Post Office Will Close Saturday Afternoons
Begins July 22nd;
Vest Says It Comes
As Economy Move
Postal service will be curtailed
in Roanoke Rapids beginning Sat
urday, July 22, when the post
office windows will close prompt
ly at noon, according to a state
ment given out by Postmastei
John L. Vest. Mr. Vest stated
that it will be necessary to sus
pend business on Satui’day after
noons in order to comply with the
economy program of the Post Of
fice Department which has issued
orders furloughing all employee
three days each month for the
next three months without allow
ing any authorization of expendi
tures to employ substitutes to I
cover over periods when regular
employes are furloughed.
Mr. Vest pointed out that it was
very disabreeable to be compelled
to take this course but stated
that when local industries inaugu
rate the two eight hour shifts foi
five days each week the necessity
for keeping open on Saturday
afternoons is lessened. He alsc
stated that for the past severa
months the larger offices all ovei
the country have been closing at
this time. The postmaster also
stated that carrier service will
also suffer a cui-tailment with lit
tle if any delivery being made on
Wednesday afternoons when all
business houses are closed. For
more than a year there has been
no carrier service on Saturday
afternoon.
Funeral Services
Monday For Infant
Funeral services were held Mon
day, July 10th, for little David
M. Wood, 7-months-old son of Mi\
and Mrs. Henry Wood who died
July 9th.
Services were conducted from
the home, in the Patterson Mill
section, with interment at Smith’s
Church Cemetery. The Rev. V. H.
Grantham officiated.
Miss Ophelia Chambliss and
Willie Rivers Moore spent Sunday
at Slagles Lake.
Miss Daisy Teele is spending
this week with Miss Blanche Drap
er at Potecasie.
Miss Nita Turner spent Tues
day in Weldon with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Turner.
The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Rosemary Baptist Church
held their regular meeting on Tues
day evening with Mrs. E. T. Blow
presiding. The topic was “Africa
Waiting for the Word.” There were
ten members present.
'Rotary Chief f
m
John Nelson, of Montreal, Can
ada, is the new president of the
Rotary International, being elected
at the annual convention, which was
held at Boston this year.
Question Ruling Of
Atty. General State
School Fund Audits
A recent ruling ot Attorney Gen
eral D. G. Brummitt that the State
Aud tor shall audit the State school
funds, rather than the Director of
Local Government, is questioned
by State officials, on the ground
that a new statute repeal,? an ald
er and conflicting one, when the
repeal is specifically stated.
The 1933 school law, section 21,
provides: “That the State School
Commission in cooperation with
the Director of Local Government
shall cause an audit of all school
funds—State, county and district
—and “the cost shall be prorated
and the law apply to 1932 -33. Fur
ther, it provides in Section 35
that “All public, public-local or
private laws and clauses of laws
in conflict with this act, to the
extent of such conflict only, are
hereby repealed.”
The view is expressed that since
the new law specifies the Direc
tor of Local Gqj&Srnment and re
peals conflicting laws, that the
statute which held that the State
Auditor audit the funds is repeal
ed. However, Mr. Brummitt has
held to the contrary, and his op
inions are supposed to stand un
less or until the State Supreme
Court rules on the point in ques
tion.
CARD OF THANKS
We are taking this method of
thanking our friends for every
deed of kindness and sympathy
shown us in the death of our wife
and mother, Mrs. T. J. Saintsing,
especially for the beautiful floral
designs and use of cars.
Mr. T. J. Saintsing and Family
i'm smoking
CAMELS NOW.
THEY TASTE
BETTER.
you SAID IT!
I GOT WISE TO
THAT YEARS
AGO.
Funeral Services
Tuesday Afternoon
For Mrs. Saintsing
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon, July 11th, for Mrs.
T. J. Saintsing, beloved wife and
mother, who died at her home on
Jackson Street, July 9th, at 7:30
just as the church bells were ring
ing, after an illness of several
years.
The large funeral attendance at
tested the high respect and deep
esteem which her neighbors and
friends held for her. The body of
Mrs. Saintsing was laid to rest
at Cederwood Cemetery and the
i city mourns the loss of one of its
most beloved citizens.
The funeral was conducted at
her home with Rev. Baucom, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church,
of which the deceased was an ard
ent member for 22 years.
Mrs. Saintsing was the wife of
T. J. Saintsing and is survived
by her husband, three daughters,
Pauline Saintsing of Roanoke
Rapids, Mrs. Betty Dodd, of Ral
eigh, Mrs. J. B. Hawkins, of Hope
well, Va., and one son, Earl Saint
sing, of Raleigh. The family has
made their home in Roanoke Rap
ids for the past 33 years.
Mrs. Saintsing was the daugh
ter of George and Betty Tucker of
Rocky Mount.
The pall-bearers were members
of the Roanoke Rapids Fire De
partment. Flower girls were Misses
Eloise Harris, Mavis Wheeler,
Magic Bright, Gaynelle Ethridge,
Dot Hux and Mary Jordon.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the nurses,
doctors and friends for their kind
ness during the Iilness and death
of my mother, Mrs. Gertie Harris.
Daughter and Husband.
Pleading guilty to petit larceny,
Albert Lucas of Buffalo, was sen
tenced to serve 20 Sundays in jail,
being free week days.
Mid-Summer Clearance of
WHITE SHOES
White Cloth
and Leather
SANDALS
Can Be Dyed
$1.48 to $3.98 Values
and SANDALS
Fri.-Sat. at LEGGETTS
You’re “On the Dot” With
A Pair of these Smart, New
SANDALS
New, popular “dots” and other dain
ty shades that will harmonize. Also
in Whites. Soles are of solid leather.
Cloth tops. Straps, with Cuban heels.
Quality that would sell for $1.98 at
any good store, but LEGGETT’S price
is only
$1.29 (
Leggett’s Week-End Sale of
CHILDREN’S SHOES
All styles included. Whites and patents.
Sturdy, substantial shoes you cannot dupli
cate on today’s rising markets. Per pair—
69c and 98c
Reductions On Every Remaining Pair of
WHITE
SHOES
for Men, Women and Children.
We’ve put final reductions on our
entire stock — to sell for—
$1.98
$2.98
10 PER CENT OFF ON
ALL BATHING SUITS
Men’s Women’s and Children’s Styles in All-Wool, and
Ladies Crepe Rubber Suits. Regardless of former
prices — NOW_
All Wool Suits from
$1.98 up
PER
CENT
OFF
Halifax County’s Shopping Center