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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME NINETEEN_ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 5th, 1934 NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
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UP AND DOWN
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WITH THE EDIYOR
Miss Evelyn Carroll is recover
ing from an operation at the
local hospital.
Mrs. Brown Thompson is re
ported ill at the Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital.
The Mayor has ordered the po
lice to fulfill the law after this
final warning concerning the pay
ment of dog tax licenses which
have been past due since last
July. If you have, not bought your
dog tag, better do so at once as
this is the last chance, according
to the police.
Parking in front of the fire
plugs in Roanoke Rapids or any
other North Carolina city is
not a city ordinance; it is a vio
lation of the State law to do
so and the Mayor and police
wish this to be brought to the
attention of motorists for the
seenth time. The excuse often
is that there is no parking
space elsewhere. But that is
the very time when this space
must be left open in ease of fire.
The police dept, has been very
lenient in the past but the time
has come when somebody will
be pulled and fined. So don’t
say you haven’t been warned
aplenty.
The same thing applies to the
space in front of the theatres.
This, also, must be left free in
case of fire. Otherwise, a crowd
streaming from the. building
would find itself jammed up by
parked cars when the entire
street should be, left open for the
overflow rush. You would not
want your car parked there in a
case like that, would yod?
Of course, it is very gratify
ing to have so much traffic
that parking space is at a
premium, but we still have plen
ty of room on the side streets
and, if it is not raining, the
walk of a block or less, will not
do a great deal of harm. More
and more folks are coming to
Roanoke Rapids to do their shop
ping and go to the theatres and
we welcome them 'all. Please
don’t worry about the parking
problem for some way will be
devised to handle it when it be
comes a real problem hefe.
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The above is the famous A Cappella Choir of High Point College, which will appear in sacred
concert at the Methodist Church at their regular morning service, Sunday, April the 8th. This is a
mixed choir of forty-two voices, and is directed by M iss Margaret Sloan, head of the Music Department
of the High Point institution.
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AVENUE CONTRACT
SEEKING
AVENUE
PERMIT
Would Operate Bus Line From
Roanoke Rapids To Halifax
via Weldon
An application for a franchise
certificate to operate a bus line
between Roanoke Rapids, Weldon
and Halifax has been filed with
the N. C. Utilities Commission by
Wilbur F. Menke, of Weldon.
In the application, Mr. Menke
asks permission to operate the
line over Routes Nos. 40A, 158
and 301. This would include all of
Roanoke. Avenue and to South
Rosemary, thence 158 to Weldon
and 301 to Halifax.
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Boston Chain Store
Moves Across Street
The Boston Chain Store this
week moved across the street from
the former location in the Marks
Building to the Robinson Building
next to the Peoples Theatre.
The new building has been re
modeled and new fixtures have
been built for the store. Mr.
Greenburg, the proprietor, is con
fident that he will do a big busi
ness at the new location and he
and Mr. Walter Kee, the store
manager, ask their customers to
visit the new store and see the
new stock of merchandise now on
display.
City Clerk A. L. Clark, who
has been at Duke Hospital for
treatment for the past ten days,
returned home Tuesday and as
sumd his duties feeling much
better.
SET IN
APRIL 10
LETTING
30 Feet Wide, 1.4 Miles Long,
Improvement To Main
Thorofare
Probably between $1,000,000
and $1,200,000 will be expended
on the 32 road projects which the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission have prepared and
sent to the Bureau of Public
Roads, Washington, for approval,
and, if approved, or all that are
approved, will be included in the
letting to be held April 10.
Two Halifax County projects
are in the list. One is a 30-foot
crusher run stone base and two
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FIRES 3
TIMES AT
BURGLAR
Accomplice Flees After Pal
Is Fired On By City
Policeman Fitts
One store breaker miracul
ously escaped death under the
intense fire of patrolman Coll
ing Fitts, and an early morning
store robbery attempt was brok
en up by the prompt action of
the patrolman here Thursday
morning when a thief was found
trying to enter the Roanoke
Hardware Company in the South
business section.
Fitts fired three times “shoot
ing from his hip” as he took it on
the run in pursuit of the, law vio
lator, who was known to have an
accomplice, tho’ the second man
made a successful get-away with
out being seen.
The lone bandit tried to pry
open the front door of the hard
ware store, after an unsuccessful
attempt to enter he back door.
Evidence disclosed the back door
had been tampered with, but the
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FALLS IN
OLD WELL
Baby Has Miraculous Escape
From Death By Drowning
Wednesday
Little William Davie Porch, 2
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ver
nard Porch, of 201 Jefferson St.
had a miraculous escape from
death by drowning when he fell
into a 16-ft. well near his home
Wednesday morning.
The child was playing in the
yard with his brother at the near
by home of W. L. Moody, who lives
at 139 Jefferson. There was an
old, abandoned water well, of the
hand dug type, underneath the
back-porch at the, Moody home.
The boy ran under the porch, and
in walking across the well, which
had been boarded up with heavy
timber, but which evidently
rotted, fell through.
His 4-year old brother, Charles,
Jr., saw the smaller boy fall into
the well, and ran screaming to his
mother who summoned help im
mediately. Walter Allen, local
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