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Superior Court Judge Is “Peeved” At Telephone Co. Judge Visiting In Greenville Thinks Rates Are Too High Greenville, June 1.—The wrath of a Superior court judge today descended upon the head of the Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co., and brought forth a charge of “daylight robbery” through exces sive long distance telephone charg es. The jurist is no other than Judge Henry A. Grady of Clinton, who is presiding over a two-week term of civil Superior court here, and who specifically directed his criti cism at the local office of the tele phone company. Judge Grady made two telephone calls to his home in Clinton during the week and there was such a vast difference between the charges that he decided to sit down and write his objections to the tele • phone office here. The first call which Judge Grady “swears” did not last over a minute, cost him 65 cents. The second call involving less time than the first taxed him 85 cents. “I have always loved to contri bute to eleemosynary and purely charitable organizations,” Judge Grady wrote, “but at the same time ! .1 do strenuously object to being held up and robbed in broad day light.” The letter in detail follows: “Last Monday, during the day time, I called No. 49 at Clinton, N. from No. 405 here in Green ville and talking with Mrs. Grady Honor Mayor Vivian Graham, favorite grand daughter of the late Mayor An ton J. Cermak, of Chicago, plant ing an “Anton Cermak” rosebush in the garden adjoining the Horti cultural Building at A Century of Progress. ■tot mire than one minute. The op erator charged me 65 cents, which I paid to Mrs. Annie Quinerly, the owner of No. 405. “Last night at 10:30, I called No. 19, Clinton, and talked with my wife less than one minute. Your operator charged me 85 cents. I can swear that I did not use the phone last night as long as I did last Monday in the daytime.” “I have not paid Mrs. Quinerly for last night’s message, but to the contrary, I am enclosing my per sonal check for that amount, 85 cents. I am doing this in order that 1 may preserve the cancelled check as a memorial of my visit to Greenville, and in order that I may show it to my children and grandchildren as evidence of your kindness and hospitality to me vvhile I was holding court here in your beautiful city. “Being of Irish ancestry, I am naturally generous, and I have al ways loved to contribute to elee mosypary and purely charitable or ganizations: but, at the same time I do strenuously object to being robbed in broad daylight. I am sending a copy of this letter to the N. C. Corporation Commission so it may show the extremely low charges that you are making to visitors. It may be helpful later as evidence of the poverty of our public service cor porations here in North Carolina, who are unable to pay taxes in proportion to what other people pay and was able to keep a hired lobby at the State Capital during the entire session of the General Assembly. The common people, who pay axes, whose property is tangible, visible, and therefore not hide able, will some day wake up and take what belongs to them.” Miss Mary Patterson, who has been attending school in Washing ton, D. C., returned home this eek-end for the summer. CAMEEAGMAPH Reading Time : 3 minutes, 10 seconds A SEXTET OF YOUNG HE ROES: Six orphan boys who averted wreck of Jersey City express carrying 500 passengers, being thanked by Flagman John Rogers. The lads saw part of the track washed away by a cloudburst, ran down the track and flagged the engineer Just in time. fe MAX GIVES JACK A J HAND: Jack Demp. ” aey, former heavy (weight champion in his new role of pro moter, climbs into ring at Oak Ridge, N. J., where Max Schme. ling is training for battle with Max Baer s. of California. y\ ».*w i A SMART CONTRAST: Lovely biana Wynyard, of film fame, in larresting black and white en fcemble does her bit to maintain motion picture colony’s fashion reputation. SPRING IS HERE: Jeannie Lang and Tom Howard, stars of the Best Foods “Musical Grocery Store" pro. gram, heard every Friday night over an N.B.C. network, prove it on the golf course. Tom has Just asked Jeannie for a “Number 4 iron." Looks like she thinks his trousers need pressing. NO MONEY FOR TOYS has been the rule enforced by the depression in thousands of homes. A cereal manufacturer Has come to the rescue by making his container a play* package with soldiers and circus figures printed in bright colors all ready for the youngsters to cut out. In the above picture a little lad from New York’s East Side is busily playing with the new cut-out figures. _ __ ' HERRIOT BIOS GOODBYE TO PRESIDENT. Edouard Harriot, France's envoy to important eeo. nomie conference recently held in Washington, bide hie preeidential host and hostess goodbye a* ha leavea far New York an route for homd. 1 THELMA J. T. Benn and family spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Crews. J. O. Wood, of Roanoke Rapids, spent Sunday here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wood. Mrs. Louis Pough was called home last week on account of the illness of her daughter. Miss Edna Stillman left Friday of last week for her home in Crestville, N. C., for the summer. Mrs. Harry House, Misses Edna Stillman and Maude Shaw were in Roanoke Rapids shopping last Thursday. Mr and Mrs. A. C. House, of Weldon, visited relatives here Sun day. Mrs. Annie Isles spent several days the past week in Wise and Richmond, Va. Misses Price and Lena Hamill spent Friday in Roanoke Rapids, shopping. Mrs. M. H. Allen visited rela tives in Roanoke Rapids this week. DEPT. MEETING The Civics Department of the Woman’s Club held the last meet ing of the year at the home of the chairman, Mrs. W- F. Joyner. The meeting opened with the collect and motto and after routine mat ters were disposed of, Miss Annie Cherry gave an interesting re sume of measures passed by the last legislature. The hostess serv ed an ice course at the close of the afternoon to the following: Miss Annie Cherry, Mesdames Brenner, Heydenrich, Allsbrook, Pitt, China, Thompson and Bynum, j Mrs. Charlie Miller and son of Wilson, visited Mrs. V. C. Daugh try, last week. NOTICE RECEIVER’S SALE HUNT’S 5c TO $1.00 STORES Pursuant to an order of the Superior Court of Wilson County made in the matter of Hunt’s 5c to $1.00 Stores, Inc., Wilson, N. C., a receivership, the undersigned re ceiver will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, at the time and places hereinafter desig nated, subject to immediate confir mation by the Court, the following described property: (1) Upon the store premises at Wilson, N. C., 11:00 A. M., Tues day, June 6, 1933, customary mer chandise usually carried by Five Cents to One Dollar stores, retail value $3,295.89, fixtures with an estimated value of $4,000.00. Also certain fixtures removed from Clinton to Wilson with an esti mated value of $1,500.00 (2) Upon the store premises at Tarboro, N. C., 2:30 P. M. Tuesday, June 6, 1933, customary merchan dise usually carried by Five Cents to One Dollar stores, retail value $1,166.32, fixtures with an esti mated value of $1,696.32. (3) Upon the store premises at Roanoke Rapids, N. C., 11:30 A. M., Wednesday, June 7,1933, cus tomary merchandise usually car I'ied by Five Cents to One Dollar stores, retail value $1,986.57, fix tures with an estimated value of $2,500.00. A deposit of twenty percent will be required at the time of sale. Inventory may be inspected at the office of the receiver in Wilson, North Carolina. This May 25, 1933. CHARLES B. McLEAN, Receiver. W. A. Lucas and David Isear, Attorneys for Receiver. lt-6-1 UTSTANDING FEATURES • ELECTRO-SEALED UNIT— safe for life against dirt, dust, moisture, and abuse; Trouble-free. •"ISOLATOR" WALLS that isolate food compartment from kitchen heat. • "STAY-KOLD "DEFROSTER maintains refrigeration during defrosting. • See these and many other important features. Come in today. Easy Terms; SHELL FURN. CO., Inc. Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
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