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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME EIGHTEEN_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C„ THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1st. 1932. J NUMBER TWENTY.
UP AND DOWN
Ghe Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
AN APPEAL TO 20,000,000
ROOSEVELT VOTERS
We figure that there will be
20,000,000 votes cast to make Gov
ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt Presi
dent of the United States. If one
in every ten of you who are going
to vote with us will send in a
dollar bill, we can get by with
our publicity and our organiza
tion. I do not mean that every
body’s contribution is limited to
$1.—James A. Farley, Chairman,
Democratic National Committee.
YesS^erday was the last Wed
nesday afternoon this year the
stores of Roanoke Rapids will be
closed on Wednesday afternoons,
Everything will be wide open start
ing September 7th.
Miss Evangeline Pendleton will
have charge of piano at the local
schools this year in the place of
Miss Carrie Faulconer, who is not
returning. Miss Pendleton is a
talented musician on piano and or
gan, having studied music for sev
eral years at college, graduating
with high honors and attracting
wide attention with her recitals.
She is a local girl, daughter of
A. O. Pendleton of this city. —
Local pol'ce report no news the
past week. They say the intense
ly hot weather may be responsible.
One good deed for the heat
And has it been hot this week?
Roanoke llap'ds suffered the most
intense heat of the year, along
with other cities. August weather
was ideal until this week. Then
old Sol went on a rampage and
125 in the sun became common
place.
Then, as if ashamed of his mis
deeds, the sun hid his face Wed
nesday afternoon. At 3:40 p. m.,
85 per cent of the sun was eclip
sed by the moon. Hundreds o f
people, here joined with millions
in the U. S. and Canada, to watch
this strange action which come on
ly once in a generation, sometimes
only once in a lifetime.
Miss Susie' Moseley represented
Roanoke Rapids in the bathing
beauty contest at Rich Squarfc
yesterday. There were 21 entries
from Eastern Carolina. Mrs. Cleo
phus Bray accompanied Miss Mose
ley.
ALLEN-SHELL
Mrs. C. E. Shell announces the
engagement of her granddaughter,
Ruby Lucille Shell, to Lloyd Ben
nett Allen. The wedding will take
place in October.
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_ With the Presidential Candidates j
President Herbert Hoover, astride Billy, a light bay gelding from the Marine corral, took to the ti'Sl to pose
^JM'r,?*|0f PLC!!!r? °i outdoor Ilf« af C»">P Rapidan, va, camp—while Franklin D. Roosevelt, his Democratic
opponent launched his first set speech at Columbus, Ohio Photos to the right show Gov. Roosevelt greeting the
crowd upon his arrival at Columbus ... and scene in open where he addressed 25.000 Ohio Democrats.
ORGANIZE SCOUTS!
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I Faces Lottery Charge
„ . a-sms.
As a result of his position as'~f>ead
f the National Moose Lodge propag
ation department. Sen. James J.
>avis. Pa., and former cnbinet mem
er, faces federal indictments with
thers which charge Moose, Eagles
nd Shrine with violating lottery
laws.
Rev. Bradley Back
Rev. S. H. Bradley and family
returned Wednesday morning from
a trip to South Carolina. Services
will be held at the Presbyterian
Church Sunday morning but there
will be no evening service. Mrs.
J. W. Bradley, mother of Mr. Brad
ley, will arrive here this week. She
is on a furlough from China where
she has been a missionary for thir
ty years.
Red Sharpe spent several days]
last week at Nags Head.
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Plans for organization of the
loy Scouts on a new and larger
;calc were announced today by T.
V. Mullen, Scout District Chair
man, after a session Tuesday night
vith Charles B. Benbow of Rocky
Mount, Scout Executive of the Tar
Heel Council, and several local
nen who have volunteered their
ier vices.
The following community chair
lien and sub-chairmen were an
nounced by Mr. Mullen, who will
add to the committees as various
troops are organized: E. B. Man
ning, district commissioner; How
ard Pruden, Finance chairman;
Hugh Camp, Camping chairman;
Carroll Wilson, chairman Educa
tional Publicity; Rev. D. M. Sharp
Court of Honor chairman; Fletcher
P. Dickens, chairman Board of Re
view. Alfred Martin, chairman Civ
ic Service; C. W. Davis, chairman
Training; Rev. S. H. Bradley,
chairman Troop Organization; A.
W. Meikle, chairman Health and
Safety; Jake Burton, sub chairman
Camping; Charles Speight sub
chairman Troop Organization; J.
T. Chase sub chairman Civic Ser
vice; S. D. Brown sub chairman,
Health and Safety.
The first step is by the commit
tee on Troop Organization and a
survey of the city will be made by
Messrs Bradley and Speight to de
termine how many roganizations
will sponsor a troop of Scouts.
This includes churches and clubs.
The finance chairman, Mr. Pru
den is working on means of rais
ing funds to pay the annual Roa
noke Rapids allotment to the Tar
Heel Council which employs full
time men in Scout work.
Then There’8 Iowa ... !
"If the worst comes to the worst,”
said Mrs. James J. Walker, wife of
New York’s mayor, as -she arrived
with him at Albany to face removal
charges before Gov. Roosevelt, “we
can go to my farm in Iowa which
was left to me by a relative.”
WINS TRIP
TO N. Y.
Miss Fannie Harris leaves to
morrow for New York City as the
winner of one of the free trips
given by the News and Observer.
Miss Harris will go to Raleigh
and leave with a group of winners
with spiecial chaperones and all
expenses paid.
The party will remain over the
week-end and return next Tuesday.
The trip was given for securing a
certain number of paid subscribers
to the Raleigh paper.
The Roanoke Rapids schools will
open next Monday morning at
8:30.
Enrollment for this yV'ar* will
probably surpass the record en
rollment of last year when 2,686
children were entered in Ihe city
system. Of these 2.308 were white
and 378 colored.
City Supt. C. W. Davis reports
a strong enrollment of first grade
pupils at Central and Rosemary
Graded Schools today which leads
him to believe last years mark
will be passed.
Lack of rooms, especially in
Rosemary Graded Building makes
it necessary to put four rooms on
the half day plan. More build
ings will be necessary in the near
future if enrollments continue on
the upgrade.
The first general teachers meet
ing is called for this Friday after
noon.
There are 70 on the white school
staff and 8 colored teachers this
year. A complete list of the teach
ers is printed elsewhere in this is
sue.
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WOMANS
CLUB TO
MEET 12TH
Tho Womans Club will hold the
first meeting of the Club Year
on Monday afternoon, September
12, at the Womans Club building,
at 3 o’clock.
Mrs. Wade Dickens of Scotland
Neck will speak to the club. She
is chairman of the 14th District
and a very able speaker.
Members are urged to keep the
date in mind and show their in
terest in the club by attending the
first meeting.
GINSFIRST
BALEHERE
THIS YEAR
Kennie Collins again gains the
distinction of having the first cot
ton of the year ginned in Roaoke
Rapids.
I His first bale was ginned at
Duke Wade’s gin on Monday, Aug
ust 29th. Being the first, there
was no charge for the ginning.
Kennie then sold the bale to
Rosemary Maufacturing Co. where
he received the market price and a
premium totaling eight and three
quarters cents and was given an
extra five dollars for the first
bale of 1932 cotton bought by the
mill.
Mr. Wade says that for 14 years
Mr. Collins has been first at his
gin. This year, due to hot, dry
weather, he has set a record for
early cotton.