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_I OF THE TWIN CITIES-ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY
VOLUME 1C. ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5th, 1931. ~ NUMBER 43.
PREDICTS 15,000 HERE IN 10 YEARS
LAST BIG VOTE OFFER
CLOSES SATURDAY NIGHT
Saturday night, February 7, ends
the LAST extra vote period that will
be given on $30 “clubs” of subscrip
tions. As a result, subscriptions will
experience the biggest drop in vote
value of any time during the cam
paign. 1
Realizing the importance of this
last chance to have their subscrip
tions count votes so bountiful, the
energetic band of members in the cir
culation drive are leaving no stone
unturned in their quest for subscrip
tions this week. From all over the
territory covered by The Herald
comes reports of great activity on
the part of most of the contestants,
es each and every one strives to be
leading the field at the end of this
last big extra vote offer.
To Lead Now Important
Each one year subscription turned
in this week will count more votes
than three one year subscrpitions
turned in next week, and later in
the campaign they will count still
less. Heretofore the decrease in vote
value on subscriptions has been com
paratively slight, but after this week
the biggest drop of the campaign will
take place.
This being the case, it can readily
be seen that the member that is for
tunate enough to have a comfortable
lead by Saturday night will have a
decided advantage to hold their lead
until the end of the contest. And
this means just one thing—a brand
new, shiny, Pontiac Sedan all ready
to drive away. To say the very least,
next Saturday night may be the turn
ing point of the campaign as to who
will win first prize.
Subscriptions Still Plentiful
It is believed that not more than
half of the homes in the Twin Cities
have yet been danvassed for sub
scriptions. This is indicated by the
number of people that call at The
Herald office each day and purchase
a paper for five cents. On the oth
er hand, scores of people that have
already been asked to subscribe and
for some reason were not in the pro
per frame of mind at the time, will
probably give their subscriptions to
the next contestant that asks for it.
In fact the field will bear working
over several times and still yield sub
scriptions. Above all don't relax in
your efforts. You will have good
days and bad days. It’s the bent on,
the eager for, the hankering human
that WINS1
HELP YOUR FAVORITE
Subscribe to The Herald and help some deserving drive mem
ber attain their goal! Your subscription given for a year this
week will count more than three times as many votes than at any
time later in the campaign.
Below are listed the members and votes accepted for publi
cation.
Mrs. Geo. H. Lampley, Roanoke Rapids_'_J_£05,000
Leonard Langston, Roanoke Rapids_175,000
Mrs. Chas. A. Webb, Roanoke Rapids_208,000
Rosa Williams, Roanoke Rapids_165,000
Mrs. H. C. Taylor, Roanoke Rapids_;_207,000
Mrs. D. W. Etheridge, Rosemary_210,000
Mrs. H. M. Fowler, Roanoke Rapids_160,000
Richard Reaves, Roanoke Rapids _190,000
Mrs. W. H. Daughtery, Roanoke Rapids_204,000
Estelle McGee, Weldon_209,000
Mrs. E. P. Hyman, Garysburg_207,000
Mrs. W. H. Pruden, Rosemary_208,000
Mrs. H. H. Bugg, Roanoke Rapids _208,000
Mrs. Winfield Warren, Aurelian Springs_160,000
Vera Bullock, Rosemary _205,000
Mrs. F. C. Williams, Roanoke Rapids_209,000
Mrs. V. H. Grantham, Rosemary__209,600
Tempie Pearson, Route 1, Rosemary _208,500
Mrs. Nannie Peel, Roanoke Rapids_201,000
Mrs. Maggie Crawley, Aurelian Springs_178,000
Edna Shearin, Rosemary, Route 1_203,000
Elvin Hudson, Rosemary-195,000
Associated Charities
Money Going Fast As
Federal Aid Fails
Under direction from the Governor,
a survey of unemployment and relief
was recently completed in Halifax
County. As yet no State or Federal
funds are forthcoming to meet the
situation.
Nevertheless, the calla which have
been made on the local Associated
Charities since the survey have been
enormous and their small amount of
money is rapidly disappearing.
Anyone who wishes to make a con
tribution or who has temporary em
ployment around the house or garden
is asked to get in touch with Rev. J.
N. Bynum, president of Associated
Charities, or other officers of the
organization.
Because his trousers disappeared
while he slept Arsene Oulette of New
York sued a hotel and won damages.
Woman Made County
Registrar of Deeds
Mrs. Lizzie House was ap
pointed Registrar of Deeds of
Halifax County to fill the unex
pired term of Judge Clements.
Mrs. House has been a deputy
under the Judge for several
years.
The action was taken at a
special meeting of the County
Board of Commissioners Monday.
Jeff Welch of Roanoke Rapids
waa the other applicant. The ma
jority of the Board felt that in
the interest of economy, Mrs.
House should be appointed at a
savings of 91,760 a year. She
agreed to do tke work with her
4 TRY TO
HAUL STORE
SAFEAWAY
All Confess to Entering
Store at Camps Cross
roads after Grilling
Three Northampton County men
and a 15 year old boy have confess
ed to officers their part in a store
breaking and attempted safe robbery
at Camp's Crossroads early Sunday
morning.
The scheme failed, after entering
the store of P. I. Rook & Son, when
the heavy safe they rolled out the
back door, fell to the ground instead
of rolling into the stolen truck they
had backed up to the door.
Sidney Gay, who left Roanoke Ra
pids at 12:30 Saturday night, saw the
truck after it had been taken from
Long s Lin, but did not sea tbe gang.
They admitted later having fled when
Gay approached.
The front door of the Rook Store
had been forced and a quantity of
merchandise was missing Sunday
morning. The safe, with combination
and handles battered, was on the
ground still unopened.
Mrs. E. P. Hyman, wife of another
merchant at the crossroads, remem
bered hearing a conversation Satur
day between Melvin Laahley, 28, and
Gus Laahley, 15. They were talking
about the "job” then and Mra. Hy
man heard enough of the talk to be
come auspicious. She reported Sun
day morning what she had heard and
the two were arrested along with
Luther Ashley, 80, and Josephus
Banks, 21, by officers Raster and
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Martin On School Board
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New Hospital Building Here Completed
Here it- is folks. Another forward
step in Twin City progress. Above
you see the new Norses Home just
completed and thrown open for pub
lic inspection last Friday afternoon.
It is’nt furnished yet and it may
be some time before the entire build*
inf can be furnished in keeping with
the kind of building that has been
erected. But don't forget the public
shower on Saturday, February 14,
Valentines Day, when everybody Is
supposed to bring something to go j
in the new home.
The building is of brick, fire-proof
construction, and has every modern
convenience. It will comfortably care
for 45 nurses. There are large sit
ting room, baths between each two
bedrooms, study and class rooms, a
roof garden, and a huge reception
room downstairs.- There are offices
for the supervisor, n. kitchenette, and
a lot of oUwj- inltjemt'yr things you
will see if you go there on February
14.
Fart of the funds for the building
were furnished by the Duke Founda
tion and the balance was furnished
by the local mill owners.
It is hoped by the hospital offici
als to have the home partly furnish
ed so the nurses can move in about
the middle of this month. They will
vacate the two houses now used by
| them on Roanoke Avenue.
SHOWER IS
PLANNED
FOR HOME
New Home to be Scene
of Public Shower on
Next Saturday
The Nurses Home is completed in
everything but furnishings and the
40 odd graduate and pupil nurses are
anxiously awaiting moving orders.
But these cannot be given until much
new furniture and all the other things
which go to make up a home for that
many people are forthcoming.
The womans club is sponsoring a
public shower for the nurses on next
Saturday, February 14, in order that
friends, former patients and other
citizens interested may make some
offering to the new home and show
their appreciation for the work done
here by the hospital staff. The Ki
wanis Club will be asked tonight to
back the movement in ci operation
v,ith the Womans Club.
The shower will be held at the new
home on Jackson Street 1 and 5 and
7 and 10 next Saturday. Bring some
thing worthwhile, no matter how
small, between those hours. Com
mittees have been appointed to take
charge of the shower.
Those on the reception committee
will be: Mrs. Moore, Mrs. T. W. M.
Long, Mrs. F. M .Brown, Mrs. J. N.
Bynum, Mrs Hugh Bradley, Mrs.
Kirk, Mrs. T. R. Manning, Miss Ruth,
Mrs. Moss, Miss Wood, Mrs. Wallace,
Miss Crawford, Miss Reid and Miss
Temple, Mrs. Mustian, Mrs. Harrel,
Mrs. Grantham, Mrs. Sharpe.
me invitation committee: mro.
Geo. Hayes, Jr., chairman; Miss Lu
cille Carlon, Mrs. T. M. Jenkins, Mrs.
Billie Williams, Mrs. Cleaton, Mrs.
T. W. Mullen, Mrs. Chas. Davis and
Mrs. A. E. Akers, Mrs. W. L. Long.
Decoration committee: Mrs F. G.
Jarman, chairman, Miss Susan Holli
day, Mrs. Julian Allsbrook, Mrs. A.
C. Zollicoffer, Mrs. Emmett Mat
thews, Mrs. C. A. Wyche, Mrs. R. L.
To we, Mrs. Frank Williams, Mrs. W.
S. Dean, Mrs. C. L. Grimmer, Mrs.
Hugh Camp.
Refreshment committee: Mrs. R. P.
Beckwith, chairman; Mrs. Bahnson
Weathers, Mrs. J. T. Chase, Mrs. W.
J. Long, Mrs. Royster, Mrs. C. N.
Wheeler ,Mrs. Will Taylor, Mrs. A.
N. Martin, Mrs. Meiekle, Mrs. Pen
dleton Grixzard, Mrs. Murphy, Mrs.
Hart, Ruth Transou.
Assistant refreshment committee:
New Job Under Way
Excavation work on the new
filter plant is now under way
with more than 30 men and sev
eral teams at work. Ashby and
Co., building the new road at the
river, is doing the excavation
work. Guest & Sons, contractors
w’ho will build the plant, are
supervising the work.
REGISTER
OF DEEDS
IS DEAD
Judge Clements Dies
Suddenly Saturday
Morning
Funeral services for Walter T. Cle
ment, for eight years register of
deeds of Halifax County, and a Ma
son of high rank and prominence,
were held from the home at Enfield
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the
presence of a large gathering.
The services were in charge of Rev.
Mr. Crone, pastor of the Tarboro
Presbyterian Church. Interment was
in Elmwood cemetery.
Active pallbearers were : R. Hunt
Parker, J. Waldo Whitaker, Harry
Crouch, Charlie Hodgin Ralph Rives
and W. R. Garnett.
Judge Clement died at his home at
5:45 o’clock Saturday morning. The
cause of death was said to be paraly
sis.
Judge Clement was 64 years of age,
having been born near Oxford, Nov
emDer a, me son oi inos. u.
and Jane Goochc Clement. He receiv
ed his education at the Horner Mili
tary Academy, Oxford. For many
years Judge Clement was interested
in the tobacco business and operated
warehouses in Scotland Neck and
Enfield. He took an active part in
politics and was elected to many pub
lic offices. He was for two terms
mayor of Scotland Neck, and from
1905 to 1912 mayor of Enfield. In
1911 he was elected to the General
Assembly from Halifax.
He was an outstanding member of
the Masonic fraternity, having been
past master of Lodge No. 447 of En
field, past high priest of Lodge No.
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Miss Margie Cannon, Miss Virginia
Blount, Miss Traynham Wyche, Miss
Eunice Kimbrough, Miss Elizabeth
-Tabs, Miss Frances McClary, Miss
Lucille Smith, Miss Crichton Harris.
1455 OUT
OF WORK
IN COUNTY
Local Committee Com
pletes Survey and
Asks Federal Aid
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee and the chairmen of the Ha
lifax County division of the Gover
nor’s council on unemployment and
relief at Halifax, N. C., on January
26, Chairman R. Hunter Pope, New
ton Shepherd and Wade H. Dickens
cf the executive committee, Mrs. N.
L. Stedman, C. L. Kelly, F. M .Tay
lor, J. B. Hall, Joe N. Bynum, Grady
Moss, F .H. Gregory, J. B. Britt, A.
E .Akers and W. 0. Davis were pres
ent.
F. H .Gregory, chairman of the Fi
nance Committee, reported that or
ganizations were taking care of the
distress cases in the following com
munities: Butterwood, Enfield, Hali
fax, Roanoke Rapids, Scotland Neck,
Tillery and Weldon. Brinkleyville,
Faucetts, Littleton % Palmyra and
Roseneath have not to this hour been
reported.
Mrs. N. L. Stedman reported that
farmers in Halifax Township are
contracting with tenants to the effect
that they shall grow at least two
hogs, and plant and cultivate a gar
den. She further reports that the
Halifax committee is feeding twenty
colored famililes; that in one family
the man and wife are down with
pneumonia and that a purie and
food have been sent them.
ivir. w. u. uavis was instructed to
finish tabulating the cards turned in
after the survey for both white and
colored; to turn the cards back to
the local organizations with instruct
ions to care for all needy cases; to
go to Raleigh, report the survey and
findings, and appeal to the State or
ganization for aid and suggestions.
The survey shows a total of 1,455
unemployed or in distress in Halifax
County, white and colored, of which
736 need temporary employment and
73 must have permanent work.
Of the 48 sick cases, all but one
need medical attention.
Halifax Township reported the un
employment situation in hand locally,
while Butterwood, Conconara and
Roseneath filed no reports.
Brinkleyville reported 28 unem
ployed, Enfield 21, Faucetts, 51, Lit-1
tleton 15, Palmyra 17, Scotland Neck
1, Weldon 131, and Roanoke Rapids
Township 641.
PRESENT
NEW BILL
THIS WEEK
To Elect Three Members
of Board Every Two
Years-Joyner Quits
Alfred N. Martin was elected by
lhe City School Board to membership
on that board to fill the unexpired
term of W. Frank Joyner, who re
signed last week.
Mr. Joyner’s reason for resigning
"as to give his full time to his du
ties as member of the County Board
of Commissioners. There had been
some talk by the foes of the City
School Board to question the legali
ty of Mr. Joyner’s seat on that Board
in view of his holding the elective of
fice on the County board.
To avoid any further trouble on
the matter, Mr. Joyner resigned af
ter his supporters here felt that he
was of greater value and could be
I of more service to the community on
the County Board of Commissioners.
Although these friends pointed out
that the same condition exists in a
neighboring town where a member
of the County Board of Commission
ers is also a member of the City
School Board of that town.
Mr. Martin, who will fill out the
unexpired term, is the popular young
druggist, wKjo^e principal claim 'to
fame lies in his inctapendlent atti
tude and his complete willingness to
bespeak his mind on public questions.
He is president of the Rosemary
Merchants Association, Adjutant of
the local post of the American Le
gion, driector of the Kiwanis Club,
director of the Roanoke Rapids
Building and Loan Association.
A bill will be presented to the le
gislature this week, which has the
approval of the majority of citizens
and of the School Board, and which
will call for an election of three mem
bers of the Board when their term
expires.
The remainder of the Board will
continue untli their respective terms
expire and they, too, will be filled by
popular election. All terms will con
tinue to be for six years, with three
men to be elected by the people every
two years. In this way, the school
system will not be disturbed and men
with experience will always be sit
ting on the Board.
Another bill had been written to
call for an election of the entire
Board at once, but the legislators
agreed with many citizens here that
this proceedure was too drastic and
dangerous, and latest reports from
Raleigh are that bill will not be pre
sented.
It is understood that the three men
whose terms expire first are W. L.
Manning, Dr. T. W. M. Long and Les
lile Towe. And all three of these
men have agreed to run for the of
fice in the Pall.
Mrs. Mary Ogle of Battle Creek,
Mich., won a divorce charging that
her husband’s fondness for white rats
alienated his affections for her.
Farmers Market Open*
Here Saturday, Feb. 7
The first Farmer’s Market in
Halifax County will open here on
Saturday morning of this week
under the direction of Mrs. Hazel
Wheeler, Home Demonstration
Agent
For the present, the market
will be in the Patterson Store
Building at Rosemary. Efforts
to get a free location between
the two business sections have
been futile to date. The hours
will be from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m.,
each Saturday.
Instructions to farmers con
cerning type, articles, prices,
space, etc. and invitations to the
public were sent out this week
by Mrs. Wheeler's offiee. The
farmer must produce all that he
offe» for aale. I
BIGGER CITY
GETS OK BY
R. H. PARKER
Local Legal Light Gives
Good Reasons For Op
timistic View
(By Carroll Wilson)
“Just what do you think, as a citi
zen and taxpayer, of the plans to
have one big city incorporated in this
community, with water and sewer
age and all other civic improvements
which will be worked out in the next
ten years as a result of the incorpo
ration and under the plans as accep
ted and the new charter as drafted?”
was the substance of the question we
asked R. Hunt Parker, State Solicit
or of this judicial district, one of the
leaders of this community and a man
whom many say will end up in the
United States Senate.
“I think it all means this,” answer
ed Mr. Parker. “Ten- years from
now, this new city you are planning
on will have 15,000 population.
We answered that was a very
broad statement to make and quite a
prophecy to fulfill. We told Mr.
Parker we were dubious about it all
meaning that much to us in such a
short time. That we couldn’t see as
much growth as he anticipated: with
the General Assembly busy driving
industry away from the State; with
other towns getting the bulk of the
farm trade; with little likelihood of
any “boom’ on here, we just could
not be optimistic enough to expect
a 50 per cent increase in ten years.
And Mr. Parker settled back aginst
the wall gazed away into space as if
peering into the distant years, and
proceed^ to analyze and build up a
word picture that grew upon the
white wall as the half dozen men sit
ting around listened, until they, too,
caught the vision; a vision backed by
cold, hard logic of a legal mind. And
we try to pass it on to you now, that
picture and the reasons as expound
ed by Mr. Parker.
It is not impossibe to have a 50
per cent increase in this communi
ty in ten years, said Mr. Parker.
Twenty years ago, there was roughly
5,000 people here. It has increased
100 per cent in 20 years. And out
side of employment, we have had
nothing to offer the prospective ci
tizen.
Granted that there will be no new
industries of great size in the next
ten years to swell the population,
we are now planning to make this a
more comfortable, convenient and de
cent place for a man to live and raise
his family. When we have something
to offer a man and his family in the
way of comforts, you will see them
begin to move in, slowly but surely.
1 ask you, why should a man move
off the farm or from another town
and settle here now, when you have
no water, sewerage, streets, side
walks or anything to distinguish this
from a crossroads store settlement,
except size.
This is a new town, said Mr. Park
er. There are few rich men here.
Our merchants and business men
are young men, starting new business
on borrowed capital. As the years
pass, they will pay out, begin to ac
cumulate. The banks will have more
and more money to lend for legiti
mate projects. You can build and
expand in a community where there
is surplus money. That time will
come nere ior our ousiness ana pro
fessional men and with it will come
added inducements for others to come
here. And always, we will have the
mills and the payrolls to fall back on.
Then, with more capital, will come
the big time-stores for farmers. It
takes a lot of money to run those.
But they will bring the farm trade
to this community when everything
else fails. I mean where a farmer
can get everything he needs for his
business and home, to be paid for
when the crops are harvested; or if
it’s a bad year, a store big enough to
carry him another year. Then, the
farmers and their families will crowd
the streets of this city, and many of
them will find it profitable to move
their families here because of the
comforts and the schools and other
conveniences.
And with all of this, oar bigger
city can be made the trading terri
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