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VOLUME XXIX _NUMBER 3
GROCERS, BANKS CLOSE
"WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS;
OTHERS ARE UNDECIDED
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FAISON BROTHERS IN SERVICE
MURDER CASE
TRIED MONDAY
AT HALIFAX
Mrs. Pinkerton Given
12 To 15 Years
For Slaying
In a murder trial lasting only
two hours, in which the defen
dant plead guilty, Mrs. Tiffaney
Pinkerton, 40-year old city white
woman, was given from 12 to 15
years in State’s Prison, for the
murder of Ernest W. Riddle on a
city street on the night of June
19th. Mrs. Pinkerton was defended
by Attorneys Henderson and Hen
derson, of Greensboro, and D. Mac
Johnson of Enfield. Solicitor E.
L. Tyler was assisted in the prose
cution by A. H. Graham of Hills
boro.
Riddle was shot fatally Satur
day night, June 19 and died a
short time later in Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital. Before he died he
made a statement to authorities
to the effect that Miss Pinkerton
shot him because he was making
plans to leave his home and “go
away to escape her influence.”
He had applied for a release
from work at a city textile mill
where he was employed.
Riddle, it is alleged, visited Mrs.
jriiiK.erLuu at uci numt; oaiuruay
night. As he left the house and
walked a few steps she called
to him, rushed out, and shot him
with a rifle, according to witnes
ses.
Riddle was married and the
father of three children.
During the trial Judge R Hunt
Parker, city jurist presiding over
the current term of Superior
Court in session at Halifax, of
fered the defendant the privilege
of taking the stand, in order that
her side of the case could be
stated, which she declined, telling
the judge she was “unable to do
so."
Mrs. Pinkerton appeared to be
extremely nervous during the trial,
and sobbed often. When the sen
tence was pronounced she listened
to the verdict without any display
of emotion, though it is said she
broke down and sobbed after leav
ing the courtroom.
POMP COUNTY
SCHOOLS OPEN
ON AUGUST M
The Halifax County Board of
Education has set Monday, August
30th, as the general opening day
for all county schools, and request
ed teachers to meet with their
principals on Saturday morning,
August 28th.
The list of teachers for all
county schools is still incomplete,
but the Board of Education ven
tured the hope that all vacancies
would be filled by opening day for
the schools.
Colored Schools of Roanoke Rap
ids will also open on August 30th,
but September 6th has been set
as the date for the opening of
white schools in the city, as was
previously announced.
LIEUTENANT
COMMANDER
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Most City Stores On
Regular Wednesrlay
/ Hours Sept. 1
Roanoke Rapids banks and all
city grocers who are members of
the Roanoke Rapids Merchants
Association will continue their
summer Wednesday afternoon
closing hours on a twelve months
basis; it was decided at a meeting
of that group of members of the
Association held on Tuesday of
this week. Only exception for the
year will be for the ten day per
iod immediately preceding the
Christmas holidays.
A general membership meeting
of the Association was held in
the Municipal Building this after
noon, at which time it was de
cided by members in other lines
of business that they would re
vert back to their regular store
hours effective September 1st.
There had been some talk of
merchants closing their stores at
noon for the day on Wednesday
on a year-round basis, but mer
chants attending the meeting this
afternoon decided it would be bet
ter to defer any action along this
line until it was found out what
steps would be taken by mer
chants in other cities in the trade
territory.
As a result the two meetings of
the Association this week, most
stores will be doing “business as
usual" on Wednesday afternoons
after September 1st, but house
wives will have to buy food early,
and business men will be forced
to do their banking before the
noon hour on Wednesday —at
least for the duration.
ROMANCOS TO
DEFEND THEIR
STATE TITLE
Eyes Of Thousands Of
City Fans On State
Contest Tonight
The state softball tournament,
in which 14 teams are entered, is
scheduled to get underway at Me
morial Stadium, Greensboro, to
night at 6 o’clock.
The Roanoke Rapids Romancos,
state champions for the past four
years, are conceded to be the lead
ing contenders for the 1943 state
title by leading sports writers
and fans over the state.
High Point will meet the strong
Gastonia team for the opening
game of the state tournament.
The Romancos are scheduled to
play Asheville at 9 o’clock.' If
they win their initial contest, they
will play the winner of the Char
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Shown above are the two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mallery E. Faison, who
live about 8 1-2 miles from the city. They are Mallery E. Faison, Jr.,
left, who was awarded his wirigs and commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant
on June 29th at Strauther Field, Kansas. He is 22-years old and a member
of the original national guard company from the city, where he ranked
sergeant. After being selected for officer training, he received his basic
instructions at an Oklahoma field.
Howard E. Faison, right, is 20-years old, and is a private in the army
now thought to be stationed somewhere in India, as a flight mechanic
in the air corps. Howard volunteered on October 9th, 1942, and received
his basic training at Gulf Port, Mississippi. He spent three months at
LaGuardia Field, New York.
COURT TAKES
ADJOURNMENT
'TIL MONDAY
All Criminal Cases
Before Session
Are Heard
The August term of the Su
perior Court now in session at
Halifax was ordered adjourned
early this morning in respect to
Jos. P. Pippen, veteran Little
ton attorney who died at his home
there last night, by Judge R.
Hunt Parker.
All criminal cases slated to
come before this term of the court
have been heard. The court will
re-convene on Monday morning
for the disposal of civil cases.
A partial list of cases disposed
of will be found in a story appear
ing on another page in this issue. '
JOHNSON CASE POSTPONED
Besides the Pinkerton murder
case, the only other case to be
tried at this session of the court
of unusual interest to Roanoke
Rapids was that of Raymond
Johnson, city railroad employee,
who was to answer to a man
slaughter charge in connection
with the death of Dick Weaver,
city textile worker, who was run
over by Johnson’s car here on the
night of Saturday, April 10th. This
case was postponed until the Oc
tober term. Two important witnes
ses could not attend the trial.
Johnson had previously been ex
honorated from any blame in con
nection with the accident by a
coroner’s jur;'. i
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WORK ROOMS
ILL REOPEN
SEPTEMBER 1
Red Cross To Resume
Work Of Making
Dressings
The workrooms maintained here
by the local chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross for the purpose of
making surgical dressings, will re
open on Wednesday, Sept. 1st,
after being closed for practically
two-months.
This announcement was made
this week by Mrs. F. G. Jarman,
who has charge of the program
for the local chapter, and she
stated that ample supplies were on
hand for a resumption of the
work, and thought they would
be received on a more satisfactory
basis in the future. The work
rooms were closed early in the
month of July because of a lack
of supplies, so the local committee
decided to close the rooms during
the hot summer months in order
to give them more time to catch
up on receiving supplies.
Mrs. Jarman commended the
work of local ladies who have
volunteered their time and ser
vices to do this work in the past,
and urged that all again report
to the work rooms upon their
opening here September 1st. The
surgical dressings made by the
ladies are used by the armed for
ces of the nation in overseas ser
vice.
R. A. Daniel, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Daniel of Seaboard, has
been promoted to Lieutenant-Com
mander. Lt. Comdr. Daniel has been
An active service since February
TSM and is now in the Pacific area.
His wife is the former Miss Mildred
JVorvell of Seaboard.
COUNTY BOY
GETS HIGHEST
RIFLE SCORE
James Weeks, Halifax,
* Makes Record At
Fort Logan
Pfc. James L. Weeks, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Weeks of
Halifax, made the highest score
30 cal. rifle ever made at
Fort Logan, Col. The air adminis
tration school had stated that
they had never even had an ex
pert rifleman until the flight of
which Pfc. Weeks is a member
vjon the range.
In order to qualify as an ex
pert rifleman a mark of 179 has
to be made. Pfc. W eeKs went a
bove the mark with a mark of
HI
Pfc. Weeks has recently been
transferred from Fi. Logan, Den
.' ver, Col. to a camp in Augusta,
Ga., wher he is awaiting orders
for another transfer. He Is a
Aember of the air ground crew.
Weeks entered the army in
March, of this year, having been
attending State College at the
time of his call.