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^OLUME 17._____ ROANOKh RAPIDS, N. c., THURSDAY. MARCH 17th, 1932. NUMBER 48.
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UP AND DOWN
Che Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
In case of fire or for Police, Dial
668-1.
"Up and down the Avenue With the
Editor” will be ‘‘Up and Down the
Avenue With the Advertising Man”
this week, and it may be mostly
“down!” At any rate we’ll wager
you will know why someone else is
pinch-hitting for the usual skipper of
Ihis column when you see the Kiwan
is Minstrel Friday night.
Don’t know how many Mutt and
Jeff fans read this column, but we’ll
promise right now not to take Bud
Wisher’s famous comic strip to heart
ind try to turn "Broadway Column
st” on you. Not that any local citi
zens would likely be perturbed about
vhat we might print about them( not
mloss they were non-advertisers any
,vay) but we think Roanoke Rapids
s becoming more lively every day—
ind without the journalistic menace:
‘The Broadway Columnist.”
And speaking of Broadway reminds
ns of a headline in our favorite, and
former home town, morning news
paper (The Durham Herald) we saw
he other day. In glaring type on the
front page was the head:
A1 Capone Offers
To Produce Baby
If Given Chance
Of course we suppose "What-a-Man
Capone,” the big Chicago garfgster,
knows his business, and they do say
that nohting is impossible—but per
sonally, we think it is a pretty big
i rder, don’t you?
Leslie Towe says he thinks the
weather man got Christmas and East
?r mixed up this year, but it is our
•pinion that Mr. Towe does not re
■;liz.e this nearly so acutely as some
of the merchants Up and Down the
Avenue. It takes somewhat more than
“brute salesmanship” to sell a lady a
new Easter bonnet, or a pair of the
new “cut-away-sandals” they are fea
turing for Spring, when it is snowing
jutside. . . yes, we should say, “some
what more than somewhat.”
Who says the hoarding house lady
loesn’t have a heart? City school
teachers who this week received only
>ne-half of the customary pay checks
[temporarily, of course) have in sev
eral instances, we understand, been
-xtended the magnanimous offer, by
heir respective landladys, of paying
nly one-half of their room and board
bills, until they are re-imbursed with
he other half of their salary, which
vont be long, so we are told.
Ed Donahue, State manager for
General Outdoor Advertising Co., says
hat business is on the “upand up” in
■> big way! His company has repaired
several big poster boards in the city,
ulown down by recent storms. New
signs, advertising new products are
now appearing. Mr. Donahue, who
is attending a meeting of his com
pany in Chicago has discussed plans
for erecting a couple of large signs
nerhaps to be illuminated at night, at
the approach of the city, or rather at
the point on the N. Y.-Floriday high
way where State Route 40 alternates,
lO-A coming via Roanoke Rapids. The
sign would be intended to direct traf
fic this way, and might mean conse
quent improvenjpnt of the Avenue by
I he State Highway Commission.
S. M. Thompson has announced his
intention of holding a big auction sale
of his property including 40 residence
lots, the two-story Thompson build
ing in the Rosemary Mill Village, and
other parcels of real estate in the near
future, further details of which will
doubtless be carried in The Herald.
Mr. Thompson says it is a “buyer’s
market,” and that some one with a
little capital will have a marvelous op
portunity to make some very wise in
vestments.
The “wine brick” salesman who vie.
timized several of the boys just be
fore Christmas last year, taking or
ders for “the real stuff,” securing it
with a deposit from his prospective
customers, the balance to come C. O
D., has been heard from again. Tc
the surprise of the would be buyers ol
the contraband the packages have ac
tually arrived, but we understand, foi
the most part, they haven’t been taker
eut.Upon getting up a “pool” amonj
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50 MEN GIVEN WORK
BY CLEAN-UP WEEK
Mr. Wyche 111
C. A. Wyche, prominent local busi
ness man is very ill at his home on
ihe Weldon Road with Pneumonia. It
is said that his condition at this time
is considered to be critical, and he is
being constantly attended by
physicians.
MAY SEND
TEAM TO
ASHEVILLE
Local Fire Fighters Are
Invited To Attend
Drill School
There
DANCE TO FINANCE
According to word received here by
E. R. Myrick, local fire chief, the an
nual Drill School and Fire College is
to be held in Asheville on April 26.
27, and 28th, and the local depart
ment has been especially invited to
send a drill team by Sherwood Brock
well State fire marshall.
Every year this school is held, and
principally every fire department of
any consequence in the State is rep
resented there by a drill team of their
selection and their local chief. In ad
dition to receiving expert instruction
in the latest ways and devices of fire
fighting, it gives all delegates a
chance to discuss vaious problems,
and exchange ideas with visiting fire_
men.
The good accomplished at thesie
meetings is conceded to be very help
ful to these boys who are willing at
all times to risk limb and life to save j
property from man’s worst enemy—
fire.
The only expense attached to the
proposed training of the local drill
team which will be selected to go to
the meeting will be their actual ex
penses while the^e. According to
advises, this will be at a minimum, or
not to exceed $3 per day at the most.
However, it will be necessary for t|e
boys to raise sufficient funds to send
their delegation. At present, plans
are to send not more than six, includ
ing the chief.
It is generally thought that the
boys will not have a great deal of
difficulty in raising the necessary
amount. The dance given by the local
department on Thursday evenings of i
each week nets some little earnings,
and this money will be used to defray
the expenses of the drill team, as well
is to buy new equipment for the com
pany from time to time.
START WORK
ONHEALTH
CAMPAIGN
Only One Cow for Every
Eighteen People
In Halifax
County
MILK FOR HEALTH
Halifax County has organized to
join hands with the rest of the State
in sponsoring the Milk-for-Health
campaign that is being set in motion
by the State Board of Health
This campaign has the endorse
ment of the Governor, the State Board
cf Health authorities, Supt of Pub
lic Instruction as well as the approv
al and co-operation of all agencies
and individual citizens interested in
the health and welfare of the people.
It is being launched with the county
as the unit and with an intensive ed
cational drive set for this week.
“The object of the campaign, as the
name implies, is to promote the use
of more milk for better health, to
change the State’s rating as a milk
consuming State from one far below
the average to one in keeping with
its rank in other progressive lines.”
Perhaps there are some counties in
North Carolina worse off than Hali
fax with respect to the number of
cows and the amount of milk con
sumed therein, but there is only one
cow, according to a survey, for every
eighteen people in our county; that of
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Work Progresses Under
Supervision of Street
Superintendent
Etheridge
GOAL SURPASSED
1 he “call to arms” has been an
swered by city business men and pub
lic spirited citizens, who generously
supported the “Clean-I p Week" move
ment instigated by the Damask Post
of the American Legion to the extent
that a substantial sum over and above
the financial quota has been raised.
Enough to accomplish all that the Le
gion started out to do, and it is
thought that the funds raised will en
able the directors to carry the work
over to next week, putting many needy
and former unemployed men to work.
Plans for a local “Clean Up Week”
wore carefully laid by Legion mem
bers soon after the National Legion
Unemployment Campaign was started,
and the quota for the work to be done
in Roanoke Rapids set at $450. It
was not until last week, however, that
a committee, composed of .T. R. Man
ning, chairman, F. S. Kemp, Geo.
Taylor and H. E. Lee, started an ac
tual drive for financial subscriptions.
The drive was so generously respond
ed to that Thursday noon approxi
mately $500 had been raised, which
was $50 more than the quota.
This money is being used by the
Legion to clean up all city streets of
trash, rubbish, etc., and one needs to
but look around to see the fine man
ner in which the plans have been
carried out. Under the able direction
of Paul Etheridge, city street super
intendent, who regularly employs ten
men in his street work, the number
of men gi^en employment in the
work this week has ranged from 10 t'<
50, which is in addition to Mr. Ether
idge’s regular crew.
Startnig at the extreme North end
cf the North ward Monday morning,
the men have carefully worked their
way until with Thursday’s progress
progress they had made a “clean
sweep” to the Junction. The plans
are to go hack over the territory cov
ered, and work as far to the left and
right of the Avenue on the side
streets and in the alleys as time and
men will allow.
Leaders of the Legion movement
expressed their desire to especially
thank all merchants and contributors
to the campaign, and to assure all
that it has been a worth while under
taking and a means of help to the
men who were employed.
Woman’s Club Has
Several Distinguished
Visitors at Meeting
The Woman’s Club held its regular
monthly meeting Monday afternoon
of last week. It was the pleasure of
the club to have with them at this
ime Mrs. Dennis Brummitt, president
of this district. She made a talk out
ining the outstanding work to be done
by the various clubs, this club having
already put through most of the pro
jects as outlined. Mrs. Wyche, presi
dent of the local club introduced Mrs.
Brummitt and also Mrs. John An
derson of Raleigh, who made a talk
on Washington’s trip through this
section of the State.
During the business meeting re
ports were given by the leaders of the
various departments. The most out
standing work this year has been ac
complished by the Civics Depart
ment and the Welfare department
The Civics department reported over
two hundred trees having been plant
ed during the year.
A nominating committee was ap
pointed by the president.
Mrs. Meikle gave a report on the
lots available for the club. This com
mittee was given the power to pur
chase the lots. Refreshments were
served at the close of the meeting.
j Mrs. Mamie Hockaday
Juried at New Hope]
Mrs. Mamie Johnson Hockaday,
aged 41, wife of W. M. Hockaday, died
Friday, March 11th at her home near
New Hope Church. Funeral services
•were conducted * Sunday, March 13th,
at 3 o’clock p. m., the Reverend D. M.
Sharpe of the Rosemary Methodist
Church, officiating. Interment at New
Hope Church cemetery. Mrs. Hocka
day was survived by four children,
her husband and a sister, Miss Stella
Hicks.
y\oove is pictured the twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parakas
of Pittsburgh, bon? on February 29th, 1932.
Roanoke l&pids’ “leap year twins”, a boy and girl, born to Mr.
and Mrs. Howe Williams, while visiting at 722 Charlotte Street, here
0,1 I'ebruary 2$th are doing nicely, it is reported. It is understood
that the young lady has been christened Barbara Dean, while the chap
takes the nam« of Reginald.
EASTER
HOURS AT
STORES
Stores Open Until 8 For
Convenience of
Pre - Faster
Shoppers
RESUME OLD HOURS
At a recent meeting of the Mer
chants Association it was decided that
all dry goods ready to wear, depart
ment and clothing stores would re
main open evenings until S o’clock for I
the convenience of Easter shoppers,
ter v hich time they will resume
ti'.eir new closing time of six o'clock,
except on Friday nac! Saturday ev
enings.
The plan inaugurat'd by shops here
of cloving at six, except two evenings
a week, has been highly successful,
it is said, and local managers and
clerks, as a whole, are highly pleased
with the result. -
• it gives employees a chance to get
u little more rest during the week
when things aren’t in such a rush,”
one enthusiastic leader of the move
ment to cl so the stores at six o’clock
said, “and after all that means better
service to the public when they are
on duty.”
If alter the Easter season 'is over,
the stores resume their six o’clock
closing- hours well up into the sum
mer months it is thought that they
will do away with closing on Wednes
day afternoons, as was the policy last
• ear and year before.
LOW COST
HALIFAX
SCHOOLS
Co.. Rural School Sys
tem Here Is 98th In
State In
Cost
ONLY TWO LOWER
(Special To The Herald)
Raleigh, March 17.—Public school
expenditures in North Carolina have
increased more than six times in the
past 16 years, or from $5,449,644.55.
for the school year 1914-15 to $33,
425,754.59 for the year 1929-30, while
the current expenses per pupil en
! oiled increased from $6.95 to $33.01
in the same period. State School Facts!
published by State Supt. A. T. Allen
shows in its ran rent issue.
Of the 1929-30 cost of schools, $28,
616,603.14 was for current expenses
and $4,809,161. 35 was for capital
outlay while $20,825,335.85 was spent
by rural schools and $12,600,418.91 by
charier schools. A decrease ir total
school costs is shown for four years,
the-high peak having been in 1926-27.
when $36,701,501.36 was tne cost, or
above $3,000,000 more than »he 1929
30 costs.
The tendency has been for rural
school costs to grow more rapidly
than for charter schools thus less
ening the big difference in costs fot
the two groups. In 1914-15 the rural
current cost tier pupil enrolled was
$5.78 while for the charter schools
it was $12.02. In 1929-30, the rural
pre pupil current expense was $28.92.
and for charter schools, $44.27.
In the Halifax County rural system,
it is shown, the 1929-30 total cost was
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BIG CROWD
ATTENDS
BOX FIGHTS
One Knockout; Four
Draws and One
Decision For
OUTLAND GETS KO
(By Jimmie Shell)
Again local pugilistic fans were
entertained last Friday night when
some of the local flashes met hoys
from various parts of the State.
Two junior pugs met in bout one
and slugged to a draw. Kid Moseley,
a sub on the High School pug squad,
displayed good form in drawing with
his scrappy rival, Pal Blanton.
Another junior bout brought to
gether two very characteristic pugi
lists feautring Red Humphreys, the
pride of the Jr. High School and Fuzz
Owens, pride of Pattersontown, Fuzz
I awarded the decision,
j The senior bouts began when Bat
tling Love, 134 pounds, met Moore,
promising young lightweight from
Rocky Mount, weight 130. Love
scorned to have a slight edge over his
opponent but his fighting style did
not work against him, and the bout
ended a draw.
in the second bout ot the main loop,
Hurley Midgette of Roanoke Rapids
met Red Evans from Rocky Mount. I
Roth lads topped the scales at 118 and
fought four rounds to a draw.
Freddie Mills opposed Kid Staton
in the semi-finals and put up a great
scrap against the State title hold
er.
In the final bout, “Scrapper” Out
land, weight 139, got a KO over Rob
inson. The fatal lick came after Out
land had arrayed the visitor with a
series of short jabs to his left jaw.
Another show will be put on soon
and everyone in town who is interest
ed in fighting should attend. Young
wives could get some good dope on
the KO punches.
Palm Sunday at
Catholic Church
Commemorating the triumphal en
try of Jesus into Jerusalem, when the
people spread palm branches before
Christ and proclaimed Him the Son
of David, the King of the Nation and
Messias, special religious services
will be held at the Catholic Church,
corner Hamilton and Ninth Streets,
next Sunday, according to an an
noucement by the Rector, Father Mc
Court. The ceremonies will begin
Sunday morning with the blessing
and distribution of Palm by Father
Murphy, the assistant pastor, at 11
o'clock. Immediately will follow the
Missa Cantata, or the sung High
Mass, during which the Passion of
cur Lord Jesus Christ, according to
one of the Evangelists, will be read
both in Latin and in English. Holy
communion will be given during the
niass. Confessions will be heard for
twenty minutes before the services.
At 7:45 p. m., the Rosary will be
recited, a special Palm Sunday ser
mon will be preached by Father Mur
phy, the Stations of the Cross con
ducted and benediction of the Most
Blessed Sacrament given. Monday
morning at 6 o’clock the Holy Sac
rifice of the Mass will be offered and
Holy Communion given. The public
is cordially invited to be present at all
services.
W. C. William stransacted business
in Litleton Thursday morning.
RECORD CROWDS
EXPECTED FOR
MINSTREL FRIDAY
Infant Dies <
Leonard Lee, little 10 months old
■on of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Lee, of
his city, died in Roanoke Rapids last
I'hursday, March 10th. The body was
aken to Washington, N. C., for bu
ial, whcih was on March 12.
LIPSCOMB
CONTEST
winner;
Pinal Eliminations State
Division of Vepco
Held Here On
Wednesday
BELL WINS SECOND
Steve Lipscomb, head of the ac
counting department of the Carolina
division of the Virginia Electric and
Power Company, won first prize in
final eliminations of the State division
in the National Oratorical Contest
sponsored by the National Electric
Light Association, held here Wednes
day afternoon in which four contest
ants, winners of first and second eli
minations competed.
This contest is an annual affair,
sponsored by the National Electric
Light Association, of which a great
portion of the public utility com
panies of the nation are members,
and is open to employees of the mem
ber companies. With a grand prize of
$'>00 to final winners of the national
contest, which is held yearly in At
lantic City, other handsome prizes in
accordance are distributed to regional
winners.
In yesterday’s eliminations, first
prize of $25 went to Mr. Lipscomb,
while Noah Bell took the second prize
of $15, and Pat Hoggard won third
prize of $5, all in gold. C. B. Wine
croff of the Williamston office was
the fourth contestant. Judges Wed
nesday were D. W. Seifert, president
of the Weldon Bottling Works, T. W.
Mullen, general superintendent of the
Rosemary Mfg. Co., Rev. Hugh Brad
ley, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, Reed Carlisle, manager of the
V. E. P. Co., at Suffolk, A. E. Akers,
Halifax County School superintend
ent, and Carroll AA ilvon, editor and
publisher of The Herald. The sub
ject was “The Koi\ti.:ns of Govern
ment and Bus”u*So.”
BASEBALL
TO START
MONDAY
Many Good Games Are
Planned For This
Season By Local
Club
baseball will start in the city next
Monday when practice is called for
Simmons Park. The different mills
m ill probably combine and have one
team to represent the entire town.
During the past two years an In
dustrial League composed of the va
rious mills played a schedule and af
ter the schedule was completed an
All Star team was picked to represent
the town, however, it was found to be
impractical and beginning this season1
one team will represent the city. All
boys and men who desire to go out for
the team should be out at practice on|
Monday. At the practice Monday a
coach will be elected to handle the
team for the rest of the season.
Clyde Liske of Patterson Mills Co.,
will be in charge of the schedule and
business matters. He is already get
ting out a schedule and is closing with
different teams for games. Chief
among those listed are the House of
David team whom fans will remember
as the outfit with the long beards,
’ewanep and the Navy Yard nine of
Portsmouth and the Orioles from Nor
folk, also N. C. State College, Wake
Forest College and the Henderson In
dependents, under Otto Palham, for
mer league star. All boys who are in
terested please be at Simmons Park
Monday at 5:30 p. m.
browning Achievement
Of Minstrelsy
Tomorrow
Night
ALL SET TO GO
The stage is set! Everything is in
eadiness for the third annual Ki
► anis Club Minstrel Friday night, at
he High School auditorium, which,
tccording to authentic reports will be
he biggest, most elaborate, stupen
lous production ever staged locally.
With the greatest array of local
alent ever assembled on a single
lage; the most elaborate stage set
ings that skilled artists can design,
employed to carry out that perfection
>f detail which characterizes every
part of ‘PMinstrel IMonarclis,” and
iffer constant, painstaking rehear
als for the past ten days, the show
promises to be one of those never-to
be-forgotten affairs that will car
■y you through five scenes of mirth,
nelody and superb entertainment.
Minstrels staged by the Kiwanis in
yesteryears have been highly success
ful, both from a standpoint of the
.vorthy cause for which they are given
and for their wholesome entertain
ment, but “Minstrel Monarchs” bids
fair to top them all.
J. W. Hutchins, director for John
B. Rogers Proudcing Co., of Fostoria,
Ohio, has used exceeding care in pick
ing his characters for every part.
With a wealth of material from which
tc choose of whom it might be correct
ly said are really passed the amateur
stage in Minstrelsy, owing to their ex
perience of the past two years, Mr.
Hutchins has used the most exacting
care in casting the show and there
isn’t a single dull moment in the en
tire show.
With an ingenious theme, which
took minstrel masters years to work
out, the show opens with “The School
of Fun,” scene one, and from that
moment on wise cracks come fast. The
hilarious, witty, clever dialog will
keep you laughing from beginning to
end. The chorus, sparkling with
youth and beauty is especially well
rained. The vocal numbers have been
carefully selected and well timed,
some of the oustanding talent of the
show taking part in these solo num
bers.
All in all, “Minstrel Monarchs”
may be well described as being the
crowning achievement in, this field
of endeavor, and promises unsurpass
ed entertainment for young and old.
The curtain will rise promptly at 8
o’clock Friday night, and a record
breaking attendance is expected.
The cast includes: J. T. Chase,
Howard Pruden, Lyle Wilson, Roland
Johnson, Ned Manning, Graham Poy
ner, Carroll Wilson, Leslie Towe,
Alonzo Akers, Ted Speight, Fletcher
Dickens, Frank Hawley, Frank Pitt
man, Wilson Mullen, Hugh Bradley,
Hugh Camp, Jack Young, Ray Good
mon, Steve Lipscomb, Wilbur Ander
ton, Tommy Grates, Ikey Johnson,
Charley Davis and Lester Edmondson.
“Daisy Girls“ include the following
young ladies, Misses Mabel Johnson,
Arlene Batton, Nannie Lou Etheridge,
Gladys Merritt, Mildred Tudor, Maria
Long, Phala Vick, Geraldine Parrish,
Margaret Long, Mary Wolhar, Viola
Collier, Alice Hicks Smith, Beaunie
Holliday, Edith Welch, Elizabeth Joy
ner, Ruth Long, Mabel Mills, Cornelia
Batton, Olive Lamm, Audrey Hardy,
Virginia Akers, Ella Brown, Virginia
Gentry, Margaret Anderson, Edith El
more, Ottley Cranwell and Pauline
Brewer.
The following young men appear as
“cowboys”: John Glover, Paul Mat
thews, “Pig” Speight, Cyrus Kitchins,
Herman Tickle and Jack West. The
orchestra is composed of Mrs. E. Mar
tin, pianist; Louis Johnson, violin;
Clyde Martin ani Ernest Vaughan,
saxaphone; Byron Gurley, clarinet;
Bruce Mathison, trumpet; Gerald
Simms, trombone; Ruby Gums, bass;
Russell Buxton, banjo.
Services Continue
Revival services at Rosemary
Methodist Church every evening at
7:30 o’clock will continue through
Easfer, according to announcement
coming from the pastor, Rev. D. M.
Sharp. Rev. W. C Wilson, of Halifax
will lead the song services.