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THE GREATER CITY I I I L L_J L IJ A I I | NO ROOM FOR * 15,000 POPULATION | | E M B M rjj\/A I j| 7 KNOCKERS NOW!— IN 1934! WATCH US GROW I -- OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY - - VOLUME 15._ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12th, 102!).__ NUMBER 22. SIMMONS BUYS CONTROL PATTERSON MILLS ROSEMARY MERCHANTS FAVOR EXTENSION ACCEPT .INVITE OF THE CITY Committee Appointed to Attend Meeting of Cities and Mills On Sept. 18 CREDIT ASS’N. Also Planned by Rosemary Mer chants to Help Credit Situ ation; Traffic Signals The Rosemary Merchants Associa tion Went on record Wednesday after noon as favoring the general plan outlined for extending .the corporate limits of Roanoke Rapids and au thorized president Frank Wilson to appoint a committee of three to *’ep resont the Association at the meet ing called by Mayor Long for Sep tember 13,. at' which time a general discussion will be held and a perma nent committee appointed to work . out all detailed plans for acceptance by the various organizations concern ed. The plan was approved by a una nimous vote of the Association with n large number of members present. The resolutions passed recently by the Town Board, together with a let ter of invitation by Mayor Long, were read by Mr. George Taylor. The matter has now been given >>f fieial approval by the Town Board of Roanoke Rapids and by the Rose mary Merchants Association. It also has the approval of the Rosemary Manufacturing Company and the Roanoke Mills Company. With the acquisition of the Patterson Mills Company by the Simmons Company, this company is also included in the list of those who favor the Greater City Plan. The Virginia Electric and Power Company, thru its manager, Mr. J. T. Chase, has also expressed approval of the plan. All the manufacturing plants of the Twin Cities will he represented at the general meeting called for the 18th, as well as Rosemary and Roa noke Rapids. Other business transacted by the Rosemary Merchants Association yes terday included setting the second Tuesday in each month as the regu lar meeting date of the Association; appointing officer Lewter trt over see the work fo Ed Purnell, street cleaner; a drive for members of the Association to help pay the expenses of the police, street cleaning and lighting; funds to be ra' cd to get. the Twin Cities listed in the pamphlet of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce; Cj pointing a commitf^'1, Tom Jenkins, chairman, to raise funds for th eplacing of traffic sig nals, similar to those in Roanoke Ra ^pi<fs, at dangerous corners in Rose mary; placing a traffic man at the Citizens Bank corner at noon hours when the school children are leaving Rosemary school; the formulating of plans for a Credit Association; plans for a Dollar Day, with Walter Crowd er as chairman; and a vote of thanks to J. T. Chase, chairman of the Coun ty Road Board and to Mr. Gardner of , the State Highway Commission for j the placing of culverts on the Ave-: nue. _I Pet Canary Dies, Undertaker Called Undertaker Billy Williams was called out Monday night on a sad and somewhat unusual mission, al tho quite in line with his business. It seems that the pet canary of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hu bert White, Belmont, had chirped its last note during the evening and the children were heart-hroken. Nothing would do but that the canary be accorded the same at tention given to us more or less humans. So Billy has the canary down at the undertaking parlors where it is being embalmed and prepared for burial in the proper way. So far as we know, it is the first canary in history to receive this attention. Undertaker Hardin recalls that he embalmed a coon several years ago, and the animal remained on exhibit for a long time. He says it petrified and became brittle, so that when you picked it up its in nards rattled like peas in a dry pod. Somebody accidently drop ped it on the floor and it broke in to a hundred pieces like glass. * HOSPITAL NEWS * **** ****£* Recent births at the hospital: To Mr. and Mrs. \V. H. Tudor, a givl, Sept. 9. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright, a girl, Sept. 11. Mr. and Mrs. T C. Kenter, a son, sept. 10. Recent patients who have been ad mitted to the hospital: Mrs. C, C. Higgins, Mrs. Hattie Wright, of Lit tleton. Mrs. H. P. Davis, of Rosemary, Mrs. II. G. Broom, Mrs. Z. E. Lynn, of Rosemary, Mrs. L. A. Grissom, Mrs. C. A. Sauls of Halifax. Those that were able to leave the hospital: Mrs. C. H. Bennett, Mrs. W. V. White. Miss Katie May Gross has resumed her duties at the hospital. She hud undergone an operation several weeks ! ago. Miss Jiles and Miss Woods spent Wednesday in 1 ’t.tleton. Miss Agnes Temple of the Pied mont Hospital Atlanta, Ga., has ac cepted a position here as dietitian suc - ceeding Miss Cora Love. Miss L >\ e has left for Arkansas on account of ill health. Miss Mary Crawford of the State i Sanatorium, Altona. G.i.. las accept U a position wall V.;c Hospital as in structor of r.u -mg. Miss Virgin'i Bonds returned this v.t-ek after having visited relatives for several weeks. Miss Marks Marriedl Mrs. B. Marks returned today from Boston with the news that her daugh ter, Miss Fie ta Marks, and Mr. Sark Cell of Boston were married there Monday. Mrs. Marks and daughter, Miss Marcella Marks, attended the wedding from here. The young coup!. will make their home in Iowa City, Iowa, where the groom is a Senior in the Medical College of the Univer sity of Iowa, Mis Marks is the very attractive daughter of Mrs. B. Marks and the late B Marks, Site was very popular in the younger set of the Twin Cities HALIFAX FARMER GETS | RESULTS FROM DUSTING. Mr. R. A. Moore of Weldon is one farmer in Halifax county who is con vinced that dusting cotton with calci um arsenate to control boll weevil pays. During early July Mr. Moore found weevils in a small field of cotton on the back side of his farm. He didn’t think he had many weevils and didn’t pay much attention to them except to go to the field occasionaly to see how the weevils were doing. During late July wevil punctures were less than when weevils were first found and Mr. Moore thought his weevil troubles were over for the year. About the first of August weevil punctures began to increase and on August 7th the damage was increas ing so fast that Mr. Moore became alarmed and to his amazement found the weevils doing severe damage in the small field where they were first found and also doing considerable damage in other parts of his crop. The County Agent was immediately called. A careful examination of the crop showed that the weevils had punctured 60 per cent of the squares in the small field and 10 to 15 per cent of the other part of the crop. The County Agent advised dusting immediately with calcium arsenate. A 3 row Niagra dusting machine was located and rented and sufficient calcium, arsenate bought for the en tire crop. The first dust was applied on Friday afternoon, August 9th. The cotton crop was dusted every four days until the cotton had received five applications. The last dust was completed on August 27th. A care ful inspection on August 30th show ed a good crop of blooms, squares and young bolls with about 6 per cent (Continued on page six) CITY SCHOOLS OPEN WITH! OVER 1800 ENROLLMENT Twin City graded and high schools opened with a hang yesterday morn ing with what bids fair to be the largest attendance in the history of the community. Incomplete returns from Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary graded schools show more than 1,300 enrolled, while, the High School, only four years old, already has more than 500 enrolled. Superintendent C. W. Davis states that additional enrollments arc ex | pc-cted, especially in the High School, I which has already passed the peak ! mark in comparison with past years. In fact, there are more enrolled now than there was at the close of the school year last year. “Everything is moving as smooth ly as I could ask for,” said Mr. Dav is this morning, who begins his first year as Superintendent of City Schools. Short periods were held Wednes day so that students could get their schedules pranged and find then class rooms. Today the old grind started in earnest. The spirit is good this year and with a splendid corps of teachers, the city schools look for a most sucessl ful year. With only one or two veterans back, Coach Parks is faced with the problem of whippilg a brand new team in shape for the fast-approach ing football season. He reports a good turn-out with plenty of pep and interest on the part of the new men. Miss Hearne reports everything be ginning nicely ir. the graded schools. REPORT O N COUNTY B Y | GRAND JURY j Find Convict Camp Hov-Wired’; Otherwise Countv Property In Good Shape COURT NEEDS AIR Recommends Fans and Ventila tion Pvrtem for Court Room; List of Convictions All’s well with the county property with the exception of one “hay-wired” convict camp, according to the report of the grand jury made to Judge H. Iloyle Sink. The jail, the county home and the camps all passed inspection except Robertson’s camp where the bunks were tied with hay wire. The following is the complete re vovt of the grand jury: “We have the honor of submitting the following leport of our actions and d/r.gs. We have acted on all bills presented to our. body and returned same into ccurt.” “We inspected the jail in a body [and found sr.nv' in good condition. [ W'e have inspected the Clerk’s of fice and that of the Register of Deeds i and find everything in order and in [excellent condition. “A commitle visited and inspected the County Home and Convict Camps and found the County Homo in ex cellent condition. All the camps are in good condition. The jury recom mends that the steel cages, especial ly the cage at Robertson’s Camp he j repaired. The bunks were tied with j hay-wire. I “We also recommend the Court I House install some system of venti- j lotion and place an electric fan over the judge’s desk.” Persons convicted and sentenced to serve on the public roads and at the. County Home during the term of Superior Court just finished are as follows: John Alphin, assault, 8 months; L. F. Coppedge, driving au to while drunk, 3 months; Tom Mab ry, liquor, 8 months; General An thony, assault, 2 years; Wade Morg an, liquor, 12 months; Paul Price, li quor, 3 months; Ernest Powell, lar ceny, 2 months; Alex Smith, forgery, 8 months. Henry Clark, driving auto while drunk, 4 months; Eddie Se.vey, driv ing while drunk, 3 months; Louis Mil ler, assault, 2 months; Albert Cull, assault, 4 months; Patterson Banks, liquor, 2 months; Mary Whittaker, li quor, 4 montns; win. Jennings, liquor. 10 months; James Lee Palmer, lar ceny, 6 months; Henry Richardson, assault, 6 months; John Thompson, assault, 8 months; Mack Parker, lar ceny, 8 months; G. B. Faircloth, li quor, 4 months; John Vanghan, liquor 4 months; Harvey Harris, liquor, 3 months; M. ^F. Ladsiter, liquor, 4 months; John Daughtry, liquor, 15 to 18 months; S. L. Meadows, liquor, 5 months; Geo. Roberts, liquor, 3 months. Staton Liverman, larceny, 3 months; Felton Moore, assault, 2 months; J. E. Evans, larceny, 2 months; John T. Gray, larceny, six months; Cornelius Nelson, larceny, 6 months; Pete Williams, liquor, two months; Grover Whittaker, bigamy, iticli—Don’t Know It Two questions were asked by Mr, Frank Joyner at the meeting of the Rosemary Merchants Associa tion yesterday. | What is the approximate tax able valuation of the Twin Cities and what is the annua! industrial payroll? j Me informed the meeting that the taxable valuation was about welve muliun dollars and the an nual payroll $2,900,OOP. NEW BRIDGE AT WELDON Will Cost Quarter Million Dol lars; Commissioner Says New Bridge Also Needed Here A new bridge costing approximate ly a quarter of a million dollars n\ ill be built across the Roanoke River at Weldon, according to State Highway I Commissioner R. A. Doughton, who I mat Frank Kugler, commissioner ! from the First District, at Weldon |the past week-end to inspect the ex listing bridge. I Engineers from tne on age aepan ! nient accompanied Commissioner ; Doughton and selected a site for the new structure just below the Sea board &ir Line trestle. Weldon is in the First Highway District and hence under the juris diction of Mr. Kugler, Commissioner Doughton pointed out. saying that he did hot know when the new bridge, would 1)0 constructed, but predicted in view of the condition of the old bridge that it would be soon. A new bridge is also needed over the Roanoke River at Roanoke Rapids, Commissioner Doughton said, adding that the need for a new bridge there was not so acute as at W eldon. Rough plans have already been drafted for the bridge at Weldon, lie said. Heme Corning Week Please mail me at once, either to Enfield or Halifax, the names and addresses of any of your re- I latives, friends or acquaintances, j natives of North Carolina, now living outside of the $tate, so that ; an invitation may be extended j them to return “Home Coining | Week,” October 12-19, 1929. W. T. CLEMENT, j INFANT SON DIES Norman Page Williams, 4 months )ld son of Mr. and Mrs. (.’laud Wil iams, Pattersontown, died Tuesday afternoon cf colitis at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday by Rev. C. T. Thrift and interment was in Cedarwood Ce metery. 2 years; Ernest Coniers, disturbing public worship. 3 months; Fred Daw son, manslaughter, 18 months, to 2 pears; Ennis Powell, liquor, 4 months; Henry Singletary, asault, 6 months; rom Brown, resisting an officer, 2 months; Willie Cooper, liquor, two months; Mittie McLemore, liquor, 6 months; Carl Smith, destroying prop arty, 3 months; Ulysees Beal, lar ceny, 4 months; Billie Danner, liquor, l months. Residents Watching For Peeping Toms Residents on Hamilton Street between 9th and 10th streets have been bothered for several nights b« “Peeping Toms” and the old guns have been oiled up and reloaded in several homes. One house, in particular, has been the scene of several visits on the part of one or more persons for at least thre*' nights, Friday, Saturday and Sun day. On the last night, the police arrived just a few minutes late as the visitor hpd been there just prior to their arrival. While no proof has been obtained yet, one of the prowlers has been recogniz ed and is being watched for the next outbreak. The police say they wll get him unless some irate ! housekeeper gets him first. There I are said to be two of the “Toms,'' ' one a mere boy. L. G. SHELL RESIGNS | OFF BOARD III Health Cans#*? Reriirmticr. of j Civic Leader From Board of Commisso;ners WOULD HAVE Soon"'- But Good Work on Coun ty Board Caused Leaders to Insist on His Remaining The County Board of Commission ers held their regular monthly meet ing at. Halifax Monday \v:thout trans acting any business of great import ance, routine county affairs taking un most < f the session. The resignation of Mr. Shell was read and accepted. Mr. Shell’s health has been bad for some time and he would have resigned from the Board quite a whi'e ego, but the people of Roan tke Rapids townsnip, which he represented were so pleased with bis : work that they insisted he remain on. I mring tnc several years He was a member, Mr. Shell has taken the lead in many county affairs and has given ol his time and efforts unsparingly He was a pupblic official who felt that his office was a public trust and in his every action he had the interest of the county first. The clerk of the Superior Com*'1., Mr. Gary, will appoint a .successor 4o fill out Mr. Shell’s unexpind tern hut this has not yet be< n done. Thi will probably be done at once so tint: Roanoke Rapids Township will h iv. representation at the next meeting v,f the Board of Commissioners. The Bi a d appointed .he fo’lo,,,infr gentlemen members of the Board of Agriculture for tho Eastern section | of tl.0 county: T. R. Wh:tchead, .1. (.. Holliday, J. 11. Pope, \V. I.. Bailey, V. B. Everett, R. D. House, L. li. Kitchen, Lawrence Whittaker. T. j). Temple. These gentlemen will giv • their services to the county gratis. The chairman of the Board was authorized to borrow $5,000 for a pe riod of GO days for the road fund. A motion to donate $50 toward th • booklet of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce was lost. An engine and motor at the Conn- * Ly Hume was sold to Jess Hedgepeth 1 for $100. A report on the County ‘ Home and county roads by Clerk S. 1 M. Gary was read and accepted. Mrs. f Rebecca Stansbury was allnted $‘2.00 ; per month and the E. B. Turner al- * lowance was increased to $5 per jc month. 1 j -- -1 i Champ “Rat” Killers i I)". W. E. Murphrey, Rosemary * dentist, was called home Tuesdaj ^ ) night to kill a big rat which was running at large in the house, j Joining in the hunt were Mr. and j‘ Mrs. Dick Brown, Miss Mildred j* Rond and Homer Jones. It was the biggest “rat” any of j them had ever seen. When it was ^ finally caught and killed, the “rat" t turned out to be a full grown ’pos- ( sum. Where it came from and how it got in the house is still a . mystery. J Mrs. Melvin and Mrs. Parker of 1 Paleigh visited friends here last week OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PURCHASE IS MADE BY LOCAL MILL OFFICIALS Simmons Bed Company Acquires Controlling Stock In Third Big Mill In Twin Cities; Plan Full-Time Operation SUPERIOR COURT TO OPEN 30TH Halifax Superior Court Starts Regular October Term on September 30th. FOR THREE WEEKS Two Weeks Civil Court, 1 Week Criminal is Schedule; Juries Are Chosen The regular October term of Hali fax Superior court will open at Hali fax on Monday, September 30th, ac cording to present plans, the first two weeks will b0 given over to civil cases and misdemeanors, while the third week, beginnig October 21, will be for criminal cases. Jurors selected for the first week, beginning September 30, are as fol lows : C. R. Ivey, C. R. Phelps, Wade C. Moseley, E. M. Carter, J. B. Dickens, . W. T. Morecock, R. L. Harris, E. F. Butts, C. L. Kelly, C. E. Drake, W. M. Neal, D. G. Jones, R. C. Josoy, Jr., F. G. Bond, L. A. Dickens, J. W. Avant, J. I. Wyche. Jr., W. T. Dun can, T.. S. Cannon, J. W. Boseman, R. M. Harper, D. M. Wilson, P. Id. Shields, Walter Moon. 1 he jury for the second week, start ing October 7, will be chosen from the following; J. C. Gaylord, J. H. Gull "mi, Robt. L. Dickens, T. A. Cooper, N. Denton Earl Staton, W. R. Curtis, A. L. Dur hem, J. W. Cotton, Joe A. Hamlet, J F. Boseman, B. F. Collins, C. E. Carter, J. D. Pittard, Gus Epps, R. F. Coleman, C. R. Eemry, Eugene W. J Lehman, H. H. Burrows, E. W. Craw ley, Mark Whitley, W. C. Elmore, Sandy Lovegrove, J. K. Moore. Jurors for the one week of crimi nal court, beginning October 21, are as follows: Hinton Dunn, J. M. Sherrod, W. C. Bowers, W. B. Lawson, Frank Butts. Walter F. Bell. J. P. Grizzard. E. C. Brown, J. 1>. Shearin, Jno. B. Lucas, D. A. Hunt, A. G. Bobbitt. J. R. Brew J. E. Mooney, J. B. Rives, J. R. Glasgow, A. G. Willcox, A. F. John son. W. D. Womack, J. E. Martin, H. Bass, it. A.Musgrove, G. E. Buck ler, F. E. Neville, Dewit Hardison, j Moody Lovegrove, C. C. Fleming, Ivev ) \. Crawley, J. W. Carlisle, E. T. Ad •ock. j It was officialy announced today ay executives of the Roanoke Mills Company and the Rosemary Manu facturing Company that the Simmons Company, world's largest manufac turers of beds, springs and mattress es, had bought the controlling stock L*f the Patterson Mills Company. The Simmons Company now con trols the three largest mills in the Twin Cities: Rosemary Manufactur ing Company, which is the largest damask mill in the country, Roanoke Mills Company and Patterson Mills Company. While the method of operation of the Patterson Mills has not been made public, it is said that the mills should be on a full time basis with hi the ne::t two or three months, if plans under way now are realized. The ether two mills have been on full time day and night for the past sev eral months, with no sign of a let-up. Patterson Mills, at present, makes suiting, dress goods and cotton flan nels.. Just how much work will be done by these new mills for the Sim mons Company is not yet known, but the acquisition has been made with a view to the future growth of the Simmons business and the time when the other mills here cou.d not supply the needs of die comrmny. All the present pro.iu"tion of Pat erson Mills will he sole through tilts Rosemary SaV-vs Corporation of Mew York, which is the sales organization of Roanoke Mills Company and Rose mary Manufacturing Company. Plans now being formulated call for the ultimate replacement of part of the machinery now in use at Pat terson Mills with new machinery. The placing of the n.ills on fail time will, of course, mean an in crease in the total payioll of the community, which is now approxi mately $3,000 per day. This figure includes the industrial payroll only. Patterson Mills have been running part time for some length of time. While the above negotitaions have been under way, work on the finish ing plant at Rosemary Manufacturing Company is progressing speedily with the excavation work for the large two-story brick structure well under way. New houses, fill-ins in the Roanoke Mills Co. village, are under construc tion at this time. Mrs. Arthur Williams and Mrs. Mattie Willi ••n. have let.urned home >mn a visit tc Kinston, Henderson ir;d several other places where they is ted friends and lati r< s. OFFERS TO BUY PUREBRED BULL FOR FARMERS OF THE AURELIAN SPRING SECTION By C. W. JACKSON The time has come when farming lust be elevated to a higher standard i order to favorably compete with ther occupations. Not only farmers, ut big business men, either directly r indirectly connected with farming, re beginning to realize the truth of nis statement and are exerting grea: ffort to stablize farming. Congress and State governments re attempting in the very best mcih d possible to encourage and help th*’ arming population. Little good can ome from farm legislation unless here is a fine cooperative spirit be ind it; an unselfish cooperative spir : on the part of the leaders as well s on the part of those who toil in he fields of harvest. If this spirit f selfishness exists among all peo le asociated with farm life, great esults may be expected from the ac ions taken by our governments con erning the agricultural welfare of ur nation. Farm legislation will probably help n many ways, but real relief that will >ut farming on a sound basis must lecjessarily come from the actions aken by the farmer himself. North Carolina is principally a crop-pro during state. The majority of the farmers in the state depend almost solely upon one, two or three prin ip.*.l crops for their existence. There is too much at stake in a one-crop farming system ,or even two crops; such as cotton and tobacco. Thanks to the State Department of Agri culture for emphasising the value )f more and better livestock in North Carolina. Governor Gardner has outlined a State program of agriculture. In this program is included “better sires for our farms.” The Governor real izes that more and better livestock will materially help the farmer, and that a well balanced system of farm ing will bring greater farm relief than legislation can ever hope to ac complish. The farmers of Aurelian Springe are being offered a wonderful oppor tunity to stock their farms with bet ter dairy cows. Mr. F. L. Nash, Cash-" ier of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, of Rosemary, has offered to buy a purebred Jersey bull, place v him in the care of areliable farmer of the Aurelian Spring* section, and (Continued on page six) ksj * tff *i4g
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