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...iiWiinmniitinimiirnintiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiraBara® fT*VV W 'A T B^^ fis;-as-nnnnn5:Fsnn:^H--s::::n^®;:a;:S~:!;:i;n:-ns^ THE GREATER CITY I |_| I4 UL 1^ I I 1 NO ROOM FOR J 15,000 POPULATION ■ I || j ■ 1 B-llM^V 1 jB V ( KNOCKERS NOW!— 1 I IN 1934! WATCH US GROW FL«—OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY VOLUME 16. " ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 15th, 1930. NUMBER 5. BRIDGE HEARING AT RALEIGH MAY 21ST FLEA ALSO MADE FOR U. S. AID County Commissioners Hold Special Meeting; Pass Resolutions A meeting of Twin City citizens with the County Board of Commis sioners Monday afternoon, a plea to the State and Federal Governments for financial aid in building a new bridge, an engagement with the State Bighwav Commission at Raleigh on !?.e 21st of this month, were the high spots in a weak of activity to gain bridge relief hero. Today a bridge crew is busy pre paring for the tcmi orary wooden span which will jo erected regard less of what action is taken at Ra leigh on the 21 sr. This temporary span will be used by light traffic and will guarantee the resuming of traf fic between the two counties. Nothing has been heard today of a plea sent to Senator Simmons asking for Federal aid on the bridge. A special meeting of the County Commissioners of this county was held Monday afternoon. Twenty-five representative citizens appeared be fore the board and their plea was made by J. R. Allsbrook who told the members of the Board of the terrific fandicap placed on the heaviest tax paying section of the county due to the collapse of a bridge totally in adequai.e for present day traffic. When informed by the county attor ney that the county could not legally touch the bond money which now lies idle in different banks and which was voted to pave roads which • ave since been paved by the State* all l?ope trcip: that source was lost. The Countj Board unanimously passed resolutions calling upon the State to furnish funds to build an entire new bridge at a new site, asked the Commissioners and Road Board of Northampton County to appear with them at the rearing on the L'Jst, and pledged ev ery support to the fight for a new structure, deeming it unnecessary waste of money to spend $70,000 in reworking the old bridge at the pres ent site. The resolutions adopted and sent to the Highway Commission are as follows: North Carolina, Halifax County. Whereas, on the 1st day of May, 1930, the State Highway bridge con structed at or near the Town of Roa noke Rapids, in the County of Hali fax, State of North Carolina, collaps ed while a truck operated by two men were crossing- the same, resulting se rious physical and fiancial loss to the occupants of said truck and the to tal destruction and collapse of the middle span of said bridge; And whereas, the communities of Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary and that part of Gaston Township, Mortn 1 ampton County North Carolina, using the same is totally without bridge fa cilities at this point and it is con templated by the North Carolina State Highway Commission to recon struct said bride at said point to a capacity of ten (10) tons at a cost of approximately $70,000; and where as in addition to the local communi ties adjacent to said bridge being without bridge facilities it has neces sitated the closing of North Carolina State Highway Route No. 40 and the United States Federal Highway No. 17-1 as a result of said collapse, which is in the route designated as the At lantic Coastal Highway; And whereas, according to the es timate of the North Carolina High way Commission a new bridge can now be constructed at a more advan tageous point within a distance of ap proximately one-fourth (1-4) of a mile from said present site which will be the means of elimintaing present inadequate bridge facilities at other points and will also be the means of permanently raising said highway above all high water marks during flood conditions, thereby insuring per | manent and continuous travel to all parties traveling upon said highway; and whereas, in the ppinion of the Board of County Commissioners of Halilix County the construction of a new bridge is absolutely essential to the future progress and growth of1 the communities adjacent to said j bridge and the reconstruction of the old bridge in accordance with the specifications of the Highway Com (Continued on buck page) SHEARIN IS SENTENCED 4 TO 8 YRS County “ Bad Man ” Breaks Down; Says He Is “Through” Not less than four years and not more than eight years in the State penitentiary was the scntense of Ernest Shearin, who pled guilty to a half dozen charges, including liquor charges, breaking jail, interferring with officers and similar counts, in Halifax Superior Court, which recent ly adjourned. Throughout the trial his aged moth er sat by him, according to our cor respondent, and when he went on the I stand and told of the hardships he J had been through trying to support I his widowed mother and sister, whom he was trying to help through high | school, he broke down and cried and there were not many men and women in the court room who were not deep. ly touched by his sad story. Un Sat urday morning when he was ready to leave for Raleigh he was heard to remark that he was through with wrong doing and he was going to lead a better life from now on. •» Other cases tried at April term Su perior Court for Halifax County, last week were as follows: Charlie Whit by, 12 months roads. Frank Clark, 9 months roads. Ernest Macktin, 6 months roads. Ed Spruill, 4 months roads. Carl Pittman, 12 months roads. Bonny Drake, 8 months roads. Burt Thorne, 7 months roads. Henry Cheek, 60 days roads. Jo. Mays, 4 months roads. Wm. Ivej£t 12 .months roads. * * Major Sniith, 30 days in>ads. Paul Josey, 9 months roads. Eddie Moore, 3 months roads. West Johnson, 12 months roads. S. Bradshaw, 60 days roads. Jesse Sassady, 30 days roads. John H. Wooten, 4 months roads. Clarence Bush, 2 years roads. Ivey Gihson, 8 months roads. Red Evans, .!0 days roads. James Conwcll, 4 months roads. Lonnie Green, 4 months roads. Geo. Clanton, 6 months roads. Dave M. Moss, 12 months roads. Clarence Reed, 60 days roads. Henry Walston, 6 months roads. HuWert Putney, 1 months roads. Peter Warren, Jr., 6 months roads. Roy Johnson, 12 months roads. G. L. Driggers, 12 months roads. James Driggers, 12 months roads. James Smith 3 months County Home. Bertha Hines, 6 months County Home. Ern est Moore, 8 months County Home. Ernest Peavey, 6 months roads. Those sent to State Prison were Ernest Shearin, not less than 4 years and not more than 8 years, Janies Peavey, not less than 2 nor more than 4 years, R. G. Davis, not less than 8 months nor more than 12 months, Joe Bates, not less than 2 nor more than 4 years. -n. Miss Iva Pitt Is Honored At Duke Miss Iva Pitt, Junior at Duke Uni versity, was honored and initiated in to the most exclusive and highest or der at Duke last week by the Order of the White Duchy. She was chos en one among seven most outstand ing of the student body. The Juniors are selected each year to form the membership, being selected on a ma thematical basis of leadership and honors already received. Miss Pitt is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Pitt of this city, and graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School with the class of ’27. Her many friends and former classmates will be glad to hear of the excellent work she is doing at college. -D Roanoke Rapids Wins The Roanoke Rapids High School Yellow Jackets journeyed to Hender son Tuesday and defeated the Hender son High School Bull Dogs, 9 to 6. Henderson outhit the locals 13 to ll, but could not bunch the licks. John son’s homerun over the left field fence with Grant on base was the outstand ing feature of the fray for the locals, while Green shone for Henderson. -□ M. Bert Garris of Norfolk is spend ing some timo with Mr. and Mrs. Cleophns Bray. FOUND DEAD BY HIS WIFE R. M. Hudson. Contractor, Dies on Front Porch or Home In South Rosemary R. Marion Hudson, age 51, con- | tractor of South Rosemary ,was found j dead in his porch swing by Mrs. Hud son at five o’clock Tuesday morning. The cause of death was pronounced as heart failure. Mr. Hudson had been ill the night before and he and Mrs. Hudson had been sitting on the front porch. About one o’clock, he prevail ed on Mrs. Hudson to retire, telling her he would follow soon when he felt better. She went to bed and fell asleep. Awaking early in the morning, the wife discovered Mr. Hudson had not come to bed She rushed out on the porch and found him. sitting in the swing, dead. He had been dead for several hours. Tbte deceased was a native of Hali fax county and had been a resident here for many years. He was describ ed as being a mighty fine citizen and was widely known in this section. Mrs. I Hudson, a grown son, Marion, Jr., and five small children survive. Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church Wednesday after noon at 3:30, Rev. C. T. Thrift hav ing ehrage of the* services assisted by Rev. J. B. O’Brian and Rev. J. E. Kirk. The Red Men acted as pallbearers. Interment was made in Cedarwood ce metery. The many floral offerings at tested the poularity in which the de ceased was held. The ryn.pathy of the entire community goes out to the fa mily and loved ones. Over 300 Mothers Attend Free Show At Peoples Theatre _ Over three hundred mothers from , | Roanoke Rapids, Rosemary and sur I rounding communities attended the I “Mother’s Day Theatre Party” at the 'fc'eoples Theatre Mojpday afternoon, when they were entertained by the motion picture “Sarah and Son,” star ring Ruth Chatterton. The theatre paTty was sponsored by the Peoples Theatre, Roanoke Bank and Trust Co., National Loan & Insurance Co., Smith’s Service Sta tions, Inc., Brickell Motor Co., and the Virginia Electric and Power Co. Passes for the party wore issued by the sponsors. The supply of passes was exhausted sooner than expected and those who were unable to get them were directed to go to the thea tre where they were admitted without passes. Every mother was admitted free of charge. •-□ Charity Fund Drive On Until May 21 si The drive for Associated Charities here will continue until next Wednes day, May 21st, according to W. J. Norwood, chairman of the finance committee. A good sum has been raised to date, which will be an nounced later, but so many have not yet been seenit was deemed best to continue the drive for another week. It was estimated that almost $20 which should have gone to Associa ted Charities was collected here last | Saturday by uniformed professionals who are never seen here except late [Saturdays. Several refused to give them money telling them they had do nated to the local charity work. -n BOARD ENDORSES COUNTY COURT - i Commissioners Unanimously Favor Establishment Of Recorder’s Court The Board of County Commission ers in regular session unanimously passed a resolution endorsing a Re corder’s Court for Halifax County, action for the establishment of such court will have to come through the legislature. Last week the Grand Jury recommended the establishment of a county court. The commissioners appointed Au ditor G. A. Hawkins as their repre sentative to go into the question of land valuation adjustments wherever the condition warrants such revalua tion to represent the board at the meeting of the Halifax County Tax payers Union. Other matters were of routine nature. The Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education will hold a joint meeting May 20 to study the school budget. -D— Wear a Charity Button. MISS PRUDEN WINNER OF 3RD PRIZE Her Essay Worth $5.00; Paul King Is Dollar Winner Miss Gladys Pruden is winner of the third prize of $5 in cash offered by the independent merchants of the Twin Cities on the subject “Why We Should Trade With Home-owned Stores." Another one dollar prize winner is Paul W. King. Rosemary. These win ners are instructed to see Mr. J. H. Matkins, grocer, Rosemary, who is treasurer of the independent mer chant’s asscoiation. Next week, the second prize winner of ten dollars and another dollar win ner will be announced. Below is Miss Pruden’s winning essay. WIIY I TRADE WITH HOME-OWN ED STORES. By GLADYS PRUDEN The thinking people of America are gradually awakening to the hor ror of the passing of the indepen dent shop-keeper—one of the pioneers of industry—a leading booster of any community. These men, or as many as still survive, are the men who are always ready to reader any possible service to a customer or to the cus tomers of the community. President Hoover was thinking fo just such men when he sadi in his Palo Alto ad dress, .... ‘ As Secretary of Commerce I have been greatly impressed by the fact that the foundation of American business is the independent business man.” Whenever one decides to trade re gardless of whether it is at home with an independent dealer, or out of town with a catalog house or big city merchant, or from some chain store, ones first idea is economy, whether such economy exists or not one must believe it to exist. To best discuss the economy of trading home we mast consider two questions. (1) Is the article really cheaper, and (2) our direct profit from the indepen dent merchant. The low cost of chain store nad mail order merchandise is easily ex plained—you get what you pay for. You may see in the chain store win dows or in mail order catalogs, stan dard brands advertised at below the wholesale cost, and on the ether hand you see their “just as g< od” brands or blind articles, such as hats ofid loose toffee, bringing them a ii'-mcndous profit. Then, in the case of the city store or mail order house,there is the time lost and th expense of delivery. Of cou >e, most mail order houses r ow pay postage, hut we only have to compare the new catalogs with those of a few years back to see who pays ultimately. Again, in the case of city stores, why should we spend several dollars in gas, oil and hotel bills in order to save a few cc-nts on a pair of socks in Richmond or Rocky Mount. Of all the problems confronting the American people today, the most per plexing is that of taxation. When ever we fail to trade with a home owned store the bulk of our money is going out of the State, county and community in which we live, and as a result we grow poorer in taxable val ues, while we have gained nothing by failing to patronize these merchants hut a false idea of economy. The independent merchant repre sents the highest type oi American citizenship. He for many years has been a loyal taxpayer and his earn ings have been invested in his com munity. He has taken active interest in the schools, churches, and in the community as a whole, and it would be a moral and economic blunder to refuse to give him our wholehearted support. However, he is not begging for it. He only wants his just dues. In addition to being a loyal commu nity booster, giving you your money’s worth, the independent dealer gives you service which would close every mail order house and chain store in the country should they be required to give it. A simple test would be to let each independent dealer discon tinue his telephone and delivery ser vice for a few days or even a few hours and watch the result. The principal argument in favor of < the city stores and catalog houses is that the local merchants do not car- ; ry a satisfactory variety of merchan dise and as a result we are unable . to get what we want. This fact is an admitted inconvenience at times, but business is only builded on volume and the merchant tries to carry only the items he has calls for, because of (Continued on back page) NURSES GET DIPLOMAS Graduating1 Exercises Held On Tuesday Evening at The High School On Tuesday evening the commence ment exercises of the Roanok eRapids Hospital were held in the High School auditorium, with a large number pres ent. Dr. T. W. M. Long, president of the medical staff, was master of ceremonies, and Rev. Hugh Bradley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church made the invocation. The speaker for the evening was Dr. James M. Northington, of Char lotte. N. C., who was introduced by Dr. Long. Dr. Nortington gave a brief history of the progress made in the nursing field within the past few years, and mentioned a few “Donts” that the nurses’ profession should ob serve. Miss Crawford, instructress of the hospital, explained the Nightengale Pledge, and this was repeated in con cert by the graduating class. Diplamos were presented by Dr. j Long, and Dr. Boh ns, on Weathers presented the pins. Music was fur nished by the High School orchestra The members of the graduating class are Misses Edna E. McCommon, Stel la M. Giles, Blonnie Taylor, Margue rite McDonald, Annie M. Etheridge, Martha Daughtry, Nannie Mae Wood, Lucie H. Hodges, Estelle V. Lilley, Nellie E. Williams. Following the graduation exercises, a dance for the graduating class was hold at the Choeoyotte Country Club, uith one of the largest ciowds ever attending a local dance. Music was furnished by Martin’s Sercnaders. _n_ Evangelistic Services At The Rosemary Methodist Church Evangelistic services will begin at the Methodist church next Sunday. Rev. A. W. Oaks, superintendent of schools in Weldon will preach at 11 o’clock. The pastor, R<ev. C. T. Thrift, will preach at 8 o’clock. Rev. H. Vin cent Knight, of Stantonsburg will arrive Monday and do the preaching from then till the close of the meet ing. Every member of the church is urged to attend Sunday morning and line up for th's meeting from the very start. Our people have heard Prof ft-ssor Oakes several times and will he delighted to hear him again. Rev. Knight is a splendid evangelist-pas tor and our people are fortunate to get him for this meeting. The public is cordially invited to attend all these services. Important Notice To All Taxpayers A mass meeting of all taxpayers of Halifax County is called at the Court House, Halifax, Monday, May 19th, 11 o’clock A. M. In an effort to get some relief from burdensome taxa tion on real estate for calendar year, | also to make plans to work with State j Association for permanent legislative j relief. This is a matter of vital inter- | est to all taxpayers, men and women, an everyone can well afford to give a day to consideration of this question. We believe the taxpayers realize the gravity of the situation and will ex pect at least one thousand in attend ance. W. T. SHAW. Chairman Halifax County Taxpayers League. -n R. L. Harris Dies R. L. Harris, 62, died Saturday j morning at his home in Rosemary Mfg., Co., village. He had been in ill health for over a year. Funeral ser vices were held Monday. Four dau ghters and a son survive: Mrs. Blanche Hudson, Mrs. Ruth Turner, Mrs. Mollie Watters, Miss Bessie Har ris and John Harris. -□ The civic, garden, better homes and welfare department of the Womans ?lub held a joint meeting Monday af ernoon on the lawn of the Emery lace on the Weldon road. Mrs. Fred irown, presided at the meeting. De inite plans for the garden party and ubscription bridge party to be held >n Mrs. Brown’s lawn May 31st were nade and various committees were tppointed, a list of which will appear ater. Tlie meeting was much en oyed by all present. Wear a Charity Button. -□ Joseph Kellar, 80 year old widower rf Philadelphia has announced his villingness to marry a fifth wife. TEXTILE LEAGUE OPENS SATURDAY UNITE FOR VACATION BIBLE STUDY All Churches in Twin Ci ties in Bible School Starting June 9 At a meeting of the ministers of Rosemary and Roanoke Rapids, it was decided to have a Union Daily Vacation Bible School this summer I in both Rosemary and Roanoke Ra pids. Every church has agreed to co operate that the schools might be a real success. The school in Roanoke Rapids will be held in the Central school building, and the school in Rosemary will be held in the Rose mary school building. Mr. Bradley of the Presbyterian Church was asked to act as superintendent of the schools and Mr. Thrift and Mr. Hall of the Methodist Churches in Rosemary and Roanoke Rapids, were asked to act as a committee in charge of procuring an adequate faculty. The (telly vacation tfiDie scnooi is for any boy or girl in the community between the ages of 6 and 15. The daily program of the school will in clude a worship period, Bible stories, missionary hero stories, Bible mem ory work, dramatization of Bible stories, music period, play period and handiwork period. It is a varied pro gram that the boys and girls will en joy and each department will be grad ed so as to have a program adapt able to the different ages. The school will begin Monday morning, June 9 and run thru Friday, June 20. It is the expectation of the minis ters. that between 300 and 500 boys and girls will take advantage of the school and come. All of the expenses of the school will be borne by the churches participating on a pro rata basis. To make the school a success, a good many of the women of the community, especially those who have helped in Sunday School work, and al so some of the college girls, will have tc give the school some of their time. The work is not hard and is very in teresting. Arrangements have been made with Granville Presbytery to send two of ,J;heir Bible School work er^ here to help with the camp, and plans are also under way by which we hope to have some of the young men from the Duke University Founda tion who will be doing Sunday School and Teacher Training work duiing the summer. There may be a pqssi bility, too, of obtaining some special workers from the Baptist Board. During tly? past two years the Presbyterian Church has held a school with an attendance the first year of *57, and an attendance the second year of 140. If this is any indication of the popularity and success of the school, we are looking for two large schools this coming summer. The j boy or girl who wants to attend the school is asked to go to the nearest one to his home,, and it is the hope of the churches that every boy and girl will attend. _n_ 83RD BIRTHDAY On Sunday, May 11, the children, grandchildren and great-grandchild ren gathered at the home of Mrs. Susan Ivey to celebrate her 83rd birthday, each family carrying a bas ket of good eats such as barbecue, Chicken salad, Brunswick stew, old fashioned country ham and all kinds cf cake. A birthday cake with 83 candles formed the center piece. Fif ty-five guests had dinner with Mrs. Ivey. Mrs. Ivey has three daughters living, Mrs. L. Powell, Mrs. Carrie Ivey of South Rosemary and Mrs. Jim Wright of Brunswick, Va., as well as 25 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. She received many pretty nad useful gifts. About five oclock the guests departed declaring they had a most delightful day and wishing Mrs. Ivey many more hap py birthdays. -□ Williams-Dickens The marriage of Miss Avis Cather ine Dickens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Dickens of Rosemary, and Mr. W. Bryant Williams of Weldon, took place in Emporia Sunday, May 11 at 11 o’clock with the Reverend J. S. Wrenn officiating. Attendants at the ceremony were Miss Maggie Gamier and Messrs Major Boseman, Willie Harrison and Lindard Dickens. 4 TEAMS READY TO HIT DIRT Double Header Every Saturday Afternoon During Summer The Textile League will officially open the season here Saturday after noon at Rosemary Park with a dou ble header and all the popmp and splendor of a real league opening. The Rosemary Concert Band will furnish the music for the occasion; there will be a parade of the players; S. T. Peace, president of Roanoke Mills Co., will toss the first ball, and the pennant race for the champion ship of the Textile League will be un der way. The first game will be called at two o’clock. Ladies and children are free and admission for men is twer.ty-five cents. All proceeds will go to the ac tual expenses of buying uniforms, equipment and keeping the g*ruonds in the best of condition. New Ball Park The first few games will be played at Rosemary Park, but work has been started on the new community ball park back of the Rosemary graded school. This park will be used by all the mills and in football season by the High School. It has not been named yet, but several names have been suggested and the most popular to date is Sim mons Field. The ground is being put in first class shape, a new grandstand will be built and the fence around the field will be back far enough so that a home run over the fence will be some thing to write about. Saturday Programs The Saturday schedule calls for the opening game, of the season between Rosemary Mfg. Co. and Patterson Mills Co. The second game of the af ternoon will be between Roanoke Mills Co. and Camps Store. The opening battle brings together two veteran teams who need little in troduction to local fans. The old Bas coes are rarin’ to go, while Patterson Mill boys have selected as the name of their team ‘‘The Silver Kings.” Not to be outdone, the newly organ ized Roanoke Mills team selects the name of “Deepsleeps,” which they claim is what they intend to make the other teams do. It is hoped to form a fourth team from the Virginia Elec tric and Power Co., but manager Ray Goodmon is away, and that team has not yet been organized. League Is Formed The Textile League, with four teams, was organized last week. Di rectors of the league are Ned Man ning, Rosemary Mfg. Co., Arch Tay lor, Patterson Mills Co., Frank C. Williams, Roanoke Mills Co. J. T. Chase is spoken of as director repre senting the Power Co. Managers elected were Hugh Camp for the Deepsleeps, Bill Alligood for the Bascoes, Homer Jones for the Sil ver Kings and Ray Goodmon for the vepcos. Frank Kemp was elected sec retary and treasurer of the league. The directors will pass on the eli gibility of all players and act as ar biters in case of disputes. All play ers must be bonafide workers at the mills and must be on the payrolls thirty days prior to the time they be gin playing on any team. Henry Fitts has been appointed as chief umpire and he will choose his assistants. Rest of Month Games On Saturday, May 24, the Deep sleeps and Silver Kings will meet while the Bascoes wil play the Ven cos. On Saturday, May 31, the Bas coes will play the Deepsleeps and the Vepcos and Silver Kings tangle. From then on its a merry chase for three months with suitable prizes to be awarded the winner which will be an nounced later. Reports of the games and the league standing will be pub lished in The Herald each week. Be out there Saturday afternoon pulling for your favorite. ^ FOR CORONER I hereby anounce myself as a can didate for renomination as Coroner of Halifax County, subject to the Democratic primary, June 7, 1930. I am very grateful for your support ■ in the past and will appreciate your rapport in the coming primary. W. C. WILLIAMS.