Blncss WAS MISSIONARY In Foreign Field for 30 Years: Established Hospital Caring For Bandit Victims Reverend Hugh Bradley, pastor of the local Presbyterian church, was notified Monday of the death of his father, Dr. John Wilson Bradley, at Sutsien, China. For thirty years Dr. Bradley has been a medical missionary to Chira and at the time of his death was in charge of the hospital at Stsein. The following cablegram was receiv ed at the office of the Executive Com mittee t.f Foreign M's. ions: “We re gret to report the d nth of Dr. J. W. BradK’e after long illness. As it t- la’s several weeks for mail to no vh-’ivered from China, the de tads are not yet known. Reverend lan d y. a few days before, had're ceived a letter from Iris hop mother, "r'tten »n O''."her, tm'ing of the ser'.ou Pin. -s < f his fat her. Dr. B ad le v* was a native of P.tshop k-ille, S. C. and a graduate of State [Medical Col’-,.' at Charleston. Af der- practicing in Eastern South Caro lina for several years, he sailed for China in 1K'.>'.>, I cing stationed at Soo eh.mv where he stnumd the language. I.ater he was a signed to the Sut ton territory to open up medical work and there ho spent the rest of IPs life. His wife, also from South | Carolina, while traveling on a canal | boat was suddenly taken with eho’e ra ami o.oa wiuun a was in 1003; in 1006, he married Mis-s Agnes Ju'kin. a native of Texas. The widow and five children survive; 11 ugh. John, a gtu ' nt at Davidson T’offogo'n'ncl 't.Tisses Tultrf. Arrriie"IfeTle and Tinsley Bradley. Miss Julie rad io y spent the past summer with her brother here and was one of the city playground instructors. Dr. Bradley was one of the out standing missionaries of the South ern Presbyterian Church. He was a pioneer in the medical missionary field, starting with inadequate equip ment but biulding up thru the years one of the finest hospitals in Chi na. Treatment of people wounded bv bandits in their raids on the helpless populace has been one of the features of his hospital. Tho entire community joins with The Herald in extending sympathy to Mr. Bradley. Annual Turkey Dinner The ladies of the Episcopal Chinch will hold their annual turkey dinner and bazaar on Thursday, December 5th, from 12 to 2 in the afternoon and from 5:30 to 7:30 in the evening, in the show room of the Joyrer Motor Company. The Kiwanis Club will have their regular Thursday night luncheon and meeting at this place in stead of their regular meeting pla< e. TABLET IS UNVEILED TO JUNIUS DANIEL United Daughters of Confederacy Erects Memorial To One of State’s Noted Confederate Generals A memorial tablet erected by the Halifax Chpater, United Daughters of the Confederacy and the State His torical Commission to Gen. Junius Daniel, Confederate soldier who laid down his life on th field of battle at Spottsylvania Courthouse, was un veiled at Halifax Courthouse Friday afternoon at three o’clock. About three hundred citizens of Halifax county gathered on the court house square to do honor to the sol dier who gave his life for his country. General Daniel was born in Halifax in 1828, of an old and distinguished Halifax family. The ceremonies of unveiling and de dication were presided over by the president of the Halifax U. D. C. Mrs. Edward L. Travis. The courthouse and grounds were beautifully and ela boratly decorated with flags and flow - ers among which two emblems are especially worthy of mention. These were designs of white chruysanthe mums given by a niece of Mrs. Ju nius Daniel Mrs. Nellie Yillo of New York City. The widow of General Daniel is now living in Henderson and is the only widow of a Confederate general now living in North Carolia. The ceremonies were opened by a procession of the Weldon post of the American Legion, while the band played reveille. The procession was led by a naturalized American citi zen, formerly a Greek subject, Gus Pappas, of Weldon. Rev. J. T. Kirk of the Halifax Baptist church offered the invocation, after which The Old North State was sung in chorus «by the assembly. The address was mad*, by Hon. Hunt Parke, solicitor of this district. The unveiling of the tablet was done by Miss Mary Long Daniel. Miss Nannie Gary of Halifax pre sented the tablet, wheih was received by A. R. Newsome, secretary of the State Historical Commission for the State. The Rosemary Band played “Bix (Continued on back pajr*' DAY SPENT QUIETLYiN TWIN CITIES All the milks* of the Twin Cities closed for Thanksgiving Day and the employees spent the day in various and sundry ways. Some went to special church ser vices; some went %isiting out of town. With most of the stores clos ed, there was little to do in the business sections w^iich were practi cally drserted all day. Scores of people Attended the Vir ginia-Carolina football game at Chap el Hill, while several others saw games in RichmOMjl and Norfolk. Those who could not^get away for tlie day listened in over the radio. The two theatres did a nice busi ness at hothe matinee and night shows. The evening houses were packed and entertaining features and specialties were enfjo\ed hy many hundred pen p’e. The Thar.k-giving supper of the Junio- Order was a huge success wilh many holding over fy-o:n the noon d . meal to he ready for the bounteous turkyv dime’* served !• the Juniors. Schoo’s here, of'course, were clos ed and 1 o; and girls amending col leges i •'‘vers't'c • can.e ko”u to spend the day with the? • f ,?p‘i e -. The la-iks and past offices wen chsed for the day. Many < " the meij and • v ::s m-icn as they spent on eel inaimg the day: a few gave the c-|u: .lent of one day’s salary. There >\ns no Report of any d.s turhances in the city nr.d it *s evi dent that a quiet and chew ail Thank - giving Day for 1929 has passed into history. -Eh-r-— Public Meeting CaFerl p< Weldon Weldon Dee. 3, hr District Engineer; Long Talked Application for the construction of a highway bridge across the Roanoke river, near Weldon, will be consider cd at a public hearing to be held in i the Kiwanis Hall at Weldon on Tues jday, December 3. at 1 P. M., accord ing to Henry C. Jewett, Lt. Col. Corps | of Engineers, who is district engineer with offices at Norfolk. Frequent high water has made the route impas sable, and the Weldon Kiwanis Club and other interested citizens have been urging that a new bridge be constructed for a long time. In the notice of public hearing, Lt. Col. Jewett adds: “All interested parties are invited to be present, or to be represented at the above time and place, particularly navigation interests, and the offi cials of any county, town, or local as sociation, whose interests may be af fected by the proposed construction, in so far as the restriction of naviga tion by the bridge is concerne I. Oral statements will be hear !, but for accuracy of record, all important facts and arguments should be sub mitted in writing, in triplicate, as the records of the hearing will be for warded for consideration by the War Department, at Washington, D. C. Written statements may be handed in at the hearing, or may be mailed pre viously to the undersigned. “The plans submitted show that the bridge is to be constructed 145 feel below the Seaboard Air Line bridge crossing the river at Weldon, N. C., and is to be provided with a fixed span having a least vertical clear ance of 42.2 feet above ordinary wa ter level and a distance of 160 feet between centers of piers. These pi..ns may be seen in this office by any persons interested in the matter, and will also be available for inspection at the hearing.” CLOSE FOR DAY The plant of The Herald, along with most of the other business houses of the Twin Cities observed Thanks giving Day by closing for the day, in order to give the employees an op portunity to be at home with their families. -□ Annuon^ement is made of the birth of a daughter, Shirley Catherine, on Monday to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Waf ford at Charlotte, N. C. END YEAR IN TIE GAME AT KINSTON Yellow jackets and K'nwfon Bat- ! tle Through Rain and Sleet to Scoreless Tie J STARK IS CAPTAIN For 1930, Succcedinc: Ike John son who Graduates; Wertz Graduates; Rest to Return The High School Yellow jackets closed their regular football season last Friday with a nothing to noth ing tie with Kinston, the game being played away from home and j*. the worst weather of the season. Rain, sleet and snow greeted the boys and stayed with them for the most disagreeable afternoon thi ; year. | The ground was alternately slippery, frozen and puddled. The ball was as heavy as lead and slick as ?. greased I pig. Fumbles were many. Several in terferences of both teams slipped up land threw their own runner. I The Y'dlowjacket:-. outplayed their rivals and scored three t’.nr*s as many | first dawns. Several t;me« they car ried the ball t<> the shad >w of the op ponent's goal, oniy to fumble or dip. On a good day and dry field, they would have been three touchdowns l etter. There v. ere no spa tutors and the substitutes watched the game. ■ ’i’.- . ing, from automobiles. Fr- nc« •• St;:r! n s ar 1 • ' 1 . elect 'd cap ;.'n i.f ti: cfo •! 'ad i, for 1 He has pk y ■•! a whr-h* of j a. gar.i" this .•■ a.- . a ami bus shewn ; much improvement as the swv-'on agf'd. He will :-u uwd the pmudar i Ike John n, present captain and center, who graduates in t! spring. Hu')-rt W'.-rb/., siebw g'crd and main.-Lay in the line, v.'.ll also be lost ly graduation. Otherwise the entire ..un.d will re turn next year and / it]’. *ho addition of s. A,. al reerui!- who : how prom ise, ’kjfprospects for next year op the -hr New Presiding Elder Fills Pulpit Here J The presiding elder, Rev. I.. R j Jones, a former pastor of the Meth odist church and who is now of the j Weldon district, occupied the ou’pit j on Sunday evening at the In unok'* ■ Rapids church, it being the Thanks giving service. Special Thanksgiving i music was rendered by the choir, and the service was very inspirational. j Rev. Leon M. Hall is serving 1.i. : fifth year at this church and the con gregation as well as the people :n the commupty are rejoicing over the fact that he returned for the fifth year of service. •-□ Night Supervisor Mrs. C. It. Wallace of Boston, Mass, has accepted the position as night su pervisor at the local hospital. Mrs. Wallace is a graduate of the New England Deaconess Hospital of Bos ton and comes here highly lccom mended. I Farmers - Business Men Meet Dec. 2 The farmers and business men o! Halifax county are asked to meet ii the Court House at Halifax on Mon day, December 2at 12 o'clock to stud' tind discuss a farm program to be re commended to the farmers of Hali fax County. The program to be pro sented has been prepared by eight o! the leading farmers working with the County Agricultural Agents. Court will be in session on this date but arrangements have been made to hold the meeting dining the noon reeesss hour. Every farmer in Hali fax County, both white and colored, :s invited to attend this meeting, says County Agent W. O. Davis. DEATHOF OLD LADIES Mrs. G^ororp Full*hum Dies at 03d HomeMcad Wednesday Morning T vo aged residents of this eom nr.nvl.y v.mr,. called by d'*; !.t thF ' hon Mr.--. George Fulghum, 71. *"’' 1 M’s. Alice Langley, 72. passed away. died morning of t.h:s week at her home Hie Fair Grounds, just off the i i < ‘" V.i'.n highway. On Xu rT'or 27, ' : at -/'moon at Smith’s Ch ure’ • ■M : ' • M-s. Fulghum has been a devout member of the Methodist Chrueh all her life. Mis. -Mice Langley, 72. died here Saturday and funeral services were hey ;ij her. at .Iganklipton on ■ Surviving are %.-j husband "ne daughter, Mrs. Prui’t of Frank • ’Mon. and two sons, \Y. A. Langley of Halifax and L. Cl. Langley of this city. Y. W. A. Gives Interesting Program l nder the capable leadership of Miss Ruth White and Miss Ella Out land a most delight i’ul play was giv en in the Roanoke Rapids Baptist Church on Sunday evening in place of the regular preaching service. The play entitled ‘‘Then and Now” was very impressive, the characters being The Leader, Miss Ruth White; Zlllah. a Jewess Matron, Ella Outland; Ra chel, a young Jewess, Catherine Hines; Mrs. Grayson, an elderly lady, Ruth King; Myra, Mrs. Grayson’s daughter, Hazel Hutchinson; Helen, another daughter, Euice Underwood. A full house enjoyed this splendid program. -□ Charles Gilburn of Lemont, 111., re moved all his clothing before commit ting suicide. WILL ROGERS SAYS CHILDREN IMPORTANT TO NATION AS HOGS A few extracts from the ad dress of Dr. Ruth Andrus, who gave a most helpful talk on chil dren and child development at at the High School on the morn ing of November 18. She started by quoting Will Rogers about a government experiment sta tion for children as well as for hogs, cattle, etc. “If it works and improves them, I will send you mine.” “Child- , ren are a lot of trouble but there is nothing that is less trouble to substi tute.” Phillip Brooks has said that “the race moves forward on the feet of little children, and adults Jay the highway along which these children shall walk and determins the rate at which those children shall progress.” Any program interested in children is also interested in parental edu cation. The first step is to improve the health of the child; here physical edu cation has plyed a big part in the last decade. Statistics show that physical education has been the means of add ing inches to the height of our men of today, and the conclusion has been reached by the check up that if the children can grow physically they can grow socially, mentally, ete. Great in terest is being aroused in emotional and social development and how emo tional develonm^nt affects the child. Research points to the fact that we inherit largely, that w? have been brought up largely on a competitive basis. “I will get the best of you before you get the best of me.” We are not willing to lay the cards on the table and collect them together and see what we can do with them. Someone said she laid her cards on the table and the crowd went off with her whole pack In this day of such keen competi tion in everything of life and especi ally business, we are beginning to realize that only by getting together can we produce. This is illustrated by two well known advertisements of cigarettes. The Lucky advertise ment says “reach for a lucky instead of a sweet.” Old Gold advertising is an illustration of cooperation proper ly applied to all our living "Smoke Old Golds and eat a sweet and enjoy both.” Lucky and candy manufac turers pulling against each other, with candy factories and Old Golds helping each other. (Continued next week) WOMEN OF HALIFAX AT HOBGOOD 12 Home Demons!ration Club <*f County at Rousing Meeting Last Friday COOK SPECIALIST Gives Demonstration for 209 Members Present: All Day Session Field The Halifax County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs spent ,a most pleasant and profitable day last Friday assembled in the new High School auditorium, as quests of Hobgood club. Mrs. H. L. Stedman, president .»£ the org x ' >n, c ducted the meet ing. Calvary and Tillery Clubs seer'! the only ones in the countv who did not answer to roll call. TvvTjvj c ?uh» belonging to the Federation, with Enfield and f-'.oltand Neck as vis'ling clubs, enjoyed the day's program and Hobgood’s hospitality. ! The feature clem >nstration of the day was given by Mrs. Frances V'. Kline, culinary expert of the Fa a a jtional Department of the General Foods Gor-Miration. She held the au •T • pollbound with her salad ami de.-.'"t demonstration. M s. A. B. P-■ of the Spring Hill club and Miss .Mess of the Aurelian Springs :dub hM l the lucky numbers for the Jello liiold^ which Mrs. Kline gave away. i Mr. Hugh Johnson of Set fund NV- k • ■ ■ a most inter- sting talk on our silent friend “The Cow.” He stat ed that there were at present accord ! ing to statistics only one cow to ov ; °ry eighteen persons in Halifax Coun ty. The most entertaining numbers ora the program were the three orches tral numbers tendered by the Ho!r good town orchestra, under the able guidance of Mrs. S. T. Hyman. Greetings were brought to the Fede ration by- County Superintendent-, A* F. Akms, and County Agent. Mr. J. A. Britt. The lunch served to 200 guests was a part of the program ajni j was handled in a most creditable man jner by the Hobgood club women. This being Book Week, the third grade of | the Hobgood school presented a play let for the audience revealing scenes from various books. The membership cup was present ed to the Spring Hill club wlu> brought the largest per centage of their enrollment. The visitors cup j went to the Roseneath club. The fe deration hopes to interest these vis itors in becoming members. Mrs. V. C. Matthews of the Aure lian Springs club was appointed sec retary of the council to fill out the unexpired term of Mrs. M. W. Par ham, who has moved from the county. The County Federation accepted the invitation to meet with the Halifax club in March. Rev. Mr. West, pastor of the Bap tist church and Rev. Mr. Black of the Methodist church of Scotland Neck led the devotions, and the singing of “Dreaming” and “Home Sweet Home*" The welcome address by Mrs. W. V. Leggett and fine spirit shown be tween the club women and Mrs. Haz el Erwin, Wheeler who has charge of the Home Demonstration work of the county, was an inspiration to all who attended this meeting. The work has grown from year to year in a big way under her supervision. -□ EXTERIOR OF NEW FINISHING MILL IS NOW COMPLETED The entire exterior of the new fin ishing mill of the Rosemary Maim* facturing Co. has been completed and work is now being pushed on the in terior in order to be ready for the new machinery some time before tba first of the year. The new building is the latest word in modern construction. It is all brick and steel with the latest type sloping sawtooth roof. Every attention haa been given to lighting and ventilation so as to make it comfortable mtrkinc quarters for employees. The roof has been completed and the windows are all in so that work is now going on in the interior re gardless of weather conditions. Thn building is almost as Urge as the largest of the present building* and in two stories high. It contains spec ially constructed floors to handle the heavy equipment which will be used in the finishing of the cloth. -□ Miss Julia Bradley is the guest ad Reverend and Mrs. S. H. Bradley.