THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
TOLUME TWENTY-SIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, MAR. 6, 1941_NUMBER 34
BILLS IN
HOUSE,
SENATE
Dike Repairs &
Salary Fixing
Before Assembly
Two House Bills and a Senate
Bill were introduced to the Gen
eral Assembly last week by Hal
ifax County’s three Legislators.
House Bill 447, introduced by
J. R. Allsbrook and B. B. Everett,
would authorize the County Com
missioners of the county, in their
discretion and after a public hear
ing on the matter, to expend or
lend surplus funds for the repair
of dikes on the Roanoke River
damaged by the floods in August,
1940.
This bill drawn up and sent to
the county representatives from a
meeting of the Board of County
■Commissioners several weeks ago,
“without prejudice”, would author
ize the commissioners to make
either grant of aid or loan, or
both, from surplus funds after a
public hearing on the matter. The
bill would also authorize Halifax
Dike District to cover area bene
fited and to administer the fund.
If loan is made, repayment may
be by ad valorem taxation on
members of the district or by
special assessment, graduated ac
cording to benefits received. The
bill would provide for election on
Dike District, acceptance of loan,
and method of payment. It would
also provide machinery for repay
ment, assessment, appeals and rec
ords.
The bill was sent to the Senate
Committee on Judiciary 2, Febru
ary 24.
House Bill 478, introduced by
Allsbrook and Everett, would rati
fy the acts of J. G. Butts, L. A.
Parks, and Edward Meyer, justices
of the peace of Halifax County.
It would ratify all acts performed
by the men as J. P.'s since their
focmo avniroH
The bill was sent to the Sen
ate on Judiciary 2, March 1.
Senate Bill 215, introduced by
E. L. Travis on February 27,
would fix the salaries of the Clerk
of the Superior Court and of the
Register of Deeds of Halifax
County at $3,600 per year, payable
monthly, beginning March 1, 1941.
The bill was sent to House
Committee on Judiciary 2, Febru
ary 27.
Actions on other bills that have
been introduced by the Halifax
Representatives were as follows:
House Bill 210 (on Scotand Neck
elections) passed second and third
readngs in Senate on February 28;
House Bill 310 (Halifax Tax Col
lector) passed second and third
readings in Senate on March 1.
"MANGER" BURNS MONDAY
A Herald staff photographer was on the spot Monday morning when the log building formerly used
by A. Meikle as the “Manger” in “The Scene of the Nativity” burned to the ground. The building caught
from a grass fire of unknown origin. Standing at the left with back to camera is Fire Chief W. C. King.
Above photo snapped by Herald Staff Photographer shows the last
four men to leave Roanoke Rapids under the draft. They are, reading
left to right: John Cleaven West, City; Louis Forties, Weldon; Stephen
Virgo Mullen, City; and George Franklin Hooper, Jamesville. These
men make the first score that have left. Before June 30th 54 more are
slated to leave.
THOUSANDS
ENDORSE
WILSON
Several thousand citizens of Hal
ifax County have signed petitions
to the Governor asking him to
appoint Carroll Wilson of Roanoke
Rapids as State Highway Com
missioner. The petitions are still
in circulation in all, parts of the
county and it ,is estimated that
5,000 citizens of the County will
have signed by tonight.
City Boards and Mayors of Roa
noke Rapids, Scotand Neck and
Halifax have endorsed Mr. Wilson
as have the Roanoke Rapids Mer
chants Association, Roanoke Rap
ids Kiwanis Club and other or
ganizations. Other city boards and
clubs are expected to take similar
action in a united effort to gain
the appointment for Halifax Coun
ty.
City Commissioners F. C. Wil
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AT BANQUET
Photo at left shows a few of the
merchants and their employees as
they met at a dinner meeting on
February 26 in the lunchroom of
the junior high school. Officers
were elected, and the secretary’s
report was heard, among other
things that came before the group.
Dr. D. W. Richardson of Richmond
was the speaker of the evening.
COUNTY
BOARD
AGREES
City Would Get
1770 Net Profit
Of 2 Stores Here
That Roanoke Rapids and oth
er municipalities in Halifax Coun
ty will receive a portion of the
net profit from the liquor stores
in the county is highly probable.
An agreement was reached in a
meeting among members of the
Halifax County Commissioners,
representatives from three munici
palities in the county, and the
county legislators Tuesday night
at Raleigh for the incorporated
towns and cities to receive 17 per
cent of the net profits made from
the stores inside the respective
corporate limits.
Heretofore, the total net profits
from the sale of liquors in the
seven stores under the supervision
of the Alcoholic Board of Control
have gone to the county.
The office of the ABC in Hali
fax County said today that the
net profit from the two stores in
Roanoke Rapids for the year 1940
amounted to $32,882.41. At 17 per
cent the city would have received
a revenue or $o,d»9.94 ior tne past
year.
Total profits from all the stores
in the county (at Enfield, Wel
don, Scotland Neck, Tillery, Little
ton, and two at Roanoke Rapids)
amounted to approximately $90,000
last year, the two stores here mak
ing roughly a third of the total
profits for the entire county. Mu
nicipalities in the county will re
ceive approximately $15,000 from
liquor sales next year, provided the
sales remain about the same for
1941.
Under the new set up, the coun
ty will receive 83 per cent from
six of the stores and 100 per cent
from the seventh store, which is
located at Tillery. Tillery is not
!_4. _ J
M. D. Collier, one of the repre
sentatives from Roanoke Rapids
to attend the meeting in Raleigh
Tuesday night, said today that the
new ABC law would mean that
Roanoke Rapids would be able to
adopt new measures greatly need
ed throughout the city. This city
would not receive any profits
from the stores located in Weldon,
Enfield, Littleton, and Scotland
Neck; nor would those towns re
ceive any profits from the two
stores here.
The agreement reached Tuesday
night was left in the hands of
Representatives Julian R. Alls
brook and B. B. Everett and Sen
ator E. L. Travis. These men
are expected to draw up the bill,
which will be in effect an amend
ment to the Halifax County Alco
holic Board of Control law, and
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