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THE HERALD i OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY - nr nr - innni VOLUME 1C. ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 8th, 1931. NUMBER 39. HERALD CIRCULATION DRIVE Doc Long Is Nominated WINS ON THE 6TH BALLOT When Chairman Breaks Tie With Lower-End Candidate Dr. T. W. M. Long was nomi nated on the sixth ballot by the county Democratic executive committee which met at Halifax Monday afternoon for the purpose of naming the Democratic stan dard bearer in the special elect oin to be held January 22. — __ It was a rather hectic meeting with political “dark horses” dashing out f of unsuspected stables. The vacancy caused by the death of Clement Kitchin of Scotland Neck did not assume importance until the morning of the meeting Monday. Many thought that W. J. Norwood would receive the nomination without opposition. When the lower end of the county came out on the first ballot for L. W. Leggett of Hobgood, it ws apparent that the farmer-tax relief groups had been building silent but strong opposition. It was a fight between that group and the farmer-industrial group of the north section with Dr. Long leading the way in the latter section. V . I- ■J'VwF'Afc'rr ,haunts, the •** •ver* deadlocked with none of the three candidates getting a majority of the 14 voting precinct chairmen. Even a ten minutes recess between the fourth and fifth ballot failed to pro duce a solution. On the sixth and final vote Mr. Norwood released his supporters and the vote stood tied seven to seven between Dr. Long and Mr. Legget. Ed Travis, Jr., county chairman, broke the tie by casting his vote for Dr. Long. So far, no Republican or Indepen dent has announced for the office of Representative to oppose Dr. Long. The election will be held Thursday January 22 and the new representa tive will take his seat in Raleigh on the following day. Important local legislation was advanced as the main reason for representation from this county. The above proceedure takes the place of a regular party primary, in case of special elections. Local Store Plans To ^ Keep Shoppers Here Up to date and big city merchan dising is being copied and practised by B. Marks, local department store. Manager Abe Norinsky has decided to go after the people here trading in the big cities by offering the same kind of specials offered by city stores. He spent a part of this week in Richmond and studied the bargains offered in the big department stores. A double page in this issue tells the rest of the story, with the January clearance sale starting Saturday. Prices have been checked with ads in the city dailies. Byrd Makes Statement C. O. Byrd asked The Herald to clear up rumors that he W9uld be an Independent candidate against Dr. Long for the legislature by stating that he was a'Democrat and willing to abide by the decision of the ma jority of the County Executive com mittee. He said he was staisfied with the nomination of Dr. Long and would not consider running on an in dependent ticket against the party nominee. Senator off to Fray Senator Allen C. Zollicoffer left Tuesday morning for Raleigh to rep resent Halifax County in the upper branch of the 1931 Assembly. He was accompanied there by Hurley H. King, who returned the same after noon. Urn Senator predicted a warm session with taxation as the para mount issue. He expects to return to his home here several week-ends during the session. Happy New Year When Magistrate R. L- Martin opened cojurt Monday he faced a blank docket. There had leen no arrests mjide over the pas: week end, no disobedience of /he law filed, no f prisoners j resent and there justj w* u*t any business to attend tol. l*o court was adjourn ed. Magist e Martin and local policemet re of the opinion that local citi is are living up to some of ir New Year’s resolu tions; an if this prartice is con tinued t magistrates’ court is going to a dull place in 1931. FUIV lRAL 01 JUDGE MULLEN Fathe/of tJ W. Mullen Bur* d With Honors i, ^Petersburg eral of Judge James A. the hustings court of who died at Petersburg riday from an attack of was held Saturday at 3 St. Pauls Episcopal Church onducted by Rv. J. M. Gill, The body was laid to rest ndf&fgi ^ehicter;^ beside his preceded him to the grave ars ago. Judge Mullen was the ser r vestryman of St. Paul’s Church, f which he had long been a membei The funeral was attended by a n 'her of high state officials. Confed veterans, prominent menibe he Virginia Bar Associa tion an hers of friends. He was striekei i deep cold on Decem ber l’O . thi _*e days later was taken to Peti rsburgi hospital where he re n ained* until death. As i mark of respect the flag on :he ciw courthouse was flying at half m 1st until after the funeral. For .thirty-six years he had been the jnMge of hustings court and in his en ire terrii he had been reversed in hi;!" decisions but tu^elve times. Judge Mullen was born in Pasquo tank bounty, North Carolina, Sept. 10. It 15, served in the Confederate army, »was a member of the North Caroli .a Senate in the Reconstruction Days, and came to Virginia in 1886. He se ved as commonwealth’s attor ney o Petersburg and was appoint ed t the judgeship by Governor Chari* T. O’lfarrel to' succeed the lateJ Ige Davjd Meade Bernard. He marri* 1 Miss Evelyn Grigg of Peters burg i 10 died djeveral years ago. Sur viving^iim are the following 'Jiildren: camt r Mullen, attorney of Richmond, T. W : Mullen of Rosemary, N. C., C. S. M tjlen, chief engineer of thd Vir ginia 'state highway department, liichr ond, and Mrs. Robert Gilliam, Jr., o Petersburg. Sevleral friends of the family from here Attended the funeral Saturday. T raynham-Grimmer I jatest Herald Convert Ne» est advertisers on a regular v. eekjly contract In The Herald is Trayhham - Grimmer Grocery Co., whicp begins this week with a half page ft of food and meat specials for the veek-end. Mr. Grimmer local mer chant, continues credit and delivery service. Housewives are urged to study the two food pages in this is sue before shopping for groceries. Fnje Killed When Tornado Hits State Five persons, all colored, were kill ed and property damage reached over $100:000 when a tornado struck be tween Wise and Norlina Monday af ternion just before 6 o’clock. A family of four was annihilated when their home was blown down near' Wise and a Negro girl was kill ed by falling timber nearby. The tor nado started near Henderson and trav-1 eled northeast for about twenty miles. FIRST PRIZE IN SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE [New 1931 PONTIAC 2 Door SEDAN $790.00 SECOND PRIZE FOR YOU New 1930 Chevrolet Sport Model Roadster. MEDDLING BOYS CAUSE C(AR CRASH Three Hurt When Car Is Released By Four Boys Mrs. C. H. Horst and two chil dren Magdeline and Carl of Bat tleVoro, are in the Roanoke Ra pid* hospital as the result of an aut)mobile accident at South Wel d t n last Sunday night in wh ch six persons had a narrow cac pe from death. Mrt, Hurst was bruised about her chest and body. Her daughter was severely cut on one cheek and re ceived a olng gash down her forehead Her son wd is bot'oen three and four years old, received minor injuries None of the injured are in a serious condition, it was learned from the hospital, and chances for their re covery are bright. Mrs. Hurst, her husband, who was driving, and their four children were en route to their home in Battleboro from Roanoke Rapids, wher9 they had visited Mrs. Hurst's father, H. W. Hopkins, when their auto crashed in to a freight car which was standing partly across the highway on a side track leading frpm the Atlantic Coast Line to the old Audry Mills in South Weldon. Due to the heavy fog of Sunday night Mr. Hurst was unable to see the freight car until he was too near it to stop his automobile, which was demolished in the accident. The freight car was released by four boys who were playing around the cars on the side track, and push ed down the siding until it partly blocked the highway. Jesse Keeter, William Keeter, Hil lirad Braswell and Albert Elks, rang ing in ages from 14 to 17 years, were arrested in connection with the acci dent They were arraigned for a hear ing Monday before Magistrate W. A. Carter, at Weldon, who bound them over to Halifax Superior court In de fault of a $500 bond the bys were placed in jail to await the convening of the next term of court CLOTHING FOR THE NEEDY Rev. J. C. Roach of the Angelus Holiness Church has a quantity of clothing for men, women and chil dren for distribution among the needy and those out of work. Worthy cases may apply at Mr. Rne*V» jysi dence, 42 Jackson Stre®' ^ Miss Lora El [visited Mrs i Interrupting Funeral George Jacobs, colored, truck driver for a local grocery store, was fine $5 and costs, by Magis trate R. L. Martin, Friday, when he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of interrupting a funer al procession at the corner of Roanoke Avenue and Second Street, i n Roanoke Rapids, Christmas Eve. He was arrested by Chief of Police Massey. MET HODIST CONFERENCE AT WELDON Sixty Church Worker* From District in Mis sionary Session The annual Weldon District Missionary Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, was held at Weldon. Wed nesday. The meeting was con ducted in the Methodist Church of that city of which Rev. J. A. Shore is pastor. About 60 church workers, including pastors, lay men and laywomen of the Weldon district attended. The purpose of the Conference is (Continued on back page) Morning Noon Night The Menus Must Be Prepared Housewives can prepare the daily meals with much more ease and comfort when they have a “Shopping Guide” showing them where they can secure the greatest food values Turn Now to The HERALD LOUD PAGE And see f- ourself the W' values o' \by the Hod I Store' .nuniti m %-iveriijH ii.i CONTRACT LET ON NEW MILL PLANT Work Starts Soon On Special Filter Plant For Dye Rdoms Excavation work will start the first of next week on a special filter plant which has been con templated by the local mills ev er since the acquisition of the various mills here by the Sim mons Company. Walter C. Guest, member of the engineering firm of C. M. Guest and Sons of Anderson, S. C., well known specialty builders of filtration systems, and suc cessful contract bidders, was a visitor here yesterday. Mr. Guest emphasized to The Her ald that his company would use lo cal labor as far as possible, as it had no desire to import labor and be re sponsible for same. The Herald ex plained to Mr. Guest that there was the same situation of unemployment which existed in other parts of the country and was assured that the company would work with the com munity as far as possible. Only when those experienced in this particular line of work are not available locally would the company go outside, said Mr. Guest. With the junior mtember of the firm was Mr. D. D. Gillespie, who will be the resident engineer. Mr. Gillespie will reside at Ledgerwood Hall during his stay here and he echoed the sentiments of Mr. Guest as regards using local labor. They were trying yesterday to get in touch with excavation contractors so that part of the work could be begun at once. The constructom work will take several months but its duration will depend upon the weather as most of the work will be on the outside and consist of reinforced concrete work. While they will siart with a half dozen men next week, when the work is at peak, between f( rty and fifty men will be employed on the job. The filter plant will be built on a 19 acre tract recently acquired from the Virginia Electric and Power Co., located west of the new road that is being built from Roanoke Avenue to the river. This plant will consist of a 2 story brick superstructure 28 feet by 80 feet, 8 concrete cogulaJng basins covering an outside space of 65 feet by 81 feet, a pump house on th eriver and a reservoir with a ca pacity of one and a quarter million gallons. The purpose of the plant la to eli minate the individual plants now be ing used by the two plants of the Roanoke Mills Co., the Rosemary Manufacturing Co., and Patterson Mills Co., anY to acquire an adequate supply of socially tneated water which is necf ^yy for the present manufacture will be dec and that which process' whic may The * satis** pH TWO AUTOMOBILES TO BE GIVEN FOR GETTING SUBSCRIPTIONS Other Valuable Prizes and Cash Commissions To All Workers—Plan To Make Herald Leading Paper In Halifax-Northampton Sector IMPORTANT All readers of The Herald are hereby notified that a drive for new subscriptions and renewals to The Herald is announced in this issue. There will be no back-charge for those whose subscriptions have expired, all renewals start ing from date. , All expirations will be dropped dll a specified date. There will be no free delivery. There will be no newsstand sale during the drive. The usefulness and financial success of The Herald depends on building up a large paid in ad vance circulation list. Read all partciulars appearing elsewhere in this issue of The Herald. WHOLESALE FIRMS IN MERGER Two Northington Finns Consolidate as North ington Gro. Co., Inc. The consolidation of two Rosemary wholesale business houses, the North ington Grocery Co., Inc., and the Northington Feed and Grocery Co., became effective on January 1. The new concern will be operated under the name of the Northington Grocery Co., Inc., with a capitaliza tion of $23,pOO. The stock of the Northington Gro cery Co. is being moved this week from the company’s former location, next door to the Joyner Motor Com pany, to th elocation occupied by the Northington Feed and Grocery Co. The officers of the new' company are, G. A. Northington, president; W. H. Northington, vice president; and L. H. Northington, secretary treasurer. The late C. S. Northington was president of the Northington Gro cery Co., Inc., which was capitalized at $20,000. G. A. Northington vice president and secretary-treasurer. The wto firms involved in the re cjent consolidation are two of the largest and oldest wholesale houses located in the Twin Cities. Mrs. W. R. Sykes and Mrs. Lillian Person Harris of Branchville, Va., visited their daughter and son, Mr. and Mrs. James Garris Wednesday Town Board Takes Final Action on Gas Plant Site Question The next move is now up to the gas company. The Town Board of Commis sioners at the regular monthly meeting Mond^ voted to give the gas company which has a franchise in the town of Roa noke Rapids permission to place the plant at any location in the incorporated area, along the Sea board right of way. The Board investigated con cerning the odor of the gas and found that the gas is ddorless, which removes that feature as *<i£je to location. fs been notified has until May before the fran With a list of valuable prizes surpassing anything of the kind ever offered by a newspaper in this territory, The Herald makes announcement in this issue of a Circulation Drive, in which hun dreds of dollars in prizes, includ ing two brand new popular au tomobiles will be given away to those who will enlist to devote spare time to aiding the news paper in enlarging its already large circulation in Halifax and Northampton Countis and < ther adjacent territory. The plan by which these auto mobiles and other prizes wiy be awarded at the end of a Short six weeks campaign is given in detail in a page advertisement in this issue and the rules of the campaign and the plan in .gen eral will appeal to one anc’ all for its equitable policy. It is the intention of The Herald to re ward each and every one hand somely for the time spent in helping secure new subscriptions and collect renewals from the sm'. 'H army y;ho alrtadj take the paper. Everybody Wins An especially attractive feature f the drive is that everyone will fee paid for the results obtained. Pro vision is made for a twenty perecifc cash commision payment to all thorn who adhere to the rules of the cam paign and are not awarded one of the re ' ■_mm The plan of the circulation •' has been endorsed by leading and women wherever it has been u It has been O.K’d. by the most sleep tical as the fairest and most equitabl plan yet devised whereby a persoi may win an automobile or other valu able prizes during spare time over a short period. Ambition and a close application to a pleasant occupation during spare time is all that Is re quired for anyone to win. Outside Workers Have Equal Opportunity Members outside of Roanoke Ra pids and Rosemary have been placed on an equal basis with those in town, since one automobile MUST be awarded outside the Twin Cities. Therefore workers outside do not have to compete with the city work ers in order to win an automobile. This is by division of the territory into two distrcts, and is fully ex plained in the page advertisement elsewhere in this issue. You can win the Pontiac or the Chevrolet just as easy in either district, since in order to win one of the cars you have to compete only with the workers in your district. Prizes Carefully Selected In selecting the prizes to reward those who take part in the campaign The Herald has again lived up to its reputation for ding htings right and has spared no expenses to get the very best, most appealing awards possible. The new 1931 Pontiac Se dan, which since its first showing at the local dealers Shearin Motor Co. has brought forth exclamations of admiration from everyone, it is be lieved is one of the greatest values mat could have been selected to Bead the list. ThoBe who have not seen it and heard of the marvelous advances of engineering, the added luxuries, and beauty of the new Pontiac have a revel^ion coming to them when
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