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VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, AUG. 14,1941_ NUMBER 4
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JUDGE'S
CHARGE
TO JURY
Judge Harris De
livers Force
ful Charge
The surety of punishment for
criminals is the court’s goal, Judge
W. C. Harris^ of Raleigh, told the
Halifax County grand jury at the
opening of a two-weeks term of
court at Halifax Monday morning,
and added that social prestige, po
litical influence or riches should
not have any effect on the de
liberations of the jurors when con
sidering bills of indictment.
“Let the grand jurors do their
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have the knowledge that they have
done something for the good of
the county”, Judge Harris said.
In stressing the importance of
being a member of the grand jury,
the presiding jurist stated in his
forceful charge, “It is a position of
much importance, as each member
is a trustee of the county. The
grand jury is a powerful body, and
has a much greater duty than
pasing on bills of indictment.”
“It is the grand jury’s duty,”
Judge Harris continued, “to see
that every department of the coun
ty is being conducted in the proper
manner.
“The public has no way of know
ing what is going on in the county
unless informed by a grand jury’s
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. A)
CHAMPIONS OF "B" LEAGUE
The Romanco team, sponsored by the Rosemary Manufacturing
Company, won the title in the “B” division of the City Softball League
with 19 wins and five losses for the season. Shown here are, left to
right, standing—Worsham, short stop; Sims, third base; Lee, pitcher;
Everette, left field; Sadler, coach; R. Lee, left field; Miller, right field;
Lyles, assistant coach. Kneeling are, left to right—Jenkins, short cen
ter field; Hall, catcher; Gail, center field; Sewell, catcher; Collins,
second base; Stewart, right field; and Hasty, center field. Bat-boys
sitting in front of the players are Whitey Lyles, left, and Junior
Everette.
Chief Dobbins Unlocks New Jail Here
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Chief of Police H. E. Dobbins is shown in the picture at the right, above, unlocking the door to the
main division of the city’s new jail which was thrown open the past week-end for inspection by local
citizens. The number of persons attending the “open house” for the jail Saturday was small, but approx
imately 75 were shown over the building on Sunday.
At the left, above, is shown the solitary confinement cell (extreme left) and the entrance to the women’s
cell block, which is separate from the main division.
TOURNEY PLAY
FOR SOFTBALL
DISTRICT HERE
SHOP BURNED
The second floor of Williams Ma
chine Shop here was gutted by fire
Monday morning about 2 o”clock.
Flames destroyed almost the en
tire upstairs part of the place. No
estimate of the damage was made
by firemen, who said the origin of
the blaze was still undetermined
today.
First District
Play To Start
Next Tuesday
District Commissioner Frank S.
Kemp anounced today that Wilson
ind Rocky Mount would open the
Krst district softball tournament
in Ha Ha1«1 Kt t a afnrfimr npvt TiiAft
day August 19th, due to the To
bacco Festival to be held at Wilson
next week.
Commissioner Kemp has granted
Wilson the right to meet Rocky
Mount here in the first game next
Tuesday night, and then meet the
Roanoke Rapids Romancos in the
second game of a double-header.
Two defeats will eliminate a team
from the tournament.
Rocky Mount will go in the series
as the big favorite to represent Dis
trict No. 1 in the State Tourna
ment, mainly due to the fact that
they have racked up four victories
over the Rmoancos, defending state
champions. Wilson also is a strong
favorite due to the fact that they
have defeated the Romancos once
this season.
First round games are scheduled
to be played at Patterson Mills
Park on Tuesday night, second
round games at Roanoke No. 2
I park on Wednesday night and the
I finals at Ledgerwood Park or. Sat
'urday night. All games will start
at 8:30 p.m. and admission will be
twenty cents, straight.
Tournament Highlights
“Red” Coley, Rocky Mount ace
(Continued on Page 8, Sec. A)
GETS RESULTS
The charge of Judge W. C.
Harris to the grand jury at the
opening of Superior Court in
Halifax this week brought re
sults.
“For the first time,” Superin
tendent V. C. Matthews of the
county schools said, “a number
of the jurors visited the office
of the county Board of Educa
tion in a body to inspect it and
look over the records.”
The office has been visited in
the past terms of court by the
foreman, or individual members
of the grand jury, Superintend
ent Matthews stated.
DIVORCE
GRANTED
COUPLES
A Few Minor
Cases Tried
This Week
Ten divorces were granted in
Halifax County Superior Court to
day, and a few minor cases were
tried this week at the court which
convened Monday morning for a
two-weeks term with Judge YV. C,
Harris of Raleigh presiding.
The divorces granted were as fol
lows: Howard Hale from Harriette
Hale, G. William Thomas from
Ella W. Thomas, Annie Evans from
Losey Wilkins Evans, Edward
Green from Josephine Harper
Green, Lilly Jane Grooms Respass
from James Leon Respass, George
Sawyer from Annie Elizabeth Saw
yer, Lilia B. Brunson from A. J.
Brunson, Wilbur J. Best from Mer
tice C. Best, Vergie Williams Young
from William H. Young, and Mil
dred C. Braxton from Joseph A.
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CRIMINAL CASES
A true bill was returned against
Joseph Edmonds, mar who shot at
his wife and hit his daughter dur
ing a domestic altercation, and he
was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon with intent to kill
and also assault on a female.
Edmond’s attorney tendered &
(Continued on Page 4, Sec. A)
THEY'VE GOT "PUSH", TOO
You ’ve often heard of “political pull *, but this picture clearly shows
that political leaders must have a little “push” to get around, also.
When their automobile got bogged down in the sand along the coast,
the three gentlemen above used plenty of “push”. They are Dan Oden
uf Hatteras, shown at the side of the car in the white suit giving the
vehicle a “Hatteras twist”, while First Highway Division Commissioner
Carroll L. Wilson of Roanoke Rapids is shown helping the gentleman
with the hat on, Chairman I.. B. Prince; of Raleigh, of the State High
way and Public Works Commission, “dig in” to shove the automobile
aut of the place where it was stuck. They were inspecting roads in the
Dare County section.