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VOLUME 16. ROANOKE RAPIDS—ROSEMARY, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13th, 1930. • NUMBER 31.
HOTEL STOCK WILL BE SOLD
CALL SPECIAL MEETING FOR GAS PLANT SITE
KIWANIANS HELPING
IN SELLING OF STOCK
WORKERS
NEAR END
OF GOAL
Predict End Of Week
Will See Total Amount
Subscribed
Citizens and business firms of
the community had subscribed
to over $6,500 in stock to build
a hotel here, according to figures
compiled this morning.
This leaves a balance of $6,
000 to complete the total amount
of $12,500 in cash which must
be raised in stock subscription
by local people, the amount to
be matched by the Guarantee
Finance Corporation of Rich
mond to total the capital stock
of (25,000.
The committe, which has been sell
ing the stock here ,has every reason
to believe that the amount required
will be raised. There are scores of
people who have not been seen yet,
many of whom are reported to be
willing u> subscribe at leaat one
"kharo «f stock. In due time, all per
sons will have an opportunity to do
their share in building the hotel.
Most of the actual work of in
vestigating and selling the stock has
been done by the Kiwanis Club. Sev
eral members have given the best
part of a week’s time to this work
and their labors have not been in
vain. They are pleased with the re
sults to date.
Another committee from the Ki
wanis club has been appointed to in
vestigated and report on possible sites
with the view of placing the hotel as
near between the two business sec
tions as possible. This committee will
report to the club which will, in turn,
recommend the proposed site to the
directors of the hotel corporation
which will be formed just as soon as
the stock is subscribed by local peo
ple .
The Guarantee Finance tCorpora
tion is anxious to get the matter
closed as soon as possible. They de
sire to get the building operations
started while materials and labor are
low.
Tax Association
j Chairmen To Meet
. On Next Saturday
r~ —
It was decided at a meeting of a
few membres of the , executive com
mittee in the Halifax County Tax Re
lief Association at Halifax recently
that a full meeting of the Executive
Committee woulud be held at the cuort
house in Halifax next Saturday, No
vember 15, at 10 o’clock in the morn
ing.
The meeting has been called in or
der that reports may be had from
every member of the executive com
mittee, the precinct chairmen, and
that the signed petitions may be turn
ed in and sent to the North Carolina
Tav Relief Association.
At the meeting the chairmen pres
ent reported more than 600 signa
tures to the petitions and Hugh
Bloomer led the group by turning in
(22.25 in contributions to the Halifax
Association’s treasury. Chairmen of
the precinct committees are request
ed by the chairman of the executive
committee to turn in all signatures
to the petitions and make financial
reports at the meeting next Saturday.
Those attending the meeting were:
C. R. Emry, chairman of the commit
tee and of the Rosemary precinct com
mittee; W. T. Shaw, president of the
Halifax Association; Hugh Bloomer,
chairman of the Ringwood precinct
committee; W. R. Nevill, chairman of
Fancetts precinct committee; J. R.
Wollett, chairman of the Littleton
precinct committee and J. T. Madry,
Mcrcttry of the Hilifw Association
nnd of the executive committee.
PARKER
LED VOTE
IN COUNTY
Bailey’s Lead 3,296, Re
vised Figures Show
In Halifax
Receiving a total of 3546, R. Hunt
Parker, Solicitor for the 3rd district
led the ticket in Halifax County with
Judge W. T. Clement, candidate for
Register of Deeds, running second
with 3541 votes. No county candi
date had opposition from the Republi
can side of th ecounty and went into
office with votes varying slightly in
their number, each receiving more
than 3400 votes.
Solicitor Parker nor the State Sena
torial candidate, A. C. Zollicoffer and
W. G. Clark had opposition, but Con
gressman John H. Kerr was opposed
by E. Dana Dickens, Republican as
pirant who received only 137 votes
Kerr’s 3502.
In the U. S. Senatorial race between
Josiah W. Bailey, Democrat and
George M. Pritchard, Republican,
Bailey snowed his opponent undter
with 3487 votes to Pritchard’s 191.
Simmons, defeated in the June pri
i mar$.: saceiveft tt'o votes, in Halifax
county, both coming from Enfield
township.
Neither of the proposed amend
ments to the constitution was favor
able to Halifax voters. The Veteran’s
loan proposition received for, 1868,
against 906. The others were badly
defeated.. For amendment increasing
the Supreme Court judges from five
to seven members, 1113 voted for and
1828 against, while the amendment
providing for Solicitorial Districts
was only slightly defeated with 1342
for and 1364 against. The Constitu
tional Amendment authorizing classi
fication of property was badly de
feated with 1030 in favor of the
amendment and 1608 against it.
OPERETTA
AT SCHOOL
ON NOV. 14
One Hundred and Fifty
Boys and Girls Will
Take Part
Friday night, November 14, at 8
o’clock in the Roanoke Rapids High
School auditorium “Betty's Birthday
Party,” a grade school operetta, will
l,o presented. Parts will* he taken by
members of the second, third, fourth
tilth and sixth grades and the cast
will total one hundred and fifty girls
pnd boys
The operetta under the general
direction of Miss Mary Scales music
instructor, assisted by the grade
teachers. Miss Elma Holding will be
at the piano.
The sixth grade chorus, which has
just recently been organized and di
rected by Miss Scales, will sing two
numbers preceding the performance
of the operetta.
Editor Of The Herald
Visiting in Kentucky
Carroll Wilson, publisher and edit
or of The Herald, left Tuesday night
for Kentucky, where he will spend
several days, visiting friends and re
latives.
Smith-Turner
Mr. and Mrs. George Russell Turn
er of Roanoke Rapids announce the
marriage of their daughter, Margery
Hazel, to Mr. George R. Smith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Smith of Roa
noke Rapids on November 2, 1930 at
Lawrenceville, Va.
—
Miss Vashti Kennemur spent the
week-end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Kennemur.
“Boll Weevil” Gets
Sixty Days On His
5th Trip To Court
For the fifth time since Magis
trate R. L. Martin took office—
and he has not been in office
yet six months—George Purnell,
colored of Roanoke Rapids, more
familiarly known among his as
sociates as “Bol! Weevil,” has
appeared before the magistrate
to have justice meted out to him.
Punells firth appearstne? be
fore Magistrate Mar. in was made
Monday—and judging from the
sentence the official gave him,
it will be at least sixty days no
fore the colored man will have
another opportunity to face tria’
in Magistrate Martin’s court.
Purnell was arrested Sunday
night by Chief of police Clifton
Massey on two charges. The first
charge was for assault on one
Ernest Austin, colored, while the
second charge was for forcible
trespass on the premises of Dr.
T. W. M. Long.
The colored man was ^ound
guilty of both charges and given
thirty days on the county roads in
each case—a total of sixty days,
i Some time ago Purnell was
warned by both Dr. Long and
the court not to trespass on Dr.
Long’s property.
ARMISTICE
PROGRAM
TUESDAY
School Children and Le
gion Post Observe Day
With Service
Armistice Day was celebrated here
on Tuesday morning when school chil
dren joined with Damask Post of the
American Legion in an impressive
ceremony at the High School audito
rium.
More than a thuosand school chil
dren and many citizens, including
members of the local Legion Post, saw
the members of Miss Mary Cannon’s
Class stage a beautiful tableau rep
resenting Flanders Fields.
Music for the occasion was furnish
ed by the local Legion Band, resplen
oent in full dress uniforms, under the
direction of R. L. Martin. Stirring
wartime music kept the large audi
ence alert throughout the program.
Rev. Leon Hall, member of the lo
cal Legion Post and army chaplain,
ing to the younger generation the
made the address of the day, bring
horrors of warfare and begging them
to attune their minds to the end that
war might be unmasked and driven
from the world forever.
A glowing tribute was paid those
those who have “Gone West” by the
children in their tableau.
The following program was render
ed:
MUSIC Dy ivosfinaiy uauu.
and Stripes Forever—Over There—
America—There Is A Long, Long
Trail A’Winding.
2. America, sung by audience led
by Harvey Saunders.
3. Significance of Armistice Day—
Betty Mae Spive'y.
4. Place whcfs Armistiua was
Signed—Mr. Thomas Martin.
5. Scripture and Prayer—Rev. Leon
Hall.
6. Band Music—Keep The Home
Fires Burning.
7. Play given by 8 I Class.
Armistice Day Play—To You, A
Torch.
8. Band music—Star Spangled Ban
ner.
Miss Margie Collier and Harvey
Saunderm had charge of music for the
play.
The cast was as follows: France,
Maragret Long; Peace, Rebecca
Bounds; Uncle Sam, Wilson Mullenj
Soldier, Lunsford Long; Sailor, Clar
ence Coburn; America, Eugene Shell
Liberty, Haiel Elmore; Poppies,
Gladys Steinburg, Eileen Fisher, Dor
is Topping, Bennie Allsbrook; White
Stars, George Netheroutt, leader,
Graham Jarman, Jim Joyner, Luns
ford Crew, Lacy Crouch, Erwin Dick
ens.
$500,000
POWER UNE
IS PLANNED
Vepco Plans Transmis
sion Line Between Here
and Petersburg
Directors of the Virginia Electric
and Power Company meeting in New
York Tuesday approved the expendi
ture of approximately $500,000 for the
construction of a 110-volt transmis
sion line from Roanoke Rapids to Pe
tersburg, Va. The line will be ex
tended to Richmond, Va., later.
Construction ot the bU-miie trans
mission line will be put under way
as soon as possible, and its comple
tion will assure the Richmond and
Petersburg area of the Company’s
system an abundance of hydro-elec
tric generated power at all times
The line will give Richmond direct
connection with the Roanoke Rapids
hydro-electric plant through Peters
burg. At present connection is made
through Norfolk and from that ci.y
to Petersburg.
The new line will complete the third
side of a triang'Var distribution sys
tem tha tnow runs from Roanoke Ra
pids to Norfolk and from that city
to Petersburg. &i :hmond is now con
nected with Pete.iburg by transmis
sion line.
Construction of the new unit will
assure the Richmond area, where the
company’s heaviest load is carried, of
a sufficient s,u.'j>Jy of power in the
event of a breakdown at the Twelfth
Street plant, and the failure of the
transmission line between Petersburg
and Norfolk, Such an emergency at
the present time would mak;* it ne
cessary for the company to draw on
the Virginia Public Service Corpora
tion through Occoquan on the north..
The new line will also make possible
direct connection with the North Caro
lina Light and Power Company’s sys
tem at Roanoke Rapids.
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company is now supplying power to
the Virginia Public Service Com
pany through Roanoke Rapids and
through Occoquan, the drought hav
ing reduced the Virginia Public Ser
vice Company to the point where it
has practically no water for hydro
electric power in its entire system.
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company is now almost exclusively
relying on steam produced power, due
to low water from which its hydro*
el°ctric power is drawn. Ihe com
pany’s largest ste'.n power plant is
at Reeves Ave/uta in Norfolk, with
tne plant at Richm aid next in si/e.
Total production water power pro- j
duped electrically at the Richmond, I
Petersburg, Fredericksburg, Va., and
Roanoke Rapids plant of the Virginia
Electric and Power Company for the
past five months was 21,558,358 kilo
watt hours as against 52,315,280 kilo
watt hours in the same period of laRt
year.
The news of the construction of the
new line, of course, started more dam
rumors here, with many citizens
pointing out that the need for more
water, especially at peak loads, which
would be placed on the Roanoke Ra
pids branch would hasten the build
ing of the dam.
Others pointed out that a recent tie
up at this point with the Carolina
Power Company might delay the dam.
Others say the pover company is
ready to build the dam just as soon
as the permit :s granted. It is un
derstood here the permit is being
he!o up by technicalities by certain
S‘ate offi ;inli. These technics'itie*
hive to do with the i.nomt of water
in the river below the dam at certaii
stages of the year.
Chowan To Celebrate
Founders Day Nov. 18
Chowan College, at Murfreesboro,
N. C., will celebrate Founder’s Day on
Tuesday, November 18. The program
arranged for the event follows.
Meeting of the Board of Trustees
at eleven o’clock.
Soccer game at 10:80 A .M
Annual address at 2:30 P. M.
Tennis tournament at 4:00 P. M.
Recital by Fine Arts Departments
at 8:30 P. M.
Andy Gump, Champ
Tree Sitter, Now
In Halifax Jail
Andy Gump, local tree sititng
champion, who claims to have
established a record when he re
mained aloft in a tree here for
1,548 hours, is a prisoner in the
Halifax county jail, — charged
with violating the prohibition law.
Andy was arrested in Weldon
Wednesday morning by Benny
Arthur, acting chief of police of
that town, with a half gallon of
liquor in his possession. The tree
sitting champion was sitting in
an automobile when he saw the
officer approaching. He jumped
from the car, took the half gal
lon of ardent spirits with him,
and sought to perfect an escape
by running through a corn field.
But the feet of Andy Gump were
not fast enough to elude the law
He was overtaken by the officer
and placed under arrest.
Wearing the “bracelets of the
law” Andy was ushered into the
office of Mayor Daniels of Wel
don. He was Icund guilty of the
charpf*4s preferred against him,
and in default of a $100 bond,
was removed to Halifax, where
he was placed in the county jail
to await the next term of the
Halifax Superior (.'out.
At the time Andy was arrest
ed he was engaged in driving an
automobile owned by a bootleg
ger. Officers say the bootlegger
was making deliveries when the
arrest was made. Andy's “em
ployer was not arrested. The
automobile was confiscated.
CLUB ASKS
SUPPORT
OF CITIES
Womans Club Solicits
Support To Improve
Two Towns
The immediate undertaking of the
Civic Department of the Womans Club
is to improve the appearance of the
Twin Cities. Therefore the depart
ment solicits the hearty cooperation
of every individual in this important
matter, which so vitally concerns us
all.
Various committees appointed by
the chairman have been at work con
suiting the leaders of the community
and asking their support in present
ing this before the different organiza
tions.
The superintendent of the Colored
School readily agreed to help in this
important movement in seeing that
all paper and trash are removed from
the dumping grounds in South Rose
mary and put up sign boards prohibit
ing further rubbish collecting there.
A committee conferred with the
president of the Merchants Associa
tion and superintendent of the city
schools, who also gave a very favor
able report. The leaders of these or
ganizations kindly consented to ren
der their assistance and cooperation
in promoting this project by present
ing it before the Merchants Associa
tion and the local schools urging
everyone on the importance of keep
ing streets, vacant lots and school
grounds clear of all paper and trash.
We feel sure that this will meet
wjith a hearty response from our
townspeople.
So lets wake up to the best inter
ests of our community and vie with
each other as to which can boast of
.he cleaner or more attractive town.
The tourist passing through will be
nor efavorably impressed and we all
will feel that we have done our part
toward making a more desirable place
in which to live.
The Civic Department which was to
serve in November at the regular
neeting of the Womans Club thought
s advisable to use the amount to fur
lish some needy family provisions,
which the president of the club also
thought a wise decision.
Misses Eva Murden and Sallie Mor
risson, Messrs Herman and Harmon
Cruchlow of Norfolk spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kennemur.
SPRINGS WILL MEET
WITH BOARD TODAY
OEMS MAKE
BIG GAINS
IN NATION
Win Back Several States
Lost in 1928 Hoover
Landslide
Final and official tabulation of the
vote cast in the biennial Congressional
elcetion of Tuesday, November 4, dis
closes that the Democratic party
made substantial gains over the entire
nation gained back several states lost
in the Hoover landslide, emerged vic
torious in a number of the Republican
strongholds, much to the surprise of
leaders of both parties, and broke the
‘‘minority spell” that has been hang
ing over the party for the past twelve
j years.
The new congress aoes not meet m
regular session untli a year from De
cember, 1931. It could be called into
special session, however, any time af
ter next March 4, when the present
Congress expires, by order of the
President.
In the contests for the 35 seats in
the Senate returns how:
Republican elected, 14; holdovers,,
34; total, 48.
Democrats elected, 21; holdovers, >
26; total, 47.
Farmer-Labor elected, 0; holdover,
3; total, 1.
Necesary for a majority, 49.
In the contest for the 435 seats in
the House of Representatives the re
turns show:
Republicans elected, 218.
Democrats elected, 216.
Farmer-Labor elected, 1.
Necessary for a majority, 218.
Final returns for the Senate give
the Republican party a plurality of 1
vote.
The line-up in the new Senate is so
close it is entirely possible that the
lone Farmer-Labor member, Ship
stead of Minnesota, might hold the
decision on organization there.
Despite the fact that the Republican
party has a slight majority over, the
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BOY HURT
DRIVER OF
CAR HELD
Sen of Deputy Sheriff
Gray In Hospital Af
ter Accident
.Tamos Thomas Gray, 9-year-old son
of Deputy Sheriff G. F. Gray, form
er chief of police of Roanoke Rapids, ;
was seriously injured last Friday af
ternoon w'hile returning from school,
when he was struck by a one and one
half ton Chevrolet truck driven by
Woodrow Wilson, about 17 years of
age, of Littleton. The accident oc
curred on Roanoke Avenue, in front
of the Roanoke Rapids branch of the
Roanoke Bank & Trust Co.
Young Gray’s injuries consist of
a broken leg, broken collar bone and
ir is be' e-'ed he is injured '.nternally.
He is at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
v here he was removed immediately
following the accident.
The driver of the truck, which was
not loaded at the time of the accident,
was placed under arrest by Chief of
Police Clifton Massey and placed in
the Roanoke Rapids jail. He was ar
raigned before Magistrate R. L. Mar
tin Satui day on a charge hf careless
driving and causing serious injury to
lames Gray. His case was referred to
the Halifax Superior Court. Wilson
furnished a $300 bond for his appear
ance at the next term of court.
Miss Aleise Edmondson has return
ed home after spending several weeks
with friends in Emporia and Peters
burg, Va.
TO EMPLOY
LOCAL HELP
ON PROJECT
Company Officials View
Many Sites Here Last
Sunday
A special meeting of the Town
Board of Commissioners of Roa
noke Rapids will be held this af
ternoon at 4 o’clock, for the pur
pose of discussing a suitable lo
cation for the erection here of a
plant to manufacture artificial
gas. The meeting was called by
Mayor George N. Taylor, and
will be presided over by Mayor
Taylor.
Meeting with the Commission
ers will be St. Julian L. Springs,
representing Shuman and Com
pany, Inc., and other intersts in
terested in the establishment of
the gas plant hee.
Mr. Springs is conected with the
Greensboro arid Durham offices of
Shuman and (Company.*^fain offices,
of the company are located at Cin
Cinatti, Ohio.
Mr: Springs will come here this af
ternoon from Littleton, where he is.
attending a meeting until about two
o’clock. The meeting here this after
noon was arranged so that he could
be able to meet with the Commis
sioners.
Officials of Shuman and Company,
including W .Irving Shuman and oth
er officials, paid a visit to the Twin
Cities last Sunday. They came here
for the purpose only of looking over
the available sites on which the com
pany had already received informa
tion.
About sixty days ago the company
employed C. H Byrd of Rosemary to
secure for them information on a 1
available sites here for the erecti- 1
of the proposed gas plant. In col
lecting this information Mr. By cl
was instructed to consider the eleva
tion of the land, raliroad facilities a”: i
other details.
On their visit here last Sunday the
officials went over the different sites
with Mr. Byrd ,but no definite dec’3
ion on any particular site was reath
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Rosemary P.-T. Holds
Election of Officers
The Parent-Teachers Association of
the Rosemary school held an enthusi
astic meeting last Thursday at ; i
Rosemary school building. About Sd'
parents and teachers were prc' -
The meeting was presided eove. oy
Mrs. Grantham, president. This bein '
a time for the election of officer* he
following were elected, Mrs. J. jj.
Bishop, president; Mrs. H. E. 1 b
bins, vice president; Mrs. Frank Ken
drick, secretary; Mrs. Alfred Mai -hi,
treasurer.
During the past year the memV s
of this organization have supplied *
necessary equipment for an emerg. •
cv bed in this building. At the c o o
of business the following program
was carried out.
Mrs. Tom Long gave an interestin '
talk tin "Objectives of Parents.” F<.1
lpwing .this Miss Mary Lowder gave
an account of the Parent-Teachers
Association attended in Asheville, N.
C., this summer. At conclusion of the
program refreshments were served.
■ ' TRUSTY ESCAPES «
Forrest Higgins, white; a trusty at
Caledonia prison farm, who was sen
tenced in October, 1928, to sere*
from four to ten yean for house
breaking, perfected his escape from
the prison last week. ’I,e trupty was
sent oat to harnes a team of mules
and failed to return.