Services At The
Baptist Church
The pastor’s subject for the
jnorning hour will bea “THE SOL
EMN DAYS OF LIFE.” His sub
ject for the evening hour will be!
“THE GREAT SIN OF WASTE.”
A man was once shut up in pri
son, loaded with chains, and con
demned to be hupg. He had been
taken a prisoner in war by a cruel
tyrant, and knew that there was
no hope for him, if he could not
in some way make his escape. In
the dead hour of the night, when
all his guards were sound asleep,
and not a footstep was to be heard
around his prison, the door of his
dungeon was opened, his general
entered and took off his chains,
and said to him, “Haste thee, es
cape from this place. I have at
immense expense and terrible ex
posure of my life, entered this
prison to save you. Follow me and
I will guide you safely. But you
have not a moment to lose. An
hour’s delay may prove for ever
to late.” What will you think when
I tell you that the prisoner said,
“Let me think about it, wait n
little while;” and then actually re
fused to go with him? Who was
to blame for that man's death, but
himself? This is precisely the way
that sinners, condemned and hound
by Satan to be shut up in the dark
prison of despair, act when Jesus
the great Captain of our Salvation
comes to set them free. (Bishop
Meade.)
To all the services in the Rap
tist church you are invited, ami
you will be most heartily welcom
ed. The pastor is willing and rea
dy to serve you in any way that
he possibly can, Gospel singing
and Gospel preaching will be founc
in all of the services' in the Bap
tist church.
By the Pastor.
S. M. Garwood
P. C. C Pre*. Resigns
Columbia, S. C. April 18—S. M
Garwood has resigned as presi
dent of the Production Credit Cor
poration of Columbia, effective ai
of June 15, and Frank J. Towlei
of Meggetts, S. C. has been electee
as his successor, Julian H. Scat
borough, general agent of the Farn
Credit Administration, announcei
tonight.
Mr. Towles was formerly con
nected with the Production Credi
Corporation of Columbia as fieh
representative and was later con
nected with the Farm, Credit Ad
ministration as field co-ordinator
He resigned as field co-ordinatoi
upon the death of his father am
returned to Meggetts to assume
management of the large planta
tion and truck growing busines:
his father had built up.
Mr. Towes attended the Citade
at Charleston and graduated from
George Washington Ahnfirersity ir
Washington in 192&1 witte the de
gree of LLB. He practiced- law foi
two years. *C.
Mr. Garwood before eolfcing tc
Columbia was commission^? of the
Production Credit Division of the
Farm Credit Administration al
Washington.
The Production Credit Corpora
tion of Columbia serves North Ca
rolina, South Carolina, Georgia anc
Florida and supervises the opera
tions of production credit associa
tions in those states.
THE ROANOKE NEWS
ESTABLISHED IN 1866 — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES
Americanism: Prosecuting unim
portant monopolies; big oil com
panies quietly leasing whole Sta
tes to prevent any drilling by in
dependents.
Seventy-Third Year
Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina
Thursday, April 18, 1940
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MURDERER ON WAY TO ANOTHER JAIL
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Shown above, Center is E. L. Keeter, alleged killer of Deputy
Sheriff William Pope, as lie was being rushed to a secret jail a few
minutes after his capture two weeks ago. On the left almost out of
the picture in fieorge Pittman, Jailor and Chief Deputy at Halifax.
Chief Dobbins of Roanoke Rapids. Patrolmen Ilines and Long, Keeter,
Sheriff Joe L. Riddick and Chief of Police Draper of Tillery. Keeter,
captured after an alnight manhunt was rushed away by county officers
and patrolmen to an unannounced jail when crowds gathered around
the jail at Halifax shortly after his capture. He will be brought to
trial at the next term of Superior Court which starts April 29 on a
first-degree murder charge. Officials believe they have an “air-tight”
case* against Keeter in the cold-blooded killing of the popular young
Deputy Sheriff,
Maxwell Managers
In County Named
Fletcher H. Gregory of Halifax
\ and R. H. Allsbrook of Scotland
I Neck were announced as joint ma
nagers for the A. J. Maxwell cam
paign in Halifax county, by Burgin
Pennell, state manager this week.
Mr. Gregory is executive vice
president of the Bank of Halifax
which operates branches in Little
ton, Weldon and Scotland Necn.
He has long been active in Halifax
political circles and represented
his county in the State Senate of
1929.
Mr. Allsbrook is a large farmer
and business man of Scotland
Neck being interested primarily in
the marketing of peanuts. He has
also been a patent factor in local
and state politics for many years.
When in Weldon pay a visit to
The Roanoke News office and sub
| scribe to The Roanoke News.
JUDGES’ STATEMENT
April 13th. 1940
We, the undersigned, duly appointed to canvass the returns
of The Roanoke News “Cash Offer” Campaign, do hereby cer
tify that the Campaign was closed according to the rules gov
erning same, and that we compiled the subscriptions and re
mittance deposited in the Ballot Box and the Campaign de
partments records of subscriptions turned in during the Cam
paign by various contestants or members, and we find the
following named persons entitled to the awards according to
the rules governing their distribution.
Votes
First award $500.00 in cash, Miss Martha Carter_9,004,575
Second award $300.0 in cash, Mrs. L. IT. Draper_9,561,000
Third award $150. in cash, Mrs. Gladys Stansbury_6,596,585
Fourth award $100. in cash, Mrs. Mariam C. Buskey__5,189,267
Winner of the Extra $15. cash prize,_Miss Martha Carter
Winner of the Extra $10. cash prize, 4th period. . Mrs. Mariam
Buskey.
Winner of the Extra $50. cash prize 4th and fifth period, Miss
Martha Carter.
COMMISSION WINNERS
Mrs. George E. Pittman-3,487,800
Mrs. E. W. Bobbitt _2,590,500
Mrs. Ola M. Chenoweth _2,400,477
Miss Janet Rawlings - 905,750
Miss Lillian Pate _1,803,500
Mrs. J. E. Michael _ 395,000
WINNERS OF SPECIAL PRIZE VOTE BALLOTS
First_Miss Martha Cartel
Second _Mrs. Gladys Stansbury
Third _Mrs. L. H. Draper
Signed:
MEADE H.MITCHELL,
A. G. WILLCOX,
F. N. ROWE, Judges
News “Cash Offer” Campaign
Come To Successful Close;
Miss Carter Wins 1st. Prize
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Mrs. Lloyd Draper Wins $300 Second Prize;
Third Award Goes To Mrs. Stansbury;
Mrs. Buskey $100 Winner. _
Others Win Commissions
The Roanoke News “Cash Offer”
Campaign came to a successful
close last Saturday night at 7:00
o’clock.
Following a thorough checking
of the final standings of the va
rious contestants, the judges a
warded first prize of $500 to Miss
Martha Carter of Weldon. Mrs.
Lloyd H. Draper of Roanoke Ra
pids came in a close second and
was awarded the second prize of
$300.
Third award of $150 went to
Mrs. Gladys Stanbsury of Little
ton and Mrs. Mariam C. Buskey,
was winner of fourth prize of |
$100.
Commission winners were as
follows:
Mrs. George E. Pittman, Hali
fax; Mrs. Ola M. Chenoweth, Wel
don; Miss Janet Rawlings, Wel
don; Mrs. E. W. Bobbitt, En\ield;
Miss E. Lillian Pate, Gumberry and
Mrs. Emily C. Michael of Roanoke
Rapids.
Miss Carter was winner of Ex
tra cash prize of $15. given by lo
cal business houses. She was also
winner of the $50 cash prize giv
en extra during 4th and 5th per
iods. Mrs. Buskey won $10 in ex
tra cash awards given by business
firms during the 4th period.
Judges of the campaign were:
Meade M. Mitchell, Register of
Deeds, Halifax County, Weldon, N
C.
Albert Willcox, Member of Ha
lifax County Board of Education,
Brinkleyville^N. C.
F. N. Rowe, served in place of
Leon P. Spencer, Cashier Fanners
Bank,Seaboard , N. C. who was
unable to attend.
These gentlemen made the fina'
tabulation of the votes that deter
mined the winners. Announcement
of the awards was made from The
Roanoke News office shortly after
10:00 p. m.
The campaign due to the fine
efforts of those who took part,
was very successful. The NEWS
received hundreds of newr sub
scriptions which places it in a
position to offer unequalled cov
erage of this trade territory.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wise of the
A M. Alexander Co., did an ex-!
JURY LIST
The following list of Jurors has
been drawn for the,one week term
of Criminal Court which will i:on
vene in Halifax Monday, Apri.
29 with Judge Leo Carr of Bur
lington on the bench.
Arthur Allen, Roanoke Rapids
M. F. King, Weldon; Henry C
Morris, Littleton; John McGwigan
Enfield; P. S. Acree, Roanoke Ra
pids; M. F. White, Roanoke Rap
ids, Dudley Powell, Enfield; Pau
A. Johnston, Littleton; W. M
Glasgow, Weldon; J. R. Lewis
Roanoke Rapids; O. E. Gresham
Scotland Neck; T. D. Lawrence
Jr., Enfield; N. B. Whitley, En
field, J. Cecil Bright, Roanoke Ra
pids; W. E. Myrick, Weldon, D
W. Harris, Roanoke Rapids; B. F
Morris, Littleton; C. D. Williams
Roanoke Rapids; J. Howard Craw
ley, Butterwood; G. A. Pittman
Halifax; George B. Batton, Roa
Nake Rapids; George Connor, Roa
noke Rapids; J. O. Whitehead
Roseneath; E. W. Wall, Roanoki
Rapids; Benny Jones, Roanoke
Rapids; John Piland, Scotian;
Neck; Shelton Ivey, Roanoke Rap
ids; Dallas Shearin, Roanoke Rap
ids; W. R. Anderson, Brinkley
ville; P. F. Harden, Roanoke Ra
pids; Lewis Griffies, Roanoke Ra
pids; R. A. Mabry, Littleton; II
J. Rightmyer, Roanoke Rapids; G
T. Melvin, Weldon; W. Ray Bow
ers, Brinkleyville and J. W. My
rick, Littleton.
J. J. Jenkins
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday afternoon from Wil
liams Funeral Home for James
Jerry Jenkins who died Thursday
night after a long illness. Thi
rites were conducted by the Rev
J. T. Williams of Rocky Mount
and interment followed in the Roa
noke Rapids cemetery.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Victoria C. Jenkins of Roanoke
Rapids, a half sister, Mrs. Minna
Hurst of Marines, N. C. and a hall
brother, Willie Jenkins of Duplii
County.
cellent job of staging and direct
ing the campaign, this being the
second they have staged for Tin
NEWS within the past three years
Festival of Dance
A Festival of Dance, produced
by Miss Elizabeth Holmes, dancing
teacher, and sponsored by the Se
nior Class of Littleton, will be
presented on Thursday night, April
25 at the Littleton High School
auditorium. The entire proceeds of
this festival will go to the Senior
Class to defray commencement ex
penses.
Jean May, Eleanor Lambeth,
Edith Sillery, Margaret Rowe,
Ann Parker, Nora Grant Alston,
Ann Robinson, Charles Sillery,
Lee Jones, Billy Jones, Charles
Abernathy, Horace Robinson and
Carleton Mosely are Littleton’s
boys and girls taking part in the
show. Students from Weldon are
as follows: Camilla Boone, Elsie
Boone, Mamie Nash, Sis Merchant,
Susan Shepard, Jean Conwell, Bet
ty Davis, Pattie Gay Carter, Ge
neva Applewhite, Judy Strong,
Jane Lewis, Margaret Norfleet,
Mary Blair Bowers and Hannah
Jane Kennedy.
With this array of talent, 1
don’t see how anyone can afford to
miss this festival. The cost isn’t
much and the entertainment is
well worth seeing; so don’t fail to
come.
Sunday School Party
Misses Emily and Elinor Crouch,
Agnes Oakes and Christine Als
ton were joint hostesses on Thurs
day night when they entertained
their Sunday School Class at the
I home of the Misses Crouch.
I A number of games and contest
were played and Miss Martha
Pierce was a winner of an inter
esting contest.
The hostesses served an ice cour
se with nuts and mints to the fol
lowing guests: Mrs. Alex Johnson,
Mrs. J. U. Vaughan, Jr., Misses
Hazel Neville, Mary Elizabeth
Moore, Janie Dickens, Jewell Hill,
Janet Rawlir ;s, Susie Mohorn,
Paula Ross, Frances Johnson,
Martha Ellis, Ruth Robinson, Mar
tha Pierce, Janet Rawlings and
Adelaide Anderson.
P.-T. A. To Sponsor
“The Bluebird”
The Parent-Teacher Association
will sponsor “The Bluebird" star
ring Shirley Temple, which will be
shown at the New Theatre here
next week. Only tickets brought
from, some member of the P.-T. A.
will net the Association a profit.
Politics Warms Up
As Politicians Ignore
Leader’s Agreement
Allsbrook Faction “Lieutenants” File Again
st Veteran County Officeholders
Weldon Hi Nine
Defeats Rocky Mt.
By Score 17-6
Local baseball fans were treat
ed to a fine game here today as
the local high, school nine defeat
ed the strong Rocky Mount High
School team by the score of 17 to
6.
W. J. Boseman, one of the finest
pitchers ever to wear a uniform in
this section, gave a stellar pitch
ing performance. He allowed only
G hits and struck out ten men.
The local hitters, went on a
spree, smashing out 15 hits and do
ing some fine base-running to
gain their 17 runs.
Leading local hitters were: Wil
liam Henry Taylor with two home
runs and two singles; Bug Ed
wards with 3 singles and Dickens
with a home run and a triple. •»
Rocky Mount used three pitch
ers trying to stop the local batting
attack: Head, Brown and Williams
with Carr catching: Leading hitter
for Rocky Mount was Inaeoe with
a home run and 2 singles.
Weldon Hi lost its only game ot
the season to Rocky Mount two
weeks ago.
RECORDERS
COURT NEWS
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APRIL 16th., 1940
Lester Bass, white for driving
drunk. Fined $50.00 and costs. Li
cense revoked for 12 months.
James Mosely, white of Roanoke
Rapids was found not guilty of
driving drunk.
Linwood Tan, colored of Enfield
guilty of possession of non-tax
paid liquor. 10 months on the roads
suspended on payment of costs and
good behavior for 2 years.
Courtney Evans, colored of Essex
was found guilty of illegal posses
sion of liquor. Fined $15.00 and
costs.
Charlie Alston, colored of Scot
land Neck, liquor, 8 months on the
roads, suspended on payment of a
fine of $20.00 and costs and o:i
condition he appear the first Tues
day of each month for 12 months
and show good behavior.
Willie Long and Henry Wayne,
white of Roanoke Rapids were
found not guilty of affray.
Frank Mitchell, white of Roanoke
The proposed peaceful Demo
cratic primary in prospect for Ha
lifax County this year, with an a
greement between the leaders of
the Long and Allsbrook factions to
settle their differences and puli
together to better serve the coun
ty, was exploded as nine known
Allsbrook supporters filed for
county offices just a few hours be
fore filing time closed last Sat
urday at sunset.
Those announcing included: Clay
ton Gurley of Roanoke Rapids, a
gainst Meade H. Mitchell, popular
Register of Deeds.
J. P. Holoman, Weldon, C. T.
Johnson, Roanoke Rapids; Sidney
R. White, Scotland Neck; L. E.
Williams, Essex; Balfour Dunn,
Scotland Neck against the Veteran
Board of County Commissioners
composed of J. R. Wrenn, Roanoke
Rapids, W. J. Collier, Littleton,
R.F.D., N. W. Warren, Littleton
M. W. Perry, Halifax and J. W.
Whitaker, Enfield.
Filing for a place on the Board
of Education were: Albert W.
Oakes, Jr., Weldon; C.L. Kelly, Lit
tleton; A. N. Martin, Roanoke Ra
pids, against the present Board
composed of R. L. Applewhite, Ha
lifax; A. G. W'illcox, Enfield, R.
F. D.; R. C. Rives, Enfield; Mrs.
R. C. Josey, Jr., Scotland Neck,
Mrs. J. T. Thomason, Roanoke Ra
pids.
Those trying for positions' on
the three-man Board of Roanoke
Rapids Sanitary District are M. R.
Hedgepeth, M. C. Newsom, Rufus
T. Mountford, R. E. Cleaton, Jr ,
and J. W. Harrell.
Durants Reopened
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W. W. Durant has announced
that Durants Jewelry Store has re
opened for business at its former
place on Washington Ave.
Rapids charged with non-support
nol pros with leave.
Clarence Taylor, white, fined
$100 and costs for driving car
drunk.
Charlie Boyd, colored of Weldon
assault on female 4 months roads
suspended on payment of cost and
good behavior for 3 years.
Jack Reynolds, Ralph Tillery and
Leroy Tillery JO days on the roads
each for affray.
Alvin Craig, white of Roanoke
Rapids fined $50.00 and costs for
driving drunk.
Jack Callahan, white of Roanoke
Rapids, fined $50 and costs for
driving drunk.
I Russell Bethea, colored, fined
$50 and costs for driving drunk.
Plans Announced For
Rockfish Festival Here
Plans were announced here this
week for the beginning of an an
nual celebration of Rockfish season
to be known as the Rockfish festi
val.
The program as outlined will be
gin Thursday evening May i), with
a masquerade street dance and car
nival. Washington Avenue between
first and second street will be
blocked off for the dance and
booths will be set up in the local
park for Bingo and other games.
During the dance a prize will be
presented to the best masked cou
ple.
The Festival will continue Fri
day morning, May 10 at eleven o’
clock with a parade through the
principle streets of the town which
will be specially decorated for the
occasion. The parade will end at
the Community center where hun
dreds of gallons of Rockfish mud
dle will be served.
At two o’clock on Friday there
will be a baseball game between
Weldon and Enfield High schools
and at five o’clock the May Day
festivities will be presented on the
lawn of the Community Center.
This program will feature the sing
ing of May Day songs by a choir
of approximately seventy voices,
under the direction of Mrs. Sterl
St. John’s Sponsoring
Subscription Bridge
Saint Johns Catholic Church
wishes to announce to the public
that they will give a subscription
bridge party on Thursday evening
May 9, at the Rectory. The usual
charge will be made and the game
starts at 8 o’clock.
Tables can be reserved by call
ing Mrs. William Wolkar, Mrs.
George Fisher or Miss Lucille
Carlon.
ing B. Pierce and special dances
by the pupils of Miss Elizabeth
Holmes.
Friday afternoon and evening
from three ’till ten a flower show
will be in progress in the Commu
nity Center building and the Fes
tival will be concluded with the
Coronation Ball on Friday evening
featuring the music of a well
known orchestra. The king and
queen of fhe Festival will be
crowned at this time and will lead
the figure.