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WELDON, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1930
NUMBER 37
jreme Court Rules That
State Has Right To Go
Beyond Amendment
>AD CONTRACTS LET
By M. L. SHIPMAN
EIGH, Feb. 24.—In the first
of the sort ever to come before
the Supreme court ruled that
purchaser of liquor under the
llngton act in North Carolina is
ty of a crime, even though the
amendment does not so clas
him. It ruled that a state has
right to go beyond the 18th
lendment in regulating the
tor traffic. Opinion by Chief
itioe Stacy was of widespread
rest in dry circles,
addition to ruling on this very
iportant case the Supreme
t held that counties of the
ite are not liable to taxation for
gasoline they use, as the
tute clearly prohibits the taxa
of a sub-division of the state
ivernment. Only gasoline used
county purposes, however, is
cepted. The revenue depart
icnt estimates that the ruling of
ie high court will cut the revenue
the state from gasoline tax by
.If a million dollars a year.
Four Others Are Expelled
Dr. E. C. Brooks continued his
U Investigation of hazing activities
' at State college this past week,
th the result that four more
udents were expelled in addition
•S»n the three expelled last week. A
ious development was the ex
cision of two freshmen for haz
jf ing a sophomore, somewhat revers
& |ng the usual order of hazing par.
Dr. Brooks feels that he has
totten to the bottom of the entire
tuation and that the outbreak ol
which figured a great deal
the papers has been put down
HULES BUYER OF
WHISKEY GUILTY
'permanently.
Fifteen projects of the state
Hgtighway commission were let to
'SJSorttractors this week at a total
most of $1,358,917.61. The road
's building is scattered widely over
the state. The report of the fatal
ities chargeable to automobiles last
month was released and showed
l that 58 persons lost their lives,
eleven of which fatal accidents
were at grade crossings. While
the total was less than the 68 kill
ed in December, it was greater
than the 43 killed in January, 1929
There was considerable interest
lin the proposal coming from Ashe
• Tille that horse racing with betting
be legalized so that Asheville may
• set up a great race tract. While
it was indicated that the matter
V may come before the legislature in
the form of a bill to amend the
l'Wagering laws of the state, still it
was pointed out that such a meas
ure has little chance of approval,
• as public betting has long since
been condemned.
Says Its His Money
Governor Gardner having been
attacked for alleged purchasing of
groceries from chain stores while
preaching a Live at Home doc
trine gave answer to his critics in
a most gentlemanly yet scorching
Inform this past week. While deny
ing that his major purchases were
made from chain stores, as alleged
I by critics, the governor called at
tention to the fact that since he
■^paid for his groceries out of his
' pwn pocket, he figured that he had
the same right as every other citi
zen to purchase from whomsoever
he pleased. Thus far there is no
record that the unmannerly crit
ics have had any effective reply to
make to Mr. Gardner’s gentleman
| ly yet telling declaration.
A move to clear the senatorial
I field for former governor A. W.
| McLean by having both Messrs.
Bailey and Simmons withdraw, “in
| the interest of the party” met with
little approval from Mr. Bailey. He
■kid he was in the race to stay to
■Ihe finish. It is not surprising to
any that he refuses to withdraw
in favor of Mr. McLean, for that
gentleman only recently issued a
statement to the press in which
he announced he would support
Senator Simmons against Mr,
Bailey. Governor Gardner has
called a meeting for this week to
consider the advisability of buy
ing a new prison farm.
With plans for the Democrats
Jackson Day dinner on March 15
(Continued on page 4)
Mrs. Sarah Shearin
Dies At Weldon On
Monday Morning
The gentle spirit of Mrs. Sarah
E. Shearin passed away at the
home of her son, N. Macon Shearin,
at Weldon, on Monday morning,
February 24th. While her health
had been failing for several years,
she was ill with pneumonia and
confined to her bed for only one
week before the summons came.
She was in her 79th year.
Mrs. Shearin was the oldest
daughter of the late Thomas J.
and Ann Neville Bobbitt, who were
for many years residents of Lit
tleton. In 1871 she was married to
Nathaniel H. Shearin, making their
home at Littleton until his death.
Fourteen years ago she moved to
Weldon, the home of her son.
From early childhood, Mrs.
Shearin was a loyal, faithful and
consistent member of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, moving her
membership from Littleton to Wel
don in 1916. Her’s was an unself
ish disposition, always thinking of
and doing for others, ever eager to
help those in need, or distress.
Sympathy and loving kindness for
others won for her the love and
friendship of all who knew her.
She will be missed in her church,
her Missionary society, and her
church circle, all of which she at
tended regularly when not prevent
ed by ill health.
Mrs. Shearin is survived by three
children, Mrs. Annie Haithcock of
Littleton, Mrs. H. E. Mayfield of
Chester, S. C., and N. Macon
Shearin of Weldon; also three sis
ters, Mesdames W. N. Thornton
and T. E. Isles of Littleton, and
Emma Bumpas of Enfield, and two
brothers, Mr. J. W. Bobbitt of Cove
City, and Mr. J. H. Bobbitt of Lit
tleton.
Funeral services were held from
the Methodist Episcopal church at
2:30 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon,
conducted by the Rev, J. H. Shore,
assisted by the Rev. R. S. Foun
tain of the Baptist church, and the
Rev. L. B. Pattishall, pastor of the
Littleton Methodist church. “Beau
tiful Isle of Somewhere” was sweet
ly sung by the choir, and another
cf her favorite songs, “The Old
Rugged Cross,” was sung by
Messrs. L. C. Draper, J. P. Hollo
man, B. G. Rodwell and W. B.
Pierce. Numerous and beautiful
floral designs attested the love and
esteem of many friends. Inter
ment was in the Littleton ceme
tery at 4 o’clock. Active pall
bearers were Messrs. C. E. Carter,
J. S. Wyche, J. J. Willey, O. S.
Suiter, J. O. Carter, H. E. White,
W. A. Carter and D. W. Seifert.
Honary pallbearers were Messrs.
H. D. Allen, J. R. Anderson, W. L.
Knight, C. E. Willis, J. R. Crewe,
J. S. Wyche Jr., C. R. Daniel, W.
T. Shaw, R. W. Carter, E. G. Gar
lick, J. T. Maddrey, Pierce John
ston, M. F. White, Marvin Carter,
Dr. t). B. Zollicoffer, H. V. Bounds,
Dr. W. G. Suiter and Dr. H. G.
Lassiter of Weldon, and Messrs.
T. J. Miles, H. F. Bonney, L. M.
Johnston, H. A. House, W. H.
Johnston, R. W. Carter Jr. and
H. A. Hunt of Littleton.
Officers Raid Still
And Capture Man
Deputy Sheriffs Mitchell and Hux
and police officers Dobbin, Green,
Grey and Keeter captured a 50
gallon capacity gasoline drum type
still during a raid Sunday afternoon.
The still was found in a barn in
the yard of Ed. Clay on the land
of Tobe Drewery between Dave’s
crossroad and Halifax highway. The
officers destroyed the still, four gal
lons of whiskey and three or four
barrels of mash, and then arrested
Ed. Clay, who said he had the stuff
to feed his hogs. Clay was placed in
the Halifax jail where he is await
ing a preliminary hearing.
WELFARE HEAD RESIGNS
RALEIGH, Feb. 26.—Mrs. Kate
Burr Johnson resigned as Com
missioner of Public Welfare yes
terday, effective April I, to become
supefintendent of the State Home
for Girls in New Jersey, which is
to Head up a pioneer program of
classification work among women
prisoners of that state.
A fund of $500 has been raised in
Clay county by the farm agent to
be used as prizes to 4.8 club boys
and girls this year.
JUST KIDS-A Cat«Astropfce. By Ad Carter
Several New Books
Are Added At The
Weldon Library
Several new books have recently
been purchased for the Weldon
library and are now ready for the
public, as are a number of volumes
donated by the Carnegie Endow
ment for International Peace. In
commenting on the new books,
Miss Virginia Lockhart, librarian,
said that various phases of interest
were embraced in the volumes and
that she believed that lovers of
literature would find much to
please them in the collection of
books to be found in the library.
Included in the books purchased
are:
“The Tragic Era,” by Claude E.
Powers; “The History of Psychol
ogy,” Pillsbury; “The Psychology
of Happiness,” Pitkin; “Lindbergh,
His Story in Pictures,” Miller;
“Hans Frost,” Walpole; “Splendor
of God,” Morrow; "Jim, the Con
queror,” Peter B. Kyne; “The
Secret of 37 Hardy Street,” Casey;
“Blair’s Attic,” Joseph C. Lincoln;
“Red Willows,” Skinner; “The
Canon of Lost Waters,” Birney;
“Johnny Reb,” Oemler; “The
Merivales,” McCutcheon; “Penrod
Jashber,” Tarkington; “Miss Mi
nerva’s Neighbors,” Emma Speed
Sampson; World Almanac 1930;
supplement to The New Inter
national Encyclopedia (2 vols.);
March’s Treasurers Dictionary.
The donation of the Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
Include:
“French France,” Oliver R. Huef
fer; “An Irish Ramble,” Charles
F. Howell; “The Desert Road to
Turkestan,” Owen Lattimore;
“Black Roadways," Martha A.
Beckwith; “This World of Nations,”
Pitman B. Potter.
WIGGINS TRIAL AGAIN
CHARLOTTE, Feb. 25.—Under
the vigorous examination of Attor
ney General Dennis Brummitt,
State’s witnesses today wove a story
of mob violence that mounted into
unexpectedly strong evidence against
five alleged members of the anti
communist mob on trial in Meck
lenburg Superior Court for mur
dering and conspiring to murder
Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, in the cul
minating disorder of Gaston county’s
textile disturbances last September
14.
Geo. L. Knight Dies
At Hollister Home
HOLLISTER, F.sb. 24.—Geo. L.
Knight, one of the oldest and best
known citizens of the community,
died Friday afternoon after an ill.
ness lasting only a few days, pneu
monia and heart failure being the
immediate cause of his death. He
was past 84 years of age and there
was never much hope for his recov
ery from the first of his illness.
He had lived in this section all his
life, engaged in farming and as
deputy sheriff and tax collector.
The large crowd that attended his
funeral Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock attested to some extent the
esteem in which he was held by
those who knew him.
The funeral was held from his
home, conducted by his pastor. Rev.
Mr. Fogleman, of the Methodist
Protestant church. His grandsons,
George, Jack, and Bennie Shearin,
Daniel Knight, Roy and Marvin
Hardy acted as pallbearers, with
Ollie Knight, Ollie Shearin, W. E.
Doxey and Robert Poole as hon
orary pallbearers. The following
young ladies acted as flower bearers:
Josephine Hux, Mavis Smith, Marie
Knight, Blanche Knight, Elsie
Knight, Westray Harris, Cornelia
Hardy, and Kathleen Shearin. The
interment was made in the burial
grounds at the house.
The deceased leaves an aged
widow, four daughters^ Mesdames
J. C. Hardy and W. A. Delbridge of
Norlina, Mrs. Ella Perkins of Ports
mouth, Va., and Mrs. John W
Shearin of Essex; two sons, Charlie
and Willie Knight, of Hollister, and
many grandchildren and great,
grandchildren; one sister, who lives
near Enfield, and two brothers living
in Texas.
George L. Knight was bom near
Enfield in the year 1846, Jan. 20th
In his early manhood he was mar
ried to Rosa Mabry of the Hollister
community. Soon after their mar
riage the young couple came to the
old Mabry homestead to make their
home and where for 62 years thej
lived happily together, and reared a
family of eight children, two having
died early in life, leaving six, witl
the widow to mourn the loss of a
good husband and father.
The death of this man is a dis
tinct loss not only to his family
but to his church and the com
munity in which he lived. Some,
times we never know and feel as tc
what a person’s life and influence
is worth to a community until tha1
person is removed by death. We fee:
this strongly in this case.
Lorenza Pittard
Wins First Prize In
Oratorical Contest
Lorenza Pittard, Halifax county
boy, from the Aurelian Springs
high school, near Littleton was
declared the winner in the oratori
cal contest on the subject of •’Our
Flag” which was held at Raleigh
on February 22, with representa
tives in all districts in North Caro
lina competing, for which he was
awarded a medal and a prize of
$25 in gold.
The contest was sponsored by
the State Department of the
American Legion who, aided by
the local posts of the Legion, held
preliminary contests in the various
schools of the state, the winner of
which to go to the county and then
to the district contest. From these
the winners were sent to the finals
which were held at Raleigh on
Washington’s birthday.
Pittard won out in his own
school at Aurelian Springs and
then went to Halifax to compete
with the other schools in the
county, in which he was the win
ner. He then went to Tarboro to
compete where he won the right to
represent the 2nd congressional
district in Raleigh.
Plans were being discussed here
today to try to get Pittard to de
liver his oration here before the
Men’s Community Club, which will
hold a meeting on Tuesday night
of next week.
BRIDGE PARTY
Mrs. S. G. Mohorne and Mrs. O.
P. Mohorne entertained at four
tables of bridge Wednesday night.
The tables were attractively ar
ranged for bridge in the living
room and dining room. After sev
eral progressions the tallies were
collected and Mrs. C. E. Willis was
presented with the high score prize,
a bottle of perfume. Mr. John
Wyche received a carton of ciga
rettes for the men’s high prize.
The hostess, assisted by Mrs. Tom
Whitfield and Mrs. A. B. Pierce
served a delicious salad course
Those playing were Miss Walker
Miss Cheatham, Miss Massy, Miss
Elliott, Miss Annie Dickerson, Miss
Mary Jessie Gregory, Mrs. T. A
Whitfield, Mrs. C. E. Willis, Mrs
A. B. Pierce, Mr. Shep Green, Mr
Walter Allen, Mr. Edgar Bounds
Mr. John Wyche, Mr. Daniel Moodj
and Mr. C. E. Willis and Mr. O. P
Mohorne.
Jurors Are Drawn
For March Term
Of Superior Court
Juror for March term of Halifax
county Superior Court for the two
weeks term have been drawn as
follows:
First week, beginning March 17—
W. L. Lynch, Robert A. Whitaker,
C. A. Clarke, C. E. Willis, R. I.
Starke, W. T, Burke, C. T. Benton.
E. B. Bryant, T. C. Qualls, R. L.
Johnson, N. T. Hubbard. E. D.
Dickens, J. W, Wood, Henry
Everette, Geo. R. Bennette, P. D.
Johnson, Robt. Kimball, J. C.
Madry, Claude Randolph, J. O.
Brown, Stanley Wall, J. L. Wilson,
Otis Cowan, H. S. Butts, A. B.
Farmer, L. T. Parham, L. H.
Kitchin, Ashby Moore, M. E.
Cousins Jr., J. R. Myrick, E. L.
Jones, E. W. Liles, Joe Partin,
Surry Dunn, Charles N. Malone Jr.,
E. A. Smith.
Second week, beginning March
24—W. B. Stricklanu, C. G.
Dickens, J. R. Kirkland, Geo. L.
Hayes, Geo. M. Stephenson, L.
Wilkerson, E. H. Rogers, J. T. Jen
kins, M. J. Morris, H. F. Dickens,
O. W. Pierce, T. R. Whitehead, W.
8. Bradley, R. M. Williams, A. O.
Pendleton, E. C. Harrel, W. H.
Hedgepeth, B. B. Everette, R. W.
Epps, W. P. Braswell, A. D.
Glover, R. L. Bryant, Crowell Als
ton, F. S. Moore, Ashby Jones, G.
B. Cullom, W. T. Eure Jr., M. B.
Harrington, Leon Neville, W. P.
Taylor, T. A. Smith, Solomon
Vaughan, W. H. Riggan, H. G.
Lewis, Hugh Johnson, O. C. Weeks.
$10 Prized Offered
For Best Essay On
Davis Highway
In a recent issue o£ The Roanoke
News there was printed a list of
prizes offered by the North Caro
lina Division of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy for
the best essays on various subjects
written by the pupils of the differ
ent high schools of North Caro
lina.
A letter from Mrs. Glenn Long
of Newton, Division Superintend
ent of C. of C„ calls attention to a
prize of $10 offered by Mrs. Alex
Cooper of Henderson to the pupil
writing the best essay on the Jef
ferson Davis Highway through
North Carolina and urging the
children to take special interest in
the highway as it passes their own
locality. This highway enters the
state near Oxford and covers 154
miles in North Carolina through
some of the most picturesque and
beautiful sections of the state.
It is hoped that the pupils of our
school will take an interest in this
enterprise, a member of the local
chapter of the U. D. C. said today.
If they do not care to enter the
contest they can contribute a
small sum of money toward the
fund for beautifying this highw-ay
and so feel that they have a part
in perpetuating the memory of the
great statesman and only presi
dent of the Confederate States of
America, Jefferson Davis, she con
cluded.
Fishes Through A
Cat Hole And Steals
Gum; Is Put In Jail
Hilliard Braswell, young 17 year
old white boy of South Weldon, is
in the Halifax jail where he was
placed under a $75.00 bond follow
ing his trial by Mayor Protem
Charlie Daniel on a charge of
larceny from the Merchants Dis.
tributing Co. of Weldon. Braswell
was captured Sunday night by
Bennie Arthur, night policeman of
Weldon, when he was caught fish
ing chewing gum through a cat hole
with a fishing pole. The boy had
taken about $35.00 worth of chew
ing gum when he was caught, most
of which was later returned to the
Distributing Co. Braswell was
tried in mayor’s court Monday
morning and bound over to superior
court under a $75.00 bond. He was
carried to Halifax county jail fol
lowing his trial.
CHILD IN HOSPITAL
The friends of little Miss Kath
erine Chapin, four-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Chapin
will regret to learn that she is it
the Roanoke Rapids hospital when
she was operated on for appendi
citis, and wish for her a speedy re
covery.
ASKS FOR AID IN
CEMETERY WORK
Woman’s Club Makes Public
Appeal In An Effort To
Care For Graves
THE NEED IS URGENT
In an effort to beautify the local
cemetery, a committee of the
Woman's club is making a public
appeal to those interested to aid in
this work. The appeal, addressed
to whom it may concern, follows:
How shall we care for our city
cemetery?
This is the question that con
fronts the Woman’s club of Wei.
don. About nine years ago some
members cf the Woman's club
conceived of the plan of placing an
assessment on the owners of the
individual lots, which they paid
promptly for several years. With
this money, a committee appointed
by the Woman's club put the ceme
tery in beautiful order as every one
interested knows. However, for the
last two years this plan has not
been successful, not because the
committee failed, but because some
of the square owners failed to pay.
Some paid in regularly but not
enough to meet the expense. The
club with some outside help supple
mented the amount and the ceme
tery was kept in order even under
adverse conditions.
Our committee has called on the
Town Council to relieve the situa
tion or at least to suggest some plan
to finance it, but they cannot on the
grounds of lack of funds in the city
treasury.
Now friends, and by this term wfe
mean all who are interested in
keeping the whole cemetery, not
only our individual squares, but the
whole of it. There are some uni.
dentified lots, some belong to people
who have moved away from town,
but the greater number belong to
people living in Weldon. The
Woman’s club is not wi’ling that
this spot shall be neglected.
A committee of ladies (members
of the club) have consented to give
a part of their time this year to
the work and have thought out this
plan. To place the yearly dues at
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Baraca Class Pays
Tribute L. T. Garner
We, the undersigned committee
appointed by the President of this
class, record with sorrow the pass
ing of our friend and co-worker,
brother Lonnie T. Garner, who
went to his reward a few weeks
ago.
Mr. Garner had been a faithful
member of this Baraca Class for a
•goodly number of years, and was
always ready to do what he could
for the advancement of the work
of the class. He was also a mem
ber of our church.
We shall miss his genial pres
ence from his accustomed place
among us, but realizing that our
loss is his gain, and for him the
sufferings and sorrows of this life
are forever at an end, therefore,
be it resolved:
First, that we extend to his loved
ones our heartfelt sympathy in
this time of their great sorrow,
that we assure them of our deep
appreciation of his faithfulness to
this Baraca Class, and that we
commend them to the tender mer
cies of our loving Father, and pray
that day by day they may be con
scious of his care for them and
his power to comfort and keep
them.
Second, that a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family,
and a copy be spread upon the
minutes of the class.
L. C. DRAPER.
A. W. OAKES.
J. C. TILGHMAN.
Fire Spreads And
Alarm Is Turned In
Unable to stop the spread of
fire which was gradually getting
closer and closer to her home, Mrs.
H. P. Pope turned in the fire alarm
here Tuesday afternoon for the
first time since the fire in the
Daniel building before Christmas.
Mrs. Pope was burning leaves in
her back yard when the fire began
to spread beyond her control. The
. alarm was turned in and the fire
: company along with many Weldon
citizens came on the run. The fire
■ did no damage other than to give
excitement to Weldon citizens.