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Roanoke Ramblings (Editor's Note—Wiley War ren. Jr., who has been writ ing sports for the Herald for the past several years, is leav ing Sunday to enter Wake For est College. Before leaving, Wiley decided to submit to the citizens of the city some of his opinions and recommendations ^ for the betterment of morale among the young people here. So we are letting Wiley have part of the Roanoke Ramblings column for the purpose.) By WILEY WARREN Basketball —- the king of the nation’s sports attractions is fin ally reaching a record high in the eyes of youthful admirers here in Roanoke Rapids. For many years, the cage sport seemed to be hidden under the bushel basket. However, now it appears that the game which was founded by Dr. James Nai smith in 1891, is ready to em erge from its hiding place and join Mr. Baseball at the top ranking of Roanoke Rapids sports. Outdoor courts all over the city have been erected. They’re not regulation sizes of course, but they will serve the purpose until Roanoke Rapids can provide a YMCA or some kind of recrea tional center to accommodate its youth. One of the busiest places dur ing the Christmas holidays was the local armory. The gym which has only two baskets was kept in constant use by youngs * ters throughout the day. A t times, the court was so crowded that„half-court contests were played in order to keep two games going on at the same 'time. Even now, the armory stays virtually packed with kids. After the varsity’s practice, which is usually over at 6:30, youngsters swarm to the gym from every g part of the city for an hour or two of basket-tossing. On Saturday and Sunday, there is more competition or at least more kids to.play. The only hitch is that they have no organization, or no one to coach them or referee their games. What’s more, they’re all willing to learn, always ready to lend an ear to advice about the game. ^ And to top it all off, there’s loads of talent among those youthful worshippers, but the question is: will it ever be put to use? Only by guidance, only by con stant and unfailing interest, can the youth of Roanoke Rapids be directed towards more skill, more dexterity in basketball and other sports, which are admitted ly popular because they enhance #•« the character and the health of the “citizens of tomorrow.” A full - time, city - sponsored recreation director — not just a summertime fill - in (capable as they are) — has answered the question in innumerable other cities. Roanoke Rapids, which boasts of industrial might, financial power and innate progress, could do much worse thinking than . that of considering the hiring of * a recreation director for the city. In other cities, many of which are members of the North eastern Conference, boys betwe en the ages of seven and 12 play at halftime and usually provide the spectators with more excite ment and laughter than the var sity games do. Why not place such an idea in practice here? Is it that they have more love * and respect for their kids than the parents here do? It’s not that IS 11' I It sometimes seems that the r people here are not willing to go I to a little extra trouble or ex- 1 pense for the sake of their youth. 1 Wouldn’t you like, to keep your 5 kids out of mischief? * You can if you will. 1 Will Take Physical Ed 1 Wiley told the Rambler he * wou d study physical education and journalism at Wake Forest. ' He wants to be a coach, he said, 3 and will go out for basketball and } probably baseball. j Young Britton Home 1 PFC James G. Britton, 18, c son of County Coroner and Mrs. 1 Rufus Brittpn, of Roanoke Rap ids, spent nine days at home dur ^ ing the holidays, according to his Dad. (We caught Rufus at the 1 fire station just after that call 1 yesterday morning.) James, who 1 entered the service July 14, 1946, 1 is stationed at Randolph Field, * San Anotnio, Texas. t Our Correspondent 111 ) Miss Katie Riddick, Enfield * (Continued On Page 4, Sec. A) t * * * THE ROANOKE RAPIDS What Roanoke Rapids Makes ★ ★ ★ —Makes Roanoke Rapids Herald Classified Advertising ★ ★ * Gets Quick Results _ _ ^ Carolina’s Fastest Growing City ^ A VOLUME XXXIII " ROANOKE BAPIDSTCC. Thursday, January 15th, 1948~ MIMRFB ii~ Local Negro Held For Capital Crime Faces Possible Death Sentence For First Degree Burglary Lodged in city jail early Sun day morning on a charge of first degree burglary, a crime pun ishable by death in North Caro lina, Robert Boone, 29 year old Roanoke Rapids Negro of the Lincoln Heights section, pleaded guilty when arraigned at pre liminary hearing in Mayor’s Court Monday afternoon. In ordering that Boone be held without privilege of bond and in binding the case over to the Jan uary term of Halifax County Superior Court however, Mayor W. B. Allsbrook said he did not think Boone would be convicted of the first degree charge. Boone’s statement, which was in the mayor’s possession during the hearing, disclosed that he ad mitted going to the home of an other Negro, Ernest Price, a taxi driver, early Saturday night for the purpose of stealing some meat. Boone, in the statement, admitted he knew Price had just butchered some hogs and that he would not be at home as he was driving his taxi at the time. Finding the back door locked, Boone said he forced entry, stole two middlin’s of meat and took his leave by the back door, closing it as quietly as possible M behind him. i Police officers who made the arrest — Capt. C. R. Green, and Officers Charles Allen and Har- 1 vey Kellett — reported that Price’s wife and their eight chil dren (the eldest an 11 year old girl) were asleep in the house at '< the time. Police chief T. J. Davis said 1 Boone also admitted knowing 1 that Price’s family was asleep ■ in the house at the time lte en tered the back door. Price reported the theft to the police later in the night when he J discovered the meat missing and < named Boone as a possible sus- > pect. When the three offipers ar- ! rived at Boone’s house at'about s one o’clock Sunday morning, he 1 was cooking some meat but de- < nied getting it from Price’s < home, claiming instead that he had bought it from a Negro mer- < chant. He later retracted that claim, according to police, and made a ( complete statement in which he 1 admitted the larceny and the c breaking and entering. £ Boone was transferred to the 1 county jail Wednesday morning to await trial at the January term of Superior Court which r opens in Halifax on January 26. i Masons Install Officers At the regular monthly meet ing in January, the Roanoke Lodge AF and AM of Weldon installed the following officers to serve this year: B. F. Turner, Worshipful Master; R. M. Mason, Senior Warden; L, W. Edwards, Jun ior Warden; Paul E. Merchant, Secretary; W. M. Josephson, Treasurer. U. B. Pierce, Senior Deacon; S. A. Taylor, Junior Deacon; H. L. Ward and Williard Ferrell, Stewards and M. V, Edwards, Tiler. The following Oxford Orph anage Committee was appoint ed; A. P. Ellis, chairman; A. J. Eatman, H. L. Ward. L. C. Draper, W. B. Joyner and S. D. Knight. Halifax Scout Meet Slated For Weldon The Halifax District Commit ee, Boy Scouts of America, will neet in Weldon Monday night at ':30 p. m. at the Weldon First Methodist Church, it was ann >unced today by John Hines, District Chairman. In making the announcement, ■lines stated that the presence of ill operating committee chair nen is imperative. All Scouters ind friends of Scouting are cor lially invited to attend the meet ng also. In connection with the District neeting, D. E. (Doc) Bennett, ialifax District Scout Commis ioner, states that he expects ev xy neighborhood commissioner, Scoutmaster and troop commit ee chairman to attend the ses-| ion and sit in on the Scoutmas ers’ Roundtable in line with the louble track pl^ji of district op ration. !ity Enters Pedestrian Contest An impressive certificate rec gnizing the entry of Roanoke tapids in the Ninth Annual Pe estrian Protection Contest was warded to T. J. Davis local po ce chief, this week. Well finished, harmonious fur iture is an essential of a pleas- I lg, home-like room. < 74 County Citizens Chosen | For Superior Court Jury For Term Beginning 26th Seventy-four Halifax County citizens’ names have been drawn for jury duty for the January term of Halifax County Superior Court which begins January 26. Of the 39 names drawn for the first week, 14 are from Roa noke Rapids, five from Enfield, six from Scotland Neck, four from Weldon, three from Pal myra, two each from Littleton and Brinkleyville and one each from Halifax, Butterwood and Conoconara. For the second week, 35 names were drawn, and of that number 12 are from Enfield, eight from Roanoke Rapids, four from Hal ifax, three from Scotland Neck, two each from Brinkleyville, Palmyra and Faucetts and one each from Weldon and Rose neath. The complete venire follows: FIRST WEEK George E. Harrison, Roanoke Rapids: John F. White, Enfield; L. M. Council, Halifax; Willie Floyd Walker, Littleton; M. C. Boseman, Weldon; . Charlie P. Price, Roanoke Rapids; Hower ton Gowen, Roanoke Rapids. E. M. Simmons, Conoconara; Wilmer G. Collier, Roanoke Rap ids; Cecil Maynard Hale, Jr., Lit tleton; T. B. Browning, Roanoke Rapids; Thomas Sorie, Enfield; J. T. Madry, Scotland Neck. v W. G. Ivey, Weldon; E. W. f Elmore, Roanoke Rapids; F. A. C Lewis, Scotland Neck; J. P. Chi- “ Chester, Brinkleyville; J. D. Lu cas, Roanoke Rapids; I. D. Odom, Brinkleyville. J. R. Rives, Enfield; R. I. Starke, Roanoke Rapids; C. B. Wrenn, Roanoke Rapids; John D. Beavans, Enfield; Earl King, Pal myra; Hassell Bridgman, Roa- c noke Rapids. ii E. C. Camp, Roanoke Rapids; b Tom Rodgers, Enfield; Robert C. Farmer, Scotland Neck; H. L. Hale, Palmyra; Luther Aycock, Butterwood-; Clifton Braddy, Pal- r< myra. fj C. T. Oakley, Roanoke Rapids; c S. J. Glasgow, Weldon; Murry w Fleming, Scotland Neck; Clyde a Martin, Roanoke Rapids; Willie r< Whitfield, Palmyra. e< P. D. Johnston, Scotland Neck; a: Ralph Hamill, Weldon; Clyde D. w Liske, Roanoke Rapids; Percy a Leggett, Scotland Neck. e< - a SECOND WEEK (Feb. 2) o< Robert Blackwell, Jr., Scotland si Neck; J. W. Avent, Halifax; L. Ifc G. Sledge, Faucetts; Forrest-hi Dickens, Faucetts; E. A. Smith, fi (Continued On Page 4, Sec. A) d< Dimes In Time Baby Girl Saved. The life of eight-month-old Sandra Sue Fouch (above) of Circleville, O., was saved when the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis rushed a baby respirator to her in the nick of time at a Columbus, O., hospital. Many in stances such as this are made possible by the dimes and dol lars contributed to the annual March of Dimes appeal Janu ary 15-30. 6 City, Town Chairmen Named for March of Dime Drive Beginning Today (Editor’s Note — Due to a nisunderstanding, Charles L. Wills was listed in last week’s ssue of the Herald as city chair nan for the March of Dimes irive for Roanoke Rapids. To correct the error, the Rev. Ed nund Berkeley is the local chair nan of the drive. The Herald 'egrets the mistake.) Names of six Halifax County •esidents have been released by he committee for the March of Dimes drive in the county as nty and town chairmen They are: Rev. Edmund l?erk ey, Roanoke Rapids; Macon tfoore, Jr., Littleton; Mrs. F. W. ML White, Halifax; James L. Mountcastle, Weldon; Edwin' Branch, Enfield and Earl Brad-j ley, Scotland Neck. ! Spokesmen for the committee | said that last year’s drive netted about $3800 and that leaders of the drive hope to better that amount in the 1948 campaign. The March of Dimes, founded by the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt to aid fellow suf ferers from infantile paralysis, begins its 1948 drive for funds today and ends the campaign on January ^31st. The drive is now headed by Basil O’Connor, president or the National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis, an organization which is marking its tenth anni versary this year. January Building Permits Total $33,875 In First 15 Days; $23,700 For Homes A total of $20,275 in building ermits was issued by the office f the city building inspector this .reek as 1948 building permit ev luation climbed to $33,875; $23, 00 of it for new residential ccn truction. Four more citizens obtained ermits to build new homes in le city limits* which brings the )tal of new residences for this ear to five. Four New Homes The permits for the new homes rere issued to: G. E. Brown,1 >r a one story residence on; harlotte Street, with four rooms I - c and bath, at an estimated cost I of $4,000; to Ed Turner, for a ' one story brick residence with } five rooms and bath on Jefferson Street, between 10th and 11th, . $7,000; to S. P. Pridgen, a one story residence with four rooms * and bath at 1211 Hamilton Street, i $1,200; and to C. E. Paul, a one | story residence with five rooms and bath on Cedar Street at an “ estimated cost of $8,000. l The other permit went to Earl j! C. Wright for the construction of J a one story woodshed at 1003 ] Jackson Street at _an estimated cost of $75. The Local Week.. | BANKS TO CLOSE All banks in the city will be osed this Monday, January 19, i observance of Robert E. Lee’s irthday. FIRE SUNDAY For the second Sunday in a >w, firemen were summoned to ght a blaze. A small house oc ipied by some colored people, hich was located about four and half miles out on the Thelma »ad, near Hillcrest Farm, burn 1 before fire fighting personnel id equipment arrived. The fire as caused by the explos;on of i oil heater, the firemen report l. The house was one of sever such houses in a row, and the cupants of the other bouses had immoned the firemen in an ef rt to save their homes. They id succeeded in putting out the 'e in the house next door to the fstroyed dwelling before the! firemen arrived. NETHERCUTT NAMED George Nethercutt, Roanoke Rapids accountant and former college baseball star, has been named business manager of the Roanoke Rapids Jays, club of ficials announced this week. WASTE FLARES The fire siren sounded Wed nesday morning about 11 o’clock when firemen were summoned to the Rosemary Manufacturing Company. Firemen reported that some waste in a weave room had caught fire, possibly from some sparks from a nearby nap per room, but there was no dam age and the engine returned to the fire station at 11:25. Early this morning, the firemen were to the Camp Store section where a defective stove pipe burned a small hole in the roof of a house occupied by some colored people. I ^——— - — 'I iRoanoke River Basin Group Reorganized; Dam Bids High Buggs Island Project Is Delayed As Bids Top Estimates Norfolk, Va. — High construc tion costs has blocked the gov ernment’s plan to award a con tract for the main dam of the $58,000,000 Buggs Island power and flood control project on the Roanoke River. When bids were opened in the office of Col. G. T. Derby, U. S. Army District Engineer, the low est was found to be more than a million dollars above the max imum permitted by the govern ment for the dam. Col. Derby announced that award of the contract could not be made on the basis of the bids submitted, owing to their being more than 25 per cent greater than the engineering corps’ base estimate. Government Estimate The low bid was $15,794,454.60 The government estimate was $11,704,235 with the 25 per cent allowance for increased construc tion costs raising the maximum to $14,630,294. Morrison-TCnnrlcnn Pn Tn<. submitted the low bid, as repre sentative of a group of construc tion companies whnich included: Walsh Construction Co., New I York; B. Perini & Sons, Fram ingham. Mass.; Henry J. Kaiser Co.. Oakland. Calif.': Ralph F. < Mills Construction Co., Roanoke; ^ Blythe Brothers, Charlotte, N. ' C. and Peter Kicwitt Sons, Inc. 1 The second low bid. $1,430,- 1 391.80, was submitted by J. A. ( Jones, and the Jones Construction * Co., of Charlotte. 1 Col. Derby said his office 1 would study and analyze the bids submitted before making ( recommendations to the next 1 step. < The project calls for a dam * 66,800 feet long, and 144 feet ' high. t s The bids opened were for con- ( struction of the multi-purpo^ ; dam only. Contracts previouJr^ 1 awarded were for the foundation 'J and excavation work on the left * bank of the Roanoke River fac- 1 ing downstream, construction of * a village for government employ- jt es. access routes to the highway 1 and the river, and clearing of r dike areas. <■ Remaining phases of the Buggs Island project for which con- 1 tracts have to be let include re- s location of bridges and highways. x construction of dikes, the power v plants and switchyardds. ( “I’m a Tar Heel Born” The baby girl, born io Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzgerald of Jacksonville, Florida, here in Roanoke Rapids Hospital on January 9th, may be a bit too young to be singing, but when she's a little older she can sound off with "I'm a Tar Heel born" just as loud as anybody else fr*m the Old North Stale. Her parents were on their way from New York io Jack sonville last week when the stork caught up with them ahead of schedule. As a result, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.. will be listed as the place of birth on the birth cer tificate for little Miss Fitzger ald. Probably she'll never forget where she was born, her par ents, who were accompanied on the trip by their two other children, named her Rose Rene, the initials of which—well, you get it. Allocation Increased For Dam Project Washington, D. C. — Another chapter in the construction of the 3uggs Island Dam and Reservior vas begun this week when the President submitted his Budget 'or the fiscal year 1948-49 to Congress. The Budget calls for m approppriation of $10,200,000 or this flood control, hydroelec ,ric project. This is the largest amount re quested to date for the project md marks another success »for Congressman John H. Kerr. Fudge Kerr has been endeavor ng for several months to have i larger amount than usual re quested in the President’s mes ;: ge. The 1947-48 appropriation "> the •'project was $4,800,9*0. \rmy Engineers estimate that if he money requested is appro priated it will make , the project ibout 28% complete. It will bring o a total of $19,000,000 as the imount appropriated of the esti nated $68,000,000 required for ompletion. Contacted in reference to the ’resident’s recommendation Kerr aid that he was well pleased rith the amount requested and yould do everything possible to Continued On Page 4, Sec. A) Weldon Knitting Mills Will Reopen Within Next 30 Days New Management Discloses Local Teachers Give To Fund For Overseas Instructors Relief Local teachers contributed $65 for the aid of teachers in war devastated areas, it was reported today by Miss Olivia Harmon, chairman of the Inter national Relations Committee of the local unit of the North Carolina Education Association. Miss Harmon, who was as sisted by committee members Thelma Garriss, Rilla Wool ridge, Jessie Helen Belch and Marvin Woodard, reported that the state association forwarded $4,600 to the National Educa tion Association in Washington for the Overseas Teacher Relief Fund Campaign. The drive was conducted be cause of the desperate needs of the teachers in the war-torn countries of the world and the International Relations Com mittee of the local unit of the NCEA had the responsibility of soliciting the funds for this campaign. Other local teachers who if* sisted in the drive were: Misses Mary Lowder, Omara Daniel and Sara Cannon, and Mrs. J[. B. Hunsinger. Weldon will soon have a reop ening of its own textile mill, un der plans formulated by the Ca rolina Mills Company of Dillon, South Carolina. Workmen were busy last week getting ready for the reopening of the Weldon Knitting Mills, Jnc. which has been closed for about a year; and when production is started again, the plant will em ploy about 150 persons. Production of 60,000 pounds of yarn per week will be attained in the near future, a representa tive of the South Carolina con cern stated in announcing the mill’s reopening. W. A. McDuffie, of Lumber ton, N. C., an experienced tex tile executive and plant engineer, j who has charge of preliminary! work preparatory to the opening of the plant, told newsmen that the mill would begin operation within about three or four weeks with approximately 2,000 spind les, making coarse threads, in operation. This production pace will be gradually increased until capacity production, with about 8,000 spindles in operation, i s achieved, McDuffie said. Although the ownership has changed hands since it was clos ed down, the mill will be operat ed under the same name — Wel don Knitting Mills, Inc. — it was announced. | -- Local Man Is Elected Vice-Chairman For North Carolina South Boston, Va. — Reorgan ization of the Roanoke River Ba sin Association was effected here last Friday at the annual meet ing of the group in such a man- I ner as to provide for greater representation of citizens living up and down the basin. The an nual election of officers also was if held and the 75 persons present for the meeting heard a report concerning the work of their as- ! sociation on the program for uti lizing the full resources of the Roanoke River and its tributar ies. They likewise heard a de scription of the work up to date from Fred L. Geis, Chief Resi dent Engineer representing the United States Army Engineers at th Buggs Island Dam Site on the river. The Association was reorgan ized in order to provide seven directors from the lower end of the Basin, that is the North Ca- i rolina end, seven from the mid dle area of Virginia and seven from the western area of Vir- ' ginia. Heretofore each section of , the River Basin had been repre ssed by three directors. 1 h . th 21 directors of the Associa tion for the ensuing year and al so voted to constitute the officers named by the directors as an executive committee to handle all affairs between meetings of the directors. Bolling Lambeth of 3edford, j IVa. was reelected Chairman of the Association, and under the new set - up a Vice - Chairman i was elected to represent each I state. Frank C. Williams ot Roa noke Rapids was elected to rep resent .North Carolina and Heck J" A. Ford of Martinsville was elec ted to represent Virginia. Eric W. Rodgers of Scotland Neck w as reelected Secretary-Treasurer of . < the group. The directors named for the three aras ar as fol lows: Lowr Basin or North Ca- t;' TOna-Atea: Judge W. R 3. * Bnrgwyn g." Woodland; Frank C\ || Williams of Roanoke Rapids, C. J S. Alexander of Scotland Neck. f John W. Clark of Greensboro and Jr Norfleet Station, D. W. Seifert, % Weldon W. P. (Pat) Benthall of J Rich Square and Eric W. Rod gers of Scotland Neck. For the Middle Area: A. R. Daniel of Blackstone, Va., J. B. Wilborn of South Boston, H. L. J Hardie of Clover, S. B. '^man of Clarksville, Y. M. Hodges of South Hill, A. T. Greene of Chase City and W. L. Hammersley of Randolph. Upper Basin Area: H. A. Ford of Martinsville, C. J. Davis of I (Continued On Page 4, Sec. A) | 175 Hear Broughton Deliver Lesson At Nahalah Sunday School -- About 175 persons gathered at 1 the Nahalah Presbyterian j Church, located in the Rose neath Community, Sunday to ! hear former governor J. Mel ville Broughton teach the Bible Class of the Sunday School, (• Accepting the invitation of Ir win K. Weeks, Sunday School } superintendent, to visit the lo- i cal church, Broughton used for f his text the International Uni- 1 form Lesson provided by the In- j ternational Council of Religious 5 Education, which was Isaiah 40: i 28-31; John 14: 8-14. Broughton was introduced to j the gathering by Weeks. RAT KILLING SLATED A county wide rat extermina- ■ tion campaign is being planned j for March 4th and 5th. This cam paign is being conducted by the County Farm and Home Agents in cooperation with the Home Demonstration Clubs of HalifaJk County. All farmers in the county will be contacted by mail and given definite information about cost and where rat bait may be ob tained on dates set for the cam paign, the agents announced, and asked that “all farmers cooper- i ate in trying to eliminate rats on their farms.” CPL Directors Up Player Lirnii to 16; Name L. D. Hines loop Vice-Presidents L. D. -Hines, president of the Roanoke Rapids Jays, was elec ted vice - president of the Coast al Plain League to succeed Jack Lee of New Bern at a meeting of the loop's board of directors in Greenville last Thursday night. / The seven other club presid ents were unanimous in their choice of Hines for the pos\. But that was just about the only display of unanimity at the meeting, for tha eight club pre sidents, who serve as members of the board of directors, argued tnattr a aat MW items of business. The fuse for the verbal explo sion was lit when a motion came before President Ray Goodmon proposing that five veteran hall players (those with more than three years experience) end el even limited service men be per mitted on each club. The vote was four in favor and four ag ainst, so Goodmon ItUiij the mo tion by voting "no". Then, the proposal was tor four veterans, eight limited eefvice men (ttofe than 41 days sugar* iehcs but iWH than three year*) and four rookies (with less than IS days playing experience). This time Goodmon had to break the 4-4 deadlock again and he voted "yea.M Vote Questioned Several of the club presidents thereupon questioned whether Goodmon had the right to vote. League Secretary Edna Barnhill read the section of the League’s constitution which said he did and the members in disagree 1 that Mile was in con the rules of tha Nation After about 20 minutes of ar gument, the vote stood as legal. Pay Bains Almost everybody but the bat boys got a pay raise — Good mon got a salary increase to $1600, Miss Barnhill was voted a $400 bonus, official scorers were raised from two' dollars to three per game; and the salary limit per club was set at $2600, exclu sive of the manager. By Laws Changes be for 10 days rather than seven and a club may carry only one suspended player. Any player as saulting an umpire during a game is liable for 120 days sus pension rather than the 80 in ef fect last year. If a veteran or limited service player is suspended by the man ager, he can be replaced on the roster by another veterah or limited ihrvlce player but eaeh club must have four active rook ies on the roster at all times. Alwlsglai Mess lams Iks ISMS admission brines were retained by the directors They are: for adults, BO cepip; for children, 2i> cents; and fir colored adults, 40 cents. The season will open on April 22 and close September 6, and the clubs will play 140 RaiK* with the usual July 4 and hMh orial Day doubleheaders to be played a day later due to their falling on Sunday, tn order to avoid the playing of an 141 game schedule, only one game will be played on Labor Cay, September 8. the eiub presidents also ed a run whereby g ' moved from the game by a man ager can remain in the park to assist in minor duties such as warming up a pitcher or other player (or as one president put it "shine the bats, sweep the dugout or chew tobacco”) just as long as he doesn’t pinch-hit, run bases or coach first or third bas es. Another Meeting Boon ' Another meeting will be held about a week hence when the directors will formally approve Present for the meeting were tbe snowing club presidents: John Norton of New Bern, CJuy l - - G«enviUe. Frank Waf. ker of Rocky Mount, J. D. Lar kins of Kinston, George Earn* hart of Tarboro, L. D.gHlnee^jf Roanoke Rapidi, Billie Barnes of boro°n *”<1 ^orl,y 01 Golds I Also present were Charles s."c«aaB3wT