TWIN CITY
HAPPENINGS
Mr. T. W\ Mullen spent Monday in
Petersburg.
Mr. harlie Smith of Pikeville is
spending a few days in the home of
Mr. J E. Cox.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Grimmer and
family snenfc Sunday in Petersburg.
Va.
Misses Page Gooch. Betsy Rose
Jones, Emily Penn and Lucille Rux of
Henderson spent the week-end here
as the guests of Mrs. T. R. Manning.
JVjit. Fanny Mimn'pg. gra !e mother
ol the Junior C!as- ga\e thi m a party
Fricla;. ngiht at the Country Club,
from S -ill 11 o’e’ock. The cluo house
wa- decorated with pink and white
the class colors. About To l oys and
g ris enjoyed th< dancing and games
ard contests conducted by Miss
Traynham Wyche. Pevera' out of
town quests were present. At eleven
o’clock white ice cream and pink cakes
were served. Among those present
wer* es Ruby Tickle, Ruth Baird,
Cor . • Barrow, Pauline Brewer,
Dak ; ' . Commons, Mary Allen Doro
thy i aughtry, Crichton Harris, Jo
ana K ok, Sybil Simmons, Hazel Tol
bert, Mary Zeiler, Annie Kennon Tay
lor. Frances McClary, Tate, Vernie
Eddins, Ada Edwards, Traynham
Wyche, Lillian Bell Jenkins, Messrs
Reger Cullom, Francis Starke, Marion
Hudson, James Lynch, Marvin Ander
ton, Dallas Shearin, Johnny Shell,
Jesse Shell, James Currin, Marion
Floyd. Milton Harris, Roland Johnson,
Belmont Murray, Norman Speight,
John Bounds, Ralph Shell, Wilton
Brown. James McNeill, Francis Cobb.
Jimruie Shell. Edwin Akers, Glenn
Thompson, Ned Manning. The out-of
town guests were Misses Lucille Iiux
Page Gooch, Betsy Ross Jones and
Emily Penn, and Mrs. Harris of Hen
derson. ■
GET READY TO
SHUDDER! REAL
THRILLER COMING
The public will be let in on several
mysterious murders taking place in
an old house occupied by an antique
collector when “In The Next Room,”
First National’s thrilling new mys
tery picture, opens at the Rosemary
Theatre, Thursday and Friday.
In addition they will see the spine
chilling events leading up to the mur
ders and the funny incidents occur
ring to the reporter, detective and
cops who try to solve the mystery.
“In The Next Room,” is considered
one of the best First National melo
drama thrillers since “The Gorilla.
Jack Mulhali is featured and Alice
Day. who played the feminine lead in
“‘The Gorilla," is cast opposite Mul
hali.
Practically all of the action in the
picture takes place in the old house
from th ecellar to the garrett. and the
story is said to have a most unusual
twist at the end.
The cast includes Jane Winton, Rob
ert O’Connor, John St. Polis, Claude
j Allister, Aggie Herring, Dewitt Jen
nings and Webster Campbell.
I “In the Next Room,” was directed
I by Edward Cline from the similarly
| named stage play. .Ibmes Starr and
j Harvey Gates wrote the screen ver
sion.
| “A Song of Kentucky”
Promises Many Thrills
The triumph of a talented young
song writer is the keynote of “A Song
of Kentucky,” Fox Movietone all
talking and singing romantic comedy
drama which will be at the Peoples
Theatre Friday and Saturday. He
battles bitter enemies and strives to
win the girl of his dreams.
Lois Moran, beautiful and much lov
ed screen actress, and Joe Wagstaff,
who rose to eminence in a musical
comedy in New York portray the lead
ing roles nad supply the love interest.
Dorothy Burgess will be remembered
for her outstanding portrayal of “To- J
nia” in "In Old Arizona,” is also pro
minently cast. Others furnishing com
mendable support include such well
known favorites as Douglas Gilmore,
Hedda Hopper. Edward Davis, Her
man Bing and Bert Woodruff.
The plot is replete with romantic
situations, exciting action an ddelight
ful music. It concerns Jerry Reavis,
a song writer who falls in love with
I.ee Coleman a beautiful society heir
ess who owns a colt which she enters
in the futurity and later in the Ken
tucky Derby.
One of the most thrilling scenes in
the picture is the actual running of
the 1929 Kentucky Derby at the his
toric Churchill Downs course. These
•'■cones were made in May of that year
by Lewis Seiler, the director, and
the cast already named.
NEW COURT
FOR COUNTY
IS TALKED
Commision is Divided on
Question of State Con
trol of Schools
Halifax—The members of (he
Board of Commissioners paused in
their routine of work in regular ses
sion here for the April Term to dis
cuss briefly the possibilities of a
Recorder's Court for Halifax County.
It was generally thought by the
members of the board that though a
Recorder’s Court would necessarily
add to the running expense of the
county, but at the same time it would
do away with so much congestion with
petty crimes that take a large part
of the regular criminal court period
After a brief discussion of a Re
corder’s court for Halifax County the
commissioners turned to other mat
ters before them.
T. A. Chappell of Weldon was be
fore the board with facts and figures
relative to inserting ventilating fans
n the court room. Mr. Chappell stat
'd that he was asked to bring the
'acts and figures before the board by
>ne of the officers of the Court House,
rhe board felt that at this time it
would be unwise to make any changes,
but asked Mr. Chappell to save his
estimates of the cost until a later
date. The cost of ventilating the court
room was given as $G0»k
A petition from the Hoard of Com
missioners of a neighboring county
was read in which they asked the en
dorsement of the Halifax Board to let
the State have complete charge of fin
ancing as well as running the schools
of the State. The board was divided
upon this question, and it was decided
to postpone voting upon this petition
until it could be more thoroughly
looked into.
Isaac Spiers, D. E. Isles. Miss An
nie Morecock, and II. I’. Phelps were
before the board asking reduction on
their property. The b- : rd turned the
requests over to Countv Auditor Haw
kins for investigatin’.
Mrs. ti. L>. Cartier \vr; • appointed lo
cal registrar for Littleton Township.
The following inability cases were
brought uefore the hoard by Welfare
officer Hall. Tom Jenkins was given
$10 per month for two months. Mr3.
Claud Wilsons sivu war reduced from
$7 to $5 per month with the contin
uance of $3 per month. Mrs. Molly
Wheeler received an increase from $5
to $10 per month.
N. J. Shepherd made a motion that
the county borrow the sum of $15,
000.00 from the State Literay Fund
for the Roanoke Rapids School. N.
W. Warren seconded the motion and
it was unanimously passed.
Upon motion made by J. P. Futrell
and seconded by N. W. Warren the
Board ordered the county to borrow a
sum. not to exceed $70,000 for school
board and $30,000 for road board this
month.
A special meeting of the Board of
Commissioners will ha held on the 15
of the month for the purpose of re
versing tne jury list
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Mrs. W. J. Calvor of London, who
married, divorced her husband and re
married him has divorced him again.
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CRIMINAL
Court for One Week Starts at
Halifax April 26th
There will be one week of criminal
court at Halifax this month beginning
April 28. The jurors will b« chosen
from the following:
Paul Daniel, H. E. Jackson, B. A.
Staton, T. S. Petitt, N. A. Riddick,
Otto Meyer, C. C. Tines, A. L. Hamil,
E. L. Burnett, M. D. Overstreet, S. L.
Duke, W. B. Parks, C. J. Topping (or
J. C.), R. E. Parker, W. B. Cowan,
Maxie C. Riddick, E. T. Ellington, W.
E. Nicholson.
H. M. Tickel, A. W. Cameron, W.
W. Anderson, W. J. Boseman, W. E.
Knight. Julius Morris, Dixie King, W.
G. Alligood, S. L. Denson, W. L.
Smith. Hugh Bloomer, R. L. Sim
mons. H. S. Harrison, Jr.. C. J. Leon
ard, J. E. DeBerry; D. L. Shearin,
Jesse Cobb.
NOTICE
TO TAX PAYERS OF HALIFAX
COUNTY
The County Tax Books for the year
1929 have been in the hands of the
tax collectors since October 1, 1929.
If you have not paid your taxes see
the tax collector in your township and
pay at once.
Under the present State Laws tax
collectors are required to force col
lection of all taxes that are now un
paid
As required by Section 4, Chapter
213, Public Laws of 1927, real estate
will be advertised for sale on the first
day of May. Pay your taxes before
this date and save this additional cost.
The State Laws do not allow the
Board of County Commissioners or
Sheriff any discretion in these mat
ters.
This 15th day of April, 1930.
G. II. JOHNSON,
Sheriff of Halifax County.
3t-may 1
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