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• • T. J. Alford, business manager of the Roa
noke Rapids Hospital, was in Raleigh this week in
the interest of the State Hospital Association of
which he is an officer . . Births: to Mr. and Mrs.
William Landing, a hoy, March 15th; to Mr. and
Mrs. James T. Martin, a girl, Mch. 21st; to Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Young, a girl, Mch. 22nd.
• • SPRING is here . . watch: kids skating on
the new concrete streets; kids crossing streets be
tween intersections; grass growing on new plots
between sidewalk and curb; WPA plantings on the
3rd St. city park; foundation go up on Girl Scout
cabin; Roland Johnson cut down trees to build up
a home; bicycles on streets at all times (even our
typesetter has one); new homes going up all over
the city; fishing season closes April 1st until May
10 .. woe is me.
• • With pretty weather here, paving on Jackson
St. should be completed this week, leaving only
small spots at intersections, sidewalk gaps and
driveways with a couple side streets to complete
the job . . they even level off the space between
curb and sidewalk for you to make the job com
plete . . 25 mile limit speed signs have been put up
on Hamilton this week by the Police Department..
20 and slower in school zones ..
• • Somebody has lost a pair of mens gloves and
a flashlight from their car. The owner may have
same by identifying to policeman Jim Adams . .
Police usually have a good idea from experience
who does a certain criminal job, but many times it
is hard to get the evidence to convict. . Street Supt.
Ethridge, no better, was taken to the hospital Sat
urday . . The hospital will soon have a new switch
board, for which all are thankful . .
• ® The car of J. P. Wood was badly damaged by
fire on 10th St. early Saturday morning, according
to Fire Dept, records . . . Much ado about nothing
brought police, sheriff, bloodhounds to the Fair
grounds Monday night: a man reported his girl
had been kidnapped after he had been dragged
from his car and assaulted. City police went to the
scene, sent for bloodhounds, then found the girl
had jumped from the car when the fighting start
ed, ran out to a nearby filling station and was
taken safely home by somebody else.
GRAND PA
“In this town a dog was found,
As many dogs there be,
Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound
And curs of low degree”.
He was an ugly, worthless dog that took up his abode at 501 Roanoke
Avenue and won a 'place in the hearts of the family. “The piper he
piped on the hill top high, till the cow said ‘I die’ and the goose said
“Why”’? And the dog said nothing but searched for fleas”. “Let Her
cules himself do what he may, the cat will mew, and dog will have his
day”. No question but that grandpa had his day of ease and comfort
with no responsibility but to eat and sleep and look wise. Often when
the troublesome happenings of the tired and dreary world were under
discussion the dog would look up at you with a most satisfying look on
his face as if to say, “I would rather be a dog and bay at the moon, than
be such a Roman”.
A passing automobile put an end to him, and at nine-thirty last
night he was wrapped and buried. Thus ended the life of a dog. Is
there a lesson for us?
Truckdriver Hurt
As Pender Truck
Wrecks Nearby
Homer Stoner, truck driver of
D. Pender Co., on his run from
Norfolk here, suffered deep head
lacerations when a front tire blew
out on the truck Tuesday, wreck
ing the truck.
The accident happened at Sea
board and the truck overturned
and burned up. Stoner is in the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital tonight
where his condition is reported as
fair.
N. W. Shearin, employee of Roa
noke Mills Co. No. 2, was brought
to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital to
day suffering from hot-water burns
on his left arm. His condition is
not serious.
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TOWN
TALK
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Bullock
were visitors in Seaboard Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thompson,
Mrs. Sam Thompson and Mrs. Nor
ris Hannon spent Wednesday in
Richmond.
Friends of J. B. Edmonds will
be glad to know that he is able to
be out again after having been
confined sometime with the flu.
Eugene Burnette of Fort Mon
roe, Va. is spending several weeks
here with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grimes
and children, Carroll and Charles,1
Mrs. A. T. Griffin, Miss Lottie
Hedgepeth of Rocky Mount visited
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Gordon L. Price, Minister
For the next six Sunday mornings our thoughts
will center around the “Sins of the Saints”
April 2—INGRATITUDE
April 9—EASTER MESSAGE
April 16—THE LOVE OF MONEY
April 23—MORAL COWARDICE
April 30—BAD TEMPER
May 7—ENVY
May 14—STUNT RELIGION
NIGHT SERVICE
Again our subjects will center around the
home. Are you in love? Thinking about getting
married? Afraid of married life? Young people
don’t miss these sermons.
April 2—“Head Over Heels In Love”
April 9—“The Way of a Man with a Maid”
April 16—“Why Marriages Fail”
April 23—“Headaches & Heartaches in Marriage”
April 30th—‘ The Home of Your Dreams”
There will be an Open Forum on problems
running right down your alley. Come and bring
a friend.
Hitler Heils ’Er
Miriam Verne (above), 19-year-old
Pittsburgh girl summoned from a ,
Berlin musical show to dance before
Hitler, also made a hit with Propa
ganda Minister Goebbels, who called
on her to give a command perform- j
ance at a party. Marion Daniels,
Chicago dancer, was also called be
fore Hitler recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gray Sunday.
Mrs. J. B. Young of Richmond
visited her sister, Mrs. J. M. Jack
son, this week.
G. W. Brewer of Charlie Hope,
Va. visited relatives here last week.
Mrs. Sam Peace and daughter.
Miss Ann Peace, were guests in
the home of Mrs. William Harris.
II. on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wyche and
daughter of Petersburg spent the
week-end with Mr. Wyche’s par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Wyche. '
Frank Harris, who is a student
at State College, spent the week
end here with his grandmother,
Mrs. T. R. Manning.
Severely Burned
Geraldine Phillips, 2 year old col
ored girl, was brought to the Roa
noke Rapids Hospital this after
noon with burns sustained when
her clothing caught fire at the
home near Emporia.
The baby was alone in the house
at the time. Her condition is se
rious.
J&N INCREASE °t Holkmd Virginia,
tes. at to ,bs. ol °^al potash
when peanuts grown »' ^ those renew- _
(K»0) per acre were;co P ^ .ncreasing the yield
ing no potash. In a oving the guahty o
potash is imPf a*s the size ol the nuts. U
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Peanuts «m0V' '“^f^wn wtlTa fertilizer
the soil. Unless iheyJage ol this plant load
containing a high P tollowing will
,he peanuts as weU afuming 6% P°"f
sutler. A mized lerhhser ^ or 80 Ite
applied at f«,®° material will supply
| ol a Wgh-gradeacre.
lbs. or more ol actua f
. or experiment station will
Your county age _ See your fertilizer
1 1
We shall be glad to help you with
your fertilizer problems. Write us
for information and literature.
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INVESTMENT BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C.
Southern Office: Mortgage Guarantee Bldg., Atlanta, Georgia
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Fractured Skull
As Walking On
Weldon Highway
William Parker, colored, walking
along the road near Weldon at
midnight last night, was struck by
a passing car and brought to the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital with a
fractured skull. His condition te
day is uncertain.
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