THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
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ROANOKE RAPIDS, NORTH CAROLINA
THE LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN HALIFAX COUNTY
CARROLL WILSON, Owner and Editor
Entered as Second Class matter April 3rd, 1914, at the post office
at Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, under Act of March 3rd, 1879.
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JUSTICE
• • While we fight this war and while our boys
are sacrificing their futures, limbs and lives, what
are we all fighting it for except for justice, fair
play, decency? Can we honestly promise this kind
of future to our boys and to conquered people until
we really have justice at home? Justice from the
courts must spring from the bench, the bar and
the jury box. The Hitlerian philosophy that might
makes right, the Devil take the hindmost, the av
erage man or woman is crooked or dumb, must
NOT prevail either abroad or here at home.
HOME FRONT IN COURT
• • On May 28th, 1942, this newspaper printed a
list of the 532 citizens of Roanoke Rapids Township
(1940 population over 12,000). These 532 were
on the Jury Book of Halifax County as of April
24, 1942. We suggested at that time there must
be at least 1,000 more citizens and taxpayers in
Roanoke Rapids Township whose names should
have been put on the Jury Book by the County
Board of Commissioners.
Solicitors may prosecute, defense lawyers may
defend, judges may settle points of law and fix
punishment, but the only one who can say “Inno
cent” or “Guilty” is a jury. So far as the average
citizen is concerned, his fate rests with that jury.
We insist that the method of choosing, selecting
and determining a jury is paramount in any court.
We charge that any attempt to keep a citizen from
serving on a jury is as big a crime as trying to bribe
him after he gets on a jury.
In view of our charge of May 28th, that Hali
fax County citizens had been barred from the jury
list by the County Board of Commissioners, (whose
duty is plainly stated by the law), we ask that So
licitor Ernest Tyler, who represents the State, ask
for an immediate and thorough investigation by
the Grand Jury of the method used in selecting the
present jury. Halifax County citizens would like
to know; are entitled to know.
PROPER CONTROL
• • Rumors are out in Roanoke Rapids that the
County ABC Stores may sell liquor in quart sizes
only. It is now a State rule that only one bottle be
sold a person per day, but such is no reason for
setting the size of the bottle. Interested in the
success of the Control System, we would be against
any rule which might force people to buy more than
they want. In the interest of control, we ask the
County Board of Commissioners and ABC Supt.
Eddie Ricks not to demand quart purchases. A
pretty profit statement is nice but proper control
is nicer.
Rumors are also out in the County that the
County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 16, meet
ing as the ABC Board, selected Mr. Ricks to again
head the ABC system for the next two years. No
official confirmation of this meeting could be ob
tained from Halifax Courthouse. Only news which
could be gotten for the public was that action of
the Board would be dished out to the voters next
month. (Raleigh please note the boasted Simon
Pure Democracy of Halifax County.)
THE SCORE IS TIED
• • This column has given you bad news before
and will continue to give you bad with good as we
see it, hear it and size it up. No syndicated lolly
pops to little people begging for more than their
share of sugar, etc. If that is what you want, sub
scribe to that kind of newspaper.
Here is our dope for the near future to our
readers: American power is starting to show itself
on all corners of the globe because of our boys in
uniform and the fact we have been able to give
them just enough bullets and food to stop the en
emy. We will be able to continue to help them only
if we give up some of the things it takes to make
more bullets and food for them. What have you
given up? Nobody can answer that but you.
We brag about what the United Nations are
doing on all fronts during this period when things
look better for us; what will we do when things get
tight as they will when our enemies start new of
fensives? Can we take it then? Will we be ready
then to give them tit for tat? This ball game is
not won. The other side had us 7 - 0 for a time and
then we came to bat. We have just scored 7 runs
and tied the score; but the game is far from won.
There are many innings yet to be played. Are we
on the home front ready for them?
Industrial leaders and military leaders are
working together with few small hitches. Main
trouble in America is with civilians. Civilian labor
supply, civilian price control, civilian rationing, ci
vilian wages: these are the things that are tangled
and worrying those who are in position to win this
war quickly. Those in uniform are ready to go to
town; those in civies are holding up the parade. It’s
the same old story: Mrs. A is not doing so-and-so,
so why should I?
NEWSPAPERS
• • To insure a complete record of North Caro
lina’s war participation, plans are being made by
the State Office of Civilian Defense for preserva
tion of copies of all newspapers and periodicals is
sued in the State.
The y eject will be un
der the direction of E. I).
Johnson, collector of rec
ords for the State His
torical Commission, who
recently was named staie
war records coordinator
by OCD Director Ben E.
Douglas. War records
committees are now be
ing formed in all counties
as a part of the defeme
organization for the col
lection of data essential
to the compilation of the
State’s war history.
A similar collection
made during World War
I is now regarded as one
of the most valuable in
the archives of the State
Historical Commission,
Johnson said.
JURY DRAWN
Jury For Two Weeks’
Superior Court Starting
Monday, November 30
FIRST WEEK
V. C. Morgan, Roanoke Rapids;
G. D. Insco, Littleton; E. T. El
lington, Brinkleyville; Jim Crawley,
Brinkleyville; E. J. Smith, Little
ton; Warren J. Crawley, Butter
wood; Pierce Johnson, Weldoi;
Woodrow W. Shadrick, Weldon;
Gilbert C. Vaughan, Halifax; M. T.
Dickens, Littleton; N. Bernice
West, Littleton; A. C. Hawkins,
Littleton; T. T. Tudor, Roanoke
Rapids; Roy H. Beale, Roanoke
Rapids; H. M. Browder, Weldon;
H. G. Moss, Roanoke Rapids; O. R.
Elmore, Roanoke Rapids; Clifton
Everett, Roanoke Rapids: G. W.
Aycock, Brinkleyville; R. H. Tudor,
Roanoke Rapids; Lonnie Green,
Roanoke Rapids; F. D. Wilscn,
Littleton; J. A. Chichester, Brink
leyville; Calvin S. Kennemur, Ro
anoke Rapids; Cecil Ferguson, Ro
anoke Rapids; R. L. Ferrell, Ro
anoke Rapids; Roscoe Parker, En
field; E. B. Collier, Littleton; S. H.
Lane, Brinkleyville; Jim H. Harris,
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C. P. Hawkins, Enfield; J. I.
; Wyche, Weldon; J. M. Cook,
Brinkleyville; R. C. Josey, Jr.,
j Scotland Neck; Wade R. Cooper,
Roanoke Rapids.
SECOND WEEK
W. H. West, Enfield; W. S. Bat
ton, Jr., Roanoke Rapids; W. J.
Edwards, Weldon; W. P. White,
Jr., Palmyra; A. B. Draper, Wel
don; A. Roger Cullom, Roanoke
Rapids; Charlie Byrd, Roanoke
Rapids; B. T. Conner, Roanoke
Rapids; R. A. Bass, Halifax; E. V.
Neville, Brinkleyville; Sam T.
Brown, Roanoke Rapids; N. G.
Pitt, Butterwood; D. B. Barnes,
Enfield; P. E. Hawkins, Littleton;
Howard T. Hancock, Roanoke Rap
ids; Paul E. Bailey, Roanooke Rap
ids; Alphus Carlisle, Butterwood;
J. J. Crew, Jr., Roanoke Rapids;
Eugene Whitby, Littleton; E. L.
DeBerry, Halifax; Waverly Shaw,
Roanoke Rapids; L. G. Clary, Ro
anoke Rapids; John C. Myrick,
Littleton; W. B. Joyner, Weldon;
Geo. C. Green, Jr., Scotland Neck;
J. P. Carlisle, Roanoke Rapids;
Horace B. Britt, Roanoke Rapids;
Calvin E. Medlin, Roanoke Rapids;
R. A. Ward, Littleton.
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