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| offering a Thorough Coverage | FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL” b=rl ROANOKE RAPIDS iALD ~ " " _____ 1 1 ™ ™ , vvawv.ww VOLUME 17. ------- j=T~ — | --ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1931. NUMBER ^ UP AND DOWN Ghe Avenue WITH THE EDITOR To call a policeman or tin depart meat Dial 8*8-1. A large crowd of local fana includ ing about 15 membere of the local High School football squad, attended the State Florida game at Kaleigh last Saturday. Lieut. Floyd Wood of Middletown, N. J., flew down in an airplane and •pent Sunday with Mr. and MrB. W. A. China. The local Kiwanis Club attended the district meeting at Scotland Neck this Thursday night. The Koanoke kspids Club and the Rocky Mount Club furnished most of the entertain ment The principal speaker was Bob Reynolds of Asheville, candidate for l. s. Senate. I The following from here attended the State-]?'lorida game in Raleigh on Saturday : Messrs John Dunn, Jack Cassada, Dave Purcell, Thos. L. Mar tin, Francis Cobb, Yates Brown, Phil lip Newton, Fleetwood Sullivan, Nor man Speight and Ned Manning. Local deer hunters have had better luck lately. The latest deer killed were shot by Dr. Boone and Ed Wood ruff. However, Loft in Moody, who shot at the Boone deer and missed, had to buy a new shirt. The Welfare Department of the Womans Club will be held on Monday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Clyde Wheeler. AH members are urged to be present. Visitors are also welcome. St. Louis has a lot more supporters today in Roanoke Rapids than it had before the World Series started.*Wiyi three games won to Philadelphia's two, one more win will give thorn the aeries. It may be decided at St. Louis Friday if Pepper Martin is having a normal day. The Associated Charites held its regular quarterly meeting at t h e Episcopal Church on Sunday after noon. Representatives from several churches were present. Various prob lems of the association were fully dis cussed. The funds of the association are gradually being used and at any time a donation of either money, clothes, food, or fuel will be greatly appreciated. As the winter season ap proaches the will be more and more calls and the need throughout the community seems greater than ever before. A hamper crop was grown this year by John Ed Brown on hia ground in Oldtown. Mr. Brown brought to The Herald office this week one shuck of eom with ten ears in It— We mean there were ten distinct ears where one *as ftipposed to be. That*s what we call intensive and scientific farming. A trick bicycle rider gave a thirty minute free show on the Avenue on Monday afternoon. His stunts were food enough to draw part of the fans from the radio broadcast of the Worlds Series, to which they hurried back when the cyclist started passing the hat. The one man show has gone the way of the vaudeville and bur lesque road show. Reason: the talk ,e® and the rsdio. County Supt. Akers, School Board Chairman R. L. Towe, Druggist Pep Per Martin and Editor Wilson attend ed the Father and Son Banquet of the oung Tar Heel Farmers at Aurelian prings last Friday night. Speeches were made by Messrs Towe and Akers. Jackson Youth Falls To Death From Tree Young Robert Jernlgan, 9 year old JMk'on youth fell 35 feet to his death om the limbs of a tree near his *®st Tuesday afternoon. The little fellow had been playing !’ th* ,imb« of a tall tree near his and it is said that the boys »e constructing a playhouse in the j imb8- Evidently young Robert a mis-step and tumbled to the Hound, fracturing his little skull in “"M places. Agonised parents hurriedly brought Uttle hoy to Roanoke Rapids hos . wber* emergency medical at u ,0® w“* Slven, but all efforts to 8 the life of the youth proved fu “d b« died within thirty min SPECIAL AUDIT IS COMPLETED NO FIGHT ATjEHOOL ELECTION W.L. Manning Leads the Ticket — Popular Election Fails To Appeal CHOSEN FOR 6 YRS. For the first time in history, the voters of Roanoke Rapids Graded School district went to the polls to vote for members of the City School Board in a quiet election this Tues day. i W. L. Mannig led the ticket with 119 votes. K. L. Towe received 110 votes and Dr. T. W. M. Long 97 votes. These three men were the on ly ones who filed for the three of fices to be voted on. A total of 124 voters went to the polls. All three of the winners are mem bers of the present school board and they will now hold office under the vote of the people for a term of six years. In two years, there will be another election and three more mem bers of the Board will be voted for. With the privilege of writing in the names of any persons not on the ballot, four voters took advantage of the opportunity. T. W .Mullen was given three votes and W. J. Norwood one. Mr. Mullen, however, is a mem ber of the Board now, being chair man. Only 500 voters of the district re gistered on, the new registration books for school elections and of the 500 only 124 went to the polls Tuesday. Observers felt that the people did not care so much about electing their school board as had been stressed several months ago by proponents of the elective school board law. It will be recalled that there was quite a furor raised during the re cent session of the legislature about the method of the membership on the school board. Tempers were lost, life long friends took verbal cracks at each other, and almost came to blows, beeause of difference of opin ion regarding the election o f the school board. When the Roanoke Rapids Graded School Board charter was written, the members of the board were named and these in turn appointed their suc cessors. There were those, for various reasons, did not like this “autocratic” method. The term ‘self-perpetuating’ was used freely. The un-Democratic principle was assailed and fervent speeches were made that the people had the right to elect the school board. With the result that the members of the pres ent school board agreed that those opposing the old methods were cor rect in principle and the law was written and passed without objec tion. The net result is that, with all De mocratic theories carried out, only three men filed for the nomination, all members of the old board. And only one out of every twenty voters went to the polls. Most everybody was satisfied with the old board and even with its me thod of election. Then, every man was answerable to those others on the board who had appointed him. Now, elected by the people, they are ac countable to none until their six year term is up. The sad part is that, now with an elective school board, there is noth ing left to argue about. Mrs. T. M. Bridger, mother of Mrs. D. S. Ward, was called to Savannah, Friday, das to the illness of her grandson, John Hampton Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Dabbs of Charlotte were guests last week of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Ward. The party attended the Textile Association Dis trict meeting held here last Friday. utes after his entry in the local hos pital. Details concerning funeral arrange ments could not be obtained here at a late hour Thursday, though it was thought he was to be buried in a cemetery at Jackson Thursday af ternoon. It is understood that he is survived by his mother and father and two sisters and possibly a brother. Alfonso’s Royal Crest Cut Out „„ ,'vl3 tl,le, SlM,nlsh revolution was an accomplished fact the royal arms 2c a “hnTtiTr, ™ ral,lngt°,n "aS pron,ptl» «"«"* w«h a wooden tf arras h™ been ™ n 7° 18 flpm,» established, the new coat eliminated the^tt. M W e m,,son ls seen doing that Job after having eliminated the emblem of former King Alfonso. Weldon Blaze Costs Mill Waste House Fire of unknown origin swept the Waste House of the Weldon Cotton Manufacturing Company at their plant in Weldon at 8:30 Wednesday night, completely destroying the me dium sized, one story wooden struc ture, and most of its contents of cot ton waste. A loss of about $300.00 was suf fered by the Weldon Mills as a re sult of Wednesday nights blaze, and it seems that no one has any idea as to how the fire started. Workmen left the plant as usual at six o’clock in the evening. Pedestri ans passing near the building later on in the night saw no evidence of the impending blaze it is said, until the flames broke out at 8:30. It was reported in Roanoke Rapids Thursday afternoon that one fire fighter was seriously injured in the blaze, other reports had it that an employee of the mills lost an eye while fighting the blaze, however, these rumors proved false. SLIM CROWD AT BOXING Foreign Fighters Fail to Appear But Plenty of Novelty Bouts Fill Up Program Three out of town boxers failed to appear and cast a damper on the box ing show at Simmons Gym Tuesday night, but some extra features were put on the program and the bouts were all hard fought. So far as the Legion was concerned, it was just as well, as the proceeds were just about enough to pay expenses. It is thought thQ small crowd is due to the nearness of tbe last bout and nothing further will probably be attempted in this line until Aimistice Day when a super boxing and ath letic show is being planned by the Legion Post. The first on the program Tuesday night was a novelty by two ring com edians who fought barefoot. They gave the fans a good laugh. The long looked for battle royal finally materialized when five Ne groes slugged at each other for four rounds. Rooster seemed to be the fa vorite of the crowd but a draw be tween two of them was the decision. The first real bout was a four round fight between Jimmy Gilbert and Battling Butler. The decision went to Gilbert, a Rocky Mount fight er, who has gained much favor with the fans. In the last fight he and Outland went to a draw in a sweet scrap. Battling Love took on Kid Blan ton in the next bout and was too good for him altho the first round was even In the second stanza Love landed hard and had his opponent groggy. He was unable to continue the third round and claimed a foul. The best fight of the card was the final bout between Scrapper Outland and KO Putnam of Rocky Mount. The fight went six rounds and Out land had the better of the argument. He was fast as lightning and used an effective left. j U. OF N. C. | ALUMNI MEETING 100 Expected at Banquet Here Monday Night At Local High School | University of North Carolina alum ni from Halifax and Northampton I counties will gather at the High School building in Roanoke Rapids on Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock to at tend a dinner for Carolina alumni and their ladies and to hear a guest speak er from the University. J. Myron Saunders, alumni secre tary of the University, was in Roa noke Rapids several weeks ago mak ing arrangements for the dinner, which is being undertaken by the Halifax County Club. Alumni in towns of the two counties have been urging Carolina men to attend the dinner and reports from key men in various localities indicate that more than 100 people will be in attend ance next Monday night. Oscar J. Coffin, head of the De sity, is scheduled to make the prin cipal address of the evening. Mr. Coffin is a former editor of the Ra leigh Times and edited the Roanoke Rapids Herald, while catching up on his fishing, the summer previous to assuming his position with the Uni versity. The Halifax County Club was or ganized in 1929 with an organization banquet given in Halifax by Fletch er Gregory on Founder’s Day for the University. Mr. Gregory was elected president of the Halifax county club, George C. Green of Weldon, vice president and J .T. Madry of Scotland Neck, secretary. Judge Francis D. Winston of Windsor entertained the club on that occasion. Halifax County has a particular in terest in the University since it was a Halifax man, William R. Davie, who founded the University, and each year on October 12. Founder’s Day is ob served by the oldest State University in America and her alumni through out the world. Mr. Gregory has stat ed that, contrary to the belief of some alumni, no one will be asked to pledge or give money to the Univer sity at the meeting Monday night. It is simply a get-together of the alumni in the two counties. 100 At Aurelian Springs Banquet More than 100 fathers and sons and invited guests of the Young Tar Heel Farmers of Aurelian Springs enjoyed a banquet at the High School there last Friday night. The principal speakers were Dr. Knop of State College, R. L. Towe, chairman of the County Board o f Education, and A. E. Akers county superintendent. Short talks were made by the boys who had charge of the banquet and program. Music was furnished by the Young Tar Heel quartet and teachers. The excellent dinner was served by the teachers. J AX BEAT OXFORD H.S. LAST WEEK Play Washington Here This Friday in First Conference Game At Home LOST LAST YEAR The first conference game will be played here this Friday when the Roanoke Rapids football team will play Washington. The game will be called at 3:45 p. ni., at Simmon Field. Last year Washington defeated the locals 19 to 6 but a different story is expected this year. The visitors bring a heavy, fast charging team. They played Rich Square to a score less tie last week. The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jax de feated the Oxford High football eleven 6 to 0 here last Friday in a return contest after being licked by Oxford a week previous, the boys, tangled up with their rival again all with determination to won. Oxford’s line outweighed the local battering ram but in this case it was weight vs fight. Roanoke Rapids received the kick off but this onward march was check ed after a couple of first downs. Ox ford had to punt after her first three plays as the Jacket line broke up everything and they were unable to gain. During the first half the Jax kept the pigskin in the visitor’s ter ritory but didn’t score a touendov/n. The first half was trimmed with end running by Speigth and Sullivan. B. Brown did some nice line plunging and Jimmy Womble again exhibited his all-conference ability as a quarte back. In the line “Snooks” Matthews and Philip Newton took the spotlight. The entire line showed up well on the defense and on punts they were down the field with the ball. At the beginning of the third quar ter Oxford received and after an ex change of punts the Jax carried the ball down to Oxford’s seven yard line. First down, goal to go, but they were unable to carry the pigskin over and Oxford punted out of her danger zone. The rest of the game was more of a give and take affair and the Jax real chance came in the fourth quar ter when Womble got off a nice kick that was received by an Oxford half back who signalled for a fair catch but fumbled and Gaylord, substitute for McNeill recovered the ball for Roanoke Rapids. On the second down back in a passing position heaved a bullet like throw to Newton who was downed on the two yard line by the Oxford players. This time Oxford was unable to hold the stinging Yel low Jackets and they carried the ball over. The Yellow Jax extra point was no good so the score was 6 to 0. This was a good, close, and hard fought game and the sideline fans were kept excited for the four quarters of good gridiron play. Captain Brown and Graham Shell put up good exhibitions as tackels, smashing Oxford’s off-i tackle plays. ! SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION Judge Clayton Moore Is Presiding In Place Of Judge Harris CIVIL TERM ONLY Due to conflicts in the courts of this district. Judge W. C. Harris was unable to hold the term of Superior Court for Halifax County, beginning Oct. 5. Governor O. Max Gardner, | therefor- commissioned Hon. Clayton Moore to preside at this term of court to continue two weeks, or until the business is disposed of. The entire term will be given to the trial of civil cases. Haywood Savage and Addie V. Savage were granted a divorce. Irwin Clark from Scotland Neck (Continued on back page) Rooms Over Theatre Being Re-Modeled For Kiwanis Hall Work is progressing rapidly on re modeling several rooms over the Peo ples Theatre which are to be used as a permanent meeting place and banquet hall of the Kiwanis Club. It was decided several weks ago to go ahead with this work, as the local club has strongly felt the need of a, place of their own to meet in the past, I and the rooms over the theatre were available. When completed the rooms to be used by the Kiwanians will be in ex cellent shape. One partition has been knocked out, so as to make a long banquet hall, and the room and cor ridor of the building has been replas tered. RED CROSS ROLL CALL ON NOV. 11 J. W. Crewe, Jr., Will Lead Roll Call For Local Chapter In November MEMBERS NEEDED The 50th anniversary roll call of the American Red Cross will start on Armistice Day, November 11th and the need of this great peace and war time organization for members is greater today than ever in its history The Roanoke Rapids Chapter or the Red Cross has selected J. W. Crewe, Jr., young attorney, to act as chairman of the roll call for this city. A week, that of Armistice week, will be used by the local chapter for con centrating the drive for members in the city. Details of the drive will be announced later by Mr. Crewe. Local Chapter officials including Mrs. T. W. M. Long, chairman, Mrs. A. E. Akers, secretary and chairman; Mrs. R. P. Beckwith, chairman of home service and production; Miss Olivia Rook, nurse; Branch chairman of drought relief work: N. M. Hock aday, Roanoke Rapids Township, W. G. Morse, Littleton, C. L. Kelly, But terwood, E. W. Liles, Faucetts, F. M. Taylor, Brinkleyville. in looking over the detailed reports of the local chapter during the past year, the work of drought relief aid stands as a highlight. A. E. Akers, county sueprintendent, acted as chair man of the relief committee. With the branch chairmen listed above there 44 volunteer workers. 115 families, 31 white and 119 colored, were given drought relief aid with a total of $1,580.70 disbursed. Food, clothing, fuel and feed were given. In the city, $135.43, which was part of the fund retained here from the roll call last year, was used for gro ceries, rent, drugs, clothing, bedding and transportation for the child of an ex-service man. The chapter also gave $60 toward the expense of the free dental clinic at the local schools. The home srevice and production report shows efficient service in em ergency cases. Clothing was collect ed and distributed thru the Study Club, teachers, the hospital staff and graduate nurses, the church auxiliar ies and other agencies. Clothing and other gifts were made and sent to 16 service men for Christmas. These soldiers are seeing service in foreign lands and are those who have no fa milies and would otherwise have lit tle Christmas except for the work of the various Red Cross Chapters. This department also does service for ex-service men and their families, render assistance in filling out appli cations and filing claims for compen sation, treatment, etc., and take care of the families while a veteran is in hospitals. They also look after the compensation claims of orphans of veterans. Mrs. S. H. Matthews was called to Durham last week on account of the illness of her mother. A year and a day at Atlanta peni tentiary was preferred to nine months in jail at New Haven, Conn., by Benny Siegle, because, he told the court, “the food would better agree [with my diabetes.,, LAWYERS HAVE COPY FOR USE For Possible Settlement But Newspapers Must Wait Until Later COMPLETE 3 WEEKS Ttye long awaited special county audit of the Clerk of the Superior Courts oltice has been completed. In fact, it has been completed about three weeks, according to information extracted at the courhouse yesterday by the press of the county en masse. And that is just about all the in formation forthcoming at this time concerning this audit which has bet#i on most everybody’s mind and tongflb at various times during the paSt several months. Ihe explanation given newspaper representatives who asked for copies ot the auditor’s special report yes terday was that the only copies of the audit were (1) *■■ =y certain attorneys and (2) iSI in the vault. *«* lhis called for the further explana tion that the County Hoard of Com missioners, after receiving the report, had decided to withhold publication of same until after lawyers on both sides had effected or attempted to effect a compromise. After that, the press was assured that copies of the audit would be given them for publi cation as each newspaper saw fit. Just what difference it would make iSfVwas to be made public, whether it was done now or later, the newspapermen could not see. Hut as all readers can plainly see, there is nothing this newspaper can tell about the special audit at this time except that it has been completed and copies of the report are somewhere in Ha lifax County. The entire proceedure has been most secretive. Not one bit of official news has been given out during the months it took to complete the audit. Humors of every kind have been ban died about and the very secretiveness of it all has aroused a lot of, probably uncalled for, critisism and suspicion. Nor will the situation be helped any, from the public’s viewpoint, by con tinuing to throw a veil of secrecy around the affair now that the work is done and the report on file. This newspaper has heard many ugly ru mors since this condition has been known to exist. The wiseness of the policy to withold information until the audit was finished is admitted by all sensible citizens; but the public just cannot understand the necessity for continuing the policy. Some rumors have it, there is the desire to cover up and protect other officials. Yet these rumors do not have foundation, for the promise has been made the newspapers that at a later date, they may publish the re port or as much of it as they desire to. Just what kind of a settlement, compromise or whatnot, attorneys representing the county and those representing the estate of the late Clerk of the Superior Court can make is not known. But whatever they agree to it is pretty evident they cannot agree to withold the facts of the audit from the public. After all, it is a public office which is in question; a public official whose official actions are questioned; the public funds which arc reputed to be out of balance. | The newspapers of the county have been very decent in their atttitude concerning this case. So far as fo known, not one word has been print ed about the facts in the case, other than the mere mention that an audit had been ordered by the County Board of Commissioners. The newspapers have been told to wait, and they patiently waited for months, while their readers o n every side have bombarded them weekly with the [•question, “What about that audit?” It is the opinion of the writer that the county newspapers may have been a little too lenient about reporting certain intimate county business af fairs. A little more harshness and this audit might have been completed sooner; it would certainly have been given to the press when completed. If there is nothing to the charges, then, in respect to the late official (Continued on beck page) ‘ V
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