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VOLUME NINETEEN_ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9th, 1933 NUMBER THIRTY
UP AND DOWN
Ghe Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
All Roanoke Rapids banks will
be closed all day Armistice Day,
Saturday, November ltth. They
will remain open until 4 p. m. Fri
day, November 10th.
Deputy sheriff G. F. Gray,
left Roanoke Rapids Tuesday
night for Los Angeles, Oal.,
to bring back E. A. Matthews,
Who is being held there on an
embezzlement charge from
Halifax County. The county
commissioners Monday author
ized the expense of the trip
which is to be paid back by
the State after Matthews’ de
livery withiin the State. The
officer and his prisoner will
probably arrive back here the
latter part of next week.
No parking signs have been put
on all fire plugs in the city. The
signs give the distance which cars
must park from the plugs. In some
cases, it is ten feet and in others
fifteen. The police have been or
dered by the Mayor to enforce the
parking rule, giving a courtesy
tag for first offense and a sum
mons for the second.
The annual Red
Cross Roll Call
will start in Roa
noke Rapids on
Armistice -Day,
Saturday, Nov.
11th. Member
ships are one dol
lar per year.
Join up and wear the Ked Cross
button, showing you have done
your part.
A news flash in last nights
paper quoted a Wilmington preach
er as saying that the next step
would be to force the legislature
to repeal the 3.2 beer law. He said
a legislature would be sent to
Raleigh for that purpose. Is there
no satisfying some peopole?
R. C. Hodges, of Northamp
ton County brought a cotton
bloom to the office of The
Herald last Friday. We are at
a loss as to whether to call it
the last bloom of the 1933 crop
or the first bloom of the 1934
crop.
The following from Roanoke
Rapids took part in a musical at
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Halifax For Repeal
BIG CITY
LEAD FOR
REPEALER
Roanoke Rapids Gives Large
Majority With No Work
By Repealers
Halifax County, led by Roanoke
Rapids, gave one of the largest
repeal majorities in the State, and
was one of thirteen counties in
the Slate to go for repeal in Tues
day's election.
The Roanoke Rapids vote was
1,049 for repeal and 435 against
repeal, a five to two x’atio, which
was exceedingly good from the
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CITY ON
THE AIR
SATURD’Y
Roanoke Rapids was on the air
for one half hour last Saturday
from 6:30 to 7 p. m., over station
WPTF at Raleigh.
Julian R. 'Allsbrook, Roanoke
Rapids attorney, spoke for 10 min
utes, telling the world of the his
tory, pi-esent advantages and fu
ture of Roanoke Rapids. This was
Mr. Allsbrook’s first broadcast and
his voice came in over the air in
splendid style.
For 20 minutes, the Rosemary
Concert Band, under the direction
of J. Saunders of this city, enter
tained radio listeners with four
concert selections. The band has
broadcast several times and has
a host of radio fans in this State
and Virginia. Mrs. Barnes of this
city sang a solo, accompanied by
the band.
ORDER TO
CLOSE SUN.
In an effort to calm down
things around the city somewhat,
the City Board of Commissioners
Monday passed an ordinance clos
ing all places of business in the
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Turn Again To Tomb of Unknown Soldier
November
.Eleventh
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Armistice Day - - 1933
KIWANIS
MINSTREL
DEC.8TH
The 4th annual Kiwanis Club
Minstrel will be staged in Roanoke
Rapids on Friday night, Decem
ber 8th.
A contract was signed today
with the John B. Rogers Produc
ing Co., of Fostoria, Ohio, for their
biggest show, “Minstrel Fashion
Plates.”
This will be the fourth Minstrel
in four years staged by the local
Kiwanis Club and from advance
reports will exceed the others in
flash, color, costumes, scenery and
entertainment.
Rehearsals will begin the last
week in this month with more than
fifty persons in the cast.
FINDING
COST OF
FIREDPT.
Among other matters, the City
Board Monday discussed the pur
chase of a fire truck and the
building of a fire station. The Fire
Committee was instructed to in
vestigate the matter of prices and
terms of purchasing a truck and
report next month.
Mayor Jenkins -.and Commis
sioner F. C. Williams were ap
pointed a committee to investigate
the matter of trading delinquent
taxes to some property owner for
vacant lots for a site for a cen
trally located fire department.
The government is willing to ad
vance building funds under the
public works program.
HAD BEEN
DEAD FOR
SOMETIME
K. H. Barrow, Local Engineer,
To Be Buried In Louisana
Home
K. H. Barrow, Roanoke Rapids
civil engineer and contractor for
the past ten years, was found dead
in his office in the Kidd Building
yesterday morning.
He had been dead for many
hours, Coroner Williams setting
the possible time of death at be
tween 6 and 10 p. m. Tuesday.
F. G. Floyd, who worked with
Mr. Barrow in his engineering
work, discovered the body at 9:30
Wednesday morning when he came
to the office.
Mr. Barrow was sitting in x
chair near the door, partially clad.
The last time he was seen by Mr.
Floyd was Tuesday morning at
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MAY GET
AVENUE
PAVED
A busy and profitable session of
the City Council was held Monday
when the City Fathers met in
monthly conclave and spent the
afternoon on city problems.
It would seem that Roanoke
Rapids does have a good chance
to get the Avenue paved. C. F.
Lewis, of the engineering firm of
Spoon & Lewis, appeared before
the Board and told of a conversa
tion with Mr. Jeffress, chairman
of the State Highway Commission,
regarding paving Roanoke Avenue.
Mr. Lewis said Mr. Jeffress ap
peared willing to pave a thirty
foot strip down the middle of the
Avenue but that the city would
have to put in the balance from
curb to curb, with curb, gutter and
storm drain.
After discussing the matter
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RED CROSS
ROLL CALL
The annual Red Cross roll call
for members starts in Roanoke
Rapids on Saturday, Nov. 11th,
and will continue until every man
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