NEW GRAND JURY
SUBMITS FIRST
REPORT TO COURT
Cites Complaints
About Women s
Rest Room
The newly selected grand jury
for Halifax County made its first
report to the Hon. Everett Thomp
son, presiding judge for the current
term of Superior Court, after fin
ishing their investigation. The jury
will serve until January 1940. The
foreman for the newly selected jury
is Jay W. Sanders, well known
Roanoke Rapids man who is con
nected with the Rosemary Manu
facturing Company here. Following
is the jury's report in full:
Halifax, N. C., August 15, 1939
To the Hon. C. Everett Thompson,
Judge Presiding:
We, the Grand Jury for Halifax
County, beg to submit the following
report:
We have passed upon all bills
which have been brought to our
attention to the best of our ability.
Before the opening of the schools
in September all the buses to be
used for the purpose of transport
ing children to and from school
will be thoroughly inspected. The
foreman of the Grand Jury will
meet with the drivers of buses for
the white schools on September 1st,
and with the drivers of buses for
the colored schools on September
8th and try to impress upon them
their duties and the necessity for
safe driving during the coming
school session.
An examination oi me ^uum.y
Home revealed it to be in the best
possible condition, and the Super
intendent very much interested in
his work.
We found the jail as nearly in
perfect condition as it is possible
for a jail to be kept, and wish to
commend the jailor for the excel
lent performance of his duties.
We found the office of Register
of Deeds in good condition, and at
the present time WPA workers are
engaged in indexing birth and
death certificates which has been
long needed for ready reference.
This work is being financed by the
Federal Government, the only ex
pense to the County being for ma
terial used for the work.
We found the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court in its usual
good condition. With the aid of
WPA funds the old Wills of the
county from 1869 to 1930 have been
"checked and filed numerically for
easy reference, thus bringing this
■work up to the time when Wills
were begun to be checked and filed
numerically. Special Proceedings
and Annual Accounts of years gone
by have also been checked and
filed numerically. The only ex
pense to the County has been for
material used.
The following Justices of the
Peace and Mayors have failed to
file reports: J. L. Bellamy, W. A.
Carter, E. E. Stallings, J. R. Taylor
and Kelly Jenkins.
Numerous complaints have been
presented to us about the unsani
tary condition of the public and
private rest rooms for women in
the Courthouse. Never in the his
tory of the State has need for san
itary rest rooms been more appar
ent than at the present time, and
we earnestly request that this mat
ter be given immediate attention,
as it is the intention of the Grand
Jury to inspect rest rooms period
ically and not merely at the terms
of court, for their maintenance is
as important as providing suitable
rest rooms.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. Sanders, Foreman.
Mesdames W. B. Sykes of Frank
lin, Va., G. R. Stephenson and l3la
Hodge of Severn were recent guests
of Mrs. W. A. Vincent.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Babcock
and son, Phil, of Whitakers, were
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. Cranwell.
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; Wins Golf Crown
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Brawny Andy Szwedko, 32, Pitts
burgh steel-mill worker, poses with
his cup after winning the National
Public Links Golf Tournament at
Baltimore, Md. The new champion
had sought the title in four previous
tournaments but had never ad
vanced beyond the semi-finals. t
Kiwanians
Hear About
Convention
A report on the Kiwanis Inter
national convention at Boston,
Mass, was given tonight by Trof.
Will Nelson, the club’s delegate to
the convention where 5,000 Kiwan
ians were present to hear a report
from 2,000 clubs and 100,000 mem
bers in the U. S. and Canada.
The local club election of officers
was moved up to the first Thurs
day in September in order that
newly elected officers could attend
the Carolinas district convention at
Raleigh the latter part of Septem
ber. A special program from last
year’s minstrel will be staged at
the convention by the local club.
Mr. Rogers of the State Banking
Department was a guest of W. A.
Thorne tonight and W. L. Medlin
was in charge of the program.
Special Summer Prices on
KEROSENE & FUEL
We Deliver As Little As
5-Gal. of Kerosene
at MONEY SAVING Prices!
Special Prices for Summer on Kerosene
and Fuel Oil in 25 & 50-Gal. Orders.
Roanoke Rapids Oil Co.
J. SPIRE, Mgr. . DIAL R-315
World’s Egg-Laying Champ j
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The weighty title of the world’s champion egg-layer is carried by this
saucy-looking White Leghorn hen, owned by Walter Chamberlain, of
Kirkwood, N. J. Her record is 376 eggs in 359 days. “Scrappy” was
exhibited at the World’s Poultry Congress in Cleveland. j
Young People
Install Officers
Sunday night, July 23, the Young
Ueoples Division held installation
service at 7:30 o’clock. The meet
ing was directed by Rev. C. T.
Thrift and Miss Viola Nethery,
leader. The following officers were
installed:
President_ Catherine Price
Vice President Geneva Applewhite
Secretary & Treas. __ Jean Gregory
Publicity Chairman _ Sarah F. Hux
Social Service Chm. Mary Twisdale
Program Chm. __ Eugenia Dickens
After Rev. Thrift had read the
vows, the officers pledged to do
their best. The service closed with
the hymn, “O Jesus I have promis
ed,” followed by the League Bene
diction.
We are glad to announce that
Mrs. W. E. Thomason has return
ed from her brief visit to Washing
ton, D. C., where she was visiting
her sister, Mrs. Nora Katz. She
also enjoyed the beautiful scenery
of Washington.
Commends
Lion Crowds
H. E. Dobbins, Chief of City Po
lice, reports that as far as disorder
was concerned the Lions Festival
crowds were the best behaved of
any of similar size that he has
seen in some time. Only one or
two arrests were made during the
week. Thousands of people were
present each night.
Mr. Dobbins also said that Mc
Henry, head man of the Crescent
Amusement Company, told him
that he had never in all of his
experience with large crowds
found one more orderly and well
behaved than that which attended
the Festival. People came, partici
pated in the amusements to be had,
enjoyed the 'estivities, and went
away with everyone concerned well
pleased.
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222 Roanoke Ave.
Used to "Live Alone”
Marjorie Hillis, 49, author of “Live
Alone and Like It,” turned her back
on the creed she advocated and mar
ried Thomas H. Roulston, 65, chain
store magnate. The happy couple
is shown at Valley Forge, Pa., after
the ceremony. ____
Sally Eiiers &
Allan Lane Star
Pitts Sun. Film
Playing at the New Pitts The
atre in Emporia, Sunday only, Au
gust 20th, is Sally Eiiers and Allan
Lane in “They Made Her A Spy”.
Coming to the Pitts Monday and
Tuesday is Shirley Temple in “Su
sannah of the Mounties”, with Ran
dolph Scott and Margaret Lock
wood.
Wednesday brings another big
Double Feature value, the first
picture being “Island of Lost Men”
with Anna May Wong and J. Carol
Naish—plus Tim Holt in “The
Rookie Cop”.
For Thursday, Aug. 24, we have
Akim Tamiroff in “The Magnifi
cent Fraud”, the story of a man
who doubles for a dictator.
Gene Krupa comes to the screen
in “Some Like It Hot”, with Bob
Hope and Shirley Ross, playing at
the Pitts Friday only.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tippett spent
last week-end in Hopewell, Va. with
their daughter, Mrs. G. H. Harvey.
Miss Alice Myrick returned Wed
nesday from a visit to Cleveland, O.
Dr. F. G. Jarman has returned
from a two weeks vacation at Cape
Henry.
EMPORIA, VIRGINIA
Comfortably COOL
SUN. ONLY - AUG. 20
Sallie Eilers-AUan Lane
in “THEY
MADE HER A SPY”
MON.-TUE. AUG. 21-22
Shirley Temple in
“SUSANNAH
OF THE MOUNTIES”
WED. ONLY-AUG. 23
Double Feature
Tim Holt-Virginia Weidler
“ROOKIE COP”
Also—Anna May Wong
in ‘ISLAND
OF LOST MEN”
THUR. ONLY - AUG. 24
Akim Tamiroff
“MAGNIFICENT FRAUD”
FRI. ONLY-AUG. 25
Bob Hope-Shirley Ross
Gene Krupa in
SOME LIKE
H( HOT'
SAT. ONLY - AUG. 26
Bill Elliott in
“LONE STAB PIONEER”