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[RZ n o k el Ramblingsj ,Hi» Own Fault. "Sir, your daughter is going to marry me.” “Well, what did you expect— hanging around our house every night." August’s Birthstone. There came to the Rambler s idle glance one afternoon this past week (as he mopped the perspi " ation from his furrowed brow) the following bit of irrelevant^ imma terial information in a release from some agency or another and he passes it on to you in the fervent hope that someone will feel it a matter of life or death to know the true birthstone for those per sons born in August. "August's birthstone," says the story, "is a choice of the sardonyx or the peridot (pronounced pair-a loe, it says here). The sardonyx is a browmish red opaque gem. It is found mainly in Brazil or Uru guay (so never mind hunting any out around Simmons Park, Junior, I don’t care if you did see a field ing gem out there last week.) 'The peridot stems from a Greek word which means ‘golden gem.’ (Its color, varying from yellow to green, is no doubt responsible .for its name). (No doubt.) The most desirable shade is a soft bot tle green, which seems to lose the yellow undertone at night, ,and is often incorrectly called the evening emeraia. me mu»i known source of this gem is St. John’s island in the Red Sea. (Sea there, Junior). "Both stones have acquired a series of legends. Probably the most famous of the known sar donyx gems is a ring to the Earl s of Essex by Queen Elizabeth. When Essex was held in the Tower for execution, he sent the ring to Elizabeth as a sign of his peril, and a mute plea for help. How ever, the ring fell into the hands of his enemies, who made certain that the Queen never saw it and Essex was executed." Then, mumbled the Rambler to himself, when they brought the A basket containing the head of the ' executed Earl to the elated Eli zabeth, she probably exclaimed ex citedly — "I like to put all my exes in one basket!” EXODUS, NEMESIS AND PRACTICAL ECONOMY King Cotton — take a back seat — yon peanut crop is outmoded— yep even that golden leaf of to bacco is only to be used on rota • tion or crons from now on—at least that was what we thought when we went by Mack's Truck Station about a mile North of Weldon on 301 one day this week for it looked to us as if some farmer were raising automobiles new ones too. Then we found out that a nat ionally known automobile manu facturer wno nas an asseinmy plant in Norfolk and who was i faced with a strike-bound plant had decided to move all those shiny new F—ds down to North Carolina for distribution to deal ers scattered throughout the Southeastern states. Before we found that out we were ready to help the man gath er in the gathering from his bountiful harvest. It sure was a pretty sight—about 500 pretty brand-new Fo—s. At least we were told they were —rds. ANOTHER MADE HAPPY. "Dear - Company," be gan one testimonial to a certain patent medicine manufacturer, "After taking only one bottle of your wonderful medicine, my arm is gone but the pain remains." HERE AND THERE This is about another newcomer to our town — Dr. E. Cotter Mur ray is the name — formerly of the U. S. Army in Topeka, Kan sas . . . native of Missouri and visitor to Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County on several occas ions previously . . . will be con nected with the Rosemary Clinic . . . yes, the Doc is married and has two children ... a boy, aged 15 ... a girl, aged 17. . . They’re all here. Pvt. Donald W. Bennett (14245 875) and Pvt. William T. Saddler, (14245876) want everybody to know that Sqd. B.N*6, Flight 2102, I.D. T.R.C., Lackland Air Base, San Antonio, Texas, is THERE and THEY’RE THERE. TIP TO ARMY YETS. Requests for your American Defense Service Medals and World War II Victory Medals should be addressed to the Commanding Of ficer, North Carolina Military District, Decorations Division, Box 311, Raleigh, North Carolina. < FAMOUS FOLK Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall’s acceptance of an invi luiion to appear on tne program ui the Fifteenth Annual Slate 4-H Liuu Week at State Conege Aug ust 18-23, brought to tnreo tne number of Famous Folk who win appear in North Carolina in the near future. Dorotny Thompson will speak in Raleigh Municipal Auditorium the morning of August 2atn, address ing attendants of F arm and Home Yveek, and General Dwight D. Fiisenhour will also be on F'arm and Home Week's program on the 23th. Lamb prices are likely to de cline through early fall market ings increase, but because of the small lamb crop the decline will be moderate if consumer spend wnwMtw tyfb, *** THE ROANOKE RAPIDS What Roanoke Rapids Makes „ . „ , Herald Classified Advertising —Makes Roanoke Rapids I ... Gets Quick Results ★ ★ ★ / ^ r Carolina’s Fastest Growing City A A ★ VOLUME XXXII ROANOKE BAPPDS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1947 NUMBER 40 MUta°°Q^eSress ne,. Kn,fe *h%gg verdict ot inquest Jury Sends Nancy Sheley To Jail Tuesday Nancy Sheley, 38-year-old Hob good negress,' was in Halifax County jail this week without privilege of bond after a six. man coroner’s jury, impaneled in Hobgood Tuesday night by Coun ty Coroner Rutus M. Britton, re turned a verdict that she killed another Hobgood negro, 37-year old Pete Shields, with a butcher knife in a Sunday fight at the slain man’s home. , Ollie Watson, 75-year-old negro, was bonded at $50 as a material witness in the case, according to Britton, who, with Deputy Sher iff J. A. House of Hobgood, in vestigated the slaying. Watson testified that Shields and the woman had planned to kill him on the assumption that "somebody’s gonna knock him in the head and git his money so P might as well be us." The woman told hint about it after she had gotten mad at Shields and when he told Shields she had told him, he quoted Shields as j saying, "I’m going over there and kill that - woman." The woman, who admitted in her testimony that she had lived with Shields for 14 months, said that Shields had her bent over a table and was about to kill her « laoc IUIUC WIICI1 sue reached back over her head, grab bed a butcher knife and stabbed him with it. According to the testimony it the inquest, the fight started on Saturday night at Watson’s house but the killing took palce on Sun day morning in Shields’ home. After the hearing the woman was jailed to await the term of Halifax County Superior Court. Shields' funeral was held Wed nesday. » Halifax 29th In Vehicle Count. Halifax County with an estimat ed motor vehicle registration total of 8,763 ranks 29th in the state and Northampton's *4.715 ranks the neighboring county in 59th spot, according to an an nouncement released this week by the Department of Motor Vehicles in Raleigh. Guilford, with 42,387, and Meck lenburg, with 41,653, are the top two counties in the state in this regard. Record Crowd Friday Night The 2850 paid attendance at the Friday night doubleheader between the Jays and Tarboro was a new record for the season, club officials announced. The average of soybeans alone for all purposes 'in North Caro lina is estimated at 363,000 acres or 6 percent larger than the 342, 000 acreas grown alone for all purposes in 1946. Conservation Officers Mark Two Big Events Tenth Anniversary and Billionth-Acre Mark Celebrated Jointly Farmer - supervisors of the Fishing Creek soil conservation district this week joined the su pervisors of 1.900 other districts throughout the nation in observ ing two major events in soil and water conservation history. First is the tenth anniversary of soil conservation districts; sec ond is the reaching of the b'll lionth-acre mark in soil conserva tion district organizations. "The nation’s first soil conser vation district was created by landowners in North Carolina August 4, 1937,’ said Chairman Simmons of the local district. "That district is the Brown Creek soil conservation district which includes the farm where Dr. Hugh H Bennett, now chief of the soil conservation service, was born and reared." Chairman Simmons said that the soil conservation district move ment has made much faster pro gress than the pioneers in soil end water conservation first thought possible. "We had no idea when the i:rst districts were Deing organ ized by farmers, that in ten years we would have districts covering a billion acres,” he said. “I be lieve that here is proof that landowners, when given an oppor tunity, will take the leadership in solving' their own soil and water conservation problems. Each district is organized by farmers and controlled by them under authority of a state law.” Farmers in 1937 voted to or ganize the Fishing Creek soil conservation district. Since that time soil conservation service technicians assigned to the dis trict have assisted 575 farmers to plan and begin applying complete farm soil and water conserva tion programs on 90,133 acres. Serving w-ith Mr. Simmons on the board of supervisors is George Alston. "Farmers in the southeast took the lead in the district movement from the beginning,” said Dis trict Chairman Simmons. Today, according t rseotporHT Today, according to reports by Dr. T. S. Buis, southeastern re gional conservator of the soil con servation service, 317 soil conser vation districts cover more than 206 million southeastern acres. These districts contain more than fi? per cent of the farms in the nine southeastern states of Ala bama. Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi^ North Carolina, Soutn (Continued on Page I,—Section A) The Local Week... Superior Court Convenes llth. Superior Court term in Halifax County will open August 11th. Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, of Snow Hill, will preside. Among cases due to be tried during this term are those of the State vs. Lefty A. Downing on a larceny charge; the State vs. E. B. Bowman and George Lewis, charged with grand larceny and receiving stolen prop erty; and the State vs. Howard N. Bass, charged with obtaining money under false pretense. Firemen Called Friday Night. * ire m Northampton County at a crossroads near Lebanon Church Friday night caused all firemen of the Roanoke Rapids department to be summoned. A gas tank was thought to have been on fire but when firemen arrived they found their services were not needed. Stolen Car Found Burned. A 1938 model Ford coupe belong ing to W. G. Bunch, ot Roanoke Rapids, stolen from Simmons Park last Friday night was found Sun day near Garysourg, Va., com pletely destroyed by fire* Local police are continuing their inves tigation. Negro Indicted 111 Accident. Robert Shearin, colored, was in dicted this week on a charge of careless and reckless driving after an automobile accident near Bounds’ Crossroads (one and one naif miles southwest of Pierces resulted in a broken jaw for Crosroads) Saturday afternoon had another Negro (identified by Shear in as William White), said by sheriff’s deputies to have been a passenger in the vehicle at the time of the accident. Unly the front ^nd of , the automobile was damaged Police Hunt Stolen Car. Police this week were hunting a black Ford coupe, license num ber, North Carolina 192-929, be lunging U> John & au*ckland, Rosemary mill employee, which was stolen from the vicinity of the mill Monday night. Virginia Escapee Captured. A Negro who later identified himself as Joshua Zackery and an escapee from a Virginia prison camp was apprehended in Gaston Saturday after leading Weldon Police and sheriff's department of ficers a chase lasting several hours. He confessed that he had escaped from a Virginia prison camp July 30th and from a Wil liamston prison camp about two years ago. He is being held pend ing investigation. Appointed Major In ORC. Captain Curtis S. Butler, of Roa noke Rapids, has been appointed a major in tne Organized Reserve Corps, according to word received here this week by his mother, Mrs. Bessie Butler, of 727 Jefferson Street. One Injured In Sunday Fight. Jesse Price, about 25, who lives about half way between Weidon and Halifax on Highway 301, was in Roanoke Rapids Hospital wuh a fractured skull and Willis (Bill) Cooper^ of Weldon, was under bond liiis week after an alleged Sunday afternoon affray at the old highway department gravel pit about a mile south of Weldon, according to Deputy Sheriff J. L. Mountcastie who investigated. Price’s condition was reported as "about the same" by hospital authorities this morning. Official Arrested. I. P. Bryant, superintendent of the Halifax County Home, was arrested Tuesday by State High way Patrolman J. W. Wilson on charges of drunken driving about two miles south of Halifax while operating a county-owned truck. Bond of $100 was posted by County Auditor C. S. Vinson for Bryant after he had been in jail about four hour#. Fugitives Recaptured Near Snow Hill After Six Days of Freedom Arthur Goff, 26, formerly ol LaGrange, and Ernest Eubanks, ltt, formerly of Swansboro, whj escaped from the Halifax County prison camp Monday, July 26, were recaptured about 3 o’clock Sunday mining at the home of Goff’s brother, about 12 miles north of Snow Hill,, after Dep uty Sheriff Carraway of Greene county had notified Halifax pri son officials of the fugitives' h>-: cation. Capt. A. J. Griffin, superinten dent of the prison camp, and J. T. Thomason, prison supervisor of the First Division, accompa nied by one guard, recaptured the pair, who offered no resistance. The officers reported that there was no one else at home at the i time and that the prisoners were I i ot armed. One was found in a closet of the house and the other in a room. Youth Succumbs From Injuries Friday Morning Ihomas R. Deevers Kites Held Here Saturday Afternoon Funeral services were conduct ed from the residence here Sat urday afternoon for Thomas Ran dolph Deevers, 17, who died las. Friday in Roanoke Rapids Hos pital from injuries received in a swimming accident the previous Sunday. The rites were conduct ed by Rev. D. A. Hudson and in terment was in the Roanoke Rap ids cemetery. age boys were swimming in the Roanoke river at Weldon Sun day afternoon, July 27, when young Deevers and Harold King, 18, swam across the river. After resting the boys dived off an old lowboat for the return swim an^ according to King, the Deevers boy failed to come up. When he did finally rise to the surface he was in an unconscious condition with blood coming from an open' wound on his head. He was rush ed to Roanoke Rapids Hospital where examination revealed a fractured skull and other injuries. He died Friday morning. Coroner Rufus Britton conduct ed an investigation into the ac cident, but deemed an inquest unnecessary. Surviving the boy are his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Deevers, and two brothers, Donald and Robert, all of Roanoke Rapids. Local Station Blasts Editor For Criticism The news room of the local radio station, WCBT, Friday night blasted The editorial writer of The Greensboro (N.C.) Daily News after the paper had condemned the radio station for its predic tion several weeks ago that the Northampton County grand jury would fail to indict the seven men charged with the attempted lynch ing of a Rich Square last May. WCBT's broadcast was published in a RaJeigh paper and later was distributed by a national press as sociation. Obviously ridiculing the station’s prediction, the Greensboro paper charged that ‘the broadcaster sounds to be as if (WCBT) was engaging in something closely re lated to contempt of court. . . The paper went on to say that "we do not intimate that the grand jury will do any such thing. We assume that it wili do its duty under law.” In its blast back at the Greens boro paper, WCBT scoffed at what it termed “the courageous Greens boro Daily News, whose editor sits in his ivory tower some 170 miles away and attempts to in terpret a local situation which he apparently knows nothing about and certainly has never attempted to cover first hand.” WCBT charged that the Greens boro editor was indulging in 4 editorial dramatics," and empha sized that the station had taken no stand on the Northampton situation. “WCBT reported only the facts and the sentiments of Northamp ton County as concerned a most unfortunate situation. In light of a rather ungracious editorial, our Greensboro friends might have done well to follow suit in their learned estimation of a fellow news reporter,” the broadcast con cluded. Former Deputy's Wife 111 Mrs. J. W. Walker, wife of Deputy ^Sheriff J. W. Walker, of Wake County, formerly of Roa noke Rapids, is convalescin from an operation at the Roanoke Rap ids Hospital. Mr. Walker was formerly a deputy ibtrUf bore. Heads Lions Fred W. Smith, Ventura, Cal., is the new president of the International Association ot' Lions Clubs. He was ad vanced by unanimous vote from the first vice-presidency at the 30th annual convention of the association which closed in San Francisco last week. Smith succeeds Clifford D. Pierce of Memphis, Term. Star Witness Finds Self Defendant Gaston Boys Sentenced On Breaking, Entering Larceny Charges Whereas he had, only a few nours previously, been the star state s witness in the case ot the state against Hddie Warrick. oi uaston, uiiiion Heard, an otner Uaston youth, Monday jLound himself tne defendant on similar marges of breaking and entering unu of larceny in a trial oeiore a iNortnampton Count) jury in Jackson. it came aoout when Warrick, on trial lor an April 4tn entry into and tnett ot $yu from a Uas ton store owned by H. \v. Clem ents ot KoanoKe rtapids, testified uiat Heard was his accomplice in botti tne tnett and an ensuing trip ot several days into v ir'gima. ms testimony was in direct con tradiction to that oi Heard who just prior to warncK s appear* once mere taat, aiuiougn Vv arnca had spent tne mgnt at nis nouse, ne tisearu» nau stayed at uouiv wane vvarricK went alter tne money. ine jury returned a finding o; guilty lor both ot tnem aite. an indictment had been sent in to tne Nortnampton County granu jury cliargmg Beard and hau been returned in the form ot a true oil! witnin a few minutes. Judge J. Paul Prizzeile sen tenced Warrick to three years on the breaking and entering charge and two years on that oi larceny with the two sentences to run concurrently. Beard drew two years on each charge, with the two sentences also to run con currently. Clements testified that his store was broken into on the night of April 4 (after a similar rob bery about a month and a haif before had netted burglars over $100) and $90 in cash money had been taken away. Warrick testified in his own defense, saying that both he and Beard had been members of a gang of young boys who, about six years ago (and according to Warrick under the tutelage Of an ex-convict, Simon Garrett) had engaged in a number of robberies before they were caught. He said that, at the time, he had turned state's witness and had been placed on probation. He claimed about 13 months' naval service since that time. Romancos Play Last Home Game Saturday Might The Rosemary Romancos will play their last home game Sat urday night when they bring to this city for the second time the powerful Pepsi-Cola team from Norfolk. The Pepsi-Colas, currently are leading the fast class AA major softball league, and topped the locals here earlier in the season, 4.3, when Sid Johnson, brilliant young Norfolk hurler, tossed a tour-hitter at the Romancos while his teammates were touching Russ Deberry for five hits and tour runs. Since that time Johnson has hurled two no-hit games while Deberry has tossed four no-hit games. This should indicate a great hurling duel for Saturday night. The Romancos will take a fine record into the game against the youngsters with 33 victories and only four defeats. Turkey productions from 1929 to 1944 nearly doubled, but the num ber of farms raising turkeys in 1944 was about one-third that of 1929. Consequently, the average turkey farm was raising more than five times as many in 1944 than IM8. $188,720 City Budget OK’d By Commissioners AtjTuesday Meeting Nine Local Men Face Trial Here Today In Recorder Court Here Nine local men, arrested dur ing the early part oi last week on gambling charges and ar raigned beiore Mayor J. T. Chase Saturday morning were sched uled to face trial in Recorder’s Court in the Municipal court room here today, after having been bound over from Hie pre liminary hearing. 'Phe men were listed by local police as: Silas Hendley, charged with as sault with a deadly weapon and gambling; Joe tPetei Wells, Jr, cnarged with gambling, operating a gambling house and engaging in an affray in which a deadly weapon was used; Garland Mc Gee, charged with aiding and abetting in gambling, and six others, Hassell Bridgman, O. C. Baity, Claude Barnes, Lindsey Shear in* J. C. Warwick and Basil Davis, charged with gambling. Governor Orders Further Hearings Kidnap Charges Seveu Men Released By Northampton County Cirand Jury Cherry Tuesday threw the weignt ot his oitice against the decision ot a Northampton County grand jury whicn returned no true bills against seven white men charged with the alleged lynching attempt upon a young Rich Square negro last May. Cherry condemned the grand jury for not returning a true bill and termed its action as a "mis carriage of justice.’ He ordered that another trial be set for an adjoining ccmnty to Northampton quite possibly Halifax. Judge J. Paul Frizzelle, pre siding. declined to comment on the grand jury's decision when it was announced shortly before noon Tuesday. He said that any statement made by him might become cause for a change ot venue inasmuch as the grand jury's action did not preclude fur thei action. It could not be determined im mediately where the next phase of the unfortunate Northampton County story might be written. However* it is quite probable that Halifax County may be the se lected county. There was no demonstration when the grand jury's findings were announced by Solicitor Ern est Tyler. And when Godwin (Bud dy) Bush, the young negro who was charged with attempted rape and who was the object of the alleged attempted lynching, was freed by the grand jury, there was no show of emotion. Bush simply muttered. "Thank God!” Later Bush told a reporter that he was glad the Rich Square men had been released. “It was all a mistake," he said, "and it’s all over now.” But North Carolina's governor has stepped in and. in the mean time, Northampton County this week is still in the national spot light. Program for Shriners' Day The Sudan Temple Band will present a concert on Roanoke Avenue between 10th and 11th streets next Wednesday in con nection with Shriners’ Day to be observed here on that day. The program for the day was announced this week as follows: The parade will leave the grounds and form on Hamilton street at 5 p. m., in the follow-1 ing order: First: The potentate’s car; sec ond, the band float; all other cars to follow in order as they come with the last car contain ing the Shrine Club members. The parade will proceed south on Hamilton street from initial point near Roanoke Rapids Arm ory, turn west at 12th street, then turn north on Ruanoke Ave nue to First street, turn west and return south on’ Jackson street, continuing to the Coun try Club. All cars and the band float will leave the Country Club at 7:45 and park in the open lot on Hamilton street, except the band float and the potentate s car, which will remain on Roa noke Avenue between 10th and 11th streets for the band con cert. This space will be roped off for that purpose. Local Shriners have invited the public to the band concert which is scheduled for about 8 p. m- In case of inclement weather the concert will be given in the high school auditorium. Bird Season Limits Cut This Year Nimrod Information Is Released By Wildlife Resources Group North Carolina hunters will go altqj- migratory game birds this season under sharply reduced limits, according to Federal reg ulations just announced by the U S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The season for ducks and geese will run from December 8 through January 6. This is a cut to 30 days from the 45-day period in effect last year. The daily bag and possession limits for geese were set at one,, and the bag limits for ducks was reduced to four a day, with a possession limit of eight. Last year’s regulations allowed a goose bag and possession limit of two, and duck limits of seven daily and 14 in possession. After two open seosons, the governement this year has taken brant off the open list in Nortn Carolina and other states bordering on the Atlantic. Shooting hours for migratory birds also were reduced. This year the shooting day will run from sunrise to one hour before sun set; last year the hours were trom a half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour before sunset. The State’s usual split season on doves was reduced by two weeks. The first period will ex tend from Sent. 16th throueh 30th. and the second part from Jan. 1st through 31st. The second portion is two weeks shorter than lasts year's. Other regulations are the sauii1 as those in effect last year. The season on sora, rails, marsn hen, and gullinuies will run trom Sept. 1st turougn Nov. 30th. Jbicenses on Sale _ lor the lt)4i-4J •huiu ...g •. '.on in North Carolina -«iu»v been distributed by th Wildlife Resources commission and may oe obtained from district fish aud game protectors and then agents, the licenses are valiu xrom August 1st. federal Seasons and Limits Federal migratory game biru seasons and limits tor North Carolina tor the season ot iy47-4& were listed as follows: Open season on uove trom Sep tember 18-30; bag limit per ua.\ of ten and possession limit oi ten. Also trom January 1-31 witu &dme limits. Duck, December 6 January 8; bag limit ot four and possession limit ot eight with possession of one wood duck in daily or possession limit lawful. On American and redbieasted morganeers, the daily limit is 2o, singly or in the aggregate ana no possession limit. Geese, December 8-January 8; bag limit, one, possesion limit, one. Scoters (sea coots), Decem ber 8-January 8; bag limit ot seven; possession limit of 14. Coot, December 8-January 8; bag hmit of 25; possession limit 25. Lag limit 25; possession limit 25. Sora, September l-November 30; Rail, marsh hen, gallinule, Sep tember l-November 30; bag lim it of 15; possession limit of 15. (These limits are 15 in the ag gregate of all kinds.) iShooting Hours On waterfowl, coots, rails, marsh hen and gallinules, each day ex cept Sunday from sunrise to one hour before sunset, except that the hour for the commencement of hunting of waterfowl and coot on the first day of the season .-hall be 12 o'clock noon. On doves, cne-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Duck Stamps Persons over 16 years of age | i re required to have a valid fed eral migratory bird hunting stamp I m possession to take migratory | waterfowl. These may be obtained from first and second-elass post offices. I^aw Enforcement Meeting. The Halifax County Law' En forcement Association met last night in Scotland Neck with Pres ident Harry House, Halifax Coun ty sheriff, presiding. After dinner, the program was turned over to Julian Bracy who introduced Recorder Court Solid- j tor Dickens, J. I. Walston, town j commissioner of Scotland Neck, J. j A. McDowell, town clerk, and W.' D. Harding, Scotland Neck busi nessman, who made the principal I address. Shriners’ Day Here Wednesday, August 13 All Shriners, both visiting and local, are requested to park their cars in the open lot on Hamil ton street, between the Armory and high school building. The program for the day will be found elsewhere in this issue of the Herald. Streets Will Get Largest Portion; Police And Firemen IN ext The city commissioners disposed of quite a few pressing matters in their Tuesday meeting, the most important of which was approval of a city budget of $188,720.23 for the fiscal year 1947-48. This figure showing an increase ol $60,865.35 over the budget of $127,854.88 for the past fiscal year discloses that operating thj city of Roanoke Rapids is get ting into the realm of big husi. ness. The $46,085.20 allotted for use f-n the streets was the 4largest received by any one department end it was followed by the police department with $36,904; the sani tary commission with $30,192, and the fire department with $29, 164.55 (of which $3,219 will be used as one-fourth payment on a new fire truck scheduled for delivery in the fall.) Other allocations were: health department, $411; administrative $9,500; street lights and power, $6,180; tax department, $4,827.50; unpaid bills, $2,927.45, and emer gency fund, $2,100. Other Business Dr. T. J. Taylor and M. C. Newsom, Sr., requested that the city consider buying a pulmotor to be used under the supervision of the fire department. The fire commissioner took the matter un der advisement. Permission was granted Roa noke Rapids Shriners to have a parade from' 5 to 6 p. m., on Wednesday, August 13, and a band concert the same night in the 1000 block on Roanoke Avenue. B. E. Lancaster, representing thp sanifarv enmm'iosmn j before the board and wanted to buy the four city-owned lots lo cated behind the municipal build ing on Hamilton street for ths purpose of building offices for use of the water department only. The board voted to sell the lots 'Stu' Martin Night At Simmer i'arlc Next Tuesday The Roanoke Rapids Jays and their skipper, Stu Martin, will be honored next Tuesday night by the organization responsible for the Jay's existence—the Junior Chamber of Commerce—in cere monies at Simmons Park during the intermission between a double header baseball game with Tar boro. The ceremonies have been ,an nounced as "Stu Martin Night" by the Jaycees, but the Jaycees have incorporated several features into one observance. Simmons Park, for instance, will be of ficially dedicated by the Jaycees and Stu Martin will, for the first time be called before the loud speaker to aceejft the congratu lations of an admiring assemblage of fans. The Jaycees have invited Ray Goodmon, president of the Coastal Plain League; Dick Herbert, sports editor of the Raliegh News and Observer and George Earnhardt, president of the Tarboro baseball club to attend as special guests. Each will make a few remarks during the ceremonies. The Jays, though cellarites of the Coastal Plain for the greater part of the season thus far, have finally developed into the ball club seeking, and sports writers around the league are predicting that the Jays will crack the first div ision if they continue their pre sent brand of baseball. That, considering the lack of time which Martin has had to develop a team, is regarded as a remarkable feat by mos^ sports fans. Acquiring the Coastal Plain franchise for Roanoke Rapids and subsequently bringing together the stockholders who raised almost $50,000 to finance the embryonic team has been one of the major projects of the local Jaycees, who themselves are just a year old as an organization this month. Acquiring the Coastal Plain franchise for Roanoke Rapids and subsequently bringing to gether the stockholders who rais ed almost $50,000 to finance the embryonic team has been one of the major projects of the local Jaycees, who themselves are just a year old as an organisation this month. The Jaycees began work on get ting the franchise last September —and at that time it seemed a hopeless cause. Several towns were bidding for any possible franchise, and President Good mon insisted all along that there would be no vacancy—or, at least, that he had heard of no possi bility of one of the 1946 teams dropping out of the league. The Jaycees continued to gam ble on the possibility, and spent considerable time and money on travel and personal contacts to (Continued on Page f-Section AJ, /
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