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“ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL” |-i of the Greater Roanoke Rapids ■! I S M wL WT A VP a «V •! Eastern Carolina’s Class A j! Trade Territory 5 If I I /% |\| I 1 If If m3 I |J| I |L III Weekly NEWSpaper u—w——j i\V/iillv/IVL lYrkr li/tJ \ALLI !“ThepaperThatGoesHome”i VOLUME 17. --------- — j------ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, 1931. NUMBER 22. UP AND DOWN Che Avenue WITH THE EDITOR Somebody who had little to do turn ed in a false fire alarm Sunday which gent the truck to Weldon on a need less run. Practical jokes are all right in their place but when anyone starts monkeying with a Fire Department, there is nothing funny about it. It was not only an expensive joke, which cost the taxpayers money, but it makes the Fire Department wary about answering all calls. The same joker might think differently if his house caught fire and the Fire De partment t°°h its time about answer ing the call, thinking it was just an other false alarm. Such a joker is tampering with loss of property, perhaps loss of life, and it was a seroius offense which would be severely punished. A little scout ing around, a careless word diopped here or there, may bring to lignt who the jokester was. Then the court can uo a little joking. If there had been a real fire, it is doubtful, according to Fire Depart ment members, if they would have reached the fire in time to do any good. They were slowed dow and al most blocked in their progress by fire fans who were fighting to get fo the fire. The streets and the Weldon road were filled with cars just as soon as the truck started and it seemed more important that the sightseers get to the fire than the firefighters. In addition to putting out fires, the Department members say they must also keep from running into the fans or watch their step lest they be run over themselves. They again request that all car drivers and pedestrians stay out of the way, keep a good dis tance behind the truck in going to a fire, and park and stay a reasonable distance away at the fire. Jim Thomason was in the office a few minutes the other day. Jim is now working on a bunch of school houses in Maryland and will be busy on the job for another two months. His reason for dropping in was to re port how his candidacy for sheriff was coming along. Said he had heard rumors that he was going to with draw. that nothing was farther from his mind. “I’m in the race to the finish,” concluded Jim, “regardless of who runs.” A friend was telling us about a trip from Washington to New York via airplane he took the other day. The usual all day journey was cut to three hours. It was his first flight In the air but he never felt any bad effects. The huge passenger plane, i carrying 25, took the air bumps with out a quiver. It kept a height of 6,000 feet all the way. Everything was done for the com fort and ease of the passengers. A nice looking and intelligent young lady was hostess on the plane. Her duties were to look after the pas sengers, amuse them, talk to them if they were frightened. Halfway, she gave them sandwiches and drinks. This latter, says the friend, tasted a bit as if it had a stomach-settler in it. They were given post cards and stamps and could write and mail their cards on the plane. Each seat had an individual ventilator, which could be adjusted to suit the person with out discomfort to other passengers. The air was plenty cold. The rest rooms had couches where those so dis posed could recline. The hostess fur nished each with cotton to put in the cars to deaden the roar of the mo tors. Thos eexperienced in traveling this way did not use the cotton. Our friend did. He came down completely sold on air travel. Another o 1 d landmark i s going down. Back in the alley to the East of the Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets is the last of a busy thorough ftre. A huge frame building back there was at one time the only other store in that end of the city beside Patterson Store Co. Until a few years •go, it was used as a storage house J* the L. G. Shell Co. Today it is being torn down by orders of the city building inspector. At the regular monthly meeting, • County Board of Commissioners •Win extended the time for advertis c«unty tax delinquents another wya, according to Commissioner _ **** Joyner. They were supposed Hi 2j392 OUTLAND AND MILLS GETDRAW In Fast Bouts At Sim mons Gymnasium On Monday Night GOOD PRELIMS (By Jimmie Shell) 1‘romoter Bill Alligood gained a po sition among the successful promoters when he put on a boxing circus in Simmon’s Gym last Monday night. The contest attracted over five hun dred people and all were well satis fied with the bouts. Simmons Gym was crowded with the local fans and those from out of town who came to see the boys mix up. This is the first of the big boxing exhibitions that Has been put on in a big way and it looks as if the Twin Cities will have some more in the near future. The first preliminary was between a couple of anxious juvenile pugilists, Cash Register vs Battling Edwards. Both kids put up a good scrap and the bout ended in a draw. They both fought well during the three one minute rounds. Flashy Whitby and Young Midget both locals, got together very scrap Pily and gave the fans plenty of ex citement in the second preliminary. The third preliminary of the fistic menu was between Kid Newton of Roanoke Rapids and Clouter Cook of Weldon. Newton weighed 130, 32 ounces more than the Clouter, who weighed in at 128. This bout didn’t display as much excitement as the others, as both boys fought on even terms most of the time. The Kid hap pened to outslug the Clouter thru the four mintes and a half to grab the decision. Kit Carson of Roanoke Rapids met Battling Putnam in the fourth pre liminary. Carson was outboxed the entire four rounds, but put up a good scrap to win the unanimous applause of the spectators. In the semi-final Freddie Mills of Roanoke Rapids, Met “K.O.” Insco of Rocky Mount. Freddy proved to he pretty tough for his opponent and therefore “K.O.” failed to live up to his title as he didnt win, nor get a knockout. This was a fast fight and was as interesting as the final bout. Both lads gave all they had and the fight ended in a draw. Both Freddie and “K.O.” were bleeding badly at the end of the fourth act, as it had proved to be a give and take affair. “Scrappy” Outland proved to b e plenty scrappy in his bout with James Gilbert of Rocky Mount. This was the final bout and it was the first five round bout of the pugilistic circus. Both fighters fought on even terms during the five stanzas. Outland, with a short left jab to Gilbert’s right eye made a bad split worse and the spec tators saw the only blood that was gotten in the final contest. The fin «1 bout was a fast and interesting one, both boxers fighting fast, hard and cautiously. Outland and Gilbert both weighed in at 139 pounds, and it proved to be one of the best light weight scraps that has been exhibit ed in the Twin Cities in quite a while. The time keepers were Bernard Ed mondson and Monk Crowder, the re ferees Lester Edmondson and Tubby Speight and the announcer Robert | Vick. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Services at First Baptist Church, Sunday, September 12th. The Pastor, Alfred P. Mustian will preach both morning and evening using for his sermon theme at the morning hour: ►When The Golden Lamp Burns.” Sunday evening his subject will be: “Saved By His Life.” Special music will be rendered at both services. William Henry Davis is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Florence Morgan, in Severn, N. C. to have been advertised this month. Last Saturday, the first bale of cotton of the 1931 crop was sold to Roanoke Mills Co. Charlie Powell, colored, who lives across the river in Northampton County, received the $5 premium for the first bale sold. It wgs ginned by J. A. Shaw. The bale weight was 500 lbs. and seed cotton 1320 lbs. The market price last Sat urday was 6 3-4 cents. CHILDREN IN CITY SCHOOLS Wreck Victim Robert Price, 27-year old young man who is well known locally, died instantly from injuries received when the automobile in which he was rid ing with (his cousin, Ernest Vick, on the Palmyra road near his home at Oak City, overturned on August 27th. Young Price is survived by his par ents, six sisters and five brothers, the sisters including Mrs. R. E. Gray and Mrs. H. L. Fahey of this city, and was well known and liked in Roanoke iapida. The cousin, driver of the death car, will face an investigation over the accident and is now being held in the Williamston jail in default of bond, which has been set at $2,000. CITY HAS TWO NEW OFFICIALS Reid Is T a x Collector and Etheridge Has Charge of City Streets START DUTIES SOON At a recent meeting of the City Commissioners I*. A. Reid was ap pointed city tax collector, and Paul Etheridge Superintendent of Streets. Mr. Reid now holds the position of business manager of the city schools, and of course will enter his new du ties with the city in addition to his connection with the schools. An effort will be made to collect all back taxes due the city, of which there is a large amount outstanding, as these funds are needed very bad ly to carry on the work of the new city administration. Paul Etheridge has been employed by the City of Roanoke Rapids to fill the newly created office of superin tendent of streets and sanitation and will enter upon his new duties on September 15th. Mr. Etheridge has had wide expedi ence in this line, having worked for Halifax County for a number of years in the Highway Department, later going to the employ of the State when they took over all county roads several months ago. NOTICE AURELIAN SPRINGS FARMERS There will be three prizes given to farmers at Aureliasn Springs school on Monday afternoon, September 14th, at 2:30 o’clock. These prizes will be given for estimating the nearest to the yield of the cotton demonstration on Mr. J. R. Liles’ farm in front of Mr. V. C. Matthews’ house. The first prize will be $3, second prize $2 and third prize $1.50. The way the estimating contest will be carried on will be explained on September 14th. Come and see if the demonstration has proved anything to you and also you may win a prize. By E. K. VEACH, Agriculture Teacher. RELIGIOUS SERVICES St. John’s Catholic Chapel, corner Hamilton and Ninth Streets. Rev. F. J. McCourt, Pastor. Sunday, Septem ber 13th, 8 a. m., Low Mass, Sermon on ‘‘The Word of God,” Holy Com munion, Benediction, Sunday School, confessions for forty minutes before services. Holy Masses this Sunday also in churches at Scotland Neck, 751 N. Main St., 11 a. m.; Rocky Mt. corner S. Franklin and Chester Sts., 11 a. m.; Tarboro, 1008 St. David St., 8 a. m. Everybody invited to services at each place. Misses Evelyn and Priscilla Mul len entertained Thursday night at their home on Monroe Street. Miss Betty Gray Long was winner of high score prize or ladies and she was given a pen and pencil set. George Burgwyn was winner of high score prize for gentlemen. A salad and sweet course was served. Those play ing were: Misses Betty Gray Long, Rosa Heath Long, Charlotte Ann Em ery, Sarah Elizabeth and Lillian Bell Jenkins, Maria Long, Gene Hewitt, Margie Cannon, Katherine and Phala Vick, Messrs Gene Wells, John Dunn Gene Cannon, James Beckwith, Geo. Burgwyn, Frank Pittman, Robert Vick, Jack Cassada, Eugene Crutch field,’ George Green and Ovid Pierce of Weldon. TO EXTEND WHTTEWAY 11 BLOCKS Order Placed With The Vepco For Extension Of City Lighting System SAME TYPE USED An order for the extension of the white way lighting system from its j present ending at the old corporate limits to 11th Street in the South Ward has been placed with the Vir ginia Electric and Power Co., follow ing the passing of this resolution and its confirmation, at a recent melting of the City Commissioners. The white way lights will conform with the ones already installed in the North Ward, and when completed the new city will have eleven long blocks of white way connecting the two business sections, as the present sys- J j tem starts at First Street. I The matter of street lighting was also taken up at the commissioners meeting, and orders for additional lights in the residental sections have also been placed. These too, will con form with the street lighting system in use in the North Ward, using swinging lights from the center and I the corner of the streets. Woman’s Club Meets At The Country Club The Woman’s Club will hold the first meeting of the club year on next Monday aftrenoon a t the Country Club. The president, Mrs. C. A. Wyche, wishes to announce that at this meeting, Mrs. J. M. Hobgood of Farmville, N. C., who is president of the State Federation o f Woman’s Clubs, will speak. Mrs. Hobgood is a splendid speaker and will b.ing a message of inspiration to the club members. The club members arc all uged to be present an to invite a friend. The public is cordially invited. The place, Country Club. The time, 3 o’clock. The date, Monday. Rosh Hashonah Local Jewish residents will cele brate “Rosh Hashonah”, or “Jew ish New Year” as it is more com monly known to Gentiles from Fri day night, Sept. 11th at 6 p. m., until the following Saturday evening at 6. Although a complete check-up could not be made before going to press, it was understood that the stores and places of business of most local Jewish merchants would b e closed durnig these hours and that group comprises: W. T. Adler, B. Marks, Frank Horwitz, Jack Weis ner, S. Fligel and Paul Fligel, Isaac Spire and Max Frank. The stores will close promptly at six Friday night for the Jewish holi day, and will not open again until 6 p. m. Satrday night. Smoot-George Wedding A wedding uniting two of Rose ary's popular young people was sol emnized .r Saturday night at Rose mary Baptist Church, when Miss Pau line George became the bride of Mr. Edward Smoot. Miss Gladys Cox had charge of the music. Just before the ceremony she played “Hearts and Flowers.” Miss Agatha Moore sang “O Promise Me,” and during the cere mony Miss Cox played “To A Wild Rose.” The church was beautifully deco rated with ferns and golden rods with many cathedral candles effectively used. The maid of honor, Miss Myrtle Lipscomb wore an attractive costume of brown and carried a corsage of yellow roses. The bride was lovely in brown velvet and wore a corsage of rust roses. The groom, with his best man, Mr. Byrom Gurley, was met at the altar by the bride and the vows were taken. Rev. J. E. Kirk, pastor of the bride, performing the ceremony, using a double ring ceremony. The bride and groom left immedi ately after the ceremony for Rich mond and will be at home to their friends after a short wedding trip. Miss Edith Davis spent the week end in Severn, N. C., visiting relatives CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION County Commissioners Ask Governor To Call Legislature re Cotton SEE DISASTER Halifax County Commissioners in session Monday, passed unanimously resolutions requesting Governor Gardner to call a special session of the legislature to deal with the re striction of the 1932 cotton crop. On motion of B. B. Everette, sec onded by N. W. Warren, The Board of County Commissioners passed the following resolutions: Whereas, there is at the present time a prospect, according to the gov ernment estimate, of nearly sixteen million bales of cotton being harvest ed this season: And Whereas: With the supply on hand now of cotton, this new crop would reduce the price far below, the cost of its production and would in evitably result in disaster to the cot , ton growing States; And Whereas: There is a move ment on foot by several of the South ern States to call a special session of their respective legislatures to pass restrictive laws for 1932 production of cotton, Therefore, be it resolved, that the Board of County Commissioners of Halifax County, in session September 7, 1931, do hereby endorse this move ment to restrict cotton production for 1932 by legislation and do petition the Honorable O. Max Gardner, Gov ernor of North Carolina, to call a special session of North Carolina le gislature to consider a similar pro gram and as far as expedient co-op erate with the other cotton growing •states. The advertising of land sales for taxes was postponed one month. Land will be advertised in October. Football Squad Increases To 45 (By Jimmie Shell) Last year lettermen and more new comers increase the squad to 45, one of the largest squads the Roanoke Ra pids High has ever had during its short football career. Practice has steadily become harder and Coach Hoyle is doing his best to whip the boys into tip top condition. Assist ant Coaches, Poyner, Vick and Gur ley are proving to be a big help to 'the Yellow Jax and if they dont win the conference title it won’t be the 'coaches’ fault. The Varsity has plenty of fresh meat to work against and speaking about the varsity the coach ,says the seven hardest working line men will play on his first string, so competition for all the positions seems to be pretty fast. During the training practice no one has been se riously injured, but when the real scrimmaging starts there will b e plenty of ailments from most of the squad. Close followers of the North-, eastern Conference teams predict that Roanoke Rapids, New Bern or Elizabeth City will win the title this year, and Washington can’t be left out as she’ll be in the race and will cause plenty of trouble. Miss Louise Lanier was hostess to several of her friends Saturday night, Sept. 5th, the occasion being her tenth birthday. Games were played and other amusements after which re freshments were served t o Misses Marjorie and Margaret Mason, Mil dred and Helen Fitts, Ruby Lois and Flora Ann Davenport, Christine Bush Pauline Ross, Elizabeth Lyerly, Myrtle Dean, Opal DeBerry, Flora and Edward Lanier, Ollie Gums, Net tie Horn, Ray Humphries, Ruby Mar tin, Virginia Virgie and Florence Mann and Bertha Stansbury. The little hostess was the recipient of many gifts. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bissett who have had charge of the Singer Sewing Machine office at Rosemary, have recently moved to New Bern to make their new home. Mrs. George Pappendick is visiting her sister, Miss Emma Matthews, at Winston-Salem, N. C., who is a stu dent nurse in the Baptist hospital. Halifax Graded School Opens The Halifax Graded School opened on Monday morning with a number of parents joining in the exercises. An opening hymn was sung and Mr. J. T. Kirk gave the invocation. Talks were also made by Miss Bettie Clark of Washington, D. C., Mr. Wil lie Coppedge, chairman of the local school board, nad Mr. Oaks, Weldon principal. The central thought con veyed by each speaker was the ne cessity of cooperation for a success ful school and town. FREE CLINIC FOR T. B. IN COUNTY Clinic Starts Sept. 14 and Lasts Two Weeks At Different Towns AT HOSPITAL HERE Arrangements have been made by the County Health Department, with the N. C. State Sanatorium, where by the latter institution is going to furnish one of its specialists for the purpose of holding a clinic for the examination of adults who may have reason to suspect tuberculosis. The following is a list of the places as well at the time where and when these clinics will be held: Monday, Sept. 14, County Sanator ium, 10 to 3. Tuesday, Sept. 15, 10 to 3, Emield (over Commercial and Farmers Bank). Wednesday Sept. 16, 10 to 3, Scotland Neck,(Town Clerk’s office). Thursday and Friday, Sept. 17 and 18, 10 to 3, Roanoke Rapids Hospital, Saturday morning, Sept. 19, Weldon, Health Dept office. Second week: Monday, Sept. 21, 10 to 3, Scotland Neck, (Colorde Baptist Church). Wednesday, Sept. 23, 10 to 3, Littleton (Dr. Justice’s office), and A. M. of 26th wrill be spent in the Thursday and Friday, Sept. 24, 25 office of the Health Dept, at Weldon. Any adult man or woman, white or colored who has any of the following symptoms should plan to attend one of these clinics. Symptoms of Tuberculosis: Loss of weight, loss of strength, lack of en ergy and endurance. Feeling tired and run-down, especially in the after noons or evenings. Poor appetite, in digestion or dyspepsia. A tempera ture normal or below in the morning and 99 or more in the afternoon or evening. A cough may or may not be pres ent, but any cough lasting three weeks or more is very suspicious, es pecially a dry hacking cough. A hemmorhage from the lungs, as much as a teaspoon ful of pure blood is almost always due to tuberculosis, blood streaked sputum is also sus picious. Remember, tuberculosis is curable if discovered in its early stages. De lay may mean ruin for the person with this dreaded disease. So if you have any of these symptoms, attend one of these clinics and have a thor ough examination made of your chest free. Mrs. Frank Nash entertained the Friday Bridge Club at the first meet ing of the club year on September 4. The high score club prize was won by Mrs. Howard Pruden, who was given a brown pocketbook. The guest prize, two bath towels were won by Mrs. P. E. Ransom. A sweet course was ser ved at five o’clock. Those playing: Mesdames Alfred Martin. F. C. Wil liams,, Howard Pruden, Julian Alls brook, Frank Hawley, Carroll Wil son, T. W. Mullen, T. W. M. Long, S. J. Bounds, Will Dean. P. E. Ran som and H. E. Lee Mrs. R. G. Knight entertained in honor of Mrs. Beale Carter of New soms, Va., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Vries, at her home on Hamilton Street, Friday evening. A high score prize was given at each table and I these were won by Mrs. R. E. Cleaton Jr., and Mrs. Beale Carter. Both were given hand painted pictures as prizes. Guests were Mesdames W. T. Clements, George Lampley, J. A. Suiter of Garysburg, J. H. Vries, George Taylor, R. E. Cleaton, Jr., P. A. Reid and Beale Carter. ALL PRIOR RECORDS BROKEN As 19 3 1 Enrollment Reaches New High In City School System CROWDED ROOMS School days are here again, as is very much in evidence by the eight o’clock throngs of children walking up the Avenue to school every morn ing now. Enrollment in the City Schools started last Monday morning, and has already reached a record total of 1,492 in the grades, and a total of 044 in the Junior and Senior High School. This number will increase greatly by the end of the first school month, according to C. W. Davis, city superintendent of schools. Mr. Davis announced that there would be very little change in the system of running the schools this year over last, and although work ing under conditions that are so crowded that they may prove really serious toward hampering the effi ciency of the schools by the end of the year, if there is an appreciable increase (and there always is) no course offered last year has been cut. Every member of the faculty is co operating to the fullest extent in cop ing with the crowded condition, and it is thought that things will go along very smoothly with a full nine months term. In some of the High School classes there are as many as forty-five en rolled, while the State regulations as to numbers of pupils in each class re commends a limit of thirty students. One first grade room is now accom modating sixty-five. Likewise, in the colored schools of the city there was also a record en rollment of 256. Mr. Davis predicted that this number would be increased to at least 300 before the end of the year, and commented at length on the large number already attending there, as this is a much larger en rollment than in other years. In spite of the hot weather of the last few days, students seem to be inclined to become acclimated to School Days again, and are getting down to business in earnest. The customary and natural confusion over the start of school seems to be in the minority this year, and there is a general tendency on the part of stu dents to “get to work.” The student traffic patrolmen are fast catching onto the work this year, with several new recruits, and the situation is being w’orked out nicely under the direction of P. A. Reid, High School principal. It looks good to see the children on their way to school in the morn ings and evenings, and gives the city streets an added air of a thriving community. The Woman’s Missionary Union of the First Baptist Church held its monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in the church auditorium. Business was dicsussed then a pro gram on South America was given. Mesdames J. H. Hines, G. E. Buckner and Louis Clements made talks. Mrs. C. N. Wheeler led the devotionals. Those present were: Mesdames A. P. Mustian, J. H. Hines, C. N. Wheeler, M. C. Womble, G. E. Buckner, Ren nie Elmore, J. M. Rice, Louis Clem ents, M. H. Hedgepeth and Ivey Mo horn. On Monday evening at her apart ent in the Citizens Bank building, Mrs. D. L. Traynham was hostess to the Monday night Bridge Club. The high score prize for the evening was won by Miss Margaret Clark who was given two handmade handker chiefs. A salad course was served at 10:15. Those playing were: Mesdames Alfred Martin, Cooper Grizzard, Ju lian Allsbrook, Cyrus Cotton, Tom White, Misses Margaret Clark, Flo rine Holt, Mary Nellye Holt of Wash ington, D. C. Miss Frances McClarey, who is a member of the school faculty of Roa noke Rapids, from Auburn, Ky., ar rived Wednesday. She was accompa nied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. McClarey and Miss Elizabeth King.
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