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VOLUME NINETEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 4th, 1933 NUMBER THREE
ELECTION DAY QUIET
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UP AND DOWN
Ghe Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
It’s still up and Down the Ave
nue, but this week it’s Reynolds in
stead of Roanoke.
Everything in Winston-Salem
seems to be Reynolds—the facto
ries, names of streets, buildings
and business firms, schools, church
es and what-nots! One original
firm changed its name to The
Camel City Laundry.
Most people say Winston—that
is, most of those we have talked
to. But then we’re s.taying^ over on
the Winston'side. A trip tonight tb
old Salem was interesting but a
little disappointing. We expected
to see strange people. They looked,
acted and talked like everybody
else; just shows how mistaken one
can be about something he knows
little or nothing about.
There is no more dividing line
here than there was between the
old Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary.
You can’t tell where one starts and
the other stops. In old Salem, we
saw the house where Geo. Wash
ington stayed. It is now a Colonial
tea room. Perhaps they will sell
beer there—as some historians say
George liked his.
We hope to pass by Reynolds to
morrow, just to say we’ve been
there. Of course, the public is not
permitted entrance. It is a private
home just like yours is. But curio
cruisers and souvenir-seekers would
soon make shambles of the erst
while Libby Holman abode.
The most impressive sight we’ve
seen is the Reynolds Building, 20
stories high, of pure white stone,
with a beautiful tower illuminated
nights and visible for miles. Ele
vators of lightening speed ease
quickly laloft; locals to the 10th
floor, express to the top floors.
Halls and corridors are of tile
floors with marble walls and ceil
ings. If there was any wood in
that building, it must have been
kindling in the basement.
Winston-Salem is hilly. Many of
the streets call for second gear.
Way off to the West you can see
the first high range of mountains.
Kinds made an old Ky. Mountain
eer homesick.
Short Shots: Business here seems
to be just fair to middling—with
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Late Legislation
Affecting Halifax
County Is Passed
(Special to THE HERALD)
Raleigh, May 3.—Representative
Taylor, of Halifax, introduced a
bill in the House of Representa
tives Wednesday which provides
“that itj shall be lawful for the
citizens of Brinkleyville township,
Halifax county, to fish with seins
in said township at any time dur
ing the year.” The bill was placed
on the calendar for early action.
The Senate Bill, 276, after some
three months, to allow fishing in
the Roanoke River between Weldon
and the power dam at Roanoke
Rapids, was finally ratified Wed
nesday.
The Bill, introduced in the Sen
ate earlier in the session, and in
the House again a week or more
ago, authorizing the commissioner
of banks to pay over certain funds
of the Scotland Neck Bank, held
by him for distribution to deposi
tors, was passed by the Senate
Wednesday and ordered enrolled
for ratification. It probably will be
ratified, thus becoming law, Thurs
day or Friday.
Game At Henderson
Saturday Decides
Eastern Champions
After their decisive 21 to 10 vic
tory over Snow Hill at Rocky
Mount Wednesday afternoon, in
which Henry Hardison and Wilton
Dickens got homers, the Yellow
Jackets meet Angier Hi School on
their home diamond at Henderson
Saturday afternoon for the Eastern
Carolina Class “B” baseball cham
pionship. Winners of this match
meet the Western champions next
week in Chapel Hill.
Batteries for Roanoke Rapids in
their game with Snow Hill were
Acree, Sullivan and Pridgen. For
Snow Hill, Shirley Sugg and
Heath.
If the Jackets win over Angier
Saturday, they will have won their
second consecutive Eastern Caroli
na championship. This years team
has suffered only two defeats, and
Have' scored eight wins over op
posing teams.
Enthusiasm over Saturday’s
game is running high in the city,
as it brings the prospect for state
championship to Roanoke Rapids.
It is said Coach Hoyle’s men are
in "fine shape.” Many fans will
probably accompany the Jax to
Henderson.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Whitting
ton and daughter, and Mrs. Alice
Ezelle spent the week-end in Dunn,
N. C.
Commissioners And
Mayor Re-Elected
Tuesday’s Election
Election day, Tuesday, May 2nd,
passed very quietly in Roanoke
Rapids. No great amount of enthu
siasm was shown, even with the
number of candidates in the race
against incumbents.
Mayor Kelly Jenkins, running for
a second term to succeed himself,
won with over a three to majority
over the total amount of votes cast
for his two opponents, J. L. Lang
ston and W. Newton Reid.
The official vote in the Mayor
alty race is as follows:
Kelly Jenkins: North Ward,
491, South Ward 500; Total 991.
J. L. Langston: North Ward 177,
South Ward 50; Total 227.
W. Newton Reid: North Ward
53, South Ward 20; Total 73.
Total votes cast for Mayor, 1291.
Frank C. Williams, commission
er from the North Ward had no op
position. Official count gave him
573 votes from the North Ward,
and 274 from the South Ward, or a
total of 847 votes.
Ned Manning, commissioner from
the South Ward won by a major
ity of 115 votes over his opponent,
J. F. May. General apathy char
acterized the voting in the South
Ward, as there was no apparent
effort to get out a large vote by
“hauling” or solicitation. Citizens
of the South Ward just “drifted” to
the polls quietly and cast a solid
vote for “Their Ned,” about whom
no man could say harm, piling up
over a 5 to 1 majority for Manning
in the South Ward vote. The board
remains the same.
Official vote by wards in the
Commissioners race for the South
Ward was:
E. B. Manning: North Ward
208, South Ward 494; Total 702.
J. F. May: North Ward 499,
South Ward 88; Total 587.
Total votes cast, 1289.
All candidates elected to succeed
themselves in Tuesday’s election
were first elected on the Demo
cratic ticket. Senate Bill 534, regu
lating municipal elections in Roa
noke Rapids, passed by the present
legislature, nullified and made use
less a Democratic primary or con
vention, and also did away with
majority rule and declared elected
any candidate receiving the high
est number of votes, tho it will be
readily seen that all of the above
candidates were elected by substan
tial majorities.
To become a candidate in the
last city election, all one had to do
was file his or her name ten days
before the general election with
the clerk of the city.
“Oochee” Acree and Paul Mat
thews spent Sunday in Greensboro.
Thirteen Nurses To
Graduate From R.R.
Hospital This Year
The Baccaleurate sermon for the
1933 Graduating Class of Roanoke
Rapids Hospital, numbering thir
teen Registered Nurses, will be de
livered at Roanoke Rapids Baptist
Church Sunday evening, May 7th,
by Rev. H. W. Baucom of Wake
Forest.
Graduating exercises for nurses
of the school will be at the Jun
ior High School Auditorium Thurs
day evening, May 11th, at 8:15.
Dr. B. Carter will deliver the ad
dress.
Thirteen young women will re
ceive diplomas or certificates from
Roanoke Rapids Hospital this year,
the following ten of whom have
received their course in its entire
ty from the local school:
Misses Annie M. Wiley, Hillton
ia, Ga.; Sara Ann Cameron, Roa
noke Rapids; Ella Thelma Holli
day, Scotland Neck; Olivia Mason,
Roanoke Rapids; Thelma Allen
Moore, Belton, S. C.; Mary Eliza
beth Parsons, Woodruff, S. C.;
Doris Geneva Sawyer, Whitaker;
Lois Anges Shearin, Macon; Hel
en Douglas Vincent, Roanoke Rap
ids; Elsie Wyche White, Roanoke
Rapids; while the following three
graduates affiliated from other
hospitals: Misses Estelle Gavin,
Warsaw; Annie O’Neal, Neuse;
Ann Selby, Englehard.
Northampton County |
Physician Dies In
Local Hospital Tues.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
for Dr, L. E. McDaniel, 53-year
old, beloved physician of Jackson,
at the Methodist Church in that
city, attended by multitudes of peo
ple from Halifax and Northampton
Counties.
The doctor, a one-time member
of the State Board of Health, died
at Roanoke Rapids Hospital Tues
day at 6:55 P. M., from a series of
complications. He was admitted as
a patient at the local hospital Tues
day morning.
Dr. McDaniel was a pioneer phy
sician of Northampton county, and
one of the best known and respect
ed citizens of the community in
which he lived, and gave a great
part of his life’s work to. The loss
of one of Jackson’s most dis
tinguished citizens will be keenly
felt, in that city. He had many fri
ends in Roanoke Rapids, was well
known with hospital attaches here,
where he brought many patients,
.and among the medical profession
in the city.
He is survived by his wife, a
son and three daughters.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Mahaffey and
children, of Burlington, were the
week-end guests of Mrs. Lizzie
Connor.
Big Street Parade
And Double Header
Game Saturday Aft.
Roanoke Rapids will be off to a
new season of baseball, with four
newly organized, well-trained, well
managed and enthusiastic teams,
members of a new City league,
starting with a street parade Sat
urday afternoon promptly at 1:30
o’clock, in which the city commis
sioners, mayor and league officials
will join. It is Roanoke Rapids
first venture into an organized
four-club league.
The local band will head the pa
rade and all ball players will be
clad ip their uniforms when the*
march starts at the lower end of
Roanoke Avenue in the North
Ward.
After Mayor Kelly Jenkins toss
es the first ball in Simmons Park,
the first game of a double-head
er will start when the Herald
“TABS” tackle the Vepco “KILO
SWATS,” at 2:15. The second game
scheduled for 4 o’clock, will be be
tween Roanoke and Patterson
Mills “TRUE WORTHS” and the
Rosemary Mfg. Co’s. “BASCOES.”
In spite of the fact that the
TABS line-up may be somewhat
crippled because many of its play
ers will be with the Yellow Jack
ets in Saturday afternoon’s game
at Henderson, the Coach is confi
dent of enough talent to make it
plenty interesting for the KILO
SWATS, and the second > game
should prove especially interest
ing.
Coaches for the four city league
clubs are: BASCOES, Russel Bird
song; KILO SWATS, Fletcher
Dickens; TRUE WORTHS, Henry
Love, and for the TABS, Wilbur
Outland.
City Gets First
Taste Of The New
“Three Point Two”
Roanoke Rapids was thirsty. All
day Sunday, glances were fondly
cast at the many signs up and down
the Avenue announcing that the
new 3.2 beer would be on sale
promptly after midnight, and at
exactly one minute past twelve,
it was a joyous crowd who wel
comed the new beverage, as one
of the first cards of the “New
Deal” to fall here.
Interest was stimulated all a
long the latter part of last week
by announcement that trucks of
beer . . . real BEER . . . had been
received by city dealers and would
be on sale at the legalized time
Monday, (Beer the First). Queries
of who would handle the new bev
erage were numerous, tho an an
xious citizenry was not kept wait
ing long for by Sunday, the sign
painter had added his touches, and
there wasn’t a doubt where the
new 3.2 could be bought after
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