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___ ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL” Offering a Thorough Coverage W I W W ‘ _ 1 he Roanoke Rapids Herald |rg=rd VOLUME EIGHTEEN___ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 12th, 1932. NUMBER FOUR. I --------- UP AND DOWN Che Avenue WITH THE EDITOR In case of Fire or for Police, Dial 155 or 356. Congressman Aliernethy, who i s busy at Washington, D. C., and is op posed by Rivers Johnson of Duplin, sent a message to voters entitled “A Heart to Heart talk With My Con stituents.” He was campaigning by mail. Thru a mistake of mailing clerks Mr. Abernethy’s constituents were amazed to find enclosed a speech on Prohibition by some other Congress man. This week, the matter was cor rected and the right mesage sent, but the laugh is on the Congressman, who would rather it had been anything but something on Prohibition. Fifteen members of the local Ki wanis Club attended the rock-fish muddle given by the Weldon Commu nity Club at Weldon Tuesday night. The muddle was given in the plant of the Weldon Coca Cola Bottling Co., all the visitors taking advantage of the chance to inspect the big plant. It was a most enjoyable occasion and the Kiwanis Club is planning some thing for their Weldon friends this summer. Officer Carl Green is holding a bi cycle and tricycle ^liich he found on the streets late at night some time ago and the owners may have same by producing the proper identification. Do you know what the Best Seller in books is? No, not Ex-Wife, Bad Girl or even Trader Horn. It is not one of the classics nor the offerings of any of the greatest authors of the past 500 years, totaling all sales. The Best Seller is the Bible. Over nine million copies of the Bible were sold last year. The American Bible So ciety, established 116 years ago, has printed and sold 240 million copies of the Bible since it started. In spite of the depression the sale of Bible for 1931 showed a good increase over past years with record sales set. Billy Williams expects to h a v e his building finished enough in two weeks to have the Kiwanis Club christen it two weeks from tonight. The club will meet in two of the large j adjoining rooms downstairs. This Thursday night the High School boys who are traffic officers will be guests of the club. 1 “Believe it or not” says Mose, there are fellows around here holding med als for fish stories and snake yarns but Mose Brickell wins the indestruct steel doughnut for a rat narrative. Mr. ' Brickell informs The Herald that a man from Waynesboro drove to his garage yesterday morning in a new “75” Chrysler, spouting steam and ' carrying on scandalously. When Mr. Bridcell removed the radiator cap half the head of a large rat popped three feet into the air and landed on the hood, while rat entarils besmeared the windshield and feet and pieces of feet followed from the radiator which then belched up several corn husks. Mr. Brickell cleaned out the radiator and says that as a cuisine odor he is not much for Brunswick stew ala rat. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Nicholson an nounce the birth of a daughter, Wil ma Rachel, Saturday, May 7th. R. C. Cleaton has had new windows placed in front of his grocery store and has enlarged the interior to ac comodate larger flour and feed stocks. The ladies of the First Baptist Church will give a Cafeteria Lunch eon and Supper on Saturday, May 14, at the restaurant building located next door to the Peoples Theatre. Meals will be served beginning at 11 o’clock and until eight o’clock Saturday night. Funds derived from this supper will be used for the building fund. The public is cordially invited. Friday, the thirteenth has proved un lucky for the Senior Class. The play. “Oh, Professor," has been postponed until Tuesday, May 17, because of the baseball game at Chapel Hill for the State championship on the 13th. Mrs. W. H. Chambliss and Marvin Chamblfes spent the week-end in Chambliss spent the week-end in Powellton and Fitzhugh, Va., with Mrs. W. H. Brewer. Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Massey, May 11th. a fine 8 1-2 pound baby (Continued on back page) FOUR MORE ENTER COUNTY RACES Lindbergh Child Is Dead Murdered At Home 2 Months The Lindbergh baby was found dead, murdered, by its kidnappers, at 3:15 this afternoon within a stone’s throw of the Lindbergh home at Hope, well, N. J. The baby had been murdered about two months ago, according to the autopsy made late this afternoon. He had been missing for 72 days. The body was discovered by Wil liam Allen, a Negro, who was travel ing thru the woods near the Lind bergh home.. /is he raised a branch of a low tree, he saw the skeleton of a baby lying face down in a narrow gulley, partly cohered with dirt. He rushed to Hopewell and notified police, who notified the State police and the Governor’s office. The boy’s body had been hastily flung into a shallow grave and cov ■ ered with dirt, which had been par tially washed off by many rains. The death blow was delivered over one ear, leaving a hole in the skull about the size of a quarter. It was delivered with a blunt weapon. Death was caused by a compound fracture of the skulL The body was baaty aecomposeu by exposure. Identification was made by Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh by the curly hair, eight teeth and overlap ping toes. The features were not recognizable but many of the promi nent features could be noticed. A part of the night clothing in which the baby was carried away was matched with that at the Lindbergh [tome and positively identified. At ten o’clock tonight the parents were alone with their grief— Mrs. Lindbergh, who is to be a mother •loon, bore up well when the news was broken to her. Late tonight, President Hoover sent a message of condolence and thous ands of messages of sorrow from every part of the world were pouring in all night long. Action by Congress to make kidnap ping a capital crime punishable by leath, was reported from Washington late tonight. MARSHAL LAUDS OUR DRILL TEAM Excellent Conduct of Lo cal Firefighters Brings Praise From Brockwell RECEIVE-DIPLOMAS The drill team of the Roanoke Ra pids Fire Department which won high honors at the annual Fire College, was highly praised by Fire Marshal Sherwood Brockwell in a letter to Mayor Kelly Jenkins. Hon. Kelly Jenkins, Mayor, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. Dear Sir:— As Conductor of the North Carolina Fire College and Drill School, I take pleasure in reporting on the follow ing members of the Roanoke Rapids Fire Department who attended the Fire College and Drill School at Ashe ville. These gentlemen were award ed certificates as follows: Chief E. R. Myrick, Fire College Certificate; E. B. Glover, Fire Col lege Certificate and Drill School Cer tificate; G. S. Smith, Fire College Cer tificate and Drill School Certificate; R. P. Smith Fire College Certificate and Drill School Certificate; J. W. Strickland, Fire College Certificate and Drill School Certificate; W. R. Myrick, Fire College Certificate and Drill School Certificate and J. C. (Continued on back page) CHAMPION SHIP GAME TOMORROW Roanoke Rapids Wim Eastern Title; Play For State Title Tomorrow Roanoke Rapids moved up another notch in the State race Monday when they defeated Chapel Hill High School North Carolina. The Yellow Jackets were well represented in Henderson by local fans. The game was played on the old Gamecock’s field where the Henderson club of the Piedmont League played their games. This was the fourteenth game that the locals have won in the State race and now they are in striking distance of Roa noke Rapid’s High School athletic State title. Mt. Airy, runner up for the State title last year, won out in the West ern part of the State when they de feated Shelby last Friday for the Western title. Mt. Airy was defeated by Roland 14-13 and they will give the Jaokets a stiff fight for the State cup. The titular game will be played tomorrow, Friday, May 13, at Chapel Hill. There is a keen interest in the outcome of the game and the local fans are wishing Coach Hoyle and hia boys the best of luck. lhe game at Henderson was Mc Neil’s sixth win of the season and his mark is still 1000. The Jax have played eighteen games winning sev enteen and losing one. McNeill gave up five hits; four singles and a triple. He walked three and struck out three. The Chapel Hill boys could not do much with the Jacket’s ace right hander’s delivery and after the second inning the Jax held a good lead. Ir ving Dickens, Wilton Dickens, Womble and Grant led the locals at bat. I Dickens accounted for three siingles, his brother got three singles and Grant dittoed it. In all, the Jacket batters reached the opposing hurlers for twenty hits. Wright started on the mound for Chapel Hill but was treated harshly and bumped in the 3rd and he was relieved by F. Riggsbee whom the Jacket treated equally as cruel. The locals just had a good day at bat because everyone practically hit the opposing moundsmen all over the park. The Jax as a whole played a good game but were a little shaky , at intervals. If the local people will give the boys the support they ere due there is a a good chance that they will bring home the bacon from Chapel Hill to morrow. Everyone in town is look ing forward to the game with grow ing interest hoping that the Jackets will overcome thei** y.» unt Airy rivals. Acree or McNeil will probably start for Hoyle on the mound but they will have a hard fight before them. Score By Innings Chapel Hill 030 000 001— 4 Roanoke Rapids 104 450 001—15 MORRISON TO SPEAK Hon. Cameron Morrison, United states Senator, will address the De mocratic voters of Halifax County at Halifax, N. C., on Saturday. May 14, at 3 o’clock p. m., in the courthouse. Senator Morrison will speak at Scot land Neck Friday morning the 13th and Rocky Mount that night. A large crowd of Morrison sup porters are expected at Halifax for the speaking as Mr. Morrison is re ported to be answering the criticisms of his opponents in the Senatorial race. In the field against the incumbent ore Robert Reynolds of Asheville, Frank D. Grist and Judge T. C. Bowie The public is invited to the meet ing. With Congress in session at this time, Senator Morrison’s friends here feel this will be the only opportunity for people of this section to hear him. REGISTER One More Week For New Voters To Register On County Rooks This Saturday and next Saturday May 21, are the last for registration of voters who have not before regis tered on the county-State books. This includes those who failed to register in the past and those who have become 21 years of age since the last registration. All persons who have at any time registered on the county books do not have to register •gain. Registrar J. P. Welch has the books n Precinct No. 1 and Registrar Carl .ireen in Precinct No. 2. Both report a large number of new voters, with more than 300 entered since the books opened. There are about 5,000 names on the books in the two precincts. HUGE CLASS TO FINISH HI SCHOOL Senior Class of 75 From High School— 165 From Grades EDITOR TO SPEAK _ Although plans are not yet entire ly completed for the graduation ex ercises of Roanoke Rapids High School, an early, unofficial checkup indicates that approximately 75 se niors will graduate from High School this year, while perhaps 165 stu dents in the grades will receive their diplomas passing them to the Junior High School next year. Class Day exercises will be held on Wednesday, June 1st, followed by the Jrade School exercises Thursday, June 2nd, while the graduation exercises will be held Friday evening, June 3rd, at the High School auditorium. Sanford Martin, editor of the Win ston-Salem Jorunal has accepted an invitation from City Superintendent of Schools, C. W. Davis, to be the principal speaker at the graduation exercises, and unless unforseen cir cumstances prevent, the distinguished Winston-Salem editor will head the nrogram. For the grade school exercises E. J. Coltrane has been invited to speak. Mr. Coltrane, is widely known here having been a former city superin tendent of schools, now holds a si milar position at Salisbury, N. C., and will doubtless accept the invita tion, however a confirmation from him had not been received at a late hour Thursday. The peak attendeance for city schools this year is 2,350 students, there having been 700 on the roll call of the Junior-Senior High School near the end of the school year, while as high as 1,650 have attended the grades. It has been a very successful year, vith little time lost on account of sick ness, etc., and city school children de serve congratulations for the records made this year. Mother of Local People Passes Away Monday Afternoon Mrs. Betty Gray, well known in habitant of Northampton County, died Monday afternoon at the age of 84. The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon in her home near Garys burg. Services Wers conducted by Rev. A. P. Mustian, with interment in Brunswick County. Mrs. Gray is survived by seven children: W. A. Gray, B. D. Gray and John Gray ot Garysburg; T. L. Gray of Roanoke Rapids; R. H. Gray of Richmond, Va.: Mrs. Annie Butler of Roanoke Rapids and Mrs. Charlie Cook of Garysburg. Mrs. Gray a'si leaves ?3 grandchild ren and 14 great-grandchildren. Goes to Senate Major John S Cohen, owner and edit..i of the Atlanta Journal, ap* I. uned I'nited States Senator from Geoiioa to succeed the late Senator Harris. -*■ RED CROSS FLOUR FOR ONES 318 Barrels Arrive Here For Distribution Among Needy Families ON SATURDAYS Three hundred and eighteen barrels of flour rolled into Roanoke Rapids this week form the American Red Cross to be distributed among the needy families of Roanoke Rapids township. These needy families are t o be checked from the lists of Associated Charities, the Red Cross and the 'ounty Charity lists. Mrs. Tommy Jenkins of the Associated Charities will have charge of distribution each Saturday from 10 to noon for the lext two or three months. The flour is in 24-pound sacks and me sack is due to last an average fa mily for two weeks. It was pointed >ut that those needy families quali fied to receive free flour must be at the old Patterson Store building on Saturday morning at the hours spe cified. Red Cross authorities stated the flour was from wheat which had been 1 bought and stored by the Federal 1 Farm Board, a certain amount of which is being made into flour and distributed over the country to the unemployed, thru local Red Cross and charity agencies. BOXING South Hill To Bring Team Here Next Tuesday Night The Roanoke Rapids Athletic Club ost a boxing meet to the South Hill, Va., boxers last Tuesday night four bouts to three. Scrapper Outland, Pat Smith and Malcolm Outland walked away with victories while Julian Johnson, M. C. Mosely, Ed Mosely and Ivey Cobum lost their bouts by close margins. The South Hill boxers will return the matches here next Tuesday night with ten fighters, ranging in weight from 50 pounds to 145 pounds. The local athletic club has been for med for the purpose of teaching the youngsters around town to box. The club members are all local school boys. If enough fans turn out for the South Hill meet the club plans to meet Petersburg Y. M. C. A. here. A rea sonable admission of 35c and 20c will be charged for all bouts. MOTHER OF NORWOOD IS BURIED Mrs. Lucy Norwood Dies Saturday Morning; Funeral On Monday FRIENDS~HERE GO Mrs. Lucy Jane Norwood, 7G-year old mother, and pioneer citizen of Ante, Virginia, passed away Satur day morning. May 7th, at the family home in the Virginia town. Death came shortly after ten o’clock after an illnes of three months. Mrs. Norwood, who survived her husband by 31 years, leaves eleven children, Mrs. Fannie Hobbs, of near Emporia, Va., John W. Norwood, of Ante, Va., Daisy Williams, of Skip pers Va.. Mrs. Margaret Hudson of this city, W. J. ‘Billy” Norwood of this city, Edward Norwood of Rich mond, Va., Mollie DeBerry ofoRocky Mount, N. C., George Norwood of Emporia, Va., Peter F. Norwood of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Lucy Moody of this city and Ruth Norwood of Ante, Va. The funeral was held Monday af ternoon at 2 o’colck, at the home of Mrs. Daisy Williams, a daughter, at Skippers. Burial was at Zion Church at Skippers, with Rev. A. P. Mustian, Roanoke Rapids Baptist minister, of ficiating, assisted by the Baptist min ister of Empora, Va. About fifty friends of the family in Roanoke Rapids attended the fu neral from here. LOUISBURG DEFEATED The Chockoyotte Golf Club won their second victory on the home greens Wednesday afternoon when they defeated fourteen contestants from the Louisburg Golf Club, Louis burg, N. C., with a score of 4 to 6 in their fourth game of a series of ten, in spite of the fact that it was a miserable day for golf, and that hreatening and drizzling rain serious ly hampered a low score being made. The fifth contest of the series will be with Warrenton here next Wed nesday afternoon. After this game is played, the local club will have met all five of their opponents, after which return matches will be played. The Chockoyotte Club took the game with South Hill which was play, ed here recently with a score of 33 1-2 to 2 1-2, though they suffered defeat at the hands of Henderson on their home course, and from Wake Forest when they journeyed to that city. Ray N. Goodmon and J. M. Jackson made the low score for Wednesday’s play each shooting an 81 for the course. Future games to be played at the Chockoyotte course will include a re turn match with Henderson and Wake Forest, while they will go to War renton, South Hill and Louisburg at a later date, before the series is play ed off. 1 earns are composed of a minimum of twelve players, although the ac tual number of players who may com pete si practically unlimited. Junior Baseball Teams Will Open Season The Roanoke Rapids Junior Base ball league will open the official lea gue season on May 20th, with Jean Shells’ Indians clashing with Hazel Moore’s Rosemary Yankees on the dormitory diamond at 4 p. m. The other three clubs under managers Bugg, Bounds and Lyles, will swing into action the following Tuesday. It is planned to have Mayor Jenkins throw out the first ball, with Ned Manning, Town Commissioner receiv ing and Carroll Wilson, Kiwanis president, doing the umpiring. CO. BOARD CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE Hunter Pope Out For the House of Representa tives; Joyner for Board FIELD FILLING UP One candidate for the House of Representatives from Halifax Coun ty and three candidates for the Board of County Commissioners announce in this issue of The Herald, t o fill the ever-increasing ranks of candi dates for the various county offices. Filing time for county offices closes •Saturday May 21 and in the next week left for filing, several other candi dates are expected to enter the ring. The county primary ballot will be the longest in history. R. Hunter Pope of Enfield has an nounced for the office of member of the House of Representatives. Hali fax County has two of these in the General Assembly and there are now four candidates: Mr. Pope, F. M. Taylor, D. S. Moss and L. W. Leg gett, all farmers. Mr. Pope is a farmer near Enfield and is at present a member of the County Board of Education. He was a former city superintendent of schools at Enfield. . W. F. Joyner of Roanoke Rapids, who now represents this township on the County Board of Commission ers, serving his second term, has an nounced for re-election to that Board. Mr. Joyner is running on his record as a County Commissioner during which time he has worked faithfully to cut county expenses and lov^er the tax late. The records of the meetings show that he has been active and in strumental in fostering many of the economy measures put in effect dur mg the past two years. Newton Shepherd of Weldon, now County Commissioner from that town ship, also announces this week for re-election to the County Board of Commissioners. Mr. Shepherd has served several terms on this board. T. C. Quarles of Hollister is a new entry in the race for County Com missioner, announcing yesterday. It is also said that Uncle Billy Neville of Enfiled township will be a candidate for the Board, which has five mem bers, the five highest in the primary winning the nomination. Announced candidates to date are W. F. Joyner, Newton Shepherd, T. C. Quarles, J. W. Collier. Others understood to be ready to announce or being urged by friends are Uncle Billy Neville, E. H. Liles, B. B. Everette, Nick Warren and Waldo Whittaker, the last three being mebers of the present board. Major interest in county races con tinue to center around that for State Senator between Billy Norwood and Dr. Long and the Clerk’s race between Ed Travis, Fletcher Gregory and A. M. Atkinson. The Register of Deeds race betwen Mrs. Elizabeth House, Meade Mitchell and Stanley Whittaker also continues to attract attention as does the three way fight for Sheriff between Sheriff Johnson, S. M. Thompson and H. L. Bell. The primary is three weeks from this coming Saturday and one of the largest votes in history is predicted, with all candidates at this time pre dicting victories for themselves. Major Fletcher For Labor Commissioner A. L. Fletcher of Raleigh is a can didate for Commissioner of Labor and has se\*eral friends here who are working for him. Major Fletcher is now Deputy Insurance Commissioner. He served as a captain in the World War in the 113th Field Artillery of the 30th Division. For several years prior to the war he was editor of several North Carolina daily news papers, including the Raleigh Times and the Durham Sun. He has held several important appointive offices since the war in the Internal Revenue and Insurance departments. In a will of only 72 words, Charles Paxton Markham of Chesterfield, England, disposed of a $3,600,00 es tate.
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