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Offering a Thorough Coverage of the Greater Roanoke Rapids ^ .. Eastern Carolina’s Class A Trade Territory __Weekly NEWSpaper --—— - "The Paper That (Joes Home” VOLUME 17. __ j— jT-: ■ ===. I _ NUMBER 35. Ul* AND DOWN Xjhe Avenue I WITH THE EDITOR j To call a policeman or lire depart* incut Rial 668-1. A special Christmas program at the High School assembly this morn ing well attended by parents and other citizens. Coming out of a side street, the car of Miss Bvelyn Brown struck the car of urug tycoon Alfred Martin, the other day. Riding with Mr. Mar tin was his daughter, Margaret, who a.- thrown thru the windshield, suf icm-u only a slight brume on lier lore Ik-uu ana broken glasses. Mr. Mur uii ..aa struck severely by tile steer ing uiiecl and also broke hm glass Most damage was sustained by llA ..luma limousine. Miss Brown. ,ws not hurt. i u. it. i uidy has been made manager o. iiie Carolina lee Co. ot Koanoke ua,iius and \V eluon, ice, coal, and ice a earn manufacturers. C. S. Kris tow is assistant manager at Weldon. Mr. i■ uni> has long been manager of the Koanoke Kapids office and the pro motion is much deserved. . peedy work continues on the sew ci uucnes with UU men at work each CiL'iu- uay tins week. The first ditches ;.u now covered. One of the new ciitciies goes down 14 feet. Go out and take a look at it. Another part time m-w is scheduled to be called out i01 Monday with lists being posted tomorrow. With the Christmas season on us, tin necessity of sale installation and use of temporary decorative lighting in homes and show windows is stress ed by City Inspector Henry Fitts. He issues a warning against cheap and unapproved light fixtures and poor installation, increasing chances ol lire. *Fd Woodruff killed his third deer this season Tuesday morning. It weighed about 100 pounds. Joe Wofford, of New York City, who has been traveling around the world on one of Henry Ford’s freight ers, is spending some time with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Wofford. Members of the Methodist Church gatln red at the parsonage Tuesday evening- of this week and gave the new pastor and his family a pound ing which consisted of many good tilings to eat. Mr. and Mrs. Starnes are appreciative for this kind re membrance. There are two new members of the Roanoke Rapids School Board, elect ed at the last meeting to fill unex pired terms. E. W. Eubank was chosen to fill out the term of Wells D. Tillery, who resigned. Dr. Bahn son Weathers was chosen to fill out the term of R. L. Towe, who retains his other office as Chairman of the < ounty Board of Education. The Virginia Beach newspaper re ports the dismissal of the case against I>r. Edgar Cayce in New York, visit ed by several local citizens last year. The court found they were not pre tending to tell fortunes as charged and held that it should not interfere i with the belief, practices or usage of I an incorporated ecclesastical govern ing body or duly licensed teachers thereof. It was shown that Dr. Cayce had been head of an Association of I'sychic Research in Virginia for sev-1 oral years. Born 6 a. m., Wednesday, Dec. 16. i 1931, a daughter to Lawyer and Mrs. Julian R. Allsbrook. The young lady j will be called Mary Ann Allsbrook. | Mother and daughter doing nicely. NOTICE—to advertisers and Her-1 aid correspondents: The Christmas week edition of The Herald will go to press one day earlier than usual. It will be printed late Wednesday; therefore have all copy in not later than early Wednesday morning, pre ferably Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Weatherspoon and children spent the week-end here as the guests of Mrs. Clarence Grim mer. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hawley and son, Frank, Mrs. Howard Pruden and son, Bill and Mrs. Paul Heydereich, spent Saturday in Richmond, Va. 6 YEAR OLD BOY KILLS SISTER w. JORDAN AMBUSHED ON TRACKS "averly Jordan, 48, well known (In in berry citizen, was ambushed and seriously wounded at 9 o'clock to ui-nht as he was walking the railroad tracks to bis home near the North ampton town. lie was brought to the local hos pital at 9:15 with gunshot wounds on one side of his face and throat, umo dangerously near the eye. His condition at midnight was reported as uncertain by hospital authorities. ■Wr. Jordan was walking home when an unknown person, hiding behind a oox car. tiled at close range at his -ide. He does not know who it was. lie was conscious at midnight. Of ficers from here left for Northamp ton County to aid in solving the mys tery last night. They had not re ported back at press time. 30 MORE WORTHY FAMILIES _r Complete List of Needy For Xmas Opportu nity — First Is Taken MANY RESPOND Splendid response by individuals and organizations to the call o f Associated Charities to take charge '»f Opportunities for Christmas Day in Roanoke Rapids was forthcoming lifter the last issue of The Herald listed fifteen families in need of help for that day. Everyone- of the 15 rases were taken before yesterday. Encouraged by the attitude, Rev. J. N. Bynum, president of Associa ted Charities, has given us a com plete list of other families in the ■ it y which have been investigated and which have proved worthy of assist ance. Do not delay, but decide on the Opportunity you, your family, your business or organization, wants to give a real Christmas to and call Mr. Bynum at once for full details. Here are the new Opportunities. This is the last call. No. 1G. Husband, wife, six chil dren and mother in law. Children from one to 12 years of age. Fath er has little or no work. No. 17. Two old people with no support or family. No. 18 and 19. Taken. No. 20. Two old people with one small grandchild. Too old to work. No. 21. Man and wife and three small children ages 1 to 10. No. 22. Taken. No. 23. Old lady, her son who is unable to work, his wife and a small boy. No. 24. A widow whose husband only recently died, three chcildren ages 6 to 11. No. 25. Man and wife and two small children. Husband ill. No. 2G. A widow with a small daughter and a grown daughter whose husband has deserted her, with two small children. A very worthy case. No. 27. Husband and wife and 3 small children. Husband’s eyesight has gone bad and lost his job. No. 28. Taken. No. 29. Mother and four children from 3 to 12. Father in prison. No. 30. Mother with three girls 8 to 15. Father in prison. No. 31. Father and mother and four children, 2 to 7. Father out of job. i No. 32. One old man with no work or support. No. 33. Mother and father and three small children. Husband not working. No. 34. Mother and father and two girls, one to two years old. Husband unable to work. No. 35. Mother with four children from 9 to 18. Husband has desert ed family. No. 36. Widow with four children. Needy. No. 37. Mother and father and six children, 7 to 12. Father not working. No. 38. Father and mother with six children. Father’s work not ade (Continued on back page) CHAMPIONS OF NORTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Here are Roanoke Rapids High | School’s football champions of the Xortheastsern Conference. The Yel low Jackets were undefeated in con ference play and for the entire season won nine of ten games. Their only set back was a 7-0 loss to Oxford, but the Jackets later got revenge over Oxford by a similar score. Shown in the picture left to right, are: Top row—Captain Brown, Coach Hoyle, Assistant Coach Poy^nr. Second row —Davis, Matthews. -.Glover, Davis, Cagle, Clark, Brown, ’ Edwards, Ben nett. Third row—Manager Sullivan, Webster, McCommons, Ogletree, Ed wards, Dobbins, Gar. , McNeil, As sistant Manager Jenkins. Fourth row —Pierce, Mencher, Womble, Hardi son, Bounds, Sullivan, liiggans, Dean. Fifth row— J. McNeil , Gaylord, Thompson, Lowe, Murray, Dickens, Brown, C. Mills. Front row—Kitchen, Speight, Allsbrook, Tickel, Shell, J. Shell, Mills, Matthews. (Newton, regular end, was absent when picture was made. XMAS EVE PROGRAM ON AVENUE Community Singing at 7 O’clock At Tree in Front of The Hospital ALL INVITED One thousand people from this city and surrounding territory are plan ned for at the Christmas Community Singing to be held here at 7 o’clock Christmas Eve. The Community Tree was put up today and will be lighted by the last of the week. It is located next to the Episcopal Church across the Avenue from the Hospital The service will be short on next Thursday night. There will be no gifts given away at the tree, as ex plained before. This is simply a com munity get together for some singing of Christmas songs. Steve Lipscomb, music chairman of the Kiwanis Club, will have charge of the singing. The Club, which meets on the same night, will eat supper and go in a body to the community meeting. Members of various church choirs will take part. The songs will be printed in next week’s Wednesday edition of The Herald, and extra copies will be furnished by The Her ald at the singing. Everybody is ex pected to come and join in the sing : ing. Rev. J. N. Bynum will give a short Christmas talk. The songs to be sung are “Holy Night, Silent Night”; “O, Little Town of Bethlehem,” and “O. Come All Ye Faithful.” Music will be furnished by Jay Saunders and his Rosemary Concert Band. This is all the invitation you need to come and bring the family and your friends. A special invi tation is given to out of town folks. Roanoke Rapids has taken on a real Clftistmas atmosphere. There are many beautiful store windows in both ends of the city and all the I stores are chock full of gifts of every I description. Toys are going plenty good and useful gifts are being bought more than ever. You are urged to read the ads in this issue of The Herald for suggest ions as to what and where to buy. We consider this one of the best all round issues of The Herald yet print ed, which speaks well for the city in 1931. Out of town shoppers will make no mistake in coming here for their Christmas supplies and gifts. Emperor Selassie of Ethopia treat ed 10,000 warrior tribesmen to a din ner of raw meat in celebration of the first anniversary of his coronation. A small balloon released in New York was found 24 days later in No via Scotia, about 1,200 miles away. Christmas Services At Methodist Church The morning and evening service ?t the First Methodist Church next Sunday will be appropriate to the season. The morning subject will be “The Desire of the Nations.” The evening subject will be “Taking Jes us Seriously.” There will be special music rendered by the choir at each of these services. The public is in vited. SEVEN DIE HERE IN PASTWEEK Unprecedented Number of Deaths in City in Past Few Days; All Natural Causes ONE IN WRECK Death took a heavy toll in Roanoke Rapids during the past few days with the passing of a half dozen local ci tizens. James T. Smith, age 85, was buri ed Saturday from his home on Madi son Street. Death came as a result of an auto wreck which took place two weeks ago. Mr. Smith and his wife had hired a car to take them to visit relatives in Virginia. En route the car ran off a fill and turned over, injuring the aged couple. Mrs. Smith left the hos pital last Thursday, the day her hus : band died. Funeral services were preacnea ny Rev. A. P. Mustian and interment was in Roanoke Rapids cemetery. | Several children survive, among them Charley Smith of this city. Pall bearers were Ernest Lee, Jim Reed. W. H. Roberts, T. A. Acree, E. S. Windell and Doc King. George E. Harris, 71, died this Tuesday at the home of Bud Martin on Henry Street. Funeral services were preached yesterday by Rev. D. M. Sharpe with interment in Roa noke Rapids cemetery. Several chil dren here and in Virginia survive. Pallbearers were Plato Cook, T. A. Acree, L. R. Britton, Buddie Cop pedge, Jessie Padgett and J. L. Davis. Mrs. J. R. Lassiter, 58, died today at her home in South Rosemary. She had been in ill health for several years and confined to the bed for nine weeks The deceased had lived here ten years. Funeral services will be held this Friday afternoon by Rev. J. E. Kirk. The following children survive: Jule, Fletcher and Archie Lassiter, Mrs. J. D. Lang and Mrs. Clyde Hol loman, all of this city. Leslie W. Epps, age 26, died last Thursday from pneumonia. He wras buried Saturday at Pleasant Hill. A wife and three childre nsurvive. Mrs. Mary Gordon, 71, died last (Continued on back page) COMPLETE REPORT ON SCHOOLS Auditor’s Statement and Report of Superin tendent of City’s Schools FOR FIVE YEARS One of the most complete and com prehensive reports ever made by any public board is printed here at the request of the Roanoke Rapids School Hoard, showing the financial stand ing of the district with a comparative analysis of the school work over a period of five years. Superintendent’s report to Board of School Trustees, Roanoke Rapids, 1931-1932. Enrollment and Attendance 1926- 27, Enrollment in grades, 1, 401, enrollment in High School, 395, toal, 1795; average attendance, grades 1820, average attendnce High School 258, total, 1578. 1927- 28, Enrollment in grades ,1 523, enrollment in High School, 321, total 1814; average attendance grades 1341, average attendnce High School 282, total, 1623. 1928- 29 Enrollment in grades 1, 5,26, enrollment in High School, 380. total. 1906; average attendance grades 1355, average attendance High School 815, total. 1660. 1929- 30 Enrollment in grades, 1, 837, enrollment in High School. 391. total, 2228; average attendance grades 1471, average attendnee. High School 432, total 1817. 1930- 31 Enrollment in grades, 1. 074, enrollment in High School 462, total, 2136; average attendance grades 1468, average attendnee. High School 432, totl, 1900. *1931-32 Enrollment in grades, 1. 530, enrollment in High School, 514. total, 2044; average attendance grades 1592, average attendnee. High School 488, total, 2080. This enrollment and attendance ap plies to the first two months of 1931 32. When compared with that at the end of the second month last year we find the enrollment in the elemen tary school has increased 89 and in High School 77. The attendance when compared on the same basis justifies four teachers more than were em ployed last year. In our attempt, however, to meet the demand for economy, we are running the schools with the same number of teachers that were employed last year. The increase in eor dlment and at tendance for the entire chool h a s shown a constant and n rmal growth over a period of years rihe large in crease in the High Fc'kc'i since 1925 is very noticeable. The attendance in 1925 was 225. So far this year we have an average attendance of 44S. Ihis is an increase of 263 or 117 p<v TRAGIC END FOR CHILD 13 Months Old Baby Lost In Flames Which Destroy Country Residence PARENTS RETURN I.eft alone in a country house, while Ihc aunl and other children were in the woods, Marion Powell, thirteen months old, was burned to death in a lire which destroyed the house about 1 ():.!() yesterday morning. Mary Powell, an aunt of the girl, was left with the children while the parents were at work in a field gath * ring corn. It is reported the aunt L ok the older children with her into iho woods to ’’get a toothbrush,” leav i:g the baby in its crib. While they were gone, the house caught afire, evidently from a heater, and on their return, they found the house in flames and the heat too in tense to rescue the baby. The par ents, hearing the cries, rushed from the field just as the roof of the dwell ing fell in and the last wall crashed, j The little iron crib was twisted withthe heat and nothing but a few 'ones wore round. These were placed 11 a shoe box and the father. Thomas d. Powell, a hardworking farmer, a me to the city yesterday afternoon 0 report the death to Coroner Will iams. After questioning members >f the family, the Coroner returned 1 verdict of accidental death. The Powell place is a little more han four miles from the city limits >n the old Halifax road. Two other hildren were with the aunt, a sister >f Mr, Powell. The toothbrush for which the aunt ■' said to have gone to the woods is >f the homemade variety, consisting >f black gum branches which are cut iff and tied together, the ends used is a brush by being chewed. The same ’pparatus is also said to make a good nuff stick. PRESENT CO. FUNDS PROTECTED Almost Enough Security Back Current Funds; $100,000 in Closed Banks The question as to where Halifax County tax money is and how it is being protected is answered by the report made to the grand jury last week. The fact that the county has SI00.000 in unavailable funds, tied up in banks which have closed, prompt ed the report. The first report show's where these funds are now; the second report shows where the current funds are and discloses only a $14,000 differ ence between the amount of coun ty money and the amount of securi ty. Report of cash of Halifax County (Continued on back page) cent. This indicates a gloving in terest in our schools, and I think, is >air p**oof that the R >;.»'.kc Rapids schools are partiall.- mciii,? tin' •!< mands of our community. Comparison of Expenditures 11)26-27 to 1931-32 Gen. Con.. 1926-27, 8069.79; 192~ 28, 8852.24; 1929-30, 7342.70; 1930 31, 6435.31; *1931-32, 6096.00. Inst. Service, 1926-27 78857.11; .927-28, 87417.42; 1928-29,87020.27; 1929-30. 89502.08; 1930-31, 88385.44; 1931-32, 82512.30. Oper. of Plant, 1926-27. 10051.94; 1927-28, 9940.52; 1928-29, 7471.60; 1929-30, 7189.87; 1930-31, 7020.29; 1931-32, 6339.00. Maint. of plant, 1926-27, 3395.91; 1927-28, 2969.34; 1928-29, 5009.55; 1929-30, 3117.41; 1930-31, 1246.31; 1931-32. 1740. Fixed Ch. and Ins., 1926-27,3926.83; 1927-28, 1532.42; 1928-29, 7208.36; 1929-30, 2144.25; 1930-31, 2800.00; 1931-32, 2935.71. Aux. Agen., 1926-27, 3997,62; 1927 28, 5372.56; 1928-29, 8270.28; 1929-30, (Continued on page five) HORRIBLE TRAGEDY LAST EVE Charlie Bryant Didn’t Know Gun Was Load ed — Infant In Dead Girl’s Arms SISTER WAS EIGHT One of the most horrible accidental shootings in the State’s history took place tonight here when Charlie Bryant, age 6, first grade pupil in the Roanoke Rapids schools, pointed a gun at his sister, Ruby, 8 years old, and pulled the trigger. The gun was loaded and Ruby died fifteen minutes later with the top of her skull blown off. When the shot was fired, she held in her arms the baby of the family, an infant a few months old. The babe was uninjured. From the incoherent story of the heartbroken boy, Coroner Billy Will iams, who arrived before the child died, was able to piece together the following tragic tale. Ruby was sit ting on the bed with her back to the boy; she was holding and playing with the baby. The father, Walter Bryant, had gone to work at Roanoke Mills No. 1, where he is on the night shift. The family was getting ready to retire and Mrs. Bryant left the room to lock the back door. Charlie picked up a single barrel shot gun which stood in the corner and raised it to his shoul der. As he swung it around the room, and at the moment it passed his sis ler’s head, he pulled the trigger. At the explosion, the girl dropped to the bed unconscious. The mother, hearing the report, rushed back into the room to behold such a scene as few mothers have ever experienced. Hazed and white—in the center of the room stood the boy, the smoking gun in his hand. On the bed, lay her other two children, both ccvere-. with blood. un tne wails, bea, iloor, even on he ceiling—blood. The gun had not been far from he girl’s head; the entire load took •ffect just above the base of the wain and ranged up, taking off the op of the skull. Ruby was never conscious. The screams of the mother and other •hildren brought immediate aid from neighbors and a call was put in for nelp. Coroner Williams, just leaving Inis store for Kiwanis Club, with Of ficer Carl Green, rushed to the home. The girl was barely breathing. As they started to lift her up for the journey to the hospital, she died. It ivas 0:25 p. m. 1 ho baby, its face covered with the sister’s blood, was not hit by any of the shot, and fell unhurt from her arms to the bed. Mr. Bryant was called from the mill and arrived to find bis wife in an hysterical con dition, the four remaining children tearful and frightened. “I didn’t know it was loaded,” said six year old Charlie. “I just picked it up and it went off.” The boy seems to realize what he has done and is heartbroken. The gun did not stay in that room; as reported, it had not been where the children could reach it until yesterday when Mr. Bryant went hunting. He went to work last night and this morning returned tired out. He says he remembered, as he lay in l>ed to day. that the gun was still loaded, and made a mental note to unload it when he got up. And then he forgot it The entire city was shocked as the nc ws spread late tonight. Funeral services will be hold this Friday af ternoon at the residence, which is out Tenth Street, near Clary’s Store, on the edge of the city. Interment will he in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. The j Bryant family has lived here for many j years. Where Are Those Red Cross Sewing Machines? The Red Cross is very anxious to secure some additional sewing ma chines and if any one can give them information in regard to the machines formerly owned by the Red Cross, during the war, it will be greatly ap preciated. Please report same to Mrs. T. W. M. Long or Mrs. R. P. Beck with.
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