THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
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VOLUME TWENTY-ONE ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C._THURSDAY, JUNE 18,1936 NUMBER FIFTY-ONE
QUALLS. MUMN AND
THOMPSON N MIME
Wins Medal
FILE FOR SECOND
PRIMARY JULY 4
Only 2 County Races To Be Decided
For Sheriff And Two Seats In
House Of Representatives
First of the
Bonus Bonds
Arrive Here
Near Million Dollars
Due Northampton
and Halifax
Escapes Injury
When Shifter
Smashes Truck
Express Truck Collides
With Seaboard
Freight
Jack Wood, owner-operator of a
ton-and-a-half truck that delivers
freight and express In the city, es
caped i Injury when his truck was
struck by the Seaboard switch en
gine and a few cars shortly after
noon Tuesday.
Wood, with his truck heavily
loaded with express, was crossing
the Seaboard tracks on the old
Ball Park Road, bound for Rose
mary mill village. The train was
returning to the junction from
Roanoke Mills Co. when it ran in
to the rear of the truck, knock
ing it a distance of some feet.
Neither Wood, nor a Negro la
borer, who was riding on the back
of the truck, was hurt by the col
lision, and the express load was
not damaged.
No Changes j
Be Made hi
Star Route
800 Rural Subscribers
Continue To Get
Mail Here
There will be two important
| county races to be decided In the
second primary to be held Satur
day, July 4th: that of Sheriff and
i that of who shall take the tm
seats in the House of Representa
' tives. With extra filing time clos
ing Saturday night, S. M. Thomp
son notified the County Board at
Elections that he would be in the
second primary for Sheriff, run
ning against the high man, Joe
Riddick. Perry C. Milllkin and
Tracy C. Qualls announced to the
Board they would be in the second
primary for the two seats in the
Lower House, running against the
two high men in the first primary,
Lovira Leggett and Moss Atkinson.
On the State ballot there will be
a second primary in the Governor’s
race between Dr. Ralph McDonald
and Clyde Hoey, as well as three
or four other State races where
majorities were not obtained in the
first primary.
The county ballot will have only
the two races and will look some
thing like the following:
The first of the Bonus Bonds ar
rived in Roanoke Rapids the first
of the week and were distributed
in the afternoon mails Monday.
According to word coming from
Postmaster L. G. Shell, approxi
mately 230 sets of the bonds have
been eceived, with a few “strag
glers” arriving in each new mail.
The bulk of the bonds came in
three large shipments. Others will
continue to arrive until all of Hal
ifax County’s war veterans have
received their bonds. Of the en
tire amount received at the local
Postoffice, only eight have not yet
been received, with a few “strag
doubtedly be called for by the end
of the week.
An interesting fact disclosed by
Mr. Shell is that approximately
90% of the Veterans are cashing
in at least a part of their certifi
cates.
According to unofficial esti
mates, well over a half-million dol
lars in Bonus Bonds is scheduled
to be received in Halifax County,
and an additional sum of almost
$300,000 in Northampton County,
bringing the total for the two
counties to almost a million dol
lars.
The first of the treasury checks
for the bonds are expected to a
rive tomorow or Saturday. Twelve
hunded bonds have so far been
certified for payment, aggregating
some $60,000.00 in cash due the
holders. Checks will come by or
dinary mail from Raleigh.
Calton Cannon, above, was ad
judged by the faculty of Roanoke
Rapids High School to be the best
all-round student for the school
year just ended, and was presented
the Kiwanis Medal at Commence
ment Exercises held here Friday,
June 5th. Young Cannon, in addi
tion to being President of the Stu
dent Body, has a long list of
school accomplishments to his
credit.
i
Word was received here Tues
day, June 11th, by several interest
ed parties in the form of a tele
gram from Congressman John H.
Kerr as follows: “There will be no
change in the present star route
from Roanoke Rapids to Henrico.
Please notify interested parties.”
This means that 800 rural pa
trons of Roanoke Rapids only Star
Route will continue to receive
their mail addressed to and deliv
ered from the local Postoffice, in
stead of from Emporia, Virginia,
as was suggested several weeks a
go by Postal authorities.
Roanoke Rapids' only star route
embraces that territory in the re
gion of Thelma to Henrico, which
was formerly served from the
Thelma Postoffice. On April 16th
it was transferred to the city of
fice because of the Thelma River
Bridge being condemned.
Funeral For
J. B. Smith
Held Tuesday
World War Veteran Dies
at Home in South
Rosemary
HIWAY COP
CONDITION
IMPROVING
Patrolman Long Injured
On County Road
Tuesday
For Member Of State
House of Representatives
(Vote For Two)
[—] TRACY C. QUALLS
|—| PERRY C. MILLIKIN
[—| L .W. LEGGETT
Qj A. M. ATKINSON
For Sheriff
(Vote For One)
[~] S. M. THOMPSON
|—] JOE L. RIDDICK
The names will be changed in
position from time to time as the
ballots are printed so that each
will appear at the top the same
number of times.
J. B. Smith, 40-year-old city
World War Veteran, died at his
home in South Rosemary at 2:30
P. M. Monday from hemorrhage of
the brain. Death came unexpect
edly to the well-known city filling
station operator, as he suffered a
stroke while at his home Monday.
Mr. Smith is survived by his
wife, mother and four sisters, Mrs.
F. D. Shearin, of Littleton, Mrs. J.
E. Mosely, of Enfield, Mrs. E. W.
Pearson, and Miss Ruth Smith, of
Rocky Mount. Three brothers also
survive, C. L. Smith, of Nashville,
J. C. Smith, of Whitakers, and
Sam Smith, of Enfield.
Funeral services .were conducted
Tuesday afternoon from the home,
with the Junior Order in charge.
Interment followed in Cedarwood
Cemetery. Pallbearers at the fu
neral were: A. E. Akers, A. D.
Glover, Paul Harris, Sam Buck
ne, G. F. Gray and Clifton Mas
sey. Flower girls were: Mesdames
Clyde Britt, Arthur Britt, Rufus
Jenkins, J. F. McDaniel, and
Misses Shirley Bridges, Bennie
Shearin, Lucy Mosely, Helen Smith
and Cornelius Smith.
Postal authorities recently con
sidered tacking this route on to
another being served out of Em
poria, Virginia, and only the quick
action of Congressman Kerr saved
the route for Roanoke Rapids.
Congressman Kerr, while in the
city a few weeks ago, wired the
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral asking him to defer action for
awhile. Following that a petition
was circulated among patrons
served by the route with the result
that every one of them signed—
100%. Some 800 patrons are serv
ed by the route, who voiced their
disapproval of transferring the
route to the Emporia postoffice, by
signing the petition.
Largely thru the efforts of Con
gressman Kerr, and the signers of
the petition, subscribers on the
route will receive their mail the
same as usual, addressed: Star
Route, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
The condition of State Highway
Patrolman J. C. Long, who was in
jured in a collision at Crowell’s
crossroads ,10 miles south of Hali
fax on State Highway No. 125,
Wednesday noon, was said to be
improving at Roanoke Rapids Hos
pital tonight. No bones were brok
en when his motorcycle crashed
with a car driven by Clyde Weav
er, of Erwin, N. C., it is said, and
it is entirely possible he will be
released from the hospital in a few
days, little the worse for his en
counter.
This is the second major acci
dent for Long, popular patrolman
stationed at Weldon, since coming
to Halifax County. About a cou
ple of months ago he was shot in
the face while chasing a bootleg
ger’s car in Northampton County.
Complete details of yesterday’s ac
cident will be found inside.^
—SEE PAGE 24—
The amount of bonds received by
local veterans range from one to
30; cash value: $50 to $1,500.
Veterans who have followed the
Postoffice and Treasury Dept, rul
ing are experiencing no touble in
having their bonds certified for
payment. Mr. Shell has added ex
tra clerical help, and is working o
ver-time and giving Veterans the
“right-of-way” so as to pass the
bonds for payment as speedily as
possible for those ' who desire to
cash in on their bonds.
Of importance in having your
bonds certified for payment is not
to sign anything until in the pres
ence of a postal employee, and to
bring some responsible person,
known to postal workers, who dan
positively identify you.
Thompson Statement
S. M. Thompson made the fol
lowing statement here this week
and asked that it be published: *T
am a candidate for Sheriff in the
second primary, July 4th. I also
wish to correct the report that, it
elected, I would appoint C. Q. Byrd ,
as a deputy sheriff. I do not in
tend to appoint Mr. Byrd to any
office."