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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS LJ17 ¥ r\ m B ■ M JB ■ B The Workshop of I I CAROLINA'S FIRST^^^ I M kEastern Caro,inaU 1 A nrAB/«i(//»NE»WjMw ' VOLUME TWENTY-TWO ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C._THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1936 NUMBER FIVE ROB SEABOARD CAB ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* UaUOR PROFITS NOW S54.901 HALIFAX NOW IS FOURTH ' —-. In Sale of ABC Products Out Of 18 Counties Halifax County ranks fourth in the list of 18 counties now selling liquor in North Carolina accord ing to revised figures which show Halifax County ABC stores sold a total of S264.609.31 in the year ending June 30th. On this business, Halifax Coun ty realized a profit of $54,901.82. Of this, over $20,000 is cash in the bank, the balance in paid-up liquor stock. According to an a greement with the County Board of Commissioners, the ABC Board in keeping the cash to discount its bills, but it is at the disposal pf the County Board of Commission (Continued on Back Page) ROB BOB I “He borrowed $50 —” Returning from a visit with Am bassador Josephus Daniels in Mex ico City, Senator Robert R. Rey nolds was a victim of Mexican ban dits this week when several cars of tourists were held up. Just how much Bob lost (p the bandits is not known but leave it to him to get along. He borrowed $50 from an other member of the party who had successfully hidden $250 which the robbers failed to find, and proceeded on his journey back to Texas where he has been at tending the Texas Centennial. WEAVERS WIN 1936 SOFTBALL SERIES STANDING: F. S. Kemp, Captain Speed Hux, Basil Cooper, Jake Jenkins, Acy Carliles, Lefty Davis, Jessie-Bennett. MIDDLE ROW: Pete Ferrell, Paul Bailey, Henry (Sloppy) Cashvvell, Reuben Daniels, Johnny Renn: BOTTOM ROW: Otey Crumpler, Jimmy Renn, Nub Gossett, Howard Simpson, David Liles. Bat boy, Bill Hodges Jr. Weave Room of Roanoke Mills No. 2, 1936 softball champions of the city, who won the series when they defeated Rosemary Spinners three straights Saturday and Sunday, winning four out of six games in the finals. See sport page inside for details. NEW DR. COMING TO CITY Dr. R. L Cashwell, of Fountain Inn, South Carolina, has been add ed to the local medical staff and will assume his duties here the first of September. The new doctor will primarily assist Dr. John W. Martin of Pat terson Mills Co. and will also re lieve the two doctors at Rosemary Mfg. Co. from time to time. With more persons on the pay rolls in the history of the local mills, the doctors have been kept busier than ever in recent months and the addition of another doctor will give them some relief and al so provide better medical atten tion to all mill patients. Dr. Cashwell made a visit here the first of this month and looked (Continued on Back Page) City Health Officer Here Resigns Job Dr. John W. Martin, for several years City Health Officer of Roa noke Rapids, has resigned that po sition this week in a letter of resig nation to Mayor Kelly Jenkins. He gave no reason in his letter for his action. The position was not very lucra tive, Dr. Martin having given his services free to the city, altho oth er City Health Officers had receiv ed small monthly remunerations. The retiring Health Officer said that most of .the heavy duties of that office were now over with the installation of the water and sew age system, only routine work re maining which could be handled by any regular city official. ANSWER TWO FIRE ALARMS — Fire partially destroyed the plant of the Harris Mattress Co. on 9th Street, between Jackson and Mad ison just after midnight Tuesday with all damage reported covered by insurance. The fire had a good headway be fore discovery, the alarm being tel ephoned into headquarters by Mrs. Ethridge. Flames could be seen for several blocks when the Fire Department arrived. They soon had the fire under complete con trol, saving the building but all contents were damaged by fire or water. The building, a tin garage, belongs to Tom Bradley of North ampton County. Lightning of the electric storm here yesterday afternoon is (Continued on Back Page) CAUSED BY SLICK HIWAY Slick highways brought four .au tomobile accidents today, following the constant rain of the past twen ty-four hours. Five persons were injured, one seriously when James Clark, colored truck driver, lost his arm in a wreck this side of Hali fax. Clark was driving the truck of Chittenden’s Dairy of Weldon when the truck sideswiped a car coming North on the highway be tween Halifax and Weldon. The truck turned over on Clark’s arm and mashed it so badly that it was necessary to amputate it at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital this aft ernoon. The other car in the wreck was that of James C. Patterson of Cleveland. Ohio, who was return ing from Florida with his wife and son. They were slightly injured and their car badly damaged. In the wreckage, Mrs. Patterson re ported she lost a valuable diamond bracelet which had not been found tonight. Another wreck occurred at Death (Continued on Back Page) Carpenter Car Looted Of Contents Thieves again visited Roanoke Rapids Saturday night, this time picking on a “shanty” car of the Seaboard Air Line, which was be ing used by railroad carpenters and stealing everything the working men had left in the car over the week-end. The car had been at Thelma where carpenter work wa~ being done and was brought up to Roa noke Rapids over the week-end while the carpenters went home to visit their families. Thieves broke the locks on the door of the car, entered and filled a trunk with ra dios, clothing and tools belonging to the carpenter crew. Local police are being assisted by R. R. Detective Buck Wilson who arrived yesterday to investi gate the robbery. The loot was valued at more than $200. The string of cars had been put on a siding West of. the freight depot at the Junction.
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