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- ---_-ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, ThURSDAY, MAY 19th, 1932. NUMBER FIVE.
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355 or 356.
The Young Ladies’ Class of the
Christian Church will present a play,
“The Dream of Queen Esther,” on
Friday night. May 27th, at 8 o’clock
in the church auditorium. There will
be no admission charge but a free
will offering tfilj be taken, which
will be applied on the church debt.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend and it is hoped that each one
present Will be as generous as pos
sible for this worthy cause.
The dwelling of James H. Williams,
colored, farmer, five miles West of
here on the Thelma road, was destroy
ed by fire last Thursday morning.
James was in Roanoke Rapids sell
ing farm produce when the news of
the fire was brought to him.
The Pure Food Store on the Ave
nue in the South Ward will re-open
for business Friday morning after
being completely repaired and re
stocked following an early morning
fire a few weeks ago. C. M. and G.
S. Gurley, brothers, are proprietors
of the store, which was established
shortly before Christmas last year.
Although badly damaged by fire in
the recent blaze, all marks of the
flames have been removed and the
store now presents a model, clean ap
pearance, and a complete new stock
has been added.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Pendleton are
in receipt of the following letter from
President J. C. Woodward of Georgia
Military Academy; with regard to
their son, Cecil:
College Park, Ga., May 17, 1932.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Pendleton,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
My dear Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton:
It gives me a great deal of pleas
ure to write you that your son has
been awarded just about the highest
honor in the nature of a presentation
for this year in school. He has ben
awarded this year, as the “Master Ca>
det.” This distinction is just about
the highest that can be won.
I congratulate you heartily and
trust that you will be present to see
your son so honored this year.
Yours very sincerely,
J. C. WOODWARD, President
This is Cecil’s third and last year
at the Academy where he has made
a very commendable record. In ad
dition to being a letter man and
awarded the honor above, he is cap
tain of one of the military companies
together with captain of the foot
ball team and of the track team. Mr.
Pendleton, who is assistant superin
tendent of Roanoke Mills Co. No. 1
says his son will go on with his col
lege work after finishing G. M. A.,
which is a prep school, tho Cecil has
not yet decided what school he will
attend next year.
Rev. C. T. Clybon of Forest City,
has been conducting revival services
at the First Baptist Church in this
city for the last few days and will
continue until next Wdnsday night.
Rev. A. P. Mustian, pastor of the
church, reports the meetings well
attended and interest constantly in
creasing.
Veteran of Civil War
Dies Near Littleton
The long and eventful life of Raz
Harlow, age 85, came to a quiet and
peaceful, though sad ending at his
home near Littleton last Thursday,
May 12th.
The aged man had stalked under tne
flag of the Confederate army and
had served his colors well and long.
He is the last of the Confederate sol
diers in the section in which he lived.
In death, as in life, the stern and
courageous Southerner who has seen
three generations, who had seen his
country go through three wars, died
with a serene smile, long years after
all of his fellow comrades had passed
away.
Harlow was never married. He is
survived by a sister and a brother.
Interment was at Ebenezer Church1
near the Littleton community, in the
neighborhood in which he spent most
of his long life.
INFANT DIES THURSDAY
Little Elizabeth Parnell, 3 months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. S.
Parnell of Weldon, died Thursday,
May 19th, in this city. The fuenral
is to' be Friday at Weldon.
LOCALS WIN STATE TITLE
Baby s Body Found In Roanoke River Near City
FISHERMEN
FIND BODY
OF CHILD
Baby’s Body May Have
Been Afloat In River
For Weeks
A story that rivals in mystery that
of the Lindbergh case; that would
have undoubtedly caused many vague
rumors and rife speculation and might
have turned the spotlight of the world
on Halifax County as to its possible
connection with the Lindbergh case,
had it been revealed a week ago be
fore little Charles Lindbergh’s body
was found, is unfolded this week.
If it hadn’t been for proverbical ra
cial superstition and true “Negro
aversion to suspicion” on the part of
the two Negro men who discovered,
or thought they discovered, the body
of a white child between the age of
one and two, the story would have
been told at the time of the discovery
of the body, over two weeks ago. But
the dusky fishermen were reluctant
to relate their findings and the Coun
ty Sheriff’s office is confronted with
a mystery of unfathomable depths,
that seems quite likely to remain a
mystery.
Washington Ashe and Jim M'Gee
while fishing in the Roanoke River
discovered a bag that had become
lodged against a rafter in its float
downstream. They promplty investi
gated, though the odor from the
mysterious bag was so offensive that
it wa8 pushed back into the river.
At length, Ashe, the more venture
some of the two, retrieved the bag
a second time to make the horrible
discovery of the body of a white child
concealed inside. The brief investi
gation did not reveal whether the child
had met its tragic death by drowning
or whether the little dead body had
been pitched into a watery grave. In
fact, not even the sex of the infant
was discovered, though it was evident
the child had black hair.
The Negroes reported their find
ings to the Sheriff last Saturday. A
thorough investigation was launchd,
but evidently too late to be fruitful,
and though men have searched dili
gently up and down the banks of
the Roanoke River as far as Scotland
Neck, they have not been rewarded
with the slightest clue. The strange
findings of the Negro men remain
quite as much a mystery as ever
GOLFCLUB
TAKES 3RD
OFJ5ERIES
Local Team Wins Over
Warrenton; South
Hill Next
Another golf club suffered defeat
at the hands of the Chockoyntte ag
gregation Wednsday afternoon when
the locals beat Warrenton 26 to 22
on a water soaked course at Chock
oyotte Country Club.
This is the first time the locals
have met Warrenton and the fifth
game of the tournament, which in
cludes a tilt with South Hill, Hen
derson, Wake Forest and Louisburg.
Out of the five contestants, the Chock,
oyotte Club has now met them all, and
return matches will be played, the
first of which is with South Hill at
South Hill next Wednesday after
noon.
In spite of the fact that Wednes
day afternoon was a terrible day for
golf as it was raining during most of
the play, the local team managed to |
make a very good showing against j
their Warren County opponents. Ray
Goodmon starred with a score of 80,
which is a new low for a rainy day.
A large number of local contestants
expect to journey to South Hill with
the club next Wednesday for the re
turn match in that city.
Miss Blonnie Dorsey spent last week
with relatives in Jackson.
LIPSCOMB
WINS AGAIN
Local JVlan Winner of Elimina
tions In Birmingham
Contest
S. A. Lipscomb, of the acounting de
partmnt, and the Carolina division en
try of ttoe Virginia Electric and
Power Company in the National Elec
tric Light Association Employees
Speaking Contest was awarded first
prize at the eliminations held in
Birmingham, Alabama, last Friday
night, to the delight of his friends
and supporters in the city.
A large and appreciative audience
attended the Southeastern division
eliminations and Mr. Lipscomb met
and competed with the best oratori
cal talent from all states in the South
eastern section of the United States.
In addition to being a distinction,
winning the eliminations in Birming
ham last Friday means that the local
man will next compete for honors at
Toledo, Ohio, next week. These eli
minations will be the finals for the
big contest to be held in Atlantic
City at a later date, and should Lips
Icomb win out here he will compete
for National honors.
me contest is a yearly affair in
which much interest is taken by em
ployees of public utilities from all
over the country, and right now, the
eyes of Southeastern United States,
at least in the electric light world,
are on Steve Lipaoomh. Should h« win
in the Toledo eliminations he would
gain much honor and recognizance for
himself and company he works for.
Steves* many friends are delighted
with his wonderful success in the
contests so far this year, and predict
another victory for hi n in. Cb.o next
week, details of which will be car
ried in The Herald.
CHARITY
DRIVE ON
JUNE 6TH
Roanoke Rapids Assor
ted Charities To Raise
Funds For Coming
Year
SPLENDID RECORD
A drive for Associated Charities
of Roanoke Rapids will be put on
from June 6th through the 12th un
der the direction of Rev. Hugh Brad
ley to raise money for the work dur
ing the year beginning June 1st 1932,
and continuing through May 31st,
1933.
The needs in this community have
never been as great as they are today
and it is to be hoped that the public
will respond to this call in the same
spirit they have shown in the past.
At a recent meeting of the Associ
ated Charities which was held in the
Episcopal Church, the election of
officers for the year took place. The
meeting was opened by Rev. J. N. By
r.um, president and led in prayed by
Rev. Hugh Bradley. The secretary,
Mrs. George Hayes, read the minutes.
The nominatnig committee composed
of Mr. Bradley, Mr. Mustian, and
Mrs. Will Taylor, submitted the fol
lowing names for the officers for the
coming year. President, Rev. J. N.
Bynum; 1st vice president, Mrs. T.
M. Jenkins; Treasurer, Mr. Marvin
Collier; Secretary, Mrs. Geo. Hayes,
and they were unanimously elected.
The present treasurer, Mr. T. M.
Jenkins gave a splendid report and
it was with regret that Mr. Jenkins'
resignation as treasurer had to be
accepted. Mr. Jenkins has served as
treasurer since the organization was
formed and his untiring services have
gone a long way towards making
the organization a success. He re
ported that during the year contri
butions amounting to $1,891.46 had
been given and the disbursements
amounted to $1,879.97, leaving a bal
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Wioner
S. A. LIPSCOMB
TWO MORE
ANNOUNCE
FOROFFICE
Waldo Whittaker and E.
W. Liles Are Latest
To Announce For
County Board
FILING THRU SAT.
| Two more candidates for the Coun
ty Board of Commissioners announced
this week, the last week for filing, ac
cording to notices sett this newsoaper.
J. Waldo Whittaker cf Eiifield pres
ent Chairman of the Board, has an
nounced for re-election. Mi. Whit
taker has served for several terms,
and has been elected chairman by
his fellow board members for the past
two terms.
E. W. Liles, well known farmer of
Aurelian Springs, is a new candidate
in the field for membership on the
Board, composed of five members
in all. Mr. Liles is active in the
school work at Aurelian Springs and
is President of the Aurelian Springs
Farmers Exchange. He is well known
in Roanoke Rapids where he has been
delivering farm produce for many
years.
This brings the total of those who
hav|e announced in this paper for
the County Board to six: W. F. Joy- ■
ner of Roanoke Rapids, Newton Shep
herd of Weldon, Waldo Whittaker of
Enfield, E. W. Liles o f Aurelian
Springs, T. C. Quarles of Hollister, J.
W. Collier of Littleton RFD.
B. B. Everette of Scotland Neck and
Nick Warren of Littleton, present
Board members are reported to be
ready to file, which would bring the
tctal list of candidates to eight, the
five highest winning.
No candidates for any other coun
ty offices were announced this week.
P. T. A. HAS
LAST MEET
Parent - Teacher Association
Elects Officers For Next Year;
Letters From Candidates
The Parent-Teacher Association
held its last meeting of the year on
May 12. The new officers for the
coming year were elected: Mrs. A. L.
Clark, prsident; Mrs. Heath Lee, vice
president; Miss Elizabeth Tait, sec
retary; Mrs. C. F. Ogletree, treasurer.
The main feature of the program
of this meeting was the reading of
several letters by the secretary in an
swer to questionnaires that had been
sent to various candidates for senate.
Those whose answers were read were:
Mr. W. L. Leggett of Hobgood, D. S.
Moss of Enfield, F. M. Taylor of En
field, T. *\ M Lone and W. J. Nor
wood of Rot. ’ds.
Miss Mary t>. m*g room was
again credited with the largest rep
resentation for High School with a
total number of nine present and
Enfield Postoffice
Is Robbed Sunday
It was reported that the United
States Post Office at Enfiled was
robbed earl} Sunday morning, how
ever the oily details that could be
learned of the affair at the county
sheriff’s office was to the effect that
robbers entered the office about day
break last Sunday morning and
escaped with an amount of money, the
exact amount of which was unknown
*n them.
WHITES IN
LEAD AT
CO. COURT
Much Interest Is Shown
In Several Cases In
Recorders Court
Tuesday
ALL DAY-SESSION
Practically all defendants were
white in Recorders Court Tuesday,
which lasted until six o’clock. Keen
interest was taken in some of the
cases.
Peter F. Johnson, white of Roanoke
Rapids, who ran into a school bus
at a highway crossing in Enfield,
knocking the bus over and injuring
several children, was tried on charge
of assault. A verdict of guilty was
returrted and prayer for judgment
continued on payent of costs.
Herman Fisher was sent to roads
for period of six months for larceny.
Jamie E. Copeland, formerly con
victed of abandonment, came into
court to renew his bond and show he
has paid to his wife the amount of
alimony due.
C. J. Vaughan also came into the
court to show he had paid amount due
his wife for alimony ordered at a
previous trial.
Roland Massey came into court to
show' he had been of good behavior
since his trial of May 19, 1931.
Isabelle Lewis was found not guil
ty of a charge of being idle and im
| moral.
Nellie Ray Bullock was found guil
ty of idle and immoral charge and or
dered committed to the North Caro
lina Industrial farm colony for wo
men.
B. R. Braswell pled guilty of un
lawful possesion of liquor, etc., for'
, which he was sentenced to the roads
for four months. Capias to issue on
May 21, 1932. Fined $21 and costs.
Three charges of larceny were con
solidated in case of Patterson Dickens,
cefendat was found not guilty.
Carson Blanton on charge of con
tributing to delinquency of girl un
der 16 years of age was found not
guilty.
A part of the former judgment en
tered May 10, 1932, as to Charlie
Wallace for abandonment, was struck
out. Costs to be paid at the rate of
$1.50 per week until paid.
A verdict of not guilty was re
turned in the case of Julius Steward
tried for asault and carrying a con
cealed weapon. It was found by the
court that the prosecution was frivi
lous and malicious and prosecuting
witness Elsie Branch was required
to pay costs.
R. B. Pattreson charge of false
check was continued under former
order.
The case of Ralph Williams, Henry
Richardson and Joe Boseman, charged
with assault, was continued on the
docket as were the cases of Theodore
Zollicogger and Ross Webb, both
charged with liquor violations.
Miss Omara Daniels’ room for the
grammar grades with nine present
also. Those answering to the roll
call for Miss Cannon’s room were:
Mesdames A. E. Akers, H. T. Davis,
A. H. Garris, T. W. M. Long, C. L.
Grimmer, J. C. Odell, A. L. Clark,
J. T. Thomason. Those for Miss Dan
iels’ room were: Mesdames J. E. Buck
F. L. Hinson, H .T. Davis, L. E. Dav
enport, H. E. Dobbins, A. H.Garris,
K. H. Wright, G. G. Warrick, L. W.
Taylor
LOCAL MAN
NAMED BY
FOUNTAIN
Candidate For Governor
In Radio Speech Says
Lobbyists Working
For Ehringhaus
Lieu tent ant Gov. Dick Fountain,
candidate for Governor, in in address
candidate tor Governor, in an address
ever the radio Tuesday night, called
names when he was assailing the can
didacy of h i s opponent, L C. R.
Ehringhaus, and one of them was the
name of a Roanoke Rapids man.
Previously Mr. Fountain had made
reference to the “coterie of high
powered lobbyists” whom he had
charged were supporting Mr. Ehring
haus.
According to the News and Observ
er of May 18th, Mr. Fountain ampli
fied this charge by naming W. L.
Long, former Senator from Halifax
County, whom he charged “spent the
five months of the session lobbying
for the Reynolds Tobacco Co., and is ;
now going over the State for Ehring- i
haus.”
Mr. Fountain also named R. W.
Henninger as one who, attached to!
Governor Gardner’s office, is charged
with drawing two salaries at one time.
He stated Mr. Henninger and his
clerical help have been spending their
ime sending out literature for Ehring
haus.
MERCHANTS
CONSIDER
CLOSING
Association To Meet On
Friday To Make
Final Decis
ion
EACH WED. P. M.
In a short and orderly session on
Monday afternoon. South ward mem
bers of the Roanoke Rapids Mer
chants Association voted to take a pe
tition around to all merchants of the
city in an attempt to close all stores
on Wednesday afternoons from one
o’clock for the remainder of the day,
effective June 1st.
It has been the custom of all the
stores to observe these Wednesday
closiaig hours during the summer
months for the past three or four
years and the majority of opinion ex
pressed at Wednesday afternoons
meeting would indicate that these
hours will be in effect this year, how
ever a definite and final vote will not
be taken until the next meeting, which
is called for three o’clock Friday af
ternoon.
It was pointed out by several that
the six o’clock closing hours, observed
for several months now with the ex
ception of Friday and Saturday nights
by the dry goods and clothing stores,
have !|een very successful, and it
seemed to be the conceneus of opin
ion that clerks in downtown stores
enjoy the few more leisure hous they
gain each day by these hours, and
that one afternoon in each week off
would revert to better service to cus
tomers and employers.
If the plan to close on Wednesday
afternoon goes over, it will include
grocery stores, in fact, stores in all
lines. One drug store in each busi
ness section will remain open as here,
tofore.
Piano and Song Recital
The pupils of Miss Carry Faulconer,
assisted by the pupils of Miss Vir
ginia Smith will give a recital at thi
High School Auditorium on Friday
evening, May 20.
The public i < cordially invited
There will be no admission charge.
WIN FROM
MT. AIRY
IN FINALS
Roanoke Rapids High
Team Wins Before
Huge Crowd At
Chapel Hill
SCORE TO 6
Roanoke Rapids won their first
Stale title Friday at Chapel Hill when
fhey defeated Mt. Airy, last years
champs, 9 to 6. This game was the
final affair of the 1932 Class B race
for the championship. Mt. Airy had
been traveling at a fast clip this sea
son but they were finally halted by
the local High School boys who play
ed a bang-up game to defeat their
rivals for the trophy that went to
I he winning team.
About 1500 people saw the game
r»rul there were large numbers of fans
from both towns to back their teams.
The Mt. Airy band was there and the
Roanoke Rapids band was also on
hand to strengthen the Jacket dele
gation. These two bands k nt things
lively at the game and ! of the
fans were kept enthusiastic as the
game looked like it was going to be
a toss up until the eighth inning
when the Jax got a substantial lead.
Many of the N. C. college students
were pulling for the locals. This game
was the closest contest that the lo
cals have been engaged in this sea
son and it was the best game they
played from a hitting standpoint. The
Jackets didn’t get but thirteen safe
blows but they came when there were
ducks on the pond, so they brough in
runs.
Roanoke Rapids faced the best
pitcher in the class B group when they
went up against Lefty Dean, Mt.
Airy mound ace. Up until the game
Friday Dean had whiffed 175 batters
to claim the State lead in the Class
B groijp. This Mt. Airy pitcher had
plenty of stuff and he caused ten of
the Jackets to return to the bench
with their bats on their shoulders.
The Jackets seemed to have the op
posing team beat in an offensive way
as they performed better at bat than
the other club did. In batting practice
Mt. Airy soaked the old apple all
over the park, but in the game they
were not able to handle the slants of
McNeil and Starkes very well.
McNeil started on the mound for
Roanoke Rapids and held the other
club in check until the 7th inning when
two men got on base he was relieved
by Strakes. Mac seemed to be get
itng tired under the strain and he
was not jerked because he had been
knocked out, for he had kept the ri
vals well in hand. This was McNeil’s
seventh win of the season and he has
a 1000 average, winning all of his
games. The visitors scored one run
on Starkes in the seventh and repeat
ed this feat in the following stanza
to bring their total up to 6 and they
were not able to go any further. Mc
Neil gave up seven hits in 6 1-3 in
nings and Starkes gave up three in
2 2-3 innings.
J. Womble and W. Dickens led in
the hitting, getting three each out of
five times at bat. Starkes was the
outstanding batter as his homer and
single drove in four runs. Henry
single drove in four runs. Henry
Herdison got a triple off of Dean
and Sullivan accounted for a double.
In all practically every Jacket was
able to reach the Mt. Airy hurler for
a safey and he would have been
driven from the mound had it not been
that he was the best Mt. Airy could
offer. Dean, although supposedly the
best hurler in Class B baseball in N.
C., was hit hard by the locals. The
Jax probably have the best offensive
drive in the State as they have scored
an average of over 15 runs a game
in the first nineteen contests. If the
Jax end up strong in the Conference
they will have broken several State
batting records.
This game was the Jackets’ 18th
win of the season out of 19 starts,
Elizabeth City being the only team
that stopped the High boys this year
and they did it by a close score of
J-2. This State title was the fourth
title that Coach Hoyle has won in his
two years of coaching at Roanoke
Rapids if the Jax win the Northeast
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