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- “ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL” Offering a Thorough Coverage ' ■ ^ fiW W - of the Greater Roanoke Rapids I T T1""^ A 11 V T ^ M Jw a w UP^ /"^ ’ B M 4 w Eastern Carolina’s Class A ~ j I he IyOANOKE KAPIDS HERALD ,.:rr=r_ VOLUME 17. ---->•■.«>*»— — - - -;-----ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBEftgftth, 1931. NUMBER 32. UP AND DOWN Ghe Avenue WITH THE EDITOR To call a policeman or fire depart inent Dial 668-1. C. F. Ogletree believes the old adag< about a bird in the hand, now. Com ing to work down the Avenue earlj Friday morning, Mr. Ogletree saw a goose lying on the sidewalk. It flew when he started to pick it up, but he ran after it and soon caught it. He was startled to find it a wild goose ?nd in good condition, no broken or injured parts. He still has it for the unbelieving to see. Many think the Mild goose was scared by huntsmen and probably flew a long distance un til exhausted, stopping over to rest in Roanoke Rapids. Mr. Ogletree is also now a firm believer in the fa miliar old saying, “The early bird catches the goose.” John Shaw of Northampton is building for Gaston township a new school building on the Lawrenceville road. It does not however, interfere with friend John’s nightly visits to our city; probably to get some build ing pointers from Jim Thomason. Just a little over three more weeks until Christmas. Watch The Herald for shopping tips on where to buy gifts. You will get some mighty good suggestions from our ads in our special Christmas editions on the 10th and 17th. And here’s our own tip from Santa Claus: things are looking brighter for a merrier Christmas in our city than we had hoped for. Xow children, about those letters to Santa Claus. Let the little tots from two to six, write the letters, or we may not have room to print them all. And be sure and tell him about some good deed you have done for somebody else. That’s the best way to that old gent’s heart. A good suggestion has been made by the Merchants Association to have the Community Tree in the front of the Hospital. Then the sick can have a chance to enjoy it too. HOOVERCRATIC You want four more years of Hoover? That would be “fine and dandy” Then we might dress and diet with The great Mahatma Gandi. We might get some commissions, (Of which there are so few) To probe and see if all this talk About “hard times” is true. For Morgan, Schwab and Henry Ford Say “all is well”—why doubt it? What does the “one hoss” farmer and Workman know about it? He knows his party slogan well “The protection of the rich” Give him the highway tho it force The poor man to the ditch. With four years more of Hoover we would drink goats milk too— For our wardrobe—just a turban And a few loin clothes will do. TOM MEACHAM. For the Charity football game in Duke Stadium Saturday, the local Le gion Post has tickets on sale at Rose mary Drug Co. Will you make it a point to use Christmas Tubercular. Seals this Christmas? ! These can be secured from members of the Study Club of Kaonoke Rapids. The Womans Club will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday afternoon, December 7th at 3 o’clock at the home of Mrs. T. R. Manning. This meeting will be under the di rection of the Welfare Department. Please remember to bring a toy to be used in filling stockings for Christ mas. If anyone in town knows where the sewing machines are that were used in the Red Cross Rooms over the hank building, please report same to Mrs. T. W. M. Long or Mrs. R. P. Beckwith. These machines are bad ly needed in the present sewing rooms of the Red Cross. Your help is alsc needed; there are many calls and only a few to sew. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Taylor and dau ghter, Inez, of Seaboard, spent the week-end with their son, J. R, Taylor WORK STARTED ON SEWER LINES LARCENY PUNISHED SEVERELY Important Cases In Su perior Court This Week Deal With Thefts EIGHT YEAR LIMIT The Halifax Superior Court con vened this Monday morning with judge Buck Harris presiding. Stiff senten ces, ranging from one to eight years, were meted out to defendants, most «f the cases being larceny. Tuesday’s docket was especially severe. Tlhe jury returned a verdict of guilty in case o f George Jenkins, charged with forgery. He was given 6 months on the roads, sentence to begin at expiration of previous sen tences which the Judge at this term ordered imposed. Conditions of pre vious judgment having been violated. Dave Perry was found guilty o f breaking into box car and was sen tenced to State Prison for a period °t n°t less than 3 years and not more than 8 years. Dave Perry was given nol pros with leave on house breaking charge. William Burgess and Walter Mor ris were charged with house theft. Morris was remanded t o Juvenile Court and Burgess given 1 year on the roads. Joe Barnes, Glenn Melwood and Robert Harris were charged with lar. ceny of auto. Barnes and Melwood pleading guilty and Harris pleading not guilty. A jury found Harris guil ty and each was sentenced to State Prison for a period of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years. Hilliard Fenner plead guilty to house breaking. He was sentenced to the roads for not less than 18 months and not more than 5 years. A true bill of indictment was re turned by Foreman Wallett against George Lee, charged with murder. N. M. Shearin for abstraction and conspiracy was given Pluries Capias and continued. The defendant is re ported to be in Canada. Herman A. Hunt, Sr., on embezzle ment charge was given Pluries Capias and continued. Carter Poole, Harry Allen, Clyde Yates and Rich Buchannon, charged with store breaking were given nol i pros with leave, due to the fact that all defendants are now serving a sen tence in the Federal Prison in Atlanta. Willie Taylor, Willie Jones and Chester Vaughan were charged with house breaking and larceny, to which charge they plead nto guilty. The verdict of the jury was that Vaughan was guitly of larceny and both Jones and Taylor were guilty of receiving stolen goods knowing the same to be stolen. Vaughan was sentenced to 6 months on the roads and Taylor and Jones to 12 months each. Frank Davis, charged with non support was sentenced to 61 days on the roads, sentence suspended pro vided he pay the costs of the action by Thursday, Decmber 3, 1931. Richard.B. Miles was tried for as sault. The defendant was given un til the January term to pay balance of costs with the request that the Judge presiding at the January term aces not allow any further extension of the time. Mrs. Betty Smith Mrs. Betty Smith died at the home of her son, C. L. Smith on Hamilton Street, Wednesday morning, Nov. 25, after an illness of five weeks. She was 68 year old. Surviving are six children: Mrs. E. P. Moore, Richmond, Va., Mrs. W. J. Outland, Seaboard, N. C.; Mrs. Will iam Edwards, Suffolk, Va.; Frank Smith, Rich Square, N. C.; Reuben Smith, Lasker, N. C., and C. L. Smith of this city. The funeral was conducted from the residence on Hamilton Street by Rev. A. P. Mustian and interment was made in t h e family burying grounds in Northampton County. Mrs. Joe Edwards and children and Miss Gladys Parson spent some time last week in Fitzhugh, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stowe of Nor folk are visiting friends in town. Diplomat’s Bride June Keck of Cody, Wyo., who was married recently In Tientsin, China, to Nelson T. Johnson, American min ister to China. Mrs. Johnson is a great great-grandniece of Ceorge Washing ton. GARYSBURG THANKS FIRE DF.PT. Local Department An swers False Alarm to Northampton Town False alarms which are costing the city a lot of money, are being turned in and officials are trying to deter mine the source. They believe they have a good lead and those respon sibly when caught, will be dealt with to the full extent of the law. In the future, when turning in an alarm, give your name. “This is John Jones, reporting a fire in the 600 block, Jackson St.” At least four false alarms have been turned in by “smart” people in the past two weeks. One was from Garysburg. The Roa noke Rapids Fire Dept, answered the call. Here is a letter from the mayor of that town. Garysburg, N. C., Nov 24, 1931. Roanoke Rapids Fire Dpet., Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Gentlemen: Although we do not know from what source the fire alarm of Sunday evening came, nor as to where the fire was, we wish to thank you all, and want you to know that we appreciate your coming over just as much as if there had been a fire in our town. Yours respectfully, W. H. JOYNER, Mayor Town of Garysburg. By J. M. Attkisson, Jr., Town Clerk. WRESTLING Small Crowd Witnesses Good Championship Bout Friday Night Last Friday night at Simmons are na, Joe Kirkland, middleweight cham pion of Virginia, lost his crown to Eddie Blanks of the same state. The winner was to get two out of three falls. Kirkland was thrown by Blanks in the first fall, but he came back strong and evened the count. Blanks threw Kirkland in the third round and completely kayoed him. This bout between the champs was a wide awake affair, and both scrap pers put up a good fight but Blanks wore down his opponent in the last fall. In the semi-final Dicky Delvaux of Virginia won over Johnny Owens of Hopewell in a match similar to the final contest. This match wasn’t very fast and received boos from the audience. In the first contest of the night Holloway won over Kid Fuller in a fifteen minute bout. Central P. T. A. The Parent Teachers Association of the Central School will meet Wednes day afternoon, December 9. Rev. S. H. Bradley will talk on The Spirit of Christmas Giving. Mothers who are planning to contribute books to the school library are asked to bring them this meeting. Earl Taylor of Seaboard visited El vin Hudson last week-end. W. E. Morris spent the week-end in Robersonville. HUGETRUCK CRASHES IN FR0N7 YARD One Man Injured When Driver Lo3es Control At Sharp Curve Near Limits TRUCK DEMOLISHED A huge truck loaded with furniture crashed at the sharp turn in South Rosemary at eight o'clock this morn ing and ended at the front porch of the M. B. Cooke residence. One of the three riders of the truck was slightly injured, th*» other two escap ing with slight brhses. The truck was 'oaded with school equipment, mostly desks and seats, and was coming >. om the Standard School Equipment Co., at Siler City, heading for Norfolk. where the equip ment was to have‘been transferred to boat and shipped to the Spinner Deist Corp., 631 South Spring St., Los Angeles, Cal. In making the sharp turn just be fore entering the city, the driver lost control of the big truck. A power pole was crashed into and smattered to bits. Wires of high voltage were sent in every direction. Careening on, the truck hit a big tree and turned over in the yard of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Cooke. The cargo was scattered in all di rections. Desks and chairs were thrown into trees and on the front porch of the Cool house. Had the ;ruck continued 01 for a few more feet it would have wrecked the entire front of the VVae..- .probably with fatal injuries to the riders and those in the house. The damage to the truck and con tents will be several hundred dollars. That to the Power Co. pole and lines will be about one hundred dollars. 75 Per Cent of Xmas Seals Money To Be Spent Here Mrs. R. L .Towe was hostess on Friday afternoon to the Study Club. Eleven members answered to roll call. The president, Mrs. David Traynham, presided. Several very important business items were transacted. Christmas Tubercular Seals were given out. These seals are sold en tirely by the Study Club members and 75 per cent from seal sales is used here in the city. A splendid program followed the business meeting. The subject for study was Music and the papers read were very inetresting and instruct ive. The first paper by Mrs. David Traynham “Walter Johhanes Dam roch’s Orchestra.” Mrs. Pendleton Grizzard gave a paper on “Phillip Sousa and His Band.” The last pa per for the afternoon was “Our King of Jazz, Paul Whiteman,” by Mrs. Frank Williams. At conclusion of the program, the hostess, assisted by Miss Annie Cher ry, served a salad course. Those an swering roll call were Mesdames Hugh Bradley, David Traynham, Frank Nash, A. E. Akers, J. N. By num, C. A. Wyche, George Hayes, Pendleton Grizzard, Frank Williams, Will Dean. Mrs. Martha Lynch Mrs. Martha J. Lynch, 78 ,died No vember 28th, at the home of her son F. B. Lynch at Macon, N. C. Six children survive: P. B. Lynch, J. W. Lynch, Mrs. N. B. Thomason, Mrs. Jennie Rainey and Mrs. W. H. Mose ly of this city, and F. B. Lynch of Macon. Thirty nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren also sur vive. Mrs. Lynch had been ill for six months. Pallbearers were I. B. Rainey, James Lynch, Alfred Lynch, Revis Lynch, Clarence Lynch and Howard Gray. Mrs. S. D. Knight was a recent hostess with bridge honoring Mrs. J. V. Moore. There were two tables of players. The tables were made up of the following players: Mesdames J V. Moore, J. B. Ball, W. H. Shell, Jas, Shell, Misses Merle Bell, Hazel Cobb I Viola Glover. Refreshments were ser ved at conclusion of the game. Grandmother at 32 Although she is barely thirty-two years old, Mrs. Pearl Downward of Rushville, Ind., holds the distinction of being the youngest grandmother in her state. At any rate, she is the young est to claim the honor. Mrs. Down ward was married at fifteen and be come a mother a year later. Her daughter, Mrs. Verdi Stevens, now of Dallas, Texas, recently duplicated her mother’s record. WAR FOR CROWN AT ROCKY MT. Conference Champion ship Game With Tar boro This Friday Afternoon TEAM ON EDGE The local Yellow Jax have been through a hard series of workouts this week and they meet Tarboro at Rocky Mount this Friday to decide who will sit on t h e Northeastern Conference throne. Roanoke Rapids licked their rivals two weeks ago 18 to 0 but this scrap at Rocky Mount will be one close affair. Anything can happen in football, Army licked Notre Dame and Pur due calmed Northwestern, so this affair Friday will be a good one to take in. These two teams are brought together by the Conference ruling that the two teams with the highest average at the close of the season would meet for the cup. This game will b e refereed b y Coach Bob Sides of Rocky Mount High School. The probable line-up is as follows: Roanoke Rapids Tarboro Womble Hart Quarterback Dickens Thomas Left Halfback Speight Savage Right Halfback Sullivan Burnette Fullback McNeil Olechner Right End G. Shell Burnette Right Tackle C. Mills Satterwaite Right Guard J. Shell Folks Center Matthews Whitlark Left Guard Harrison Mays Left Tackle Newton Jenkins Left End Eight of the yellow jerseys don ned by the Yellow Jackets varsity will be donned their last time as their old masters will be in t h e graduating class of 1932 and will see them no more after Dec. 4, 1931. Those on ’he varsity who will graduate are: James McNeil, Graham Shell, ‘Grill’ llarrison, “Snooks” Matthews, Jim mie Shell, “Pig” Speight, Jimmy Womble and Fleetwood Sullivan. Six teen men off of the first two teams will see their last game or play ir their last game Friday. The remain ing eight are “Hocky” Hardison, Free Mills, Carl Thompson, Cyrus Kitchin Belmont Murray, John Bounds anc Robert Lowe. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Carter and dau ghter have gone to Norfolk, wher< they will make their home. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Morris and Mr and Mrs. Eddie Watson spent Thanks giving in Emporia. Over 50 Unemployed Men Were Put To Work Yesterday and Today Drive For Funds By Kiwanis Club Goes Over The Top and Work Begun Wednesday—Fine Response by Lenders and Workers Going over the top in the drive for loans to meet payrolls for the next six weeks, Roanoke Rapids led the way for the nation in handling the unemployment problem by putting over fifty men to work here on sewer ditches yesterday and today. So far as we can learn, no city has been able to cope with this universal problem in the matter-of-fact way it has been done here. Faced with the problem of waiting until after the bond vote of Jan. 12 before the Sanitary Board could put men to work on the new system, the Kiwanis Club and private citizens loaned to an unemployment fund, without security and without interest, enough money to start work at once. Duke Alumni to Meet Here Friday, Dec. 11 The Halifax County Alumni As sociation of Duke University will cele brate Duke Day with a banquet here on Friday evening, Decmber 11. The meeting will be held in the Kiwanis Hall over the Peoples Theatre and will begin at six o’clock. Dr. H. E. Myers of Duke will be the principal speaker. Arrangements are being made by R. L. Towe, secretary and treasurer of the Association. Dr. S. B. Pierce of Weldon is president and Pierce John son, vice president of the organiza tion. PARDO N Transcript of Pardon of J.R. My rick By Governor Gardner The above named prisoner, Robert Myriek, was convicted at the August term, 1931, Superior Court of Hali fax County of violating the Banking Laws and sentenced to serve not less than one nor more than three years in the State Prison. I have before me many very strong recommendations that a full and com plete pardon be extended this man at this time. Among those recommend ing clemency is the trial Judge, Hon. W. C. Harris who has written in part as follows: “Since the trial and sen tence of Myriek, and the others, I have been requested by many citizens of Halifax County to make some change in Myrick’s sentence for the reason that they did not consider that he was as guilty as the others. Many wanted me to recommend a pardon before he begun his term but I refused to do this and told them that after he had gone to prison and began the serving of his sentence that I would then consider the mat ter of a recommendation to you. The attorney for Myriek has now present ed to me petitions signed by over twelve hundred citizens of Halifax County asking for a pardon for My lick. After considering these peti tions and also the fa<ft that this man has been placed in prison and is now serving his sentence, and al sen considering the further fact that he was not an officer of the bank, I tm of the opinion that he should be paroled or pardoned if you find the facts presented to you justify you in that action.” me trial solicitor, non. K. Hunt Parker, has likewise written a strong letter in the prisoner’s behalf and states among other things: I have known Robert Myrick for a number of years, and I know of my owrn know ledge that he is not a criminal. I hereby recommend that he be granted at once an unconditional pardon with full restoration o f his citizenship rights, and I believe that if such is done, he will return to his home and become a good citizen.” These recommendations are sup ported by twelve hundred and eighty five names of the most reliable and influential citizens of Halifax Coun ty. Acting upon the recommendations n his behalf I am this day granting the prisoner a full and complete par don. This, the 23rd day of November, 1931. O. MAX GARDNER, Governor. , Tyre Taylor, Executive Counsel. The response was as expected. Not i man who was approached who could jet his hands on one or two hundred iollars for a period of 60 days, re fused the loan committee composed if R. H. Goodmon, A. N. Martin and C. L. Wilson. This committee worked two afternoons and reached their joal. It may be, if more men are taken on, that others will be asked to loan for a period of thirty days. An employment committe spent part of the entire night going over a list of unemployed who had register id at The Herald office. From this they picked a list of those whose fa milies needed work the most. This first list was posted to report for work Wednesday morning. A second list was posted last night for addi tional men to report for work today. A third list will probably be post ed Saturday for Monday’s work. These lists will be found in the main postoffice and in front of Cherry’s and Martin’s pool rooms in each end of town. The employment committee consists of T. W. Mullen, M. D. Col lier, A. O. Pendleton, C. L. Grimmer, A. Miekle, J. W. Smoot, R. H. Good mon and C. L. Wilson. It is hoped to be able to give every man who wants a job a chance to work, at least part time, during the next six weeks. This applies only to men who are unemployed and who live in the city. No work is available for those living out of the city. And now, just a word about those men who are out there digging ditch es. In the first place, there is not a man working but who is thankful he lias a job. They really appreciate the chance to work. And to prove it, they are doing one fine job. Even the Sanitary Engineer was surprised at the amount of work they turned out the first day. If they keep it up, they are going to develop into the championship ditchers of the country. Work was started under the super vision of Engineer Lewis o f Spoon and Lewis, Greensboro, who will be supervising engineer for the Sanitary Board to the completion of the sys tem. J. W. Smoot was made general superintendent with C. H. Byrd and D. P. Wike as foremen. Work be gan on one of the hardest blocks in the system. A nine foot sewer ditch in the alley between 13th and 1*1 th Streets. That entire ditch is down seven feet tonight. Another ditch one block down is about half done tonight. A car load of sewer pipe arrived this morning and a crew will start laying pipe on Friday. All materials and supplies possible are being bought at lowest prices thru local concerns. Citizens are urged to go out and view this work. It is hard, back breaking, work. But it is honest work and no man need be ashamed of it We should feel proud that we have men who are accustomed to better things willing to go down in ditches to bring food and clothing to their families. Encourage these men to keep up their good work. Those firms and citizens who ad vanced payroll money that this work might go ahead at once are Virginia Electric and Power Co., H. D. Camp, Ned Manning, F. C. Williams, Ray Goodmon, J. M. Jackson, Dr. E. P Brenner, J. T. Chase, A. J. Young, S. A. Lipscomb, Jr., J. R. Allsbrook, P. A. Reid, S. T. Peace, Dr T. W. M. Long, W. J. Norwood, J. W. Smoot, W. C. Williams, Rosemary Drug Co., (Continued on back page)
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