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THE GREATER CITY (, IJ |7 O A I H j—..—j 15 00°IN °1^ULATION [ A A JLJlJI OAlfllv/nLA-jLy I KNOCKERS NOW!— I OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROAN QKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY 1 watch us grow | _VOLUME 15.______ROANOKE RAPIUS-ROSEMARY. N. C. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY f,(h. 1030._ " NUMBER U? Power Co. Announces Rate Reduction March i AVERAGE 20 PERCENT To Encourage Use of Electrical Equipment for Home Users Mr. J. T. Chase, manager of the Carolina Division, Virginia Electric & Power Company, an nounces a new scale of rates for electric service offering a sub stantial reduction to custom ers using electric refrigerators, ranges and water heaters, ef fective throughout the Division. At the same time he announces a further reduction in electric rates in certain supurban sec tions of North Carolina for resi dential and commercial lighting and a reduction in rates for the larger consumers o f electric power. The new rates, effective March 1st, are optional with the users of the lat est electrical equipment in the home, and effect a reduction ranging from It to 40 per cent. The rates will not apply to customers who use only elec tric lights and the other ordinary elec trical appliances. Applied to the average home using electric lights and an electric range •nly, the reduction in rate as an aounccd will be from 10 to 20 per cent. For those using electric light 'ng, a range and a refrigerator a re faction of from 20 to 30 .per cent will be allowed, while in the home fully equipped electrically, where lighting, refrigeration, cooking, and water “WBttrig is'done by electricity, the re duction wil be nearly 40 per cent be low the present cost of such service. Under the present system users of electric refrigerators, or other special appliances, are allowed a special rate of that service which is scaled ac cording to the amount of electricity used. The lowest rate under this sys tem is about 4 cents per kilowatt hour. Under the scale of rates just an nounced, which will be optional with the consumer, the lowest rate will be about 2 1-2 cents per kilowatt hour. Announcement of the reduction in rates was contained in a statement by Mr. Chase, which sets forth that the aggregate saving to the consumer in Virginia and North Carolina would amount to about $200,000. The pur pose of the reduction in rates is to encourage the use of modern electrical appliances to encourage the homo •wner to avail himself more exten sively of electric service. The statement announcing the new rate scale, was, in part, as follows: “This rate, which is an optional rate, is designed to provide eleetricitv at low cost for the uses above men- ! tioned. Applied to an average hone* using lights and a range only, the re- 1 duct ion will amount t ofrom 10 to 22 per cent below the present cost. For the house using electric lighting, a range and a refrigerator, the ave rage rate per kilowatt hour will no about 3 1-2 cents, a reduction of from 2# per cent to 30 per cent under the present rate for the same class of service. For the full electric home using lights, refrigeration, cooking and waiee heating, tile r.ew rat#* pro vides an average of about 2 1-2 cents per kilowatt hour, a reduction of nea» - ly 40 per cent below the present cost •f such service. Th^ie new low rates are basej <n the iecog.'iition of facts developed which show that with a larger nuin her of household appliances in general use the actual demand on our power station and line capacities from cooking, refrigeration, water heating, etc., is diversified to anextent produc ing equal demand on our powe- sta tion and line capacities from cook:ng, refrigeration, water heating, etc., is diversified to an extent producing ac tual demands, which are a smaller per centage of the posible installed lead demand than produced by instal lations such as lighting only or small power enly. "It is the desire of the Virginia Electric and Power Company to pro vide electricity and its advantages to the houses in the sections which it aerree at a rate which will make its uw universally available and econo mical. "It is hoped that with the new home alsrtric service rate we can be iastru Girls Play Rocky Mt. Here Friday Night The High School Girls basketball team will play Rocky Mount here this Friday night. This is a Conference game and promises to be a real bat tle. All patrons of the school and sport fans are urged to turn out for the game which will start at 7:30. Admission is 15, 25, 35c. RESERVE MONDAY Public Invited to Special Service At Mrs'S School Monday Afternoon 2:10 | Recognition Service for the sixty new members of the G;,,,s Reserve will he held at the High School audi torium February 10th. The pro gram will start at 2:40. Many women of the community a»c- j interested in the work and are giving i their support to this new organize- ; tion for girls similar to Rov Sc >u* work for boys. Its aim is to promote | good citizenship and high ideals among the girls of the land. There are 230,000 members of the Girls Reserve in the world, it being an international organization. Friends and patrons of the school and fi iends of thp girls are cordially invited to attend the service Monday aftprnoon. It will last about forty minutes and will give those interest ed a good idea of the purposes and aims of the Reserve. The above information was furnish ed to The Herald by Miss Emma Mat thews, chairman of publicity for Unit , One; Miss Katherine Kidd, chairman publicity Unit Two; Miss Catherine Hutchinson, chairman publicity VTX* Three. mental in expanding the use of elec tricity in the homo. The annual sav ing to our customers brought about by the new rates is the result of our desire to put this great servant to work in the home on a broader scale than ever before. Electricity is daily becoming a more important factor in household operation, and the new rate is such as to place it at the dis posal of the homos in our sections to the extent that, for the same cost, the housewife will he in a position to call upon the unseen helpers for much more work, thus making it possible for the electrical home to become a reality. j “In certain sections of the subv , ban territory in both Virginia and j North Carolina new rates have boon promulgated for residential and com mercial lighting and small power as well as for home service require ments. This step is in keeping \vi*h .the company’s policy to reduc crates as business develops and to make ! these reductions .'n such a way as to permit the greatest possible use 01 1 electricity as a labor saver. | “Dependable electrie service has [been wombu fully received in the 1 smaller towns on our system, and these towns offer afield for sub stantial growth and expansion. The trend is dei'inltelv towards placing | all small communities on as nearly as possible the same basis as the large cities as to rates and to thereby aid in overcoming the handicaps which existed so long against the small town. The large community’s growth depends to a large extent on the de velopment of the rural districts and the small communities in the area. , Our company recognizes that it has a part to play in this development and (has set its course to do so to the ex tent that is possible. “In addition to the above mention ed rates, a new optional industrial power rate has been filed with the commission, which rate is applicable I to large industries using 1,000 kilo-! watts or more. This rate is in an en tirely new form in keeping with the progress in the science in rate mak ing, and is designed to attract large industries by lower costs to those which use large blocks of power un der high load conditions. The new rate compares favorably with power rates in all sections similar to ours. “The company is glad to announce the new rate*, and its officials hope that they may be the means of fur ther extending the already rapidly growing use of electricity in every phase of every day homo and business life. It is anticipated that the new rates will be affective March let.’1 CRUSHES SKULL OF ASSAILER Nepro Ki'l* Knife Car rier With Slab of “Outside” Claude Whiteside. NTnjr.-0> employee of the Halifax Paper Corporation, will probably live to tell his grandchildren that he killed a man and didn't know it, and that twelve hours later he walked out of the court a free man. Whiteside hit Willie Taylor. Xopro, a^e 46, also an employee of the com pany, with an “Outside,” the techni cal name for that piece of slab which is sawed from the tree first and which I consists of about half bark. Fifteen j minutes after he had been “col- ! cocked." as witnesses called it, Taylor was dead. The fracas took place at the mill of the Paper Corporation about two o’clock Sunday morning. Whiteside, was working on the night shift while Taylor was a dav man. Tv,»* t-v ohad a quarrel earlier in the night when Whiteside claims Taylor came to his shanty and cursed him an 1 i.breaten ed him with a knife becau- he was alleged t ohnve made a remark about. Tayln*’s unwillingness to pay a debt. Whiteside sadi ho did not want trou ble and finally got Taylor to leave. Witnesses saw the balance of the trouble. An hour later, Tayl n- came in the noil. He spent some time in the boiler room arguing religion. “A good thing to ho talking about.” stat ed Coroner Billy Williams. “Not for that Negro,” answered one co’ored witness. “He was blaspheming about there n«>t being no God or hereafter either. Reckon he’s found out his mis take by now.” Taylor found \Vh*‘teside a little lat er and again started to curse and threaten him. The latter went over and laid down on a pile of “outsides” refusing to answer him. “I never an swered him, but I sho kept my eye right on him.” Whiter.*4e testified. When Taylor drew out his knife with a 3 inch blade and advanced on the reclining Negro, Whiteside grabbed a piece of “outside” five or six feet long and whaled him across the shoulder. A second later he struck again, this time on the side of the head. Taylor fell like an ox and Whiteside went back to his work while others drag ged the fallen man to a shanty. Fif teen minutes later, Police Massey ar rived to find the man breathing his last. lie never recovered conscious ness. The first time Wmiteside knew the man was dead was when Mr. Mas sey arrested him. The coroner was called and the Ne gro taken to jail. According to the coroner, the jail here was in such shape that he ordered Whiteside tak en to Halifax. A semi-inquest was held with several wlnesses called. Finally the coroner ordered that homi cide he entered. "No sir, ” spoke up one Negro witness, “Twaren’t dat. It was an ‘outside’.” The blow that finished Taylor was a heavy swung to the left parietal bone, which crushed the skull and caused a portion of the brain to ap pear. Whiteside was'brought before May or Long Monday afternoon and ex onerated. A plain case of s df defense, ruled the court. A few minutes later an official of the mill saw the Negro coming in the mill.vard, asked him w'here he was going. “Dr. Long d ne freed me. Ah’s going back to work,” said Whiteside. PARALYTIC 32 YEARS! E. B. Turner, 72, died Thursduv morning at Belmont. The deceased had been an invalid for ,72 years, from paralysis, but had only been ill for a week. He made his home with his son, James Turner and was a unique char acter. Visitors almost always found him sitting up in bed, fully dressed ; with his cap on, as if he were going on a journey Medicines of every de scription were under his bed and he seldom called a doctor. When he wanted cc-tain things to eat he always let his friend i know about it, and always wanted them to sing for him when they made their friendly visits. People from many walks of life visited him and he was always glad to see them. A chunk of masonry weighing more than 500 pounds fell six inches from a baby carriage containing 8 months old . Ethel Ryan of Chicago. Home Demonstration Year Book Issued By Mrs. Wheeler Mrs. Hazel Ervin Wheeler. Halifax County Home Demonstration Agent, has recently gotten out her Year Rook of the Home Demonstration Cluhs of the County, which is very in teresting. Home management is the major project for the year 1930, and music in the homo, yard improvement, gar dening, nutrition, health and food conservation are the minor projects. Programs for each month are given in full. Mrs. N. L. Stedman of Ha lifax is president, Mrs. R. L. Apple white fo Halifax, vice president, Mrs. V. C. Matthews of Littleton secretary ’and Miss Marie Moss of Littleton is treasurer. The Home Demonstration Agents of the State are doing a great work, and especialy in Halifax County. They should have the cooperation of every citizen in the county. AMERICAN HOME IS STUDIED W n JVJj p C!, (^1 ini's F*-T«s*3|»«c Jfj. te?eztm~Ry Mrs. “The Club Woman as a Homo Maker” wag the subject of an inter esting talk by Mrs Leshe Wheeler 8+ the monthly meetmg of the Womans Chib he~e Monday afternoon. Mrs. N. L. Stedman, 14th District President of Womens Clubs, was "resent and addressed the local c’ub. Miss Stribling was on the program which followed the adoption of a new constitution. President Mrs. Frad Brown was in charge of the Session. Forty members and guests attended. Mrs. Wheeler compared the home to the flower garden, where the best of light, air. et*,, is essential to good growth. Influence of the bore must be felt as the man spend ? one third of his time there, and woman, two thirds, usually. She said tho club woman made a better home maker because her experience in eUio work trained I her in cooperation, planning, budget-.] ing, working to certain goals, use of ' accurate facts and broadening her out look on life. Conservation of time, energy and money is learned from [club work, said Mrs. Wheeler, all ne cesary in the well managed home. There is every difference between a house keeper and a home maker, concluded the speaker, with the fol lowing poem written by a soldier dur ing the great war. God, send us a little Home To come back to when we roam, r.ow walls and fluted tiles, Wide windows, view for miles. Red firelight, deep chairs, Small white beds upstairs. Great talks and little nooks, Him colors, rows of hooks. One picture on each wall, Not many things at all. God, sen 1 us a little ground, Tall trees standing round, Homely flowers in brown sod, Ovehead thy -tars, O God. God bless vhe’er winds blow Our homes and all we know Lorenzo Pittard Wins Legion Oration Contest Lorenzo Pittard representing the; Aurelian Springs School, won tin- j County oratorical contest sponsored j by the American Legion and will go 1 to Tarboro on Feb. 14 to compete in the district contest. The subject of the oration was “Our Flag.” Young \ Pittard, an 11th grade student, will, bo the guest of the local Kiwanis Club this week. -D Conway Man Dies Mr. Cornelius Bridgers of Conway, N. C., died at the Roanoke Rapids hospital Wednesday morning at ft o’clock. He was 71 years old and was the father of Mrs. Jimmie Davis of Rosemary. The body will bo tak en to Conway this afternoon where funeral services will be hell at 2.HO o’clock and burial will take place in the family burying ground. -D Junior Organizer T. I. Moore, State Organizer of the J. 0. U. A. M.f of Greenville, N. C., arrived here thii week to assist in the drive for additional members and the organization of at least two more chanters in this district. He will make his headquarters here for the next few weeks. DRUGGIST POISON TO ROBBERS Rich Square Druggist Is Hero In Seaboard Gang Roundup Three men, one of them an ex •onvict who served a term in the NTort.h Carolina penitentiary arc held in jail in Richmond and a fourth is being held in Portsmouth on charges of having robbed the Farmers Bank of Seaboard of securities valued at $85,000 just before Christmas and es caped without leaving any clues as to where they came from or where they went, but an observant citizen of Rich Square, Dr. J. C. Vaughan, whose durg store had been broken into and robbed a short time before furnished a clue which enabled Sheriff H .L. Joyner and officers in Richmond, Va.. t olocate and arrest the men. Frequent robberies in this section ! had caused observant people to take \ note of loafing strangers. A short time before the Seaboard robbery the Jackson drug store had been robbed, the irqn safe being carried away. Just before these occurrences strangers visited I^icb Square and parked their car in front of Dr. Vaughan’s drug store. They went in hut seemed to have no business. Later it was f *und they had visited several other places of business in the same way, going into some places more than once. Dr. Vaughan made a note of the make of their car and the number of the license plate. When he heard of the Jackson and Seaboard robberies he furnished Sheriff Joyner with this information who communicated with Virginia authorities, who found it was a. Richmond car, and the place where they bought the gas they used in burning a hole in the vault at Seaboard. The robber failed to get into the safe where the money was kept. The robbers played a ruse on the Seaboard night watchman which kept him away from the hank building while the robbers wore at work on the inside. They claimed to he prohibition agents who had come to clean up the town of bootleggers. They also pass ed this information to the colored people who were probably out for the purpose of procuring a supply of Christmas cheer; the result was the town was soon cleared of visitors who ddi not want to be caught or aid in catching anyone else, and by keep ing the watchman on the outskirts of the town looking for bootleggers the robbers worked in the bank without detection. -n RED DEVILS TRIM WELD’N Best Game of Years Played Here Monday Night Between Semi-Pros Those who witnessed the basketball game this Monday night at the High School gym between the local Hod Devils, semi-pros, and the Weldon semi-pros, saw one of the fastest., smoothest games played on a 1" 'al floor in many years. Marred only by a last minute argument, tim game proceeded swiftly with the •-core ever in doubt. t i lie ha I ! oruji il w ' " on le-.i.-ung j | 15-10. In the second half, the 1o< al I [team came hack to tie the score and i forged ahead for a few minutes, only to be tied again. In th > last min utes of play, the lied Devils sunk some hard shots to pull through with with a 25-21 victory. 1 I Pat Crawford, baseball player with the New York Giants, former David-' son star and coach, was the outstand- ; ing player for Weldon, when? ho is visiting. Weighing ISO pounds, husky • built, he had the speed of lightning and was a constant threat, shooting from any angle. Lester Edmondson, center, was probably the locals’ most consistent player. He was assisted by FlJp Ed mondson, Ned Manning, Ted Speight, Willis Matthews and Jack Brown, all stars of High School and College teams of a few years ago. The Red Devils are plenty good and basketball fans will do well to give this aggre gation support by attending all their games. -□ While cleaning a turkey, Mrs. C. Gerow of Rossport, Ont., found two gold nuggets in its craw. Rev. Karl Dortheu of Berlin and a woman arrested for throwin three buckets of water on him. Grand Jury Raps on Poker Professional, Liquor Leaders MEAT CO. LATEST VICTIMS Thieves Batter Safe Combination and Es cape With Cash The tide of local robberies sweeps on with the Rosemary Meat Co., latest victim when thieves broke in the front door of the store on Tenth Street, hammered the combination of the safe and escaped undetected with money and papers. Manager Troy H. Parrish was noti fied by an employee, Jim Ingram, early Monday morning that the store had boon robbed. Arriving on the scene, Mr. Parrish found thieves had torn the lock away from the front door and entered the office. The com bination of the safe was battered and torn with a heavy instrument. Gain ing entrance to the safe, the robbers broke the locks on three drawers and 1 took most of the contents. | $87.10 in cash, $1,800 in notes and insurance polie’es, both life and fire, were taken. The notes and policies were discovered on the railroad track just above the Eastern Carolina Ser vice Corporation late Monday morn ing* by C. H. Pulley, textile worker, who turned them over to Mr. L. A. Grissom. The latter returned the pa pers to Mr. Parrish. Several checks [ in the money drawers were left by the thieves. The robbery took place after one o’clock Monday morning. At this time an employee of the company, return ing from the midnight show, noticed that everything was all right. Altho the store was filled with meats, lard and other heavy produce, a check revealed nothing of any im portance missing. Three weeks ago, an attempt was made to enter either the Rosemary i Meat Co., or the J. C. Wells Grocery Co., next door. Thieves entered the back door and entered a storage room, but it would have been necessary for them to break through three more doors to gain entrance to the main part of the store. They evidently gave it up as a had job and left. HEAVY BOND FOR BANDITS Feeder Seaboard R'»nk Re* ’*<ys Placed Frder P^O.OOO Appear ance Rond Sheriff Hinton I,. Joyner of North ampton County returned from Rich mond Tluvsdny night wnerc he went n’-med with requisition p- n.vs to bring back Charles Irving Collier. .Toe Wilson, Albert llvrholzer and Ralph Chelln charged with the robbery of Ja -kson Prug Company’s store a 1 Jackson and the Farmers Eai k of . Seaboard a i>. -.bea'd during Chvi.- i.-l mas week. Tlu* four were arraigned Friday morning bel'-to Justice V. !, Stephen son at Jackson, Gay and Midgetf rep resenting the* State. All waive \ ex animation ar.d were held for the gram’ | jury. Bonds were fixed as follow Collier, Wilson and Ileirhob.er, $10. 000 each and Chellin $30,000. The let ter is an ex-convict having served frv< years in State Prison for robbing a bank in Wilson ten years ago. The fifth man wanted in Northamp ton County for the robberice, Tracy Hort, is hold in jail in Portsmouth, for Virginia authorities who will give bun a hearing by February 8. Ilor* has served five years in the Virginia State Prison for highway robbery. The woman who was with the five men when the robberies were com mitted has not been apprehended. -n Miss Margaret Marie Sledge, dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Sledge of Rosemary, was married December 30, 1929 in Richmond, Va., to Mr. W. A. Sporhase of Jacksonville,* Fla. Their honeymoon was spent in Wash ington, D. C., Baltimore, Md., and New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Spor hase are now making their home in Jacksonville, Fla. -a Mrs. Clara Curtiss of St. Louis, drove off with her umbrella an arm ed bandit wno tried t,o hold her up. According to English musicians, there is a world wide shortage of good dance music. REPORTS TO JUDGE Sets Attorney’s Tax Fee; County Sanatorium Is Highly Praised Professional poker, the “high er ups” in the liquor traffic and lawyers who charge twenty dol lars for delinquent tax foreclos ures, all received attention from the Halifax County grand jury which made its final report to Judge W. A. Devin, presiding at Halifax Superior Court, this week. The grand jury recommended that the sheriff and all other officers be urged to break up and suppress the so-called professional poker and oth er gambling joints which may be ope i rating in the various towns p£ the county. In regal'd to the liquor question, I the grand jury recommended that the officers put forth a strenous effort to reach the higher ups who may engaged in the liquor traffic in Ha lifax County. It is thought this re commendation came as the result of some of the high-handed methods be ing used by one of the several liquor rings said to be operating in Halifax. The jury stated it bad been advised by citizens of the county to investi gate the attorneys fees for delinquent tax foreclosures. They found that a fee of $20 was being charged in Hali fax County. As their further investi gation showed that several neighbor ing counties were charging consider ably less, the grand jury stated a fe« of ten dollars in Ha’ifax County would be sufficient. All bills presented to the grand jury were acted on and returned mt# court. The county jail at Halifax was visited by the grand jury members and given their official KO. The coun ty home was given a clean bill of health with the exception of one roorrv in the Negro quarters where the bed linen was very dirty and the mattress was found to be infested with bugs. The County Sanitorium was h’ghly praised by the grand jury and called a credit to the county. Prison Camps of James Barnes, f. F. Roberson, T. L. Henderson were visited and all found in satisfactory conditions except the Barnes Camp, where the jury felt there was extra vagance in the use of hay and mules with sore shoulders. Heaths ville Prison camp was not insp-ctevl because of the weather conditions. Better lighting system for the court room and basement toilets in the court house were recommended, whda the general condition of the coart 1 muse was noted as very unsat ^fac tory from a sanitary standpoint. The janitor was given a reprimand for ap parently not doing his duty. The ease of one nine year old Chris tine Hogan, living near Tillery, was recommended for investigation by County Welfare Officer, J. B. Kail.. Cary Whittaker, foreman of the g.-iat jury signed the report. __n_ HOSPITAL NEWS Recent patients at the hospital - elude Boy William Pruden of Mw gartsville, Mrs. Birdie Wilson, Mrs. J. H. Hale. Mr. Ed. Pollard, Mr. L. S.. Cannon. Mrs. J. R. Brewer, Mrs. Le lia Birdsong, Mr. Ellis Cannon. Birth anouncements: To Mr. arvf Mrs. Willie Wheeler, a boy, Jan. JOr. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rook, a boy* Feb. 5th.; Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Herr i a, a girl, Feb. 4; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Har ris, a girl, Feb. 4; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Earle, a boy, Feb. 4. Recent patients who have under gone operations. Mrs. M. L. Johnson* of Littleton. Boy Luke Pulley, Mr. Frank Rose, Mr. T. A. Cooper of Weldon, Mr. C. W. Coo'i, Mrs. Boone of Conway. Ned Richardson who was in au au tomobile wreck, has improved suffi ciently to sit up. The following have recetnly joiaed the nurses staff. Miss Ann Stain* Miss Lois Shearin, Miss Annie Man Wiley, Miss Thelma Moore. When Miss Ellen Storehmm of (W chester, Eng., was defeated in ter race for Parliament, she was ufte ed a business positioiL paying ter much more.
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