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_ all for one and one FOR ALL ” Offering a Thorough Coverage W I W V --- r=•■=“• I he Roanoke Rapids Herald r~=£J VOLUME EIGHTEEN ---- .- ■ ■ ---ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 5th, 1932. NUMBER THREE. UP AND DOWN Ghe Avenue WITH THE EDITOR In case of Fire or for Police, Dial •155 or 356. Lefty Starke, local High School outfielder and pitcher, has a batting average of .476. He has been to bat 65 times this season and has 31 hits to his credit ranging from singles to home runs. A good pitcher his work at the bat will keep him in the out field until needed in final crucial games. Birdsong, Indian third baseman, has hit safely in every game the local semi-pro team has played this year His team lost a close game to Sewanee last Saturday, 5 to 3. Finch pitched shut-out ball until the 6th inning. Work is progressing rapidly on the fueral home of W. C. Williams next door to Shell Furniture Co. Another month will see the new two story, brick building completed and occsu pied. There is something about a construc tion job which fascinates us. And about every such job will be found a group of spectators. Some of them are just loafing, but many of them are busy men who just can’t resist stopping and watching carpenters and bricklayers at work. In the big cities every excavation and construction job has hundreds of lookers-on. And most everybody stops to take a look at the progress being made. Reminds us of a cartoon in one of the popular magazines. The scent* was an excavation job in a big city. Leaning over the guard rails were hundreds of interested spectators. Far down in the huge pit was the machine and the operator was making an an nouncement, shouting up thru a mega phone to the watchers. He was inform ing them that next week he would be at 1218 W. 34th St., and would be glad to sec all his friends at the new job. On May 9th and 10th, a benefit pic ture show will be given at the Peoples Theatre for the High School Library Fund. The picture is “Amateur Dad dy.” There will be a special Mother’s Day services at t h e Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. Special music will be rendered by Steve Lips comb and the choir. There is much satisfaction in an nouncing the safe return of our dog who, after being missing for four days last week, was returned at noon Friday. He had wandered into Pat terson village where kind persons took charge and fed him waiting for The Herald to appear. One hour after they received The Herald Boola was safely home. Yes, w'e know you know what we are going to say next. I-P-T-A-I-T-H. Large congregations are attending the revival services being held at the First Methodist Church here. The preaching is being done by the past or, Rev. S. J. Starnes, and the song services are in charge of Rev. W. C. Wilson, of Halifax. A fine spirit is being manifested in the meeting and it is believed much good will be ac complished. Services are being held each evening at 8 o'clock and will continue untli next week. The public is invited to attend. <3. R. Rainey, manager of the Lit tleton Oil Co., compliments The Her ald upon its thoroughness of presen tation in the recent “Keep Building" edition and says the paper was dis tictly a meritorious production the editor proved his ability in and that it should be copied by other towns as a means of advertising Tar Heel communities. Twenty local employees of the Vir ginia Electric & Power Co. have com pleted the standard course in instruc tion in first aid to the injured under the auspices of the Roanoke Rapids Chapter of the American Red Cross, cording to Mrs. T. W. M. Long, chair man of the local chapter. The course was given by E. C. Bookman, Division Safety Engineer. Those completing it were Messrs W. A. Tule, J. L. Harris, J. O. Edmond son, L. M. Hudson, J. C. Hurst, P. D. Weeks, E. A. Rhea, N. L. Hall, W. A Warren, N. P. Bell, S. L. Jones, M. D. Litterton, C. C. Parker, R. E. Kimball, J. C. Short, A. P. Purdy, E. A. Simpkins, Jr., T. E. White, Jr., C. K. DeLoatch and B. T. Parker. COLLIER AND SMITH ELECTED Case Against Bankers Dismissed LITTLETON BANKERS ABSOLVED Two important cases were settled in Superior Court today just before final adjournment when the Littleton bank case and the Bounds case were acted on by Judge Grady. The Judge dismissed the ease against the group of Littleton bankers who had been charged with receiving deposits knowing the bank to be in solvent. After the State had finished its testimony, Judge Grady stated there was not sufficient evidence to go be fore the jury and non-suited the case. S. J. Bounds, former secretary of the Rosemary Building and Loan Association, wsa given a two year suspended sentence today by Judge Grady, with the agreement by the de fendant he would repay the bonding company in three years the amount which the bonding company had paid for him to the Building & Loan As sociation. Mr. Bounds had pled guilty to a charge of embezzlement. The facts from the evidences howed he had bor rowed various sums from the As sociation for his own use, giving his personal note for security. The re cords of the company were in good shape, according to the auditor, and the entire shortage has been covered by the bonding company. Extenutatmg circumstances and the frank story of the defendant, cou pled with his willingness to assist the auditors and tlioKa checking up, are said to have weighed in his favor when the Judge decided to suspend sentence. 10 NURSES FINISH AT HOSPITAL Graduation Exercises to Be Held At Hi School Thursday Night With Reception After SUNDAY~SERVICES Twelve student nurses will gradu ate from the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital School of nursing with com mencement exercises on Thursday evening, May 12th. The ceremony wil be held at the High School auditorium at 8:15 and the public is invited to attend. The graduates are Misses Katie Mae Groce of Hilltonia, Ga., Josephine Irene Har grove of Enfield, Nadine Julia Clark of Enfield, Veola Elizabeth Vaughan of Margarettsville, Ruby Evelyn Con well of Garysburg, Ida Louise Baird of Roanoke Rapids, Edna Lee Ingram, of Roanoke Rapids, Annie Katherine Shearin of Littleton, Helen Margaret Walker of Littleton, Frances Louise McDonald of Enfield, and affiliating nurses Sara Martha Horton of Mooresville and Alma Howell of Todd. The Baccalaureate sermon of the graduating class will be preached this Sunday night by Rev. Hugh Bradley at the Presbyterian Church. A special Florence Nightingale ser vice will be held in Weldon Sunday afternoon. Following the commencement ex ercises next Thursday night at the High School, there will be a public re ception and dance to which the entire public is invited. This will be held at the Nurses Home. The public is also rmeinded that May 12th, graduation day here, is set aside as National Hospital Day, when in every city in the country the public is invited and urged to vsit their lo cal hospitals. Special nurses will show visitors thru and explain the va rious phases of hospital work. Rudolph Williams spent the week end in Weldon with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams. Levi Jones spent several days last week with his brother, Ted Jones, at Lawrenceville, Va. Miss Pendleton Gives Organ Recital Here Miss Evangeline Pendleton gave an organ recital at the First Presby terian Church of Roanoke Rapids, on Sunday night, May 1st. She is a former resident of Roanoke Rapids and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Pendleton. Miss Pendleton will graduate this month from Flora Mc donald colleger and her achievement in the musical world is very marked. The numbers included in her recital at this time were: Wind in the Pines and Canyon Walls, by Cloksey; Londonberry Air, Coleman; Mirror Reflecting Pool, Shure; Claire De Lune, Elert; Sum mer, Stebbins; Caprice, Guilmant; Liberstraum, Lizt-Gaul; Largo Dvo rak. The many friends of Miss Pendle ton in her home town rejoice in the success she has made and predict ev en greater things for her. She was the guest while here of Mr." and Mrs. Hugh Bradley. H. S. TEAM IN SEMI - FINALS ON MONDAY Play Chapel Hill Team At Henderson For Eastern Baseball Championship BIG CROWD GOING Roanoke Rapids High School is on the road to another State champion ship. In defeating Pollocksville on Tuesday, they meet Chape] Hill on neutral ground at Henderson Monday, May 9th, for the championship of Eastern Carolina and the right to play the Western champions for the State crown in High School baseball. A large crowd of local fans is plan ning to go with the team to Henderson Monday for the semi-finals with Chapel Hill. Before the largest crowd that has seen the Jackets play this season Roa noke Rapids licked the Pollocksville team overwhelmingly here Tuesday. The Jax hit their general stride and ran up a lead in the opening of the contest. The Pollocksville club was never able to get into the lead al ways trailing by at least four runs. McNeil pitched a good game for the Jax and held the opposing team to six hits, all being singles. McNeil did not walk a man and struck out (Continued on back page) PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC TO BE HELD Parents Urged To Bring Children For Exami nation Next Week IMPORTANT WORK Ttop annual Pre-School clinic for children entering school for their first year next fall will be held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week, according to an announcement by Dr. Z. P. Mitch ell of Weldon, county health officer. The clinic which is conducted by Dr. Mitchell will be held at Rosemary | School on Monday and Tuesday be tween the hours of 10 and 4, while children between the ages of six and j seven who are entering school for their first time the next fall term and who will attend Central School will be ex amined at that building on Wednes day and Thursday. There is no charge for this clinic, and while it is not strictly compulsory it was pointed out by the school nurse that it is highly advisable parents bring their children to the school on the specified days for examination. They will be advised as to just what to do during the summer months in order for their children to be ready for school. SCHOLARSHIP HONOR ROLL FOR HIGH SCHOOL Twelfth Grades Lucil Baird, Ella Brown, Julia Crutchfield, Maragert Dunning, Vir ginia Grant, Katie Harris, Hilda Hines Miriam Hudson, Essie Matkins, Vir ginia Ogletree, Mildred Powell, Paul Matthews, Belmont Murray, Richard Reaves, Johnnie Shell, Charlie Smith, Elmer Williams, Arlene Batton, Mil dred Fisher, Annie Mae Pridgen, Ha zel Tolbert, Virginia Belle Vincent, Mavis Wheeler, Francis Cobb, Tom my Jenkins, Cyrus Kitchen, John Bounds. Eleventh Grades Jessie Askew, Cornelia Batton, Vir ginia Cooke, Luclle Davis, Edith El more, Elizabeth Joyner, Evelyn John son, Olive Lamm, Lela Munay, Cath erine Nethercutt, Hazel Taylor, I’attic Harlow, Wilton Dickens, John Ogletrj*, ilf’vey Woodruff. Rudolph Waters. ». a Mae Garner. Edith Welch. Tenth Grades Annie Marie Fisher, Minnie Dick ens, Vernie Lyerly, Ellen Miles, John Willey, Hurley Midgette, Mary Gibson Grace Hudson, Lucille Vincent, Sarah Medlin, William Gaylord, Dorothy Pope, Catherine Hodges, Mabel Floyd Ninth tirades Milton Bennett, Lunsford Crew, Lacy Crouch, Alton Davis, Irvin Dick ens, Shelley Edwards, Woodrow Gar ris, Gurley George, Tim Joyner, Wil son Mullen, George Nethercutt, Ben nie Allsbrook, Elma Etheridge, Mar garet Long, Mary Alice Merritt, Mil dred Moss, Erma Robinson, Betty Spivey, Maxine Mason, Gladys Stein berg, Henry Hardison Laura Pearson. Eighth Grades Dorothy Askew, Mildred Brown, Lillie Carlisle, Margie Carlisle, Mary Miles Clark. Llewellyn Mason, Ethel Mills, Nellie Nethercutt, Hattie O’Dell Elsie Pair. Katherine Thomason, Clara Vick, Ernest Eubank, Tom Long, Ru dolph Northington, Jesse Spencer, Forrest Rook, Jim Carpenter, Lonzo Garner, Milton Wall, Susie King, Louise 1 aylor, Irene Garris. Seventh Grades Buddy Beckwith, Sidney Frank, Henry Greene, James Kirk. James Shay, Marcella Marks, Helen Wilki mson.^Lelia Webb. Annie Brown, Mad., hne Lipscomb, Saluda Northing ton, Ethel Reaves, Annie Shaw, Mar garet Speight, Juanita Underwod, Maggie Powell, Mary Woodruff, Evelyn Baird, Louise Hasty, Lewis Tickel, Myrtle Keeter, Nancy Wolhar. SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION Grady Hears Many Cases First Few Days Of Halifax Court FEW ACQUITTALS A true bill was found at this term in case of State vs Joe Carter, Odelle Patterson and John Henry Harper, charged with breaking and entering. The defendants plead not guilty. At the close of the evidence the judge ment of non-suit was ordered as to defendants Odell Patterson and John Henry Harper. The jury for their verdict said that the defendant, Joe Carter was guilty. Carter was sent to the State prison for 3 years in Superior Court Monday. Thurman Robinson plead guilty to breaking and entering. He was sen tenced to roads for eighteen months. The case of Jamse Pittman, lar ceny charge, was remanded to ju venile court, defendant being under 14 years of age. Jack Henderson and Ben Sawyer were found by a jury to be guilty of larceny. Defendant Woodrow Wilson being heretofore convicted appeared to show good behavior. 1 he State vs hrnest Render, larceny charge was transferred from Record ers Court. Defendant being found guilty by a jury was given thirty days in jail, to be assigned to work by the sheriff. A jury found Algie Draper (Andy Gump) guilty of store breaking, and defendant sent to the roads for pe riod of 2 years. Capias ani commit ment to issue May 7, 1932 or any time thereafter that defendant is found within the State This judgment was .entered by consent of defendant in "pen c'*urt. Defendant Richard Bryant, charged with seduction, entered plea of guilty of fornication ail adultery which plea was acepted by the State. It was or dered and adjudged by consent of L. B. Meyer, attorney for the private prosecution and D. Mac Johnson, at torney for th edefendant, that the de fendant pay the sum of $100 to the prosecuting witness and the cost of the actions to be taxed by the clerk Said sum and cost to be secured by a chattel mortgage and a crop lien. An Instant Capias was issued for both Jack and Charlie Barnes, tres pass charge. Instanti supoena for Bill Weaver and J. W. Myrick. In case of Leo Shaheen and N. (Continued on bock page) LOCAL P T A QUESTIONS CANDIDATES Want to Know How The State Office Candi dates Stand on Schools ANSWER IWAY 10th. Particularly interested in Roanoke Rapids City Schools, the Parent Teachers Association of this city, an organization of more than 400 par ents and teachers, has prepared a questionnaire which has been sent to the various candidates for the State Senate and House of Representatives from Halifax County. The questions were sent to W. J. Norwood and Dr. T. W. M. Long, candidates for the Senate, and to L. W. Leggett, F. M. Taylor and D. S. Moss, Representative candidates. These questions are similar to those sent the three candidates for Gov ernor by the N. C. Educational As sociation. The questionnaire follows: Dear Sir: At a recent meeting of our Parent Teacher Association we decided to submit certain questions to the pro posed candidates for then ext legisla ture. It is not our desire to embarass anyone. We do believe, however, that we should know your position in re gard to the school situation in North Carolina. If there is no objection on your part we snould like to have your consent to mak? public your position. Please answer fully the following questions, and :f possible let us have your answer by May 10. 1. Do you think we have reached rock-bottom in the matter of school appropriations so far as the effici ency of the schools is co ncerned, or would you favor balancing the budget by making still further cuts in school appropriations? 2. If the 15 cents property tax is eliminated, do \on favor taking any part of $4,500,000 it is fupposed to produce out of the p^ei- nt curtailed budget, or do you favor supplying this from some other soi.rce of reve nue? 3. Do you believe we can still fur ther crowd classrooms without en dangering the mental and physical health of the child and the teacher and thereby decrease the efficiency of the schools as a means of educating children? 4. The average annual salaries of teachers at the State schedule, prior t othe 10 per cent cut, was $70.78 per month; the average salary with the (Continued on back page) 143 County Children Graduate from Grades One hundred and forty-three chil dren received certificates of promo tion to High School at graduation ex ercises held at Halifax Tuesday. The presentation o f certificates came Tuesday morning with the ad dress by Dr. Meyer of the University of N. C. A picnic dinner was served at noon and the afternoon program was pages from Washington’s diary with the different county schools showing in pageant the lift of Wash ington. storeTTs DAMAGED BY FIRE Pure Food Store Swept By An Early Morning Blaze MUCH DAMAGE An early morning blaze of unknown origin swept the Pure Food Store shortly before 1 a. m., Tuesday, do ing considerable damage to stock and fixtures of the grocery store, which is located in a building belonging to J. W. Crew, Sr., in the South Ward. The local fire department was call ed to Weldon around eleven o’clock Monday night, and had returned from that city only a short time whei^he second alarm was sounded, following the discovery of the blaze at the gro cery store. Unofficial estimate of the damage done by the blaze set the figure in excess of $2,500, however, it is under. I stood that tne proprietors of the store iC. M. and Glenn Gurley are protected by insurance. The building is of fireproof con struction and a metal ceiling un doubtedly prevented spread of the flames to the second floor, which is at the present time unoccupied. Lit tle damage was done to the building, with the exception of cracking the plate glass windows by the excessive heat. The fire could easily have assumed huge proportions as the building is located in one of the main business blocks uptown. Fast work by the fire department, who were quicy to arrive on the scene after the alarm was sounded, in spite of the fact that they were handicapped by immense vol umes of smoke pouring out from the store, was all that prevented more damage being done to the building end cons2que !l.y saved surrounding buildings. C. M. Guri-y, senior partner of the store states that he is completing ar rangements 1o cj.;n his store as soon as possible, and so far as is known now the Pure Food Store will open for business in the same location as soon as necessary repairs can le made and the store re-stocked. The store was one of the newest business ventures in the city, locally owned and operat ed, and has enjoyed pneuomenal suc cess since its opening some few months ago. LOCAL FIRE TEAM WINS RECOGNITI’N Roanoke Rapids Has The Largest Drill Squad At State Fire College GET CERTIFICATES The drill team of the Roanoke Ra pids Fire Department took several honors in drill work at the State Fire College at Asheville last week and had the largest drill team in the State present. Those attending the three day school for firemen were Chief E. R. Myrick. Asst. Chief T. B. Glover, R. P. Smith. W. R. Myrick, Clayton Matthews and J. W. Strickland. The local team was the first to re ceive certificates for drill work from the fire college for lecture courses. They won first place in competition (Continued on back page) TOTAL CITY VOTE CAST WAS 606 John C. Smith Win* For Commissioner In the South Ward Over Jenkins 142 MAJORITY John C- Smith defeated T. M. Jen kins in the race for City Commis sioner from the South Ward in the city election held here Tuesday. Mar vin D. Collier, Commissioner from the North Ward was unopposed and will resume his place for a term of three years. Mr. Smith announced his candidacy a few days before the election and opposed Mr. Jenkins who had held the )ffice for one year. Little interest was manifested in the race and only 606 votes were cast in the two precincts, which cast a total of more than 2,400 votes in the extension election last year. The vote by precincts was: North Ward, J. C. Smith, 160, T. M. Jenkins, 142; South Ward, J. C. Smith, 210, T. M. Jenkins 86. Total: Smith 370, Jenkins, 228. Mr. Smith’s majority was 142 votes. Mr. Collier received a complimen tary vote of 461, of which 274 were in lis home precinct and 187 in the South Ward. County politics (luring the past I week has been seething quietly. Since the flood of announcements last week, the aspirants to political office have dwindled. One new announcement can be reported this week since the Moss candidacy for House of Representa tives. Candidates for the County Board of Commissioners are still zero. But when they do start, and there must be five winners, it is said there will be flock of candidates from all parts of the county, at least two candidates for each of the five ofices. W. C. (Billy) Williams, Coroner of Halifax County, announced his candidacy for that office this morn ng. Mr. Williams has been Coroner of the couifcy for many years, taking more than the average amount of in terest in performing the duties of that office. W. J. Collier, farmer, who lives on the border line between Faucetts and Butterwood townships, i s the first candidate for County Commissioner, announcing in The Herald this after noon. RURAL CLLJB ARE GUESTS 125 Attend Womans Club Meet ing At Country Club! Here Monday RURAL CLUBS ARE GUESTS_ The rural clubs of Halifax County were entertained Monday afternoon at the Chockoyotte Country Club by the Women’s Club of Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. C. A. Wychte, president of the club, welcomed the country club women and Mrs. R. P. Beckwith, as chairman of the American Homes De partment, had planned a most inter esting program. A paper read by Mrs. Beckwith on “Etiquette in the Home,” and one read by Mrs. J. N. Bynum on “Interior Decorating,” were much enjoyed Spec ial music by the girls glee club and the boy’s quartet of the High School were also greatly enjoyed Little Miss Elizabeth Beckwith and Miriam War ren gave two pian oselections. The club house committee was in structed to begin immediately on the building of the new club house, plans of which were presented by Mrs. T. R. Manning. This building is to be completed by October. There were about 125 members and guests to attend this meeting and de licious refreshments were served. Mr. and Mrs. Auburn Daughtry spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Jones at Emporia. Mrs. J. O. DeVane, Mrs. Fenton Johnson, Miss Janette Wright and W. L. Kee spent Saturday at Emporia.
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