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# ^ James Barfield, now a Pfc. with the Army Air Forces, writes that his new address is Spokane Army Air Field, Spokane, Washington . . . Jimmy had been stationed at Keesler Field, near Biloxi, Miss issippi, but, after graduating from Classification Specialists School there, was transferred to Spokane to work as a qualified classifica tion specialist there . . . He’s with a Bombardment Squadron . . . Got ^tn talking to a fellow here in town Wednesday morning . . . discussing first one thing and then another ... he kept talking about Broad Street . . . found out he's Mr. L. Li. Hines, brother of L. D., the Jays’ proxy, and came from Philadelphia, Pa. . . . Mr. L. L. says he tried to cure his asthma in Arizona and New Mexico, but it was no go . . . came from Cali fornia to Philadelphia in JUly and w decided to come on down to N. C. in August . . . welcome to our town! Lewis Bailey Hasty, Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hasty’s boy (they live I at 327 Charlotte Street), left re cently to enter medical college at Richmond, Virginia . . . Lewis re ceived his Bachelor of Science De gree from the University of Rich mond last June and also got a commission as Ensign,. U. S. Naval ^ Reserve. John Buck, the man recently chronicled in these columns as being an ardent follower of the Izaak Walton pastime, decided to forego any more driver’s license examining, and left this week for Chapel Hill, N. C., where Monday he entered the State Highway Pa trol School . . . John’s departure had no few people going into the local police department in an ef fort to obtain licenses . . . but, naturally, tne iuuai puuoe nave m/ authority to conduct examinations so ... in short—we have no ex aminer . . . Earl Glover left Sep tember 8th for Coyne Electrical School in Chicago, Illinois. Earl, who finished high school here with the Class of ’47, will spend six months in studying electricity, radio and electric refrigeration at the school in the Windy City . . . £ Jack Hazelwood accompanied Earl ni the trip and after spending a week there, returned to his home here . . . Earl's folks are Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Glover. Lunsford Crew was recalling the worst 24 hours he ever spent . . it all came up when several of us were talking about the hurricane now pounding Florida . . . Luns ford said he was Officer of the B Day at the Charleston (S. C.) Naval Base when that big wind ot 1944 hit . . . phone rang all night long . . . “Sir, the roof just Mew off the barracks here” or -;uch '»«**. such a barracks is an, U?e” . . . finally had to mov; ■ J th' 'urnlture from the OD . * f .v upstairs and was left stand * inz in water with only a telephone and a piece of paper in the office . he w'rote using the window for a desk . . . Jesse Helms. El ' lis Crew, Claude Meares and Al Drew were up in Atlantic City. New' Jersey with the rest of the radio people from all over the na tion this W'eek . . . the National Association of Broadcasters was holding its convention . . . Sheriff Harry House and B. F. Turner, publisher of the Weldon paper, were out on a fishing trip together this week . . . Howard Pruden, Jimmy Sears, Monroe Cameron. R. I. Starke and D. C. Clark . . . our city commissioners . . . have some good ideas in connection with this safety for the school children. In case you're wondering who did the news over at the radio station this week while Jesse Helms was gone ... it was “Skeets” Davis, from Weldon . . . she used to be with the Associat ed Press in Jacksonville. Florida . . . also with a weekly paper down in Pinehurst, N. C. . . Doug Ames’ sister Carol is visiting Doug and his wife . . . she's from Minnpsntu Over in IVor.n nf Monday . . . had quite a chat with the Jones brothers who own the Warrenton Record . . . very nice people who have a heart-warming reception for visiting members of the fourth estate . . . There’s a write-up by Junior High School student Lois Taylor in this issue ~ of the Herald about young Gus Patronis from Athens, Greece, which you don't want to miss . . . Speaking of Warrenton and The Record, we ran across quite a lit tle story about the old-time rail road from Norfolk to Raleigh therein . . . some fellow was chal lenged in Raleigh by the conductor about not having paid his fare. The old fellow said he paid when he got on at Littleton . . . Con ductor said, “Sir, only one pas senger got on at Littleton and he was a little boy,” . . . “I, Sir,” very solemnly said the old gentle man passenger on the very slow train, "was that little ^ boy!” , . . T. J. (Pete) Davis, the local po lice chief, is well known through out the state . . . met up with a fellow from the State Bureau of Investigation over at Warrenton who remembers when Pete was with the Burlington force. Jim Ingram, who works with the Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District has fixed up quite a store for his tw* sons, “Bubba" and Jimmy, to operate . . . the new establishment is in the Ingram back-yard at 603 Hamilton Street just across from Central School . . . yes, kids, they have cold drinks too . . . Jim used to be quite a baseball pitcher in his younger days — semi-pro and in the Army during the First World War , . . he’s training his boys too . . . There were three ex-mayors of the city ir. Commissioners’ meeting Tuesday afternoon . . . J. T. Chase, pres ent mayor, once served & term as mayor back in 1917-1920; W. B. | AlUbrook (who attended the meet inf as eity attorney) served from * * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS What Roanoke Rapids Makes ★ ★ ★ -Makes Roanoke Rapids | Hera,d Cla8sifietl Advertising ★ ★ ★ Growing With ■ M Gets Quick Results ^ Carolina’s Fastest Crowing City ^ ^ ^ VOLUME XXXII ~ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1947 NUMBER 46 A PUBLIC STATEMENT Released l»y the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Roa noke Rapids, IN. C., Sept. 17, 1947. It is with deep regret that the Roanoke Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce notes that certain of the Halifax County Commissioners apparently are reluctant to endorse and support unanimously plans for a COL STY airport to be located near the city of Roanoke Rapids. Ami it is with a sense of civic responsibility that the Junior Chamber of Commerce hereby strongiy recom mends that the honorable conunissioners preclude them selves from any possible sectional animosity, thereby clear ing the way for cooperation on this and future projects which involve the progress of Halifax County in general. ! Personal obligations, personal desires and personal reasons should never enter into a decision involving so many people as live in this county. The matter for con sideration is one that progret sive communities throughout the nation have already endorsed and allocated their funds toward in recognition of the importance of air travel in the trend of progress. A COVSTY airport at Roanoke Rapids would serve the majority of citizens who ordinarily would use airport facilities. It would be near the county’s largest city, the county's largest industries, and within the reach of the largest possible segment of population. | A COVSTY airport must be regarded as a necessary public utility. It s up to the county to face its obligation to its future. It's up to the elected commissioners to fulfill their obligation to the people by causing a unanimous vote on behalf of the airport. ! At the present time, we enjoy a confidence in the thoughtfulness to duty of our commissioners. We request that the two dissenting commissioners reconsider ami thereby render a most important decision which will keep Halifax County in step with the tunes. j One Bid Submitted To City For Addition To Municipal Building Rejected By Board •Junior High News . . . Gus Patronis, 16, Attended School In Athens, Greece By LOIS TAYLOR This week as our interesting per sonality we have 16 year old Gus Patronis from Athens. Greene. In his second year of high school in Greece, he studied arithmetic, history, physics, physiology and rc 'igion, or tfc*> Bible. Hey likes r.'.usic -ncl wanf/ to learn Spanish i the ► -re. He speaks oid and new Greek and a little English. y For sports they played a game similar to American football. Five months ago, his mother, father, his nine-year old brother, who goes to Rosemary School, and he arrived at New York after an eighteen day trip across the At lantic on "The City of Athens." He said, ‘‘America is now my home." He is residing at 1346 Roa noke Avenue. We have six new teachers in Junior High. Miss Ferguson, ninth grade rnath teacher, is from Boykins, Va., and formerly taught at Wilson, N. C. Mrs. Reynolds is the wife of lawyer Ottis J. Reynolds, and taught last year at William R. Davie. This year she is teaching seventh grade English. Mr. Bed dard, Science teacher, is from Win terville. Last year he taught at Maury High School. The new band instructor is Mr. Baird from Illi nois. Mr. Fildes is a shop teacher, and he is also from Illinois. Mr Woodard, Junior Business Training teacher* is from Wilson County. Temporary Committee To Meet Tomorrow A temporary Committee appoint ed by the N. C. State Nutrition Committee, with Miss Florence Cox as temporary chairman, will meet in the office of the Home Demonstration Agent in Halifax cm Friday, September 19th, to lay plans for a meeting of all people in Eastern North Carolina who are interested in better Nutrition for our people. At that meeting the State Nutrition under the direc tion of Miss Virginia Blount, exe cutive secretary, hopes to organize an Eastern North Carolina Regi onal Nutrition Committee. This Regional Committee Will be in closer touch with this part of North Carolina and will be better able to serve the needs of the people. -o David Camp, for 25 years con nected with Farber & Josephson i i Weldon, is now associated with Little’s Clothing Store here as sales manager. Mr. Camp has been ir: the elothing business a long t>me and is well known in this section. Other members of Little’s per sonnel include Ernest Little, Mrs. Luther Ivey and Mrs. Mabel Hud son, who is in charge of altera tions. 1939-1941 and Kelly Jenkins (who was representing the Sanitary Dis trict) held the post from 1931-1939 and 1941 to 1947 . . . Met Jack Pope from Weldon who was over here Wednesday . . . Jack has a ready smile . . . Quite a few peo ple are following that hurricane with interest . . . Ann Nash, from Weldon, is down at Key West vis iting her sister, Francis . . . the storm, fortunately, didn’t hit that part of te Peninsula State. . . The board of city commissioners of Roanoke Rapids met Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of open ing bids on the proposed construc tion of a second story addition to the part of the municipal build ing at present housing the fire department. There was only one bid submit ted and it having been consider ed too higlv the board members agreed not to accept it. In other business the board heard letters from the Southern Switch and Signal Company, of Shreve p«. -t, Louisiana, and the General Electric Company read in regard tc the anticipated installation >f several new traffic lights in the city. Action on proposals by the tw> companies was deferred until the next meeting of the board, Tues day. October 7, at which time rep resentatives of the two companies have been invited to attend. New petitions were given out to the commissioners, with a 1'ist of names of property "owners who are to sign requesting that the city do the proposed new paving. It is expected that signed petitions will be returned and in the hands of the commissioners at the next meeting at which time they will probably begin action to call an election on the issuance of bonds. Cherry Refuses To Reinstate Ex-Patrolmen A trip to Raleigh by about 40 Halifax and Northampton county citizens and about 35 citizens from other parts of the state, in the interest of gaining reinstatement for three former highway patrol men to their former ranks and stations, went for naught when their plead down with finality last Thursday. % After listening to pleas by four state senators including Julian i Aiisbrook, of Roanoke Rapids, by law enforcement officers from several counties and other prom inent citizens, pleas which last ed from three o’clock until about 4:15 Thursday afternoon, the chief executive asked, “Is there anyone else who wants to say anything?” When no one else spoke up, the governor began his statement. “I have listened to your request that these men, Teague, Wilson and Fields, be reinstated at their former ranks and stations. I take* tull responsibility for what I am about to say. “At the present time I can not reinstate these men. In no event could I reinstate them and sen! them back to their same divi sion. . . The governor then went on to explain his stand in the matter— that the conduct of highway pat rolmen, by virtue of their posi tion in the public eye, was above that of the criminal laws of the state. In about 150 words, the gover nor said “no” and that wrote “finis” to the case as (in the words of Cherry) “the matter stands now”. J. Winfield Crew, Jr. following Allsbrook’s 15 minute summary of the entire case, told the governor that “Halifax County for quite a few years been divided politically - Mr. Aiisbrook has been on one side— I’ve been on the other. But we went the governor to know that the country is united po litically in this question. We want those boys back down in our part of the state.” The Red Flatter Man has something to toll yea, * GUEST MINISTER Rev. Charles Riggs (above) of Goldsboro, will be guest preacher during the revival at the First Christian Church here, which will begin next Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to these services. "Black" Eleven Topples "Gold" By 13-7 Count By Wiley Warrcti Statistics Gold Black First downs_2 4 Yards gained from scrimmage _ 94 61 : Yards lost from scrimmage _22 12 ( Net yards gained from scrimmage -_72 49 Passes attempted _ 3 7 Passes completed_1 D Yards gained passing 9 51 1 Punting average _27 30 j Yards lost on penalties 85 40 A spirited "Black" team took to ' the air lanes Wednesday night in registering a 13-7 triumph over i never-say-die "Gold" outfit in a Yellow Jacket intra-squad game it Simmons Park. The "Black” squad, coachecf by He ad Coach Rock Venters battled assistant Conch Danny Cagle’s t "Gold" club on even terms for > most of the contest. , A small crowd witnessed the practice exhibition which was i staged in the regular dress uni- ( forms. . Not until late in the second quarter did either of the clubs j get their attack operating success- f fully. j When the 'Black" attack bogg'ed t dawn, Vance Stewart, who proved i a thorn in the side of the oppo- c sit ion all night, got off a 48 yard j punt which rolled to the eight be- $ fore O. B. Crumpler could return it to the 13. Officials then detected the ] "Gold" offsides on two successive downs, moving them back to the three. Walter Myrick, ‘‘Gold" tail- 11 back kicked out to the 15 where 1 the ball was ruled dead. ^ That’s when the "Black" boys ^ got their attack underway. Sam a Wood and Stewart picked up four s yards apiece at tackles and Art v Brown, the South Carolina new- r comer, made it a first down thru the middle of the line picking up c three yards. r Clemmer Tallies r Billy Clemmer and Stewart v moved it to the two on a pair of ^ line smashes, and then fulback ° Clemmer carried it over to give * the “Black" a 6-0 edge. The try ^ for the point was good but nulli- ^ fied backfield in motion. Stewart Scores Midway of the third period, Stewart took Myrick’s punt on the 30 and returned it 27 yards to the _ 12. ‘ t After passing to Clemmer for f eleven yards to the one, Stewart l crashed over for the “Black” sec- = end score. Brown took a pass t f''om Stewart for the point, run ning the count to 13-0. j Walter Myrick sparked the .<■ “Gold" club to its lone touchdown t in the final period. After a sus- 1 I The Local Week... nmim mar rn. AHcci® iiiurbuay; Hears NCSES Speaker The Business and Professional Women’s Club met last Thursday evening at the Rosemary Caft» with the program under the direc tion of the North Carolina Em ployment Service. Speaker for the evening was Mrs. Anne Freeman and her sub ject was "No Help Wanted." Mrs. Freeman in her talk dealt with the rehabilitation of the physically handicapped. After the speech, a motion pic ture on "Meet North Carolina,” was. shown. Present in addition to members of the club were Elton C Parker, from the local office ol the Employment 'Service, Mrs. Holloman, Mrs. Yvorsky, Mrs. Grimes, Miss Edith Merritt and Gilbert Baugham. Christian Science Services Announced Services of the local Christian Science Church are announced as follows: Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.; Church service, 11:00 a. m., ori Sunday. Wednesday evening, testi mony meeting* at eight o’clock. The reading room is open Tues days from three p. m. until five y. in. Members of the local church cordially invite any and every one to visit the reading room and attend all services. Lesson-Sermon for last Sunday in all Christian Science Churches and Societies was “Substance." HALIFAX COUNTY FAIR Horse races, shows and exhibits will be the order of the day at the Halifax County Fair, sponsored by the Veterans of Roanoke Rapids, Inc., Sept. 29th through October 4th, it was announced this week. The fair will be set up at the Chockoyotte Fair Grounds. FIRST BALE OF COTTON To Kenneth Collins of Route 1. Roanoke Rapids, goes the honor of having brought in the first bale of cotton of the season to be ginned at Rosemary Ginning Co. The cotton was sold to Rose mary Manufacturing Co., for 32 1. 2c per pound and Mr. Collins re ceived a five dollar premium from the mill fbr having brought in the first bale of the season. Quito a few people in Hali fax County are (lad there la a Red Feather Man. PROCLAMATION child safety week \\ IIKKKAS, many children between the ages of 4 and Y* 'v<*re killed or injured in all type's of accidents during • he past year; ami _ ^ RE REAS, it is the duty ot tin* Citizens of Roanoke Rapids. \. to make a concerted effort to instill in their children now returning to school the necessity of heing candid at home, careful at play, careful at school and on tlie way to and from school: and \N IIEREAS, the time of M'lioitl re-opening is most I udyantageous for emphasizing these ideals, Mt\\, IlltKEfOIih, i. J. T. Chase, as Mayor, do hereby proclaim that the period from September 22. 1917. to September 29. 1917, shall he known officially as the Child Safety Campaign. And furthermore, I request all citizens to cooperate in this safety campaign and to take all possible precautions to reduce accidents iti line with the National Safety Council’s year-round campaign. Dated this 15th day of September, 1917, A. I). J. T. CHASE, Mayor City of Roanoke Rapids, IN. C. Building Lags; H 2,000 Worth In September Permits Issued So Far For 7!) New Homes This Year Building permits lagged some what so far this month as only 12,000 worth were reported to lave been issued up to and in luding Tuesday. Of this $12,000, half of it was >r new home construction and the ther $6,000 for commercial and (•modeling, the figures from the •ffice of city building inspector lenry P'itts showed. Grand total in building for the tar is now $569,200 worth for •hich permits have been issued .“.69,700 worth of which went for rw home construction and the re dlining $199,500 worth were for ommercial* industrial, remodeling nd other building. With the issuance of a permit e Joseph T. Taylor to build a one tory frame residence with five ooms and a bath on Bolling Road t an estimated cost, of $6,000, ta-? umber of new homes slated for onstruction in the city durng 1947 0 far rose to 79. Other permits were: to B. F. ohnson, a one story brick garage 1 88 Roanoke Avenue between 'irst and Canal Streets at an es mated cost of $4,000: and to the braid Printing Co., a one story Oder block addition to pressnt uilding at an estimated cost of >.000. lalifax PTA Meets The Halifax P. T. A. at its fiv leeting Tuesday was glad to learn irough their music chairman, trs. C. E. Shaw, that Mrs. Brow er of Weldon, would teach piano ud public school music in the •bool this year. The P. T. A ated to sponsor the public school lusic. Mrs. Percy Harris, visual ai ! lairman, reported one picture i lonth had been booked. Miss, llliott reported the lunch room ■ould continue as here before, j trs. S. S. Norman gave the pro-1 ram for the year* the theme Building For Tomorrow," Good chools, Good Homes and Good ommunities. Quite a few people in Hali fax County are glad there is a Red Feather Man. ained drive to the "Black" 19. th. ist-stepping back took a 24 yard auchdown jaunt and Runt Acre neaked through center for t>» xtra point. Venters seemed pleased with tl. erformanee. "However," the coach aid, "They take too much time in ne huddle. Too much yardage is eing lost on time.” Vaughan Resident Killed Instantly By Freight Train Mrs. Emmie Elizabeth Edmond.' Cibson, 61, of Vaughan, was kill ed instantly early last Thursday afternoon near her Warren Coun ty home when struck by a south bound freight train. Warren County Coroner Edward Petar ruled the accident unavoid able and deemed an inquest un necessary. Testimony to the cor oner indicated Mrs. Gibson ap proached the tracks and did not see the train, nor hear either the bell or whistle. Funeral services were held Fri da.\ afternoon at three-thirty at her home with the Rev. J. M 'Pet er of Wake Forest officiating. Burial was in the Vaughan Cem e« ery. She was the daughter of the late Ben and Pattie Edmonds of Lawrenceville. Va.. and the widow oi the late Tom Cibson. Survivors include: one son, S. B. Gibson, of Warrentob: six daugh ters. Mary and Lillie Gibson. ,.f the home: Mrs. J. A. Heaney and Mrs. .1. F. Reid of Littleton; N!r<. V. H. Wright of Macon; Mrs. Ed Whitby of Lawrenceville; two brothers, Henry and .Tim Edmonds o? Lawrenceville; two sisters, Mir. Chester Clary and Mrs. Arthur Smith f»f Lawroncevihe arid teen grandchildren. SF* ® aoon ice reiver Flood Control Group Meet The Roaoke River Flood Con trol Committee will hold an all lay session at Buggs Island, Va.. on Friday, October 17th beginning at. 10:00 A. M.. it was announced Monday by Eric W. Rodgers, of Scotland Neck, secretary of the organization. At the meeting. Brigadier Gen eral P. r. Crawford, of Washing ton, E>. O., Assistant to the Chief o? Army Engineers, and Colonel George Derby. District Engineer 5i Norfolk, will conduct a tour of tht project. After the tour a luncheon will be served at which Gen. Crawford and Col. Derby will make brief statements explaining all phases of the project and will answer questions. The meeting is schedul ed to end by four o’clock that afternoon. In addition to Rodgers, other of ficers of thef group are: W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Woodland, chairman, aud Frank C. Williams, of' Roa n<-ke Rapids, Vice-Chairman. Members include: W. d. Long, G irysburg: Louis '1'. Raseoe. Wind sor; W. P. Renthall. Rich Square: C. S. Alexander, Scotland Neck: ( larles Griffin. Woodville; T. Douglas Temple. Scotland Nock; C. G. Crockett. Williamston; D. W. Seifert. Weldon: Albert S. Bugg, Warrenlon; W. E. Smith. Scotland Neck; John H. Kerr. Jr., Warren tun: Curtis R. Turner, Weldon; Walter H. Glenn, Weldon; F. U. Karnes, Wiliamston; K. E. Adams, Roanoke Rapids; Fletcher H. Greg ory, Halifax and W. Roy Hampton, of Plymouth; and John W. Clark, of Franklinville, an associate mem ber. Former Resident Is Hospitalized After Collision A former resident of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Edward Johnson of Petersburg, Va, (the former Miss Florine Pearson >, is in a Peters burg hospital as a result of an ac cident which occurred near Pet ersburg as she was returning home after a visit here with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pearson, this week. Mrs. Johnson’s car overturned when hit by another car whose driver was not identified. Mrs. Johnson was rendered unconsci ous by the impact although her small daughter, who was with her, was uninjured. Many talented stars of radio, stage and screen will help the Red Feather Man deliver his message. Warren County Grand Jury Frees Nor’ampton Men Confirming reports emanating from Warrenton on Mon day and Tuesday through reliable observers, a grand jury in Warren County Wednesday morning returned a no true bill of indictment sent them by Solicitor Ernest Tyler on Monday morning against Joe L. Cunningham, of Rich Square, and A. W. Edwards, of Jackson, in connection witli charges growing out of the attempted lynching last May of Godwin (Buddy) Bush, young Rich Square negro. In Raleigh, the governor's secretary told a Herald report er that ended the case as far as the governor was concern ed. The Warren County Superior Court, Judge W. C. Harris, ———-I of Raleigh, presiding, was conven Governor’s Secretary Tells Herald Grand Jury Action Final A Herald reporter was told early Wednesday morning by John Harden, Governor Gregg Cherry’s secretary, that the action of the Warren County I Grand Jury earlier that morn ing in not returning a true bill in the case against Joe L. Cunningham and A. W. Ed wards, Northampton county men charged in the Godwin Bush case, was “going to wind up the case as l'ar as he (the governor) is concerned.” Harden said the governor felt that the evidence had gone before two grand juries and had lns*u heard once in open court and that there was no use in taking it any further. "No," declared Harden, “The governor is not going to send it to any of the grand juries in either Bertie, Hertford or Halifax counties." 1050 Students See Traffic Safety Show About 1050 school children in it 'moke Rapids city schools at .ended the presentation last Thurs-. ta> and Friday of the Traffic Safety Show by Officer Ernest E. ['■ css ley, traffic officer of the Charlotte police force, under the I al sponsorship , of the Roanoke Rapids Lions 'flufc, the po'.ee de partment and tnc Nortn \L‘arOliiin Automobile Association. The ages of the children view ing the unique dog show ranged fiom about six years to about 18 and from the first grades through the 12th. According to faculty members of hi schools, it was one of the most entertaining educational perform u’ces sc-n in the local auditoriums n recent years and the children ire at present striving to master I ht safety test left by Officer ; Pressley. Passing the test, will 1 make the students eligible for nembership in the Junior Safety Piub. in which more than 100.000 1 irr already enrolled. 1 Pressley managed quite skillful- J y the difficult task of holding the 1 nterest and attention of the entire ' jroup in spite of the wide span 1 >1 educational level in the audi ;nce. The dogs were superb, with 5ach one performing his part of .he show in either serious or com c fashion to illustrate a point n traffic safety or to impress on he children the value of such in stitutions as the church, the school u scouting organizations. For example, "Lady,” the bird log who spent four years with Of ficer Pressley in the field before jfing trained for the show, de lighted the audiences by selecting from a number of blocks the one ontaining the correct answer to her master’s question. On one oe •asion she performed the same act in answer to a different ques tion asked by a little sixth-grade girl. The trained pigeon rolled over anc. over with wings flapping to illustrate the way a child might look if hit by"a motorist while jay-walking. Little "Elmer” then turned flips in mid-air to illustrate in case some of the audience could not see his act before. Between and during every act, Pressley lectured to the groups, drawing heavy applause for his humorous tales and gasps of hor ror for his descriptions of fatal accidents that he, as an officer, had investigated. The Pressley show is sav'ing lives and preventing countless in juries of school children walking. riding bicycles or roller skating. It is indelibly creating a .safety consciousness that will build a new generation of safe drivers. PRICE (CORRECTION Due to an error, the wrong prices for Baby Beef Chuck Roast ami Sirloin Steak were listed in this week's Colonial Stores advertisement. The correct prices are: Baby Beef Chuck Roast 49c lb. and Sirloin Steak 73o lb. Meat production under federal Inspection for the week ended Au gust 16 totaled 285 million pounds according to USDA. This produc tion was 1 per cent above the 280 million pounds produced during the preceding week and 16 per cent above the 247 million pounds recorded for the corresponding week of last year. ed at 10:15 Monday morning by Sheriff Roy Shearin. Judge Harris then began his charge to the grand jurors, even as a local reporter was told by a YVarrenton citizen "you can write your story now- there will be a no true bill returned.’ "It is not my purpose to charge you gentlemen at any great length in view of the facts that you have aiready been sworn and have been serving. However, since I was not the presiding judge at the time you began your service there are a few things I want to bring to your attention ...” Proceeding to discussion of th. way in w-hich he wanted the jurors to discharge their duties, Judg Harris referred to the impending hill from Northampton county on! ndirectly as he said, "It is my understanding there are some bill jf indictment sent you from othc counties. It is perfectly proper un lei the law for such bills to be sent you. It is your duty to pass 3n those bills just the same as oil :!iose from your own county. "Remember the oath you too; when you began your service. R - ?ardless of w-liat you might thin ; 3r want—regardless of your opin on—if you. from the evidence, conclude that there should be a bill then it is your duty to return one. "The court asks you to do your iuty.” The judge then instructed the iurors as to their duties of in specting school busses, school bus Invers, the county institutions and he county offices. Finishing his charge at 10:30 with the reminder that their leliberations w-ere supposed to be ^ cept secrety Judge Harris then re eased the jurors to the sheriff md they retired to the grand jury ■oom. The courtroom with a seating unnnihr nf OftH i.ror ui overflow at times of about 100 )ersons. The crowd was predom nantly colored, due in part to the iresence on the court calendar of everal cases involving colored per ons, two of which were charged vith murder. All day Tuesday, newsmen from he United Press, Associated Press, everal of the state papers and pectators from Northampton bounty, waited with no action ither than the hearing Tuesday d several witnesses in connection vith the case. Cunningham and Edwards, as veil as Bush, were in the court ■oom Monday, Tuesday and Wed lesday. Wednesday morning the grand iury returned a no true bill and. is Solicitor Ernest Tyler made the announcement, the principals in he case departed the former de fendants as free men. Members of the grand jury were: Vernon C. Brown, foreman, farm ir of Vaughan: C. E. Thompson, farmer of Macon; R. L. Yancey, farmer of Norlina; H. J. Seaman farmer of RFD, Norlina; J. M. Twisdale, truck driver for a bot tling company of Littleton; Georg.* Robinson, picture show man of Warrenton; J. K. Pinnell, farmer and trucker of Afton-Elberton; V E. Riggan, service station an 1 store operator of Norlina; W. H. Hawks, farmer of Rt. 1, Warren ton; W. S. Davis, clerk in War renton; S. R. Jones of Elams; A. D. Harris, government employee of Warrenton; Albert Seaman, f. rmer of the Ridgeway section; J. T. Maymess, farmer of Rt. 1, Lit tleton; Arthur Petar, salesman for the Warrenton Grocery Co.; Ed ward Petar, coroner of Warren county; J. A. Hilliard, merchant of Warrenton; and F. E. Wilson, farmer of near Manson. r WANTED TO RENT 2 Houses A 3 or 4 room house, preferably just outside the city, or as far as a mile outside. A 5 or 6 room house with 2 or 3 bedrooms. Good Location. 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