15 YEARS OLD I ’ I 'IJC UCD^A I fl POCKETBOOK NEWS EACH ISSUE IS NOW READ 1 I I I j I 1 I il\ 1 A ■ J FOR YOU IN THE BY 10,000 PEOPLE HERALD ADS r---OF THE TWIN CITIES-RO ANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY —1 VOLUME 15. ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C- THURSDAY. JUNE 27th, 1929._ NUMBER 11. NEW DIAL SYSTEM IS POSSIBLE Twin Cities Can Jump In Lead Of Other Towns in Telephone Service DEPENDS ON USERS Would Mean Telephone Build ing Here; Increased Service And Efficiency . Mr. C. P. McCluer, of Tarboro, Vice President, Secretary and Treas urer of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company, was a visitor here Wednesday afternoon and with Mr. E. H. Dixon, manager of the tele phone company at Weldon, gave some interesting information reagrding the telephone situation in the Twin Cities and the possibility of the new dial system to be used here in the future. It will be interesting to know that in the Twin City territory, there are 120 applications for telephones today, indicative of the growth and prosperi ty of the community. At present there are 600 telephone subscribers here and 500 in Weldon, a total of 1,100 subscribers. The new dial system, which is ra pidly spreading in use over the coun try is really 25 years old, according to Mr. McCluer, but has been In the infant stage for many years, just as the automobile industry was 20 years ago, and as the aviation industry is today. It has been brought to a per fected stage so that many users of the larger cities of the country now us-e 'the dial system entirely with most satisfactory results. Smaller communities have not been as fortunate as the old switchboard system has been sufficient. Howev er, W’here communities are growing fast and there is need for new equip ment, telephone companies are in stalling the dial system instead of ad ding more of the old equipment. In that way this community may obtain the new system while much larger towns may not have it for years to come. Should it be decided to install this system in the near future, the tele phone company would probably buy a building or bulid one lor their own use at a central point. This would be a modern, fire proof structure to bouse the expensive equipment nec cessarv for the dial system. The automatic dial phone system does away with the hand operated switchboard. The user simply moves a dial on the phone and gets direct connection with the jr'ty called. If the phone called is b J*, an indication buzzes this information. There is an immediate connection, otherwise, with no-delay as at present. This system would include Weldon without extra charge. For long distance call-?, one would simply dial long distance op erator. It would be necessary i *r tno com pany to junk a'l the equipment now in use. A minimum of 2.000 phones •should bo had. This community and Weldon now has 1.100, but the tele phone company believes the necessary minimum would come \% th the ra pid growth of this community. The rate would probably be 25 cents and not more than 50 cents more tha.. it now is per month, due to the high cost of the equipment. To put this new system in effect, two methods are possible. The first is to have a hearing at Raleigh be fore the Corporation Commission where arguments for and against the installation of the new service would be heard and a decision rendered. This is an expensive and unnecessary method of procedure. The simpler, quicker and more effective method is by petition on the part of the tele phone subscribers. This petition would be sent to Raleigh and acted on without the necessity of an expensive bearing. Whatever action is taken in the fujture as to the installation of the new system and service depends en tirely on the people of this communi ty. -n TO FILL PULPIT Mr. Julian Allsbrook will fill the pulpit at the Roanoke Rapids Bap tist church at the Sunday morning service in the absence of the pastor, who is praeching a dedicatory ser jnon at Williamston. Mr. Mustain will jeturn to fill the pulpit Sunday night. -n BABY CHILD BEAD Dorothy Merritt, 12 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chailey Hemtt died Monday at Weldon of colitis. Funeral servic-s were held 0t the Roanoke Rapids cemetery. N. C. S. TEXTILE GRADUATES GET GOOD JOBS /v. c. srare c~oc-c£G£ t~£xt/l£ g&*)D^at£s ot- 1929 Requests coming to Dean Thomas Nelson of the N. C. State College tex tile school at Raleigh, for mills desir ing textile trained students were more numerous this year than in past. Dr. Nelson placed all his seniors, who. shown above, were as follows: left to right; Dean Nelson; II. S. Hasty of Charlotte; Henry Stoke;. Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Edwin G. Speir, Charln ; 1>. 1‘. Johns'-n. I- xington; I.. S. Thomp son, Fairmont; W. H. Smith. J.nxm.r ton; S. M. l’urcell, SaTsiiury; H. \V. Rogers. Albemarle; H. .1. Young, Jr., Raleigh; \Y. H. Burbury, SpaC.a. Ter.n.; R. A. Fields, Jr.. Xewnan. G;. ; A. Lllwood, Charlotte; R. Shep I ard, Jr., Griffin. Ga.; A. R. Marlev, | Gastonia; R. 1>. Dunn, Henderson; E. i W. Thomas . Wilmington; Stokes White, Concord; K. C. Loughlin, Wil mington; G. It. Howard, Concord; F. Ramos, Saltillo. Mexico; J. W. Hlack, Kinston, and T. W. Hinson, Maxton. BOY’S LEG IS BROKEN When Car Crashes Into Truck on Which He Was Riding Sat urday Night An eight year old boy, sitting on the fender of a car, suffered a broken leg Saturday night when another car crashed into the one on which he was riding. Mason Anderton, son of James An- ; derton, was riding on the delivery truck of R. A. ‘Williams, Roanoke Ra pids grocer, Saturday ngiht on the road leading to Belmont past Cedar wood Cemetery. The boy was perch ed on the right fender of the truck. There is conflicting testimony a? to who was driving the other car. In the car was T. Cooper, colored, and a colored woman. Some witnesses say Cooper was teaching the negro wo man to drive aud sne wn.? at tre wheel when the accident happened. In court, Cooper claims he Was at the wheel. The Cooper car smashed into the truck near the point where the uoy was sitting. He suffered a broken right leg, cuts on the f ce and bad cuts on the left; leg, whe re he v es squeezed betwt en the t wo cars. The boy is now in the hospital. Both cars were damaged in the wreck, the rear wheel of the truck where the Anderc »n boy was sitting being completely demolished. Edward Jryner was driving the truck. Cooper was ‘ riei before Judge A. L. Clark and bound over to the Hali fax County Cou:t. It was at the hear ing Monday *h» question came up as to the person driving the car. Co«*p er admitted * he women was in the car with him but said he was driving. The blame for the accident has not yet been placed, altho each placed it on the other. Joyner testified at the trial that the negro admitted the blame at the time of the accident. In court, Coop er lays the blame on Joyner. -□ FOUR DAY CLINIC HERE NEXT WEEK County Health Department To Operate on Poor People at Cost; Tonisils, Adenoids A clinic will be held at the Home Economics Building of the High school here starting Tuesday of next week and runnning for four days under the direction of the Halifax County Health Department. Dr. Royster has been obtained for the clinic and with Dr. Mitchell, Coun ty Health Officer, will make at least 25 operations per day for the four days on tonsils and adenoids. The clinic is for the poor people of the county who cannot afford to pay the regular fees. Dr. Mitchell has figured the exact cost of the opera tions including doctors, nurses, medi cine, towels, linen, etc., and each pa tient will be charged the actual cost. Several cases have been refused be cause they do not classify as unable to fjay the regular fee. Each case has been investigated for this purpose. Six extra nurses have been hired to assist in the clinic. -□ Hiss Willie Willimas and Luther Ivey were quitely married in Emporia, jVa., Sunday afternoon. Mr. W. E. Britt, who has been very ill at his home on Madison street, is improving slowly. REPORT ON ALL DAIRIES County Food Inspector Gives Condition of Dairies in Hali fax County Condition of the grade A dairies of Halifax county for the month of May was found by D. H. Moody, food in spector for Halifax county, to be as follows: S .S. Viverette—Bacteria count, 6, 500; temperature, 55; butter fat, 5..S5. W. H. Batts—Bacteria count, 7,500; temperature, 49 1-2; butter fat, 4.65. C. V. Strauther—Bacteria count, 7,500; temperature, 6:1; butter fat, 4.10. R. L. Gray, Oaks Dairy—Bacteria count, 8,000; temperature, 55; butter fat, 4.3o. Mrs. A. S. Allen—Bacteria count, 15,000; temperature, 60; butter fat, 3.20. E. L. Hamill—Bacteria count, 29, 500; temperature,. 50T butter fat 3.80. Mrs. Chas Speed—Bacteria count, 42,500; temperature, 64; butter fat, 4.85. Mrs. C. R. Chittenden—Bacteria count, 48,000; temperature, 66; but ter fat, 3.90. Mose Browning—Bacteria count, 185,000; temperature, 60; butter fat, 3.90. N. M. Hockaday—Bacteria count, 190,000; temperature, 66; butter fat, 4.25. S. H. Matthews—Bacteria count, 360,000; temperature, 68; butter fat, 4.25. These averages show the result of cool milk in combination with clean handling, Mr. Moody states, “if there are not many bacteria to begin with, then high temperature for a short ! while does not have much effect.. Hut j if the insti •uments are not washed and j sterilized properly, the bacieri-i num ber is large to start with and it does not take it long to multiply into the thousands. There is no reason for running over fifty thousand,” ace tid ing to the inspector. County Health Officer Mitchell stated that while the larg * amount of bacteria noticed in some reports did not indicate the milk wan uontnmi nated or dangerous, yet “ the bac teria count is an indication of the cleanliness of equipment.” The milk reports have not been pub lished in the past, said the county heatlh department, because the pub lic is unfamiliar with the terms used and would probably misconstrue the meaning of the report. He pointed out that counting bacteria by the thousands might frighten many, when they really breed by the thousands, and many bacteria will be of a harm less type. Grade A milk must have a mini mum butter content of 3.25, he addeu, and all milk qualifies on this count. It was the hope of the health depart ment that the publishing of the re ports would increase the cleanliness and efficiency of the county dal: ies. ra _ TAX LISTING ENDS Mr. C. W. Davis, tax lister, announ ces that the tax books will be closed within the next few days and it would be advisable for all who have not done so to list their property at once. His office is at the Roanoke Rapids High School building. This is for all of Roanoke Rapids Township. -□ Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Richardson and son of Wendell, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harper on Madison street. FREE TO ALL CHILDREN Daily Vacation Bible School Starts. July 15; Children of Twin Cities Invited The Presbyterian chruch is plan ning a daily vacation Bible school for the communities of Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary. This school is for the hoys and girls and is adapted to their needs and interests. Beginning on Monday morning, .July 15, .\nd run ning thru Friday, July 26, the daily sessions will be held at the Presbyter ian church from 8:30 to 11:00 every morning. The daily schedule consists of pe riods of worship, music, Bible memo ry, work, Bible stories, directed play periods and handwork. There is a definite interest and training in each period. Last year .the.total enroll ment was about f O but ifi '■$ was be cause no one was y ltloW«*H^ enter af t?r third Snfe/V’.'My or thirty tried to get in but it was felf unwise to hold others back for the sake of late comers. This year, in all probability, no one will be taker, in after the second day, so come early. Plans are being made to hahdle a large number of boys and girls be tween the ages of G and 14. Gran ville Presbytery is so convinced-*of the value of Vacation Bible schools that they have employed four young ladies to go around in the Presbytery and spend two weeks at each place. Miss Julia Barclay and Miss Anne Thacker are to have charge of the school here. Both of these ladies have graduated from the Assembly’s training school in Richmond, Va., and both have had experience in this type of work. Helping them will be Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bradley, who con ducted the school last year. If the boys and girls turn out in sufficient numbers to warrant it. it is hoped that some of the young people of the comm.unity will volunteer to help with the work. While the school is to he conducted by the Presbyterian church any boy or girl between the ages of G and I 1 will be welcome. The expenses of the school wil be handled thru private subscriptions and thru the budget, of the church, so that the school will te absolutely free to everyone. _n_ VA.-CAROLINA Semi-Pro League CLUB STANDING W L Tct Emporia 3 0 1000 Weldon 2 1 750 TRIPLE R 0 2 000 Enfield 0 0 000 Rain Wednesday caused the cancel lation of the game at Weldon for the local team, which met defeat in the first league game at Emporia and lost the second game here Tuesday 6 to 4 after leading from the 6th to the last inning. Today the Triple R is playing at Enfield and one or the othor will come out of the cellar position. Fri day, the local boys plyp. at Emporia and Saturday they mee: Enfield here. It was announced today by Mana ger John Smith th?t the Saturday game with Enfield would be played at Weldon, because the Rosemary Mill Team will be using the Rosemary Park Saturday afternoon. The game starts at Weldon at 4 o’clock. On next Tuesday, Triple R and En field again cross bats hero at Rose mary Park, game starting at 3*15. COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION JULY 6 AND 7 Sunday Schools of Halifax To Meet in Annual Convention At Glenview MANY TO ATTEND Attendance Pennant To Sunday School Traveling Farther est With Largest Group All indications point to a record breaking attendance at the annual Halifax county Sunday School Con vention which is to be held on Sat urday and Sunday, July (5 an 1 7. Trr. convention will be held with Central Cross Methodist church, at Glenview Cross Roads, nine miles west of Hn field, N. C. The opening ses.- 'on wlil be held at 8;00 o’clock Saturday night. According to anouucement made by the officers of the County Sunday School association, the program has been prepared with the idea of having “A Convention for the discussion of Practical Sunday School Plans and Problems,” the plan being to have something in the convention that will help workers in all departments of the Sunday School. Among the prominent speakers on the program will be Miss Daisy Ma gee, Raleigh, Children’s Division Su perintendent of the Noth Carolina Sunday School Association. During the convention, various phases of Sun day School work will be discussed. An attendance pennant will be awarded to the Sunday School having in the sessions of the Convention the largest average attendance of repre sentatives, sixteen years of age aud over, according to miles traveled. At tendance records will be taken at each session of the convention. The average number of representatives in each ses sion from a given Sunday School will be multiplied by the number of miles traveled from that church to the con vention church, and the Sunday Sch-jol having the largest number of points will receive the pennant. The full program of the covention is as follows:* --w. _ Saturday Nigh*, July !» 8:00—Devotional. 'Mrs. N. W. cousins. 8:15-r—Developing Christian Char acter: (a) Importance; (b) Means . Mac. Johnson. 11:15—Periods of business: Re ports of county and Township offi cers. Appointment of Committees. Record of Attendance. 11:25—The Sunday School: (y) Rating; (b( Organization and Staff; (c) Administration. Miss Daisy Ma gee. 12:10—Offering for support of County and State Sunday School As socitaions. 12 ;25—Announcements, 12:30—Adjourn. Dinner at the church. Everybody come and bring a basket. Sunday Afternoon, July 7 2:00—Devotional. Rev. J. A. Mar tin. 2:15—Effective Organizati m and Activities for Adult Classes. Rev. A. W. Oakes. 2:45—Song. 2:50—The Young People of 'he Sun day School—Their Needs and IIow to Meet Them. Miss Daisy Magi e. 3:20—Discussion of Sunday School Problems. Led by Miss Magi1*. 3:45—Business Period. Reports of Committee and Election of Officers. Presentation of Attendance Pennant. Place of Next Meeting. 4:00—Adjourn. E. D. DICKENS, County President. MRS. D. L. WHEELER, Cwrty Sec. -n—•— No Sketch This Week Bill Alligeod, the Herald artist, has just returned from his vacation and did not have time to draw any sketch es last week in time for this issue of the paper. However, he has ln*en working on several and they will start again next week. For the benefit of those who do not understand, we might explain that each sketch must be sent away and a plate is made of by an electrotyping process, a slow and expensive method. HALIFAX COUNTY BOY TO REPRESENT STATE IN EDISON CONTEST D. Allen Harrell, 16, of Scotland Neck Is Picked By Expert as North Carolina’s “Boy Edison” WINS OVER FIELD OF 24 Will Make Trip To New Jersey For Contest Against Rest of Country For Edison Scholarship PROWLER IS FIRED UPON Pepping Tom Discovered On Monroe Street Put to Flight By P. L. Harding Several citizens of the Twin Cities are oiling up their revolvers and cleaning their shot guns since hearing the news of a visit of a Peeping Tom at the residence of Mr. P. L. Hardi.ig on Monroe Street Tuesday right. Ever so often, a community is both ered with this type of person who chrccps around, peering into win dows, frightening women and child ren, with some ulterior purpose in mind. Ever so often, the men t f the community get their guns placed to take a pot shot at the prowler, and sometimes, we are glad to sav, they score a hit. Such was not the case Tuesday night, when Mr. Harding use 1 a .32 revolver instead of his trusty shot gun. The latter stood in the corner of his room, loaded with buckshot, and had it been used, we would hvae been able to give the name and color of the nocturnal visitor. About lip. m., Miss Vivian Spears, who lives with the Hardings, and who was in the living room listening to the radio, awakened Mr. Harding with the news that a man had been peering in the window at her and was, at that moment crouch2d in the shadows near the front porch. Getting his pistol, Mr. Harding went to a window and finally saw the crouching figure. Miss Scars turn ed out the light in the living room and then, by the moonlight, Mr. Maid ing saw his man arise and creep around to the side of the house. Whereupon, Mr. Harding stepped out on the front porch and took a quick shot, missing. The man sped by him, close enough that Mr. Harding was almost halo to distinguish his features and color. Just as the fleting culprit landed in the street, Mr. Harding fired again. He believes he winged his man be cause he le tout a yelp. But he nev er slowed up and soon vanished at full speed down the street. Mr. Harding says he rarely uses a pistol and the man was traveling so fast he could not bear down on him. hut he shot to stop and to kill if necessary. Next time the shot gun will be ready for action, an he says the man was close enough that some of the shot would have certainly stop ped him. In fact, wni!c living in Winsdor, Mr. llarding filled a negro chicken thief full fo buckshot just as he crossed a fence on high. He here by issues an invitation to his Tuesday night visitor to return just onoi more. -□ New Corporation The B. Marks Store will become the New B. Marks Co., owned and operat ed by the Century Department Stores on and after Saturday. Mr. Abe Ko linsky is President and General Ma nager of the New B. Marks Company. Mrs. B. Marks has been persuaded to take charge of the ladies ready-to wear, dry goods and notions division of the New York buying offices of the company. The buyig for the firm will be done by the Century Depart ment Stores, Incorporated. -n Miss Vashti Kenemur is spending a few days in Spring Hill as the guest of Mrs. James Pope. ENDS SATURDAY The Herad subscription campaign, in which the ladies of the vatiou* churches are competing for cash prizes will close Saturday night. If you wish to help any of the ladies, you are urged to give your subscrip tion to them Friday or Saturday. D. Allen Harrell, 16-year-old Scot land Neck High School graduate, Sat urday was picked as North Carolina’s “Roy Edison." Young Harrell won out over 24 picked candidates after the three judges named by Governor Gardner had resorted to oral examinations of the five who made highest marks in the written examinations in their task of picking the most promising out of 24 of the best equipped young men graduated from North Carolina High Schools this spring. Extensive knowledge of aviation and radio greatly helped the cause of the winner, who goes to West Orange, N. J., in July as the guest of Mr. Edi son to compete with representatives of the 48 states for the 4- year tech nical school scholarship offered by ths famous inventor in his quest for i young man on whose shoulders he might rest the burden of carrying on his great work. In additition to the trip to New Jer sey the winner also received a combi nation radio and phonograph as a gift from M. Edison in recognition of winning the State contest. The judges, Dr. Hubert A. Royster, Raleigh; Dr. J. B. Derieux, of the State College Physics Department, and Dr. J. M. Bell of the University Chemistry Department, admitted that the task was not an easy one. They wrestled with the problem of selection from 9 o’clock in the morning until nearly 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The 24 candidates took a written exami nation in the Hall of the House of Representatives. The papers were graded and the five candidates mak ing the (highest marks were given in dividual oral examinations. The ex aminations were along scientific lines. Young Harrell was a happy lad. His father, W. L. Harrel, accompa nied him to Raleigh and was among the first to congratulate him, as soon as he had received the congratulations of the Governor and the good wishes of the other candidates, the winner’s first thought was to reach a tele graph office to convey the good news to his mother. Then ho wanted to go to the Ra leigh airport, but it was too lat? for that and the trip back home. Probably it was young Harrell's in terest in aeronautics that gave him the inside track with the examining committee, for they appeared greatly impressed with his prowess with air plane models. “I’ve made about <*>0 models Lrd about 90 per cent of them would fly,” said the winner. Asked why he did’nt bring one as an exhibit, he said he was afraid the examiners would think he was crazy to be carting a model airplane around. The lad was an honor student at Scotland Neck High School and se lected to represent the school without an examination. In addition to mak ing high marks on his studies, in which his major was science, he play ed football and baseball, reached semi finals twice in the State High School debating contest at Chapel Hill aiul played in the school orchestra. His airplane designing occupied his outside time so much as to cause his mother to inquire one time why re didn’t build a radio instead of devot ing so much time to his planes. “I’ve got her a radio now,” he said gleefully as he began to reflect on the spoils of his victory. Young Harrell said he had planned to go to the University of Norcn Caro lina, and even though he won the scholarship would request that he bes sent there. In addition tc the winnor, arid1 alternate, three other contestants gained honorable mention foe the high marks on the written tests and stood the oral examination. Ti»av w^rc George Gorham, Kocky Mour.t; Wil liam Simpson, Mt. Airy, ani Mar*.in Bazemore, The contest was conducted under the auspices of ths State Department of Education for Chat'ns Edison, o£ the Edison coprorvdvi.