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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME TWENTY_ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21st, 1934 , NUMBER TEN
UP AND DOWN
Ghe Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
Carroll Wilson, editor and
publisher of the HERALD, will
leave Raleigh, where he attend
ed the State Democratic Con
vention, Thursday evening for
a ten-day visit to Kentucky, his
home state. He will join Mrs.
Wilson, and little daughter,
Patricia, in Wilmore, Ky., for
mer home of Mrs. Wilson, return
ing to Roanoke Rapids with them
around July 1st.
The “idea” of the colored front
page this week is not because the
boss is gone, but in keeping with
the important announcement on the
back page giving full details of the
Herald’s gigantic Circulation Cam
paign.
The 73rd Congress has just
gone home after appropriating
between six thousand eight hund
red and seven thousand million
dollars . . . the biggest peace
time appropriation in the history
of. the United -States.
While it may appear extremely
“far-fetched” or egotistical to
mention Congress staggering ap
propriation and the Herald’s sub
scription campaign in the same
column, we just wanted to say that
the prize list of our 1934 Circula
tion Campaign is one of the big
gest we have ever heard of offer
ed by any weekly newspaper in
the Carolinas.
Over $2,000 in valuable prizes
are offered winners of the con
test, and many hundreds of dol
lars in cash awards will be giv
en. The contest does not start
until June 30th. Many weeks of
careful planning and work have
preceeded it. No detail has been
overlooked to make it the big
gest drive in the history of this
publication. Everyone has a fair
and equal chance to win.
We hre constantly on the alert
for ways to improve our news
paper, because we invariably look
upon it as YOUR NEWSpaper.
Constructive suggestions are al
ways welcomed from our readers.
This week, for instance, we have
subscribed for a new, and expen
sive feature picture service, edit
ed by the Newspaper Enterprise
Association. This service is used
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Halifax County Gets 4
Committee Appointments
LARGEST
TURN-OUT
HISTORY
Mrs. W.A. Thorne and Riddick
Of Scotland Neck On
Executive Committee
Halifax County got more than
its share of the committee ap
pointments at the Democratic
State Convention in Raleigh to
day. On the state executive com
mittee the following were elected:
Mrs. W. A. Thorne, of Roanoke
Rapids, and N. A. Riddick, of
Scotland Neck.
On the credentials committee
for the state convention, Carroll
Wilson, of Roanoke Rapids, was
elected secretary of the committee.
S. A. Dunn, of Scotland Neck,
was elected a member of the
Judiciary committee. Swane Nor
man, of Halifax, was elected a
member of the Congressional com
mittee, and R. Hunter Pope was
elected a member of the Sena
torial committee.
More than 3,000 delegates from
the 100 counties of the state at
tended the convention, which was
the largest in the history of the
state. There were 50- delegates
from Roanoke Rapids, and 125 from
Halifax County.
Among the spehkers at *the
afternoon; session were former
Governor and United States Sen
ator'Cameron Morrison, Governor
J. C.. B. Ehringhaus, United States
Senator Robert R. Reynolds, United
States Senator Josiah Bailey, Jose
phus Daniels, Ambassador to
Mexico, Congressman Bob Dough
ton, Congressman John Kerr,
Congressman-elect Harold Cooley,
Wallace Winbourne, chairman of
the state executive committee, and
other leading Democrats of the
state.
The only controversy in the dis
trict meetings' held this A. M.
was in the Northampton County
delegation, which was compro
mised with the appointment of B.
D. Stephenson, and Mrs. Archie
Gay.
Julian R. Allsbrook, State Sen
ator-elect was the spokesman for
the Halifax County delegation,
and also was successful in nomi
nating the members of the Second
Congressional bistrict this A.M.
Iowa Quadruplets Take Spotlight
The quadruplets who came to join the other live children in the three
room home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry WycofJ in Sac City. la., are shown
In the top photo, all being given a good chance to live, according to
the attending physician. Dr. G. H. Swearingen. The boy has been
named Lester, the girls. Lavern, Lavonne. and Lorraine. Lester
weighed pounds at birth; the girls weights ranged from 2V2 to 4
pounds. Below are shown the mother, who does not believe in large
families, and the father, the latter a $16 a week highway worker.
SUSTAINS
INJURIES
IN WRECK
Prominent Northampton Co.
Men Injured Enroute To
Raleigh Convention
Five Northampton county men
were injured, none seriously, early
this morning near Henderson, en
route to the State Democratic
Convention at Raleigh. The injured
are: Garland and Buxton Midyette,
prominent Jackson attorneys, C. G.
Peoples, of Jackson, P. B. Skull,
of Rehobeth and J. L. Harris, of
Seaboard.
The car in which the North
ampton county men were riding
collided with a truck belonging to
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CITY ON
ELIGIBLE
P. O. LIST
New Sub-station Corftract In
North Ward Will Be Let
Before July First
There is much renewed hope for
a new Federal Postoffice building
in Roanoke Rapids within the near
future since the emergency ap
propriations bill has been agreed
upon, and includes house provis
ions in their entirety and is not
changed as to public buildings.
The bill authorizes an expendi
ture in North Carolina of $2,375,
000 on 22 postoffice buildings, of
which the Roanoke Rapids post
office building is included.
(Continued on next to last page)
DIES IN
HOSPITAL
AT 4-05
8-Yr. Old Son Of Paul Harris
Victim Of Fall While At
Play This Afternoon
Jack Harris, eight-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harris of 222
Jackson Street, died at Roanoke
Rapids Hospital at 4:05 this after
noon, Thursday, June 21st, of a
fractured skull and internal in
juries, approximately 45-minutes
after he fell from a 50-foot limb
of a tree he had climbed.
The youth had been playing a
round the supply let of the Sani
tary District, near the rear of
Smith’s Service Station, in the
North ward. The boy was playing
with several other youthful com
panions, and decided to climb a
tall Post-Oak tree in the lot. It is
apparent that a limb high up in
the tree, upon which he was sit
ting, broke, and little Jack fell
helplessly to the ground, a dis
tance of some 50-feet or more.
Young Foy Clark, 14-year-old
boy, seeing the little fellow fall,
rushed to his assistance and car
ried the child to the Harris home
nearby. Later he sought the assis
tance of Tom White, employee of
Smith’s Service Station, who trans
ported the Harris child to the hos
pital, where he died soon after
emergency treatment.
The Harris youth is survived by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Harris, and three brothers and one
sister. He was next to the oldest
child. Mr. Harris is a clerical em
ployee of Roanoke Mills Company,
and is well-known in the city.
Funeral arrangements had not been
completed at a late hour Thurs
day night.
Automobile Show
Is Held Auspices
Roanoke Motor Co.
Approximately 2,500 people vis
ited the Free Automobile and Mo
tion Picture Show being conduct
ed by the Roanoke Motor Company
tonight, and record crowds are ex
pected for the remaining two-days
of the show, Friday and Saturday.
This exhibition is being staged
by the Ford Motor Company, aus
pices the local dealers, and is
brought to Roanoke Rapids by V.
F. Harrison, enterprising Ford
dealer of this city.
A “Ford Parade” of 50 or more
automobiles advertised the open
ing of the show in the city.