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5* • * * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS * * * * * * What Roanoke Rapids Makes u nri ... , . , ... r Herald Classified Advertising —Makes Roanoke Rapids ^ . A . , „ r Gets Ouick Results "Ar 'A' A’ ★ ★ * VOLUME XXXIU ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 11th, 1947 NUMBER 6 m To The Wedding Miss Grace Clark, sixth grade teacher, has left for Everett, N. C. to be the maid of honor at her sister’s wedding. Response — Last week we offered the ser vices of this column to anyone who had information, goods, toys, services, etc. for others. $ This week Miss Marie Moss responds. She has a beautiful collection of old post cards, for birthdays, for Christmas and other events, all types. She has saved them since she was a wee child and now she is offering them to oth ers if they wish them. Miss Moss’ cards are really collector’s items. Someone may be seeking them. Here is oppor ^ tunity. P. S. Who will call us next week with something for some one else? . . Or who may be in need of something for themsel ves? . Unusual signs There is a fellow in Iowa City, Iowa, who has this sign on his door, "Dr. Lawyer, Dentist." ^ Watching Each Other Yesterday morning I saw the manager of one 5 Cents to $1 store walk into a 5 Cents to $1 store across the street. A mom ent later 1 saw the managers m the two stores sipping coffee to gether in a local restaurant. Hav ! ing seen them partaking togeth er of a morning refresher many times before, 1 asked them this ; question, “How come you two w competitors always drink cof fee together?” One of them spoke up and said, “He can’t get ahead of me while we’re drinking coffee to gether. That’s one moment I know we are all even-up Hollywood Lost— Roanoke Rapids Won! When Dr. R. P. Beckwith and 0 members of his family first came I to Roanoke Rapids, they went immediately to the oUl rooming house (we believe it was down town) where rooms had been re served in advance. But when Dr. Beckwith asked for rooms the lady in attendance said, “No, we j • ain’t got no rooms.” •But don’t you have room re f nervations for the new doctor? asked Dr. Beckwith. # Oh, yes,” said the lady. “We got rooms for the new doctor. Are you the new doctor?” Yes.” the physician responded. “I’m sorry.” said the lady. f‘I thought you was show folks!” Atlvl'aq from Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie, proud of his choice of assistants and their j length of service with him, stop _ ped one day to talk to an elderly * office employee. “Well, Hopkins,” said the steel magnate, “you have been with me for a pumber of years. How many, to be specific?” ' "Thirty-seven, sir!” replied the beaming Hopkins. “And I might add that, in all these years, I made only one slight mistake!” “Fine, fine,” congratulated _ Carnegie. “But from now on, ™ please he more careful.” Florida Vacation Miss Martha Herring, cashier of the Roanoke Rapids telephone office, has had her heart set on a Florida vacation for quite some time. Realization will come Monday when she leaves for the sun shine city of St. Petersburg for a 15 day sojourn. Looking Forward to — Parents, children and teachers are looking forward to the an nual Christmas pageant of the Vance St. school which will be held Sunday, 3 p. m. It’s a Long Way Home Mabel Parchmen, local teach er, has a long trip to reach that home of hers, but she is making ll in nme iui uumc mcswc t tide, way back in Tennessee. 750 mile, from here. Precious One and Only Mrs. George Taylor, Roanoke Ave., left for Playmouth Meet ing, Pa., to see her new grand son, the only male among the children and grand-children of this Taylor family. The happy mother is the former Ann Tay lor, now Mrs. Robert Fernley. * Spell Rat . A little lad in school asked his teacher, “How do you spell rat?’ “R-a-t,” said his teacher. . “No, I want to know how to spell rat,” the boy repeated. The teacher again spelled the , word as before. , “Naw," said the lad, “how do you spell rat as in 'rat now’ ?” The story was an illustration of the colloquial problems tea ^ chers must meet, Dr. Mathilda Bailey, authoress of English hooks, and speaker at a Rocky Mount teachers meeting told her audience yesterday. Attending the meeting were all local elementary school teach [ ers with exception of first grade, music and some second grade teachers. Coming to Town New residents will be Mr. and Mrs. Robert Long of High Point. Mrs. Long is the former Mary Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Taylor. The new res idents will reside st 422 Hamil ton as soon as remodeling la completed, Christmas Season Arrival Friends sent us an announcs O (Continued «o page g-S«tt. A) County’s Peanut Income May Continue High in ’48 Income Drop Is Doubtful, Davis Says The peanut crop income of this county in 1948 may be as big as that of 1947. County Agent W. O. Davis informed the Herald to day. However, maintainance of high peanut crop income in 1948, he says, depends upon a favorable vote by Congress on the Emer gency Relief bill followed by the designation of the peanut as a food for the relief of distressed nations. This news, the county agent reveals, comes from Congre s s man Steven Pace of Georgia, and is welcome news to this county which had feared that some 13, 926 acres of land would be taken out of peanut and tobacco pro duction. The reduction of tobac Ico acreage of 2,747 acres is still (considered likely. With the favorable vote Tues day for government control, pea nuts will have a support price of 10 cents per pound. If the relief measure passes and peanuts are declared food for relief, there may be unlimited planting of peanut acreage, and the support price will still prevail. Davis warned that controls and reduced acreage of peanuts would undoubtedly prevail in 1949 and thereafter. He said that 194 8 should be the year for Halifax farmers, particularly in the Roa noke Rapids area, to plant hay crops and the entry into more dairying. He pointed out both the advan tages of dairying as a profitable farming procedure and also the dire need <3f milk in the Roanoke Rapids area. He said that one dairy in this city selling 600 gal lons of whole milk daily, could buy but 40 gallons from Halifax farmers. He further said that the clay type of soil near Roanoke Rapids was better suited for dairying than for many far m products . s- >oing raised. ■ ■ - Sailor's Body Is Sent Here For Re-Burial The body of Seaman First Clas^Vernon Edgar Whitley was brought back home yesterday from France for re-burial. The body feached Weldon at 8:25 a. m., and was transported to Roa noke Rapids by J. R. Wrenn, funeral director. Services were held this afternoon at 4 at the graveside, conducted by Rev. Floyd A. Boger. Whitley, 18 years of age at the time he was killed June 7, 1944, in the invasion of Normandv. was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter C. Whitley, who live a few miles from this city on the Lit tleton highway. He is survived by his parents and two brothers, Ralph and Herman Whitley: two sisters, Mrs. Hugh Bishop and Miss Car olyn Whitley, all of the home, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Lee. Wrenn Funeral H^n'" had charge of the arrangements. Rev. Hodges Is Elected Ministerial Association President For District Special Meet City Fathers Held Tuesday A special meeting of the Board of City Commissioners was held in the commissioners’ room last Tuesday night. Present were Commissioners M. 1). Collier Jimmy Sears, R. I. Starke, How a. i Pruden, D. C. Clark and A. M. Cameron. Mayor W. Bernard Allsbrook presided. Principal business of the board was the purchase of five stop lights for traffic on Jackson and Hamilton streets. They will be installed: one at Fifth and Jack son, one at Tenth and Jackson, one at Seventh, Nirth and Tenth on Hamilton street Three high school seniors ap i peared before the board and ask ed the commissioners to take a full page advertisement in the school annual. This they did at a cost of $50. The commissioners also grant ed a franchise to Mrs. C atheryn M. Murray, widow of the late Carl F. Murray, to continue op eration of the transportation sys tem in the city under the name RnnnnWp Transit ComuanY. which is now principally owned by her. Overman Announces School Holidays The schedule for Christmas holidays for the schools in Hali fax county administrative unit is as follows, according to W. Henry Overman, superintendent: All white schools except Hali fax will close at the close of the school day, Dec. 16 and reopen Dec. 30. The Halifax school will observe the same holiday sched ule as Weldon high school, clos ing Dec. 19 and reopening on Jan. 9. All colored schools will close Dec. 18 at the close of the school day and reopen on Dec. 30. Bobbitt Home Burns; Second Serious Fire Henry D. Bobblt, Sr. lost his home near Littleton by fire ear ly Tuesday evening. It Is said to have caught from an oil heater. The value was estimated at $8000. It Is said . not to hava been Insured, and 1* the second home Mr, Bobbitt has loat by «ra. Rev. Jerome Hodges, pastor of Roanoke Rapids Penticostal Ho liness Church, was elected pres ident of the Roanoke Rap ids-Wel don Ministerial Association a t the Monday morning meeting. Other officers elected were: Rev. Worth Grant, pastor of the Weldon Baptist Church, vice president; Rev. John T. Maides, Jr., pastor of Rosemary Metho dist church charge and pastor of New Hope and South Rosemary j Methodist Churches, secretary treasurer. The new officers were, elected to serve one year. Two new ministers were intro duced to the association. They, were Rev. John R. Edwards, First Methodist Church, Roanoke Rapids and Rev. B. H. Houston, Weldon Methodist Church. The meeting being the last of the year consisted of a discus sion of the closing year's activi ties and plans for the coming year. The executive committee plans to complete its organization be fore the next regular meeting, which will be held Monday mor ning following the first Sunday in January. The meeting was held at the First Presbyterian Church of .Roanoke Rapids. Little Baby Saves Father From Roads Linwood Hedgepeth, young white man, was saved from be ing sent to the roads by Judge Charles R. Daniel in Recorder's Court this morning. Hedgepeth was charged with being drunk and resisting ar rest. He pleaded guilty and Judge Daniel questioned him about his record and whether he was married or not. Telling the judge he was married, he was asked if he had any children. He replied: “One born this morn ing." Learning that the man had been in court on various charges 22 different times in the past nine years, Judge Daniel said: “If it wasn’t for your child born this morning and your wife I’d send you to the roads. But they are the ones that would suffer, not you." Hedgepeth was then fined $25 and costs, given a road sentence and placed on probation for a period of two years during which time he la to retrain from the use of alcoholic beverages in any form. He didn't tell the court whether the child wee e bey or a girl. Halifax Farmers Vole For Peanut Control; 1,501 to Only 246 Peanut farmers of Halifa> county voted as they did in other areas, overwhelmingly in favoi of the government control pro gram. The vote in this count} was 1501 in favor and only 24t against. The vote in Northampton coun ty was 1,257 for and 226 against North Carolina voted 84,738 foi and 11,398 against. Only a two' thirds majority favorable vote was needed to insure the contro set-up. The vote in the peanut pro ducing states ran seven to one in favor of the government pro duction and marketing system Only Florida, Missouri and Okla homa failed to give the neces sary two-thirds favorable vote The vote announced by the Department of Agriculture foi states other ihan North Caro lina: South Carolina, 2,099 for, 4f against; Virginia, 7,347 for. 28: against; Alabama, 14,732 for, 1, 759 against; Arkansss, 1,105 for 30 against; Florida. 1,614 for 1,016 against; Georgia. 31,342 foi 2,366 against; Louisiana, 36 for none against; Mississippi, 13 for none against; Missouri, 3 for, ■ against; New Mexico, 142 for 39 against; Oklahoma, 4,024 for 2,643 against; Tennessee, 301 for 30 against; and Texas, 9,561 for 2,278 against. Jackson To Raise Money Re-Open Chowan College Jackson.—A tentative goal of at least $10,000 has been set as the town of Jackson’s contribu tion to the drive now underway to raise ^JOO.OOO by January 15 for the reopening of Chowan College in Murfreesboro. The goal was established at a com munity rally for Chowan, lajt. week. * Mrs. V. C. Bridgers, Jackson chairman for the drive, presided at the meeting held in the audi torium of the agriculture build ing. She introduced the Rev. Lonnie Sasser of Murfreesboro, who is directing the drive in this area, William Futrell, of Rich Square. Northampton County, chairman; Dr. W. R. Parker, chairman of the board of trus tees and Mrs. Sally Parker, a trustee. All spoke about the plans to reopen the college as a standard junior co-educational institution. Besides the regular academic department, plans for the col lege include music, home eco nomics and commercial depart ments, it was pointed out by Mrs. Bridgers. It was also pointed out that a $28,000 or $29,000 endowment for Chowan College, held when , the institution closed its doors four years ago. rtill is in good standing. Mrs. Bridgers states that per sons wishing to make contribu tions to the reopening of Chowan College should make checks pay able to Chowan Reopening Fund. The deadline for raising the money locally is January 12, 1948. Mrs. Bridgers pointed out that the town has been divided into zones with chairmen for each zone responsible for contacting the townspeople. Halifax District Scout Committee Tc Meet Monday Tho Halifax District Commit ee. Boy Scouts of Amt: ': ’.- ill lold its regular monthly meet ng in the municipal building, Monday, December 15, at 7:00 m.t it was announced today ay John Hines, newly elected District Chairman. Since plans will be made and >bjectives set for the coming 'ear, it is very important that every member of the District Committee be present, he said. D. E. Bennett, newly elected District Commissioner, urges all Scoutmasters. troop committee nen and neighborhood commis lioners to attend the D i s t rict neeting Beginning with the December neeting, the Double track plan >f District operation will be in stituted . This consists of all District committeemen, troop committeemen, Scoutmasters, leighborhood commissioners, ind institutional representatives coming together in one body and ifter an opening ceremony, the District committeemen and ins itutional representatives trans it district business, while sim iltaneously the District Com nissioner presides over the Scoutmaster’s Roundtable, com >osed of Scoutmasters, neigh jorhood commissioners and the roop committeemen. A complete list of all Scouting Continued on page 2—Sect D) Jax-Aurelian Springs Basketball Teams Play Initial Games Monday By WILEY WARREN Coach Danny Cagle's Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jacket cagers op- ] en their 1947-48 schedule here' Monday night, meeting Aufelian Springs on *.he armory court. The contest will get underway i immediately . following a girls' game, which starts at 7:3Q. Aurelian Springs dealt the Jackets a deafening blow in the opener last season, defeating the locals 34-21. The visitors will be minus the services of their scor ing ace, Thomas Hux, who paced his club to the win in th^( test. Nothing is known concerning the strength of their present out fit, but the Jax coach is expec ting a tough game and has warn ed his charges against overcon fidence. A victory would be more than welcome to Cagle, who only rec ently replaced Rock Venters at the head of the Jacket cage staff. In 1943, his last year of basket ball coaching before a tenure in the Army Air Forces, Cagle produced a strong Junior team and Yellow Jacket follower* are hoping he will do the earn* with the present varsity erew, which hat shown t wide variety o! tal ent, Shooting drills and offensive icrimmages have featured the iractices. Working with the first earn today were guard Sam Vood and forward James War en, both regulars on last year’s dub; James Bryant at center, ind Earl Rook and Billy Clem ner at the other guard and for vard posts, respectively. That five is much taller than fellow Jacket quintets of the last, averaging around six feet. 3ryant, the skyscraper of the lunch, stands six feet, five in dies, and Clemmer and Rook •each just about the six foot nark. Wood is five feet, eleven, ind Warren, the shortest mem ber on that probable starting ag gregation, is five feet, nine inch 18. The second team was compos ed of George Lewis and Tom Wheeler at forwards, Walter My •ick, center and Sonny Hines and Sari Waters at guards. New bleacher seats have been irected in thfe armory and ath letic officials believe the seating capacity of the spacious gym will now accomodate practic illy everyone who attends the Jackets' WMst COLLECTS CASH ON AND OFF HIS JOB Steve Roberson who handles buckets of money at the bank where he works, decided to try his luck at taking in some during his afternoon off, yes terday. He did very well. He had two sheets full of names of persons from whom he col lected cash, and at least one of his pockets contained t h e collection. Why was he doing it? He was raising money lor the Ox ford Orphanage through the sponsorship of the local Ma sonic lodge. He did a good deed on his afternoon off. Man Revives After 3 Days I Henry Griffin. 59 - year - old white man. who lives on the cor ner of Hamilton and Second streets, regained consciousness this morning at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after being taken there last Sunday night following an “accident”. Griffin, it is reported, was vis iting at the home of Horace Britt on Madison street in the “Bun ker Hill" section Sunday night and is said to have been playing cards in an upstairs room with “friends”. Believed to have been preparing to leave the place, Griffin is said to have fallen from the top of the stairway se verely injuring himself. He was taken to the hospital immediate ly following the “fall”, where he was considered to be in a dan gerous condition until this morn ing. Griffin told police that he remembers nothing about “the affair.” Pictured above are winners of 16 week old calves, awarded by the Roanoke Rapids Rotary club. Top row: left to right: E. T. Hawkins, Jr., Donald Mohorn and Howell Draper. Middle row: H. T. Hawkins, Jr., with his calf. Bottom: left, Howell Draper and calf; right: Donald Mohorn with his prize. Three 4-H Club Members Win 16 Weeks-Old Calves Three Halifax county 4-H chib members have received awards for being deserving young far mers. Each of them have receiv ed 16 weeks old calves through a movement sponsored by the Roanoke Rapids Rotary club. The winners were: H. T. Haw dns. LV.leton, route 1; Howell Draper, Enfield, route 1; and Donald Mohorn, of the same ad iress. The Rotary club, with a pro gram to foster and encourage a Digger and better dairying in iustry in this area, gives 16 veeks old calves to deserving 1-H boys. They raise them to be come milk cows and turn back to the Rotary club the first heifer Droduced. “This movement was started sarly this fall,” Roger Albright Df the Rotary club told a Herald reporter. “It appears to be very timely inasmuch as farm income in this area will take a serious drop under the reduction of the peanut crop. This area is in need of more dairying and wre hope that over a period of years dairy farming can take up some oi this loss.” Judge “Plasters” “Drunken Drivers” With Heavy Fines Henry L. Sledge, Norfolk white man, Larry V. Harrison, white of Littleton, and Prince Ivey negro, were in Roanoke Rapids Recorder’s Court this morning charged with driving a motor ve hide while under the influence of alcohol. All three pleaded gun ty and were each fined $100 anc costs by Judge Charlie Daniel Drivers’ licenses of the three de fendants were also revoked foi 12 months. Horace Hudson, local white man, also charged with the same above offense was tried later ir the day and found guilty. He alsc drew the $100 fine and costs and revocation of his driver’s license for a period of 12 months. The sentences imposed on the defendants were mandatory un der the new law passed by the last session of the Legislature Christmas Savings Checks Increased Revised fi rures of the two bonks in the city, the Citisena Bank and Trust Company and the Rosemary Branch of the Roanoke Bank and Tract Com pany show that the amount of money beint riven out this year to Christmas savints ehah members totals more than |75,M#. the Herald stated last I week the earnout was 111,111. Giles Named Vice ChairnTn Safety Body The East Carolina Safety Coun cil held its fall meeting in Rocky Mount last Friday night, when officer'- for the ensuing year were elected. H. B. Gaylord of the North Ca rolina Pulp mill at Plymouth was named chairman of the council; Harrison Giles of the Rosemary Manufacturing Com pany was elected vice-chairman; Clayton Hedgepeth, Sidney Blu menthal plant in Rocky Mount, was made treasurer, and Frank Hayes of the Rocky Mount Tex tile Mill was elected secretary. Commissioner of Labor Forest Shuford was the principal speak er, and through the courtesy of the Virginia Electric and Power Company, represented by Wiley Fortune and Louis Taylor, the picture, “Ready Kilowatt," the history of electricity, w a s shown to the members a n c guests. Sherrod Crumpler of the Roanoke Mills operated and fur nished the machine to show the 11UI1. An estimated 125 industria workers and officials attendee the meeting from Roanoke Rap ids. City Auto Tags Are Selling Little Slow The sale of city automobile tags for the year 1948 are going a little slow, a total of 224 having been sold since December 1 “That’s not bad,” said Mrs. Dor othy Shearin, city clerk. About 1250 of the auto tags are sold in the city each year. Holiday Shopping Hours Announced Following an annual custom Stores In the city will stay open at night during the four shopping days just prior to Christmas Day. As announced this week by Mrs. Clyde Martin, secretary of the Merchants Association, the local stores will remain open until 9 o’clock at night beginning Saturday, Dee. 20, and will continue this policy through Wednesday, Dee. 24. the board of direetorg also recommended that all associ ation store members remain closed Thursday (Christmas Bey) and Friday, reepeaint at tta mui hMf ea Mtardu> Charges Against Wm. Millwood and Joyce Vick Will Be “Aired” In Recorder’s Court At Halifax Next Tues day The trial of William Millwood, 21 years of age, and Joyce Vick. 17, charged with miscegenation (intermarriage between white and colored persons), scheduled to be heard today in Roanoke Rapids Recorder’s Court, was continued until next Tuesday on motion of Solicitor Wade Dic kens. The trial was set for Hali fax. Millwood, adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wheeler, 224 Washington street, and Miss Vick, daughter of Mrs. Ellen Spence, were married last Sat urday night in Emporia, Va. by Justice of the Peace Wrenn. Sunday night, the young hus band was arrested on a warrant sworn out by his wife’s step father, Carter Spence. At a pre liminary hearing before Magis trate W. O. Thompson Monday night, Millwood was held for Recorder’s Court under a $1,000 bond. Unable to post this securi ty, he was remanded to jail to await trial. The young wife, how ever, was allowed to go free up on her own recognizance, and is said to have been staying with her grandmother. After the motion to continue the case was made and granted. Judge Charles R. Daniel addres sed the young couple and court room spectators, saying: ‘ There are a lot of rumors going around concerning this case and this young couple. As I see it. this young man has been in jail un able to post a $1,000 bond. The young woman involved has been allowed to go free. If he is to be made to stay in jail because of a heavy bond, then she should also be made to stay in jail. On the other hand, if she is allowed her freedom until trial then the young man should be allowed his freedom until trial. That is only fair. I’m going to fix it so both of you can have your freedom until next Tuesday. I’m going to set a $500 bond for each of you,” he said, and turning to the young man. he stated, “I’m going to let you sigh her band and she sigin yours on the promise ffrom both of you that you will not see each other under any cir cumstances between now and the trial in Halifax next Tuesday ” The young couple smiled weau ly and nodded assent to the judge’s words. “Now it won’t do you any good to violate your promise to me or to run away. It will only bring harm to you. If I let this case go to trial this afternoon and you were to be freed and go down the stairway an officer could be standing there waiting to arrest you again. So, I’m doing what I believe is right and fair and if you do not break your promise to me. you have everything to gain and nothing to lose.” Judge Daniel said his remarks were made because of the fact that much publicity had been given the case and there were many persons involved. Holland Is Elected M’boro Board Head uuci v_. nouana was elected president of the Murfreesb o r o Board of Trade at a meeting of the organization’s directors last Thursday evening. Other officers elected were: R. T. Vann, first vice president; G. E. Gibbs, 2nd vice president, R. V. Parker, secretary; and H. H. Babb, treasurer. Included in the board of directors in addition’ to the above named officers are Ernest Williams, Eugene ’Willi ams and J. William Copeland. Plans were formulated for a dinner meeting of the organiza tion in January. Hertford Boy, 16, Dies As Car Is Overturned Hertford—Alonzo Overton, 18. was killed at one o'clock yes terday morning when his car overturned on Harvey Point road. Overton was driving the car when the accident occurred. Ac companying him was his brother Lander. They were on their way home when the accident happen The young man'a neck wm Wdhlahead cruahed.He died » minute* after the wet.