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Carolina’s Only TABloid NEWSpaper The Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME EIGHTEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13th. 1932. NUMBER TWENTY-SIX. ROANOKt RAPIDS SANITARY DISTRICT R. F.C. TO ADVANCE $365,000 UP AND DOWN Che Avenue WITH THE EDITOR For Police—North Ward, Dial R 355; South Ward, R 356. The High School Parent-Teach ers Association will meet at the High School at 3:30 p. m„ Thurs day, October 20. The third Literary Digest poll, showing a total of more than two million voters tabulated, gives Roosevelt a lead of more than a quarter million over Hoover. 31 States are listed of which Roose velt is leading in 22. North Caro lina has not yet been shown. If the straw vote gives a true index of popular political thought and memory, Mr. Hoover will be the most “forgotten” man of them all. Halifax County will receive $1500 in the first allotment of re lief funds from the Federal gov ernment to be met with local funds. Winfield Crewe has been ap pointed county finance director of the Roosevelt-Garner club. There was some question as to the age of Raymond Johnson, mem ber of the Roanoke Rapids High School squad. Messrs Davis and Reid met with the Conference of ficials yesterday and the matter was straightened out satisfactor ily. Roanoke Rapids will not for feit any games or lose its Confer ence standing. • FORMER PASTOR COMING The Reverend J. T. Draper of Garysburg will preach at the First Methodist Church here Sunday night at 7:30. Mr. Draper was pas tor of the local church many years ago, before the present church was built and Roanoke Ra pids was part of a circuit. His for mer friends are especially urged to be present Sunday evening. Local Boys Star On Carolina Frosh ■Jimmie Womble and Cecil Pen dleton are shining on the Carolina Freshman team. The Freshmen scrimmaged the varsity reserves last week. Womble intercepted a pass and trotted 45 yards for a 6 to 6 tie. Craharn Shell and “Pig” Speight are running on the third team. They play Campbell college Sat urday at the Hill and some of the lccal boys may see action. There are KG canciidates for the team. J.C. 15. EHRINGHAUS John Christopher Blucher Eh ringhaus, next Governor of North Carolina. Mr. Ehringhaus, Demo cratic nominee, has been ill but is now up again stumping the state for the Reoseveit-Garner ticket. Young Democrats of Halifax and Northampton Counties have asked that he be here for the Bi-County rally the last of this month. The State Executive Committee has not been able to place speakers here yet but promise a definite report tomorrow. The Halifax County Women’s Missionary Society will meet with Rosemary Baptist Church Tues day, Oct. 18 The morning session will open at 10:30 o’clock and all members and friends of the Church are invited and urged to attend. W. H. S. BURGWYN Mr. Burgwyn, prominent attor ney of Woodland, Northampton County, who was appointed Demo cratic nominee for the office of Solicitor of this judicial district to succeed Judge R. Hunt Parker. Mr. Burgwyn was nominated State Senator from Northampton County at the last primary and resigned to accept the new nomination ten dered him by the district judicial committee. WOMAN BURNED Mrs. J. H. Harrison was badly burned yesterday morning at Cale donia State Farm and is in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital today in a very critical condition. Mrs. Harrison, wife of one of the Farm superintendents,, arose at 5 o’clock yesterday morning to prepare breakfast. She started a fire and poured some oil on the fire to speed it up. The oil can exploded and Mrs. Harrison's clothing caught fire. She was terribly burned on the body from head to foot. Her hus band and several children were aroused by her screams and the flames were finally extinguished. The house had caught fire in the meantime and burned to the ground destroying all contents. Money Is Ready The first loan in the State of North Carolina by the Re construction Finance Corporation under the new loan fea tures of the last act was made yesterday to the Roanoke Ra pids Sanitary District. The District will receive So6- ,000 as needed to install water and sewerage. The R. F. C. has agreed to take the District bonds at par value. Advertise for Bids Under the terms of the agreement, the Sanitary Board will advertise for bids on the work. This will take MO days. Now that Roanoke Rapids has the cash, the bids will be much less than those handed in before when contractors would be compelled to take the bonds in lieu of cash. By the first of December, the awards will have been made. It is possible preliminary work on the entire system will he un I uer way sometime the first of that month. Credit For The Job Hundreds of Roanoke Rapids citizens deserve credit for the final steps which have led to the present status, but spec, ial mention should be made of the Board members who have been working steadily for the past year on the project. They are A. J. Young, chairman, Hugh D. Camp and J. W. Taylor. Assisting the Board directly have been W. L. Manning, President of Rosemary Mfg. Co., J. R. Allsbrook, attorney, Mayor Kelly Jenkins, and J. T. Chase, Vice President of VEPCO. All the above are members of the Kiwanis Club, which has been actively interested the project. Congressman Kerr Big Aid Much of the credit is due to the interest of Congressman John Kerr who took the Board and others before the Recon struction Finance Corporation, introduced them to Chairman Jesse H. Jones and kept the matter constantly before the va rious R. F. C. departmens. News Received With Joy The first news came over the radio last night in Wash ington news flashes. It was confirmed by the morning pa pers. Joy reigned over the city as the news spread. It means more work for our unemployed, more business for our merchants and a cleaner, healthier city for us all. It has been a long, hard pull. The national depression has made it impossible to sell the bonds at par as required by law. It began to appear as if the Roanoke Rapids Herald had promised too much two years ago and ever since. But it s all over now—that is, the hard part. The last of 1932 will see the work started. It should be completed in 1933. Mills Plan Installations The local textile mills plan installation of water and sewer in the mill houses just as soon as the system is com pleted. That means future work for carpenters and plumbers. Private citizens will begin to plan for the same in 1933 and 1934. Those who have been delaying building plans can now go ahead. We may be slowed down but you can t hold us down. Our slogan is still “KEEP BUILDING.” (Complete Story On Inside Page)
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