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— ’ ——J OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY I ,NTH1S TOWNSH,p 1
VOLUME 16. ROANOKE RAPIDS—ROSEMARY. N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14th, 1930. NUMBER 18.
NEW BRIDGE CERTAIN; 17-1 BACK
DELYSLE TELLS HOW FEDERAL
ROAD RETURNED TO CITY
NEW BRIDGE
COSTS OVER
$100,000
Coastal Highway Execu
tive Says State Road ;
Board Friendly j
By Capt. Jack De Lysle
(Vice Pres. Atlantic Coastal Highway
Association an9 Director of Pub
licity).
With the rdturn of-Federal T3.
S. 17-1 highway markers to
Roanoke Rapids and the definite
assurance that the contract for
a new bricigt costing approxi
mately $105,000.00 will be. ad
vertised for letting in September
Roanoke R'ir’ds is viewing the
coming “ton* *st travel season
with a marked degree of opti
mism. .
At the time when U. S. li-l
transferred toincnother location Roa
noke Rapids smd Rosemary, the in
dustrial twins, sis members of the At
lantic Coastal Highway Association
appealed to us-tor aid. Being in this
section and feeling that the inter
pretation of the established policy of
The Bureau ofrroads, was not to de
prive any city of a Federal number
but where a short cut or new road
was tit lit, such coute could be gives
an alternate Bomber, I felt certain
a mistake had been made.
A conference'with the North Caro
lina State Highway Commission:as
sured us of cooperation from that
quarter and upon reaching Washing
ton, D. C., I found that Mr. W. C.
Markham, executive secretary of the
American Association of State High
way officials, who after learning the
true facts, was more than willing to
rectify the mistake.
Upon my return to Raleigh, Mr. j
John D. Waldrop, chief engineer for .
the State Highway Commission;mid
Hon. R. A. Daugkton, chairman , of
that body, gave instructions for the
numbers to be.moved back to the ori
ginal locations. Both of these gen
tlemen assured me that they were go
ing to do everything in their power
for Roanoke Rapids to insure the
epeedy construction of the new bridge
and to 'give these important mill .ci
ties the much needed aid in paving
and improving the route to Pleasant
Hill.
“It is -a question of finances at
present,* stated .'Mr. Doughton. “But
Roanoke Rapids can rest assured we
will help tthem. As one of the largest
I mill centers in Eastern North Caro
lina and -the home of the world's
largest damask mill, Roanoke Rapids
on the Atlantic Coastal Highway
shall be given every consideration.”
The smkll part that our Atlantic
Coastal Highway .Asscoiation jitayed
in this matter is .only a part of the
service we try to render our noem
bers. The Atlantic ^Coastal Highway
Association, organized in 1920 at Wil
mington, N. CL, is composed of leading
business men from Mtine to Florida*
Reanokfe Rapids crtixrnfe well re
member the late Fred Warde and
Frank O. Miller, and R. L. (Tige)
Phillips, officers of our Association
Sot years.
Last year, Col. Joseph C. Stehlin,
much decorated World War hero, and
a member of the famous Lafayette
Escadrille. was elected president of
the Association. Col Stehlin brought
brains, ability and jenergy to this
group of men who were practically re
sponsible for the building of the long
est. most historic and scenic all paved
route in America, and he suggested
and adopted the handsome Indian
head insigna used by the Lafayette
Escadrille as a marker for their fight
[ ing planes, as a highway marker for
our association, a few of such mark
ers being in evidence through Hali
fax county.
It is the intention of the Atlantic
Coastal Highway association, in co
operation with all cities along our
route, to mark the highway with this
emblem every mile from Calais, Me.,
to Key West, Florida.
As my good friend, Frank E. Turin,
manager of the advertising board of
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Andy Gump Now Has
312 Hours In Tree
“Andy Gump,” local tree sitter,
who ascended to his high perch
here on Friday, August Q, is still
fitting away.
At 6:30 this afteriwnm, Andy
had 312 hours to his credit and
was still going strong. He said
he had no intention of coming
down until he had established an
all-time record. Although he is
getting a little weak from lack of
exercise, he has nothing but
praise for his refueling crew
which has been making regular
contact.
If Andy is still there tomorrow
afternoon, he will have completed
his first two weeks <al»ft. If he
is there when The Herald comes
off the press next Thursday af
ternoon, he will have 480 hours
to his credit, which as only 20
hours short of the 500 mark which
is the record, according to in
formation received here.
FOUNDDEAD
Patterson Mill Man Dies of
Heart Failure During Night
The funeral of Mr. C. E. Davis of
the Patterson Mill Milage who was
found dead in bed Friday morning,
was held Saturday afternoon from
the residency, and interment was
made in the family Jurying ground
near Jackson: ’The aeryice was con
ducted by Rev. J. E. Kirk, pastor of
the Rosemary Baptist (Church.
Mr. Davis died during1 the night and
when called by a member of the fa
mily for breakfast the discovery was
made that he had died during the
right of heart trouts*- He was 47
years old and leaves a wife and four
children ranging in ages from eight
to eighteen.
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HOSPJTAL
Gilbert Britt, of Conway, N. C., is
expected to return to his home today.
Walter Bryant underwent an ope
ration this week.
Jessie Bibb who reeciciy under
went an operation, expects to return
home in a few days.
James Russell Cox of Peridleton, N.
C., underwent an operation. on Mon
day.
Ge«rge Burgwyn, a reeett patient
at the hospital, returned to Jlis home
at Jackson Monday.
Miss Daisy Eabston is a patient at
the hospital.
Miss Bertha Off burn is a patter, t at
the hospital.
The condition of Mrs. Dariid tCan
nrovement.
non of Conway, N. C., shows mntfhiim
Born to Mrs. N. J. Wray, of Thel
ma, Friday, August 8, a girL
Born to Mrs. N. I. Pruden, Tuesday
August 12, a boy.
Btyn to Mrs. Grade Gray, Wednes
day, August 13, & boy.
Miss Mary Battler, an employee -at
the Patterson Mill, was painfully hut
not seriously injured Tuesday, when a
piece of scaffolding fell from its hold
ing and struck her the back of tike
neck. JSht was working near the sp#t
where some repair work was being
carried on when the accident occur
ecL Miss Butler was removed to the
Roanoke Rapids hosspital, where she
underwent au examination and re-%
mained for observation. Wer condition
is not serious, it was said at the hos
pital.
Misses Thelma Moore, Ava Wood,
Ida Baird, Catherine Shearin and Hel
en Walker, nursese at the Roanoke
Rapids hospital will leave today for
their vacation. Miss Moore will go
to her home in Belton, S. C. Miss
Wood will spend her vacation at her
home at Hollister and Misses Shearin
and Walker will go to their respect
ive homes at Littleton.
Miss Clara Ruth, laboratory techni
cian at the Roanoke Rapids hospital,
has recently returned from the State
Tuberculosis Sanatorium at Aber
deen, N. C., where she took a course
in chest X-ray. Mrs. J. N. Moss, an
other laboratory technician at the hos
pital, has left for the sanatorium,
where she will take the same course.
WHITBY IS
CLEARED
OF CHARGE
No True Bill Is Finding
Of Grand Jury Hear
ing Girl
A grand jurv at the August
term of the Halifax Superior
Court. Tuesday, failed to find
sufficient cause to indict Russell
VVhity, 26, local mill employee,
who was arrested in connection
with the disappearance on the
night of July 19, of Gladys
Green, 14, and Bertie Mae Har
ris, 17, both of Roanoke Rapids.
The Green girl and her father,
Sam Green, were the only wit
nesses, it was learned, who tes
tified before fhe grand jury.
Whitby was arrested a few days fol
lowing the disappearance of the two
girls with a warrant charging hir;
with abduction and kidnapping, after
he had made the remark at the mill
where he was employed that he took
two gtrla to Charlotte on the night
the Green and Harris girls disappear
ed. He insisted, however, that the two
girls he (drove to Charlotte were not
the same girls local police were
searching for.
Friday, July 25, he was arraign
ed in police court, here, before Ma
gistrate R. L. Martin for a prelimi
nary hearing. The warrant against
him wos changed from ‘‘abducting
rnd kidnapping” the girls to that of
a more serious charge and he was
placed on trial for his alleged illegal
relations with Gladys Green, who tes
tified on the witness stand as fee their
relations on the trip from Roanoke
Rapids ito their destination.
At the preliminary hearing Whit
by did root take the stand in his own
behalf, and in default of a bona
he was memanded to the Halifax Coun
ty jail, inhere he remained until the
August fterm of the Halifax •Superior
Court convened.
The Green girl unwound a most sen
sational atlory at the preliminary hear
ing in her recital of the automobile
trip she and the Harris girl took with,
Whitby and another man whem, Whit
by told local officers was Tom Mitch
ell of Emporia, Va.
The two girls were gone from their
respect'ive’homes here for four days
their arrest in Concord, N. €., bring-:
ing to a dlose a search that extended
into different parts of the state and
into neigfnbornig states.
REMODELING
Power Co. Taking Additional Of
fice Space to Electric Building
Construction of additional uiffjce
space is under way at the Electric
Building owneti' toy the Virginia Elec
tric and Power'Co. and housing the
main offices oftthe Carolina Division
of the Company.
That part Of'ttoe building formerly
occupied by the ‘National Loan and
Insurance Cou, Which has moved to
1hat company** 'building on Second
street, is being remodeled for use by
the accounting department of the
Power Company.
This department ’is at present lo
cated on the first floor of the build
ing and this location Wii 11 be taken up
w'.th private offices.
The cashier’s desk will be moved
•to flihe other side of the -present lobby
and the public will use *ttae same en
trant enow being used. A stairway
Will be constructed in that part now
being remodeled which Will $ead to the
engineering and meter departments
upstairs.
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Barbers are Bade
Sam Young, proprietor of the City
Barber Shop, H. M. Tickel, proprietor
of Tickel’s Barber Shop, and Norris
Hannan, proprietor of the Triple R
Barber Shop, returned to their re
spective homes, here, Tuesday night,
from Winston-Salem, where they at
tended the Third Annual Meeting of
the Master Barbers of North Carolina,
which was held at the Robert E. Lee
Hotel, there, Monday and Tuesday,
they .report a very pleasant trip and
said every courtesy waa extended to
the association members by the peo
ple of Winston-Salem. The 1931
meeeting will be held at Raleigh.
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Mrs. Aubrey Kee is spendnig some
I time in Norfolk with relatives and
Iftiendf. tl
All League Team
The sporting editor of The
Herald picks the following All
League Team from the local Tex
tile League. What is your choice?
B. Edmondson, catcher; Crowd
er, Carroll and Johnson, pitchers;
M. Shearin, first; Lester Edmond
son, 2b; J. Edmondson, ss; Bird
song, 3b; Ryals, If; Ferrell, cf;
Outland, rf.
SUPERIOR
COURT IN
SESSION
Several Local Cases
Tried by Yesterday;
Grand Jury Reports
The August term of the Halifax
Superior Court convened on Monday,
vith Judge N. A. Sinclair of Fayette* ;
, lie, presiding. A crowded docket |
awaltod the court.
Henry Gilliland, of Roanoke Rapids,!
was sentenced to one year on the
rondo when found guilty of non-sup
pui-t 'charge. Gilliland was charged
with.-non-support of his wife and three
children, all boys, ranging in ages
Drawn three to nine years.
Gilliland was arrested, here, by
J-toputy Sheriff L. E. Keeter on .Sun
jday, June 29, and on the following
Monday waived preliminary hearing
ihtifore Magistrate R. L. Margin, in
.police court. In default of a 5500
bond he was placed in the Halifax
•County jail to await court proceed
ings.
According to information secured
from local police ofiu:ZJ!s1 'Gilliland
■has been married three times. His
first wife, it is said, died andime was
•divorced from his secos&d wife.
Lloyd Faison, of Roanoke Rapids,
and Leroy Etheridge, *£ Rosemary,
were each sentenced to 38 months on
the roads after a verdict «f gai-lty was
returned against them when they
were placed on trial for theft.
Faison and Ltnenage were * arrest
ed in connectoin with the t-rdbbery
)i the Saboard Air Line Tailway sta
tions at Roanoke Junc-finm nriri Thel
ma, which is said do have taken place
.sometime around midnight cm. Decem
ber 31, 1929, or 'early in the'.morning
of January 1st, lest. They 'Were also ;
charged with breaking 'into box cars
along the Seaboard Air ZLine line.
They were members .-off a gang of
five who committed the robberies.
H\vo others who took putt in the rob
beries were Percy Moore and Paul
rE»'ans, who were arrested and placed
on trial at the January 'term of the
Halifax Superior rJlhey wvre
fosnd guilty and Moore 'drew a sen
tence of two and a half years while
^pwns had a sentence tof fcvsuryears im
posed upon him. Both Moore and
Evans were present at the trial of
Faison and Etheridge and testified
fforfelhe state. It is saifi their .story it.
ttheftrial was different from the om
they related in their own defense
whet: they were tried.
Eleyd Faison was represented by
Attorney Julian R. Allsbrook. A Jack
son lawyer appeared for Kthetkige.
- 30any minor cases were disposed of
dhe Tiwfc three days of court. The
gzasid jery completed its work last
night .after finding almost: 290 true
bills and making an inspection of
county oK'ices and institutions.
Price Cut In Pontiac
And Oakland Autos
Oakland becomes the lowest prict
eight and the Pontiac Big Sixes in-1
vades the small car price field with
rew prices announced today by the
Shearin Motor Co., local dealers. Price
drops in Oakland* run up to $170.00
while Pontiacs an? cut as much as
SI 10.00. Complete details will be
found in the advertisement of the
Company in this issue of The Herald.
Druggists Convention
Local druggists A. N. Martin, C. E.
Matthews, C. D. Hargrove, Irving
Pearson and Carl Hale attended the
State Pharmaceutical Association con
tention which was held in Raleigh the
first three days of this week. Drug
gists from every part of the State
were in attendance and a profitable
and pleasant time was reported by
ie local visitors.
NEGRO HERE
ASSAULTS
WHITE MAN
Manager of Local Plant
Assaulted By Negro
Employee
This community has been
much aroused by the brutal and
cowardly attack made by a Ne
gro employee of the company on
R. £. Purdy, manager of the lo
cal branch of the Eastern Caro
lina Service Corporation.
Angry at Mr. Purdy over a
trivial matter, nursing a grudge
against the world, and drunk,
Dick Skinner, Negro, walked in
to the office of the company
Sunday afternoon and while Mr.
'Purdy was using a telephone,
the Negro struck him with his
fist, dazing the white man.
Skinner had a pistol in his pocket'
when he made the assault, fie did
not use the gun but kept one hand on
it and Mr. Purdy says he could see
the end of the barrel and the sight.
Mr. Prudy was alone in the office
at the time the Negro walked in and
said, “If you move, I will kill you.”
He then struck the- white man, knock
ing him from his seat into a corner
of the small office. When Mr. Pur
dy tried to rise tXe Negro struck him
again and then seized a chair and
raised it over tK* head of the dazed
white man. He was prevented from,
doing this when other employees,
hearing the noise, rushed into the
office.
Skinner fled through the plant and
into the woods. Sheriff Bell was call
ed and he chased the negro for some
distance. Wh*n it looked as if he
might escape, the sheriff took a cou
ple of shots at him to frighten him !
or attract someone to help in the
chase. He was finally caught single
handed by tk* sheriff.
He had previously threatened Mr.
Purdy if he complained to the law
about the assault. When caught his
only remark was that “this is sure
quick scrvlue.”
He was dialed before Magistarte
Thompson .Monday morning, placed
under a bond, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon and driv
ing h car w*hile intoxicated, and taken
to Halifax jail. An indictment was
returned against him yesterday by
tiie grand jury on the two charges
and his trial is expected today.
It appear* the Negro has been with
the company about eight years, hav
ing been employed by £. M. Thomp
son when tine plant was first started
t nd staying on with the new car<
cem. He has had trouble with one
of the managers before. Sometime ago
he engaged in a fist fight with an
other white uroan at the plant «nd was
discharged. .He went tv Wel&an antT
the district >manager is said to have
given Jecs ,jdb back to him. Sinmi then
he has ibeen harder than aver i«o con
trol. i
Saturday:, something went vropgi
with the jiltmt and he and Mr. Purdy
had some words. The manager told
him to get ihatJt to work and ont out
hie sassy talk or he would be discharg
'd. He evidently brooded over thi* .and
juoceeded to get drunk later. He was
*een driving his car under the ,influ
ence of liqsor prior to the trouble.
Mr. Purdy, wlho had no chance to
defend himself, was badly battered
hl**ut the face mad head. When the
news spread, there was much m&ig
feeling can ithe streets aod only
the fact that Mr. ,Purdy was up jcib3 I
eboufc prevented more serious trou
ble.
'Anniversary Sale At
Rosemary Oak Store
A year ago this month, the Oak ,
Stores opened a store in Rosemary
and Saturday and Monday they will
celebrate their first birthday with an
anniversary sale. Manager V.T. Lamm
leports a splendid business during
the year despite the general had busi
ress conditions. The same prices will
t.lso prevail at the Roanoke Rapids
store. A full page ad in this issue
tells more of the story. The two Oak
stores here and thoso elsewhere have
kept up a continuous advertising
program during the past year and
have reaped the benefits with an un
usually good yearns business.
Mr. Loomis Browft of Wilson spent
the week-end here ^ith friends.
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM
HERE TO GO ON CAMP
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REV. C. A. BAKER
CHURCHES
UNITE IN
2 CAMPS
Methodists and Bap
tists of Twin Cities
Go To White
Lake
AUGUSTT8 TO 30
Duke University In
structor to Instruct
at Young Peoples’
Camp
REVIEWS
WORK OF
POWER CO.
President Holtzclaw tell?
Stockholders What
Company is Doing
In a letter to stockholders of the
Virginia Electric and Power Co., with
Carolina headquarters here, President
J. G. Holtzclaw reviewed the work of
the company since the first of the
year stressing the extension of lines
in the districts of Richmond, Peters
burg, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg,
Norfolk and the Carolinas.
Excerpts from the letter are print
ed below. Due to the length, the ex
tension work in Virginia districts is
roJ| reprinted . He had the following
to say of the work in this state, men
tioning the new interconnection here
with the Carolina Light and Power
Company. No mention concerning the
dam was made in the letter.
Richmond, va., Aug 8, 1930.
To Our Stockholders:
This year, so far, we have been de
moting most of our time to making
.these rural extensions, and our pres
ent program in this direction, which
will extend into 1931, involves an ex
penditure of approximately $2,000,
000. Of this amount, over $700,000
has already been spent up to July 1st
>n the construction of transmission
lines and 119 extensions which will
serve approximately 1,450 rural cus
tomers -and a number of small towns.
During the remaining six months of
this year the company has on its
schedule of construction 129 exten
■ ions and other transmission lines in
volving an estimated expenditure of
^560,750 to serve about 1,400 rural
customers and additional small towns.
In the Carolina District, we have
recently added to our service the
towns of Jamesville, Leggets, Ev
erets, Columbia and Plymouth. When
the 34-mile transmission line from
Plymouth to Columbia has been com
pleted, together with the necessary
substations, we will serve from this
linp the towns of Roper and Cres
;vell. TVe expect to complete this
■work ‘till ing the earning fall months.
Other towns to be served will include
Speed. Margarettaville, Darden and
Coefield.
Aside from the comforts and conve
niences new enjoyed in several thous
and rural homes where drudgery has
been remv/ed by reason of the new
extensions completed, the construc
ts of thofce lines bn* given work to
many hundreds of men in a time when
work has not been so plentiful. Other
wxtenrions are new in progress and
'vork under the present program will
tontinue well into the next year.
^ While extending our distribution
Imes, we have also enlarged our pow
er facilities, particularly through in
toi connections with c^her large pow
er generating companies. On July 1,
we completed a new interconnection
with the Carolina Power and Light
Company near Roanoke Rapids, N. C.,
£t a cost of approximately $3o0,000.
This interconnection is going to be
of great advantage to the company,
since it permits the interchange of
both surplus and emergency power.
The newest interconnection is one of
several others made some time since,
all of which are contributing to the
reliability of our service and to eco
romies in operation.
(Continued on page three)
On Monday morning, August 18,at
7 o’clock, the older group of young
people from the Methodist and Baptist
churches of our town will leave for
a joint camp at White Lake, near
I Elizabethtown, N. C. On the follow
ing Monday, August 25, a second
group of Junior age will leave for the
same destination.
Trucks have been secured for the
conveyance of everybody and also for
the baggage, from the Roanoke Mills
Co., and the Rosemary Manufacturing
Co., through the courtesy of Mr.
Frank Williams and Mr. William
Manning.
Picnic lunches are to be carried by
the girls to sustain everyone on the
way down and until camp is pitched
and everything is in running order.
The camp will be both educational
and recreational. Plenty of time will
be allowed for swimming and other
optional entertainments- There is,to
be a course taught by trained work
ers at both camps. Rev. C. A. Baker
of Duke University, will teach on the
first camp a course on “The Life of
Christ,” using as a textbook “The
I Life of Christ,” by Humphrey Lee.
Mrs. B. F. Boone of Pinetops, N. C.,
will give a course in Missions to the
younger group.
A tentative schedule of the days at
camp follows:
7:00—Rising bell.
7:15-7:30—Morning dip. *
8:00—Breakfast.
8:30-8:45 — Preparations for the
day (making beds,etc.)
9:00-9:45—First class period.
9:45-10:00_Recess.
10:00-10:45—Second class period.
10:45-12:00—Study.
12:00—Dinner.
1:00-2:00—Quiet hour.
2:00-G:00—Optional recreation.
6:00—Supper.
6:30-9:00—Optional.
9:00-10:00—Vesper services, story
telling, singing and talks on Christ
ian living. ^
10:00—Room bell. .</***
10:30—Lights out. '■*""
All persons will be required to fol
low this schedule unless excused by
c ther Mr. Hall or Mr. Mustian or one
of the trained nurses.
Mr. Hall, Mr. Mustian and Mrs»
Hall are the directors of the camp.
Rev. C. A. Baker and Mrs. B. F. Boone
are the only instructors. Mrs. Loftia
Moody and Mrs. David Camp are go
ing to be on hand in case of need of
a trained nurse. Any music that may
be needed will be arranged for by
Misses Agatha Moore, Catherine
Hmes, and Margie Collier. Any group
play will be led by Edwni Akers, Gra
ham Lynch, and Colon Womble.
Plenty of good eats will be fixed by
Dave Morris.
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Largest China Ware
Display Ever Here
One of the best offers ever made
m any line of merchandise is that at
H. Marks, starting Saturday mom
:ng when almost 4,000 pieces of china
varo will be offered to the public at
pre-war prices. This is a brand new
■ hipment just received by B. Marks
and the entire back of the store build
ing was necessary to take care of
What is probably the largest display
of china dishes ever seen in this sec
tion. Either sets or individual pieces
may be purchased at ridiculously low
prices. The offers and suggestions
ore given in detail in an advertise
ment in this issue. Both the size of
the display and the low prices promp
ted this article op the part of the
Herald.