Win Conference Game Today
HERTFORD
LOSES TO
JAX 33-0
Roanoke Rapids High Yellow
Jackets won their opening confer
ence game here today by trouncing
the Hertford High eleven 33-0 on
Simmons Field.
Butler Brown scored the locals
first touchdown in the first quart
er after a steady drive up to Hert
ford’s goal, by a line plunge, and
Gaylord bucked for the extra point.
Nethercutt tore off tackle for a
35 yard jaunt for the second tally,
and A. Davis recovered a fumble
on Hertford’s 3 yard line with Ed
mondson carrying over another
line plunge touchdown and also
the point.
Two of the touchdowns were
scored in the first period and at
the half the score was 20-0 for the
Jax favor.
Butler Brown got off one 70
yard run and Edmondson made
it a marker only to be called
back for the Jax holding.
With the ball carried back to
the twenty yard stripe Edmondson
hit the line for eight yards, and
Brown for five, then Brown scored
again on a 7 yard jaunt. J. D. Ed
wards put over the point.
The last score came when Simms
went around end for 10 yards. A
total of fourteen substitutes saw
action in the tilt.
The team clicked better against
Hertford than in previous games.
This was the locals third game of
the season.
The starting line-up:
Roa. Rapids Hertford
J. D. Edwards L. E. Hendricks
A. Davis __ L. T. Eure
Shell L. G. Thompson
S. Edwards C. Tucker
Byrd R. G. Lassiter
Ferrell R. T. Byrum
Gaylord R. E. Stallings
Acree Q. B. Jessup
Nethercutt L. H. B. Ainsley
Edmondson R. H. B. Britt
Brown F. B. Winslow
Referee: Fred Vaughan. Officials,
Hoggard-Vick.
Now Is The Time
To Buy Campaign
At the request of NRA head
quarters in Washington, mer
chants and other retailers of
Roanoke Rapids will launch
a “Buy Now” campaign start
dng next week.
This will follow the pro
ceedure to be followed by cities
all over the country in the
next step to the National Re
covery Administration plans to
bring better times.
With most of the codes in
operation 'and the consumers
made NRA conscious, the Buy
Now campaign is planned to
move merchandise at present
prices before price advances
which are due shortly.
Special wondow cards, stick
ers and window sheets have
been ordered and the local
NRA committee has requested
this paper to make its next
week’s issue a “Buy Now
Edition.” >
If you are away from home, re
ceiving a copy of the home town
paper is next to receiving a let
ter from home.
Much Improved
Team Buckles Down
For 18-6 Victory
Friday, the Yellow Jackets
stepped out and won their second
encounter of the season over
Rich Square by a 18-6 score.
The locals had a clean-cut vic
tory until the last minute of play
when Taylor, visiting halfback, in
tercepted a pass, scoring a touch
down on a 70-yard run.
Outweighed ten pounds to the
man, the Jax put up a stellar and
constant drive, outcharging the
burly line that lurked forward and
never let the visitors threaten on
their line plays, always meeting
the waiting arms of the Jax for
wards.
The game got under way at 4
o’clock and the fans witnessed the
first touchdown as Ollie Acree
passed to “Schnozzle” Edwards for
ten yards, with “Woodie” Garris
sweeping the end for the needed
15 yards to touchdown early in
the second quarter.
Garris tallied again in this quar
ter after the line functioned a
twenty-five yard drive, and the
last marker came in the third
period on another ten yard jaunt
by Garris.
The locals failed all extra points,
the visitors seemed to fight more
for the point margins than touch
downs. Although Rich Square
brought a heavy team here, not
much could be said for the block
ing and charging, especially on of
fensive work.
A number of substitutes saw ac
tion in the fray for the Jax and
few may surprise the varsity next
week.
Simms, Brown, Garris, Edmond
son and Acree did good work in
the backfield, and the linemen
shared honors together. The work
of Gaylord and Shell was out
standing.
The line-ups.
Roa. Rapids Rich Square
Gaylord R. E. Johnston
A. Davis R. T. Howard
Shell R. G. Grant
Coley C. Bolton
Byrd L. G. Bracy
Reynolds L. T. Odom
J. Edwards L. E. Delouche
Nethercutt Q. B. Main
Garris L. H. B. Taylor
McNeil R. H. B. Davis
Brown F. B. Autry
Fred Vaughan, Referee. Hardy
Dickens, officials.
JAX PLAY
NEXT WEEK
AT E CITY
The Roanoke Rapids High foot
ball team will take toth e road
for the first time this season
when they play Elizabeth City
there in a district conference Class
B tilt next week.
Elizabeth City is said to have
an outstanding club this year with
a forward wall that averages 170
pounds. They went to the finals ;n
the State race last year.
Sullivan Out.
George Sullivan, speedy half,
suffered a broken collar bone in
the Rich Square game and will
be out for the season.
Acree Is Back
Ollie Acree returned to active
scrimmage this week and saw ac
tion in the Rich Square game, tak
ing over Dicken’s place at quar
ter. Dickens is out after an opera
tion for appendicitis nad may not
be able to play this season. Acree
fills a hard job and showed up
well in last week’s game, despite
his bad leg.
Woodrow Garris is nursing a
bad knee from scrimmage injury
and Allen McNeill has the same
trouble.
Tackle Alton Davis showed lip
well in the last game. Gaylord and
Robert Davis have recovered from
minor hurts. End Winifred Pierce
was not as badly hurt as thought
and will be back in next week.
Garris Leading Scorer
Woodie Garris tops the Jax list
for scoring with 19 of the 25
points to his credit. Dickens scored
the other 6.
Reynolds, Davis, Byrd, Gaylord,
Shell, Goley and Edwards look
like varsity with McCommons,
Webb, Edwards, Wood, E. Davis,
Fernell, Mincher and Smith push
ing them scylol.e V- i
ing them closely.
B. Brown, Acree, Edmondson
and Garris form the best clicking
backfield with Simms, Outland,
McNeil and Brown not far away.
Total sales on the Henderson
ville curb market for the months
of July, August and September
amounted to more than'$12,000.00.
Good yields of Korean lespedeza
are reported in Alexander Coun
ty. One farmer reports he secured
254 bales of hay from less than
5 acres.
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FACING THE ENEMY
Deserted by the people, Jesus
for the first time in his public
work forsook Palestine and led
his wondering but still dutiful dis
ciples into the foreign cities of
Tyre and Sidon. The journey gave
him a chance to be alone with the
twelve; and it was, in a small way,
a repitition of his earlier triumphs.
He hated to leave these kindly
strangers. Much more he dreaded
the thought of another trip thru
Galilee. What a graveyard of high
hopes it was! Every road, every
street corner almost every house
and tree was alive with memories
of his success. Now he must pass
each one again, conscious that it
might be the last time, his heart
veighed down with the thought of
high purposes that had brought
no response, and sacrifices seem
ingly in vain. Small wonder that
he cried out against Chorazin and
Bethsaida and even his own loved
Capernaum, the cities for which he
had done so much. “Woe unto
you,” he cried in his loneliness,
“for if the mighty works which
were done in you had been done in
Tyre and Sidon they would have
repented long ago, in sackcloth
and ashes.”
... So the spring and summer
passed, and autumn came, bringing
the feast of tabernacles, which he
determined to celebrate in Jerusa
lem. It was a suicidal resolve. The
report of his dwindling influence
had been carried to the Temple
clique which was emboldened by
the information. There were spies
in every crowd that listened to
him. All this he knew but did not
weigh against his resolve. This
might be his last feast. He must
be true to his calling at whatever
cost. So he went.
We catch one glimpse of him on
the Temple steps, surrounded by
a party curious, partly antagon
istic crowd. It was his chance to
recapture a little of the popular
flavor, to speak a placating word
that might open the way to re
conciliation; but no such thought
entered his mind. The time for de
fiance had come. “I have offered
you the truth,” he cried, “the
truth that would make you free.”
And when they shouted that they
were sons of Abraham and hence
already free, he replied that they
were no children of Abraham, but
“children of the devil.”
They would have killed him then
and there, but their courage fail
ed. Give him rope and he would
tangle himself inextricably. Every
speech was alienating somebody.
When the time was ripe they would
seize him.
So they argued among them
selves, and he went back once
more into his Galilee.
ERMINE SINCE 1900
Thirty years ago, a woman had
to be either an heiress, a success
ful actress, or a “questionable
character” to be able to wear er
mine. It is still not the poor wo
man’s fur, but it is seen so fre
quently, and is purchaseable at
such moderate prices, that we of
the “middle classes’ can really
think of investing in them.
MEN!
YOU ARE INVITED
to examine the New
Woolens and Styles at our
FALL AND WINTER
TAILORING
DISPLAY
Wednesday — Thursday,
October 25th—26th
Mr. Nahm, representing SCHLOSS
BROS., will be at our store on the
above dates with a complete new
line, making it possible for you
to select a smart, new suit with
custom tailoring—at “ready made”
prices. Be sure and attend this
new display.
I
C. C. SMELL/ Manager.