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_“ ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL ” -sSH The Roanoke Rapids Herald I ~—— — . ■ . — - VOLUME 17._ ROANOKF. RAPIDS, N. C./VHURSDAY, JANUARY 28th, 1932. NUMBER 41. UP AND DOWN 'Ghc Avenue WITH THE EDITOR In case of fire or for Police, Dial 668-1. The J. C. Smith Radio Shop will move Feb. 1, one door to the North of the Imperial Theatre, to make room for the Quality Shop. A new enterprise begins business this week when day and night taxi service will be started by Mort White. Mr. White has purchased a new car for the business and will be station ed at the downtown police headquar ters. Call phone R-668-1 for taxi service. _ The gloom of the interior of the postoffice is being dispelled this week. A crew of carpenters and electricians is busy putting in a skylight and re wiring so that the postal crew will have plenty of light, day and night, to decipher the mail. Postmaster Vest plans to have the work completed the last of this week. Mrs. Winnifred Parker, who start ed the Home Hint Column last week, is not with us this issue. She was taken to the hospital the first of the week for an appendicitis operation. Rev. W. C. Cumming pastor of the Henderson Presbyterian Church, will fill the pulpit at the local Presbyteri an Church Sunday morning and even ing. Rev. Hugh Bradley and Mrs. Bradley will return home some time next week. From the Avenue to Newport News go,es H. T. “Neighbor” Smith this •week. He had a chance to get a store there and he took it. But he refuses to leave Roanoke Rapids for good. He will leave his family here and, we be lieve intends to come back himself in the future. Good luck, Nabe. Also with him goes W. G. Lynch, who will have a jewelry shop in the same build ing. We wish him success. Messrs Frank Joyner and George Hayes attended a Chevrolet meeting in Charlotte the first part of this week. Can you answer this one? Henry Fitts asks the following question: “Is science or the machine age beneficial to man as a whole with individual ism?” Halifax County had 10,223 families in 1930, according to the new census, each family averaging 5.2 persons. In 1920, the county had 8,523 families with 5.1 persons per family. A nice, healthy growth in t e n years. A growth of 10,000 in ten years, over 20 per cent, is a good record. And most of that growth for Halifax County was in the greater Roanoke Rapids. The population of Roanoke Rapids Township in 1930 was 10,166 of which 9,000 or more are in the city and suburbs: South Rosemary, Belmont and Lincoln Heights. How do you figure it, we are asked ? We don’t. The American Press Associ ation does. It figures an average of four readers to every copy of a news paper distributed. It passes thru the family and even to the neighbors’ families. A newspaper with 2,000 paid subscribers would be read by about 8,000 persons each week. Of course, some of those are children. But, they are the buyers and voters of tomorrow. In fact, they create most of the buying interest of today. The reason why newspaper advertis ing is so much more valuable than hand bills and circulars of any kind is this fact: nobody ever hands one of those on down to the rest of the family or the neighbors like they do a newspaper. See the difference in value to the advertiser who is look ing for the best way to reach the most people. Did you know that exactly one year ago this week according to The Her ald files: Critics of the sanitary dis trict claimed it would cost $550,000; Doc Long took his seat in the legisla ture; Ernest Love was killed by a truck near South Rosemary; Bud Jackson, wounder of Chief Crewe of Weldon, was sentenced to two years; Deputy Sherff J. E. Perry was shot and killed by Negro Crandill Sanders, who in turn was killed by R. E. Allls brook, near Scotland Neck; The Wickersham Commission was making its report on Prohibition and the editor has an editorial entitled “The Height of Hypocrisy;** The School FARMERS AT SPRINGS IN CORPORATE Mutual Exchange Form ed Monday Night By Farmers of Progress ive Section ELECT OFFICERS — (By Carroll Wilson) Representative farmers and their young Tar Heel sons from that prog ressive section of Halifax County around Aurelian Springs High School, Hollister, Essex, Bear Swamp, Dar lington, Airlie, Heathsville, and other points to the Southwest of Roanoke Rapids, set the wheels in motion for the incorporation of the Aurelian Springs Mutual Exchange on Monday night. | A crowd of forty farmers and sons met at Aurelian Springs School in their regular weekly Monday night session, inaugurated by Farm Teach er E. K. Veach, and heard organiza tion speeches by L. C. Salter, State College farm expert, and L .E. Raper representing the Virginia Seed Ser vice. The matter had been discussed in previous meetings and Mr. Salter was here by special request to help per fct the organization. After hearing the plan to incorporate the farmers into a buying and selling organization, the benefits of which were shown, ^ with feed, seed and fertilizer bought in car load lots by the farmers and produce sold in like manner, twenty four leading farmers decided to in corporate as charter members and en list the membership of other farmers of the section who could not be pres ent Monday night. E. W. Liles, school and community leader of this section, was elected President of the Exchange, and C. L. Kelly, another progressive citizen was chosen Vice President. The difficult job of Secretary-Treasurer of the new corporation was voted to J. O. Heptin- 1 stall, who entered his new duties by selling a minimum of one share of stock to each of the 24 charter mem bers. The other four directors of the Mu tual Exchange are Messrs E. D. Dick- , ens, Paul Hawkins, Herbert Sledge, and E. T. Ellington. Others nominat ed for various offices were D. L. Shearin, Charles Cullom, J. R. Car- 1 lisle, Cornelius Smith, Ivey Crawley, W. T. Warren, Willy Knight and W. H. Thorne. Charter members of the Mutual Ex change, Inc., are E. T. Ellington, I. A. Crawley, D. L. Shaerin, M. L. Whitehead, G. C. Smith, W. D. Wood, , M. C. Crawley, J. W. Carlisle, C. S. , Cullom, C. P. Shearin, E. W. Liles, H. M. Sledge, J. W. Heptinstall, E. D. j Pickens, E. M. Butts, C. L. Kelley, A. S. Glasgow, J. F. Shaw, P. E. Haw- , kins, E. F. Butts, W. T. Warren, J. T. Cook, J. P. Chichester and J. D. , Crawley. Other mebers will be asked 1 to join during the week so that by the first of February, it is hoped to , have fifty farmers members of the ; Exchange listed. it was me pleasure oi me writer to be invited to this meeting which marks the beginning of a new regime in the agricultural life of a section in which we have been interested since we made the first visit to Aurelian Springs School three years ago. Act ing as a melting pot for a region un excelled in natural beauty and poten tial wealth, this fine school, with its feeder roads leading to every point of the compass, has served a vast por tion of our county, under the direction of Supt. V. C. Matthews, so that it stands today, to our mind, as one of the most successful institutions in the country. Located from 13 to 15 miles from Roanoke Rapids, SW, depending on whether or not one gets lost, the Au relian Springs School is a fine set of brick buildings, a Grade A High School, with more than 400 students, with a huge auditorium seating a thousand or more, with scientific farming laboratories, domestic science rooms, and all the other advantages usually found only in city schools. And do they do things? Even as the farmers were meeting in one por tion of the school, a party of thirty superintendents from Northamp ton and Halifax Counties were sitting down to a banquet, in another part of the school prepared as attractively as any metropolitan hotel might do. For an eye-opener as to what a “coun (Continued on back page) masters Club met at Aurelian Springs(See other part of this issue); B. S. Webb had full page ad on furni ture auction. “KEEP BUILDING EDITION” IS SUBJECT OF COMMUNITY TALK EX-SERVICE MEN GATHER HERE MON. Oyster Roast' In Honor Of State Commander Bourne All Set for Monday Night One hundred and fifty soldiers, sail i>rs and marines who served in the World War are expected to attend the jyster roast which will be given here Monday night, Feb. 1, in honor of Henry C. Bourne, State Commander >f the American Legion. The roast is free to all ex-service nen and will be held in Simmons jym on 11th Street. First oysters vill be hot and buttered at 7 p. m. Commander Ned Manning of the lo *al post has asked this paper to is iue an invitation and call to all ex ;ervice men to attend, whether mem )ers of the Legion or not. Legionnaire Jay Saunders and his region Band will be on hand to fur lish music. The oysters will be ser ved under the direction of Legion laires Manning, Jake Matthews, T-ank Kemp and George Taylor, while Mitred Martin nad Carroll Wilson vill have charge of the program. The State Commander will prob ibly be introduced by Legionnaire R. funt Parker. Also as guest will be state Adjutant Jim Caldwell. Repre •entatives will be invited from other >osts in the county and a good time, vith music, good speeches, some fun ind plenty of oysters is on tap. With North Carolinian Henry L. Stevens as National Commander this 'ear, Tar Heel ex-service men are >utting forth extra effort to make a hampionship showing in 1932. WILLPLANT W A SH’GTON FREE MON. iVomans Club To Have Public Ceremony And Tree Planting In City Park The Roanoke Rapids Womans Club kill celebrate the 200th anniversary •f George Washington’s birthday with a short public ceremony and tree danting in the City Park, Roanoke Vvenue and 3rd Street, at 4:15 Mon lay afternoon. This is the date of t h e regular uonthly meeting of the Club and prior o the public meeting, a club session vill be held at 3 o’clock at the home >f Mrs. W. F. Joyner. All members ire urged to attend so the club can ?o in g body to the park exercises. The planting of trees during the nonth of February in a nation-wide novement in celebration of Washing on's 200 th birthday. The public is lorflially invited to attend the short jrogram Monday. Opening with invocation and the kinging of America, the main part )f the program will be an original speech on “Washington, Citizen and Patriot by the winner of the Ameri can Legion county contest in Halifax tomorrow night. This will be followed by the dedi cation of the tree by Mrs. W. F. Joy ler and the song “Trees” by Mrs. Heath Lee. The program will close with the singing of Carolina and! senediction. I Schoolmasters of Two Counties Meet Mon. At Aurelian Springs The Schoolmasters Club of Halifax and Northampton Counties met at Aurelian Springs January 25. The topic for the meeting was “Creative Work.” Mrs. Everette of the Seaboard school gave a talk on Creative Work in Vocational Success. Miss Cherry in her talk on Creative Work With Limited Material, brought out very effectivel with slides, how the teach ers in Halifax County have done this. During the course of the dinner several popular numbers were ren dered by the boys quartett, a vocal solo by Miss Hooker, a member of the Faculty of Aurelian Springs school and a musical reading by Jesse B. Lewis. Koanoe Rapids business men are quick to see a point. They at once re alize I hat it is not what anything costs that counts but what value it will have. That this is true is at tested by the alacrity with which lead ing business interests such as bank ers, manufacturers, merchants, etc., have readily gof'in behind the forth coming “Keep Riilding Edition” of this newspaper. * They realize that to see their ship come home they must first send one out. • Past achievements are a s water gone over the mill wheel. The future 1 must be planned to meet changed con ditions. Every sane business man knows that this is the age of news paper advertising and that it will sell anything from a cake of soap to a city. Industries largely follow high ten sion power lines and in this respect Roanoke Rapids has an abundant sup-1 ply at low rates. It has every other requisite for a great manufacturing center. Interest in this edition is practical ly 100 per cent and the following letters speak for themselves of what a couple more Community leaders think of The Herald’s plan to go af ter factories and payrolls that will be coming South in the future. LETS GROW. All together—“All For One And One For All.” Mr. C. L. Wilson. Editor, The Herald, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Dear Sir: May I take this means of congratu lating you on your proposed “Keep Building” editions. Such editions are always helpful in that they arouse the interest of the people, awaken their pride, and make them better boosters for the community. The growth of a community depends largely upon the loyalty and co-op eration of its eiti«en». For years we have been talking about a “Greater Roanoke Rapids.” Now, let’s go ahead and build it. I trust that you will receive the complete support of all our citizens throughout this entire section. Very truly yours, F. L. NASH, Cashier Citizens Bank & Trust Company. Mr. Carroll Wilson, Editor, Roanoke Rapids Herald, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Dear Sir: It is a pleasure to add my endorse ment to that of the other men of this community to t h Ve proposed ‘Keep Building” edition of your good paper. I first came to Roanoke Rapids in 1903, and, with the exception of a few years have been a continuous resi dent of the town. At that time there were only about a half dozen stores in what was then known as Roanoke Rapids and two at Rosemary. We had one cotton mill, Roanoke No. 1 down at the river not half the size it is now and a small paper mill on the site of the present Halifax Paper Corpora tion and at Rosemary a small silk mill, the Rosemary Mlg. Co. During these years I have watched with a great deal of interest the steady growth and development of the community into one big town with a population of 9,000 people, who, if we can judge from the past, are de termined to make Roanoke Rapids Bigger and Better. 1 stand today as always ior every good move for the benefit of our town, county and State, and am ever ready to serve in whatever capacity I can for the uplift and upbuilding of those institutions. You may count upon my hearty co operation and support in your en deavor, and I hope you \^ill find a ready response from the people throughout the county in giving you information and advertising patron age. Sincerely yours, W. F. JOYNER, County Commissioner. Chicken Pie Dinner The ladies of the Rosemary Meth odist Church will have Chicken Pie Dinner, with all the trimmings, on Tuesday night, Feb. 2, from 5:30 to 7 in the store room next door to Leg gett’s Dept. Store. Full fee, including dessert, will be 50 cents. It is foi the benefit of the Primary Dept, oi the Sunday School. Miss Lucy Hasty spent Sunday ir Warrenton. CANDIDATE FOR GOV. AT HALIFAX Ehringhaus To Speak At Courthouse Monday Noon To Halifax Voters J. C. B. Ehringhaus of Elizabeth candidate for the Democratic nomi nation for Governor of North Carolina will speak to the voters of Halifax County at the Courthouse in Halifax at Monday, noon, January 31. Mr. Ehrnighaus is a speaker of State-wide reputation and will discuss for the voters some of the momentous questions of the day, outlining his views and setting forth the platform on which he will make liis race for Governor. He is starting an active campaign which will take him to every section of the State, and is beginning that program in Halifax, banner Demo cratic county of the State in 1928. His county managers invite anu urge every voter in Halifax County to avail themselves of this opportu nity to hear Mr. Ehringhaus next Monday noon. Other announced candidates for Governor are Lt. Gov. Dick Fountain, and A. J. Maxwell. SPEAKERS CONTEST FRJDAY American Legion Coun ty Contest at Halifax This Friday Night Speakers from Roanoke Rapids. Weldon and Aurelian Springs will meet m the auditorium of the Hali fax School on this Friday night, Jan. 29, in the county elimination contest of the American Legion, according to W. G. Suiter, county contest chairman. The program will start at 8 o’clock. There will be three speakers: Miss Elizabeth Pierce will represent Wel don High School; Ottis Reynolds will be the speaker from Roanoke Rapids High School, and Leo Pittard will represent Aurelian Springs High School. The subject will be: “George Wash ington, Citizen and Patriot.’ Each speech is fifteen minutes long. The winner will represent Halifax Coun ty in the regional contest, preparatory to the State contest. Halifax County has won the State Legion contest the last two years. The 1930 contest was won by Lorenzo Pit tard, Aurelian Springs; the 1931 con test by Marvin Anderton, Roanoke Rapdds. These speeches must be original, written by the speaker, and the subjects for the past two years were The Flag and The American Le gion. The public, as well as all Legion members and ex-service men, are in vited to the contest Friday night. RECORDER COURT NEWS Herman Hedgepeth, alias W. H. Hedgepeth, white, on charge of lar ceny, plead guilty to forcilbe trespass. Prayer for judgment continued upon payment of costs, $18, paid. Robert Andrews and Elmore Viv rette, both white, were found guilty of speeding and adjudged to pay 1-2 the costs each. The total cost of the trial was $25.75. Ely Smith, colored, was found guil ty of disorderly conduct and sen tenced to the roads f o r 61 days. Judgment stfspended on condition that defendant pay a fine of $10 and cost. Walter Alston and Junie Bell Als ton, both colored, on charge of assault with deadly weapon, plead guilty of simple assault. Prayer for judgment continued on payment of costs with in 15 days from date. John Malone, colored, was tried for having in his possession 3 gallons of whiskey for the purpose of sale, and for resisting an officer. He was sent to the roads for five months. Will Cratts, white man, was found guilty of assault and given 4 months on the roads. Mrs. Clarence Lyerly had prayer for judgment continued on prior con viction. Capias to issue. tank to reagin a stolen diamond thrown into it. J. L. WEISSNER HIT BY CAR; PAINFULLY HURT Local Merchant In Hospital Today But Not Seri ous—Was Running To Catch Train To See Sick Wife BOY FORGER Police Watching for Youth Who Is Trying to Gush Fic titious Checks Mossen (Jutland. 24, was ar rested at his home yesterday by Officer Dobbins, charged with issuing false or forged checks to various local stores. Officers say Outland admits giving such a check to Leggett’s Dept. Store some time ago, but denies utter ing such a check to the Economy Store this week. He was placed in jail. # > A youthful forger, using the name of Morris Carver was jjfusy Monday trying to pass out some of his checks. He has victimized two stores here in the past but the word went out and when he tried his tricks Monday at the Economy Store he was disap pointed and almost caught. He purchased several items at the store and then tendered a check for several dollars above the amount of purchases. Mr. Fligel, instead of making the change, felt something was wrong, told the boy to wait while he went to the bank. The bank of ficials told him they had one of the boy’s checks and Mr. Thorne went back with Mr. Fligel. The forger had left, of course, and did not return for his purchases. The police were notified and are on the lookout for a short, thin, black haired boy about 20 years old. So far as is known, there is no Morris Carver liv ing here. The Merchants Association warns all merchants to be more careful about cashing checks for strangers. 6 SEATER PLANE HERE ON SUNDAY Richmond Airport Sends Big Plane Here With Expert Pilot Through the efforts of F. A. Jones, Roanoke Rapids representative of the Stone and Webster Co., Ivey Massey, manager of the Richmond Air Trans port Company and a former war time pilot will be in the city next Sunday with a 6-passenger plane, which is a lister ship to Colonel Lindtycrgh’s famous “Spirit of St. Louis,’ to take up passengers for pleasure rides. Jones, who with his younger broth er, Purdy, is quite an aviation en thusiast, is making all arrangements for the Richmond flyer in the city, and states that he is interested in his Roanoke Rapids visit merely to “have a little fun” and stimulate interest locally in aviation. A very nominal charge is to be made for the pas senger flights, it was stated by him, and provided weather conditions are unfavorable Sunday, the plane will make its visit on the following Sun day. Arrangements have been completed for the big plane to land and take off from a field located approximate ly one mile from the depot on the Weldon highway, on the left hand side of the road leading to Weldon. The grounds have been thoroughly inspected, nad it is thought they are safe in every respect for landing. Massey is a licensed pilot and man ager of the Richmond Air Transport Company, of Richmond, Va. Springs Boys Win 5 Games Last Week Last Friday afternoon Aurelian Springs High School played Littleton at Aurelian Springs. The Aurelian Springs teams won both games; the girls winning 20-12, the boys win ning 14-7 On Friday night Aurelian Springs boys played Severn at Severn and won again 20-13. Aurelian Springs won all five games last week. Norman Flood of Oakland, Calif. admits 29 marriages in 20 years. I Police officers of Mexico, Mo. drained a 100,000 gallon railway watei J. L. Weissner, well known local merchant, received painful- ’ juries yesterday morning at tei. o’clock when he was struck and knocked down >y an automobile on the Avenue in front of his store. Mr. Weissner was running across Lhe Avenue to get in a car when he was hit by a coach belonging to A. O. lieorge, Dry Cleaner, and driven by element Brown. The car was traveling about 15 miles an hour and was brought to a luick stop as the brakes were applied. I’he driver had applied the brakes several feet before he reached Mr. Weissner, who was caught by the jumper, fell back against one of the front lights and was then pitched for ward on his face on the pavement. He received a nasty wound in the forehead and his body was badly jruised and torn. An X ray showed 10 broken bones but he was confined :o the hospital until this afternoon, rhe blow stunned him and he was jnly semi-conscious when taken to the lospital by young Brown, the driver, md police Dobbins. The boy was not held as Mr. Dob jins witnessed the entire accident, along with others, and he was ab solved of any blame. I he cause for Mr. Weissner s hurry across the Avenue was soon explained. He had just received a telegram from relatives in Norfolk telling of his wife’s sudden attack of appendicitis there and operation Tuesday night. He called to Mr. Moody, merchant across the street, and asked him to drive him to the depot to catch the train which was then blowing for Roanoke Rapids. As Mr. Moody backed his car out and got ready for the dash to the train, Mr. Weissner ran back and locked his store door. He then ran out and started to cross the Avenue to the waiting car, when the accident took place. Mrs. Weissner was not in condition to be told of the injury but a phone message brought her brother from Norfolk. He is staying over today with the hopes of being able to take Mr. Weissner to Norfolk this after noon to see his wife. FIRE RUINS 2 HOMES Fire completely destroyed the resi dence of Fred Forest in South Rose mary yesterday afternoon and did considerable damage to an adjoining house also owned by Mr. Forest. A garage was also badly damaged. The alarm was turned in at 2:30 and the fire department answered promptly, but as in case of other fires in South Rosemary were delayed by the lack of water facilities. The in terior of the Forest home was a mass of flames and the next house, occu pied by Ned Gray, was catching when the fire boys arrived. They strung a line toward the creek a quarter of a mile away, but lacked several joints of pipe. This was sent for and a line 1,450 feet w*as laid. From then on it was all in favor of the Dept. The fire was quickly ex tinguished. It is thought the houses and con tents were partially covered by in surance. Firemen lay the cause of the fire to defective flue or wiring. Fif teen men answered the alarm. --- SNAPPY HI CARD Wilson Gets Close Win Over Jacket Pliers In Local Bovs’ First Bouts (By Jimmie Shell) Monday night, Roanoke Rapids High School opened their scrapping season when they met Wilson in Sim mons Gym. Approximately 175 peo ple saw the best boxing affair that has ever been put on in the mattress king’s arena. Wilson won 4-2. The fans got a chance to see Taylor, 1931 State champion for the middleweight division in action. The Wilsonians are now acclaimed the State champions as they have re cently licked Raleigh, title holders, and the Rocky Mount club. The Jax have a return bout with Wilson. They | (Continued on back page)
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