Two hog operations are being opposed by over 50 of their neighbors who filed in circuit court this week.
The neighbors are asking that they be included in any negotiations between the county and the two operators.
The petition to intervene was filed in circuit court in Halifax on Wednesday.
Neighbors of Link Farms, Inc., which is seeking to triple its operation to over 8,000 hogs in the Alton community, and of Leo Hinson, who seeks approval for a new 11,500-swine operation in Birch Creek District, filed the action.
Although only the Link Farms' suit was mentioned in the Wednesday motion, suits have been filed against the county by Link Farms and Hinson to force county officials to execute a local government ordinance required by the Virginia Code to complete their CAFO application process.
The Link and Hinson suits were filed prior to supervisors' vote last month to strengthen setbacks for confined swine feeding operations and to set a cap of 5,000 for hog operations.
The neighbors filing the motion to intervene cited both monetary and property interests in the outcome of the Link suit.
Since their rights will be effected by the disposition of the suit, the neighbors asked that they be included to ensure that issues relevant to the suit are fully developed.
The neighbors also asked to be granted the right to file claims or defenses relevant to the subject.
Those seeking the motion to intervene were:Dean Brandon, Lorraine Brandon, John Burgess, Myrtis Burgess, Kenneth Jackson, Lana Jackson, Leo Pambid, Vilma N. Pambid, Carlyle Ramsey, Rosemary Ramsey, Thomas A. Stutts, Ronnie D. Vaughan, Janet Vaughan, Ruth Link Wilkins, Kevin B. Crouch, Reymond E. Crouch, Leslie W. Ferguson, Stacey J. Hughes, Ned Strange, William Bell, Jacqueline Fogarty (Bell), Barry L. Clarke, Susan P. Clarke, Lewis E. Dalton, Virginia Dalton, Randy A. Ingram, Irene Ingram, Deborah Pruett McDaniel, Earl F. McDaniel, Mary Ann Pruett, Roy H. Pruett, Orpha L. Calloway, Tammy W. Wooding, George Wooding, Jesse A. Meeler, Ann B. Meeler, Sallie Samuel, Nancy B. Roberts, Kay B. Williams, Mary B. Whitt, Herman Carrington, Dudley Calloway, Mabel Calloway, James R. Jones, Kim Eldridge Jones, Thelma Eldridge, James Eldridge, Harry W. Owen, Thomas W. Owen, Elizabeth Owen, Jim Ozmer, Jr., Ann O. Ozmer, Jerry C. Thompson, Sr., and Lisa C. Eakes (collectively, the "Petitioners").

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that produced a $12.6 million fine against Smithfield Foods Inc. for polluting the Pagan River between 1991 and 1997.
The ruling Tuesday by a unanimous three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected arguments by the pork processor that state regulators allowed the company to exceed phosphorous discharge limits in return for an agreement by Smithfield Foods to send its waste to a public sewer system then being upgraded.
The connection was made in August 1997.
The fine imposed by U.S. District Judge Rebecca Beach Smith of Norfolk in August 1997 was the largest ever under the federal Clean Water Act. The appeals panel sent the case back to the lower court to correct a calculation error that could reduce the fine by as much as $600,000.
Anthony Troy, an attorney for Smithfield Foods, said he had just received the ruling Tuesday and was ''in the process of determining what course of action to take.''
The Justice Department accused the company of willfully polluting the Pagan for years to avoid costly improvements to its own wastewater treatment plants at its two slaughterhouses along the river.
The state also has an environmental lawsuit pending against the company. That case is scheduled for trial Oct. 18 in Isle of Wight County Circuit Court.

High winds toppled a huge oak tree yesterday afternoon onto a mobile home in the Paces community and claimed the life of a young woman and injured two other persons, Names of the victims were unavailable at press time.
The incident occurred .9 mile beyond Route 810 near the top of a hill and in a grove of large trees where in the midst, the singlewide manufactured home stood.
Relatives and neighbors of the victims used a dozer and a fork lift in efforts to remove the victims. The woman apparently died instantly when the tree literally sliced the dwelling in half.
Some of the strongest winds associated with Hurricane Floyd were prevalent at the time of the incident which was reported around 4 p.m. Turbeville Fire Department units were dispersed to the scene and transported one male victim to Halifax Regional Hospital whose condition appeared stable at press time according to emergency room reports.
Otherwise, the 30, 40, 50 or even 75 miles-per-hour winds predicted from Hurricane Floyd never made it to Halifax County.
Local residents awoke yesterday morning to clearing skies, an unscheduled school holiday and, except for scattered power outages, some secondary road flooding and temporary empty grocery store shelves, life seemed good again.
If nothing else, Floyd turned out to be a drought buster by dumping a measured three and one-half inches of rain in 24 hours.
Swollen streams forced the closings of several secondary roads including Routes 710, 733 and 602, all in the Cluster Springs area and 778 in the Bethel community.
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were busy collecting rainfall data yesterday morning but saw no evidence that might lead to major flooding of the Dan, Staunton or Banister rivers in this area.
Power outages associated with a substation at Omega disrupted services to customers from Virgilina to Riverdale for about two hours yesterday morning.
Mecklenburg Electric estimated as many as 1,200 of their customers were without power; Virginia Power could not be reached for comment on the extent of their power losses in the area.
Traffic signals at the intersections of U.S. 501 and 58 , 501 and 360, and 360 at Hamilton Boulevard caused state and local police to hand direct traffic.
From a farmer's perspective, "It's a good situation," Extension Specialist Larry McPeters said yesterday, adding, "it's been a blessing!'
Rainfall from Hurricane Dennis just over a week ago, coupled with rain from this latest storm, is having a positive impact on tobacco, soybeans and pastures.
"We're adding pounds and quality...generally speaking," said the county agent of an unharvested tobacco crop that he estimates to be as high as 70 percent.
Drought conditions before the storms qualified the county for disaster designation but since then, much of the crop has increased in size and leaf quality.
The challenge now will be to harvest and cure it all before frost and cold weather arrives. And the least thing this crop needs is more rain which could come by week's end in the form of yet another hurricane named Gert.
Cattle producers, said McPeters, should consider applying nitrogen to pastures and hay meadows to enhance foraging conditions and a fall hay crop. "It's not too late to add nitrogen," the agriculture specialist said noting in particular fescue and orchard grasses.
Hurricane Floyd was not so kind to the residents of Eastern Virginia and North Carolina, however. Maximum sustained wind speeds of 50 to 60 mph, with gusts up to 70 mph, pounded those areas before moving northeasterly.
Flooding from heavy rainfall, estimated at 8 to 14 inches before an additional 3 to 5 inches fell yesterday, was reported yesterday in Eastern Virginia and the Tidewater areas.
A storm surge between two to threr feetabove normal added to what has been declared a major disaster in Hampton Roads, the Peninsula, and south central regions of the state.
Governor Jim Gilmore has asked President Clinton to declare expedited major disaster aid for Virginia.

Halifax will increase its water and sewer rates 20 percent for in-town residents and 45 percent for out-of-town residents with November billing.
The increase marks the first for the town since 1987.
"The water and sewer system has to pay for itself," Halifax Town Manager Robert Greene told councilmen.
"While extreme efforts have been taken to control and limit the expenditures for operating and maintaining both, the cost of supplies, materials, manpower and maintenance have increased an average of 49.40 percent," Halifax Town Manager Robert Greene told council.
The new rates for in-town residents will increase from $9.20 for the first 4,000 gallons of water to $11.04 for the first 4,000 gallons with $2.76 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
Out-of-town residents' rates will jump from the current $13.80 for the first 4,000 gallons to $20 for the first 4,000 gallons with $5 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
Sewer rates for in-town users will jump from the current $18 for the first 4,000 gallons to $21.60 for the first 4,000 gallons with $4.15 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
Out-of-town sewer users will see their bills jump from the current $18 for the first 4,000 gallons to $26.10 with $5 for each additional 1,000 gallons.
Councilmen agreed to the action Tuesday night with two members, John Murphy and Harold Ray Younger, absent
Public Hearing
Halifax Town Council faced opposition Tuesday night to its proposals seeking a remedy to the Maple Avenue parking problem as well as a challenge to proposals to increase to $250 handicap parking violations and a 48-hour time limit to pay parking fines.
However, council quickly passed an increase from $5 to $10 for parking fines and ultimately adopted a $100 fine for handicap parking violations.
Councilman Jack Dunavant was among those questioning the $250 handicap parking violation proposal, calling that fine "too much," and proposing the fine be set at $100.
"One hundred dollars is a lot of money for a parking ticket," said Dunavant.
The town currently has two handicap parking zones at the post office, two on Main Street and one on Edmunds Street. Farmer's Foods also has handicap parking zones.
Town Police Chief Shawn Sweeney told council that most of the complaints about illegal parking in handicap zones came as a result of violations at the post office.
Council first proposed that all parking fines be doubled if not paid within 48 hours, but attorney Alan Gravitt and Halifax businessman John Bass objected.
"I think that is pretty severe," said Gravitt of the 48-hour proposal. The attorney said it could be difficult for those living in other areas to pay so quickly. "I just think 48 hours is unreasonable," he added.
"I agree. I think 48 hours is too short," said Bass.
Council then agreed to increase the fine payment opportunity to five days before doubling fines.
A proposal to put up "No Thruway" signs on Maple Avenue and Church Street passed quickly, as did council's approval of the sale of approximately 400 square feet of town property north of the old town pump station building in front of Abbott's Farm Supply. Abbott plans to widen the business entrance.
It was a proposal to change on-street parking along Maple Avenue to residential parking only that produced a serious challenge by Gravitt and resulted in no action being taken on the matter Tuesday night.
At a previous council meeting, Maple Avenue residents had complained that some cars were parked on the street throughout the working day. Residents also said their driveways had been blocked.
Gravitt told councilmen that his firm's law office had been located on Maple Avenue for 15 years and also paid taxes to the town.
However, he noted there is no parking on his firm's side of the street on Maple Avenue. Gravitt told councilmen that his firm has five parking spots for employees "through the kindness of Jim Farrington," a neighboring landowner.
Council was considering proposals for decals for Maple Avenue residents and possibly passes for residents' guests.
"Who says just because you are a resident you get the whole street?" asked Gravitt.
Gravitt described council's proposals as "unfair" and said parking only became a problem when the regional jail was being built in town because the county's large parking lot was closed.
"I think you are reacting to a problem that no longer exists," said Gravitt.
"We try very hard to be good neighbors and to be good citizens of the Town of Halifax," said the attorney.
Chief Sweeney agreed the opening of the large parking lot adjoining the jail had been helpful but noted it had not deterred some drivers from parking on Maple Avenue throughout the day.
The chief also noted General District Court is currently being held at Mary Bethune Complex during courthouse renovations and that with that court's return to the courthouse parking needs would increase in town.
The town manager noted there are 168 parking places in the parking lot adjoining the jail but that until drivers are encouraged to move down to the lower parking lot, parking on Maple Avenue would continue to be a problem.
"At times it is bumper-to-bumper on Maple," added the town manager.
Councilman Sam Thompson said he thought it was premature to take action on Maple Avenue parking.
"I think it needs more study," agreed councilman Buddy Guthrie.
Council voted to table the matter and put it on the agenda next month.
In other business, councilman Jack Dunavant raised the issue of "jake" brakes - when a truck comes to a stop by slowing its engine - and the resulting loud noise.
Complaints have been received by Halifax residents living near the town's main intersection at the courthouse, according to Dunavant and the town's police chief. The matter was referred to council's legal committee.
Council also directed its town manager to put the Department of Environmental Quality on notice that in July of 1998 the town had passed a resolution adopting state code provisions to protect its raw water supply within five miles of town boundary.
The town previously advised the county of its resolution as the county prepares its comprehensive plan.
"The town will use the section and any other legal means to protect the quality and purity of its raw water supply," said Greene yesterday.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Five Norfolk elementary schools and three high schools from Hanover and Henrico counties were among the schools that improved the most on the Standards of Learning tests, the state Department of Education said.
Virgilina Elementary School and Halifax County Middle School were two of the schools cited by the state.
The department on Tuesday released lists of the 25 most improved elementary, middle and high schools, along with the 15 combined schools that improved most. The list compared the percentage of SOL test-takers passing in 1999 with the number who passed in 1998.
The progress of Norfolk's Tidewater Park Elementary School, where 90 percent of the students are on free or discounted lunch programs, particularly impressed department officials, said spokeswoman Cynthia Cave.
Beginning in 2004, students will have to pass the tests to graduate from high school. By the 2006-2007 academic year, schools will need a 70 percent SOL passing rate on most tests to keep their accreditation.
The number of Virginia public schools meeting the standard on last spring's tests tripled over 1998, but more than nine out of 10 schools still fell short. Only 6.5 percent achieved the eventual required passing rates in all four Standards of Learning content areas.
Ms. Cave said the Department is planning a conference in the fall to explore how the most successful schools have managed to improve SOL scores.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The 25 elementary, middle and high schools and the 15 combined schools that showed the greatest improvements on the Standards of Learning tests (schools are listed alphabetically by location):

Elementary Schools
Benjamin F. Yancey, Albemarle
Otter River, Bedford
Concord, Campbell
J. Murray Jeffress, Charlotte
Hickory, Chesapeake
Jeter-Watson, Covington
Henry, Franklin
Hugh Mercer, Fredericksburg
Virgilina, Halifax
Fieldale, Henry
St. Charles, Lee
Waverly Yowell, Madison
Roberts Park, Norfolk
St. Helena, Norfolk
Tarrallton, Norfolk
Tidewater Park, Norfolk
Willard Model, Norfolk
Northumberland, Northumberland
Draper, Pulaski
Robert E. Lee, Richmond City
Fort Lewis, Roanoke County
Fulks Run, Rockingham
Weber City, Scott
A.R. Ware Jr., Staunton
Newton Road, Virginia Beach

Middle Schools
Francis C. Hammond, Alexandria
Staunton River, Bedford
Buckingham County, Buckingham
Central, Charlotte
Opportunity School, Danville
Holmes, Fairfax
Center for Applied Technology and Career Exploration, Franklin County
Halifax County, Halifax
Stonewall Jackson, Hanover
Smithfield, Isle of Wight
Hamilton Holmes, King William
Lunenburg, Lunenburg
William H. Wetsel, Madison
Crittenden, Newport News
Huntington, Newport News
Northside, Norfolk
Cradock, Portsmouth
Richmond County Intermediate, Richmond County
Breckinridge, Roanoke City
Stonewall Jackson, Roanoke City
Gate City, Scott
Andrew G. Wright, Stafford
Sussex Central, Sussex
Plaza Middle, Virginia Beach
Princess Anne Middle, Virginia Beach

High Schools
Albemarle, Albemarle
Western Albemarle, Albemarle
T.C. Williams, Alexandria
Secondary Training and Education Program, Alexandria
Buffalo Gap High, Augusta
Fort Defiance, Augusta
Brookville, Campbell
James River, Chesterfield
Pimmit Hills Alternative, Fairfax
Atlee, Hanover
Lee Davis, Hanover
Patrick Henry, Hanover
Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg
Hermitage, Henrico
Highland Springs, Henrico
Varina, Henrico
King William, King William
Heritage, Newport News
Menchville, Newport News
Norview, Norfolk
Northampton, Northampton
Prince George, Prince George
Twin Springs, Scott
Waynesboro, Waynesboro
St. Paul, Wise

Combined Schools
Tangier Combined, Accomack
Big Rock Elementary, Buchanan
Altavista High, Campbell
Clintwood Elementary, Dickenson
Area II Alternative, Fairfax
Area III Alternative, Fairfax
Mount Rogers Combined, Grayson
Jonesville Middle, Lee
Thomas Hunter Middle, Matheews
Dunbar-Erwin Elementary, Newport News
Ne w Diections Center, Portsmouth
Noel C. Taylor Learning Center, Roanoke City
John F. Kennedy Alternative, Suffolk
Luther P. Jackson Middle, Surry
York River Regional, York

Source: State Department of Education

By Michael Paige
Where have all the old men gone, long time passing--- the fading signs of change have meant a rural cost of the farmers' place of rendezvous.
Drive down old Route 360 from Halifax to Danville and a stark reality displays how much of early American life has slowly retreated behind the underbrush.
The country store, once a vibrant social gettogether - where American character found its rapport and hospitable relaxation, a finer commodity lost in today's conglomerate inventories - stands silent and vacant.
Old sturdy-framed wooden structures stand neglected of paint with the accumulation of dust from passing traffic. One store after another are testaments of faded signs suggesting the erosion of America's once humbler nature.
It's a common fate of the small town, the small farmer and as Alan Jackson eulogizes, 'the little man,' that virtually all of our smaller familiar quarters are fading into the annals of the twentieth century.
Do you hear that great sucking sound of global conglomerates, those industrial Philistines tracking beyond the border, with their monetary vacuums cleaning out the countryside? sucking up the vital resources of independent rural lifestyles?
Yet, despite the ill-effects of corporate America, small businesses have survived the controlled profit incentives of global marketing. Look in the nooks and crannies of Main Street America and, like an overlooked nickel, there stands a solitary frame. It stands at an intersection like a nostalgic reality check on American finance.
Take the old five-and-ten stores, mom and pop hardwares and general stores. They are like rare antique pieces. They represent an architectural heritage of American life when change was that sonorous fall into the palm of your hand.
At the Exchange Store on Main Street in Halifax, Howard Dick rings up a purchase. Carefully, most methodically, he hands you change.
There's a strange effect on the conscience when Dick dispenses a coin with syllabic value. His lingo gives a vague reference to a time of significance with the quarter, the dime, and that forlorn penny.
It's that reawakened sense of value a coin once possessed in the assorted merchandise of the five-and-ten. Mr. Dick pronounces each coin by name which is a reminder of a time when such amounts bought the bread and butter of American life.
Today, the land of plenty conveys a less-considered observance to small change, perhaps a close disregard when measured with the amounts spent in today's market.
Bulk quantities mean centralized facilities that cater to the populous in a market of low cost and high profits. Only, the rates of a dominated market reflect not savings to the customer, but greater buyout power for the conglomerates. And where does that leave the little man?
Dick has sold five-and-ten merchandise in Halifax since 1947. He used to buy from suppliers like Singer Company in Atlanta. But Singer has closed and vendors are increasingly shifting their merchandise towards the larger stores.
"I buy where I can find it," said Dick as he continues to operate in a global economy.
"Merchandise is sold when made. Very little is warehoused anymore," Dick added.
A little irony is found when people drive into town to buy their goods at a cheaper price rather than trade at their higher priced community country store.
The small stores raise their prices to stay in business and when people travel elsewhere seeking a bargain, the highway becomes a thread through a fabric of closed doors. Small stores go belly-up allowing the conglomerates to corner the market.
Stanley Moorefield, 79, of Keeling, a small speck of a town on the map in Pittsylvania County, laughs when he sees wood for sale in stores today.
"We used to load a 200-pound bag of wood and sell it for ten cents," Moorefield said as he recalls the days at R.L. Shelton's general merchandise store in Keeling.
Shelton's store closed its doors in 1992, one of many that suffered the fate of traffic bound to Danville on a bargain spree.
"People began to think they could save a nickel going to town," added Moorefield.
Annie Mae Lester of Keeling was the last to run the country store. A huge white frame building with front doors flanked by bay windows, this architectural relic with an overhang bolstered by white columns represents a century of American by-gones.
Lester sold everything from shoes, overalls, blocks of cheese, cured and hickory smoked country ham, blocks of salt, ammunition, fertilizer, plow points and hog feed.
"On the last day of hunting season, we would offer a trophy to the hunter who brought in the biggest deer," said Lester.
Such hospitable catering to customers has a long tradition with Americans. Morning and evening, neighboring farmers have gathered at the rook tables or row of chairs around a pot belly stove, either to chew away the hours or tell tales of adventure with that mysterious sense of ambiguity 'till the proprietor cuts out the lights and chases everyone out the door. It's a community bond that is lost in your neighborhood conglomerates.
Walk into a country store, and the customer is known and welcomed with the kind of rapport Americans value when out among the community.
Although a great majority of stores have faded with the sunset, there's still a rosy glimpse of area stores such as the Crystal Hill Ordinary.
"It's a hot sticky day, I know that," says Esther Smith, owner of the old post Civil-War store in Crystal Hill.
Known for its "Dodge City" days when times were a bit on the rough side, the community of Crystal Hill has kept its traditional tale-swapping at the Ordinary. Neighborhood tobacco farmers still gather in Smith's store to trade fishing episodes on the Banister River and farmponds with the clerk.
"Tobacco pays for this store," said Christine Harris, a clerk at the Ordinary.
"I can share a thing or two when it comes to fishing," Harris added as she refers to the ponds she has found for a good piece of conversation.
"And when it's hunting season, we really do the business. Hunters come in to get out of the cold, buy their ammunition and then they tell their hunting stories," said Harris.
The thin white clapboard walls and ceiling of Crystal Hill Ordinary are still of the original wood.
"We've put down a new flooring, only we haven't been able to tile it yet," said Harris.
"Ordinaries go back to the 1700s," said Smith.
"They were places that used to supply covered wagons when heading west," Smith added.
Perhaps times haven't changed after all. Everyone is still on the go, headed elsewhere and looking for the best means of supply.
Do you think our new conglomerates will have the decency to offer a howdy-do or bid a fond farewell?
See you at the counter, friend.

A Halifax County grand jury this week returned a true bill of indictment charging Andrea Nichole Gowen Sandel with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the death of Betty Jean Lipscomb.
Lipscomb, 56, of Alton, who was driving to her third-shift job at Collins-Aikman in Roxboro, N.C., was killed April 19 when she collided with a horse Sandel was riding along Route 501 near the North Carolina state line that evening around 10:25 p.m.
The horse had to be destroyed.
According to court records, alcohol was a factor in the accident.
The indictments charge Sandel, 30, of Traynham Grove Road, Alton, with involuntary manslaughter and riding an animal on the highway after sunset without lights or reflectors.
The grand jury also handed down a number of true bills of indictment charging several men with child molestation.
One true bill of indictment charges Donald Williams, 43, no address available, with forcing a child under 13 years of age to have sexual relations with him sometime between February 1, 1995 and June 18, 1998.
Angel Ruben Delpilar, 44, was indicted on four counts of aggravated sexual battery of a child under his care and four counts of sexually abusing a child under the age of 13.
The alleged incidents, which occurred between January 1 and October 31, 1998, involve four children who were living at his Vernon Hill home on Nunnell Bridge Road.
William Jerome Johnson, 46, of Huell Matthews Highway, Alton, was also indicted on the charge that he forced a child under the age of 13 to have sexual relations with him and faces additional charges of aggravated sexual battery.
According to court records, the April 22 incident allegedly involved a 7-year-old girl.
The grand jury returned a true bill of indictment against a Vernon Hill man suspected of attempting to run his girlfriend down with a truck.
Although both Jeffrey Keith Daniel and his girlfriend, Bobbie Lee Quesenberry, insist that the April 11 incident that put Quesenberry in the hospital with serious injuries was an accident, Daniel, 31, will be tried in Halifax County Circuit Court following the September term on multiple assault charges.
According to court records, Quesenberry and Daniel had allegedly been fighting earlier that day and shots had been fired inside the Ridge Road home.
Later, Quesenberry woke Daniel and asked him to drive her to the store for a pack of cigarettes.
Quesenberry said that she started walking up the road when he didn't come outside, and he eventually followed in his 1992 Ford truck and hollered for her to stop.
Daniel reportedly told investigating Virginia State troopers that he only meant to run off the road to scare her, but, instead, when he hopped the road and accelerated, he struck Quesenberry with the front grill of the truck and dragged her 54 feet.
He was indicted Monday, September 13, on charges of malicious wounding, shooting inside an occupied building, attempting to shoot Quesenberry, and the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
True bills of indictment were also returned on the following individuals:
· John Conrad Miller, 28, of Piney Heights Trails, Halifax, was indicted on charges of possession of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
The alleged incident occurred December 2, 1998.
· Alexander J. Monsanto, 35, of Cardinal Court, South Boston, was indicted on the charge of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine.
The alleged incident took place June 6.
· Jerry Broad Osborne, 52, was indicted on the charge of felony assault.
April 2, while he was a prisoner in the Blue Ridge Jail in Halifax, Osborne allegedly assaulted correctional officer Charles L. Tidwell.
· Ralph M. Oldham, 56, of Shiloh Church Road, Roxboro, was indicted on charges of grand larceny.
Oldham allegedly stole five color television sets from the Super 8 Motel between February 7 and February 13.
· Melissa D. Walker, 24, of Old Shiloh Church Road, Roxboro, N.C., was indicted on charges of grand larceny in connection with the same incident involving Oldham.
She was also indicted on the charge of possession of a Schedule II controlled substance, namely cocaine.
The alleged incident occurred on May 4.
· Thomas Wayne Wadsworth, 22, of James D. Hagood Highway, South Boston, was indicted on charges of grand larceny and breaking and entering at night with the intent to commit larceny.
Sometime between March 23 and March 25, Wadsworth allegedly broke into the home of Wade W. Puryear and stole a Thompson semi-automatic carbine .45-caliber, two semi-automatic .22-caliber Ruger rifles, and a Ruger .22-caliber pistol.
· Ricky Carlton Walker, 20, of Huell Matthews Highway, Cluster Springs, was indicted on charges of grand larceny.
Walker allegedly stole a Tekwood stereo, speakers and a 19-inch color television set with a combined value in excess of $200 from Stephen Randall Jacobs sometime between June 3 and June 4, 1998.
· Christopher Brad Watts, 26, of Evelyns Trail, Alton, was indicted on charges of possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.
Watts allegedly was caught with a gun April 24.
· Stewart Thomas Whitt, no age or address available, was indicted on multiple charges of forgery and uttering.
Whitt allegedly forged and uttered eight checks totalling $1,215.
· Darrel Andrew Glascock, no age or address available, was indicted on multiple charges of forgery and traffic violations.
May 3, 1998, Glascock was charged with driving under the influence, driving after being declared an habitual offender, driving 20 miles over the posted speed limit and he allegedly forged the signature of Ryan J. Collins on the traffic summons, certificate of blood alcohol analysis, bond papers, and a waiver for legal council.
· Jacob Scott King, 19, of Chase City, was indicted on charges of grand larceny, forgery and uttering.
King allegedly stole a check made payable to "cash" for $400 belonging to Shane L. Hite and then cashed it.
· Sherman Herman Chisholm, 58, of Wilson Memorial Trail, was indicted on the charge of driving after being declared an habitual offender.
· Marshall Bowman, 26, of the Honey Tree Apartments in South Boston, was indicted on the following weapons charges: possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony, carrying a concealed weapon, and carrying a loaded firearm in Halifax, and brandishing a firearm.
· Kenneth A. Brooks, 29, of the Love Shop Trailer Park, was indicted on the charge of driving after being declared an habitual offender.
· Patricia Ann Coleman, 40, of Hedderly Street, Halifax, was indicted on the charge of shoplifting.
· Allen Gernikca Fallen, 21, of Lincoln Drive, South Boston, was indicted on the charge of possession of more than one-half ounce but less than five pounds of marijuana with the intent to distribute.
The alleged offense occurred March 15.
· James Gooch, no age or address available, was indicted on the charge of malicious wounding.
Gooch allegedly stabbed Sherwood Clement August 14.
· Frances Ratliff Green, 62, of Paradise Road, Alton, was indicted on charges of forging and uttering.
· James Thomas Hutcherson, no age or address available, was indicted on charges of forging and uttering.
· Johnny Johnson, 37, of Cherry Creek Road, Nathalie, was indicted on the charges of grand larceny and breaking and entering with the intent to commit larceny.
Johnson allegedly broke into the residence of Geraldine Y. Smith between April 6 and April 23, and stole a 25-inch color television set, VCR, cordless phone, microwave, and a vacuum with a combined value in excess of $200.

Gloria Sylvia Poole, 47, of South Boston, died September 14, 1999, at Duke University Medical Center.
Ms. Poole was born December 21, 1951, in Halifax County the daughter of Lennie Sebastian Poole and Maria Kink Poole. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church, and a nurse, employed at Urgent Care of South Boston.
The funeral will be held at Brooks Funeral Home Chapel, Friday, September 17, at 11:00 a.m., with Larry Jester officiating. Burial will take place in Grace Baptist Church Cemetery.
Survivors of Ms. Poole include her mother of South Boston; one daughter, Andrea Hines of Danville; four sisters, Roswitha Maria Jester of Ohio, Laura Sonia Toms of Bedford, Helen Susie Glass of Norfolk, and Easter Poole Edge of Lady Lake, Fla.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider Halifax County Rescue Squad.

John Henry Holt Jr., 87, of 900 Ridgeway Road, Brookneal, died September 14, 1999, at Lynchburg General Hospital.
Mr. Holt was born in Charlotte County on December 7, 1911, the son of John Henry Holt Sr. and Opie Sue Allgood Holt and was married to Sylvia McKinney Holt. He was a member of Roanoke Presbyterian Church, and a retired employee of Virginia Department of Transportation.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by one son, Michael C. Holt and friend, Brenda Perdue of Lynchburg; one grandson, John Gary Holt and his wife, Angela of Rustburg; one granddaughter, Lisa Johnson and her husband, Dennis of Lynchburg; three great-grandchildren, Ryan Michael Johnson and Ashley Nicole Johnson, both of Lynchburg, and John Landon Holt of Rustburg; a very special niece, Jean Mann of Aspen. He was preceded in death by a daughter, June Grey Collins.
A funeral service for Mr. Holt will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Friday, September 17, at Roanoke Presbyterian Church by Revs. John Kidd, Roberta Kidd and Millard Stimpson. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the home.

Gable Jackson 'Jack' Hupp Jr., 66, of 301 Monroe Street, South Boston died September 15, 1999, at Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mr. Hupp was born in South Boston on February 16, 1933, the son of Gable Jack Hupp Sr. and Evelyn Copley Hupp and was married to Mary Ellen Kilgore Hupp. He was a member of First Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and usher, a member of the Lacy Bible Class and a former teacher in the youth department. He was a former member of the South Boston Lions Club, past president and treasurer of the Sertoma Club. He was the manager of the Virginia Employment Commission in South Boston.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Catherine H. Ratliff and her husband, Bobby of South Boston, and Wendy Renee Hupp of Richmond; his mother of South Boston; one sister, Elaine H. Motley and husband, Nelson of South Boston; three brothers, Dale S. Hupp and wife, Vivian, and Douglas C. Hupp and wife, Pat, all of Richmond, and Norman C. Hupp and wife, Becky, of Garner, N.C.; two grandchildren, Lauren N. and Matthew A. Ratliff, both of South Boston. He was preceded in death by one brother, Robert C. Hupp, and his father.
Funeral services for Mr. Hupp will be held Friday, September 17, at 2:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, with Revs. Dr. Bob Fox and Frank Riley conducting the service. Burial will take place in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Halifax County Cancer Association or First Baptist Church.

James Pleasants Sutphin Jr., 55, of 2200 Sutphin Road, South Boston, died Tuesday, September 14, 1999, at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Durham, N.C.
Mr. Sutphin was born in Halifax County on January 8, 1944, the son of James P. Sutphin Sr. and Nannie Plenty Sutphin and was married to Janie Carrington Sutphin. He was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, and was also a Vietnam Army Veteran.
Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Sharon Sutphin of Lynchburg, Yvette Sutphin of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and Bridget Sutphin of South Boston; three sons, James Sutphin III of Halifax, Mark Sutphin and Christopher Sutphin, both of Atlanta, Ga.; two grandchildren, Jared Sutphin and Jimez Ashby Jr.; one sister, Wilma Sutphin of Atlantic City, N.J.; and one brother Robert Sutphin of Alexandria.
Funeral services for Mr. Sutphin will be held Saturday, September 18, at 2:00 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Harold Roberts Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the chapel of Jeffress Funeral Home Friday from 7:00 until 8:00 p.m., and other times at the home.

Ethel Elliott Bagbey, 79, of Buffalo Junction, died Wednesday, September 15, 1999, in Halifax Regional Hospital.
Mrs. Bagbey was born in Mecklenburg County. She was a member of Nelson Baptist Church. After working for many years at Craddock Terry Shoe Co., she worked for Henderson Cotton Mills until her retirement.
Survivors include five daughters, Callie Dunn of Buffalo Junction, Polly Goss and Rachel Thomas, both of Oxford, N.C., Bonnie Hopkins of Virgilina, Wilma Clayton of Stem, N.C.; two sons, William Bagbey and Robert Bagbey, both of Henderson, N.C.; 23 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bagbey will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, September 18, at Watkins Cooper Lyon Chapel. Officiating will be Rev. Bill Keen. Burial will follow in the Elliott Family Cemetery in Nelson.
The family will receive friends Friday from 7:00 until 9:00 p.m. at Watkins Cooper Lyon Funeral Home in Clarksville.

Those wishing to give memorials are asked to consider the Mecklenburg County Lifesaving and Rescue Squad in Clarksville.