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THE GREATER CITY LJI^D ^ I I NO ROOM FOR jj 15,000 POPULATION | ^ JL JL£li 1 IJLjIViaLjI^ I KNOCKERS NOW!— I |—.^—l—L—3 OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROAN OKE RAPIDS--ROSEMARY VOLUME 15.ROANOKE RAPIDS-KOSEMARY, N. C.THURSDAY. JANUARY Kith. 1930.NUMBER 40. NEGRO GIRL KILLED BY ELI PUTNEY Fires at Ruth DeLoche, Touches Her and Flees; Uncapturd Yet Ruth DeLoche, lfi year old colored girl, was shot and instantly killed by Eli Putney, 35, colored, on the Mat thews property back of the Rosemary School late Saturday afternoon. There is a settlement of Negroes in that section and both parties lived there. The shooting took place in the DeLoche kitchen. Witnesses in clude small brothers and sisters of the dead girl, who were either in the j itchen or out in the yard. Putney, who is a married man, is reported to have warned the girl that he would kill her if she had anything to do with any other man. Officers believe there is another man con nected with the case and possibly present at the shooting. Very little inform:.':"n could ho obtained from the nei .hhors or children. The y' rl was shot as she stood m the kitchen floor. Putney was seat ed in the kitchen. When his victim reached the door, he leveled an Army pistol at her anil fired one time, the bullet striking her in the left eye and burying itself in the back of her skull. She fell backwards down the steps and died instantly. Putney never ut tered a word before rfiing, the child ren say, but after killing the girl, he walked down and touched her face, turned and fled. Coroner Williams was notified and at six o’clock a man hunt had start ed which lasted until Sunday morn ing. County and city officers scour ed the country but without avail. No trace of Putney could be found nor has he been caught yet. The girl’s father was in the city jail when she was kP.lt*. having been arrested only a few minutes before the killing. trmnIcills WELD’N MAN L. T. Garner, Sr., was killed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com pany’s Northbound train No. 84, “The Everglades,” Saturday morning, while attempting to cross the South Weldon •rossing. Mr. Garner had been at the office •f the Eastern Cotton Oil Company •when two little children came in and asked the manager to sell them a lit tle coal. Mr. Garner, with the kind ness of heart so c<haracter?stic of him, offered to take the little ones home, saying the coal was too heavy for them to carry. As he was return ing to the office, his car was hit by the train. He was one of Weldon’s representative citizens, ever ready to assist in any good or charitable work. He farmed on a large scale and also had a large peach orchard. The funeral services were neiu uom te Methodist Church Sunday after noon and largely attended. The Py thians attended in a body and also acted as pallbearers. They had charge of the services at the grave. The services at the church were in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. H. Shore, assisted by Rev. R. S. Fountain, of the Baptist Church, and Rev. Moore, rector of the Episcopal Church. In terment was in Cedarwood cemetery. Mr. Garner is survived by his wi dow, who was Miss Nellie Andleton, and th efollowing children: James, Charles, Lonnie T. Jr., and Mrs. -»ra ham of Charlottesville, Va„ and the following brothers and sister: Messrs Jesse, Albert and Archie Garner and Mrs. Susie Summerell of Weldon. -□ On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. Fred Brown was hostes to the Episcopal Guild of All Saints Church. The main business of the afternoon was the election of officers for the new church year. Mrs. A. L. Taylor was elect ed president, Mrs. T. W. M. Long, vice president, Mrs. C. A. Webb, secre tary, Mrs. E. W. Lehman treasurer and Mrs. M. R. Vick assitant treasur er. The new business under discus sion was the silver tea and antique exhibit to be held at the home of Mrs. W. L. Long on Tuesday afternoon January 23, from 4 to 6 o’clock. The following ladies were present, Mes dames K. H. Barrow, M. R. Vick, B. B. Cullom, Wm. Shay, T. W. M. Long, T. G. Jarman, W. L. Long, J. N. By num, C. A. Webb, C. L. Grimmer, A. L. Taylor Mrs. Elmore and Mrs. Heath. GIRLS BEAT GREENVILLE IN THRILLER H.S. Boys Beat Wash ington; Lose to Enfield; Girls Play Fri. Night Twin City High School girls open ed the basketball season away from home last Friday night when they met Greenville High School there and came through with a briliant 38-32 victory. Lagging 13 to 18 at the end of the half the local girls came back in the second half with a vengeance and the game see-sawed back and forth until the final three minutes of play. With Stainbaek making long, spec tacular shots, and Captain Shearin ac curate near the goal, the locals flash in three field goals in succession near the closing whistle to win the game in nice shape. Basketball fans will be delighted to know that the girls bid fair to have lone of the best feminine teams ir | this sec! ion of the Slate this year and will have a chance to see them in a - , t.i'-n tomorrow night wk n Green-. ;.!.• (•• mv's here lor a return match v.uth blood in their eyes. The Twin City line-up at Greenville was: Forwards, ('apt. Sbearin. Stain back. Wilson; Guards, Mullen Daught ry, Cameron; Sub. forwards, Stans burg, Daughtry; Sub guards Hines, Akers, Tudor. The boys team opened the season on the home floor by defeating Washington last Friday night 15 - 10. Sullivan was the star of the game, scoring 13 points. On Tuesday night the strong Enfield team, fresh from a victory over Weldon, took the lo cal boys into camp by a 29-18 score. Again Sullivan led his team with a total of 10 points. Wertz and Starke also featured for the home boys. Brown has been doing good work for the Yellow jackets in the last two games. The schedule for the boys games is as follows: Rich Square there Jan. 7. Washington here Jan. 10. Enfield here Jan. 14. Eb'zabeth City then Jan 17. Rich Square here Jan. 21 Farmville here Jan. 24. GreenvilV there Jan 31. Open Feb. 4. Wash ington there Feb. 7. Henderson (hoys and gi°.s) here Feb. 11. Elizabeth City here Feb. 14. Enfield there Feb. 18. Farmville there Feb. 11. Opeu Feb. 25. Gieenville here Feb. 28. The girls play the rti).r mg sche dule tin- season: Ffiday, Jan. 24 Red Oak trere. Fi". ley, .»a?i 31, Ret Oak hj-* Friday, Feb. 7, P.oekv Mount hero. Friday, Feb. 11, Spring Hope there. Friday, Feb. 21, Spring Hope here. Friday, Feb. 28, Con way here. March 7, Rocky Mount there. BOARDS IN QUIET MEET Dickens and Hawkins Kept Busy In Adjustment of Land Sales Official Boards of the County were jn session on the first Monday in January to transact business of Hali fax and they moved smoothly through the sessions of the day. It seemed that the affairs governmentally were in accord to plans and specifications of the County Government Advisory Commission. Supt. Akers was there and so were members of the road : hoard. County Commissioners, all five of the board were in session through out the morning and until early af ternoon. Before this body, the last resort in govermemal matters of a county na ture, routine bills were presented and complaints of big.' ta>es hear-.l. Audi tor G. A. Hawkins, with Wade Dick ers of Scotland Neck, were kept busy in adjustment of land sales. Proper ty advertised through its owners, sought Kliif, County Attorney, Geo. C. Green stayed with the board to ad vise upon the legality fo any ques tions which came to their attention. All bills were reviewed by the dif ferent members of the board befoie they were allowed the privilege of “as good as cash.” A report was received from W. 0. Mitchell, county health of ficer, and the commissioners acted favorably up ;. h*s recommendations. Funds wove denied J. C. Britt, agent at Scotland Neck, to pay for office rent inasmuch as the office in the bank there had been used for some time free of any coot to the county and proceeding upon this basis the Roanoke Rapids Man Hurt in Aulo Wreck Inability' to see a train of flat cars parked on the crossing at the Rock Quarry, south of Kmporia, Va., on ac count of bright lights from another car approaching the crossing, is given as the reason for an accident on Sat urday night about 9:30 o’clock in which Rock Wrenn, white man of Roa noke Rapids and driver of the car, was sent to the hospital with a bad crack on his head and possibly a frac tured skull. Painful bruises wore sus tained by R. H. and Thomas Tudor i and Russell Johnson, also of Roanoke Rapids, the other occupants of the car. M SYSTEM WILL OPEN On Saturday Morning Coder Local Management; Cash and Carry Policy A new store oprns for In: 'ness in Roanoke Rapids this Satin- ’ y mr*vn :np when the M System, me t to Tay ’ ••• Matthews Drug Co., th. v. < o; -1 j it - doors to & t uhRc*. I \ 'mR a<! :n this i - tie of The ; He; aid gives all the d•: tr. 1 - of tl,;* I owning with several att’-v Hvo tVrs and a few of the many bargains listen. I The II System franchise calls f >v a cash and carry policy which will lie ] carried out fully by the new owners, j Buying in hulk will be done through -the M System and good discounts I given to all customers because of the small overhead. No clerks will he employed, nor bookkeepers or de livery help. C. O. Bell, field man for the M System, has been here for the past ten days moving in new equipment and fixtures, painting and redeco rating, moving in' an entire new stock of heavy and fancy groceries and meats and vegetables, and -with a crew of several men has fashioned one of the most sanitary and beau tiful stoics in this section of the State. The M System store is owned by Taylor and Collier, local grocers and Mr. M. I). Collier will give a large portion of his time to the new cash store, while Mr. Jim Taylor will con tinue to devote his time to the oth er store which has gained such a re putation in the past 18 years. The M System store is for those customers who desire to pay cash for their purchases, while the old Tay lor and Collier store will continue along the same lines as in the past, giving those customers who merit it, ample credit, and continuing the dc lievry system. The two stores are not to be con fused and will have nothing to do with each other in a business way. They will be under separate management and run on entirely different poli cies. Messrs Taylor and Collier began the grocery business on February 14, 1911 and for the past 18 years have serv ed this community with a cash and credit business, building up in that time one of the largest and finest businesses in this section of the coun try. Antioue Exhibit Next Thursday Afternoon On next Thursday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. W. L. Long, the ladies of All Saints Church will hold an antique exhibit and serve tea from four till six o’clock. The collection of antiques will con tain many miniatures, among them will be a miniature of Joseph Mont ford, who was the only provincial grand master of Masons in Ameri ca, and guardian of Willie Jones. Among the historic portraits will be one of John Burgwyn a colonial sec retary of the province of North Carolina. There will be rare speci mens of pottery and porcelain and a varied collection of snuff boxes. An interesting assortment of Colonial handcraft will be displayed together with rare old books and many other items of interest. The public is cor dially invited. -□ Mr. Joe Pierce of Norfolk, Va., vis ited Mrs. Nettie Morris Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Strickland spent Sunday here with Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Cook. county board had not provided for office rent in its budget. Chairman J. Waldo Whitaker of Enfield presid ed and all members were present to attend their duties. KIWANIS MINSTREL CONTRACT Signed for March 14; Standing Committees Appointed The signing of the contract with a producing company for the Kiwanis Club Minstrel on or about March 14, appointment for standing committees for 1930 by President Frank B. Wil son, December attendance report, and a speech by the new chairman of the Agricultural committee, were high spots in the Kiwains Club program on last Thursday night. Ned Manning, chairman of the Min strel committee, reported that a con tract bad been signed with the Rogers Producing Company, of Fostoria, Ohio to direct a local talent minstrel for the Kiwanis Club here on or about March. 14. The producing company furnishes the director, the play and j music, the costumes, scene- y, etc. j Members of the Kiwanis Club, aug-! men ted by other local talent, will take the leading part in the nvnsirel. the proceeds of which will g » to ti.o Boy Scout P'und of the Club. ! ■•verity Jour members, practical!.. half tile club, registered perfect at tendance during the month of Decem ber. A financial report was read by ex-secretary#Carroll Wilson. Visitors {at the meeting were Messrs P. D. [Lawrence, Power Company engineer, J. Clay Williams, Raleigh, Layman Hunter and Harry Hartswell. W. J. Norwood, chairman of the ag ricultural committee outlined the work of his committee for 1930, giv ing a clear and colorful word picture of farm conditions in this section at the present time. Standing committees for 1930 are, Agriculture: Billy Norwood chairman, Frank Nash, Wick Ross, Troy Parrish Jim Taylor and Duke Wade. Attendance: Howard Pruden, chair man, Hugh Smith and Ray Goodman. Finance: Wick Ross, chairman, Hurley King and Jack Weissner. Good Will and Grievances: Kelly Jenkins, chairman, Julian Alsbrook, and Bob Myrick. Businew Standards: Jim Taylor, chairman, Emmett Matthews and Al len Zollicoffer. Classification and Membership:— House Committee: Geo. Taylor, chairman, Tommy Gates and Clar ence Grimmer. Inter-Club Relations: Frank Joy ner, chairman, Hunter Barbee and Murphy Jackson and Leslie Shell. Kiwanis Education: Alonzo Ak ers, chairman, Charley Davis and E. W. Eubank. Laws and Regulations: Joe Bynum, chairman, J. W. Smoot and J. L. Vest. Music: Leslie Towe, chairman, Joe T. Chase and Leon Hall. Program: Ned Manning, chairman, Alfred Martin and Charlie Whipple. Public Affairs: Sam T. Peace, chairman, Frank Joyner and Joe T. Chase. Publicity: Carroll Wilson, chair man, Bob Allen and Claud Edgerton. Reception: Hugh Camp, chairman, Sidney Bounds, Jack Young and Billy Williams. Underprivileged Child: Dr. Martin, chairman, Frank Williams, and Dr. Long. _n_ i Local Red Cross Reports 208 Members At a final summing up of the Na tional Red Cross Roll call of which Mr. Ned Manning was local chairman he reports 208 annual memberships and donations amounting to $60.18. The community as a whole failed to respond financially as in former years whiejh greatly handicaps .'thje local chapter in carrying out their program scheduled for the year 1930. Mr. Ned Manning, chairman of roll call and Mrs. T. M. Jenkins, chairman of lo cal chapter wishes to thank each one who helped in this work both finan cially and with their time. -□ Mr. G. H. and Mr. G. A. Heislei of Richmond spent Sunday with their sister, Mrs. J. W. Martin. Miss Mabel Glasgow and Mr. Mar tin Lambert were maried at nine o’clock last Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. 0‘Briant, Rosemary. Both of the young people are residents of this county near Lit tleton. Mrs. Nannie Hoffman of Scotland Neck, and Mr. Sam Hoffman of New York spent Wednesday in the home of Mrs. Charlena Hart and Mr. and Mrs. George Hayes. Creditor’s Meeting In Bankrupt Case W. B. Zabriskie, trading as Wil liams-5-10-$! Stores, with stores in Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary, was adjudged bankrupt on January 11, and a meeting of creditors has been called by Marshall C.Staton, (J. S. Referee in Bankruptcy, at 2 p. n., on January 22 at the office of G. ('. Green in Weldon. Liabilities are listed at $20,661.61 and assets at $16, 625. ORGANIZE TWO TROOPS BOY SCOUTS Sixty Boys are Enrolled; 100 Wanted; Spon sored by Kiwanis Sixty br.ys were enrolled this week j in two Boy Scout troops organV’d in the city schools and sponsored by t!v* Kiwanis Hub. It ic n . I . at 'least one hunderd boys will be en>-oll j o-l by the first of next week, nee".-- di lating the fo'-mathm of two ni-.uv i troops, revs Supt. C. W. Da . is. ‘■■I .denning of the Boy Scouts • committee of the kiwanis Club, and (’. 11. Lomon ace looking after the boys in the South end of the Twin (''ties. ] while kiv. anian Claud Dunn and R. G. Knight will handle Scout afi'.tii. in the North section. With the enlisting of additional boys, Kiwanians Hugh Bradley and Howard Pruden are making ready to take over nev troops and ot’ er Ki wanians have been chosen to help in the active work as numbers grow. A Council of Twin City business and professional men will be selected to manage and advise the Scouts and deal with national headquarters. Scoutmasters and troop leaders will be selected from men interested in boys’ work. The first month , will be taken up with organization and examinations for Tenderfoot rank. Plans for the future include a permanent Scou meeting place, week-end hikes, troop competition, summer camps, fancy drills, merit work and other Scout ac tivities. School Tennis Courts Work began today on two tennis courts near the High School, the gift to the school of the class of 1027 in memory of Edward Vincent, to be known as the Edward Vincent Me morial Courts. The class raised and donated a fund of one hundred dollars for \nis pur pose. Cinders were hauled this week by the Rosemary Manufacturing Co. and construction begins today. The courts wil be located* on Washington Street on the South side of the Ju nior High School building. boysIbuy LIVESTOCK Pure Bred Live Slock Bought By Aureliau Springs School Boys On December 20, 1929, thirteen members of the Aurelian Springs Young Tar Heel Farmer Club pur chased thirteen purebred Poland China Gilts and two purebred boars from the Mount Pleasant Stock Farm, Fairfield, Va. All of these hogs were registered and these boys will get registration papers as soon as the breed association completes the details of registering them. Each of these boys will use his gilt as his, project in supervised practice work in Vocational Agriculture dur ing the present year. Complete re cords will be kept on each hog and the financial results will be deter mined at the close of the year. The classroom work in agriculture is co related with the supervised practice work that is required of each boy on his home farm. In this way, the boy has an excellent opportunity to com bine theory with practice. Mr. F. L. Nash, cashier of the Citi zens Bank and Trust Company of Rosemary is responsible for the plac ing of these hogs. He furnished 11 of these boys with money to start their pig projects, and also offered twenty five dollars in gold to the boy who makes the best record with his project. These thirteen gilts and two boars, under proper care and management, will mean for better hogs in Halifax County. Five vears hence, there will probably be u g roller per centers of pure bred h'.gs in this section , nd FORMER NIGHT POLICE CHARGED WITH THEFT HOSPITAL NEWS Recent patients at the hospital in clude Mrs. C. L. Whipple, Miss Lilly May Keetcr, Mrs. John Beard, Chester Wall, Girl Margaret Boyd. Miss Ethel Harris of Weldon, Mrs. I. W. Moore, Mrs. Walter Jones, Mrs. W. Z. Har ris of Littleton, Mrs. J. M. Ramsey, Mrs. John Buck. Birth announcements; To Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Taylor of Rosemary, a boy, Jan. 10. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Hin son, of Roanoke Rapids, a boy, Jan. 13. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Wheeler, a girl, Jan. 10 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Eson of Rosemary, a girl, Jan. 12. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Gray, Roanoke Ra pids, a girl, Jan 11. Roscoe Wrenn, who was in an automobile accident near Emporia is much better. . , < ^ ^ I,""fall in j Tt* Reoriran’zc Lesion Post Ik'rc; Marvin Anderlon to Try Tor Prizes A mooting of all ex-service men in I i the Twin Cities has been called for the night of January 28th at a place to he anounced later, for the purpose of reorganizing an American Legion Post here. j Dr. W. G. Suiter, Commander of the Weldon Post, will address the boys and is very anxious to have every ex service man present .whether he in ' tends to join the Post or not. The Twin Cities had a Post some time ago and the records show that it did noble work while it was in ex istence. There is much to be done and especially on National holidays, the city feels the need of a Post keenly. One of the good projects now be ing sponsored by the Legionnaires of this State is the American Legion Oratorical Contest. Marvin Anderton, 11th grade pu pil in the local High School, has been chosen by the school auhtorities to represent the Twin Cities in the coun ty contest at Halifax on January 31. The subject of the oration is “Our Flag.” The winner of the county contest wins ten dollars, given by the Ameri can Legion Posts of the State, and enters the district contest at Tarboro on February 14th. The district win ner gains a ten dollar prize and en ters the State contest at Raleigh on Washington’s birthday, February 22, v here the winner receives a beauti ful Legion medal and fifty dollars. This contest is but one of the many projects planned for the coming year 1-y the State Posts and f»’om all sec tions of the country there comes a call to Twin City vets to fall in line and count off once tncic. A weincr roast was held Monday night at Riverside Prik. The young! people played games and roasted weiners and everyone enjoyed the oc- 1 casion immensely. Those attending, were Misses Emma Andrews, Etta Mincher, Catherine Hutchinson, Joe Ann R^ck, Blanche Norwood, Blanche Waddell. Ada Bell Strickland, Lucy Clemens, Pauline Webb, Elizabeth Mills, Rosa Williams, Alice Hux Edythe Welch, Katie Smith, Annie Wadded, Mildred Balrncr, Edythe El more, Mesdames John Mincher, Mary Balrncr, Lawrence Loomis, Bush Hux. Messrs Dick Moss, Seaborn Rook, Lawrence Loomsi, Bush Hux, Garland Wheeler, Guy Moss, Jack Rook, Joe Loomis, Gene Dunn, Robert Bendall, j Jesse Baird, George Loomis, Johnnie Brigman, Joe Lassiter, B. Mincher Herman Jenkins, Curits Rook and Clarence Loomis. -n ROSEMARY METHODIST CHURCH Rev. A. W. Oaks, Superintendent of Weldon schools will preach at eleven o’clock. The pastor, Rev. C. T. Thrift, will preach on “Religion and Health” at 7:30 P. M. This is the second ser mon in th eserics on the value of (religion. Special music by the choir at both services. more m':? .- st viU be taken in de veloping belter 1 v* ctock. Those boys who purchased these pigs are as follows: Alson Thomp son, Milton Sledge, Robert Rogers, Rufus Eevei'ette, Lonnie Hux, Willis Taylor, Harry Liles, Archie Jessup, Joe Brown, Perkins Crawley, William Thorne, Plummer Shearin and Wil jliam Arington. JERNIGAN ACCUSED Loot From Bertie Store and Smokehouse Found at His Home The many robberies in this section may soon be solved by local sleuths, it is claimed, with definite proof secured by Rose mary officers in last Friday night’s robbery of a store and smokehouse in Bertie County. The theft Friday night has been pinned on a former night watchman at Rosemary with the discovery of part of the loot in his house, the houses of oth ers seen with him, and with his sudden departure for parts un known, when he discovered the officers were on his trail. j L. W. Jernigan, lormer night I watchman employed by t h 3 Rosemary Merchants Assciation, is accused of robbing the store of T. J. Jernigan, a distant re lative, and the smokehouse of Mont White, farmer, both of Powellsville, Bertie County, where the accused man once lived and where his aged fath er now resides. Implicated with L. W. Jernigan ia his brother, Denson Jernigan, who was seen with the elder Jernigan around Powellsville, and two others who have been their companions re cently. Denson Jernigan has also disappeared. Suspicion of the Jernigans was first aroused in the Bertie case when a check book on the Rosemary Bank ing and Trust Company was found in the smokehouse of Mr. White on the morning after this place and the store had been robbed. There was no signature in the check book but there were several entries on the stubs which were later checked at the bank here. Messrs White and Jernigan came, to Rosemary Monday morning of this week and with Chief Dobbins and other Rosemary officers began a search of the town for the stolen property. Both Bertie County men claimed to have seen the Jernigans in their vicinity on the night of the thefts. They also say that numerous i thefts have been made in the past in their community and that on sev eral occasions the men accused were seen in those parts. It being their former home and the home of their father, who is a respected old citizen, no connection was drawn at the time. The Bertie men brought a list of the articles stolen last week and the most of these were discovered here in the home of L. W. Jernigan and the place where the younger Jerni gan had stayed at various times. The officers went first to the nouse of Hubert Finch in Rosemary. Here is where Denson’s wife boarded and where Denson is said to have stayed until he was told to leave by Mr. : Finch some time ago. Mrs. Densoti Jernigan works in the mill and of ficers say she nor the Finches knew anything about the stolen property However, bolts of cloth, silk hose, ci garettes were found in the house Denson had brought them in earlj Saturday morning. The Finches als< : told of a chicken which he had gavt them. E. J. Bryant admitted buying i carton of cigarettes from Jernigan but proved an alibi for Friday night. The main prtion of the missing goods was found in the home of L. W Jernigan in South Rosemary. Eigh or ten pairs of shoes, several dozei pairs of ladies hose and mens socki new auto tires, several bolts of call co, sateen and dress goods with th^ price tags still on them, fresh meal hams, shoulders, middlins, hog jowl and other meats from the smokehoug and store, cigarettes and other itegi were found there by officers sa| identified by the Bertie County mil chant and farmer. j The rooming house of another iot under suspicion could not be fom| > The police searched quickly but HOT 1 reached the two Jemigans sad tki both disappeared. Officers ssy tin (Continued on bsck page) |!