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Hii v Tc V\prtPf\♦STORY OF CONYENT,ON JLlUX lo JJ/LCLLiXl) Y.D.C. ON PAGE 1, SEC. c THE ROANOKE RAPIDS T_1H uV W 9pg|ggf|^g|9|: H More Meios — More fl a ■ M H Advertising — More I I CAROLINA’S FIRST^^^ I M L'"“ a‘w*"J 1 M nrABM/iHNEWlMWK A VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 3941NUMBER 9 GIRL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT LOCAL HOSPITAL - - WRECK - * BRIGHT BELT LOG ROLLING ASSOCIATION COMPOSED OF ELEVEN COUNTIES IS HELD --* - Motorcycle And Cor Collide Fanny Carlyle, 17-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Carlyle of this city, was still unconscious at the local hospital early this aft ernoon from critical injuries she received in an automobile-motorcy cle collision near Gaston last night about 7:45 o’clock. The young woman was on a mo torcycle with two male companions, who were also injured when the vehicle crashed into the rear of an automobile driven by Alfred Davis, Negro of Gaston. She re ceived a possible skull fracture, lacerations about the face and head, and a fractured foot. James Shaw, Jr., 21, of Gaston was reported to have been operat ing the motorcycle, and he received a head injury, a compound frac ture of the left leg, and a fracture of the left arm. The other youth on the motorcycle was Roland Lowe, 19, who received abrasions (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) MEW OFFICER I. B. “Boots” Rainey, above, re cently joined the local Police De partment as one of the night of ficers. Patrolman Rainey took the oath to carry out his duties on September 8, and J. C. Matthews is scheduled to become a member of the police force here shortly. SOLDIER TRIES TO KILL SELF George T. Edwards, 29-year-old ex-soldier from Halifax County at tempted suie'de Tuesday night in the celt he was occupying at the county jaU at Halifax awaiting transfer to the State Hospital at Raleigh. Edwards, who entered the Army last April, was returned to Hali fax Tuesday in the company of an officer from Camp Wheeling, Ga., where he had been serving until committed to the post hospital there for observation and treat ment after a reported attempt to take his life. County Jailer Jack Whitehead said that Edwards was discover ed in his cell by a trusty Tuesday night about 10 o’clock bleeding profusely from wounds he inflict ed with r. razor blade on both sides of his neck and on both ankles. Dr. Robert F. Young, county health officer, was summoned and treated the cuts, one of which narrowly missed the jugular vein. The razor blade was taken from the ex-soldier, the jailer said, but (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) SPEAKER Charles A. Hines, Greensboro at torney and National Director of the Woodmen of the World from North Carolina, was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Bright Belt Cog Rolling Association here last night. Hines delivered an in spirational address after the barbe cue and brunswick stew was served around 250 Woodmen, their wives and guests from eleven counties in the association. Birchwood Camp, No. 55 of this city was host to the visiting delegates. 1 Local Camp Is Host At Meet Last Night Charles A. Hines, Greensboro at torney and National Director from North Carolina of the Woodmen of the World, addressed some 250 per sons here last night for a meeting of the Bright Belt Log Rolling As sociation, which is composed of e Ieven counties in Eastern North Carolina. Hines paid tribute to Camp No. 55, local W.O.W. organization head ed by Consul Commander W. A. Merritt, which was host at the log-rolling. “Patriotism Is Not Enough”, was the topic of Hines’ address, and he stated, "Lip service was not e nough to save our nation in the past, is not enough now, and Will not be enough to save it in the days to come.” “There are other things needed,’' continued the principal speaker of the evening, who stated the country needs organization “and organiza tions” to promote fraternalism a mong citizens. He stated that a religious revival is needed in the (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) Gets Pre-Election Dope A. Leonidas Hux, Halifax County Clerk of Court, gets a little pre election dope about the Young Democratic Convention at Winston-Salem from one of the newspapers published there before the meeting got underway. Hux was elected as pres ident of the North Carolina Young Democrats. LEAVE FOR ARMY TRAINING \ The fourteen young men shown above left Roano ke Rapids for induction into the Army at Fort Bragg last week. They are: front row, left to right—Robert McGee Baggett, Roanoke Rapids; Tillery Frank Cox, Roanoke Rapids; Charles George Lester, route 1, Roanoke Rapids; Taknon Rural Shear in, route 1, Roanoke Rapids; Rufus Simon Finch, Roanoke Rapids; David Alston Harris, Roanoke Rapids; Bennie Robert Jenkins, route 3, Littleton; Robert York Rrwin, Roanoke Rapi ds. Back row, left to right—Oliver Wats Hamill, Weldon; Woodrow Wilson Robertson, CreW, Va.; Na t Stanley Arthur, Weldon; Robert Henry Williams, Roanoke Rapids; Robert Lewis White, Roanoke Rapids, a volunteer; Waverly Richard Duke, Roanoke Rapids.
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