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FAIR VISITORS ARE INVITED TO VISIT THE TV/IN CITIES BEFORE RETURNING TO THEIR HOMES THE GREATER CITY * I ^ i B L | H t| ^k i || NO ROOM FOR 15,000 POPULATION I fl I M a if 1 a 1 3 KNOCKERS NOW!— IN 1934! A WATCH US GROW OF THE TWIN CITIES-RO ANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY ' VOLUME 15._ ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17th, 1929. _NUMBER 27. THOUSANDS ATTEND FIRST THREE DAYS OF BIGGEST FAIR IN HALIFAX HISTORY Two More C ys Predicted To Break Attendance Record: Exei’ats Largest On Record: Free Acta Are F-v.ir.ed; Midway h Popular Thi- i 1 Fair hoM >v ('nun'i; i.- a v i•, fu'i sway the Fair iimiih'!-, of the * 1 ■■ way l.ei ■ .-n 11. • Twin Cities and Wcldf n. Advance reports published in The Hera’ I p• i:• ted just what is taking place. Everything is bigger but the crowds and that is increasing in size each d;iy. Tuesday crowd was fair, W’edn sdiiy crowds v ere la s < r an d Thursday crowds were stbl i 1; ;e, with records to be broken Friday and ."a turd ay if the increase conti ft-, ues, according to Secretary VY. FI. Joyner. Exhibits Break Record With more than $8,000 in premi ums. more interest was taken in thfs part of the fair than ever before. ? Every inch of available space in the display booths under the grandstand and on the second floor of the grand stand is filled. Farm crops, garden crops, canning, pantry, flowers, every department has broken all records in number and quality of entries. There were 564 different entries in the home furnishings department, 280 entries in pantry supplies and cook ing, nearly 100 entries in painting of pictures and china, 157 antique en tries, and more than 150 entries in the floral department. Poultry Show Biggest The chicken show was the largest ever held in the county with 750 fowls on display. There are 78 varieties of • chickens, five varieties of ducks and even a wild geese entry. More than $800 will be given in premiums by the Fair Association for poultry alone. Halifax Wins First The larger groups of displays on the ground floor under the grand stand show much care and time in preparation. First prize goes to Hali fax with a minature complete farm, called the Home of the Master Farm er and Home Maker. It has a two story house, completely furnished, outhouses, barns, farm machinery, fields asd pastures, and is most com mendable. The house plan used was drawn by Mrs. R. L. Applewhite of Halifax and won a prize over (*.000 entries in a national contest. The winning display was judged by five judges in the following manner: quality 20; variety as relates to booth 20, educational value 30; effective ness of display 30. Second prize in the group displays was won by Dawson. The Gateway tr Healthland, showing the proper kind of food and care to overcome pellagra. Third prize goes to Har dewee with a practical Farm Kitch en, full size, with all the furniture hand-made. Fourth prize s i ownm handmade. Fourth prize is won by Darlington with a complete Farm Girls Bedroom, also of full size and all furniture handmade. The other entries are South Rose mary, Window Treatment; Tillery, Heading in the Home; Aurehan Springs, complete flower garden; Garner, nursery; Calvary, orchard; Halifax Junior Club, horn of plenty. Special attention is also called to the Home and Farm booth displayed l*y Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Cotton of Dawson, showing everything grown on their farm and made in their home. un s>econa r loor The canning display is on the sec ond floor under the grandstand and in the group canning, Patterson Mills Co. won first prize with Halifax sec ond. Prizes in canning were also won by three 4H Club girls, Misses Agnes Wood, Lucille and Anne Dickens, i School Displays Also on the sceond floor are the displays from the various county schools. Dawson won first prize with • Study in Nature. Aurelian Springs was third with a -Circus. Hardewee, Halifax and Calvary had Indian Vil lages. South Rosemary won second prize with a minature African village. Handwork by the school children is there in numbers with aereoplanes predominating. Crop Entries Grow The farm display was the largest «ver with a big variety of fruit ex hibited, showing the effects of better spraying and orchard management. JSome of the apples will compare with (Continued on back page) V ;* have • « >.! wifh much in (he rV‘ k snake. ;i\ fj h what have » >m sto-iV i'ro-i K’ • -( >'!. W ■ p.ever an.' thin.r rut of the ordina-v is told, the remark usually fellows: If must have happened »n Kin®ton. Last S turday here tfu Chocoyot-te Country Chib. !•"*•(-h er Dicker.^ employee of th_> Vir ginia F'evt in and Lowe Co., drove off. If was a pretty drive of about 200 yards. Suddenly thee was a llrrh f white and brown across the fair way into the path of the swift ly descending golf ball. As it »<it the ground, the ball performed queer antics. Caddies became excited. Spectators tried to fig ure out what had happened. When the players arrived at the scene, they found that Fletch er had hit a small rabbit with his ball- It was a bullseye. The ball had caught the running rabbit be tween the eyes, knocked its teeth out and killed it instantly. Now, beat that, Kinston. I-_ HOUSE WILL PLAY AGAINST GEORGIA Halifax County Lad, Tar Heel Fullback, Gets in Light Work out; Weldon Hoy Chapel Hill, Oct. 15.—Tar Heel prospects for the Georgia game Sat in day improved today with the an nouncement of Dr. Foy Roberson, ad visory physician to the squad, that Henry House, North Carolina’s hard crishing fullback, probably would be in shape to be used against the Bull dogs if he is needed. In early season practice, House dis played a form that indicated ho wou’d prove a sensation this season. He was a demon on offense. Once paH the line of scrimmage—and he usually gets past—he runs and twists and side steps like a halfback of the Red Grange type. Georgia is bringing to Chapel Hill a team of full strength, and the Tar Heels may need to use the hard plunging House. House has been out of uniform for two weeks on account of a log injury. He was wearing a strap on the in jured leg today and is running fairly easy. He is to be back in togs to morrow, and although he will not do any hard work in practice, he will be limbering up the injured leg every afternoon. RACING RESULTS Racing results at the Halifax Coun ty Fair for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are given below. Each race is preceded by a parade of the Fair Marshals, who also opened the Fair on Tuesday with a parade through the Twin Cities and Weldon. The crowd Tuesday afternoon got a big kick out of a part of the pro gram not advertised, when two of the jockeys had a set-to. Nobody was hurt. The races continue Friday and Saturday afternoon. Tuesday Races 2:24 Trot—Won by Herman J. S., Time 2.24 1-2. 3-4 Dash—Won by Leesburg Lass. Time 1.19 3-4. Wednesday Races 2:20 Pace—Won by Helen Direct. Time 2.21 1-2. Mile Dash—Won by Enforcement. Time 1.48 1-2. 5-8 Dash—Won by Hindrance. Time 1.05. Thursday Races Free For All—Trot and Pace—Won by Heron Worthy. Extra heat needed to win. Time 2.22 1-2. Mile Dash—Won by White Nose. Time 1.46 1-2. 3-4 Dash—Won by Shagbrook. Time 1.19 1-2. Sport Writers Praise Edmondson’s Work imoi I . the • w-■’.'■■t ol tin (Milire para li'raph in 'i.o i town rs- .v r f " bis share of lee \vi.rk ■! '.10 i., tie- -• • « »it W ■! *j:, i. V',.; haul ri : . i !, I i' vi Me-? •' i. >. ■ ‘ ill tiiO . ■ ■ r»i ha!i , . i • a .ia\ ol .1 thro x er 'a t. !i • ; as in . T ,• ;; u * • J U ids. '•*. ; ■ l(l s\ • ! u'l her t: aier fir •. !:■ ' , . : - " tin ■. -• a:si six the , h old ' - oil with his pass revoke:. , ; a . ail for a i in v' team for the f'hvi SI'wr \V: shipjttop T pm De feated in Fir»< < -/erenca Gam<> I JACKETS BEST At Forward Passing, ^’omplct pld'n? Fiirht: Two Touch downs Scored on Passes Showing marked improvement, the High School Yellow jackets came hack with a hang in their second game of the season to defeat Washington here last Friday afternoon 12-0. With line bucks still weak and end runs only fair, the local hoys excelled at the aerial end of the game and completed eight forward passes for substantial gains. The Womble-Newton combination was working to perfection with New ton on the receiving end. Others al so snatched them from Womble’s un erring aim in the person of McNeil, end, and Mills and Starks, backfield men. Both the High School’s toachdwon* came from forward past*#.' In the first quarter, fumbles and recover ies by both teams left the bal! in lo cal hands with a decided ’advantage. A beautiful pass from Womhle to McNeil went over the line for a touchdown. Try for an extra point failed. In the second quarter, the game was nip and tuck. Washington push ed down the o5 yard line, as near as ihoy ever gig to a dangerous threat, i hut the Yellowjacket line began to I tighten up and the quarter or>dod | scoreless, with the count at tlie end of I the half 6-0. The third quarter was marked by many fo -ward passes, with the bait seesawing hack and forth until near the end of the period when Newton took another pass across the line for a touchdown. Extra point again failed and the quarter ended 12-0. In the last period, substitutions were plentiful on both teams. Beckwith went in for McNeil, Bounds for New ton. Lynch for Brown, G. Lynch for Wertz, Matthews for Mills. C, Wom ble for F. Starks, Speight for E. Starks. With almost an entirely now team in the field, the Yellow jackets showed good form and Washington was never a throat. The line showed much improve ment with Wertz the outstanding man. Cullom, at lcfttackie showed decided improvement. Captain John son played a good game at center, de spite an injured shoulder. A/r-.f pmy oi me i euowjacKets back field w as much better, with Washington able to complete only one pass. Their tackl: . ; was lower and more effective than last game. Intrrfe** • e.» is ‘till the r w'eak point. The starting lineup wfas Newton, left end, Cullom tackle, Wertz, guard, Johnson, center, Mills, guard, Brown, tackle, McNeil, right end, J. Womble, quarterback, the Starks brothers, halfbacks, Mills, fullback. The boys play their next two games away from home. A scrappy, peppy second team made its appear ance on the field just before the game and ran signals. They looked good. -n Cotton Ginning In County 1929 Lower The Department of Commerce an nounces the preliminary report on cotton ginned in North Carolina for the crops of 1928 and 1929. The to tal for the State was made public October 8th. It was 50, 193, compar ed with 60,086 last year. Surround ing counties are as follows: County 1929 1928 Halifax 142 1,169 Northampton 425 1,877 Nash 173 945 Edgecombe 278 853 j RAILROAD ! ’ ' ‘ * - 1 •. ( ' I (>< < ■ lihvir; ■ f>’, -t;! i'arl :n v .j 3 DEPARTMENTS ! arc 7 T -vin ('"Decs OPT E Is -.f the Sr . Air Li Pailror.il wore guest < of tin* Ki-*• .•* t iuh last Thursday and r,.; terta y. • i mi til of th<* iP-Us md Tariff A’ '.'idmeat. Mr. V. hi: •.* <\ t lie In . : - .rial flc-an merit, and A!:. Smith Bin' tenhaw, general counsel, were the speakers in order named. They wore introduced by Kiwanian i-i. VV. Ku bank, local agent for the Seaboard. Preparatory to their part of the pro gram, Kiwanian T. W. Mullen gave a brief history 0f the industrial growth of the Twin Cities, beginning with t.he old knitting mill in the early part of the century, thru the boom j days of 1910-1915 to the present. He | estimated a total of 100 workers here | in 1000. Today, there are 1,400 eni | ployed at the Roanoke Mills Com pany. 1.100 at-the Rosemary Manufac turing Co., 800 at Patterson Mills Co., and about 200 at the smaller in dustries. Following this lead, Mr. Smith told of the early days of the Seaboard when all letters were written in long hand. rates made each morning, and the tariff for the entire system was printed on a single sheet of letter-size paper. He said the Seaboard was interested in and ready to take care of the Twin Cities in transportation matters. Mr. White told of his duties in lo cating indus;.-.es al*ng the Seaboard, working with the y&ggs and the manu facturers. He made a survey of the Twin Cities ' Thursday, commented on thespiendid schools, churches and other public buildings, visited the 1 mills and the new dam site, and said he knew of no comunity on his line jvith greater advantage and promise, j Dr. T. W. M. Long. Seaboard phy j sicia n, introduced Mr. Brittenham, at I torrioy for the railroad. This speak j or captivated his audience with his railroad rcminisciences and then launched int oa brief serious talk on (harmony between individuals, be tween communities, between employ er and employee. readers in on a few of Mr. Britten ham’s stories of his experience in the legal department of the Seaboard. We may not remember them exactly, nor can we write them as effectively as he could tell them, but here goes: ; He settled case in which a negro workman was killed on duty. As they do not always understand ne gotiable paper, they are usually paid in cash. So he took $2,500 in nice new $100 bills down to the widow, Mandy. After she had sgined the ne cessary document he spread the mon ey out on the table, gave her the sym pathy of the company and asked her if there was anything she wanted to say. Mandy picked up the crisp bills spread them out fan-shape, and as she fanned hack and forth with them, she said, “Lord, no, white man. Ah 1 aint got nothin else to say, cept when ah marries again, it sho is going to be a railroad man.” Another we remember is about the case where the railroad killed a bull in South Carolina. The case was tried on a hot summer day in a tiny eounty coi^rt house. Everybody was perspiring and uncomfortable. The plaintiff had about fifty witnesses, all testifying to the high pedigree, value, good behavior and general reputation of said deceased bull. When all had finished, the judge turned to the railroad’s attorneys and let them know he was plenty hot and about ready to leave. They ex plained they had only one witness, the engineer. “All right,” raid the perspiring judge, “now' make your story just as short as you can, be cause this trial is just about over.” “I’ll make my story short enough,” answered the enginerr, as he took the stand. ”It was this way. I was coming around the curve and I saw the bull coming out of the alfalfa. The nex* minute I saw the alfalfa coming out of the bull.” Case decided for the plaintiff. Also on the Kiwanis program, Miss Eubank sang several vocal 80I03, She was encored repeatedly. Miss Cox t accompanied. The committe of pub TAKES DRINK AND FORFEITS FREED©?.: Mnn lTrrd''r Hr ^endod Ve-c . - r. '! - ff r 1 '4;*r' /■frllt'is or rf be 11ads ■ ' t's, r. I-. It. ... :i ! ■ • i ' Vi «*d :v. gi a ■ F . i:: : i . * • ■ nun:y ro.~ I camp " •] : i • ids i 1 t ■• '•! ’ •..- •’*! ... ■ - | lonro v i'll tie* pro*. -sicn t]:• ir h.! ns not to t< *uvi i allot;.. q» for tiu y * riod r-f l.'A'o year1-. Ta sday, f<*!l I?.’* ihi* r: ;••!•! ve: He waive i hearing v. id was s it i ■•! the roads. * John 11 i-Iv. colored.arrest -d for disorderly conduct. i> <ai the road for | 3t) days. He started his sonterr • Wad nos hi y. John Colin, . rol-ced, •who has served two terms on th»* county road gang, h:s la-t loss than 60 days ago, is in Halifax jail after officers found liquor at Ids home ! Tuesday night. Arthur Ball and John A list -n. tvth colored, paid $10 fines charged with being (b unk at Roanoke Junction Sat urday night. BOYS SEE THE WORLD Local Bovs Red urn After Voy age To Distant Par's: Europe, Africa and Indies Two local boys are back home after, seeing the world. Both of them worked on ships traveling out of Bal timore and they made one trip togeth er. They are Robert MeCummons and WMliam Sutton. Thetrip made together was to Mex ico when they shipped from Balti more as second class seaman. They were at sea 22 days on the round trip. Returning to Baltimore the boys separated and Robert, went on to New ^ York where, as second class seaman, he shipped on a vessel bound for Al giers, in Northern Africa. The boat stopped at two ports in Algeria, be fore returning home and Robert had a chance to catch a glimpse of the j land of the Shieks. This being a French possession, most of the people speak French, al tho the native-; wore the white robe- , and face coverings and still worship j Mohammed. Robert’s third trip was made a ■ first class seaman and he was respon sible for the upkeep of the ship. This trip was made on the American tank er, Spalding, to the Dutch West In dies. He had shore leave each nig!/ while the ship was in port and enjoy ed this trip more than any of the others. Much of the property there is owne 1 by American and he found many or his own people working there. He re turned to Portland. Maine, and from there started hack home. In the meantime, Robert had dup ed as first class seaman on the Eldo rado for Antwerp, Belgium and oth er European ports. He was gone or* the trip for more than a month. As first class seamen, the boys drew down $62 per month and expenses. Another Local Boy Visits Foreign Land Sam Brown, local boy, is back homo after a couple of trips overseas. On his first trip, he left Baltimore on the city of Altoona and shipped to Holland, visiting Rotterdam and Am sterdam, going as far as Hamburg. Germany. He was twelve davs at Rotterdam among the Dutch. Arriv ing back at Boston, he shipped again to Antwerp, Belgium, and La Havre, France. While in France, he had an onportunity to visit several of the World War battlefields. -□-. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dean spent Friday in Richmond, Va. Miss Elizabeth Johnson of Wash ington, N. C., is visiting Miss Eve lyn Brown. Mrs. T. R. Manning has returned frmo Greenville. N. C. where sht* at tended the wedding of Miss Eula Mae Edgerton and Mr. Milton Schwarz. lie affairs, Alfred N. Martin, chair man, was in charge of the program. CHILD D LS WHEN HIT BY* AUTO : v o' • r ■■ i '-;•••• J,t;v(!cn Mo:r!'v A5—i Mj K r s 1 ?* I-'vo'M f.f Cir n p . - /g g J ;•, B p qc •; \,-i : p rPm ■ g-r ’ V ;»f 1 ' • . ; • first grade of the local s< boo . n aim st inst :vnr death !a;e Monday P ternoon when ho ran in, front < f a. uutom.ol •!*• wlP- ( i' 1;"e■1 Vo»' •. The boy, • M ' 7 ■ igh, 1 ' ligl '. i the City colored school. He and h's istm- had been up town ami were ro oiimr home about 5 o’el >tk in the : fternoon. James was walking v ith h's ?'-+r” np iHe left Ivmd side of the load go ing tow.-vd Weldon and another boy was on the right hand side of the road. Near the spot where they turn off the highway he called to James to cross over. The small boy started across the road suddenly and was strueK by the ca?’ of *. S. Ferrehee. of Henderson, who was approaching in the direction of the Twin Cities. Mr. Ferrehee was running at a fair rate of speed hut it was impossible for him to stop the car when the boy ran across the road. He did swerve t<> the left so that the side of the car hit the boy, knocking him several feel up te road. Coroner Billy Williams happened to he driving behind Mr. Ferrehee and saw the whole accident which he and other witnesses say was entirely un avoidable. Mr. Williams put the in jured boy in his car and dtoce to te hospital where he died twenty min uses after arrival witn a fractured skull. The sister, Dora, 10, who was heartbroken, accompanied their to the hospital and pleaded with her little brother to live. A coroner’s inquest has not beer he’d and as the coroner was on th ■ scone and as no question has been raised, it is doubtful if anything bur tbo fm-mality of a report will be ren dered. With Mr. Ferebee was his wife and child, his father, and a Mr. Harris of Henderson. When he swerved his car to te left after lvttmg the child, the car left the mad and won. into lHe ditch on the loft hand side of the m l. H wove*’, it. was knot under con trol amf Mr. Ferrehee managed P bring it hack to the road without in juring any of the occur-ants. Negro Child Killed Almost the same type of accident as reported above took place at Scot land Neck Saturday afternoon when a five year old colore 1 child was in stantly killed by the car of J. K. By num of Farmville. Tn this instance, the child was walking on the right hand side of the road and an older sister was on the left hand side of the road. When they reach'd the path leading to their home, the sstei called to the boy, who darted across the road in front of Mr. Bynum’s ear. * # * # # * ^ ¥ * HOSPITAL NEWS * f Y Y ¥ V< •' Recent births at the hospital. To Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Poarch. a girl, Oct. 15. To Mr. and Mrs. A. Wood, a girl, Oct 11. To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Spivey, a girl, Oct 9. Recent patients who have been ad mitted to the hospital: Mr. George Murray, Nathaniel Liles. Mrs. E. L. Conwell, Mrs. Jack Holland, Mr. J. A. Allen. Patients who have recently under gone operations: Mrs. J. W. Brown ing, Miss Myrtle Shearin. Mrs. I. W. Tcnkins, Littleton, Mr. Wilson Brad ley of Empoi;a, Va. -D W arrenton-Norlina Road Is Finished For the benefit of those who will be driving to Chapel Hill for the Carolina-Georgia football game this Saturday, it is announced that the new road between Warrenton anc Norlina has been finished and is no\c open to traffic. Many have made plans to attend the game from here Those going north will find that the new road being surfaced from Camp: Store to Route 171 is completed an< open to traffic. CLUBS FOR A COUNTY Oihe- cu >'’ Will Bo Recom mouse! ' Vo'ir Khvanis ( ! ' • , ' County uzoozdzss court led; \Vnn':] Centr.1?':/.' AM County Officials at County Seat Committees ■ m the Kiwanis Clubs of the Twin C-ims, Wei duo, Scotland Neck and Fni’l Id met with (1.airman Raymond C. Imnn at En j field Tuesday aflern-xm and outlined ■ proposals for the bettev;ncnt of coun • tv nff;vr.- which v. i'l bo aded on. by it'ie four clubs of the county and lat. [ • ' presented to the County Board of Commissioners as recommendations, j Four recommendations were dis cussed at length by the joint commit tee, which it is felt, will bring about more efficient and economical coun ty government. j The first proposal is for a county manager. The committee feels that the business of the county is of ! enough importance to warrant the services of a full time man who will be on the job every day. With the county commissioners meeting only once a month, the county is in the same fix as the rudderless ship the balance of the month. With general supervision of the county business, in all departments, under one man, it is felt much money can be saved the county and the interest of the taxpayers more closely guarded. The centralization of all the coun ty officials at Halifax at the time when proper space can be arranged f°r all of them was another recommen d^tion which may be made. \t pres ■*\t, the off:cers of the county are scattered all ove • the court /, some of tlim. with an o’five at Halifax and also at their l.'inu town, oilers with no cffice at Ms.’tax. So that all < run tv business i f v be effectively accomplished ic is felt that all the t regular officials should, have their offices in the county rent ’7he abolishing of the office < f f< unt.v treasure* will al<»> It recom mended. It will be recahed that the Board of Commissioners approved this idea once before but the hill was defeated at the last legislature. It is said the duties of this office can be handled by another department ! of the county at great saving +o the [ taxpayers. The fourth proposal which will he I offered a!«-> calls ror legislative en actment. This is the establishing of a county recorders court to meet each week at Halifax. Bertie county has recently opened such a court with Judge Winston presiding. This will hasten trials, give speedy conviction |or acquittal, relieve the Superior ICuort of numerous minor cases and | greatly better the judicial branch of , the county. [ The committee from the local Ki wanis Club wag composed of Messrs. T. W. Mullen, W. F. Joyner, A. N. Martin and George N. Taylor. After the business session, all those present were guests of the Enfield Kiwanis Club at their regular Tuesday meet ing. A joint meeting of all four county clubs will be held at Weldon in No vember, it was decided this week. -□ Bargain Annex Opens For Business Here The New B. Marks Co. announces the opening this week of a new and separate department which is to be known as the B. Marks Bargain An nex. This is a complete store in it self which occupies a separate store room in the rear of the Marks build ing. It may be reached by either go ing thru the main store or by a street entrance on Second Street. Special bargain prices on complete ready to wear for the entire family are adver tised at the Annex, which will be ruir on the same lines as the popular bar gain basements of the large stores in the big cities. _n_ UNVEIL MONUMENT The monument erected to the mem ory of Soverign J. R. Moore by the W. O. W. near Vineland will be un veiled at 2:30 p. m. Sunday, Octobei 27th. The public is invited. W. A. MERRITT, C. C -□ Mrs. Ella Rushin and Miss Harriet! Flynn, of Hallsboro, N. C., are spend ing the week with relatives here.
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