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NUMBER 19.
TO LET BRIDGE CONTRACT TUESDAY
NEW LOCATION 900 FEET
ABOVE PRESENT SITE
WORK TO
START IN
SEPTEMBER
Commission Promises
Aid In Pavirttr to Pleas
ant Hill
The contract for the new
bridge over the Roanoke River
will be let at ten o’clock a. m.,
on August 26th. next Tuesday.
Word was received by Mr. Jack
De Lysle, Director of Publicity
of the Atlantic Coastal Highway
Association too late for publi
cation in last week’s Herald. The
letters u. as follows:
NORTH CAROLINA
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
Raleigh, N. C.f Aug. 15th, 1930.
Project 1702
ilalifax-Northampton Counties.
Subject: General data.
Mr. Jack De Lysle, Director of Pub
licity, Atlantic Coastal Highway As
sociation, Wilmington, N. C.,
Dear Mr. De Lysle:
I have read your letter of recent
date but due to my absence from the
city have been unable to reply to it
before. I am sorry this information
wont be received by you in time for
incorporation in your story, which 1
presume was published yesterday.
The letting for the new bridge at
ltoanoke Rapids will take place at
10:00 a. m., on August 26 in this of
fice. Proposals and plans have been
sent to a number of contractors and
1 believe we will receive nice bids.
On the new alignment, we will re
quire a bridge ovqr the canal of the
Virginia Eleetric and Power Company,
together with the main river bridge.
These bridges will be about 900 feet
upstream from the existing river
bridge. The bridge over the canal
will have a length of 153 feet, con
sisting of nine 17‘ spans. This struc
ture will consist of ereosoted timber
pile bents with, ereosoted timber su
per-structure. The main river bridge
has a length of 1262 feet. On the
Roanoke end, there are three 17* ereo
soted timber spans followed by six at
140* through truss steel spans, then
11 at 17* ereosoted timber spans, one
at 120* through steel truss span, over
the overflow channel, with three at
17* ereosoted timber spans at the far
end. The ereosoted timber spans arc
similar to those on the bridge over !
the canal. The through steel truss
spans are on concrete piers and have
a ereosoted timbed floor. The width
of roadway between hub guards for
both structures is 20 feet.
Hoping this gives you the required
information, and with very best wish- ;
es, I am,
Sincerely yours,
John D. Waldrop,
State Highway Engineer.
The Herald, in discussing this mat
ter with Mr. De Lysle learned that
both Mr. John D. Waldrop, Chief En
gineer and Mr. R. A. Doughton, Chair
man of the State Highway Commis
sion, had assured him that the build
ing of the bridge would be rushed to
a speedy conclusion after the letting.
“Both of these gentlemen,” stated Mr.
DeLysle, “assured me that they,would
bend every effort to get these two
bridges completed in record time and
they further assured me that if it was
possible to raise the money, the nine
miles from Roanoke Rapids to Pleas
ant Hill wouuld be paved.”
“The Federal Government, con
tinued Mr. De Lysle, “has stated that
it is going to release $117,000,000.00
at once to relieve the depressing con
ditions that exist in so many sections.
I believe that a trip to Washington
and a conference with the proper au
thorities will get some aid from that
quarter. At least it’s worth trying.
If this aid is forthcoming it should
be a comparatively simple matter to
find some means of raising an equal
amount from the State Highway Conv
r.iission. Where there’s a will there's
a way and I have great hopes that in
come manner this may be accomplish
ed. In my opinion the coming tourist
season is going to be one of the larg
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AD BRINGS
LOST SPECS
Local Merchant Goes In Swim
ming With Glasses On
And Loses Them
Jack Weissner, proprietor of Weiss
ner’s Shoe Store, at Rosemary, is a
firm believer in advertising—especial
ly newspaper advertising.
On Friday, August 8, Mr. Weiss
ner was at Virginia Beach, Va., visit
ing Mrs. Weissner, who has been
spending the summer there, and like
most of the visitors at the beach, ho «
answered the call of the roaring sea
and went swimming in the Atlantic
Ocean.
After spending a few hours in the j
water he decided he had enough of I
swimming for the day and was at- ,
tempting to leave when a big, tempt- j
ing wave came rolling toward the 1
shore. Mr. Weissner forgot all about
his eye glasses he was wearing an-1 j
jived into the wave. When he came
out of the water his glasses were
missing. A search was made, but j
the glasses could not be found.
Five days later Mrs. Weissner was
reading the lost and found column in
a newspaper and here eyes were at
traetde to an ad telling of a pair of
glasses being found, stating that if
the owner would describe them, pay
for the ad, they could recover them.
Mr. Weissner was notified and Wed
nesday he went to Virginia Beach,
called at the home of the finder oi
his glasses and recovered them. They
were found near the Cavalier hotel,
three miles from the Pinewood hotel,
rear where they were lost. They were
in perfect condition. The cost of the ad
was 25c and the finder refused a re
ward.
And still some people don't believe
in advertising.
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Loc-ii Business Man Dies At
Rosemary After Paralysis
Attack
Funeral services were held this af
ternoon at 2:30 o’clock, for the late
William E. King, 71 years of age, at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. E.
Morn 1 of Rosemary, whete he died
suddenly Wednesday night about 9
o’clock following a stroke of paraly
sis. Interment was made in the old
King cemetery, near Thelma. The
services were conducted by Rev. V. j
if. Grantham, pastor of the Rosemary |
Christian Church.
Mr. King had been a resident of j
Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary and j
identified with the business life of j
the Twin Cities for several years. At
one time he conducted a blacksmith
shop in Roanoke Rapids and until a
few months ago was engaged in the
mercantile business in Rosemary,
operating a store- near the Brickell
Motor Company.
He is survived by the following:
two sons, Paul and Robert of Rose
mary; and four daughters, Mrs. V,7.
E. Morris, Mrs. Jack Matthews, Mrs.
Buck Taylor and Mrs. Brooks Baker.
Elect Martin President
Merchants Association j
Alfred N. Martin, popular Rose
mary druggist, was elected president
of the Rosemary Merchant’s Associa
tion at the regular annual election
last week. This will be Mr. Martin’s
second term as he was the first presi
dent of that organization. He suc
ceeds Frank Wilson of the Roanoke
Hardware Co.
Walter Crowder was 'elected secre
tary of the Association and II. H.
King, terasurer. Means of getting ad
ditional members to pay the night
watchman and other expenses was
discussed, as was the formation of
a credit association for the two towns.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cullom and Miss
Kate Hockaday, of Rosemary, motored
to Little Washington and Greenville,
Wednesday.
TAX RELIEF
BOARD HAS
MEETING
Halifax County Execu
tive Committee Holds
First Session
The recently elected Executive
Committee of the Halifax County Tax
'Relief Association held its first
meeting in Halifax on Wednesday
morning for the transaction of such
business as the chairman deemed ex
pedient.
C. R. Emry of Rosemary, chairman
of the Executive Committee, called
the meeting to order and stated that
it was time for the’ Association to
have the services of the various com
mitters which arc provided for in the
by-laws of the A ; • elation. A motion
•vas made .and carried that the Execu
tive Committee be made to constitute
the finance committee and the com
mittee on economy and government.
B. B. Everett of Palmyra, N. L.
Stedman of Halifax and W. R. Ncvitl
o? Heathsvide were elected as a com
mittee on legislation.
The newspaper editors of Halifax
County were namde as a committee
on publicity with J T. Madry of Scot
land Neck, chairman.
The Executive Committee passed a
moti-m that Chairman Emry request
the various county boards to allow a
committee from the tax association
to meet with the boards in their regu
lar meetin, the committees to be ap
pointed by Chairman Emry.
A large committee on precinct or
ganization was named to get the peti
tions of the State Association signed.
Chairmen of precinct committees who
were absent at the meeting Wednes
day are being asked to select their
assistants in getting the petitions :
: igned in their own precincts. The fol- ]
lowing were named:
TIobgood—R. C. Shields, chairman;
W. P. White, and W. L. Bailey.
Palmyra—B. B. Everett, chairman;
C. N. Andrews, J. R. Stevenson,
j Roseneath_T. R. Whitehead, chair
man; It. P. Bradley, A. C. House.
Ccrmcnara—J. E. Park:;, chairman;
Tom 1 Banco •!;. J. E. Martin.
Enfield—Waldo Whitaker, chair
man.
Ringwood—Hugh Bloomer, chair
man; I). S. Moss.
Bi;t«orwood- - 3. T. Thorne, chair
man.
Littleton—J. R. Wollett, ehi.jnnan.
Roanoke Rapids No. 1—Wells I).
Tillery, chairman.
Roanoke Rapids No. 2— C. Id. Em
vy, chairman; W. L. Manning.
Hollister—W. J. Galloway, chair
man.
Fauectts—W. R. Nevill, chairman;
W. C. Dickens.
Halifax—Arthur Gregory, chair
man; N. L. Stedman, John Bass.
Weldon—H. V. Bounds, chairman;
\Y. T. Whitehead, J. A. Johnson, Jr.
A motion was carried that the oc
cupation of the signers be listed by
the names on the petitions.
The Halifax Association voted to
ten d$25 to the State Association as
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CHANGE IN
LOCAL FIRM
Celling Cleaning: Company Now
Operated Tty Fuller and
Fowler
The Collins Cleaning and Dyeing
Company, of Rosemary, made the an
nouncement tins week that W. E. Ful
V»r and H. M. Fowler had taken over
the management of their plant and
will operate it in the future.
i John W. Collins who established the ■
ine business three years ago, coming!
here from Williamsburg, Va.. and op- j
crated it until last Monday, when the
new managers took charge, will leave
the first of the week for Henderson,
N. C., where he will enter the laundry
business. He recently closed a deal for
the purchase of the Ideal Laundry
there, it is understood.
Both Mr. Fuller and Mr. Fowler are
well known here and have had wide
experience in the cleaning and dye
ing business. Mr. Fuller has been as
sociated with the Collins Company
for the past two and a half years. Mr.
Fowler has been connected with the
firm for a few months. No other
changes in the personnel of the firm
has been made.
G.N, TAYLOR
MEW MAYOR
To Fill Vacancy I-eft By Resig
nation of Dr. Long—Kidd
Commissioner
George N. Taylor was chosen May
or of Roanoke Rapids by tho Town
Board of Commissioners at its regu
lar monthly meeting this week.
Mr. Taylor, who hns served several
terms as Commissioner, has been
acting Mayor since the resignation nf
Mayor Long was accepted two months
ago.
C. T. Kidd, local contractor, was
chosen by t!)e Board as Commissioner
to fii! the vacancy left by Mr. Tay
lor’s promotion. In the last city elect
ion. Mr. Kidd was next high man in
number of votes received
Besides transacting routine busi
ness, the Commissioners appropriated
funds to put signboards at Pleasant
Hill to direct traffic over Federal
Highway 17-1 to Roanoke Rapids and
Rosemary. A similar board will be
placed on tho Littleton road leading j
into Rosemary by the Rosemary Me.-- j
chants Association.
LEGION
TO PLAY
KIWANIS
American Legion Circus
At Simmaps Park
September 3
The local -Legion '2ost has challeng
ed the local Kiwaiw"* Chib to a base
hull game to be •Wednesday. a&V
ternoon, September 3. In addition to
the game a Legion circus will be put
on at Simmons Park, if plans work
out. Business houses of the Twin Ci
ties will be asked to close that af
ternoon.
Ned Manning was elected Post Com
r\andcr of Damask Post 1-17. Ameri
can Legion, at it; regular meeting and
election of officers last Friday night.
He succeeds George N. Taylor, first
Commander of the new post which
row has over seventy members and i
striving for one hundred members by
1931.
The important office of Service O' -
ficer, which has been filled by Leon
M. Hall for the past year, went , •
j Carl Churchill. The importance of
• this office war. shown in a report by
i.VIr. Kali c£ the work he has done for
{ex-service men during his tentrv
j of office. lie has handled more tr. ’
*50,000 in insurance, disability, pen
sion and hospitilization claims. All
ex-service men who have any prob
lems of this nature are urged to tufe
them up with Mr. Churchill, who will
be assirled in the work by Mr. Hall.
Mr. Churchill can be found at the
Rosemary postoffice where he is em
ployed.
Alfred N. Marten was reappointed i
Post Adjutant and Curtis -C. Shell was
reelected Finance Officer, as the de
tail work of these offices is now fa
miliar to these men.
Tom Bush was elected 1st
Vice Commander of the Post and Car
roll Wilson 2nd Vic* Commander. W.
J. Norwood was elected Post Chap
lain and E. B. Reynolds, Sergeant-at
Arms.
A. N. Martin and J. C. Bissettc
were chosen delegates to the State
Convention at Winston-Salem with
W. A. China and W. J. Norwood as
alternates.
The management of the Peoples
Theatre gave n percentage of tickets
sold to Damask Post of the American
Legion for the picture “With Byrd
at the South Pole,” which showed
here Monday and Tuesday. Despite i
the short notice, members of the Le
gion and the'r friends were able to
dispose of quite a few tickets and
ihose who saw the picture were well
repaid. It was a dramatic, epoch
making film which was all the more
entertaining because it was real and
showed the cave, methodical attention,
dangers, hardships of the Polar trip.
It was a thrill not to be forgotten to
sit in a theatre in Roanoke Rapids and
actually fly with Byrd over the South
Pole.
Honors for ticket selling go to Mrs.
acorpe Taylor, wife of the Post Com
mander, who disposed of an even hun
dred. The Post wishes to publicly
thank the Peoples Theatre and those
who purchased Legion tickets.
I
CONNECT
New Substation Addi
tion and Circuit Break
er Here Completed
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company has just completed at a cost
cf approximately $350,000, a physical
connection with the power system of ;
the Carolina Light and Power Com
pany, at a point just out of Littleton,
N. C. This interconnection is of 110,
000 volt construction and built cf the
v/ood pole frame “H” design. It in
cludes a substation addition and oil
circuit breaker installation at Roa
noke Rapids. The lire wire are aili
n'i nun steel cored conductors.
The line is al; oequipped with radio
carrier current telephone equipment,
located at Roanoke Rapids, to facili
tate prompt exchange of power over
• his interconnection in cases of em
ergency, and otherwise.
This interconnection with the sys
tem of the Carolina Power and Light |
Company, together with another
through Rocky Mount, both of which j
can be operated simultaneously, af
fords sufficient capacity to relay any
| one of the largest generating units
chat might be out of service for re
pairs or for any other reason.
The company now operates similar
interconnections with the Virginia
Public Service Company's electric
power system at Roanoke Rapids, N.
C., and Occoquan, Va., near Alexan
dria, these connections serving to in
crease the reliability of electric ser
vice on the Vepeo sycstem, as well as
to effect economies in operation.
To further facilitate the dispatching
f*f electric power over its transmission
system the company has just install
ed at a cost of approximately $30,000
ladio carrier current telephone equip
ment at its Hosier road sub-station, in
Suffolk, and also at its Manchester
substation in Richmond.
This enables the system operator
located at Richmond to talk by radio
over the 110,000-volt transmission line
as a carrier channel with the Suffolk
sub-station and also the sub-station
l i.V; nolle Rapid.:, X. ( ., or directly
into the sub-rtatic.n of the Carolina
i' wvr and. Light Company at II n
t.1 u’son, X. C.
i me < ana rover an: l in gin Gom
j i'-riy is, in cum. connect..! through
uiio carrier telephone cmnmurMua
tion with the Appalachain system of
; tin American Gas and E.’v-trie Com
;p:m\, which has a private r:i:lh> te!e
I shorn' system extending through to
. ! vein lid. Oliio and Chicago.. lib. The
C:r«)i:na Company can ah o commu
nicate south as far as Coluinlmt, S. C.
The company has also installed in
its Suffolk sub-station metering
equipment on the line leading cowards
Roanoke Rapids with a graphic i'O
corder, which shows the amount and
direction of power flow through this
line lend which also shoves voltage
.-urges and their duration, as well as
severity. These two meters are known
as quick trip instruments, which at
times when voltage surges greater
than « pre determined amount, will
show on a chart very accurately the
amount of the surge, due to the fact
that the chart is speeded up at the
time icf surge, 3,60h times normal
speed, so that one inth of 'chart rep
resents one second of time, making the
record of happenings so that they can |
I.e visioualized even though their du-,
ration is for a period much less than
a second.
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W. F. Joyner Honored j
W. F. Joyner, Waldo Whittaker and |
Newton Sheperd represented Halifax j
County at 'Che N. C. Association of \
County Commissioners convention at
Wrightsville Beach last week. Mr.
Joyner, commissioner from. Roanoke
Rapids township, was honored by the
appointment as chairman of the Exe
cutive committee of the Association.
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Former Pastor Here
David F. Tyndall, Christian minister
of Savannah, Ga., and a formre pastor
tor of the Rosemary Christian Church
will be a visitor in the Twin Cities
Saturday and Sunday.and will preach
in the morning and evening service 1
at the Christian Church Sunday.
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Mrs. Frank Horwitz is spending this '
week at Ocean View. I
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New Business Manager Takes
Takes Charge of Local Hos
pital This Week
A. W. Peace, of Fayetteville. N C..
brother of 3. T. Peace, president of
the Roanoke Mills Company and the
Roanoke Bank and Trust Company
assumed the duties of business man
ager of the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Monday. He succeeds W. L. Medlin.
who has hold that position for sever? 1
months. Mr. Medlin, a resident of
Roanoke Rapids, has accepted a posi
tion with the Roanoke Mills Company
and will be located at the company’,
local offices at Mill No. 1.
Mr. Peace has been a resident cf
Fayetteville for the past 20 year--.
For 1G years he has been engaged in
tne real estate business there, and
has been closely identified with the
business life of that city. He expects
to move liis family to Roanoke Rapids
in the near future.
Although he has not yet become
very well acquainted with his new
surroundings, Mr. Peace seems very
favorably impressed with the Twin
Cities and from his conversation it
is gathered ho has much faith in the
future of Roanoke Rapids and Rose
mary.
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ETHERIDGE
AT BAKERY
Former Owner Welcomed Back!
To Focal Business
Fold
The New Bakery at Rosemary, war
purchased from M. Iroe by D. W. Eth
eridge. well Tc:v»\vrf Toeal bale.':’ the
first of this week. Mr. Etheridge took
charge of the business Tuesday, and
the bakery v ill ho under the manage
ment of Mrs. Etheridge who cnj'ys
almost} the same distinction in the
baking indu-ury as does her husband.
Mr. Iroe, who came here from Wo. h
mgton, D. <a few weeks ago and
nurchased the bale y fr m Mr. Eth
>-ridge, has nut mo da- known his piai. •
lor the future.
The repm.'.ti-vi ■ tb ■ Rtnevioges j
as bakers is v. V. i. They came,
to Roanoke I':.! - rd ui eight years <
{•go and estuM! i eh a email bakery I
| m Second S'. . . V:v- hu >.o?k ;;i ew ,
■ ran idly, and a • years later they
erected a new building at Rosemary
| iihd moved^^^ffitHisiness tbereflfrom |
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LocpI Tree Sitter Passes 500
Hoor Record Tomorrow
Afternoon
Andy Gump is still up there. Sit
ting away in the big tree on the Ave
nue between Coburn’s and Tillery'.:
stores, Andy is out to make an a'l
time record and now seems well on
the road to victory.*
He went up in the tree August firry
and has been there now for three
weeks lacking one day. At 6:30 this
afternoon, the local tree sitter had
been up in the air for 4S0 hours. To
morrow at that time, he will have
passed the 500 hour mark by four
hours.
Until recently, 500 hours was the
record, but a report comes from Nor
folk this week that a tree sitter is
going into his fourth week now. How
ever, Andy’s manager, Hubert Collins,
will begin tomorrow afternoon claim
ing a new record which will stand un
til disputed. So far as is known, Andy
has no intention of coming down yet.
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Messrs Elizabeth Williams and Eu
genia Rook have returned from an
extended visit in Elizabeth City.
SENTENCE
OF AGREE
5-10 YEARS
’-oral I.aw Violator?, are
Deal? Wi*H Heavily
At Court
T/Ocsl lew violators felt the
heavy hdnd of the law as sen
tences were meted out in Hali
fax Superior Court this week
ranging from six months to ten
years, with Raymond Acree,
youthful rum runner, catching
the top sentence of from 5 to
10 years in the State peniten
tiary.
Hinton Faison, pal of Acres,'
received a two year sentence
with a two year suspended pen
itence to start when the first two
! years have been served,
j Paul Massey who told on the
[above two as well as himself,
[coming clean with a confession
.that included his own misdeeds,
received a six months sentence.
Joe Williams, who was out un
der a suspended sentence and
violated it by being caught
drunk and in trouble again, was
sentenced to nine months.
Pick Skinner Malone, negro,
who assaulted manager R. B.
Purdy of the Eastern Carolina
Service Corporation while in a
drunken rage, received a total
sentence of two years.
Young Atree, who received the sen
tence of from 5 to T^yoors. was found
guilty of assault with a deadly wea
pon with intent to kill. This ease was
the outcome of his capture on the
Avenue last month when officers sur
rounded his car. which was found later
! lo contain 34 gallons of liquor.
Aeree sprang from his car. gun in
! hand, and threatened the officers, par
i th-.ularly Sheriff Fell, who was in
'hi.-.- ’v.'.h. When the smoke cleared
! • was on the ground shot
jth; ugh tin leg. Two of the officers.
Jin th. c.fired at Am. He was
|i:i 1! i ' il for sever-.il weeks as
| a result of the wound.
j Tv.' ' years were added to his
sentence growing out of liquor
charges but these two years will run
concurrently with the assault sen
tence. Acres is said to have been the
j • f i1. Fairway Filling Station.
Y.,an Tn was in the car with
! Acrce ard he also faced other charges
j prior to the capture. Faison almost
* ny.Y y oJ 1 F ecape but was tackled
. sheri f Ke t er as he cross
led the d.Y.-h on the West side of the
'Avenue. He will serve two years and
‘after that ancthc-r two year sentence
j bangs ovv-v hie head subject to his
igcod behavior.
Malone, better known here as Dick
Skinner, and very well known since
his drunken attack on Mr. Purdy last
week, faced charges of assault and
driving an auto while intoxicated. It
was brought out this latter was his
third offense of the kind. Ke receiv
'd guilty counts on both charges and
was given a total sentence, of two
years.
The negro had become peeved at the
manager and entered the office of the
(ompany with a gun in his pocket. Mr.
Purdy was seated at his desk wheir
confronted by the negro who threaten^
«'d him with the gun and then struck
I him. The negro escaped but was cap
j cured later by Sheriff Bell after a
j chase through the woods.
Robert L. Harris
Funeral Is Held
This Afternoon
Funeral services for the late Robert
J" Harris, 75 years of age, whose
death occured Wednesday night, about
7 o’clock, at the home of his son, W.
F. Harris, on Jefferson street follow
ing a Strok eof paralysis, Were con
ducted by Rev. Fountain, pastor of the
Weldon Baptist Church, from the Har
ris home at 3:30 o’clock this after
noon. Interment was made in Cedar
wood cemetery. The deceased is sur
vived by three duaghters, Mrs. Ethel
Clary, Mrs. Mary Bateman and Min
Pattie Harris of Hillsboroy and one
con, W. E, Harris.
■St