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VOLUME TWENTY-FIVE ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAYTOCT. 12, 1939 NUMBER 13
NEW BUS FOR ROANOKE AYE
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Shown above is the new bus which began the regular schedule “up and
down the Avenue” last Saturday. The bus, owned by C. F. Murray, is made
up of a Chevrolet chassis and a Hackney (of Wilson, N. C.) all-steel body.
It will carry twenty passengers and a driver. Seats are upholstered, solid
leather and the glass is shatterproof. For winter use Mr. Murray had in
stalled an Evans Hot W7ater Heater that will keep the bus comfortable in the
coldest weather. Besides using the bus on the Avenue run, Mr. Murray says
that he intends chartering it for trips outside the city. It will make its first
out-of-town trip Saturday when it carries a group of local people to the
State Fair in Raleigh (Staff Photograph—Herald NewsKut by Crunipler)
JAX WIN OVER WASHINGTON
^Pictured above is an action scene for the Roanoke Rapids-Washing
ton football game played in Washington last Friday. The Jax won by the
harrow margin of 7 to 0. The picture shows Halfback Byrd, No. 27, kick
ing out of danger deep in enemy territory. The ball can be seen just before
Byrd’s toe meets it to send the pigskin on its way down the field. The
Roanoke Rapids boys meet New Bern here tomorrow in their second con
ference battle, the game getting underway at 3;30 in Simmons Park.
COMMUNITY CHEST
MEETING MONDAY
H. B. Speight, Secretary of the
Roanoke Rapids Community Chest,
announced today that there will be
a special meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Chest on Monday,
October 16, at 5 p.m. in the VEPCO
office. The purpose of this meet
ing is to discuss the budget report
recently submitted by Budget
Chairman F. C. Williams.
This is the most important meet
ing of the year, at which the goal
for the coming Chest Drive will be
determined, along with the Drive
date, and other details. The tenta
tive needs of each organization
supported by the Chest, such as
Associated Charities, Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Sura ler Playground
Activity. Lunches for Undernour
ished Children, the Milk Fund, Ki
wanis Dental Clinic, Lion Blind
Prevention, and others, will be
thoroughly discussed. A detailed
report of the money spent by these
agencies, and the work accomplish
ed is to be published so that each
Chest contributor will know in
what way he or she has helped.
The trustees are President T. W.
Mullen, 1st Vice-President T. W. M.
Long, 2nd Vice-President J. T.
Chase, Treasurer T. J. Alford, Sec
retary H. B. Speight, and W. B.
Allsbrook, Mrs. W. A. Thorne, Mrs.
R. L. Towe, Mrs. J. W. Martin, E.
B. Manning, Rev. G. L. Price, Rev.
L. I. Stell, F. C. Williams, A. N.
Martin, and F. M. Sherry.
Man Forges
Check, Later
Is Arrested
Marshall Purvis, whose address
is not known by the local police,
was arrested and held for the Roa
noke Rapids Police in Edenton last
Monday night on a charge of
forgery, having obtained on Octo
ber 5 a government check for $15.00
belonging to Mrs. Lillie Futrell
Story of South Rosemary from the
post office sub-station, of South
Rosemary, under false pretenses
and later forging Mrs. Story’s name
to the check and cashing it at the
F. M. Coburn Shoe Store, police
say. According to reports, Purvis
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MAN DROPS
DEAD ON
AVE. MON.
Robert JL. Wilson, 73, (lied sud
denly of a heart attack in the
driveway of the Murray Sinclair
Service Station in the. Ninth block
on Roanoke Ave. Monday evening
about 7:30. Mr. Wilson, who has
made his home here with his
daughter, Mrs. Alma Barnes, at
653 Williams Street for the past
few years, is reported to have gone
up town seeking the police in re
gard to some misconduct on the
part of a son-in-law. After finding
Officer Jim Adams, who was park
ed in the drive way of the filling
station, Mr. Wilson talked to him
a few minutes and walked away.
After going about fifteen feet, he
fell to the pavement and was al
most dead before the policeman
and others could reach his side. Mr.
Adams said yesterday that Mr. Wil
son had apparently been running,
as he breathed with difficulty while
talking to him.
Funeral services were conducted
at the family burial grounds near
Littleton Tuesday afternoon at
4:00. Reverend E. B. Fisher of
ficated at the grave-side ceremony.
The deceased is survived by five
sons, Leonard, Jesse, Alfred, and
Eddie Wilson, all of Roanoke Rap
ids, and Latt Wilson of Littleton;
three daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Mc
Alister and Mrs. Alma Barnes, both
of Roanoke Rapids, and Mrs. Lillie
Bullock of Littleton; and several
grandchildren.
Mr. Wilson came to Roanoke
Rapids several years ago in the em
ploy of the Patterson Mill. For
the past few years he has not been
actively engaged in work.
Slick Roads
Cause Wreck
Men Injured
Slick roads today were the cause
of another automobile accident
which sent three men to the Roa
noke Rapids Hospital, with injuries
of a possible spinal fracture, a
broken collar bone, and cuts and
lacerations.
The automobile, driven by Lon
nie Peck of Wilmington, skidded
on the wet pavement on the high
way about two miles south of Em
poria, Va., turning over three times.
Peck suffered a broken collar bone
and other minor injuries. S.
Schwartz of Norfolk was seemingly
paralzed on being admitted to the
hospital. The hospital’s physicians
were unable to say at that time
whether ok not he would be per
manently injured. The other man
in the car, Harry Abelovitz, was
uninjured, except for some minor
cuts and bruises.
The three men were returning
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TO BRING
FARMERS
TO TOWN
Hailed by local merchants as an
enterprise that will annually bring
hundreds of farmers to Roanoke
Rapids, thereby cementing the feel
ing of friendship and good will ex
isting between farm residents of
Halifax, Northampton and sur
rounding counties, is the opening
next Tuesday of the J. E. Davis
stables. The large sheet-iron stable
has just been completed and is lo
cated on the west end of the show
grounds near the Seaboard depots
The building is new and modern
in every respect.
Mr. Davis, veteran livestock deal
er and transportation man, has
widely advertised his first farm
auction sale, which will take place
at eleven o’clock next Tuesday
morning, October 17th. Hundreds
of bidders from nearby sections are
expected in the city for the first
sale. Auction sales will be con
ducted on Tuesday of each week,
with Colonel George B. Herndon,
well-known auctioneer, officiating.
Private sales of horses, mules, cat
tle and hogs will be held at the
barn at all times, according to
plans now being worked out by
Mr. Davis.
In addition to the sale of live
stock "to the highest bidder” ou
regular Tuesday feuction days,
many items of interest to farmers,
and to the public as a whole will
be offered, Mr. Davis explained,
altho the primary interest of the
barn will be to promote the sale
and exchange of livestock. Buyer
and seller alike will be welcomed
at all times, with a “square deal”
assured all, Mr. Davis said.
The building, finished only thig
week, is 86 by 70 feet and large
enough to accommodate about 125
head of stock. In addition, large
pens will be built directly adjoin
ing the large barn, with entrance
to the stable. The building houses
an office, a feed room, a harness
room, and five large stalls. The
structure is of frame construction,
with corrugated tin walls and &
sheet tin roof.
Mr. Davis has been engaged in
buying, selling, and trading live
stock, horses, mules and cows ac
counting for the largest part of his
business, here for the past five
years. He is well-known to the
farmers and livestock dealers over
a wide area. Although he will car
ry on a major portion of his bus
iness in the new structure, he will
also maintain his old barn, located
near the intersection of Thirteenth
and Jefferson Streets, in connec
tion with his business.
W. W. Hargrave was in charge
of the construction of the new
iivery-stable, with a dozen or morg
men working under him. Construc
tion work started the latter part
of August, and considering its size,
the building was completed in &
record time,