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\_ “ ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL ” Offering a Thorough Coverage W I W W I_1 he Roanoke Rapids Herald \ PLUME 17.________ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7th, 1932. NUMBER 51. UP AND DOWN Tjhe Avenue WITH THE EDITOR In case of Fire or for Police, Dial 355 or 356. The Avenue Column will be used this week for the reprinting of a few of the letters which have begun to come to this office since the mailing cl the special Keep Building edition of The Herald last week. Naturally we are proud of the comments, but we are prouder still of the results which will come in the future t o benefit our city and county. Mr. Carroll L. Wilson, Editor, The Herald, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. 1 spent a considerable, portion of yesterday reading the “Keep Build ing” Edition of The Roanoke Rapids llerald. You are certainly to be con gratulated upon the splendid charac ter of the articles carried in this edit ion and upon the makeup of the pa per in general. I enjoyed it very much and I am sure that it will certainly have bene ficial effects on the entire community and that section of the State. Very truly yours, J. G. Holtzclaw, President, Virginia Electric and Power Co., Richmond, Va. Roanoke Rapids Herald, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. (Jentlemen: We would appreciate you sending us several copies o 1' your “Keep Building” issue, of March, as we are interested in it. Thanking you to send this C. O. L)., we are, Very truly yours, Southgate Brokerage Co., Inc. R. M. Batten, Norfolk, Va. Bear Mr. Wilson: You certainly deserve congratula tions on your last week’s edition of The Herald. Think of it, 5G pages of a county weekly, illustrated thruout, giving views of all important build ings and some of the prominent ci tizens of that thriving city. In the newspaper business for 50 years, yet 1 have never seen anything to equal it given to the public from a town of less than 25,000 people. From the in terest taken in its pages it is readily to be seen that the enterprising citi zens of that section are cooperating with you in an effort to make Roa noke Rapids a city of the first class. The untold benefits that will be de rived from this publication will be better seen than imagined by the busi ness interests of that thriving city. I am not writing this letter for publication, but because you have “won the spurs” in your efforts to advertise your fast growing city, and surely you are entitled to wear them. For years to come Roanoke Rapids will feel the benefits derived from last week’s issue of your publication. With high regards I am as ever, Yours very truly, Tom Brickell, Halifax, N. C. Mr. Carroll L. Wilson, Editor, The Roanoke Rapids Herald, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Thru some friendly source, I re ceived a copy of the “Keep Building” edition of The Roanoke Rapids Her ald March issue. After thoro review of all within the pages of your splendid paper, I ex tend to you and your associates my congratulations, sincerely presented, and I am in a position to say that if the people of Roanoke Rapids sup port you in your efforts, then they are within means of publicity un surpassed within the entire State of North Carolina. 1 believe the tabloid form of news which you pi^sent is really what the great majority of the reading public prefer. In past years, I found every oppor tunity for contact with the majority of the gentlemen whose articles with in your paper I have most carefully read and Roanoke Rapids will never fail in progressive movement while men of that class continue to live and reside within that area. With my every sincere wish that you will receive necessary support re quired for a succesful future of your splendid paper, and with the thought upon my mind that such support will be glady afforded by the every in terest within your community, I am, Very truly yours, Charles Hill, Chincoteague Island, Va. DEATHS TAKE HEAVY TOLL HERE MAY SETTLE GARY CASE OUT COURT Lawyers Are Reported Working on Compro mise Settlement Of Case ACTION EXPECTED No definite news is yet forthcoming imi the suit of Halifax County against the Cary estate. According to our in formation, there is a move on to set tle the matter without going to court. Attorneys on both sides are said to be working on a compromise and promise a final report within 30 days. The county attorney, George C. Green, is representing Halifax County and the Gary estate is represented by R. P. Dunn and Stuart Smith. Just what reports the county at torney has made to the County Board oi Commissioners is not known, as no resolutions have been made by the hoard and the minutes do not con tain details of the progress of the case. No suit has been filed in court by the county attorney, according to court docket, which bears out the rumor that a compromise settlement if. under way. The audit was completed several months ago and was given to the newspapers in November, showing a net deficit of $22,613. For a couple of months after this, the newspapers were informed that papers were be ing drawn up for a suit on the part if the county. According to requests for information which come to this office, the public generally is vitally interested in the case, and will bo satisfied with a fair settlement of the matter out of court. All members of the Board of Coun ty Commissioners were present at the session Monday, which lasted until be tween four and five o’clock. This was a shorter days’ work than the Board usually has. The only business att tfuled to not ;f a routine nature was the giving of a contract for the annual county audit of the fiscal year which will cover from July 1, 1931, through June 30, 1932. The bid of A. Lee Rawlings of Norfolk and Raleigh was considered the best of many, and this concern was given the contract at a $20 per day. Other firms making bids by per sonal representatives or by letter were: A. M. Pullen o f Richmond; Hollowell and Gorham o f Rocky *lount and Greensboro; James M. Wil liams and Co. of Raleigh; A. T. Al len and Co., of Raleigh; Everette, Zane and Muse of Greensboro. ELECTION MAY THIRD City Election To Vote On Two City Commissioners Here Tuesday, May 3rd. Citizens of Roanoke Rapids will elect two city commissioners at the regular city election to be held here on Tuesday, May 3rd. The two com missioners thus elected will hold of fice until 1935. One commissioner will be elected 1 from the North Ward. M. D. Collier, present commissioner, whose term ex pires, will run for re-election, as will 1. M. Jenkins, commissioner from the South Ward. So far, nc one else has announced to run against either of | these gentlemen. The city registration books will be opened on April 15th and all who have not registered on the new city books are notified to place their names thereon for this and future city elections. The books will be kept open at Roanoke Pharmacy in the North Ward and Rosemary Drug Co., in the South Ward. Registrars are C. L. Massey and C. R. Greene and election officers are W. P. Vaughan and S. J. Bounds in the North Ward and S. D. Brown and Curtis Shell in the South Ward. Chargng that her husband was so interested in the tanks of tropical fish in their home that he failed to show her any affection, Mrs. Mary Janousek appealed for a divorce in Chicago. WORKING ON WHITER WAY Engineers of the Virginia Electric & I'ower Co., are at work spotting positions for standards of the extend ed White Way from Fifth St to Elev enth St., on Roanoke Avenue. Work on installation of the White Way will be under way some time this month and will be completed by June first. White Way lights will stag ger from Fifth to Ninth and double up between Ninth and Eleventh for the two business blocks in the South Ward. From 11th Street to the depot, new street lights of the extension type have just been installed and with the completion of the White Way, the en tire fourteen blocks of Roanoke Ave nue will be modernly lighted. PRESBYTERY MEETS HERE NEXT WEEK Two Day Session Pres byterians From 36 Churches at Local Church DR. SMITH SPEAKS The Granville Presbytery, consist ing of 36 Presbyterian '’hurches in this part of the State, will meet in Roanoke Rapids on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. At least fifty preachers and lay leaders will be guests of the Roanoke Rapids Presbyterian Church for the two days and Rev. S. H. Bradley, lo cal pastor, is planning for a suc cessful and inspiring series of meet ings. Principal churches to be represent ed include those at Durham, Raleigh, Oxford, Henderson, Littleton, Roxboro Selma, Kenly and Varma. Rev. J. P. Smith, D. D., professor of Theology at Union Seminary, in Richmond, will be the principal speak er, with a sermon Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock and again Tuesday night at 8 o’clock. Dr. Smith was born in Brazil and was a mlsionary there for 30 years. Three years ago he was called to the chair of Theology at the Seminary. The Presbyterian choir is preparing special music for the Tues day night service and the public is cordially invited to attend both of these services. S. A. Lipscomb, Jr., will have charge of the music. Wednesday morning at 11, Rev. G. M. Mathis of Durham will preach and conduct communion service. Mr. Ma this, formerly from Clinton, held re vival services here several years ago. The public is also invited to this service. The meeting will end some time Wednesday afternoon. Business sessions will be held during the two days with reports of churches and committees. The visitors are being housed and fed by various families of the city and to these, especially those not members of the church, Mr. Bradley and his congregation wish to express their appreciation. Training School To Be Held At Weldon By Methodist Church A standard training school will be held in the Weldon Methodist Church beginning Sunday evening, April 17, at 7:30 and continuing thru the follow ing Friday evening. Two classes will be held each evening, between 7:30 and 9:30. This school is under the auspices of the Board of Christian Education of the North Carolina Con ference of the Methodist Church. The teachers will be Mr. L. L. Gobbel, ex ecutive secretary of the Board of Christian Education. Mrs. Blanche Barringer Brian, young peoples’ work ei, of Durham. There is no charge for atendance upon the school, and all who are in terested in church work, especially teachers in the Sunday School, or workers in any of the church organi zations, or prospective workers, are invited and urged to attend. The classes are open to young people and parents, whether they are actively en gaged in any form of service or not. The school is intended to serve the (Continued on buck page) ♦ HOUSE OF DAVID BALL CLUB COMING A PORTION OF THE HUSKY WHISKERY TEAM HERE WED. CAPTAIN OF VISITORS INDIANS WIN FIRST TILT 8-7 Roanoke Rapids Wins Initial Game From Louisburg College Team PLAY TUBIZE NEXT The local semi-pro team, the In dians, opened their season Saturday, when they turned back Louisburg Col lege at a clip of 8 to 7. About 250 fans saw the locals get off to a good start for the 1932 season. The In dians have a fast semi-pro team and ore expected to knock off some of the big gun teams this year. In getting up this team the manager was able to get some fast ball play ers that have seen action in previous seasons playing in the towns’ league. Finch started the game on t h e mound for the Indians and was going good until the fourth inning when the visitors made to hits account for six runs. The fielders were unable to do much with the fly hits because of the hard wind that was blowing over the field. Love, coming young ballplayer, led his team with a triple and two singles. Johnson pitched the closing innings for the locals and was touched for one run. Johnson and An drews led the Louisburg club at bat. This game was good and all the spec tators were pleased with the Indi ans first showing. The Indians play every Saturday at 3 p. m. and the admission has been lowered to 25c. This club is playing some of the fastest ball clubs in Carolina and Virginia and the games will be well worth the ad mission. This Sautrday afternoon they play the fast Tubize team of Hopewell, Va., at Simmons Park, and the two teams will clash again Sunday afternoon at Slagels. The bearded House of David team will play here Wednesday afternoon of next week. BEARDED TEAM PLAYS HERE 13TH Hose of David Baseball Team To Meet Clean Shaven Indians Here NEXT WEDNESDAY the Roanoke Rapids Indians will be host to one of (he most famous semi pro ball-teams in the country when the lamed and bewhiskered House of David teams plays here Wednesday, April 13. The team comes from the famous House of David religious cult and has been drawing immense crowds wherever it has appeared. Kating meat, fish, fowl or lard or cutting the whiskers or hair is against '•heir religious belief. True to their religious beliefs, the House of David players allow their beards to grow and their facial brush es are still primeval so far as beinf^ enroached on by barber’s implements is concerned. They are the strangest, oddest sight in baseball and if they wore long robes to match they might pose as our prehistoric ancestors and get away with it. But the unique nine is known throughout the country for its baseball ability, as well as for displaying a museum of whiskers. If there are any fans in this city who think that the House of David baseball team cannot play baseball be cause they don’t believe in shaving off their beards they will be surprised when they see the hairy players in ac« tion. They are a curious lot, the (Continued on back page) E. T. CLARK FUNERAL Brother of The Late Chief. Justice Walter Clark Passes Away The funeral of Edward T. Clark who died Sunday night at his home in Northampton County, was held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock in St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, conducted by Rev. J. N. Bynum of this place as sisted by Rev. J. T. Draper of Garys burg. The deceased was 76 years old and (Continued on back page) MAN DIES SUDDENLY John R. Browning Is Stricken While At Work At Roa noke Mills Co. John R. Browning, age 52, weaver at Roanoke Mills Co., and extile work er here for more than 15 years, suf fered a heart attack Tuesday morning and died a few minutes later as he was being rushed to the hospital. Mr. Browning had been in poor health for some time and was working in the weave room under Overseer .lake Burton, when the attack came. He fell to the floor and was put in a car and carried to the hospital by (Continued on back page) Federal Officer Makes Inspection Trip Here A representative of the U. S. Treasury Department has been here for the past two days, mak ing an inspection of the city in regard to the proposed Federal Duilding. No one, including Postmaster J. L. Vest, knows the exact na ture of his visit nor what his re port will be. It will be recalled that an in spector from the Postoffice Dept, was here recently looking over possible locations. It is thought this is a follow-up from that visit. GROCER IS FOUND DEAD IN RICHMOND Body of Chesley E. Wil lis Found on Ground Outside Richmond Hospital SUICIDE”THEORY Richmond, April 5,—Chesley E. Willis, grocer, 40, of Weldon, N. C., is I believed to have committed suicide early today by leaping from a third story window of Johnson-Willis hos pital. He came to Richmond recently j for medical treatment, stopping for a time at a local hotel. As he seemed to be in advanced stages of tubercu losis of the lungs, he w*s removed to the hospital. Hospital authorities Knew nothing of his fate until a newspaper carrier discovered his body at the foot of the window and notified them that there was a dead man lying on the ground disclosed that his skull had been crushed in the fall. He was originally from Chase City, Va., and relatives arrived here this evening to claim the body. The funeral will be conducted from the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in Chase City, Va., the former home of Mr. Willis. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lou Ray Barnhill Willis, formerly of Bethel, N. C., and three sons, C. E. Willis, Jr., Jack Willis and David Willis. MRS. GURKIN FLU VICTIM First Postmistress of Roanoke Rapids Dies Here at Age 64—Funeral Sunday Mrs. Betty M. Gurkin, 64 years old, member of the pioneer Simmons fami ly, wife of Roanoke Rapids first doc tor, and the town’s first postmistress, died here early Saturday morning after two weeks illness with influ enza. Mrs. Gurkin was the daughter of Captain C. Simmons, who owned much of the property where Roanoke Ra pids now stands. He was a Captain in the Civil War. She married Dr. C. R. Gurkin here in 1001. He was the first doctor in Jtoanoke Rapids and was also doctor at Caledonia State farm. He was appointed postmaster here soon after and served until his death in 1904, when Mrs. Gurkin became postmist ress and served in that capacity for many years. Surviving are two daughters, two sons, and two brothers: Messrs Ce bron Simmons and Jack Simmons of this community. Funeral services were held at the residence on Roanoke Avenue Sun day afternoon. Rev. D. M. Sharpe of the Rosemary Methodist Church was assisted by Rev. Hughes of Emporia. Interment was at Emporia. Pall bearers were M. F. White, Lonnie Robinson, Martin Faison, Ed Wood ruff, Wm. Hodges and Mr. Askew. Candidate for Clerk Of Superior Court The Roanoke Rapids Herald re ceived the official announcement this morning of A. M. Atkinson from En field that he was a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Halifax County, subject to the ac tion of the Democratic voters in the primary on June 4th. MANY DIE IN PAST FEW_DAYS But Only One Death At tributed to Influenza; Many are Aged People TWO VERY SUDDEN More than a half dozen deaths in the past week left this community sorrowing over the passing of rela tives and prominent citizens.__ Only one death, that of Mrs. Betty M. Gurkins, was directly attributed to the wave of sickness which swept the city two weeks ago. Old age and lingering illness was responsible for the majority of deaths, while two deaths were from heart fail ure causing sudden demise. B. F. Cox Dies Benjamin Franklin Cox, age 71, died here Sunday and was buried in Roa noke Rapids cemetery Monday af ternoon. Rev. V. H. Grantham offi ciated and the Order of Red Men had charge at the cemetery. The de ceased was the father of Mrs. Ella Roberts, Mrs. Eva Birdsong, Mrs. Lillie Liles and Early Cox. His wife, Mrs. Dora Jane Cox, survives him. W. W. Hawkins Pioneer Citizen, Dies Yesterday W. W. Hawkins, age 80, one of the oldest citizens of Halifax County, and a prominent farmer, died at his home near Hawkins Chapel this Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Hawkins was one of the old pioneers of the county, having been born and reared here and has many lelatives and family connections in the county. Immediate members of the family are the following ohildren: Mrs. Birdie Hawkins, Howard, Jack, Wyatt, Roger and Fitzhugh Hawkins. A half brother, Squire Culllom, also survives. Funeral arrangements had not been made yesterday but members of the family stated the services would be under the direction of Rev. P. E. Bing, ham, pastor at Hawkins Chapel Church, with interment in that ce metery. MRS. DRAPER Funeral Services Held Here For Mrs. H. C. Draper Last Friday Mrs. H. C. Draper, age 58, one of Roanoke Rapids' oldest citizens, died at her home on Monroe Street, Thm1' day evening at 7 o’clock, after illness. Funeral services were held home Friday afternoon at 2:30 Rev. 'S. J. Starnes, pastor of ^ Methodist Church, of which Mrs Draper is a member, officiated. In terment took place at Cedarwood Ce metery. Mrs. Draper’s death came as a shock to her many friends of this city. The deceased is survived by her husband, H. C. Draper, of this city; five children, Mrs. J. C. Leggett, of this city; Mrs. R. H. Jackson, Elkc>i, Md.; Messrs Terry, L. H. and May nard Draper, all of Roanoke Rapids; two sisters, Mrs. Mi .' Frye, Fort Mead, Md.; Mrs. Roy Cameron, Dur ham; three brothers, Bruce Rose of Drewrjrville, N. C., Clifton and Ger ney Rose, both of Jackson, N. C. The pallbearers were Mssrs. D. S. Shearin, Jack Lipscomb, J. H. Wrenn, Mose Wh:tley, Will M^rit: J. O Crumpler. City Churches Change Time Evening Service The time of evening church serv ices in Roanoke Rapids will change next Sunday in most of the churches, according to an announcement made by the Ministerial Association which met this week. With the coming of spring and sum mer, night services will start at eight o’clock instead of 7:30. This takes effect in all churches except the Chris tian Church, which will change time on the following Sunday, April 17.
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