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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME NINETEEN_ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 19th, 19j4 NUMBER ONE
■ FROM WELDON
A.C.L. TRACKS
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Name Election Officers
UP AND DOWN
Che Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
A headline and news story ap
pearing on the front page of last
week’s Herald was to the effect
that Emmett Matthews, Jr., was
hit by E. A. Murray on the Ave
nue while young Matthews was
riding his bicycle. Mr. Murray ex
plains that his car was at a com
plete stand-still, as he was waiting
to turn the corner at the intersec
tion of he Avenue and Sixth
Streets, when the boy ran into the
side of his sedan.
A Herald representative visited
the scene of the accident and it
seems perfectly clear that the boy
ran into he car, and hat Mr. Mur
ray did not hit him as his car
wasn’t even in motion. We are
glad to make this correction. The
Matthews boy’s injuries were not
serious, tho’ he was taken to the
hospital for examination.
Miss Vertie Jones, of Weldon
is recovering from an accident
in which she suffered severe
fecial injuries, minor bruises
and abrasions. Her injuries were
not sufficient for her to go to
the hospital.
Spurred to action by the attack
by a pack of hounds here last
week on a nine-year old school
boy, city councilmen passed a
resolution making it necessary to
have dogs innoculated if they are
allowed to run at large. Full text
of the resolution will be found on
an inside page.
It is reported with outhenti- I
city that in Rocky Mount last
year, over 1,000 dogs were killed
by city authorities. Many of the
dogs were said to have rabies.
A number of men have been
seen making a survey on the Ave
nue this week. It is presumed they
are obtaining data for new bids
on the Avenue paving project.
The ground is being cleared,
and construction work will start
within a few days on 'a two
story 50xl40-ft. brick building
nextdoor to Smith’s Service Sta
tion in the South business sec
tion of the city. It is being
built by J. C. Smith, enterpris
ing business man, and extensive
property owner of this city. It
is understood Mr. Smith has al
ready secured a lease for the
occupants.
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OFFICIALS
FOR JUNE
PRIMARY
Those In Charge Of Polls
Appointed By County
Election Board Sat.
Precinct election officers for
the coming June primary were
appointed by the Halifax Coun
ty Election Board Saturday af
ternoon after a four hour ses
sion at the court house.
The newly appointed County
Election Board is composed of
Wm. Bellamy, Scotland Neck,
chairman, Joe Wollett, Littleton,
and Dana Dickens, Darlington.
This Board was appointed at Ral
eigh by the State Election Board
with Messrs Bellamy and Wollett,
recommended by Dr. T. W. M.
Long, chairman of the county
Democratic Executive Committee,
and a majority of the committee.
This County Election Board ac
cepted a list of recommendations
for the precinct election officers
from Dr. Long, in his capacity as
County Chairman.
Objections were raised from the
floor in the open meeting by
various precinct chairmen and
precinct committeemen from the
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RECOVERS
FROM DOSE
OF POISON
Mrs. Duval Murray Recover
ing In Local Hospital After
Taking Bichloride Tablet
The. condition of Mrs. Duval
Murray, 20-year-old local resident
who took one tablet of bichloride
of mercury Tuesday morning, is
reported as better this afternoon,
and she is resting easy at Roa
noke Rapids Hospital, where she
was taken after it was discovered
she had swallowed the poison.
Mrs. Murray was admitted to
the hospital at 11 A. M. Tuesday
morning. A neighbor who discov
ered what she had done called an
ambulance, it is reported. Al
though it was thought at first
that she might lose her voice, this
is said now to be unlikely, and
that she has entirely regained it.
She did not regain conscious
ness until Wednesday morning, it
is said. A stomach pump was used
to get the poison out of her sys
tem. The bichloride tablets were
purchased at a local drugstore
Monday night, it was learned to
day.
A Happy Angler in the Bent-Pin League
SPEING . . . The photo above happens to come from the Southland*
but Mabel Claire Strickland, of Douglas, Ga_, does more than attest her
membership in the Bent-Pin League . .. she typifies the opening of another
happy ehildhood season throughout the land.
LOOKS AS
THO PERK
STAYS IN
Philadelphia Bus Operator’s
Hearing Postponed
At Raleigh
The hearing before the N. C.
Utilities Commission, in which
Wilbur F. Menke, formerly of
Philadelphia, sought permission to
operate a bus line between Roa
noke Rapids, Weldon and Halifax,
picking up city passengers here,
has been postponed, it was learn
ed this week. The hearing had been
set for April 17th.
This fact, together with a reso
lution passed by the city dads at
their regular meeting Tuesday
night commending the present
management of the bus line now
operating within the corporate
limits, is considered an initial vic
tory by Willis Perkins, manager
of the city bus system.
It seems to be the consensus of
opinion that Mr. Menke evidently
had exaggerated ideas of the pos
sibilities of bus business in Roa
noke Rapids and surrounding ter
ritory. Perkins started his pres
ent bus service on February 19th,
and it appears, has enjoyed a fair
amount of patronage. He is the
first man to conceive and put in
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DATE SET
FOR CITY
ELECTION
Martin And Taylor Will Run
For Re-Election; D. L.
Traynham In Race
Roanoke Rapids citizens will go
to the polls on May 8th, at which
time two city councilmen will be
elected.
A. N. Martin, druggist, will run
for re-election as councilman from
the South ward, while George N.
Taylor, wholesale grocer, will run
to succeed himself from the North
ward.
D. L. Traynham, Jr., manager
of the newly formed Citizens Real
ty and Insurance Agency, Inc.,
has announced as a candidate from
the South ward.
B. Marks Again To
Occupy Store At
Familiar Corner
The B. Marks Department Store
will open for business on Friday
morning in their building at the
corner of Roanoke Avenue and
Second Streets, according to an
nouncement coming from the new
management this week.
Mrs. B. Marks and her son, Sam,
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FLAGMAN
INJURED
IN FALL
Falls From Overhead Tracks
At Weldon And Lays On
Ground All Night
FALLS 50 FEET
T. M. Batten, Atlantic
Coast Line flagman of Rich
mond, is in the company hos
pital at Rocky Mount suffer
ing from severe injuries sus
tained when he fell from the
overhead tracks near the
Union Station in Weldon at
2:15 Wednesday morning. The
railroad employee fell almost
50_,ft. to what would have
probably been his instant
death had it not been for
rainfall which had gotten the
ground wet and muddy.
Batten is flagman on the Pal
metto Limited, crack passenger
train of the Coastline, and was
discharging his duties as flagman
when he fell. It appears he start
ed to the end of the long train,
and after passing the end of the
railing, which extends several feet
on either side of the station, he in
some way lost his footing.
When he fell, Batten was carry
ing two lanterns, but the impact
of the fall extinguished the lights.
Suffering intense pain, he relit
one of the lanterns in an effort
to summon help, but neither this
or his repeated cries for “help”
brought any assistance. He kept
screaming until his voice was en
tirely gone, but was not discov
ered until 7 o’clock Wednesday
morning when T. B. Jenkins, Wal
don station master on his way to
work, was attracted by the slow
waving of a lantern. Upon inves
tigation, he discovered Batten,
who was voiceless and very weak.
The injured man was rushed to
the station waiting room where
a medical doctor was summoned.
Later he was removed to the ex
press station where there was a
fire. It is stated he was almost
frozen, and was suffering from
severe shock, internal injuries and
would possibly develop pneumonia
from his long exposure.
Advice from the Atlantic Coast
Line Hospital at Rocky Mount to
day was to the effect his conditi n
was regarded as very serious, and
that he was suffering from the
shock to such an extent that a
thorough examinaion was impos
sible.
Revival Services
Record crowds have been at
tending the revival services at the
First Methodist Church here. The
services are conducted by Rever
end Eugene C. Few, pastor of
Edenton Street Methodist Church
of Raleigh, who was formerly pas
tor of the local church. The ser
vices will continue thru Wednes
day, April 25th.