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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUMN EIGHTEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 23rd, 1933 NUMBER FORTY-NINE
UP AND DOWN
t?he Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR i
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Purdy
asked us to thank the boys of the
Fire Department for saving their
home Tuesday night. They say it
was only the splendid work of the
fire-fighters that kept the fire
from sweeping everything they had.
We are glad to pass this on to
the boys.
And the editor wishes to do a
little thanking of his own. This to
his own force which pitched in dur
ing his absence of the last three
weeks and ran the business even
better than when he is here. The
boys and girls who work for us
showed real loyalty and interest in
the way they have worked on their
own these past weeks. Especially
does the editor thank Jack DeVane,
the foreman, and Howard Hancock,
the advertising manager, for their
splendid cooperation.
Miss Pauline Brewer has been
seleced by the Woman’s Club to
represent Roanoke Rapids in the
East Carolina Chamber of Com
merce beauty and membership con
test now under way. The contest
lasts three weeks. Miss Brewer is
busy getting individual member
ships at one dollar per year. The
winner is based on number per
population, with awards made at
a banquet and dance at Scotland
Neck to which all members will be
invited.
Any inconvenience we may suffer
now because of our streets and
alleys being tom up in the instal
lation of water and sewer pipes
will soon be a thing of the past.
It will all be forgotten in the future
with the pleasure and convenience
of having a modern water and sew
age system.
Now, if by some miracle, the
Paper mill could be started back
to work, we could look at 1933 as
being a year of New Deals par ex
cellent.
And speaking of new deals, we
have been so busy with other things
we have not yet told the world, I
told you so, in regard to F. D. R.
(Continued on back page)
WOODEN ‘EYE-SORES’ I
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Flames Destroy Row
Of Frame Buildings
Late Tuesday Night
Two “fire traps” were complete
ly destroyed by fire Tuesday night,
and the flames spread and burn
ed down the garage of R. B. Purdy
in a stiff blaze which local fire
men fought practically all night.
Fire of unknown origin broke out
between eleven and twelve o’clock
and completely destroyed the two
story frame dwelling at the cor
ner of Hamilton Street and Tenth
Avenue, later spreading to the
two-story frame store-room and
dwelling back of the residence,
facing Tenth Avenue.
Shortly after midnight it was
thot the flames were completely
under control, tho local firemen
were valiant in their efforts to
save surrounding property.
The two buildings destroyed were
among the oldest in the city, and
were not of fire-proof construction.
The first was almost completely en
veloped in flames when discovered,
and it seemed impossible, or for
that matter, “useless,” to save
either of them, tho firemen worked
to keep the flames from spreading.
£>o tar as could be learned, the
buildings were the property of W.
P. Horner. The Purdy residence
was in close proximity to the frame
buildings, and it took long, hard
work on the part of the firemen
to save the building. Loss of the
garage could not be avoided, it ap
pears, tho Mr. Purdy’s property
was unhurt other than that.
Negro Dies From
Drinking Poison
Liquor Saturday
The body of Jim Peterson, 25
year-old colored man was found at
the home of Robert Ash, who lives
on the farm of Dr. W. E. Murphy
near “Hornertown” about seven o’
clock Saturday night. Coroner
Billy Williams was called and found
no evidence of foul play and deem
ed a formal inquest unnecessary.
Death was probably due either to
poison liquor, or to acute indiges
tion.
We May Lose
Two Daily Trains
| Directs Play
Mrs. Sdioto McAdow Herndon, who
will direct the play “Ghost House”
being sponsored by the local fire
department.
Peterson, it seems, had been
working for a local construction
company. It was Saturday after
noon and he was on his usual
“spree” when he became too intox
icated for friends to handle. After
eating several sandwiches in a
downtown cafe, his companion, Jim
Ash, "walked” him out of town to
a spot back of Roanoke Mills Co.
No. 2 plant and tried to sober him.
Upon being unable to do this, Pet
erson’s two Negro companions en
listed the aid of a white man and
took him to the home of Robert
Ash.
Upon reaching the Ash home on
the Murphy farm, the colored man
was put to bed. Later when friends
attempted to arouse him, he was
found dead. It was not discovered
where he got the liquor he was
drinking.
Roanoke Rapids may lose two
trains a day if the State Corpora
tion of Virginia answers the plea
of the receivers of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway.
They ask that No. 14 and No.
15 be discontinued. All complaints
against such change must be made
to the Corporation Commission in
Richmond on or before April 15th.
Such complaints will be filed by
the Kiwanis Club and other organi
zations showing how passenger,
express and mail service will be im
paired if this action is taken. Other
towns along the Seaboard will also
me complaints.
Individuals wishing to make com
plaint against the change should
write to The State Corporation
Commission of Virginia, Richmond,
Va.
No. 14 is the Northbound passen
ger train which arrives in Roanoke
Rapids at 3:58 p. m., and No. 15
is the Southbound which arrives
here at 11:18 p. m.
Father Of H. S. Loy
Dies In Burlington
J. A. Loy, pioneer resident of
Burlington, N. C., and father of
H. S. and Robert S. Loy of this
city, came to his death at the
family home Monday evening after
an illness of several days.
Altho not at his bedside at the
time of his death, both of his sons
spent the day with the sick man
the previous Sunday. Upon being
notified of their father’s death they
went to Burlington, and attended
funeral services there Wednesday.
Mr. Loy was a member of the
Presbyterian Church of Burlington,
was an ardent church worker and
well-known in the community. He
survived his wife by only nine
months. Besides his two sons in
this city, he is survived by two
daughters and four sons.
Kitchens Funeral
Thur. Afternoon
Funeral services were held this
afternoon, March 23rd, for Frank
M. Kitchens, conducted by the
Masonic lodge with Reverend V. H.
Grantham in charge of the services.
Mr. Kitchens who had suffered ill
health for many years, died at his
home on Jackson Street Tuesday
afternoon at 6 o’clock, the result
of a self-inflicted bullet wound in
his head two hours previous. He is
a former over-seer for Roanoke
Mills Company.
Besides his wife, he is survived
by one son, Cyrus Kitchens, who is
in the service of the U. S. Marines
and was unable to attend funeral
services, and one step-son, William
Gaylord.
Mr. Kitchens was well-known and
respected by all in the community
who knew him. His death came as
a shock to many friends here, who
grieve his untimely passing, and
who know that ill health and un
bearable physical pain brought a
bout his death.
Mill Employee Is
Found Dead In Bed
J. R. Ricks, aged 51, employee of
Rosemary Manufacturing Co., was
found dead in his bed at his home
at 1005 Franklin St. when members
of his household entered his room
to awaken him, preparatory to his
going to work in a local mill at
about 5 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
March 21st.
■Mr. kicks was well-known in the
community. He had worked the
night before at the mill, and seem
ed to be in a normal condition upon
retiring, tho he had suffered with
heart trouble for some time. Phy
sicians gave coronary thrombosis
as the cause of his death.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon, with inter
ment at Hebron Church in Virginia.
He is survived by his wife and sev
eral children.
And so the world of business
‘'clicks” along. To one man a sale
. . . to the other a purchase . . .
wheel turning wheel . . . cog mov
ing cog. Prosperity is born of
countless transactions, each involv
ing on the one hand the ability to
sell and deliver ... on the other
the capacity to buy and use.
SEE INSIDE FOR OTHER IMPORTANT STORIES
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EMPORIA WRECK FATAL TO SECRETARY OF FRANK HANCOCK
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