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W ir ir What Roanoke Rapide Makes —Makes Roanoke Rapids ★ ★ ★ THE ROANOKE Growing With Carolina's Fastest Growing City ' 3f. 3f. 3f. Herald Classified Advertising Gets Quick Results ir ir ϋ VOLUME ΧΧΧΙΠ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1948 NUMBER 40 I Roanok e«j I Ramblings July Fourth Twine. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Spraggins of Warrenton will always have Occasion to remember the Fourth of July. Their new children,· twins, boy and a girl, will be celebrating their birthdays on that date, they having arrived in Roanoke Rapids Hospital Sunday. Addresses State Meet Mrs. W. L. Wood of Warren ton, presided at the Saturday morning state convention meet ing of the Baraca-Philathea held in Reidsville. Mrs. Wood, who attended the three day conven tion along with Mrs. W. B. Crinkley of Warrenton, was re elected state president of the I Philatheas. Saturday evening she spoke on the year's work of the | society. Get Well Soon Two well-known and liked | ^citizens of Roanoke Rapid?, Mc Rae Faison of the Faison-Can non Insurance Agecyn and Mur-1 rell Hudson, assistant superin tendent of the Halifax Paper Company, are ill in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Hudson, who underwent an appendectomy, is reported improving, but Faison, who is suffering from a gastric condition, wasn't resting too well this morning. We hope the wea gther remains cool so that they will rest more comfortably, and that both will be back among us soon. Beyona me tau οι ν my. Vacationists in Roanoke Rap ids can now leave their homes with a free and easy mind. Chief of Police T. J. Davis says that the Police Department will check the property of absentee owners the nightly patrol if the owners will give the police a ring (R-356) before they intend leaving town. And should any harm befall the home during the absence, the police will even notify them. Wives can now throw off that worry that the iron was left on or that burglars will loot the family silver. The Chief wants citizens to feel by this added service that they are . free to call on the police for "help — that his is not just a business of caring for drunks or carrying out the more harsh de tails of public service. Amateur Night M. C. Charles P. Butler, sophomore at East Carolina Teachers College, acted as master of ceremonies at Amateur Night staged by his class in community ' recreation Tuesday night. An audience of foOO attended the affair, and large number of s*:clents and off-cam pus contestants participated. 3 Whiskey Stills Taken In County * Scotland Neck — Two Halifax County deputy sheriffs spent a busy afternoon Tuesday and cap tured three moonshine stills in the Scotland Neck and Roseneath Townships. Deputy Sheriff Dick Bracey of Scotland Neck and Deputy Sher iff J. A. Draper of Tillery, had for sometime been keeping watcn %yon two of the stills in an effort to capture the operators, but their watchful waiting had failed to produce any operators so they walked into the stills Tuesday afternoon and picked them up. Bracey said today that all three of the stills were of the 50 gallon capacity. Two of them were captured in Scotland NecK Township and one in Roseneath Township. The two stills in the Scotland Neck area were both copper stills and one was taken Chapel and Hills Crossroads and the other about one and one-half miles from Scotland Neck off state route 125. The Roseneath Township still I was a 50 gallon steel drum and | was taken near Hobgood. Also captured by the two law I enforcement officers were three | ^barrels of mash. Bracey. said he had kept the still nearest here under surveil lance for several weeks in hope of capturing the operators, but his watching did not produce results and none of the operators have been apprehended. Bracey said that the still near est Scotland Neck had apparent ly been moved from time to time and when it was finally Raptured was found buried in a , uitch alongside the road in an open field alongside the hign way. The Scotland Neck deputy said ! that a search was continuing for | the operators of the stills. Postal Receipts Higher This Yèar j - Postmaster L. G. Shell reports ♦hat postal receipts for the first eix months of 1948 were $1,396.95 higher than for the same period tast year. Postal revenue for the: January to June period this /ear totalled S28,?71.9l ; last year ♦.he flfure va· $24.374.96. Receipt· for the month of June were $4818.85 as compared (Continued On Page 12) City Commissioners Talk Street Project; Reject One Beer License Applicant The Roanoke Rapids City Commissioners in session Tues iay afternoon discussed the op eration of taxi cabs in the city, the street projects and sidewalk projects which are under way and turned down one of two ap plications for beer licenses. The entire membership of the aoard was present for the meet ng which consumed about one and one-half hours. The first item on the agenda was a motion authorizing May ar W. B. Allsbrook to sign a contract giving the Seaboard Railway permission to install drainage pipes beneath the com pany's tracks where they ara needed. Mrs. Dorothy Shearin, city :lerk, then reported two appli quons for beer licenses. One was from Richard E. Lyles, 220 Roanoke avenue. The commis sion authorized the issuance of the license. The other license applicant was Ε. H. Parker who applied for permission to sell beer at a store to the rear of 316 Mad ison street. Various members of the com mission voiced their disapproval Df allowing beer to be sold in a residential area and the* license application was refused on a motion made by Commissioner J. W. Sears and seconded by W. Hi. Pruden and passed unani mniiel ν The question of the taxicabs :ame up when Mrs. Shearin re ported that the time for the re newal of the city privilege li censes was at hand. Commissioner W. H. Pruden said that he had talked with some of the taxi operators, both here and in other cities, regard ing the operation of taxis. He reported that in several other cities the drivers were requir ed to pay a city license fee and have their picture posted in the cab which they were driv ing. Pruden said that in Roanoke Rapids, "The city has very little control over the operation of taxis." He suggested that sev eral of the operators be called to a special meeting and dis cuss the situation. The special meeting was set for next Tuesday night at 7 o'clock and invitations will be issued to several of the larger taxi companies to send repre sentatives to the meeting. Mrs. Shearin was directed not to issue any taxi privilege licen ses until after the Tuesday meet ing. During the discussion on street and curb and gutter work, May or Allsbrook read a letter from the general contractor quoting prices on the laying of pipe and excavation work and the com missioners voted to accept the price, with the exception of a $10 per cubic yard price offered for rock excavation. It was said by Commissioners Pruden and Collier that they had received an indication from the contractors that the work novv underway on some of the streets in Roanoke Rapids could be com pleted before the weather gets too bad. The commissioners voted to au thorize the installation of pipe and the covering of a drainage ditch which crosses the property of the Rosemary Manufacturing Company. It was explained that several years ago the city received per mission from the company to dig the drainage ditch, provided that when the company got ready to improve the area the city would install pipe and cover the ditch. The company has notified the city that it is ready to improve the area. ending June 30, 1948, were re ported as $151,312.92 or 92.2 per cent of the amount expected. Several of the commissioners reported that they had received requests from residents of Ham ilton street and other streets in the city for the installation o.f stop lights. The commissioners said that the residents of the various areas had requested the traffic lights be installed so as to help traffic and cut down on some of the fast driving on the streets. The study of the budget for the next fiscal year will be be gun in August or as soon as the annual audit of the city books is completed, it was reported. Large Mercantile Business Destroyed In Tuesday Fire Scotland Neck — The Johnson Mercantile Company, ownership of which changed hands only 10 days ago, was completely de stroyed early Tuesday morning 483 Homes Are Sprayed In 2 weeks Four hundred and eighty three homes in Roanoke Rapids were sprayed with DDT during the first two weeks of the cur rent DDT house-to-house spray ing campaign. The campaign is being conducted by the city's Mosquito Control Program in conjunction with the United States Public Health Service. A total of 434 quarts of DDT were used by the crew during the two week period in spraying 112 homes supervised by Rose mary Mfg. Co., 176 homes super vised by Roanoke Mills Co., and 195 homes under the supervis ion of the city. The Public Health Service, using a 15 per cent solution οi DDT diluted with xylene, hopes to DDT every home in Roanoke Rapids within the next few weeks. Ben Lancaster said the spraying was designed to combat malaria mosquitoes, flies, roach es, fleas and all other disease spreading insects. Lancaster is superintendent of the city's Mos quito Control Program. In addition to the DDT spray ing project, the Mosquito Con trol Program and the Roanoke Rapids Sanitary District report that during the period from March 15 to July 1, 578,000 linear feet of ditches and drainage sys tem areas in the city were spray ed. A total of 868 man-houis, along with 1,795 gallons of oil and disinfectant, was conSÏTmed by the undertaking. During this period also, 15,000 yards of new ditches were cut and 123,000 linear feet of ditches were cleaned using another 2,024 man-hours in the attempt to combat malaria mosquitoes. by fire of undetermined origin. Henry S. Johnson, who suc ceeded to the head of the bus iness 10 days ago when his fa ther died, estimated his total loss at $75,000, but said the replace ment cost would be much greater than that. Also destroyed was the home of Jesse Everett, valued at ap proximately $5,000 with about of that sum covered by insur ance. The fire happened in Hamilton, a village located about 25 miles from here. It apparently broke out in the rear of the mercantile plant, which was one of the larg est farm supply and general stores in this section. The flames were well under way when fire trucks from Tarboro, Williamston and Robersonville arrived. A fire truck from the State Forèstry Division also re sponded to the alarm. The town has no adequate water supply and the fire trucks had to depend on tanks and such water as could be drawn from a nearby creek. About all the fire equipment could do was to protect nearby homes.* At 7 o'clock Tuesday morning, the two-story building housing nearby warehouses as well as the Everette residence were re duced to rubble. Farm machin ery, heating equipment, refrig eration equipment, ets. was com pletely destroyed. Everett man aged with the aid of neighbors to save his furniture. Three and one half years ago, the large establishment of \ h e Johnson Mercantile Company directly across the street from the one destroyed this morning was completely burned. The new building was rnodçrn in every detail. John said he hoped to rebuild but at this time had not been able to make any definite plans. In the Great Smoky Moun tains National Park there are 16 peaks reaching altitudes ο f 6,000 or more feet. The par k contains the largest virgin hard wood forest in the United States. ABC Group ExplainsEnforcement Idea $19,020 In Enforcement Funds Can't Be Spent For Any Other Purpose Chairman John F. Vincent of the Halifax County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board told a Herald reporter today that the separate ABC law enforcement agency would not cost the tax payers of the county any addi tional money. Vincent produced the audit for the first quarter of 1948 and show ed that as of March 31, 1948 the ABC board had on hand $19,020 in a law enforcement fund which could not be used for any other purpose. Vincent and Manager W. O. Lawrence of the county's ABC stores, who was present for the interview, pointed out that the enabling act which established the ABC board in Halifax pro vides that not less than five per cent nor more than 10 per· cent of the profits of the eight stores shall be set aside for an enforcement agency." This al location, the law provides, shall be made before any other divi sion of the profits is made. Five Man Group Vincent said that the proposal for the law enforcement agency which is under' consideration would provide three cars equip ped with radios and five men, two in each end of the county and the chicf ABC enforcement officer would be in Halifax. The board chairman said however that no definite action had been taken on the matter and that it 'is only under consideration." He estimated that to buy and equip the three automobiles and get other necessary equipment would cost about $10,000. This Former Examiner Case Continued In Halifax Court Halifax—A continuance was granted in the case of Irwin K. Weeks, former Halifax and Hertford County license exam iner, in Recorder's court Tues day in Halifax. Weeks, who is charged with illegally issuing drivers licen ses, may be tried on July 20 in Halifax. County solicitor Robert C. Josey III said today, however, that the date and place for the trial were only tentative at this time and might be changed. Weeks, who was arrested on a warrant issued by the Attor ney General, is under a $1,000 bond. The charges constitute a mis demeanor and Weeks will probably be tried under a lit tle-used statute which was passed in 1913. Halifax Airport Included In List For Federal Aid Washington, D. C.—Congress man John H. Kerr anounced to day that the Halifax County air port had been inclined in a list of airport-projects to be included in the Federal Aid Airport pro gram for the fiscal year 1949. The Civil Aeronautics Admin istration informed Judge Kerr that $6,500 of Federal Funds were set aside in the program for this project which will be matched by $6,500 from other sources. The total of $0,000 is to be used for the construction of buildings at the airport. $5000 Set Aside For Hospital Site At Scotland Neck Scotland Neck — The Town of Scotland Neck has set aside $5,000 from the surplus of the water plant operations of this year in order to have it on hand to pay for the new hos pital site. This action was taken last week so that the funds could be utilized from the present sur plus and need not go into the new budget. However, no money will be paid out until such time as the full plans of the Federa'.· Statfe Government for the hos pital in Scotland Neck are ap proved and construction is ready to commence. Only two counties in North Carolina have subsidized board ing homes for delinquent and pre-delinquent children. At least 10 additional counties nee 1 this type of home money would come from the sur plus now on hand and a balance in the enforcement agency funds would still be left. Lawrence estimated that the money in the law enforcement fund now totals more "than $20, 000." Vincent explained that the $600 now being turned over monthly to the county for the use of the sheriff's department plus $50 a month to pay on the salary of a radio operator for the sheriff's department, would of course, have to be dropped, if the ABC law enforcement group is es tablished. The board chairman said last year, in addition to the monthly payments to the sheriff's de partment, the ABC board had turned over to the department about $7,000 which was used to purchase radio equipment. No Complaints Against Sheriff Vincent said, "We have no complaint with the sheriff's de partment and believe that the department has done as good a job as possible in enforcing the liquor laws in Halifax Coun ty, but the department has other duties to perform and does not have as much time as we think is necessarv to soend on the en forcement of the liquor laws." He added, "We are trying to do our job as set forth in the law and have no political axe to grind in this matter." The law which established the ABC board in Halifax County provides that the profits from the operation of the eight stores in the county shall be distribut ed in this matter: (1) Not less than five percent nor more than 10 percent shall be set aside for the establish ment and operation of an ABC law enforcement agency. (2) The "&B3 board Shall turn over to the county library two dollars for each one dollar ap propriated by the state to the county library. (3) 25 percent of the profits from the stores located in the various towns and cities in the county shall be turned over to the municipalities in which they are operated. This amount shall be based upon the profits of the stores in each municipality and that town shall receive 25 percent of the profits realized from its store or stores. (4) The remaining 75 percent shall be turned over to the Hali fax County commissioners, which in turn will distribute 60 percent of the funds which they receive to the county schools and the other 40 percent shall be for the general use of the county. Vincent explained that Roa noke Rapids had received last year as its share of the profits from the two stores operating (Continued On Page 12) Chest Fund Has $2,248 Balance Auditor Reports George E. Nethercutt today re leased a copy of an audit of the Roanoke Rapids Community Chest which shows that the Chest has a balance on hand of $2,248.66. Nethercutt turned over the re port to Mrs. A. C. Zollicoffer, secretary of the Community Chest. According to his findings, 89.4 per cent of the funds was paid to participating agencies and 10.6 per cent was used for operating expenses. The auditor said that in his opinion the Community Chest was operated economically and that participating agencies re ceived the full benefit of the Chest's efforts and funds for the year. Total receipts for the Chest in 1947-48 pledges was $13,173.22, his ^ report showed. Of this amount S7.903.80 was rnllprtpri on 1947 pledges and $5,251.78 collected in 1948. Interest on the amount was $17.64. Disbursements made by the Chest for the year totaled $10, 924.56. From this amount $9, 768.10 was paid out to partici pating agencies. These agencies were Associated Charities, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, School Lunch and Book Fund, Recrea tion Committee (City Play grounds) and Roanoke Rapids Public Library. Operating expenses amounted to $1,156.46. Expenses listed were salaries, campaign expen ses, office rent, dues and sub scriptions, postage and office supplies, audit, te' phone and telegraph and Γ" cy bond. Commissioners Instruct Attorney To Begin Suit For Condemnation Airport Land 304 Citations Parking violations for June numbered 304. Eighty-three cita tions were issued to out-of-town motorists, 52 to out-of-state cars. Violations in the latter two cate gories were excused, said Chief T. J. Davis. King Funeral To Be Held Friday From Residence The body of Private Edgar H. King, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vester King, 1330 Washington Street, Roanoke Rapids, who was killed in action in France on July ύ, 1944, will arrive here for final funeral services Friday morn ing. Funeral services will be held from the home Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with the Rev. Gor don L. Price, pastor of the First Baptist Church officiating and with the Veterans of Foreign Wars according full military hon or^. Burial will occur in Cedar wood Cemetery. years old at the time of his death, is survived by his father and mother, one sister, Miss Alice King, and one brother, Harry Miller King, all of Roanoke Rap ids. A graduate of Littleton High School in 1938, Private King en tered the service in October of 1942. He had his basic training at Camp Atterbury, Ind., and spent some time at Camp Breck inrUUi?, Ky , «-before golhg over seas in 1943. The family was notified in July, 1944, of Private King's death in action. He was buriel in the U. S. Military Cemetery Ste. Mare Eglise, France, and his body was returned to the United States recently. bounty board Of Education Shuts School Halifax—The Halifax County Board of Education in its regu lar monthly meeting last Tues day ordered the closing of Dar lington School, revised the cur rent expense and capital outlay budget, and acted on several re quests that had been made to the board. Present at the meeting were C. L. Kelly, chairman; Mrs. Treva Millikin, Mrs. Sam A. Dunn, A. J. Mcye, T. \V. Myrick, and T. B. Moss. Darlington School Closed A petition signed by 80 pat rons of Darlington school com munity requested the children of that school be assigned to the Aurelian Springs sc.h :ul m the event that the Darlington School is closed. The Board of Education pars ed a motion ordering the clos ing of the Darlington school and assigned the teacher and pupils to the Aurelian Springs sonool provided that th.? pupils living near the Halifax school, it' such assignment is agreeabla to the parents of the '.hildien involved. The action of consolidating the Darlington school was taken be cause of the loss of an elemen tary teacher in the Aurelian Springs, Hollistev-Darlington dis trict due to low attendance. The current expense and capi tal outlay budgets for 1918-49 were revised to come within the appropriation made by the board of county commissioners. The current expense bu:lget pre pared and presented by the board of education was in the amount of $170,000.00. The amount approved by the board of commissioners was $150,000.00. The capital outlay budget for the county administrative unit prepared and presented by the board of education totalled $323,500.00. The amount approv ed by the board of commission ers is $160,000.00 plus the amount of $41,428.61 carried forward from the 1947-48 fiscal year to complete payment of contract on the Enfield school which was made during 1947-48. Other Business The Superintendent of Halifax ( (Continued On Page 12) Guard Entrains Sunday Mcrning Roanoke Junction All equipment has been is sued members of the local Nat ional Guard unit, Capl. Ral eigh W. Seay announced today, and they will meet at the arm ory Sunday morning at five o'clock for final inspection pri or to entraining for maneuvers. Following the inspection which will be a check for proper clothing and equip ment ,the guardsmen will be fed breakfast and will leave the " -rnory at six o'clock. They will entrain at 6:30 at Roanoke Junction. The local unit, Co. E. 119th Infantry, 30th Division, North Carolina National Guard, will take part in two weeks maneuvers at Fort Bragg and will arrive back in the city on July 25th. City Revenue Receipts Up City revenue receipts increas ed $16,999.61 in January to June period of 1948 over those of the same period of 1947, according to a report released by the city clerk. ABC profits from the city's two liquor stores are responsi ble for $12,577.24 of the unusual increase. Until last fall ABC , profits were designated to be ι used to* retire a city's bonded ! indebtedness. The last State Legislature ruled that the 25 percent ABC profit Roanoke Rapids realizes could be used for the city's general expenses. Comparative figures for the first six months of the two years are: 1947 1948 Privilege Licenses $669.00 $390.00 Auto Tags 651.00 1,307.75 Dog Tags 492.00 500.00 Bldg. Insp 159.50 213.50 Electrician Insp. 199.00 232.00 Plumbing Insp. 130.50 132.00 Court Costs . 3,005.41 3,603.38 Mise 2,781.05 18,807.94 TOTAL S8.087.46 S25.187.07 Lions Committee Chairmen Named Harvey W. Woodruff was in stalled president of the Lions Club Tuesday night in cere monies conducted by past Presi dent Joe W. Talley. Immediate ly following the installation, President Woodruff announced the standing committee chair men for the year. Chairmen appointed were: At tendance, Jimmy Curran; Mem bership, Graham Lynch; Pro gram. the Rev. Edward Berkley: Health and Welfare, L. B. Brown; Sight Conservation and Blind, George Pappendick. Boys and Girls, C. A. Irby; Lions Education, Ed Knott; Civ ic and Community Betterment, Charlie Wills; Publicity, Roger Cook; Bulletin, Ralph Knight; Constitution and By-Laws, Bill Batton. Education, Joe Talley; Con vention. Raine Wilson; Safety, J. C. Hoyle; Finance, Thurman Bullock; Festival Committee for 1948-49, John Lackey; Health, W. B. Allsbrook; and March of Dimes, Lewis Taylor. Other Lions officers installed were: Dr. R. A. Daniel, first vice-president; John Lackey, second vice-president; John W. Lupton, third vice-president: Houston Fuller, secretary; H. C, Johnson, treasurer; Eugene Lay man, Lion Tamer; and M. C. Newson, Jr., Tail Twister. Littleton Police Hosts To Assoc. The Halifax Law Enforcement Officers Association met in Lit tleton last evening ai' 6 o'clock, Chief T. J. Davis, president oJ the association, presided. W. Z. Moore, night policeman of Scotland Neck, was accepted in*j the association. Following the brief business , (Continued On Page 12) Halifax—The Halifax County Commissioners, in the afternoon portion of their Monday's ses sion, authorized County Attor ney Irwin Clark to begin con demnation proceedings imme diately against the owners of several tracts of land on which the Halifax County Airport is being built. The commissioners seek easements on the property for use as an airport. The commissioners heard a report that several of the land owners in the area near the air port had agreed to give the county easements on their pro perty, but nine of the property owners will not give easements. Property owners against whom condemnation proceedings will be instituted include: Nor man Shaw, Charlie Jenkins, Mrs. J. W. Rook, A. A. Talbert. Mag nolia Ivey, Ella Green, W. A. Love, T. E. Love and Woodrow Faulcon. Owners who have already agreed to sell the county ease ments are Collumn Shearin, Suiter and Pierce, B. A. Al dridge, The Grover Eure Estate, R. A. King, Noah Freeman, An drew Jenkins, J. M. King. Od otta Young, Patty Ivey, Macie Kearney, Mary Wade, Fayette Manley and David Belafield. The county attorney was au thorized to proceed immediate ly to prepare the necessary pap ers to obtain these easements. The commissioners, on March 16, 1943, accepted an offer of financial aid from the federal government for the construction of the Halifax County airport. The commissioners' executed the die* and - gave assurance I that the land for the airport ! would be available. The commissioners obligated the county for the easements on the land for a term ending "only when the Halifax County airport is abandoned and ceases to be used for airport purposes." The commissioners voted to request the Civil Aeronautics Administration to amend the portion of the agreement per taining to easements on the pro perty which the commissioners have not been able to obtain, until such time as the condemn ation proceedings have been in stituted and carried to "a suc cessful conclusion." In the event that the ease ments can not be obtained through due process of law the commissioners agree to remove any obstruction on the land without cost to the federal gov ernment. During the morning session the commissioners banned the showing of carnivals in Hali fax County and heard requests for the refund of a wine license from two businesses in the county. Thumbprint Plan Favored By Bank I Warrenton—The Citizens Bank j of Warrenton went on record as being in favor of the Thumbprint Endorsement Plan this week. P. B. Boyd, cashier, says the local bank is agreeable to the plan which calls on banks and print, along with signature, as merchants to require a thumb endorsement by strangers wish ing to cash checks. The plan, which is extremely simple inasmuch as only a regu lar stamp pad is the only equip ment necessary, is tei'med very effective because it. either scares away would-be forgers or appre hends them in the event they perpetrate a fraud. j Honest persons, it was point ed out, should not be offended by the plan since they have noth ing to fear — but most forgers will not run the risk of being j fingerprinted. Vacancy Filled Halifax—In a short session here this morning the Halifax County Democratic Executive Committee unanimously select ed Mrs. W. P. White, Jr., of Hob good to fill the unexpired term of L. W. Leggett of Hobgood who recently resigned from the Hali fax County Board of Education. Mrs. White was elected a member of the Board of Educa tion in the Kay 29 primary. Her term was 1 j begin in Decem ber.
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