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! Offering a Thorough Coverage “ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL” i— r~~= 1 ROANOKE RAPIDS *ALD VOLUME 17. ' ‘ -—___ - ---- ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22nd. 1931. NUMBER 28. UP AND DOWN Che Avenue WITH THE EDITOR To call a policeman or fire depart ment Dial 668-1. Walter Kee, popular young mer chant of the city, has been made man ager of the Boston Chain Stores, branch of which was opened here last week. The new store has leased the building formerly occupied b y R. Marks Co., the latter company now closing out its stock of merchandise in the storen cn. back of the building, on Second Street. Mrs. Marks will operate a ladies ready-to-wear shop next to Hunt’s Store. Mr Kee has been in the mercantile business here for many years and is known thruout Halifax and North ampton counties. His host of friends will be glad to know of his promotion. He will have complete charge of the local store. While Roanoke Rapids Chapter of the Red Cross raised several hundred dollars last year, only $5 was raised here for the special drive for fun&> for the drought area. We sent $5 to Washington and we received from the Red Cross for drought relief over $1,600 which was spent on 150 fami lies in this area. Not a bad return on a $5 investment. The reason was that ether communities in the nation which were not affected by last year’s drought, gave liberally and that mon ey was spent here when we needed it. Another extra feature of Red Cross work in our city was the special yeast treatment given during the year to 100 pellagra sufferers at no expense to them. If these and the scores of features of National Red Cross work are to be continued, this city must give freely to the drive for member ship which starts here on Armistice Day, November 11. Walter Crowder; genial manager cf Crowder’s Department Store, Inc., is doing his share to end the depress ion. He is performing two major ope rations to assist times. First, he re models and redecorates h i s store, thus giving eployment to carpen ters and painters and now with that work completed he is having a Re Organization and Re-Modeling Sale which starts this Friday. Here is the way Walter feels about it. ‘If the cure for the depression is low prices, here is our solution.” And forthwith in a two-page ad he presents bargains which should solve any depression. There are many unusual offers made *nd persons for many miles around will do well to spend their week-end shopping here. Across the land most every city in the United States went dark for one minute Wednesday night at 10 P- m- Eastern Standard Time. At least 100 million people paused for that minute to realize that the light which had faded had been brought in to being by one of o u r Greatest Americans. While he lay on his fu “wal bier, the Nation thus did hom to that peerless inventor, Thomas A. Edison. Fifty-two years ago to •he day, October 21, Edison perfected the electric light globe. Here’s the hottest story we’ve heard yri. G. H. Ranhorn brings us an ear « Popcorn raised in Belmont. About •If the kernels are popped on the JJJ' That’s how hot it was in the horm°nt 8€Ctor’ accor^'nK to Mr. Ran fi *^e .Ro8€1«ary Drug has its new tile °or in—The Barrow house, corner amilton and Third, has been rebuilt ^nce the fire—The Lassiter residence ,TI /*c^c80n between 4th and 5th, “being quickly built of brick—An borne is being started in CiTka Department of the Wo (Conttmie* on back pace) ARREST FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATORS DOCKET OF COURT IS HEAVY Seventeen Cases Tried Five Continued By Recorder At Halifax MANY HEAVY FINES A large docket was disposed of in Recorders Court this Tuesday. l’aui Josey plead guilty to larceny charge and received judgment of 0 months on the roads. It. Moody, pleading guilty to a | charge 01 driving while drunk, was i a continued case. He was fined $50 and costs his license to be revoked for d months. L>. Burton, charged with driving while drunk, was also a continued case He was called and failed. Judgment nisi sci for capias and continued. Jim Lee was found guilty of lar ceny, although he plead not guilty. He was given 5 months on the roads. The continued case of Isabelle Lewis on trial for vagrancy and pros titution, was remanded to the Juve nile court it appearing that defendant was under 16 years of age. Herman Banks was found not guil ty on two charges. He h a d been brough to trial for carrying conceal ed weapons and driving while drunk. For driving while drunk John Jor dan was fined $50 and costs and his license revoked for 5 months. The defendant was given 30 days to pay the balance due. The continued case of George Ivey charged with larceny, was concluded when the State accepted the plea of forcible trespass. Prayer for judge ment was continued on payment of $1.93 to John Cobb and the costs of court. a, a. m. rage, pleading guilty ot un lawful possession of liquor, was giv en four months suspended during good behavior on payment of $30 line and court.costs. This case had been continued for several weeks. Henry Lynch and James Ashe were charged with same offense that Mr. Page was. Henry Lynch plead guilty of unlawful possession and James Ashe not guilty. The verdict was that James Ashe was not guilty. Hen ry Lynch was given 4 months sen tence suspended during good behavior cm payment of $15 fine and costs. J. P. Wood was called and failed to answer to charge of abandonment. Judgment was nisi sci fos and con tinued. Fred White and Sam Jones charged with assault, were found guilty. Each was given 4 months sentence suspend 'd when each pay 1-2 costs and 1-2 doctors bill. Sam Jones* sentence was suspended for 2 years on good beha vior. D. A. Draper was called andfailed to answer charge of assault with a jeadly weapon. Judgment, capias and •ontinued. James Gay and Mrs. Belle Gay were tried on liquor charges, and Mrs. [Jay found not guilty. James Gay was ariven 8 months. Capias to issue Nov. 15, 1931, if cost is not padi by then. Ed Cheatem was found not guilty of reckless driving and assault. Arthur Sessions was given five months on the roads when he plead guilty of making asault on Mamie Sesssoms, his wife. Clint Tillery was found not guilty of receiving stolen money. Linwood DeBerry found guilty of usgault, had prayer for judgment continued upon payment o f costs, which are to be paid in full by Jan. i. 1932. Five other cases were continued. J. W. Rook Funeral Is Held Sunday John William Rook, age 6G, died last Friday afternoon at his home i>n the Littleton Road. He is survived by his wife, and five children: Mrs. W. L Pair, Mrs. Jack Shaw, Miss Blanche Rook, Robert L. Rook of Richmond and Willie Rook of Clayton. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon with interment at the fami ly cemetery. Pallbearers were R. A. King, J. M. King, 0. C. Jenkins, Bur ney Jenkins, Nat Hockaday, Clyde Camp. Lunsford Rook is a half broth er of the deceased who was a mer chant about two miles from the city. YOUNG TAR HEEL FAIR EXHIBIT The Young Tar Heel Farmers Club of Aurelian Springs High School had a very interesting booth at the Halifax County Fair just closed. Under the caption of Grow Your Nitrogen, they gave a three year crop rotation plan for Halifax County. For the first year, Tobacco followed by crimson clover, Vetch or Austrian winter peas turned under. For the second year, corn and soybeans. For the third year, cotton followed by rye turned under. The values shown were these: improves tilth, helps hold mois ture, feeds soil bacteria, adds warmth, checks erosion, reduces leaching and favors largest returns from fertilizer. 300 SEE BOXERS Five Bouts on Tuesday Night Card Watched By Big Crowd About three hundred fistic fans Tuesday night saw one of the fastest boxing shows that has been put on since the semi-monthly bouts started. The first fight was between KO Cook of Weldon, 134 pounds, and Kid 1 ove of Pattersontown, who tipped the scales at 12lj. Both fighters fought cautiously and hard, both fighting more in a defensive style than offensive. This bout was called a draw by the judges. The second bout was between John Pendleton, 1G0 pounds and Kid Jor dan, 155 pounds. The former is a lo cal boy who came here from Salis bury, the latter was the pride of Camp’s Store. Pendleton won the scrap, having his opponent groggy in the last two rounds. The Kid was more of the slugger type and he was not able to get his KO hook on his opponent. This bout wasn’t very fast, but it was full of good licks and up percuts. in tne mira contest oi me arena show Freddie Mills of Roanoke Rapids clashed with Gregory, the pride of Weldon. Gregory outweighed the Jax fullback by 5 pounds .weighing in at 143 pounds. This bout went for five rounds and there was no slow motion at any time as Freddie carried the fight to his opponent. Gregory put up a good scrap, although he fought defensively most of the time. Slugger Register of Rocky Mount met Evans of Wilson in the fourth scene of the boxing show, They both weighed about 130 pounds and they fought to a draw. This fight was a clinching affair. In the final bout of t h e night, “Scrapper” Outland faced Jimmie Gil bert of Rocky Mount. Outland weigh ed in at 140 pounds and Gilbert 139. This was a good bout during the en tire five rounds, both fighters mix ing it up plenty and both getting in good jabs now and then. This was probably the fastest fight of the show and it ended in a draw. This bout offered a contest between two excel lent lightweight boxers. Outland, who has established a good rep here as a pugilist and Gilbert who is the cham pion of Rocky Mount. All fans are invited out to the next fight show, Tuesday week. The following from here attended the 14th district meeting of Federated dubs which was held in Oxford, on Tuesday: Mesdames E. P. Brenner, C. F. Ogletree, A. Meikle, T. R. Man ning, Charlena Hart, C. A. Wyche, Hugh Bradley, Fred Brown, Pendle ton Grizzard, David Traynham. The district meeting will be held here next fall. - A bolt of lightning knocked Jim Owens’ pipe from his mouth at Blythecville, Ark. COFFIN IS SPEAKER U. N. C. Alumni Elect J. R. Alls, brook President of Local Association An enthusiastic meeting of t h e University of North Carolina alumni was held last week in the High School course dinner was served to alumni members and their wives. Dr. Oscar CoJifin, professor of journalism at Chapel Hill was the main speaker of the evening. He was introduced by W. L. Long. Dr. Coffin told of many interest ing things about the University, its needs and reactions to present day conditions. Mr. Fletcher Gregory acted as chairman of the meeting, The officers for next year are: J. R .Allsbrook, president; J. T. Maddry of Scotland Neck was reelected sec retary. The alumni planned to give a dinner some time during the winter to boys in the county who may be in terested in entering the University next year. The program ending by cheering Dr. Coffin and all singing “Hark the Sound.” Dr. Coffin has many friends here. He was at one time editor of The Herald. Faculty Members Give Athletic Benefit Play The second Annual Roanoke Ra pids High School Faculty play will be presented Friday evening, October 30th at 8 o’clock p. m. “Oh Susan,” is the play selected tor this year, and the entire cast has been working especially hard on their parts for the last few days, according to Miss Traynham Wyche, who is directing the play. This play is auspices of the Athletic Association, and the funds derived from its presentation will be used for that work during the school year. “Oh Susan” is a comedy drama in four acts, and promises to afford a most excellent evenings entertain ment for both young and old DIRT FLIES ON SANITARY JOB BYJAN. 1 Sanitary Board Holds Three Mettings This Week Getting Ready YOUNG CHAIRMAN H. D. Camp and A. J. Young, mem bers of the Sanitary Commission, have been in a series of conferences this week with Engineer Lewis of the firm of Spoon and Lewis. J. W. Taylor, third member of the board has been unable to attend the meetings on account of illness. Mr. Young has been selected as chairman of the Board and Mr. Camp is secretary. Conferences were held last night with a representative of a bonding company which will handle the issuance of bonds. Next Monday a meeting will be held with engineers from another company which is in terested in supervising the construc tion. An intense study of the survey made of the district by Spoon & Lewis has been made by the Board mem bers and Mr. Lewis was here to ex plain certain details to them. Secretary Camp stated this after noon that the way is now open for immediate action and “dirt would be flying” about the first of January. Bond elections and biddings will be rushed along and water and sewerage for Roanoke Rapids will be a reality before a year has passed. POSTOFFICE CHANGE 1ST Bids Now In For North Station; City Delivery Begins Nov. 1st; Vest Postmaster Bids on a postoffice station for the North Ward were handed to Post master Vest Monday and forwarded to the Postoffiqe Department at Washington for approval. The win ning bid will probably be announced next week. Beginning the first of the month the main postoffice will be at the present site and the North station will sell stamps, money orders and take in parcel post packages. Two mail deliveries per day will be made to all homes and offices in the city and one delivery of parcel post. Paul Robinson has fcten made assistant postmaster of the combined office and the necessity for mail and parcel post carriers has made it pos sible to retain all present postoffice employees of both offices. A central postoffice and Federal building has b e en promised at a later date. 500 Expected At Atlantic Christian College Home-Coming (Special To The Herald) Wilson, N. C., Oct. 22.—Atlantic Christian College of this city, now rounding out its thirtieth year of ex istence, is planning the greatest cele bration in its history on October 31, when hundreds of old grads will re turn to renew old acquaintances. Graduates of the institution have and some are now teaching in the Roanoke Rapids schools. LAFAYETTE SUGAR DISH IS USED AT LUNCHEON An interesting feature of the luncheon at the executive mansion on October 30th, given by Governor John Garland Pollard and Mrs. Pollard of Virginia to Comte de Chambrum and Marquis de Chambrum, the descend ants of Marquis de LaFayette and other representatives of the French government, was an old sugar dish which had been used at a dinner in Halifax, N. C., given to LaFayette when he spent the night there on his Wait to the United States after the Revolution. This sugar dish came to the late Sterling Marshall Gary from his Eppes ancestors, and is now in the possession of his widow and his daughter, Miss Nannie M. Gary. Mrs. Gary made a special trip to Richmond to get it, that the descend ants of the distinguished Frenchman might be served with sugar from this same dish. Mrs. Pollard arranged that it be passed on a silver platter to each guest in succession with a short French speech of explanation. In the same family was the coffee cup which LaFayette used cn this oc casion. The cup was preserved for years with the dregs in it. One day two little girls of the third genera tion were playing with it anl washed it. May Be Speaker There is renewed talk of the chances of Bertrand H. Snell, congressman from New York, to he elected speaker of the house to succeed the late Nich olas Longworth. Mr. Snell is a Re publican and chairman op the power ful rules committee of the house. FOOTBALL CAPTAIN IS LOST To Team For Rest of the Season — Captain Brown In Local Hospital BEAT RICH SQUARE “Country” Brown, captain of the £931 Jacket football squ«/l, w>T be out for the rest of the season due to Icose cartileges in his legs. “Coun try” was a large factor to the Yel low Jacket line and his absence leaves a pair of shoes that are hard to fill the way “Country” filled them. Gra ham Shell is left to fill in at the cap tain's position at right tackle. “Coun try” was carried to the local hospital last Tuesday morning and he will probably be there for a week or more. The Yellowjax defeated- a burly hunch of lads from Rich Square last Friday 13 to 0. This was the Jax fifth game of the season and the fourth time they have won. So far the Jax have scored 66 points to their op ponents 7, having put up 4 shut out games. The Jax have made a pret ly good start toward their second N. E. Championship and they should come thru if they don’t get cocky. The team has been crippled up during the last week, but the boys who were hurt will be ready to go against Greenville this week. A few high spots o f the Rich Square-Roanoke Rapids game was the way the Jax received the kick-off and marched 65 yards down the field without being stopped. Dickens made the touchdown and Womble the extra point. It was a beautiful sight to see the small Jackets line open up the large Rich Square wall. The other touchdown was accounted f o r by Womble when one of the Bees recov ered a fumble near their own goal line and with thirty seconds to play the Tax carried the old pig skin over for their second mark to bring their total to thirteen. Bolton, end for Rich Square and Captain Vann, the shoeless boy in the Rich Square Backfield, were the stars af the opponents eleven. Bolton re ceived a serious crack on the nose in the last quarter and was carried to l he hospital. Graham Shell and •Hockey” Hardison put in a good day (Continued on baek page) Night Classes To Begin At Local High School Tuesday evening, October 27th, the night classes, offered by the commer cial department of the local High school, will have their first meeting. The classes will meet each Tues day and Thursday evening from Sev ern until nine o’clock The courses offered arc. classic in beginning typewriting, taught b y Miss McClary and classes in begin ning shorthand, taught by Miss Chap man. These classes are supported by the Department of Vocational education, and no charges are made for their.. However, the courses will be offered only so long as a certain average at tendance is maintained. OFFICERS WATCHING SPEEDERS Mayor Issues Strict Or ders to Police Force To Stop All Speedsters ONE GOES TO JAIL Watch your speedometer—because the police are watching you. They have their orders from Mayor Jenkins to arrest all violators of the traffic laws—especially those who show no inclination to observe speed laws. It is not known just what started things as it was probably not one or two violations but an accumulation of of traffic breaks over a long period of time, with drivers getting more careless every day. Sam Washington, Negro driver for the Wyatt Transfer C\ Richmond, was the first to feel the sting of the law’s lash in the drive now on. Sam, who drives one of those big yellow trucks which delivers cold storage produce and meats to the merchanta, came charging up the Avenue yes terday morning at a high rate of speed. His huge truck may not have been going so fast when compared to the rate of a passenger car, but for a contrivance as big as that truck it had the sound and effect of the 20th Century Limited on a straightaway with the green lights on. Several citizens complained of the danger and Officer Dobbins set chaae, overhauling Sam and his truck near Littleton. He was brought back here | "Sited /he Mayor yesterday af ternoon. The penalty was ten and costs and Sam, short on cash, waa sent to jail. His boss in Richmond was notified by Officer Dobbins and they had quite an interesting conver sation. The boss man got huffy with our city, says Mr. Dobbins, who told him to get in touch with the Mayor. But Sam spent the night in the local hoosegow. At his trial, Mayor Jenkins handed out his orders to the police. Too many accidents, too many children on the streets, too little attention to sane and sensible driving, said the Mayor. Special emphasis will be placed on trucks, especially certain local trucks whose expert drivers do not seem to | realize how fast they are going. The city has put up new signs on the Avenue warning all motorists to drive slowly in the school and hospit al zones. Other signs tell distinctly that the day of Left Turns has pass ed. U turns must be made at street intersections. Parking laws must be observed, altho most stress is placed on fast and reckless driving. Not only will the Avenue be watched, but speeding on other streets must stop, say officials. It is all being done for the pro tection of the public, riders and walk ers. It is one case of locking the stables before the horse is stolen. Prisoner Killed When Gun Goes Off At Caledonia Farm Coroner Billy Williams this week received a letter from the sister of B. L. Newsom, 37, who was shot and instantly killed at Caledonia State Farm the first of this mnth. Newsom, who went under an assumed name, died from gunshot wounds at t h e hands of Guard Chambley. The dead man’s folks were anxious to know the particulars of the death. These were furnished them by the Coroner. Chambley was in a guaid box and Newsom with another prisoner was working a short distance away. The guaxd had a hamnierless shotgun. V»hen he started up, he says the gun slipped on Hs lap and went off. Pour of the shots hit Newsom, the fatal one entering his ear and brain. Cham bley had only been a guard four weeks and did not even know the man he killed. The Coroner investigated and held the shooting accidental. Newsom was from Winston-Salem. All commercial, savings and in dustrial banks in North Carolina are required to have in their files finan cial statements, apprasial of collater al and real estate certificates of title by next Februray 1, under new rules and regulations issued by Gurney P. Hood,
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