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COUNTY AGENTS NEWS NOTES —W. O. DAVIS. County Agent The County Office has been ad vised by the State Office that fi nal tobacco marketing cards can not be completed and given to the growers before the opening of the border markets on August 4. We rea ize that a number of produ cers usually sell some tobacco on the border markets and will want their cards by August 4. Every ef fort has been put forth by the County Office, the committeemen, the State Office and the Washing ton Office to get those final allot ments ca'culated as prescribed by the law before the opening of the border markets. This appeal's to be impossible, so arrangements have been made so that any pro ducer who has an acreage allot ment jign btf issued a preliminary cssrd for 400 pounds per acre on ?1S planted or allotted acreage, whichever is smaller. Any grower who expects to go to one of the border markets before he receives his tobacco allotmnt should write to the County Office at least two days before he wants his card. His preliminary ca^d will then be pre pared and he will be notified to come and sign for his card. Com plete poundage allotment cards will be issued immediately after we get the completed tabulation from the State Office. j For the past two weeks town ship committeeman and the County Office have been working on data to be used in establishing 1938 to bacco marketing quotas. This data is compiled in the County Office and forwarded to the State Office in Raleigh. All calculations are made at the State Office and the allotment for each individual farm is sent back to the County Office to be de ivered to the producer. A producer can have his allotment di vided into as many cards as he wished in order that various ten ants may have individual allot ments. We have sent notices to every farm receiving a tobacco acreage allotment requesting certain infor mation to be used in establishing his marketing quota. This informa tion is either sales records, farm records, or an estimate of the num ber of pounds of tobacco grown on the farm in 1936 and 1937. The producer was a'so asked to sign a statement showing the number of families living on his farm, the number of tobacco barns, and the acreage of tobacco planted in 1938. Farmers have responded well in giving us this information, howev er, a few farmers have failed to see their committee, or to send this information to the County Of fice. It will be impossible for us to get a tobacco a'otment issued for a farm until this information is furnished the County Office. Any grower who has planted to bacco in 1938 and has not furnish ed this informatoin. or did not re ceive his notice, should come to the Conuty Office at once to see a bout his tobacco allotment card. I THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1866 — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES WELDON- THE GATEWAY TO EASTERN CAROLINA SHS Seventy-Second Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina Thursday, July 28, 1938 Young Negro Woman Dies Suddenly In Doctors Office HUSBAND HELD WITH OUT BOND PENDING AUTOPSY REPORT Officia's had not received today the final analysis report of an au topsy performed on the body of Helen Davis, young Negro woman, who died suddenly in the local doctors office Tuesday morning at 11:30 o’clock. The woman had just arrived at the office for treatment of a head wound she is alleged to have re ceived when hit with a bottle Sat urday night. Her husband, James Davis, 31, is being held in the county jail without bond pending the outcome of the investigation. The woman’s two brothers swore out a warrant for him Sunday, charging assault. He had just been released under a $50. bond Tues day morning in Recorder’s Court, when his wife died. So he was re arrested and placed back in jail. Coroner T. M. Cooper was call ed and he ordered an autopsy. It was performed by Dr. Morehead of Wake Forest, who was here on a visit. He specializes in this type work, having assisted in and per formed more than 1000 autopsies. He said after the operations that the woman’s skull was fractured and a clot of blood had formed on her brain. It indicated she had died from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by the blow on her head. However, Dr, Morehead made no official report pending his exami nation of the other vital organs in his laboratory at Wake Forest. The woman’s remains were bu ried Wednesday afternoon. -0 - No Excursion Rate Next Three Sundays All extra passenger coaches of the Seaboard Air Line Railway will be used in transporting members of the National Guard and regular soidiers south for summer man euvers so the special week end rate to the Norfolk beaches will not be given these three weeks. This ap plies only to this special rate for July 31, August 7 and 14. -0 - FREE PASSES If Mrs. Fletcher Gregory of Hal ifax will call at the ticket office of the Weldon Theatre, she will receive a pass to see “Wife, Doctor and Nurse’’ to be shown next Mon day and Tuesday. Activities At The WPA Recreation Center u The attendance at the W. P. A. Recreation Center for the past two ..week's has been unusual y good. The children are well and full of energy, enjoying the games and other activities regardless of hot, rainy weather. The swings, acting-bar, and rings which have been given, are greatly enjoyed by the whole avoup, and the chi dren with the vmflters in this center want to pub licly thank the friends who super entended the making of this ap paratus and the Boy Scouts and others who helped do the work. We also wish to thank the man ager of the Weldon Theatre for making it possible for the children to see Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. Our Doll Show given on Thurs day afternoon, Ju y 21, was well attended. A pertty and interesting selection of dolls were on display. The ages of the dolls ranged from six months to twelve years of age. The twelve year old one be'onged to Fannie Magoone. She was dress ed in the same dress she wore when she was bought. Florence Aycock’s doll was judg ed the prettiest and Maggie Now ell’s the neatest. Mrs. Flowers and Miss Edgar were the judges. Mrs. W. B. Murrill, Leader. Undulant Fever Case Reported In Halifax Scot anil Neck, July 22— The first case of undulant fever to be reported has been discovered in Scotland Neck, according to the county health department. The patient is now recovering and is able to be out again, but Dr. H. D. Moody of the county health department warns that all , citizens of the county should be very careful to prevent any speard of the disease. Undulant fever is transmitted from catt e and can be caused a mong humans only by drinking milk or eating butter which come from a cow afflicted with Bangs disease. In the Scotland Neck case the cow has been killed and every means taken to prevent the disease from spreading to other cattle. - 0 - Popular County Official Resigns J. Pauli Speed, of Scotland Neck, resigned as Office Deputy in the Sheriff’s office at Halifax last Friday after serving Halifax County for eight years in this ca pacity. Mr. Speed will take over active management of a clothing store which he owns in Scotland Neck. Former Pastor At New Address Rev. E. H. McWhorter, beloved former Methodist preacher here, wrties the NEWS that he has mov ed and is permanently settled at 507 Tilden Street, Ra'eigh, N. C. He says he would be glad to hear from his Weldon friends. - 0 - Services At The Baptist Church The pastor’s subject for the morning hour will be: “Secret Prayer or Enter Thy Closet.’’ His subject for the evening hour will be: “The Single Eye.’’ One can readily see that both of these subjects are of great impor tance and especial y is this true for the people of our day. Both of these texts are taken from the sixth chapter of the Gospel as re corded by Matthew, and are, there fore^ from the Sermon On the Mount. It is hoped that the audi torium will be filled with worship ping and with seeking people at both hours of worship. “Within an hour after the’first click of Jack Binns” key of the wireless instrument on the i.l-fat ed Republic, a number of vessels turned their prows in his direc tion and with the utmost speed possible in the blackness of the fog, set out to find the ship in distress. All the world now knows how long the search continued, one or more vessels fai ing completely to find the Republic, and the oth ers only succeeding after long and trying hours. But let one human wreck, or a child of God in distress utter the first Word of his call for help, and instanlty, no matter how dense the darkness, nor how far fistant he may be, the answer is instan taneous. “Before they ca 1 I will answer, and while they are yet speaking I will hear.” By the Pastor. - 0 - NOTICE TO COTTON GINNERS The President approved, on June 14, 1938 an amendment to the Act of Congress authorizing the Di rector of the Census to collect and publish periodical reports of cot ton ginned, cotton consumed and cotton held. The amendment is as follows: “It shad also be the duty of every cotton ginner to keep a rec ord of the county or parish in which each bale of cotton ginned by him is grown and to report at the March canvass of each year a segregation of the total number of bales ginned by counties or par ishes in which grown.” The reports have heretofore shown the number of bales ginned within a county, but did not show the number actually grown or pro duced in the county because of the movement of seed cotton across counyt and state lines for ginning. This amendment is designed to have each ginner keep a record of each bale ginned by him, showing the county in which the seed cot ton is grown in order that accu rate statistics may be compiled aa to the actual production of cotton in each county. These statistics wi 1 enable the Department of Ag riculture to make equitable allo cations of acreage and production as required by the Agriculture Ad justment Act of 1948, and will al so be used by this Bureau in con nection with the census of agricul ture taken every five years. You are, accordingly, requested to fo low the requirtments of the law and keep a ypord of the coun ty in which each bale of cotton ginned by you is grown. The se gregation of the total ginnings by counties will be called for at the March canvass. The full cooperation of all gin ners is respectfully solicited. CAUGHT AT RAMBLER RANDOM What is Americanism? Is it “get rich quick”? Is it opportunities and the cashing in one same? Is it fast living, fast driving, hurd drinking and the devil take the hindermost? Is it gangsterism and dirty poli tics? Is it democracy in theory and the cast system in practice? Is it bread fields, swift railway trains, super-highways, and smoky industrial cities? Is it national parks, W. P. A. projects, C. C. C. camps and a seething undercurrent of communism, fascism, and na zism? You are, you would say, a typiea'. American. What would you tell a German a Frenchman that Americanism is? J. B. Priestly, the Englishman, says in the August Cosmopolitan that Americanism is the responsi bility to show the world the light ed path and lead it along same. A Chinese girl attending Elon col lege was greatly shocked when she learned that some of our Ameri can boys play on Sunday instead of going to Sunday schoo’. The French look upon us as extrava gant spender* of our unlmiited fortunes. From the number of spies reported (120,000) in the United Stated the whole worfcl must look upon us as rather gulli ble. What is Americanism ? I ike to think that Americanism is an ideal yet to be realized. It is not, in all probability, but I say, by way of making excises that A merica has not decided upon its “ism” yet, that it is too young to make such a serious decision. Whin the world heir's the word “Americanism,” I would like for it to visua ize the following: a privilege and an opportunity to make an honest living, a desire to find happiness in the servlse and companionship of people, a desire to conserve natural resources and to beautify the country side, a lib erality in sharing with other na tions, and a humble thankfulness for all things possessed. These things, I be ieve, would be ‘Amer icanism.” DEATHS MRS. SUSIE HOLLAND Funeral services for Mrs. Susie Holland, 78 who died Tuesday night were he d from the home of her daughter in Hobgood Wednesday with the Rev. C. E. Crawford of ficiating. Mrs. Holland was the widow of the late W. H. Holland and was a life long resident of Halifax County. Surviving are two sous, W. W. Holland a‘-d *• IL IIo lunu of Da\ enport, a son by a former mar riage, three daughters, Mrs. Hu bert Jenkins. Mrs. J. M Bailey of Halifax Cou:uy and Mrs. F. JX Hancock of Norfolk, Ya. MRS. MARY SHE A RUN WARD Mrs. Mary Shearin Ward, 80, widow of th? late Joseph W. Ward of Halifax County died suddenly Sunday afiernrrn at the heme of her son oea.- Louisburg. Funeral services wire held Tuesday after noon with buna' in the family plot in Nash Couu'y. Surviving arc four children, J. E. Ward of Nash County, J. W. Ward of Louisburg, Mrs. W. A. Hu ,"/ of Enfield and Mrs. D. F. Morgan of Atlanta, Ga. -- 0 - FANNIE HECK CIRCLE The regular meeting of the Fan nie Heck Circle was held in the home of Mrs. D. B. Howell Monday July 25th at four o’clock After the meeting was called to order, Mrs. A. B. Ussury read verses from the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. Miss Pearl Harris led in prayer. After th? usual business Mrs. Henry House read an inter esting arite'e on the “Life of Rus sell Conwel, a Penniless Million aire”. Mrs. Theresa Dickens led the closing prayer. The hostesses, Mrs. Ben Col ins, Mrs. J. P. Hartsoe and Mrs. Howell served cream and cake. New Theatre Will Open At Jackson Monday, August 1st 1 Jackson, N. C.—For the first time in the history of the town, Jackson has an up-to-date theatre, which will open it’s doors on Aug ust 1. Until the opening of the new Jackson Theatre, people in this section have had to drive 12 or Id miles to see a show. The theatre was built for Glenn Davis and B. Harvey Parker, owners of the business, and wi I be managed by Mr. Parker, well known and popuar business man of Jackson. Mr. Parker, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Par ker, has made his home in Jack son since 1922 at which time he was in the mercantile business. For the past seven years, Mr. Parker was concerned with The Leader in Weldon. The Jackson Theatre is located on Main street, and is a modern structure in every detail, complete with large stage for vaudeville and other attractions. It is equipped with the most modern aircooled plant, Western Electric sound e quipment, cushioned chairs, and modern and sanitary rest rooms, assuring solid comfort for patrons at al. times. -0 - Store Robbers Are Caught Here “Rat" Edmondson, 50-year-old Roanoke Rapids man, a Negro man and woman were arrested Tuesday morning by local officials. They were lodged in Northampton Coun ty jail at Jackson and will be charged with the robbery of a Con way store. Early Tuesday morning the store at R. L. Woodard & Son at Conway was entered. A quantity of cigarettes, ahaut 25 cartons, was stolen. The three named, with another white man, who has not apprehended, were seen leaving the scene. Night Policeman Barnhill was cal ed here and he ran the rob bers car down at Tilghman Cross roads. The two men jumped out and ran. Edmondson was traced to Emporia where he was arrested by a group of Virginia officials and Chief of Police Kitchen, Barn hill and Patrolman Long. _ n _ HALIFAX NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Quentin Gregory and family spent the week end at Nags Head. Mrs. William Penn of Fort Bragg is visiting her mother Mrs. Helen Marshall. Mrs. Faison Wi liams and cflil dren of Fayetteville are the guest of Mrs. A. L. Hux. Mrs. Wallace and Miss Williams of Wallace were week end guest of Mrs. A. L. Hux. Miss C em Read has returned from a two weeks visit at Char lotte, Ashville and Grensboio. Mrs. Alvin Hogg of Mountville, Gn„ spent last week here with Mrs. W. R. Caudle. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Vincent and son of Murfreesboro were visitors here Sunday. Mr. Char es Coppedge of Ahoskie spent the week end here with his mother. Mrs. Helen Marshall, Mrs. W. A. Wilcox and Misses Ursula Marshall and Vera Bobbitt spent tlie week end at Nags Head and attended the Lost Colony Pageant at Fort Ra eigh. Mr. Bill Phillips of Kinston spent the week end here. Mrs. T. E. Owens left Tuesday for Ga„ where she will spend some time with friends and relatives in Mountvi le, LaG range and Atlan ta, Ga. Mrs. R. L. Strickland and dau ghter of Rocky Mount spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Avent. Mrs. A. L. Hux entertained at a buffet dinner and bridge on Sa turday evening in honor of her house guest, Mrs. Faison Williams of Fayetteville. Mrs. Wallace and Miss Wi liams of Wallace. Those enjoying the hospitality of Mrs. Hux were Mesdames Wil liams, Wallace, J. M. Read, Fred Cates, W. R. Caudle, L. H. Pearce, Charles Boykin and Miss Williams. “No Fraud” Found In June Primary By Petitioners Calvary-Thelma News Miss Myrtis Elliott of Richmond spent a few days ast week with Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Myrick, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Myrick and son of Weldon were Sunday visi tors with his parents here. Mr. and Mrs. Briekhouse Jones and family of Scotland Neck were visitors with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Jones last Saturday. Revival starts at Calvary Sunday and continues thru first Sunday in August. Randolph Mitchell was at home Sunday. Miss Rachel Myrick of Halifax, accompanied hy Miss Ellis Bullun ce spent the week end with her mother. Miss s Virginia Jenkins and Ca therine Mitchell spent a. short while at their homes last Sunday. Miss Mary Vincent was a visitor with her sister, Mrs. H. 1). Myrick last Thursday. 0 RECORDERS COURT NEWS J. L. Wheeler. Driving while drunk. Fined $50.00 and costs, op erators license revoked for 12 mon ths. Lena Brown. Liquor. Sentenced to 00 days in jail. Tom lillis Bull r. Assault, drunk and disorder y. 90 days on the l oads. Sentence ; uspended on con dition defendant pays the costs and does not use intoxicants in any manner for 12 months. James Brown, Jr. Reckless driv ing. Prayer for judgment contin ued upon condition defendant pays a fine of $25.00 and costs and vol untarily surrenders his operators license for 12 months. Gardner Bunn. Assault. Prayer, for judgment continued on condi-j tion defendant pays the costs and ^ the sum of $16.00 for use of Early Ivey. Gladys Daniel. Liquor. 8 months in jail to be suspended on condi tion defendant pays the costs and does not voilate any criminal sta tute for 2 years. James Jones. Larceny. GO days in jail to be assigned to do work un der direction of S. H. and P. W. C. Melvin Jenkins. Assault, not guilty. Willie Arrington. Assault with deadly weapon. 5 months on the roads, sentence, suspended on con dition defendant pays the costs and does not use intoxicating iq uor or beverages in any manner for 2 years. Roosevelt Lee. Assault on female —not guilty. Henry James. Larceny. Probable cause that defendant is guilty to give bond in amount of $500.00 for his appearance at August term of Superior Court. Albert M. Harper and Leonard Shearin, prayer for judgment as to each, defendant on condition he remains of good behavior for 12 months. Harper to pay the costs and a bill of $2.50 to Dr. Brown ing and a fine of $5.00. Lyman Price and Jimmy Jarre 1. Liquor. Prayer for judgment con tinued upon payment of costs. E. II. Day. Liquor. 20 days on the roads. Sentence suspended on condition defendant pays the costs and remains sober for 12 months. Bessie Walston and Ada Mit chell, assault with deadly weapon. Prayer for judgment continued on condition defendants pay one half the costs each and on condition that they remain of good behavior for 2 years. Tom Butler. Disorderly. Remand ed to Mayors Court. Edwin Strickland and Jeff .Tom s Liquor. Prayer for judgment con tinued as to each on condition he pays 1-2 the costs each and re mains of good behavior for one year. Bud Lynch. Vio ations motor ve hicle laws. Judgment suspended on I condition the defendant pays the ' costs. SUGGEST ELECTION LAW CHANGES AT MONDAY MEETING OF HOARD Counsel for 31 nun, who peti tioned the Halifax County Board of Elections recently charging fraud and irregularities in the June 4th Primary, admitted Mon day afternoon their failure to find sufficient evidence to substantiate their charges. George C. Hampton, Jr., of Greensboro, special Counsel secur ed by the petitioners, even went so far as to say that, Halifax Coun ty e ections were far “cleanier” than the majority of the counties of the State. In his speech follow ing the presentation of the peti tioners evidence Mr. Hampton read, ily admitted there was no evi dence of wilful violations of the election aws. He told the Board that “my client will have accom p ished a great deal by this in vestigation if you members of the County Board will petition the State Board to abolish the absen tee bal ot and eliminate assistants or ‘Markers” at the polls.” Mr. Hampton also suggested that the larger precincts in the County be divided so no more than 1000 pt ople can vote at any one place. This will eliminate a great deal of the confusion, he said. A 1 day last Thursday and part of the Monday morning session of the Board was consumed in exam ining the absentee applications and certificates used in the primary. They were assisted by Elliott B. Clark, another attorney of the pe tition ■ rs and E. L. Travis, Halifax lawyer, nothing to indicate fraud was found, although Mr. Clark said when he asked that these be exa mined, important evidence to sub stantiate his clients’ charg, s would be found. After this examination ended Monday morning severa' witnesses were called to testify, one of them Swain Norman of Halifax, said he had examined poll books at Weldon and had found where 7 people, registered as Republicans were al lowed to vote in this Democratic Primary as Democrats by e'ection officials. Allen Andleton, chairman of the Board asked him whether he knew if they had chnng d timer affiliation since registering or not. He said no. lie also said a Miss Mae Moore had voted in Weldon precinct and lives in Roanoke Rapids. Mi. Nor man could not tel th» Board where she lived in Roanoke Rapid-, or how long she had lived there, al though he stated he ha 1 known her for several years. Mr. Andieton said of this and several similar eases that while a person stayed at one place they could vote in a nother place under Certain condi tions. At the end of Mr. Norman’s testimony the Board denied a mo tion of the petitioners’ attorneys to re-examine the ab. ent?c certi ficates and applications, pointing out through its spokesman, Mr. Andieton that these forms, had been sufficiently examined. Mr. Travis also objected to this re examination. Then the hearing was adjourned for lunch and upon re-convening Mr. Hampton made his speech to the Board. He was fol owed by Mr. Travis, who said he was glad the attorneys on the other side admitted they had found no evi dence of fraud. He said he was of the opinion after many years’ob servation that Halifax County elec tions were just as “clean as any anywhere’’ and better than most others. Mr. Andieton then concluded the hearing with a few words saying the Board opened the investigation at the insistance of the peti tioners and that they expected the evidence to be presented by the petitioners. The oth-r two mem bers of the Board are Byron Gur ley and Dana Dickens. Seated at and near the peti tioners Counsel tab'e dusing most of the hearing Monday were: Ju lian Allsbrook. Swain Norman Carroll Wilson, Elliott B. Clark and George C. Hampton, Jr.
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