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POLICE UNDER
FIRE BEFORE
MAYOR,BOARD
A delegation of citizens of Roan
oke Rapids appeared before the
Mayor and City Board of Com
missioners at the Municipal build
ing Tuesday afternoon and made
complaints and charges against
the present Police Department set
up and the actions of some of
the members of the Department.
No action was taken by the
Board Tuesday, but the meeting
was continued until Tuesday after
noon, Nov. 17th, at which time
some action may be taken. Mayor
Kelly Jenkins and the entire board
were present at the regular
monthly meeting on Nov. 3. From
the North Ward were City Com
missioners Marvin D. Collier, Will
P. Taylor and Frank C. Williams
and from the South Ward were
Commissioners Alfred N. Martin,
Virgil E. McDowell and R. Irving
Starke.
No action was taken by the
Mayor and Board on the resig
nation of Policeman A. J. Brig
man who asked that his resig
nation be accepted by the first
of the year or sooner, if it be the
decision of the Mayor, Chief of
Police and the Board. Action may
be taken on this at the Nov. 17
meeting. No reason for the resig
nation was given by the officer.
The citizens delegation brought
general charges against the Po
lice Department and specific
charges against Chief H. E
Dobbins and Officers "Boots"
Rainey, Erwin and Brigman
These charges grew out of
the arrest of a 17 year old boy by
the first three-named officers on
Saturday night, October 24, in
the South-end business section,
where scores of the usual Satur
day night crowds were witnesses
of what has been termed “unne
cessary and brutal man-handling.”
One witness has testified that
the boy was hit over the head with
a black-jack by one of the offi
cers after he had been put in a
police car but there has not yet
been any other witness to so testi
fy.
XMAS LIGHTS
OUT HERE
Officers and directors of the
Roanoke Rapids Merchants Associ
ation decided today not to decor
ate the Avenue with Christmas
lights this year as a result of the
request made by the Office of
Civilian Defense.
The merchants have paid for
the lights every Christmas for
many years and have accumulated
one of the best displays in this
part of the state. Sentiment of
the public and of the merchants
is that such a display during the
1 war is wasteful and not in good
taste.
CITY NEGRO MURDERS HIS
WIFE; COMMITS SUICIDE
AT HOME ON WELDON ROAD
Kills Spouse At Home
Of Father; Coroner’s
Inquest Held Tuesday
Herman Jordan, 26-year old col
ored man, killed his wife, Liza
Jordan, as she stood in a win
dow of the home of her father
in a colored settlement near Mit
chell’s Sawmill, on the Weldon
Road, about 10:30 Monday night.
He then walked into the back
yard of his own home, located
nextdoor to his father-in-law, and
fired a fatal load into his own
body from the same single barrel
shotgun.
A coroners inquest was held for
the two deaths by County Coroner
T. M. Cooper in the city Tuesday
afternoon, resulting in the verdict
of “homicide and suicide.”
Jordan was employed by Roan
oke Mills Co. here at the time of
his death. His wife worked in lo
cal homes as a servant girl. Re
ports are that the couple had
quarreled previously and had been
separated for about a week prior
to the tragedy.
Funeral services for Liza Jordan
were held Wednesday near Thel
ma. Funeral services for Jordan
will be conducted Saturday, at
the Mount Zion Church near Sea
board.
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ROTARY LADIES
NIGHT SPEAKER
Capt. A. A. Nichoson, above,
speaker of nation-wide reputation,
will address Rotarians and their
ladies at an inter-city meet of the
IVeldon - Roanoke Rapids Clubs in
Weldon next Monday night.
Full details will be found
on page 12—Section B
BROTHERS IN SERVICE
ELLIOT H. DOBBINS
DOYLE H. DOBBINS
shown above are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Dobbins of 905 Mon
roe Street, both of whom are serving in the Army and are now overseas.
Elliott H. Dobbins, is 27 years old, and has a rating of private first class.
He entered the service in 1941, and is attached to the 12th Bomb. Squad,
of the Air Corps. He was recently sent to the British Virgin Islands, and
is now thought to be at some base in the Caribbean. Doyle H. Dobbins is
20 years old, and is serving with the 19th Infantry “somewhere overseas.”
He is a sergeant and entered the service in July, 1940. Their father is
chief-of-police in Roanoke Rapids.
Sanford Cooke
At Pearl Harbor
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SANFORD COOKE
Cooke joined the navy in August,
1941, and is now serving at the Na
yal Air Station at Pearl Harbor,
ivliere he recently achieved the ra
ting of Aviation Metalsmith, 3rd
Class. He is the son of Charlie
Cooke, of South Rosemary.
Romance Pitcher
In The Army Now
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NEAL STEWART
Young Stewart is the son of Mr.
ind Mrs. Frank Stewart, 1103 Henry
Street, and is now serving with the
Paratroops at Camp Wheeler, Ga. A
Former Romanco pitcher, he is the
brother of Hank Stewart, now on
-he U. S. S. Brooklyn in the Marines.
Aid The Scrap
Metal Drive!
Attend the Special Morning
Kiddie Show at the Imperial
SATURDAY — 10:30
Tor Full Details See
Page 4—Section B
COUNTY IS IN
WIN COLUMN
EVERYFRONT
Only ten per cent of the qualified
voters of Roanoke Rapids and Hali
fax County went to the voting plac
es Tuesday in the General Election
to cast one of the smallest votes
in recent years. There were no lo
cal contests as the county Demo
crats were without opposition. On
ly State contest here was for U. S.
Senator with Senator J. W. Bailey
opposed by Republican Sam Mor
ris. Only other contests were on
the two State Constitutional a
mendments.
381 votes were cast in the four
Roanoke Rapids precincts in the
race for U. S. Senator with Senator
Bailey getting 355 and his Republi
can opponent 26. (Senator Bailey
was re-elected by a State majority
which will be well over 125,000.)
The State School Amendment, to
consolidate the present five State
School Boards into one board, and
the most bitterly fought in the
election, carried in Roanoke Rapids
by a vote of 294 Yes to 96 No. (This
amendment was adopted by the
State with a 50,000 majority.)
The State Solicitorial District A
mendment (to permit extra Super
ior Court Judges to be appointed
without a ’similar number of Soli
citors) carried in Roanoke Rapids
by a vote of 209 Yes and 78 No.
(This amendment also carried in
the State by 30,000 majority.)
Weldon and Halifax precincts vo
ted strong for Senator Bailey but
both went against the School A
mendment. The Weldon vote:
Bailey 156, Morris 3; School A
mendment 63 Yes and 72 No; So
licitorial Amendment 60 Yes and
51 No. The vote in Halifax Pre
cinct; Bailey 110, Morris 1; School
Amendment 47 Yes and 57 No; So
licitorial Amenlment 60 Yes and
35 No.
Scotland Neck and Enfield Pre
cincts went strong for Bailey and
returned majorities for both a
mendments. Scotland Neck: Bai
ley 210, Morris 1; School Amend
ment 107 Yes and 67 No; Solicitor
ial Amendment 135 Yes and 37 No.
Enfield Precinct: Bailey 213, Mor
ris 2; School Amendment 108 Yea.
and 91 No; Solicitorial Amendment
98 Yes and 86 No.
Banks And ABC
Stores Closed
Armistice Day
Roanoke Rapids banks, and
the two ABC stores operating in
the city, will be closed for busi
ness all day next Wednesday,
November 11th, in honor of
Armistice Day. The postofiice
will have their windows open as
usual, and mail will l>e delivered
by city carriers and on the star
routes, tho no R. F. D. patrons
will be served by the office on
that day. A check-up Thursday
afternoon revealed no other pla
ces of business recognizing the
holiday by closing.