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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS H h y 1 | \ I ■ CAROLINA'SmsrV^ I M --f * * ^ABM/JMRNEWS/Wj^T Iiiii^ VgLCTZB xxvm_ROANOKE rapids, n. c. Thursday, june k, m3 W- -number 47 LOCAL SOLDIER ASSAULTS HIGH SCHOOL BOY; MARINE TRIES TO PREVENT ARREST MP’S WANTED Mayor Kelly Jenkins has re quested Chief of Police Dobbins to again ask for Military Police and Shore Police for Roanoke Rapids on weekends. Nothing had developed from a former request made by the Chief some time ago. Many men in uniform from nearby army camps and naval bases come to Roanoke Rapids every weekend and most of them are well behaved. But a few of them seem to be looking for trouble and local officers do not like to have trouble with them but are sometimes forced to as on last Saturday night. 6. F. HERRIN FUNERAL SET FOR SUNDAY G. F. Herrin, 70, died at his home near Roanoke Rapids on Monday and funeral services will be conducted at the W. C. Wil liams Funeral Home at 4 p. m., Sunday, June 27, with the Rev erends Tilley and Oliver officat ing. Pallbearers will be Carl Allen, Arthur Allen, Bush Newton, Nor man Shaw, Cary Powell and Herman Ward. Death came suddenly after sev eral years illness. Surviving are his widow, four sons, Milton, Hoyt, Billie and Howard, seven daught ers, Mrs. L. D. Jenkins, Mrs. Hoyt Neal and Miss Maggie Herrin of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Roy Shear in, Littleton, Mrs. Ruth Riggan, Norlina, Mrs. Jack Harris, Gaston, and two sisters, Mrs. W. B. Chap pell, Littleton, and Mrs. Howell Stainback, Winston-Salem. Mr. Herrin was an old settler in this section and for many years was actively engaged in farming, logging and cutting pulpwood. Busy Negro Farmer Is Raising Food Crops Too Walter Brown, enterprising Negro farmer on the Aurelian Springs road, picked his first cotton bloom on June 23rd and brought it to Ro anoke Rapids today. He also brought a full ear of sweet corn, some butter beans and peas to show the he is raising food as well as money crops. Walter owns his SI acre farm and has 5 acres in cot ton, one acre of butte rbeans and 14 acres of peanuts. For many years he was employed in the Dye Dept, at Roanoke Mills Co. but Is now giving all his time to farming. , A riot was narrowly averted here after midnight Saturday which would have involved sol diers, sailors, civilians and local peace officers following the ar rest of a soldier for asaulting a local High School boy. Leonard Moseley, local soldier stationed at Camp McKoll, and home on a week-end leave, was arrested near the Bus station af ter he had assaulted “Skippy” Moore, 15 year old High School boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Moore. Young Moore is in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital suffer ing from a severe concussion of the brain while Moseley is in the local jail awaiting the out come of the injured boy’s con dition before further charges are made against him. Witnesses say the Moore boy and a friend were walking down the Avenue near 11th St. when Moseley asaulted the boy for un known reasons, knocking his head up against the side of a building and rendering him unconscious. His condition at the hospital was reported as serious with several head injuries and concussion. Moseley was arrested by Of ficers Carl Green and J. B. Boyd and at this point men in uniform who had been hanging around the bus station attempted to inter fere with the local officers and later threatened to deliver Moseley from jail. uuucri naruKy, ui liic o. Marines, stationed at New River, was tried in city court Monday afternoon on charges of: “wil fully and unlawfully engaging in disorderly conduct by using pro fane language in a public place; resisting arrest, and that he at tempted to incite a riot.” City officer Green testified that Hardey and two other soldiers attempted to arrest Moseley at the bus sation, crusing and striking at officers. Green’s testimony was substantiated by H. W. Rothrock, of the State Highway patrol, and special officer Carlton Morris. — On the stand Hardey denied using profane language, and stated that he had never been tried be fore on any charge. Mayor Jenkins found him guilty of all charges, and remanded him to his commanding officer at New River, stating it was apparent he was simply “taking up” for a man in a uniform who was being arrested, without knowing what the soldier was charged with. Hardey was returned to Camp - Lejeune this morning by Military Police who arrived here yester day. They reported he had been AWOL for eight days. Lt. Lewis Taylor Is Here From Lejeune 1st Lt. Lewis Taylor, U. S. Ma rines, and Mrs. Taylor were visitors here this week, fie is stationed at Camp Lejuene and they are living in Jacksonville, k N. W. WARREN, CHAIRMAN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, DIES: FUNERAL FRIDAY N. W. Warren, County Com missioner of Halifax County for the past 17 years and Chairman o(J»the Board for the past two years, died at Watts Hospital in Durham yesterday morning af ter a month’s illness. Funeral services will be at 4 p. m.'Friday at the home of the dleased in Littleton with inter ment in Sunset Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Albert E. Simms, pas tor of the Littleton Baptist Church, will officiate. Surviving are three daughters, E. I. Crawley and Mrs. K. C. Cheves of Littleton and Mrs. F. D. Sain of Abington, Pa. and one grand-daughter, Rosa Lee sisters, Mrs. J. V. Walker, Mrs. Sain; ;the folowing brothers and J®W. Harvey and J. W. Warren of Littleton, W. Van Warren of Halifax, a half brother, Billy Warren of Langley Field, Va., a half sister, Mrs. John Prentiss of Durham and 27 nieces and ne phews. Nicholas Willis Warren was born Oct. 2, 1874, the son of the late .George and Mary Harvey Warren in Halifax County. He served seven years in the U. S. Miiy and in the Spanish Ameri can -War in Cuba and the Phil lipines and was present at the surrender of General Aguinaldo. He was in the Army in China during the Boxer Rebellion. His v(i$Ee, Rosa Agnes Warren, died about one year ago. The old home place was at the Nick Long Farm between Weldon and Halifax but for many years Mr. Warren was a successful farmer and bus b$bss man of the Littleton sec tion. - TWO ENFIELD BOYS HURT ON MOTORCYCLE *"Gareth Twisdale, 18 year old son of Mrs. Gertrude Wright, of En field, was driving his motorcycle and' Exum Bellamy, Jr., 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Exum Bellamy, <Q;Enfield, riding with him side swiped with an automobile driven by Nick Sykes, of Enfield, Sunday afternoon on the outskirts of Enfield. The automobile driver was not hurt, but the motorcycle i^s torn up. Twisdale was badly shaken up and had a head hurt. After me dical attention he was taken to his home. Bellamy was badly bruised and his back was injured. |j^ was taken by ambulance to a Rocky Mount Hospital. Both boys remained conscious. Bell amy’s parents are at Glenn Mart in, Baltimore, and he, a N. C. University student, was here vis ing his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Bellamy. Hearing Panel Appointed By Rationing Board H. B. Speight, Chairman of the Local War Price and Ration ing Board, announces the form ation of a Hearing Panel. This Panel is composed of the follow ing members: Kelly Jenkins, Roanoke Rapids, D. G. Dickens, Littleton, and Pierce Johnson, Weldon. This Panel will hear charges, against violators of OPA regulations, such as speed viola tion, tire abuse, etc; names of violators and action of the Hear ing Panel will be published. A. M. GLOVER FUNERAL TO BE FRIDAY A. M. Glover, 68, pioneer citizen of Roanoke Rapids and former em ployee of Roanoke Mills Co., died here yesterday after a long illness, i Funeral services will be held at the First Methodist Church at 4:30 Friday afternoon with the Rev. Mr. Tilley officiating. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. B. D. Camp of this city, Mrs. L. B. Seigfried, Richmond, Va., Miss Florine Glover, Kinston; two sons, John Glover, Carolina Beach, and Edward Glover of this city; a sister, Mrs. J. R. Glover, Durham; two brothers, Earnest Glover, Oak City and Willie Vaughan, Danville, Va. Mr. Glover had been in failing health for the past five years and confined to his bed for the last year. Prior to that he was active in all local civic affairs and helped organize and was an official in the local Junior Order and Woodmen of the World. To Check County Farms On Draft Deferment of Men Halifax County farms that are being worked by men deferred from the draft will be checked in so far as possible to determine whether sufficient war crop units are being gyown for deferment, W. O. Davis, County Agent, announc ed this week. Rumors are the some operators who have been placed in class 2C by their draft board have planted sufficient war crop units but are not planning to cultivate and harvest the crops. It is fur ther rumored that some operators did not use any fetrilize under their crops, thereby making a successful crop impossible. Rationing Board Has New Hours New Rationing Board office hours for summer: Open to pu blic 9 to 12 A. M. Closed to pu blic from 12 noon to 2 P. M. Open again 2 to 4:30 P. M. WUHAN nCKC IS CHARGED WITH MURDER In death bed statement to his wife and others, Ernest Riddle, 42 year old textile worker, ac cused Tiffany Pinkerton, 40 year old white woman of shooting him because he was trying to break up an affair the two had been involved in for several years. Rid dle was shot on 12th Street here about 2 p. m. Saturday night and died in the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital about 5 a. m. Sunday morn ing. A preliminary hearing was held Tuesday night by Mayor Kelly Jenkins who remanded the woman to Halifax jail on a charge of first degree murder. In his statement just before he died, Riddle is reported to have said that he was attempting to break up his affair with the Pink erton woman and told her so near her home at 1200 Roanoke Ave. He says he left her and she called to him and when he turn ed back she shot him with a 22 rifle. He was shot one time, the bullet entering the left side just below the ribs. It was brought out at the hear ing that on June 14, the Pink erton woman took a taxi to the Riddle home near Gaston looking for Riddle and had a rifle with her. The man promised to meet her later and she left. Funeral services were held yes terday afternoon at the home of his mother in law by the Rev. Gordon L. Price. Surviving are his widow and three children, his-par ents and several brothers and sisters. « m m m hha ^ m. ■■ m W AI EK 3 Arc I T CLASSES GIVEN BY RED CROSS The Roanoke Rapids Chapter of the American Red Cross will conduct Water Safety and Life Saving classes at the Rosemary Swimming Pool beginning Mon day night, June 28, at 7 o’clock. All persons interested in re newing their Red Cross Life Saving certificates or qualifying for certificates in Life Saving please report at the Rosemary Swimming Pool at 7 o’clock Monday night. All applicants must be physically fit to partake in strenuous exercise. Classes are open to both Juniors and Seniors. All applicants must wear bathing suits to the pool as there are no dressing facilities.
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