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wwwwywwwwwvwwvwwwwwwwwy rT^W V V V A W vuwwwvwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwv i I .-ksku, THE HERALD i -sljslssl | !_i6 * OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY VOLUME 16. ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 29th, 1931. NUMBER 42. CITES TWO CASES OF MISTAKES Which Two Cases We Proceed to Take Up In Order (By Carroll Wilson) Well, our facts and figures about incorporation have caused a lot of talk, most of it, we arc pleased to say, being favorable, but we have re ports that there are a few people who not only disagree with us, but who claim we are wrong in our figures. They have picked out what they thought were two flaws in our fig ures, and are using these alleged mis takes to show proof that we just can’t be relied on. In short, if we de liberately or to exaggerate, gave wrong figures in these two instances, then, they argue, we would not hesi tate to do the same thing about a lot of other things and maybe the whole plan. Of course, if we had been guilty of what they accuse, there would be grounds for their reasoning. But, you see, we happen to know the lat est dope on the proposition, and we are going to let you and our critics have it now. KememDer, too, mat meae critics. have only talked. They have not written and signed their state ments like we have, but anyone who has heard their arguments will un derstand what we are writing about. In The Herald of January 15, we wrote the following: “If the entire cost of water and sewerage installa tion is $275,000, the mills have agreed to pay 84.6 per cent or $220,000. Now here is what the critics say in substance: that our figure of $275,000 is all wrong; that they have seen the engineer’s reports and the amount was $550,000; that the writ er, making such a big mistake, in tentional or not, therefore, cannot be relied on for information. Answer No. 1—Admitted that the half million figure was correct, we still say the mills have agreed to pay 84.6 per cent of that figure or any other reasonable estimate; and after all, that was the point we were try ing to put across to the public. And it is still undisputed. Answer No. .2—out we ao not aci mit the half million figure, because you see the original estimate was made almost two years ago and since then Spooner & Lewis, the engineer ing firm, has made a revised esti mate. Why? Changes in the original plan and the lower costs of material and equipment and lower wage scale have cut the estimate of two years ago more than 25 PER CENT, or more than $90,000. Answer No. 3—And the final re port of Spooner & Lewis carries a | recommendation to save the taxpay ers of this community the necessity and expense of floating bonds, paying interest and taxes to the «extent of $175,000 for a filter plant that the sanitary board arrange to use the ; new mill filter plant which will be completed in plenty of time and which, with a little additional equio ment, can produce the highest type drinking water in this section of the State FINAL ANSWER - $550,000 minus $175,000 equals $375,000 minus $90,000 equals $285,000. Now the other figure in question had nothing to do with incorporation. But it, too, is being used, as was the above, to try to impress the people with our untrustworthiness. In tell ing our contestants about their pros pects in the subscription drive in Sthe issue of Jaunary 22, we made the following statement: 'Theie are 2,000 homes in Roanoke Rapids-Rosemary, and every home is a prospect. There are about 12,000 homes in Halifax ' County, etc.” We understand our hand has been called on the 2,000 figure; that we are charged with again exaggerating without just cause; that we again proved our respect or disrespect for figures and facts. That by actual count, there were only about 1,600 houses in Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary and r.ot 2 oOO. Answer No. 1—Granted the houses in Roanoke Rapids can be courted, who shall say where Rosemary starts and where Rosemary ends. When one (Continued on back page) I Local Attorney Made Secretary Of Credit Bureau Kelly Jenkins, local atorney, has been appointed secretary of the Roa noke Rapids-Rosemary Credit Rat ing bureau which is being etablish ed here by the Merchant’s Mercantile Agency of Washington, D. C. More than twenty business and profession al firms have become members with the idea of establishing a uniform credit system and rating customers. The local Agency will have connec tions with similiar organizations Ihruout the country. TWOKILLED IN COUNTY RUM WAR Deputy Sheriff Meets In stant Death—Killer Shot Deputy Sheriff J. E. Terry, 44, was .shot and killed by Crandille Sanders, Negro, and the frfegro was killed two minutes later by special deputy R. E. .Allsbrooke, during a liquor raid on the N(egro‘s home five miles from Scotland Neck Sunday afternoon. On information received from an other Negro, the two officers with J. W. Robison reached the Negro house in a swamp late Sunday. Two other men were in the yard with San ders, who had been drinking, but they fled on the approach of the officers. The Negro went into the house and closed the door. When Mr. Perry pushed open the door, the Negro fired once at him with a 22 rifle, the ball entering below the left eye and causing almost instant death. Allsbrooke was at the rear of the huose, heard the shot, ran to the front and broke down the front door. The Negro pointed the rifle at his head and pulled the trigger. The gun failed to fire and he struck Alls brooke over the head, bending the rifle barrel. The officer tusseled with the larger man until he felt his pistol pushed into his opponent’s ab domen. He fired one time. Sanders fell back, dropped on the front porch and died a few minutes later. A few hours later, Coroner Billy Williams’ jury exonerated Mr. Alls brooke with a verdict of justifiable homicide. A small quantity of mash nad been found near the house. Funeral services were held for the deceased deputy sheriff Monday af ternoon. Superior Court, in session at Halifax, adjourned at noon in tri bute. A wife and seven children by a former marriage survive. Chamber of Commerce Works on Tax Relief That the people “Back Home” are demanding some relief from burden some taxes on real property, is evi denced by the program that has been worked by the Tax Relief Commis sion of the Eastern Carolina Cham ber of Commerce after a four months study of the whole situation. This Commission is made up of one man from each of the 48 counties served by this organization, with ex-Senator W. A. Brown of Pender County, Chairman and D. M. Stringfield, of Cumberland, vice chairman. A steer ing Committee made of Geo. R. Ward chairman, Duplin; C. S. Wallace, Cartaret; W. S. Corbett, Vance; T. W. Cosen, Jr. Gates; J. A. Weddell, Edgecombe and D. M. Stringifeld, took all the suggestions from various and sundry sources for tax relief, and worked out a definite program that was adopted by the entire Commis sion in Kinston, Dec. 2. This pro gram is very definite in its present ments. “Unless something is done to help real property, land values are gone” chairman Brown said. Guy V. Smith, prominent tobaccionist of Greenville is president of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce, Inc., the parent organization of the tax relief commision, and N. G. Bartlett is secretary to both. LEGION MEETING TUESDAY An important meeting of the local post of the American Legion will be held Tuesday night. Dr. Suiter will speak about the proposed plan to cash war risk insurance. Not Lower Taxes—Less Penalty 2ND REPORT TO BE MADE SATURDAY P.M. First Turn-In Last Saturday Shows a Majority of Contestants Are Pretty Evenly Matched In Lively Race Last Saturday night was the first turn-in night of The Herald’s big Circulation Drive, at which time the enthusiastic workers who are work ing so earnestly to win the valuable prizes that are to be awarded in a few short weeks, made their turn-ins at The Herald o'Tice, and most of them gave a good account of them selves. After a check-up of the subscrip tions turned in by the various mem bers. the majority of them seemed to be about evenly matched, and the race promised to be an interesting one to watch as it progresses through the few short weeks alloted it. Another extra vote offer is in ef fect for this week only and expires next Saturday night, January 31st. 2-10,000 extra votes will be credited for each $30 worth of subscriptions turned in this week. Any amount under or any amount over $30 will count on a proportionl ate basis of 8,000 extra votes for each dollar turned in this week. Al though this is not quite as many votes as was allowed until last Sat urday night, it is the largest remain ing vote offer of the campaign, and jit no time later in the campaign will they count as many votes as they will this week. As announced at the out set the entire voting schedule is ar ranged on a fast declining basis. Therefore, the winners of the largest prizes will be those, who by contin ued, consistent efforts, see to it that they have good reports while the “big votes” are being given. In all enterprises where the ele ment of competition exists there is always a crop of false rumors cir culated, and the Circulation Drive is no exception. These rumors, in most instances are circulated to discourage some member, and thereby lessen the competition for some friend who is entered in the campaign. Several in stances of these rumors have been brought to the attention of the man agement — of some unheard o f amounts being secured by some mem ber, etc., and in every case they have proven to be untrue. The members who pay no attention to these ru mors, and on the other hand give their attention to their own individ ual campaign, instead of what the “other fellow” is 'jloing, will be the ones who will “out on top” at the end. CIRCULATION DRIVE MEMBERS Below are listed the members of The Herald Circulation Drive and their votes accepted for publication. Mrs. Geo. H. Lampley, Roanoke Rapids_129,000 Leonard Langston, Roanoke Rapids _ _ 118,000 Mrs. Chas A. Webb, Roanoke Rapids _126,000 Rosa Williams, Roanoke Rapids _ __ 115,000 Mrs. H. C. Taylor Roanoke Rapids _ 125,000 Mrs. D. W. Etheridge, Rosemary _ 127,000 Mrs. H. M. Fowler Roanoke Rapids , _ 121,000 Richard Reaves, Roanoke Rapids _ 119,000 Estelle McGee, Weldon_123,000 Mrs. W. H. Daughtrey, Roanoke Rapids _125,000 Mrs. E. P. Hyman, Garysburg __125,000 Mrs. W. H. Pruden, Rosemary _128,000 Mrs. H. H. Bugg, Roanoke Rapids_126,000 Mrs. Winfield Warren, Aurelian Springs_120,000 Vera Bullock, Rosemary _ 121,000 Mrs. F. C. Williams, Roanoke Rapids_125,000 Mrs. V. H. Grantham, Rosemary __126,000 Tempie Pearson, Rosemary, Rt. 1 ___121,000 Mrs. Nannie Peel, Roanoke Rapids_;_124,000 Mrs Maggie Crawley, Aurelian Springs_117,000 Virginia Shaw, Thelma - - 118,000 Edna Shearin, Rosemary, Rt. 1_ 124,000 Elvin Hudson, Rosemary_118,000 WALKING BOY KILLED BYTRUCK Walking along the highway at night proved fatal to Ernest Love, 20 year old farmer, who was killed by a truck 7 o’clock Saturday night, about a mile from South Rosemary on the Littleton road. Lawrence Hatchell, driver of a truck for Sam Hockaday, S. Rose mary merchant, was driving toward town. Love and Carl Allen were also coming into town. They were on the right side of the road and Love was said to be on the edge of the pave ment while Allen was toward the ditch. The fender of the truck hit Love and knocked him for some distance. Ifatchell backed up and took him to the hospital where he died a short time later from internal injuries. The driver was held under a $600 bond until Sunday when he was re leased by the Coroner, the investiga tion showing he was blameless. Love was the son of Mrs. Pearl Love who lives about two miles from here on the Littleton road. Funeral services were held at the home Mon day afternoop with Rev. Dickens of Belmont officiating. When Lyle Hull of Gordon, Neb., attempted to bridle a mule, the ani mal bit off one of his fingers. SCHOOLS BREAKING RECORDS Several attendance records were knocked higher than a kite by the Roanoke Rapids City Schools this week, when on Tuesday eleven of the sixteen rooms in the High School re ported 100 per cent and a similar re port was made by 16 of the 39 grade rooms. The High School showed 99 per cent attendance and the grades 97 per cent for Tuesday. The total enrollment of the school system is white: 2,105; colored 300. Another record for the year is the number in actual attendance. Active pupils in the white schools are 2,021. Only 84 have dropped out, moved away or left for any reason since school opened. This is a remarkable hold-up in attendance. The good attendance this week, says Supt. Davis, is partly due to good weather, partly due to more em ployment in this community than other places, causing less drifting, largely due to interest of teachers and parents in daily average attend ance, upon which is based the amount of funds the school system gets from county and State. The telephone service of a New | York subscriber was cut off because | he swore at an operator. DOC LONG ONPOTENT COMMITTEES New Representative Takes Seat Monday After Election Except for a flurry of “scratch ing” the ticket in Rosemary precinct last Saturday, the special election for Representative from Halifax County was a repetition of the same story as a few votes were cast at each pre cinct for Dr. T. W. M. Long. The two local precincts cast most all the votes, 699 out of a total coun ty vote of 941. Dr. Long received 882 and W. .T. Norwood 69. Mr. Norwood hat nothing to do with his name be ing written on the ticket and was op posed to any such movement. Roanoke Rapids No. 1, Dr. Long’s home precinct, hearing of such a movement, went to work late Thurs day afternoon and cast over 400 votes ;n two hours. Dr. Long took his seat in the House Monday night and was imme diately appointed on powerful com mittees by Speaker Smith. He will serve on the following: Health, Con gressional Districts, Finance, Educa tion and Counties, Cities and Towns. This last named committee will handle the incorporation bill which will soon be presented. The votes by precincts in the spc ial election was: Roanoke Rapids 1, Long- 556, Norwood 2; Roanoke Ra pids No. 2, Long 91, Norwood 60; Scotland Neck, Long 48, Norwood 6; Weldon, Long 30, Norwood 1. In the balance of the precincts votes were all for Dr. Long. Enfield 20, Halifax 20, Conoconnara 7, Rose neath 3, Kehukee 18, Palmyra 18, Faucetts 10, Butterwood 12, Littleton 10, Hollister 26, Ringwood 13. 8 5 PARENTS VISIT LOCAL SCHOOLS Parents Really Interest ed In School Questions Should Join P.T.A. One of the most interesting meet ings of the Roanoke Rapids High School 1*. T .A. was held Thursday afternoon. January 15, in the voca tional building. The program con sisted of demonstrations in the Home Economics and th.? Manual Training Departments. Miss Virginia Blount taught a demonstration class on '‘Interior De coration and House Planning,” show ing interesting booklets made by the pupils on the work they are doing. In the kitchen Miss Tillman was teach ing a cooking class which was pre paring and serving breakfast. R. C. Knight was teaching mechanical drawing and Mr. Lohman manual ti aining. ^vi.ter u.t.'se interesting tiemonsua tions a meeting was held with Mrs J. E. Kirk, president, presiding. Mrs. A L. Taylor made a most helpful talk on “Making a Home.” Mr. Knight talked on the work being done in his department. Mr. C. W. Davis, superintendent of city schools wel comed the patrons and invite! them to visit the schools often. The le gislative program was unanimous1;*' endorsed by the association. Minia ture rolling pins were given as fa vors.. Hot chocolate and wafers were served for refreshments. There wme about eight-five present. The Parent-Teacher Association is open to every parent who has chil dren attending school and is attendjd by all parents really interested in learning how the schools are ope^ it ed. Any questions pertaining to J^cal school matters are always answered to the satisfaction of P. T. A. mem bers. B. Bauers of Pomeroy, O., has use< one electric light bulb for 25 yeara. Marvin Anderton Win» Local Legion Contest Marvin Anderton narrowly nosed out Otis Reynolds in the annual es say contest sponsored by The Ameri can Legion when the local trials were held Monday at the High School. Graded on originality, contents of essay, delivery and stage presence, Anderton scored 85 and Reynolds 82. The subject was “The American Le gion.” Other speakers were Aven Moody, Jimmie Shell and Belmont Murray. Judges were Legionnaires A. N. Martin, F. D. Wilson and C. L. Wilson. Anderton will represent the local High School in the county con test at Halifax on February 20. He was the recipient of a fountain pen given by the Rosemary Drug Co. for winning here. WOUNDER OF POLICE GETS2 YRS Many Small Cases Are Transferred From Su perior Court Superior Court, relieved of some 60 cases which were transferred to the new Recorder’s Court, met Monday with more time to give to important cases and plunged into the trial of Buddy Jackson, Negro, who shot J. R. Crew, Weldon Chief, last October. The Negro was found guilty of as sault with intent to kill and sentenced tc two years. His case was made brighter by testimony which showed the Chief did not have his badge on and the fact that the chief is sup ! posed to have fired the first shot. The real leniency is said to have been due to the technical question as to the authority of the Chief outside the town limits. Lewis Hoyle, local man, was found guilty of carnal knowledge of a fe male under 16. Sentence had not been passed Wednesday night. Richard Manson, Negro, who was found guilty of stealing $138 from the D. Pender store here was senten ced to 12 months. Manson had been sweeping up and took the money from the safe several weeks ago. He was caught by Officer Carl Green and some $60 of the money was re covered. Maxie Mason of Petersburg, who “visited” in this vicinity was given a suspended sentence of 6 months with the understanding she leave Halifax County and if caught here in two years a capias would be issued for her arrest and incarceration. Recorder’s Court is meeting today to dispose of many of the transferred cases. It will then meet every Tues day. Witnesses and court attaches will only have to be present one day each week as it is planned to keep the docket cleaned up each week. No juries will be used unless requested. D. Mac Introduces Bridge and Squirrel Bills in Legislature Raleigh, Jan. 29.—Representative D. Mac Johnson, of Halifax county, has introduced a bill in the General Assembly which would name the bridge over the Roanoke River on Route 12, between Scotland Neck and Rich Squar, the “Edwards Ferry bridge” and directing the State Highway Commission to properly mark it. The bill was referred to Ju diciary 1 committee. Mr. Johnson has also introduced a bill which would extend the time of hunting squirrels and raccoons all over the State, making the squirrel open season from September 15 to January 15 and the raccoon open sea son, with dogs, from October 15 to February 16. The Male Chorus of the Twin Cities is progressing rapidly under the di rection of Misses Ruth Chapman and IElma Holding. Men interested in singing should see H. H. King, sec retary of the chorus. ONE LITTLE FARMER’S SAD TALE He Couldn’t Pay H i» Taxes For 3 Years and Look What Happened This is a true story of what hap pened to a small Halifax County farmer. He has had three hard years and has been unable to pay his taxes. The county has his small farm assessed at $2,381 and the tax per year was $40.47, or $121.41 for the three years. Now, he had borrowed money from the Federal Land Bank, giving a mortgage on the farm. Note this:: when the Land Bank appraised the farm did they fix it at $2,381, the amount on which he was paying tax* es. No. They appraised it at $1,700. When hard times hit the farmer and he was unable to pay his taxes for three years, the Federal Farm Loan Bank, to keep its mortgage clear, decided to foreclose and turned its case over to an attorney in the county. Upon which action, the farmer went to a friend and persuaded this friend to pay up his taxes for the three years. Hero is Low that $121.41 has grown under our present tax system. in addition to tne taxes, tne penal ties, interest, etc. amounted to $122.26; in short, 85 cents more than the actual three year’s taxes. To this was added the attorney’s fee which was, a minimum we un derstand, fifty dollars. A charge of fifty cents was added Lor docketing, filing and indexing. A judgment before the clerk cost another dollar and still an extra dol lar was charged for a summons. Then fifty cents for another sum mons and docketing. Of course, we don’t understand what all this sum moning and docketing was about and we presume there is a law which makes it OK, but it seems that there are bargain days. Some days you pay a dollar for a summons and then on sale day you get a summons for fif ty cents and a docketing thrown in like a fifty cent tie when you buy a suit of clothes. That aint all. There was still an other charge and that was a sum mons, too. A copy to each defendant, and that cost $1.75. Here comes the sheriff’s bill and that totals six dollars. And then they add a bill of cost which is a dollar and another filing bill which is an other dollar and three dollars for the stenographer. Now this last bill is the only one we see any real rea son for. If a stenographer had to type all the bills and summons and judgments and whatnots above, we think that amount is too small to pay her. And last, in order to make it come out uneven, there’s a charge for State tax for two dollars. Grand total paid to clear up three years of taxes on that few acres of farm land in Halifax County: $311.42. That farmer had to pay $190.01 in order to pay $121.41 in taxes. Now the first thing you say is: it evidently pays to pay up your taxes on time. Never truer words spoken. But suppose you can’t; you know that’s possible. Suppose you are com pelled to wait a year or two years until times get better? Then you may say that he is pay ing on too high an assessment. Again true, but this farmer and his friend says he went before the County Board and tried to get his assessment reduced and got no relief. Now, we have come to the conclu sion that all this bellyaching about lower taxes is the bunk. What this county needs is lower penalties, fees etc. and darn sight less of both. Be cause if you lower the taxes, they’ll probably raise the penalty and add on a few, more summons and docket ing and the fellow that can’t pay now can’t pay then, so where has all your tax reduction got you?
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