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THE GREATER CITY I LJ If LJ If |J A fl I J NO ROOM FOR 15,000 POPULATION J[ M .11 * KNOCKERS NOW!— IN 1934! WATCH US GROW .-OF THE TWIN CITIES-RO ANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY - VOLUME 15. _ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY. N. C.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26th. 1929.__NUMBER 2i. COMPARISON OF SCHOOLS . NOW AND 30 YEARS AGO , Great Growth of County School System Shown; Cost Not Out of Proportion With Growth And Service Rendered r - Thirty years has witnessed great! ^ strides in the educational life of J Halifax county according to figures I compiled by County Superintendent j Ip A. E. Akers. * While the cost of the rural and school system of the county may seem large in comparison with that of 1900 a study of the census, enrollment, at ^ tendance and type of schools and training will show that it costs very little more per pupil now than it did thirty years ago, when there were no high schools in the county, no free transportation, shorter terms, loss qualified teachers and half the num ber of courses taught. Longest strides have been made by the white city and rural chools. The school census in 1900 was 3,726; in g 1928 it was 6,157, an increase of 65 per cent. The school enrollment in 1900 was only 1779 as compared with 6,501 in 1928, an increase of 203 per * cent. The above figures show that the population of the county has in creased at least 65 per cent in the past thirty years, whili the percent age of children enrolled in tne scnoou has more than trebled. Practically every white child of school age is now enrolled. In 1900 only one half of » them were in school at all. The average daily attendance, upon which cost and financing figures are mainly based, in 1900, was only 1,011, ’ less than one third of the school chil dren of the county. In 1928, the daily average attendance was 4,730, about 90 per cent of the children of school age in the county. This is an increase of 367 per cent and is full evidence of the greater interest in education and of the increased faci lities to take care <>f ti e children of the county. Increased total cost of education can be easily seen with the great in creases in the number of children of . school age, the number enrolled and the number attending regularly. Another factor which has increas ed total costs is in the lengthened terms. In 1900 there were 131 -iooI days, while in 1928 there were 176, an increase of 45 days in the year. The } total number of days attended in 1900 was 307,371 as compared to 1,14. 543 in 1928. Other factors which have served to increase the total amounts spent on education in the county in the past few years include the cost of High schools. In 1900 there was not a single high school in Halifax county, while in 1928 there were one thousand high school students in the county. The cost of teaching High School pu r pus is more man leucmng giaut.-u school students. Last year, High Schools alone cost the county $23,308, which was almost enough to run the entire school system in 1900. Transportation of students is an other big item unheard of thirty years ago. Last year it cost $23,000 to transport Halifax County children to and from school. In 1900, f"ee transportation of school children was unknown. The number of subjects taught to day has doubled over the number taught thirty years ago, with pro portionate increase in cost. Teach ers are required to have at least two more years training than they had in 1900 and are paid accordingly, thus helping to swell the total cost. Taking all these facts into account and ^ith the government statistics showing that the dollar as deflated in purchasing power 2.20 to 1 since 1915, with the additional services ren dered and the type of education n.>w possible for the poorest child of the county, education is little more ex pensive today than it was thirty years %ago in Halifax county. We asked Mr. Akers the approxi mate cost per year of educating a child in the Twin Cities. He figured about *$50 per year. It costs about $250 per year to provide education for the children of a man with five children. Our deduction was that somebody else was paying for edu cating most of the children here, as very few individuals pay as much as $250 a year in school taxes. It is evident that the mills and corpora tions are paying for the education of most of the children of this commu nity, a fact some of us may overlook. -□ Miss Hattie Lifsey, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Octavius Griffin has returned to her home in | Emporia, Va. J ********* * HOSPITAL NEWS * ********* Recent births at the hospital: To Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Dobbins, a bov, Sept 19th. Mr. and Mrs. Joe S. Dix on, twin boys, Sept. 23. Mr. and Mis. Andrew Barrow, a girl, Sept 25. Recent patients who have been ad mitted to the hospital: Mrs. Ethel Crewe of Pleasant Hill, Mrs. T. E. Rook of Roanoke Rapids, Miss Blan na Dorsey, Miss Lois Woodard, Mrs. J. E. Worrick of Jackson, Mrs. Daisy Edwards, Mrs. J. E. Babb, Mrs. Ma mie Jordan of Seaboard, Mr. Mack Carter of the Twin Cities, Miss Alice May Harris of Aurelian Springs, Mrs. Laura Whitaker, Mr. A. E. Bridges of Poticasi, Mr. John Chappel and Mr. S. W. Clewis. Patients who have returned to their homes: Mrs. J. W. Early, Mrs. L. M. Morgan of Seaboard, Mrs. W. W. Kirkland of Littleton, Mrs. J. A. Suiter and baby. Miss Emiline Elliott completed her duties with the Roanoke Rapids hos pital Saturday. ._n_— Mitchell Receives Another YVarnmg From His Enemies (Roanoke News) Deputy Sheriff W. C. Mitchell has received another communication from some of his enemies. On last Tues day morning while he was absent from his home, the missive was found in the front porch. This communica tion was in far less dagerous form than the bullets which formed the i last one. The latter warning tends to J be artistic. A skull mounts the fol lowing gruesome letter partially couched in verse: “We haven’t but one skeleton head so we can’t carry one to every offi cer’s house and we wish you would carry this note around and ,let all of your gang see it. Especially Mr. Dob bins and Mr. Green and tell them both of them to stay in Rosemary and keep out off places they have no business. ; “This is for Mr. Mitchell, also. “If your resignation isn’t put in very soon we are going to put you on your God Dam Nubbs. “P.S. This little note is for Mr Mitchell, himse).'. We have heanl ^ that you was going to resign. We j think it would be adviseable before it j is too late. “NOTICE | 10 an ponce omcers and deputy j sheriffs in Halifax county and sur rounding counties: j “One up two up BANG, [better not mess with the Halifax Gang, If you do it wil be la pity for you I Two black e yes and a bloody nose too | We are the stuff We are the boys that never get enough. ‘The unknown organization of Halifax co.M Considerable mystery surounds the placing of the warning. It was nut on the porch when Mr. Mitchell left the house: no one was seen to place it, yet the note was found later. Mrs. C. II. Lyerly is spending the | week in Norfolk with her sister, af ter undergoing an operation on her throat. She is improving rapidly and will return the last of this week. -□ On Friday afternoon Mrs. Frank Nash in her deligthful manner was hostess to the Friday Afternoon bridge club at her home “Sunnyside."’ The home was made attractive for the occasion by the use of lovely vases of fall flowers. A short busi ness meeting preceded the playing and at this time two new members were elected to the club, Mrs. C. R. Emery and Mrs. S. J. Bounds. At the conclusion of six progressions the scores were collected and Mrs. Al fred Martin was presented a most at tractive green flower bowl as winner of high score. A delicious plate of salad was served the following play ers: Mesdames Hunt Parker, Julian Allsbrook, Alfred Martin, Howard Pruden, David Traynham, Frank Hawley, F. G. Jarman, Wiley Long. T. W. M. Long, J. M. Jackson, George Hayes, W. S. Dean, Payne Beckwith, T. W. Mullen, Frank Williams and Miss Susan Holliday. • A BED TIME STORY | — Y \ I J. C. Wells, grocer on Tenth ^ ' Street is the owner of a radio which docs more that catch the etheral waves. This radio also catcher mice. Noticing the peculiar antics of a mouse near the radio in his store, Mr. Wells investigated and discovered a nest of three small mice inside the radio. The mother mouse had gained en trance in the space around the large connection in the rear of the radio and built a nest near the tubes. The three little mice have a nice and cozy home, heated by the warmth of the tubes and each night they hear a bed time story and are lulled to sleep with the music from station ' KDKA. Mr. Wells has not dis turbed the mice and they can be seen by all who care to pay a N^visit to the store. JOYNER IS APPOINTED W. F. Jovner Appointed Coun ty Comnrssioner to Fill L. G. Shell Vacancy on Board Mr. W. F. Joyner has been tender ed the appointment of County Com missioner of Halifax County, accord ing to a message received here this week from S. M. Gary, Clerk of the Superior Court. 1 lie appointment is to till out the unexpired term of Mr. L. G. Shell., who recently resigned as Commis sioner from Roanoke Rapids Town ship. Mr. Joyner told The Herald yester day that he would accept the appoint ment and would sit as the represen tative of this township at the ne'*t meeting of the County Board. After Mr. Shell’s resignation was accepted by the Board at its last meeting, many citizens of this town ship asked Mr. Gary to appoint Mr. Joyner to the vacancy. So far as is known, no one else was mentioned for the office, Mr. Joyner having the unanimous support of all interested The new member of the Board is one of the civic leaders of the Twin Cities. He is president and manager of the Joyner Motor Company, presi dent of the Kiwanis Club, and a member of the City School Board. Ho has been giving a good portion of his time and efforts to public af fairs for some time and his appoint ment as a member of the County ! Board of Commissioners should meet writh widespread approval in this township. May Open Fair With A Football Game Secretary W.H. Joyner of the Hali fax County Fair Association has no tified The Herald that all plans are completed for the big opening day of the fair on Tuesday, October 15. This will be School Children Day and a special program has been arranged. Free acts and fireworks display will be part of the entertainment. It is possible that a football game will l -« a part of the first day program wi*h the Twin City Yellowjaekt. ts meeting some worthy* foe. Th'1 fair grounds on the Weldon road is being reword ed, remodeled and repainted for Fair week. RUN SCHOOL IN SHIFTS / School Enrollment Contin ues to Climb; Now Totals 2,172; 1st Grade in Shifts Enrollment at the Twin City schools continues to increase every day with no signs of diminishing in the next two weeks. At the end of the second week the enrollment in the white schools of the city had jumped to 1,961 with the col ored schools enrolling 211, making a grand total of 2,172. This is 354 more than were enrolled at the end of four weeks last year. In two more weeks, which will make an exact comparison with last year, it appears that the increase will reach nearly 400. Part of this number wit* be forced into school after the truant office” gets on the job, as it is reported there are at least fifty children of school age who have not entered. So great is the enrollment in the lower grades that two shifts are re sorted to at the Rosemary Graded t $.iool, says Superintendent C. W. Davis. One half of the first grade attends school in the morning and the ‘other half in the afternoon. This has j never been necessary before as the three large buildings provided ample room in the past. However, in spite of the record en rollment and crowded conditions, the work is progressing smoothly in ev ery department. High School chapel has oeen set for Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 10:25. First chapel exercises for trie year were neia tms luesaay with Rev. Leon Hall as the speaker. Days for Graded School chapel will be an nounced next week. Schoolmasters of Halifax and Northampton Counties will hold their first meeting at Seaboard tomorrow night. This is an organization of superintendents, supervisors and principals of thetwo counties of which Mr. C. W. Davis is president, P. j. Long, vice president, A. W. Oaks of Weldon, secretary, and T. R. Everett, program chairman. -□ Aged Worker Dead Joseph A. Grooms, 65, employee of the Patterson Mills Company, passed away Sunday night. He was suf fering with cerebral hemmorrhage. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at the local cemetery. He leaves a widow and several children. A son, M. H. Grooms, and family from Rockfish and a daughter, Mrs. Lula King, of Red Springs, arrived here for the funeral. -□ Dies After Stroke R. I). Riggan, age 57. well known employee of the Rosemary Manufac turing Company, died at the local hospital Friday of arteriosclerosis. Mr. Figgan suffered a stroke while a; work and was removed from the mill to the hospital. He never recovered. Funeral services were held Saturday with the Reverend Mr. Kirk officiat ing. A wife and several children sur vive. -D Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Clark of Phila delphia who have been spending some time with Mr. anil Mrs. W. G. Lynch have returned home. They were ac companied as far as Richmond by Mr. and Mrs. Lynch. PIG CLUE IS STARTED AT AUREIJAN SPRINGS By C. W. JACKSON Mr. F. L. Nash, president of the Citizen’s Bank and Trust Company, fo Rosemary, presented his propo sition of promoting vocational agri culture in the Aurelian Springs School, to a group of Young Tar Heel Farmers in the school audito rium Friday evening, September 20. Approximately thirty five boys were present at the meeting. Nearly twenty signified a desire to join the Pig Club. Mr. Nash offered to let Bach reliable boy have the money to | purchase a pure bred pig and let the returns from his project pay for the money borrowed. This would necs jitate a loan for about 12 months.. Details of this program are to be vorked out w’ithin the next few days >y Mr. Nash and the agricultural ;eaeher. Following the discussion, sixteen roung farmers were initiated as Green Hands” into the Young Tar Heel Farmers Club. The initiation was closely associated with farm life. Each hoy was blindfolded and brought into the room. His left hand was i placed in a pan of green dye which I he thought was dew taken from his project in cotton. He was forced to swallow a long piece of spaghetti, that was revealed to him. as an earth worm. He was then asked to twist a piece of metal which he had been told was a bull’s tail and that he had the job of taming the bull by twisting his tail. The “bull’s tail” was wired to a hot shot battery and a Ford coil and gave a strong elecjtrical kick when it was twisted. The following boys were initiated into the club: William Ross, Clyde Glasgow, Robert Rogers, David Irby, Jesse Hawkins, Mertha Hux, Vernon Jessup, Lonnie Hux, Zack Mohorne, Milton Sledge, Michael Cooke, Henry Cooke, Rufus Everette, Alson Thomp son, Perkins Crawley and Julian Shaw. Woman Leaves Town To Avoid Hoosegow A woman who gave her name a: Urs. W. Lois Gilliam was tried before tfayor Long Monday on the charge of Irunkeness and disorderly conduct on ;he streets Sunday night and was giv ?n her option of spending 30 days in iail or leaving town at once. She left town. Mayor Long gave her this oppor tunity after she had said she had a iob as housekeeper for a family near Emporia. She was ordered to leave town for at least six months, as this was not her first offense. WORKING ON CITY PLANS Committee Meets Friday and Begins Actual Work on Out lining New City Limits The permanent committee which is working out the details of the plan for the consolidation of the two towns held a meeting last Friday af ternoon. The general outline for the extended limits was worked out with tentative plans also for the installa tion of water and sewerage. The proposed larger city will start 300 feet north of the old canal ami extend thru t» Ohoycotte Creek ori the South. The East boundary will be what is known as Marshall street in Roanoke Rapids, extending on a line parallel with Roanoke Avenue from canal to creek. The line will in clude what i.-; now Pattersontown as well as extending several streets be yond the present limits of Roanoke Rapids. un tne west, mo line win ionow Rapids street which is best known as GOO street in Rosemary, and will extend from canal to creek. The lim its as proposed will include the new village plans fo both Roanoke Mills Co. and Rosemary Manufacturing Co. The sanitary district will be about the same as outlined for the city limits except that on the North it will extend to the Roanoke River, while on the South, it will extend as far across Route 40 as feasible, prob ably to the top of the hill. The above plan is roughly outlined and will not be put up for approval until engineers now working on esti mates and plans for water and sewer age have made their report which may be thirty days. Other sections in outlying districts may be included later if the engin eers’ report show that the cost of in stallation of water and sewerage is not prohibitive. Represented at the meeting Friday were the Rosemary Manufacturing Co., Roanoke Mills Co., the Board of Commissioners of Roanoke Rapids, the Rosemary Merchants Association and the Kiwanis Club. An tther meeting will be called within the next ten days when maps of the proposed areas have been com pleted. When the plan is permanent ly fixed, copies of the maps will be put on display for the public. Later a petition will be put before the public, but this step will not be taken until the committee has- made a final report on the proposed limits. COLITIS VICTIM Virginia Harris, infant daughter nf Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Harris, died Sun day from colitis at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. Venia Taylor, South Rosemary. Burial was in Pe tersburg, Va„ Tuesday. --□ Rev. Bradley Beiier News was received here today that Rev. Hugh Bradley was able to leave the hospital where he has been con fined for several weeks. However, he will not be able to return to the city this week. The pulpit will he filled by a relief preacher at both services this Sunday. -□-• Marries John Coolidge Rev. James Royal Wilkerson, who married Miss Florence Trumbull and Mr. John Cooldige at Plainville, Conn, the first of this week, filled the pul pit of the Methodist church here this summer during the absence of Rev. Leon Hall. Mr. Wilkerson was a schoolmate of Mr. Hall at prep school Duke university and Yale. -□ Mrs. L. C. Crewe and her mother, Mrs. Maught Wood spent Monday and Tuesday in Norfolk, Va.t vi>it ng friends and relatives. BRUCE TILLERY PASSES AWAY THIS AFTERNOON Young Business Man, Native of Community, Loses Battle For Life; Funeral at Scotland Neck Tomorrow MUSICAL ! Methodist Church Choirs To Render Muscial Program Next Sunday Night The combined choirs of the Me thodist church at Roanoke Rapids, as sisted by musicians from out of town, will render a musical program next Sunday evening at seven-thirty. This group of singers has been trained by Miss Mary Scales and Miss Gladys Cox. The following numbers will be used: Organ—Alleluia, Armstrong; A Fireside Fancy, Clokey; Melody, Dawes—Miss Scales. I Choir—Peacefully Round Us, Stor er. j Solo—A selection from The Mes sia, Handel—Mrs. E. D. Weathers, j Choir—The Lord Reigneth, Stults; I Hear Then In Love, Wooler. Duet—Rock of Ages, Rolfe—Mes dames Weathers and Miller. Choir-—0 Lord, Most Holy, Abt. Solo—Abide With Me, Rathbun— Mrs. i naries Miller. Quartette—O Light, 0 Love, 0 I Spirit, Pinsuti—Mesdames Weathers, and Miller; Messrs. Telliga and Towe. Choir—More Love To Thee, Prothe roe; Hark. Hark, My Soul, Shelley. There will be about thirty six voic es in this combined choir. Mrs. E. I). Weathers of Rocky Mount will greatly delight the audience in sing ing a selecttion from “The Messiah." She will also sing in a duet and a quartette. The voice of Mrs. Charles Miller of Enfield is well known and loved by all who appreciate music. Those of tbe local choir .vho wiR take leading parts in the program are: Miss Agatha Moore, Miss Mary Kest ler, Mr. R. L. Towe, Mr. F. .•* Tel liga, and Miss Gladys Cox. The Methodist church has adopted the policy of presenting public pro grams of good music at regular in [ tervals. The program for Sunday 1 night has been careijully prepared for the enjoyment of the community and a cordial invitation is extended to all music lovers. The doors of the church will op«m at seven o’clock and the program will start promptly at seven thircy. M. I. Whittley Passes r 5 . Matthews I. Wmtiiey passed away Wednesday morning at his home near South Rosemary, after an illness of several months. He leaves a wife and seven children. Funeral services i were held in the home of his son. J. } B. Whittley of Rosemary. He was buried in Cedarwood cemetery this afternoon, with Rev. J. E. Kirk, of iit iating. H< Jry-y House Called The Weldon Wonder Football fans of the Weldon-7h r j noke-Rap’.ds-Rosenvuy sector Iasi season centered their attention in j Fred Vaughan, hefty guard of the \\ fh State Wolf pack who won all-sou thern honors. This season, the frdks down that way will pay most atten tion to Henry House, the 18-year old junior who is seeking the fullback j job at Carolina. The Weldon boy j has lots of drive, is fast, shifty, and too, he can take passes with the best | of ’em, says the News and Observer Golf Tourney Finals Messrs, Murphy Jackson and L. 0. Draper will fight it out in the finals for the golf championship of the Twin Cities at the Chocoyotte Coun try Club. Mr. Jackson was winner of the tourney last year. Illness on the part of Mr. Draper has delayed the macth which is attracting wid? attention and a regular Bobby Jones j gallery is ready to follow the players when the date is announced. -□ VOTE 232 TO 3 By a vote of 232 to 3, the people of Plymouth this week voted to extend to the Virginia Electric and Power Company a thirty year franchise to do business in that town. Plymouth will be under the supervision of the local office of the Power Company, according' to Mr. J. T. Chase, State manager for the company. Bruce Pennington Tillery, age 28, lied at 2:30 this afternoon at the lome of his father, Wells D. Tillery, an Roanoke Avenue. He had been in poor health for the past two years. For three months, he was confined to a private sanito rium, going latei to a State Sanito rium for ten months. Returning to this city in apparent ly good health and fully recovered, he contracted influenza last February and has been confined to his room ever since. For the past few months he has been growing steadily worse, but refused to give up even after his friends had lost all hope. For two weeks his condition has been most critical and while his death was expected, the actual news cast a pall of gloom over the entire com munity, where he had been born and reared and had spent all his life ex cept his days in college. He was a most popular young man and leaves hundreds of friends and admirers in this section of the State. Born in Roanoke Rapids on Decem ber 4. 1901, he went to school at the local public school and then attended Bingham’s Preparatory School at Asheville. He attended college at State College and Wake Forest. Returning to his home town, he en tered the mercantile firm of Wells 1). Tille-y Company, and later went into business with his father as Wells D. Tillery and Son. He married a local girl, Miss Ber tie Williams, who survives him with two children, W’ells D. Tillery and Gene Tillery. The deceased was an only child. His mother died a few years ago. There will be no fune*. al services here. Burial and services will be held at the family grave yard in Scot land Neck at 3:30 Friday afternoon. -□ Yellow Jackets To Scrimmage Tuesday First real scrimmage for the Yel lowjackets is promised for next Tues day afternoon by Coach Parks. It is hoped to have the Enfield team up for the scrimmage, but if they do not come, two teams from the squad will be selected. Edwin Akers, one of the old timers back this year, was injured in practice yesterday and may miss the first game of the season, but should be in good shape for the second game. The coach is putting the boys thru some hard work to get them toughened up and the young sters are taking it in pretty good spirit. They should be in good shape for the first game. There should be a good sprinkling of fans out for the scrimmage Tuesday. -□ BILL ALLIGOOD TO ENTER ART SCHOOL Bill Alligood, popular young citi zen of the Twin Cities is leaving on Saturda yt center the Art Institute at Pittsburg, where he will study commercial art. Bill has resigned hi? position as member of the designing staff of Rosemary Manufacturing Company. He will be greatly missed here especially by the boys of the city. His work with the youth of the ( Twin Cities has been the cause of l iuch favorable comment. He leaves \\ ith the best wishes for success t. y his many friends. -□ CANCER CLINIC Again we wish to call attention to the Cancer Clinic to he held at Roa noke Rapids the weekbeginning Oct. 7th, 1929. There is no cost for ex amination. and we earnestly urge ev eryone who has the least suspicion of any trouble that might lead to cancer, to attend this clinic. Remember that delay is DANGEROUS. What today may be a very simple matter, may in a short time mean disaster. O. F. SMITH, M. B., Scotlanc Neck, N. C. J. W. MARTIN, .M D., Roanoke Rapids, N. O. Committee for Halifax County. -□ Mrs. V. P. Helms of Charlotte, N. is visiting Mrs. T. F. Gaddy. Messrs. William Lashley and Con lie Lashley of Fayetteville, N. C., "sited Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Powell Monday.
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