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4 OUT FOR
JOB OF HI
SHERIFF
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Four men are now running for
the job of High Sheriff of Hali
fax County, three of them an
nouncing yesterday since the
news was out that Shreiff G. H.
Johnson would not run again.
Those announcing yesterday
were Joe L. Riddick of Scotland
Neck, Harry A. House of Thelma
and Clyde H. Madry of Enfield.
S. M. Thompson of Roanoke Rap
ids announced over two weeks a
go.
The new entries in the field in
clude two deputy sheriffs. Mr.
Riddick has been deputy sheriff
and tax collector for the last five
years and says he is running on
that record. He is 42 years old
and has lived in Scotland Neck
all his life. He is a World War
veteran. Mr. Riddick was in Roa
noke Rapids in 1929 when his
brother, Hubert, had the Buick a
gency here.
Mr. House, who is 45 years old,
has been a deputy sheriff for 19
y^ars. He has served all c.f
Sheriff Johnson’s term and also
under his uncle, old Sheriff J. A.
House. He is a native of Thelma
and says he wants it understood
he has always voted the Demo
cratic ticket.
Mr. Madry is 32 years old and
has been a resident of Enfield
for the past 13 years. He was
born in Scotland Neck where his
father, J. H. Madry, now lives.
The Primary election is on Sat
urday, June 6th.
Narrowly Escapes
Serious Injuries
Little Aleta Neal Allsbrook, af
fectionately known to her many
friends as “Punkin,” 3 Vi-year-old
daughter of Atty. and Mrs. W. B.
Allsbrook, of this city, is today
little the worse for a Sunday joy
' ride that almost took on serious
consequences when she fell from
the back seat of a 4-door sedan in
which the family was enroute to
Scotland Neck to spend the day
with Mr. Allsbrook’s parents last
Snnday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Allsbrook were
riding in the front seat of the
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Minstrel Matinee
1:30 P. M. Friday
Spoke Tonight
Raleigh, March 9. - Over a
state-wide radio network A. H.
(“Sandy”) Graham, candidate for
the Democratic nomination for
Governor, spoke to the people of
North Carolina tonight from 8.30
to 9.00 o’clock.
Mr. Graham in this state-wide
address gave his views on the im
portant problems of State govern
ment which affect every citizen,
such as public schools, roads, old
age pensions, control of alcoholic
beverages, the sales tax, and State
finances.
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Performance On
Friday Afternoon
For School Kids
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For the first time, the Kiwanis
Minstrel-Revue will have a mati
nee performance for grade school
children only on Friday afternoon
at 1:30 o’clock.
A special price of 10 cents for
grade school children will be
made. Adults will pay regular
night prices, as well as High
School pupils, for the matinee.
It has long been the desire of
the club to stage the show for the
school children and for those a
dults who must work Friday
nights. This year it will be done
and it will also serve as a final
dress rehearsal for the big show
which starts at 8 p.m.
Due to the matinee, there will
be no parade Friday afternoon,
but a few numbers were given at
High School assembly Thursday
afternoon.
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PLAN RAT
KILLING
CAMPAIGN
At the monthly meeting of the
Roanoke Rapids Merchants Asso
ciation this afternoon plans were
laid for a city-wide rat killing
campaign, with the government
furnishing a supervisor, the city
furnishing the labor and the As
sociation the poison.
A Farmers’ Trade and Swap
Day will also be held in the near
future with a committee appoint
ed to work up the details and the
Association furnishing an auc
tioneer.
Another committee was ap
pointed to help work out a rural
free delivery route into North
ampton County.
City officials were present to
hear complaints against peddlers.
Hearing Before Highway
Board On March 18th
Stop Work On Road
To Littleton To
Get Permanent Road
Work on Highway 158 between
Roanoke Rapids and Littleton has
been halted until a delegation'Of
citizens from those cities can ap
pear before the State Highway
Commission on March 18th to de
mand a permanent surface in
stead of the same type surface
now used.
All citizens interested are ask
ed to be in Raleigh on Wednes
day, March 18th, for the purpose
of showing the Commission how
foolish it is to waste more money
in putting down the same type
road used in the past and to de
mand a concrete surface.
A delegation of Littleton citi
zens came here Tuesday after
noon to meet with representatives
of the city government and va
rious civic clubs. W. A. Thorne
acted as chairman and Senator
J. R. Allsbrook told of his con
versations with Capus Waynick,
chairman of hte State Highway
Commission. Mr. Allsbrook sug
gested the delegation to Raleigh.
Every person present spoke his
sentiments and it was the unani
mous opinion that it was “con
crete or nothing”.
Resolutions were adopted which
are printed below. Those present
from Littleton were Joe Wollett,
Paul Johnston, William Alston,
G. T. Vick, Joseph P. Pippen, J.
H. Newsome, G. S. May, Jack
Johnston and G. Harold Myrick.
From Roanoke Rapids were C.
C. Shell, W. P. Taylor, Frank
Wilson, G. T. Hobbs, A. N. Mar
tin, C. L. Wilson, L. S. Cannon,
Mayor Kelly Jenkins, F. C. Wil
liams, G. N. Taylor, Dr. R. P.
Beckwith, L. M. Wilson, J. R.
Allsbrook, W. A. Throne, Byron
Gurley, Bernard Allsbrook, Ed
^win Akers.
Following are the resolutions:
NORTH CAROLINA,
HALIFAX COUNTY.
To Capus M. Waynick, Chair
man, North Carolina State High
way Commission:
We, the citizens, organizations
and business interests of Roanoke
a
Rapids and Littleton at a meeting
held in Roanoke Rapids on March
10, 1936, adopted the following
preambles and resolutions:
WHEREAS, the condition of
Highway No. 158 between Roa
noke Rapids and Littleton is such
5s to make it necessary for the
Highway Commission to close a
portion thereof in order to repair
and reconstruct the same; and
WHEREAS, the condition of
said road was brought about by
reason of the fact that the mate
rial used in its construction was
not sufficiently durable to prop
erly and satisfactorily take care
of the volume and type of traf
fic to which it is constantly sub
jected; and
WHEREAS, said road has been
closed for the purpose of repair
and construction with practically
the same type of material as was
used in the construction of the
surface formerly used, which has
almost entirely given away and
lesulted in its present condition*
and
WHEREAS, your petitioners
desire that further work on said
road be temporarily suspended
until a delegation representing
citizens, organizations and busi
ness interests of the communities
served by said road can be heard
by the North Carolina State High
way Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED that the North Caro
lina State Highway Commission
be requested and urged to tempo
rarily suspend reconstruction of
said highway No. 158 between
Roanoke Rapids and Littleton un
til such time as a hearing can be
had before said Commission rel
ative to the construction of a
concrete road which, in the opin
ion of your petitioners, is the only
type road which will properly and
satisfactorily withstand the vol
ume and type of traffic to which
said road is constantly subjected.
Respectfully submitted,
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Only One Week Of
Superior Court
There will be no second week
of Superior Court at the March
term and jurors called for the
second week need not report, ac
cording to Clerk Leonidas Hux