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1 1 vl ft3 p U) iiiii l r a 4 CI) ii! I Llume VM.-Number 12 ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, JUNE 10, 1921 Subscription $2.00 a Year in Advance rf 1 'A r -" hi mmm M SHARPE AND BURLESON DRAW HEAVY SENTENCES fdden Climax in Most Sensational Halifax County Crimi-i nal Case for Years Comes With Submission of Accused to Charge of Kidnapping - Jim Sharpe Gets 15 Years, Alonzo Burleson 10 Years, Mitchell Sharpe 12 Months j BURLESON BREAKS ANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS liss Eunice Paker has left l'-r home in ('apron, a. iiss Mary Wilson, ol Warren- , spent the week-end here ting Miss Gammie Yang ban. lr. U. F. Tope left this week Portsmouth to visit his moth- llr. Gaines Thomas spent sev ll days here this week visiting brother, Mr. 11. P. 1 nomas. Miss Julia R Harry spent the ek-end in Greensboro. blisses Nell Jones, Bessie dgpetti ami Minnie waugnirv . e returned home from Creens- 9o. blisses Ethel and Helen llarri- i, of lirinkleyville, spent the ek-end here with their hrotli-r. . J. II. Harrison. Misses Ella Grant and Eugenia Rae, of Littleton, visited in home of Mrs. W. S. Hancock s week. fvlis i Mary Ervin left last week her home m Darlington. S. ( . f.lr. and Mrs. Outland and lighter have returned ioniiio.k pliss Mary Coble left this week! Guilford College Miss Catherine Campbell has urned to her home in Miss- ippi. lr. and Mrs. A. E. Akers are iting relatives in Wilson. Master Charles Stainback has urned to his home after spend r several months in school. B was accompanied ny miss ura L. Arbaugh, principal ol a school. sirs. E. C Few and son, of asheville, N. C, are visiting the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.. i Weeks. Vlr. Ned Manning is visiting sister, Mrs. C. A. Wyche. Mr. K. C. Towe spent a tew ys in Durham this week. Miss Florine Lewter has re- Irned to her home in Durham. Miss Millie Pearson left this ek for her home in Bailey. Mrs. J. Cecil Crank, has re rned from a visit to relatives Greensboro. Miss Lois Wooten left Mon- ky for her home in Chadbourne. Miss Annie Laurie Patterson li t this week for her home in ittereon Springs. Miss Edna Lattimore left Sat day for her home in Shelby. Mrs. Stadem and children, of inston, are visiting in home of rs. B. Marks. Mr. Seymore Hech1:. of Balti- ore, spent Sunday in the home Mr. and Mrs. B. Marks. Misses A. A. Hardaway and aatherine Smith and Mr. Sea- 5 , t n 1 . rooK jones spent aumiay ai tony Creek. 1 Mr. J. M. Muggins spent a few lys in Lexington. Miss Glenn Ross, of San ford ient several days here with her ster, Miss Hattie Ross, this eek. Miss Addie Lipscombe, of 'urham. spent the week-end ere with her friends. Revs. E. M. Snipes, Win. Towe lid L. B, Jones attended the raduation exercises of Trinity liege, Durham, this week. lr. Wm. Towe, Jr., graduated Jiere this year. A special quartet will he nderedatthe First Methodist hurch at the evening service lind.'lV In; lira V 1 I I Mt-rlo ill fliss Mary Nicholson and Messrs. M. (iibbs, ofLittleton and Mr. L. Price, of this City. Mrs. Mattie L. Reynolds Mrs. Mattie L. Reynolds, of 'atterson Town, died last Th.,r. lay after a brief illness. She aves three youns children nn.i ier husband, Mr. II. G. Reynolds he had lived in Patterson villairp ly.ait a year and during this time an endeared herself to many of er neighbors. The funeral was Id by hr,r pastor, Rev. A. G. arter, of the Baptist Church aturday afternoon and ;nter- nent took place in Cedarwood emetery. DOWN IN COURT The brothers Jim and Mitchell Sharpe, ami Alonzo Burleson, all of Albemarle, N.f.. entered a plea of guilty to the crime of kidnapping to-day in the Halifax Superior Court anil were sentenc ed by Judge Cranmer to terms of from oiie to fifteen .wars. Jim Sharpe ami Alono Burleson, obviously ami confessedly the most guilty of the trio, received the heaviest sentences, Jim draw ing down til" teen ears of hard labor for the State and Alonzo Burleson being sentenced to ten years. Mitchell Miarpe, who was ! guiltv onlv as an accessory, was sentenced to tuoive months in! the State's Prison. Tlie action of counsel for the accused in submitting them on a charge of kidnapping and that of counsel for the State in accepting a submission on a charge much lighter than that of which they were accused in the original bill nf indictnu'iit was an entirely un expected denouement. The public had looked for a hard fought legal battle for the lives of Jim Sharpe and Alon.o liurleson -Mitchell had never been consider ed guilty of the graver charge. During the hearing of testi mony for the purpose of fixing the decree of guilt 0f the accus- . lim,.mirv character of the sharie Brothers was brought out by counsel lor the State without rebuttal of any kind by the accused. Introduced in tes timony was a telegram from the Charlotte Associated Charities to Chief of Police R. 11. Jackson, of Roanoke Rapids, as follows: "Sharpe brothers noted charac ters here. Jim been guilty of horsestealing, desertion of wife and children, bigamy, drunk eness, disorderly conduct, im morality. Has worked for Salva tion Army, American Rescue Workers and others. Wholly un reliable. Mitchell charged with drunkenness and disorderly con duct. Both men continously in trouble. Glad to be of further service to you." Little fourteen "year-old Lilla Parkely, the witness introduced by the State, acquitted herself splendidly on the stand. Without hesitation and almost word lor word, she reiterated the story she has told since the morning after the night of the automobile ride with Jim Sharpe and Alonzo liurleson. Severe cross examina. tion bv counsel for the defense failed to shake her story at all and it is significant that the de fense did not try to impugn her character in any way. When questioned by counsel for the defense as to why she had made no outcry I iT&lentohf of Rosemary and Weldon, she stated that the two men were drunk, that they had twisted her arm unmercifully and threatened her with death if .she made any alarm whatever. A most pititul . i t; and pitiable witness whose testi-1 mony was corroooraieu as uu D. F, Patchin, who examined her after the crime was committed. Theweakest point in the State's attack was their failure to put the other girl, Anna Gillespie, upon the stand at all. Counsel for the defense read to Judge Cranmer an allidavit by the Chief of Po lice of South Boston, Va., who arrested the Sharpe brothers, Alonzo Burleson, and the Gilles pie nirl. to the ell'ect that when i he arrested Miss G she; was drunk: that she stated to him that (women, known to him and now residing in boutn nos ton, had given her the whiskey; j that she expressed surprise at1 Burleson's arrest, declaring that j lie was only the chaull'eur and j "had a right to take people in his , car anywhere they wanted to: go ; and mai sue nmuc iiu ciami of having been forcibly assaulted. Mitchell Sharpe, placed upon the stand by the defense, dis played a determined effort to save his own hide, regardless of what fate might befall his twin brother and Alonzo Burleson. He testified that he knew noth ing of the affair until after its oceurrenee:that he was awakened by his brother and Alonzo Bur leson at two thirty in the morn ing and informed that they intended to leave at once: that he accompanied them and that the Gillespie girl voluntarily got in the car with them; that she I WORK ON HARD I SURFACED ROAD ! TO BEGIN IN JULY i ' Commissioner W. A. Harl Slates it ' Will be Built Through Roanoke; Rapids to River BiiJge. Exact Type Not Yet DeciJed. , RE LOUDON ALREADY COMPETED The State Highway Gommis sion is now advertising for bid: on the construction of an eigh teen font hard surfaced road from here to Weldon. Estimates are called for on several different t pes of surfaces and a definite decision as to the type of the construction has not yet been ! reached by the Highway om- ( om- mision. Mr. W. A. Hart, Highway Commissioner for this Road Dis trict, came through Roanoke Rapids Monday morning and conferred with Messrs. J. T. Chase, of the County Highway Commission, W. L. Long, and others in regard to the proposed road, and announced that it would be built through the cor porate limits of the town of Roanoke Rapids to the foot of the bridge across the Roanoke river. The money for the road is to be advanced to the State by the County Highway Commission, to be repaid at a later date, and the funds will ie raised by the sale of the remaining $20(1,01111.01) of road bonds voted by the county some time ago. The proper resolutions authorizing construction work have passed both by Stat'i and County High way Commission and there is every prospect that actual con struction work will begin in July. The road has already been re- j located, with the dangerous j curves at Chocoyotte creek cross ing near Weldon eliminated. The new road will follow the old quite closely until Bass' crossing. From there it will continue on the right of the Seaboard Air Line tracks, eliminating the crossing there, and enter Weldon through the street leading by the Post Office. Much Clothing Given for Armenians The community's response to the appeal for clothing for desti tute Armenians and Syrians was very gratifying. Two large boxes and a large bag of clothing were shipped from Roanoke Rapids and we understand that the cloth ing donated at Rosemary exceed ed the very gratifying- amount given at Roanoke Rapids. The Ministerial Union wishes to thank all of those who aided in this work. Mrs. Matfie Hasty Mrs. Mattie Hasty, of Rosemary died Sunday afternoon at live o'- band. Mr. Scott Hasty, and a son and daughter, twins, who were born Sunday. She has been a resident of Rosemary for several years and by her genial disposi tion and lovely traits of character oau wum many mi'iius. ntojm- jpd , severa, friends anJ had won many lriends. Aceotm irelativeg the body vvas carried to her old home at Swan Quarter Monday morning and interment was made there Wednesday. was a willing passenger all the way to South Boston, Va., and he knevv nothing or saw nothing to indicate that her abduction was against her will. Mrs. Coley, of Roanoke Rapids, whose daughter was to have married Jim Sharpe. was put on the stand by the defense. She testified that Miss Gillespie in- I formed her early Sunday after-1 noon that her hrother had slap-1 ped her and that she "was going j to leave this town if she had to! walk". It was brought out by ' the State that when the search for the missing girls first began j and Mitchell Sharpe was ques- tioned by Miss Gillespie s brother , iuesday night irom iu w ic at Mrs. Coley's home as to the! o'clock. whereabouts of the two girls, he The house was beautifully dec was cautioned bv her not "to I orated in red and white sweet talk too much". The sole character witness for any of the accused was introduc ed in behalf of Alonzo Burleson, who broke down completely dur ing the speech of counsel in his behalf and wept profusely. Bur leson has a wife and five small children, whom he has supported up to the time of his getting into this trouble, and sympathy for them was feelingly expressed by Jndge Cranmer when passing sentence. WITH THE CHURCHES ' i METHODIST CHURCH Rev. L. B. Jones. Pastor Sunday school at !:15 A. M. Sermon at 11 A. M. Subject! Rainbow and Ciouds. At S P.M. illustrated lecture sermon, subject. The Shadow of the Cross. There will be special music at both services. All are cordially invited to attend these services. All Saints Church (Epiuopil! Rev. Lewis N. Taylor, Rector RoanuU AurliUt Mr. I rtinarJo Andrei, Lay Attliltnl WHAT IS IT? A State of Mind? - no. j A System of Teaching? i No. A Beautiful Theorj ? No. A Way of Life? Yes. That's What the Christian Gospel Is. Take it and Try it. IT WORKS. All Saints' Church invites you next Sunday . Next Sunday is the Third Sun day after Trinity. Service 7:80 A. M. Holv Communion. 9:4") Church School, T. W. Mullen, Supt. Morning service at 11. Night service at S. A most cordial welcome is ex tended to you. An Appreciation The school year has come to a close in Roanoke Rapids, and once more the teachers who have formed a part of the com munities of Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary for nine months are j saying good by to their pupils and lriends, co-laborers, borne of us expect to return to continue our work when the doors of the schools open again; some of us will go out in September into new fields of endeavor. To all of us, however, conies a sense of grati tude. We are grateful to you who are citizens of the community here for what you have done for your teachers this year, for what you have meant to them as they have gone about their daily work and play among you. You have made us feel that your town was our town, your homes our homes; you have made us see that our comfort and happiness were matters of real concern to you; you have given us, in our work, both in the school room and in the outside community, your sincere interest and co-operation. There is real gratitude in our hearts for these things. Those of us who go away to return to you in the Fall, look ahead to another happy year in which we hope to know and love even better the community we consider our own. Those ot-us who go away into new places, take with us happy memories of the year with you, and a renewed strength and vigor from our contact with you. We wish for you a happy summer! One of your teachers. High School Honor Roll Eighth Grade - Harvey Speight, Fred Vaughan, Myrtle Anderton, Mattie Askew, Mabel Braswell, Grace Brown, Marjorie Cannon, Nellie Crutchfield, Verna Freeman. Ninth Grade Lawrence Spencer, Alma Vaughan, Mildred Taylor, Hazel Cobb, Louise Jack son, Mamie Sheffield, Emma Stancell. Tenth Grade-Josephine Hege, Rosa Pearson, Eva Sadler, Nor fleet Vick. Thelma Mills. Eleventh Grade Mary Nor fleet Grizzard, William Jackson, Fannie Marks, Ruth Mason, Mabel Moore, Robert Taylor, Robert Daughtry, Paul Harris. Senior Class Entertained The members of the senior class of tin,' Roanoke Rapids High School were entertained in the home of Mr. ami Mrs. W. S. Hancock by Mrs. W. S. Hancock and Miss Roadie Clark on last peas, r avors consisting oi smau red and white books with the prophecies of the individual mem bers of the class illustrated were presented to the guests. The color scheme throughout consist ed of the class colors red and white. Refreshments of red and white block cream with white cakes decorated w ith red roses in the center were served and music and singing fully enjoyed by all present. eleven graduate ! FROM HIGH SCHOOL1 Graduating Exercises Beginning Last Week Close Tuesday Night With Address of Dr. C. E. Brewer, Pres ident oi Meredith College. PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED The High School commence ment began last Thursday night, ' June 2, with a concert by the! Girls' and Boys' Glee Clubs. This work for the year has been i under the supervision of Miss Lucy Crisp. The school authori- ties feel quite gratified at the results of the work. On Friday afternoon the annual ,. , ,. . . , . athletic contest for the ass.K - .u - tion cup, presented by Mr. C. A. Wyche, took place. First, second, and third prizes were Tinu ,.,, cup j was won by the rreshman class j who made 37 points, the Sopho- more class being a close competi tor with o") points. On Sunday, June 5, the Rev. W. W. Way delivered the Bacca laureate sermon to the gradua ting class at the Methodist Church. The theme of his sermon vvas "Liberty has Limits." His development of this theme was very inspiring. On Monday afternoon the class day exercises of the senior class took place. Marion Saunders, president of the class, opened the exercises with a few words of greeting to the parents and friends. This was followed by the class song, the words of which had been written by Sallie Saunders and the music com posed by Miss Crisp. Class statistics were given by Robert Taylor; the class poem by Robert Daughtry; the class prophecy by Fannie Marks; and the Last Will and Testament by Birdie Williams. In the absence of the class historian, Mabel Moore, William Jackson, the secretary and treasurer of the class, read the history, The exercises closed with the singing of the farewell song. Monday night the senior class under the direction of Miss Mar jorie Mendenhall gave the play, "A Scrap of Paper." On Tuesday night the gradua tion exercises took place. Dr. C. E. Brewer, President of Meredith College, delivered the annual address. He .spoke of the changing conception of edu cation and warned against harm ful tendencies. Diplomas were presented to the following pupils: Robert Daughtry, Mary Norfleet Griz zard, Paul Harris, William Jack son, Fannie Marks, Ruth Mason, Mabel Moore, Marion Saunders, Sally Saunders, Robert Taylor and Birdie Williams. The prize winners for the year were also announced at this time. Robert Taylor won the prize of $25 given by Mrs. S. F. Patterson for the best attendance record during the four years of high school. The $10 prize given by Mrs. Patterson for the best sen ior essay was won by Marion Saunders, who chose for the title of his essay the late Capt Thomas Williams Mason. The girls' scholarship of $100 at the North Carolina College for Women, given by the Wo man's Club was awarded to Ma bel Moore. The three $100 scholarships for boys with the best high school record, one given by Mr. C. A. Wyche, and two by the Univer sity Alumni of this community, were won by William Jackson, Marion Saunders, and Robert Taylor. HUT TLESTON --HELMS A very quiet wedding of much local interest was solemnized in the Methodist parsonage in Em poria Wednesday night at 9 o'clock w hen Miss Nora Helms, of this town became the wife of Mr. J. 11. Iluttleston, of Weldon. The young couple were attend ed only by several witnesses who were from Emporia Mrs. Iluttleston is well known here, having been employed by the Western Union Telegraph Company as their local agent. She has made many friends dur ing her stay here through her attractive personality and atten tentive business traits. Mr. Huttleston is a young man of many sterling quali ties, is well known in Weldon and in this town. For some time he has been engaged in the in surance business in this' com munity The young couple will be at home to their friends in Weldon. HEAVIEST DOCKET IN YEARS mn iiiwr pdimimai iai idt Nearly Eighty Cases on Calendar - Violations of Prohibition Law Predominate Judge Cranmer Severely Scores Blind Tigers and Pistol Toters in Grand Jury Charge BOOT-LEGGERS GET racing the largest criminal docket in years, the June term of Halifax County Suik riot- Court convened Monday inorii- ini' uith .loibip Y:ihnier lire- j siding. His address to the ; Grand Jury was one of the most j thoughtful ami impressive ever !'i,,'llv,'r,,,i) .",li,a1x:l "Illl,p' ,ranmers diction while calm j.ull lv.iim.iU. is llt.v,r lhl. ,.ss (jr,.,.t :llu jnc.js;ve. 11 is con- Iception of the government of j North Carolina, as being founded : upon and having as a corner stone the "acknowledgement ot the sovf reiinitv nt" Almiirhtv (;ud" and his development of the fundamentals of government were very impressive. But for the good government which we now enjoy, he told the Grand Jury, "none of you would have been willing to have left your home this morning. You could not be certain that the lives of your loved ones or the property which you have amassed would have been safe while you are here." He brought before the Grand Jury only three classes of law breaking: violations of the prohibition law, pistol toting, and selling of cigarettes to boys un der seventeen years of age. "A man who is not a prohibitionist is not a good citizen" he told the Grand Jury. "Two classes of people walk about with a gatling in their pockets; fools and cow ards" closed his vigorous denun ciation of the pistol toter. Dur ing his charge he referred to the "splendid school building" he had seen on last Sunday after noon and identified the building as the Roanoke Rapids Junior-Senior High School with the statement that standing upon the steps of the new building he could see two other great school buildings erected upon the same street. He concluded his charge with an expression of pleasure at being again in Halifax county and a tribute to Halifax county citizenry. The principal cases disposed of up to three o'clock Thursday afternoon wereas follows: Lennie Williams, larceny, twelve months upon the county roads. J. H. Harris, larceny, twelve months upon the county roads. Will Garret, larceny, twelve months upon the county roads. Jessie Sledge, illicit distilling, twelve months upon the county roads. Walter Taylor, selling whiskey, six months upon the county roads. Clarence Whitaker, selling whiskey, four months upon the county roads. Robert Moore, of Rosemary, carrying concealed weapons and gambling, six months upon the county roads. R. M. Lawrence, selling whis key, eighteen months upon the county roads. This case came from Roanoke Rapids and was worked up by Policeman R. H. Jackson. Ciaude Williams, carrying con cealed weapons and selling a pis tol, first twelve and later in creased to eighteen months upon the county roads. Williams has every appearance of being a "bad negro" in the worst sense ! of the term. His truculent and! enraged deportment in the Court room gained an additional six months from Judge Cranmer. Leonard Alston, assault and battery, six months on the coun ty roads. Will Joyner, illicit distilling, eighteen months, Albert Nether cutt, twelve months, Sam Fen ner, Asa and Julius Maniy, colored, all for illicit distilling, twelve months each on county roads. These five the were the result of a raid made by the! police force of Roanoke Rapids several days ago, in which a still and live hundred gallons of mash were captured. Sam Lynch, charged with using a car for immoral purposes, was found not guilty by the jury. The evidence against him was so flimsy and his character was proven so high by numerous wit nesses that this verdict was a foregone conclusion almost ' from the beginning of the trial. Coley Vaughan, charged with using a car for immoral pur poses, nol prossed by solicitor. Reno Allsbrook and Lewis Newsom charged with selling ; whiskey, did not appear for trial ROAD SENTENCES ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS Mrs. ("has. K. Finch, of Nor folk, was in Rosemary Wednes day. Mr. W. W. Barnes, of Rich mond, spent Wednesday in town. Mr. ("has. M. Smith, of the Internal Revenue Department, spent several days hi town this week, Miss Sue Watkins left this week for her home in Middle burg. Mr. Wm. F. Horner, of Hen derson, was here Monday and Tuesday, Miss Elizabeth Davis has re turned to her home in Southport. Mr. W. Rea Parker, of Raleigh, was in town Tuesday. Mrs. J. P. Hewitt and Miss Jean Hewitt left yesterday morn ing for a visit to Washington, D. C. Mr. II. B.Hart, of RockyMount. was a visitor in Rosemary Tues day. Mrs. Virginia Dromgoole, of Brunswick County, Va., is spend ing the week in Rosemary. Mr. R. T. Jenkins, of Peters burg, was here Tuesday. Rev. Chas. M. Lance is attend ing the Summer Conference at Trinitv College, Durham. Mr. J. A. Taylor, of.Oxtord, waa in Rosemary Monday. Miss Elise Bradley, of North ampton county, was a visitor in town this week. Mr. J. L. Patterson, of Rich mond, was a visitor in town this week. Mrs. Wm. C. Williams is spending the week in Norfolk. Mr. W. M. Smith, of Norfolk, spent the wek end here. Mrs. Berta Murry. of Stony Point, was in town Monday. Mr. L. R. Allsbrook, of Nor folk', spent Monday here. Mr. A. L. McCaller, of Fred ericksburg, was in Rosemary Monday. Mr. Leonard Andrea, of South Carolina, who was associated in the work of All Saints' (Episco pal) Church here last summer arrived this week and will spend two months here giving most of his time to work among the boys. Mr. E. E. Marion, of Norfolk, spent Monday in town. and their bonds of $1,000.00 each were forfeited. Harrison Faulcon, assault and battery, fined $10.00 and costs. Buddie Johnson, larceny, six" months in jail - to be hired out. Tom C. Richardson, secret as sault, prayer for judgment con tinued upon payment of costs. Hilliard Peters, J. B. Jones, Randal Johnson, and J. E. Tay lor, gambling, prayer continued upon payment of costs. Jesse Ilulfstickler, slapping wife, prayer continued upon pay"-' ment of costs. Lee Hockaday, assault and battery, judgment suspended upon payment of costs. Daniel Cotton, assault and bat tery, prayer continued upon pay ment of costs. James Powell, larceny, prayer continued upon payment of costs. Plummer Thorne, assault and battery, judgment suspended upon payment of costs. Charlie Mason, carrying con cealed weapons, fined $50.00 and costs. Harlow II. Gray, larceny and receiving, six months in jail -to be hired out if the navy does not want liihi. Luke Whitaker, carrying con- cealed weapons, lined $50.00 and i costs. Tom Daniel. selling whiskey, will be sentenced found guiltv later. W. J. Ham, indecent exposure, judgment continued upon pay ment of costs. N. G. lludgins, J. P. Fowler, C. L. Garner, Jim Mosely, gam bling, Hudgins and Mosely did not appear for trial, Fowler and Gamer found guiltv, judgment suspended upon payment ot costs. In cases noted "prayer contin ued upon payment of costs" the appearance of the defendant at the August and November terms of court to show evidence of good behavior is required. Other cases will be published in our next week's issue. 1 ' -.r ? ( ( : Hi Cj J"J ... J
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