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-VOLUME TWENTY-TWO ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. ~ THURSDAY. JTTNF. 51 1937 -NUMBER 50
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• • Stamp collectors and those Interested in
stamps will be interested in the announcement by ’
Postmaster Shell that a new descriptive booklet
on U. S. Postage stamps is now out and may be
purchased from the Supt. of Documents, U. S.
Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D. C. at a nom
inal price. The booklet shows all U. S. stamps from
1847 to 1937 . . . After July 1, local Post Offices
will have nothing more to do with Social Security,
this work now being done by local, district and
state security boards. Application Forms will still
be kept at P. O.’s for employers and employees.
• • The Smoky Mountain Wildcats, local musical
aggregation, will be heard over radio station
WPHR, Petersburg, at 2:15 p.m., Saturday, June
26th. Johnnie Strickland Garland Cox and Her
bert Dorman are the Wildcats.
• • Joe Louis’ knockout of Jimmy Braddock in
the 8th round Tuesday night for the heavyweight
championship of the world for a moment took the
headlines away from the civil war in the steel sec
tions of Ohio and Pennsylvania . . . and they ask
what is in a name? ... we would say right much if
the name is J. Louis (Lewis) . . . just a matter of
how you spell it.
• • me otner mgnt we went over to Jim Gurkin’s
place to arrange for some minnows for the week
end fishing. Jim asked us if we had consulted his
Jeep yet about how the fish were biting. We told
him we had not hard of his Jeep and he took us in
the store where he has a small perch in a fish bowl.
This is his Jeep and Jim asked him how the fish
were biting. Jeep looked up at him and refused to
answer. “You got to feed him he’s so spoiled”, said
Jim, and stunned a fly with a swatter. He dropped
the fly on the top of the water and Jeep smacked it
like nobody’s business. “Fishing’s good,” said
Jim. “When Jeep smacks at them like that, you
can be sure they’re biting.” We fed him a half
dozen and he sucked in everyone of them like a can
nibal. Jim explained that when fishing was no good
Jeep paid no attention to the flies. As for worms,
he turns up his nose at them. Wants nothing but
tender flies, not too well dead ... Jim says the oth
er day a fly lit on the edge of the fish bowl and
Jeep jumped at it, missed and landed in the middle
of the floor . . . We have always found Jim to be
truthful and we believe this Jeep story, even if you
don’t.
• • Dr. R. P. Beckwith is recovering from an op
eration and will be able to return to Roanoke Rap
ids in about two weeks ... Building Inspector Hen
ry Fitts, returning from a State Convention of In
spectors at Wrightsville Beach last night, could
find no one to bring him to Roanoke Rapids from
Weldon. So Henry walked home . . . The brick
building in the Court House yard at Halifax is be
ing repaired and will be used as the office of the
new Superintendent of County Schools . . . G. B.
Bunn is starting a new home on Hamilton between
6th and 7th. It will be a two story brick . . . Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. McNeil left yesterday for Fayette
ville to attend the funeral of Mr. McNeil’s mother
... Ed Woodruff is reported very ill again ...
Free Clinic
For Servants
At Hospital
The Kiwarns Club met at the
Country Club tonight for a picnic
supper. Guests of the club were
the Rev. E. B. Fisher and William
Harris H.
Hugh Horne reported a free ex
amination of all domestic servants
to be held at the Roanoke Rapids
Hospital Friday, July 2, from 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Health Officer McGeach
ey will be in charge. Under a new
State law all servants must be ex
amined and citizens are urged to
see that theirs attend this free clin
ic.
The Farm Committee was in
structed to accept an invitation to
have supper at the Darlington Wo
man’s Club and ^sot a date. The
club voted to' pa-r half the cost of
glasses for Lloyd Haggins, Patter
son Mill employee, now at the San
itorium. The Lions Club is paying
the other half. •
2 HURT
AT NEW
BUILDING
J. T. (Doc) Lattimore suffered
a broken ankle and E. W. Jarrell a
sprained ankle when an elevator
fell with them from the second
story of the new Smith Hotel
Tuesday morning.
Lattimore is still in the hospital,
his leg in a cast, while Jarrell was
able to leave yesterday.
The two men were working on
the job and took the lift to the sec
ond story. It is thought someone
released the catch, thinking they
had left the elevator. The two
men were dropped to the ground
floor at express speed.
Kerr Invited
Confer With
The President
John H. Kerr, Member of Con
gress, from the second congression
al district, has been invited by the
President to confer with him while
he is spending some time at Jef
ferson Islands Club, a Club com
posed of Nationally prominent
Democrats, situated near Annapo
lis, Maryland.
Representative Kerr was among
the first invited and will see the
President on Saturday.
While at Jefferson Islands the
President will confer with the
Semocratic Members from both
ouses of Congress relative to
pending legislation in an effort to
clear the legislative calendar as
rapidly as possible.
Citizens of Halifax County, misinformed a
bout what they were entitled to and confusing the
old-age benefits with old-age pensions, are coming
to the County Welfare offices demanding their old
age pensions.
NORFOLK
POLICE
SUNDAY
Local fans who have he^ n I
ing some real oppositioi. for the
Owls will probably get their wish
this Sunday when the Norfolk Po
lice team comes to Simmons Park.
Also this Saturday afternoon
when the strong Greenville All
Stars will play here. This is the
team that had the Erwin Red Birds
1-0 in the 9th recently, the Birds
staging a last minute rally to win.
Then again next Wednesday,
June 30th, when Colonial Heights,
Va. comes here, the fans will prob
ably see plenty of fireworks. Co
lonial Heights is leading the South
Virginia League.
Another sweet dish will be serv
ed by the Owls when they play
their second game here on July 4th
or 5th with the Erwin Red Birds,
who conquered the Owls 10-9 in
the first game here.
Raleigh All-Stars, still without a
loss in the Raleigh League, is
scheduled for a return trip to Roa
noke Rapids in the near future as
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It seems they have been told that
the last State legislature passed a
law giving old-age pensions to all
citizens over 65 years old. This is
not true. The law passed by the
last legislature, in conjunction with
county and Federal funds, gives
old-age benefits only to persons o
ver 65 years of age who have no
means of support.
First to go on the list are those
now on relief rolls who are over
°5 'ears of age. County Welfare
Officer J. B. Hall was in Roanoke
Rapids today checking up on those
on the present relief rolls. Some 25
in Roanoke Rapids were eligible
for the old-age benefits and signed
up today. Others were turned down
because they were not on the re
lief rolls and their cases will be
investigated after July 1st from the
Halifax office. The office today
here was to save expense to those
who were eligible to register and
save them the necessity of travel
ing to Halifax.
The County Welfare Board, after
July 1st, will pass on all applica
tions and approve those who will
be added to the list for old age
benefits. The number in Halifax
County eligible for this support is
estimated at from four to six hun
dred.
N. S. Hatem and Miss Shafia
Hatem returned Thursday from an
extended visit to Niagara Falls,
Canada and Buffalo, N. Y.
DEAD PATROLMAN'S
MOTHER IS ILL HERE
A tragic aftermath of the slay
ing of State Highway Patrolman
Ike T. Moore near Goldsboro last
week transpired in the Roanoke
Rapids Hospital where Patrolman
Moore’s mother lay seriously ill.
The officer’s wife was here with
her mother-in-law. They hoped to
keep the death of her son from the
mother, but it was necessary for
his wife to go to him. They had to
tell the mother the sad news.
The Moore family moved to a
farm near Pleasant Hill about two
years ago from near Goldsboro.
It was reported here that the of
ficer had only three cartridges in
his gun at the time of the shooting.
He killed one Negro and wound
ed his brother, Lester Cox, who is
still at large, altho he was seen this
week and once almost captured
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WAITRESS IS DEAD
FROM AWFUL BURNS
Burns received Wednesday in an
automobile accident near Warren
ton proved fatal early Sunday in
the Roanoke Rapids Wn«plft»l to
Catherine Coleman, 24, of PaschalL
Investigating officers said Min
Coleman was riding with Herbert
Merritt, 18, of Weldon, and that
the car turned over in a fill after
failing to make a curve.. Merritt,
they said, was thrown clear but the
girl was pinned under the car and
her gasoline-soaked clothing caught
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