J. F. OATES FUNERAL
IS HELD TUESDAY
John Farrar Oates, 58 years old,
died Sunday morning here at his
home on Jackson Street. Funeral
services were held at 3 p.m. Tues
day at the All Saints Episcopal
Church of which Mr. Oates was a
faithful member.
The Rev. Charles U. Harris of
ficiated at the church. Masons as
sisted in the services with inter
ment in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
Mr. Oates was a 32nd degree Ma
son, a member of Allepo Temple,
Boston, and Sons of St. George,
Providence, R. I.
Pallbearers were George N. Tay
lor, Clayton Gurley, Dr. W. E.
Murphrey, Lee Wheeden, A. Mei
kle and R. I. Starke.
The deceased was born in Hali
fax, Yorkshire, England, the son
of Samuel J. and Annie Farrar
Oates. He is survived by his wife,
the former Nellie Holt of Lan
cashire, England; two daughters,
Mrs. George Batton and Miss E
dith Oates of Roanoke Rapids; a
brother, Fred W. Oates of Pens
by, Wimal, England; and two sis
ters, Mrs. Victor Craig, Halifax,
Yorkshire, and Mrs. Ronald Gaw
thorp, “Oatsroyd”, Falmouth, Eng
land.
Mr. Oates had been a resident of
Roanoke Rapids for about fifteen
years, coming here from South
Carolina. He was formerly an em
ployee of Roanoke Mills Co. and
Patterson Mills Co. in the Dye de
partment.
FARMERS HEAR MANN
AT HALIFAX TODAY
Halifax County members of the
N. C. Cotton Growers Cooperative
Association met in the Court House
today at 2:30 o’clock for their an
nual meeting.
The principal speaker was M. G.
Mann, General Manager of the
Cotton Association, who in addi
tion to giving a full and complete
report of the past year’s operations
of the Cotton Association, discuss
ed the outlook for cotton prices
and the use of better cotton seed
for planting purposes.
Mr. Mann, who recently partici
pated in the cotton meeting spon
sored by the National Cotton Coun
cil in Raleigh, discussed the move
ment for increased use of cotton,
which is headed by Oscar Johnston,
world’s largest cotton producer. He
also discussed the Smith Bill, now
pending in Congress, which he
termed “one of the most important
pieces of legislation that has been
introduced in a long time.”
One of the purposes of the meet
ing is to elect delegates to the
district convention, at which time
candidates will be nominated for
Director of this district. The nom
inees will then be voted upon by
post card ballot by the entire mem
bership in the district.
Moore Odom Dies
At Potecasi, N. C.
Moore Odom, 76 years old, died
last Wednesday at his home near
Potecasi. Funeral services were
held Thursday afternoon at Pote
casi Baptist Church with interment
in the family cemetery. Deacons
of the church served as pallbear
ers. He is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Davis and five grand
children.
Neal - Whitehead
Miss Edith Harrison Whitehead
and Gilbert Cooper Neal were mar
ried in the Enfield Methodist E
piscopal Church Saturday after
noon. March the fourth, at four
thirty o’clock with the Rev. Carlos
P. Wommack performing the beau
tiful and impressive ring ceremony.
The church was lovely in deco
ration of ferns interspersed with
baskets of calla lilies and white
snapdragons, and lighted candles
in branched candelabra.
The wedding music was played
by Mrs. G. L. Crump. Her num
bers included “Moonlight and
Roses”, “Schubert’s Serenade”,
“Lullaby”, and “Ava Maria”. Mrs.
Charles Miller sang “At Dawning”
and Mrs. R. E. Shervette, Jr., sang
“O Day of Golden Promise”. Be
tween the solos Mrs. Crump played
“The Rosary.” and during the cere
mony “To a Wild Rose”. The tra
ditional wedding marches were
used.
Mrs. Jack Marston Christian, ot
Williamsburg, Va., sister of the
bride, was her only attendant. She
was gowned in pink marquisette
over pink taffeta with hat and
slippers to match and carried an
arm bouquet of pink roses, sweet
peas and delphinium.
The bride was given in marriage
by her brother, Jack Marston
Christian. Her wedding dress was
blue hyacinth lace, matching slip
pers, and hat of halo style with
shoulder length veil and long lace
gloves. Her bouquet was of deli
cate pink roses and sweetpeas, cen
tered with palma violets, and
showered with valley lilies.
The bride-groom was attended by
his brother, Marion Neal, of En
field, as best man. Willis Kramer,
of Norfolk, Dr. W. P. Joyner,
Francis Timberlake and W. F.
Dickens served as ushers.
Immediately after the ceremony
the couple changed into their going
away suits and left for an un
announced honeymoon, after which
they will be at home 347 Macon
Street, Baltimore, Md. Mr. Neal
holds a responsible position there
in the Electrical Department of
the Bethlehem Steel, Inc.
Hedgepeth
Home Burns
Sunday afternoon, March 5, the
home of J. S. and R. S. Hedgepeth
of Darlington was burned to the
ground. The fire, thought to have
originated in the upper story from
a defective chimney, was discov
ered at about two-thirty in the
afternoon by William Harris II of
Roanoke Rapids. Through the as
sistance of “Red” Smith of Dar
lington, a gang was quickly or
ganized, and the house was cleared
as quickly as possible of furniture
and clothing. Because of the high
wind, the fire gained headway
rapidly, and it is known that a
valuable piano as well as the entire
furnishings of the upper story
were lost.
Two women were found in the
house when the rescue squad en
tered, and in spite of the clouds of
smoke pouring from the roof, these
two were completely unaware that
the house was in danger. Although
Sunday was an unseasonably warm
day, a fire had been lighted in
one room for the benefit of the
four canary pets of the household.
It is believed that this stove fire in
some way broke through the chim
ney near the roof and was respon
sible for the outbreak. The force
of the wind was such that the
house was burned to the ground
before a full half hour elapsed. A
portion of the loss was covered by
insurance.
Cooper -
Stainbock
E. S. Stainback of Roanoke
Rapids announces the marriage of
his daughter, Iola Belle, to Mr.
Braxton Cooper in Emporia,v Va.,
December 25th, 1938. At home,
326 Monroe Street, Roanoke Rap
ids.
HONEST ELECTION LAWS
To the Editor: The issue before
the Legislature as to election re
form is, as you say, “crystal clear.”
There are vast numbers of people
in North Carolina who are opposed
to “stealing in elections” as well as
anywhere else. T note that Mr.
Wilbur M. Darden of Washington
is quoted as saying yesterday that
“there always will be corruption in
elections.” There certainly will be
as long as the election laws of
North Carolina “invite fraud.”
There are men in our Legislature
who are openly and brazenly stat
ing that they stand for corruption.
They have branded themselves
thus. If they can defeat election
law reform then the Legislature of
North Carolina announces to the
people of this State and the world:
“We stand for corruptin.” If the
people of North Carolina tolerate
this then the State which boasts
the Mecklenburg Declaration and
“first at Bethel, farthest at Gettys
burg and last at Appomattox”
should hang its head in shame as it
shouts to the world: “North Caro
lina and political corruption are
one and the same.” I do not believe
that the people of this, my adopted
State, want corrupt politics. ■ If
they do not they ought to bom
bard the legislators till they enact
honest election laws. If they re
fuse then the people ought to dig
for them graves in the political
graveyard and bury them without
benefit of clergy or hope of resur
rection. “Carthage must be de
stroyed.”
C. T. THRIFT.
Halifax.
February 28, 1939
Hopewell, Va.
Roanoke Rapids Herald,
Dear Sirs:
A few weeks ago I wrestled in
your town as the Red Devil. I
don’t like to alibi, but Eddie Pope
who was my opponent did several
things not recommended by Mr.
Hoyle.
My manager was very peeved a
bout Pope’s tactics. He first tore
my mask and choked me with it.
Mr. Schaeffer, the referee, seemed
to think, however, that choking is
O.K. so long as Mr. Pope is doing
the choking.
My manager and I both feel that
with a disinterested referee I
would have no trouble in defeating
Pope.
So anxious was Mr. Dise, my
manager, to get me a return bout,
that he accepted the fight without
consulting me. He informs me
that the bout is to be held on the
night of the 3rd.
It is going to be impossible for
me to be in Roanoke Rapids on
that date as business arrangements
which I have already made will re
quire my presence in Washington,
D. C. However, I am sending in
my place a veteran of the mat
(Rough House Nelson).
He will throw any one in N. C.
or the South his weight.
The management of the show has
been notified of this arrangement
by my manager. I am just taking
this means to give the newspaper
the first hand information because
after all the newspaper is an ath
ete’s best friend.
Yours in Sport,
Red Devil.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hasty, Mr.
and Mrs. Noah Deberry attended
the funeral of Lonnie Edwards at
Brunswick Monday afternoon.
FARBERSJnc. CONTINUE THEIR
FORCED OUT
With Biggest Values In History
WE SAY
“THAHKS”
... to the many hundreds of
our faithful customers who
visited our GREAT FORCED
OUT SALE last week... you
were well rewarded with REAL BARGAINS-the kind
that come only when a store is FORCED TO MOVE—
and we will have additional ones for you this week
end, so come and bring your friends and share in
these values - OUR LOSS IS YOUR GAIN - so take
advantage of these prices!
WE'RE NOT
QIIITTIHG
... hundreds of our friends have asked
that question. The answer is “NO!”
No—No—a thousand times NO! We
are noc quitting—we simply have to
MOVE from our building. William
Farber has been in business in Halifax County for 30-years . .. we’re I
going to continue and will have an important announcement to make
later. NOW, however, WE MUST MOVE OUT . . . that’s whv these
great FORCED OUT SALE VALUES at —
FARBERS, INC.
WILLIAM FARBER, Mgr. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.