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VOLUME XXXIII
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1948
NUMBER 45
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I Roanoke ;
I Ramblings
At Ohio State ·
Warren C. Shaw of Gaston
is among the eleven Tar Heel
students who have enrolled in
Ohio State University for the
summer session. Shaw graduat
ed from Roanoke Rapids High
School in 1943.
Missionary Moves
Advance of communist forces
in China has forced Katie Mur
ray, Baptist missi~"*rv to a
new field.
In a letter to her half-brother,
D. J. Murray of Goldsboro, she
said that her new address would
be Kweilin, Kwangsi Province.
She was for many years at Ch
eng Chow in Honan province.
She has been a missionary for
more than 20 years. She re
turned to her work in 1947 after
a furlough at her old home in
Kenansville·:
Miss Murray spent a week in
Roanoke Rapids and helped with
a school of missions at the Rose
mary Baptist Church just before
she returned to her work in Ch
ina. One of hte Circles of the
W.M.S. bears her name and
keeps in close touch with her
and her work.
Health Official 111
Keeping tabs on the public's
health these days is a mighty
taxing job for our county offic
ials. We regret to report that
E. A. Hastings, County Sanitar
ian, suffered a heart attack re
cently and is seriously ill in the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital. All
of us wish him a rapid recovery.
Exchange Club Meets
The Exchange Club will meet
at the Rosemary Cafe tonight at
7:30 o'clock. Harold Bloom will
be in charge of the program. Re
gular business of the club will
be conducted.
Family Reunion.
Attending an old-time family
reunion at Roanoke, Va., this
past week-end were Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Akers and Henry
Akers of Roanoke Rapids. A. E.
Akers said that it was the fam
ily's 12th annual reunion and
that the 84 men, women and
φ children who were present thor
oughly enjoyed the day spert
at Fishburn Park in Roanoke.
Boy Patrol Has Picnic
Eighteen members of the Ne
gro school boy patrol enjoyed a
weiner roast in Hodgestown last
Thursday. Roanoke Rapids Traf
fic Officer L. Hj Nelson spon
sored the affair.
Refreshments were furnished
by the Winfield Branch Groc
ery, William Pugh's Grocery and
Hershey M· 'lins.
Wheeler Wants Letters
In a letter to the Herald this
week. Pvt. Jack P. Wheeler,
Herald employee until his recenl
enlistment in the air force, wri
tes that San Antonio, Texas is
hotter than Roanoke Rapids
ever could be. Jack claims he
hasn't even seen a tree down
* there. Stationed at Lacklan c
Air Force Base with Squadror
Β M-2, Flight 3255, Jack saic
he'd welcome any letter bear
ing a Roanoke Rapids postmark
and will promptly answer same
Tar Heels Excluded
Becuse of the polio epidemic
in North Carolina, this State wiL
have no Junior Red Cross mem
bers taking part in the Junioi
4. Red Cross training center foi
the Southeast area at Chipley
Ga. this week. Roanoke Rap
ids delebates named to attenc
the meeting before the ban or
North Carolinians was announc
ed, where Mary Lou Stark anc
John Maurice.
Car Recovered
Looks like someone just want
4 ed a ride to Franklin, Va.
A car stolen Thursday fron
the parking lot of Roanoke Mo
tor Sales Co. was found aban
j doned on a Franklin, Va. stree
I Satruday, the local police depar
ment said today. The automo
bile had> not been damaged.
Local Negro Held
On Assault Charge
George Winfieldi Negro, is be
ng held in the city jail in de
fault of $500 bond on charges o:
issault with a deadly weapoi
vith intent to kill.
A search of several month:
hat covered a number of state:
nded last Friday night wher
ocal police arrested Winfield ir
lodgestown near Roanoke Rap
ds.
According to police, Winfielc
llegedly assaulted Ruben Le<
ose, 15, of Clinton Street, se ν
•al months ago.
Scheduled to be tried in May
r's Court Monday, Winfield':
ise has been continued iw<
•eeks due to the illness of hi:
torney.
hanny's Grocery
'old To My rick
t" Shanny's Grocery, located a
ι East 10th Street and former
■ owned by J. G. Shanninghousi
langed hands yesterday. T. R
'yrick is the new owner.
The store will now be knowi
s Myrick Grocery Co. Mr. My
ick announced today that thi
me line of groceries and freit
leats will be carried.
All bills due are «till payabli
ο 3. G. Shanninghouse.
Commissioners Rescind Carnival Ban I
Local Lions
Ask Removal
Of Show Ban ;
Halifax — The Halifax Coun
ty Commissioners reversed them
selves at a special meeting Fri
day and rescinded a ban which I
the board had instituted on July f
6 against the showing of carnival! {
in the county. f
The board also discussed at
length plans for the proposed
reassessment of industrial and
commercial property in Halifax
in 1949. Action on the matter
was deferred until August 2.
The commissioners also accept
ed the proposal of the Brewer
Insulation Company to insulate
the county home and sanatorium
at a cost of $938 for the home
and $666 for the sanatorium.
Harvey Woodruff and anotlner
representative of the Roanoke
Rapids Lions Club appeared be
fore the commissioners and ask
ed that the ban against carniv
als showing in the county be re
moved.
The commissioners voted to re
scind the ban and instructed the
tax collector that in the issuing
of licenses to carnivals in the
future he will notify the carni
veil operators mat ine sneriix
of Halifax will enforce all state
and local laws pertaining to the
operation of the carnival.
The commissioners voted to
sell a lot on Long street in Wal
don to Winfield Clark for $1-00.
The commissioners passed the
appropriations resolution for the
1948-49 fiscal year.
The major appropriations es
tablished by the resolution in
cluded:
Sheriff's office, $31,060; Wel
fare Department, $24,180; Tax
Collector, $23,718; County Sana
torium $18,750; Clerk of Court,
$13·455 and Auditor $10,915.
The school fund of $150,000
was broken down into the vari
ous outlays with instructional
service getting $55,625.
$157,428 is set aside for gen
eral county construction and
Roanoke Rapids is allotcd
$28,000; Weldon $12,000; and
$18,000 is set aside for the pur
chase of new busses.
Storms Damage
Crops, Homes
In Woodland
Woodland—Heavy rain storms
of the past few days have caus
ed much damage to thé crops
in the area and at least two
homes in the area were damag
ed last week.
Wednesday afternoon a severe
wind and rain storm hit the Me
nola section. A chimney was
ι blown from a house on the farm
, of Mrs. J. A. Chitty. Corn and
tobacco was laid low on the Ch
itty farm and others in the area.
The roof was blown etff the
house of Kelly Vinson ana trees
were blown down at several ho
mes here.
Truck Dodges
Woman and Hits
Another Truck
A hitch hiking woman caused
the upset of a truck load of
green tomatoes bound for Flor
ida early this morning, accord
ing to a report made by the
State Highway Patrol. '
The incident occurred just no
rth of Weldon on Route 301 at
5:30 a.m. today. Two trucks,
the one with the tomatoes which
was driven by Edward Merritt
of Jacksonville, Fla, and the
other driven by Dallas Jones of
the Tilmon Colrain Trucking Co.
of Williamston, were both driv
ing south.
Jones attempted to pass the
Florida truck and that is where
the woman entered the picture.
She was sitting on her suitcase»
evidently waiting for a ride no
rth. In trying to avoid hitting
her, Jones swerved into the rear
of Merritt's truck.
There was a crash and green
tomatoes decorated the scene.
Luckily both trucks received on
ly slight damage, estimated by
the Highway Patrol.
Both drivers, however, said
dark things about women being
where they shouldn't be so early
in the morning.
P.S. The woman didn't wait
to be interviewed by the High
way Patrol. Last seen, she was
still heading north.
Roanoke Mills and CIO Textile Union
End Contract Talks; No Agreement
Both Parties
Agree To Halt
Negotiations
Negotiations between the offi
cials of the Roanoke Mills Com
pany and the CIO Textile Work
ers Union of America were dis
continued amicably Friday af
ternoon, Presidet Frank Wil
liams of the Roanoke Mills
Company has announced.
The talks about a contract for
the workers in Roanoke MilJ
Number One had been in pro
gress for the past several weeks,
with a committee from the union
and company officials holding
several meetings.
D. E. Hudgins, Roanoke Mills
labor counsel, Mr. Williams and
other officials met with Mariano
S. Bishop, director of the Rayon
and cotton division of the CIO
TWUA and other representatives
of the union in an all day ses
sion Thursday and then again
all morning Friday.
Bishop suggested shortly be
fore noon Friday that the talks
be concluded and said that both
parties had negotiated in good
faith but that it was apparent
! that no agreement could be
reached at this time. The com
pany agreed with Bishop and tha
further talks were called off.
It was understood that either
party to the negotiations could
reopen the discussions by giv
ing ample notice to the othei
party, but that further talks had
been postponed indefinitely.
Williams said no agreement
had been reached on any con
tract in its entirety or on any
part of a contract.
"There were many proposal!
and counter-proposals offered bj
er.ch side, but v. e were unable
to reach an agreement." he add
ed.
Philippines
Get Their
First Outpost
MANILA (A.P.)—The Phillip·
pine Republic gained its frist tei
ritorial possession when the foui
colored national flag was hoist
ed over a coconut grove in the
Turtle Islands.
The islands, a sun-scorch ec
group off the northern tip o:
Borneo, were turned over offic
ially to the Philippines govern
ment by the British North Bor
neo Company, which had admin
istered them since formal Bri
tish rule ended in 1930.
A party of Philippine and Bri
ish diplomats and newsmen tra
veled down by sea for the cere
mony. Turtle Islanders in fibei
skirts and sarongs squatted a
the edge of a clearing as th<
Philippines foreign affairs offic
er, Diosdado Macapagal, raisec
the flag.
"Let this banner, and the au
thority for which it stands, sta?
here forever." he said.
Princess Tarhata Kiram, 111
inois educated heiress of thi
fabled Sultan of Sulu, unveiled i
metal plaque embedded in san(
to mark the transfer.
The princess, spiritual rule :
of the Mohammedan Moro peo
pie of the southern Philippines
has laid claim to the Turtle Is
land by dint of her relationshi]
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Local Man Charged With Assault
On Wife As Result Of Journey To
See English Girl In New YorV
Horace Clemmons of Roanoke
Rapids Township was being
tried today by Recorder's Court
on charges of assault on his
wife. Clemmons, who was ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff A. J.
Brigman Friday, when his wife
obtained a warrant for his ar
rest, also figured in an investiga
tion by immigration authorities,
According to Mrs. Clemmon's
story, her husband left her early
last week to go to New York to
meet an English girl whom he
planned to marry. The girl, Miss
Bull, had arrived on Ellis Is
land from England.
Learning through Mrs. Clem
mons of her husbnad's plans, the
Sheriff contacted immigratioc
authorities in New York and
prevented, the wedding. Clem
mons returned, and according tc
Mrs. Clemmons, assaulted her
for her interference. He was ar
rested in Enfield Friday on th«
warrant filed by his wife.
Meanwhile Deputy SherifJ
Brigman said today that a fed
eral investigator from NorfolK
had not discovered sufficienl
cause for arresting Clemmons on
federal charges since the mar
riage did not take place. He ii
being tried only on the assault
charge.
The English girl has been sent
back to England by the authori
ties, the Sheriff disclosed. Clem
mons met the girl while serving
with the army in England.
He told Brigman that he had
given the girl the impression
that his wife had divorced nini
and that as soon as he got baci
to the States he would check on
it and send for her. That was
four years ago and Clemmons
said that he had kept up a cor
respondence with Miss Bull.
The Clemmons have seven
children.
July Building Permits Total $101,750.00
Large Increase
Over East Year
And Last Month
Building permits issued to
date in July for the amount of
$101,750 already exceed those is
sued for July 1947 by $30,450
and are nearly two-thirds the
July 1946 total of $37,340.
Figures through July 26 show
ed an increase of1 $25,250 over
those issued last month although
the number of new home per
mits issued decreased by three.
In June of.this year six per
mits for new home construction
were issued in the amount o*
$41,500 while thus far in July,
three permits have been issued
for a total of $40,000. In other
construction classifications, three
June permits totaled $45,000
while five ether construction
permits issued so far this month
total $61,750.
A persual of the figures in
tabulated form shows that
building permits issued in Roa
noke Rapids to date in 1948 ex
ceed by far the grand total of
$927,530 for the year 1947; and
$831,955 for 1946. Total for 1948
now stands at $2,887,710.
A tabulation follows:
Home Construction
July 1948, 3 permits for
$40,000.
July 1947, 7 permits for
$33,500.
July 1946, 5 permits for
$22,000.
First 7 months 1948,
$256,400.
First 7 months 1947,
$352,400.
First 7 months 1946,
$169600.
Other Construction
.Tulv 1948. 5 Dermits for
$61,750.
July 1947, 5 permits for
$37,800
July 1946, 5 permits for
$15,340
First 7 months 1948,
$2,631,310.
First 7 months 1947,
$136,450
First 7 months 1946,
$413,590
Totals
July 1948, $101,750
July 1947, $71-300
July 1946, $37,340
First 7 months 1948, $2,
887,710
First 7 months 1947,
$488,850
First 7 months 1946,
$583,190
Oth«r Construction
Permits issued for other con
struction through July 26 were.
(Continued On Page 8)
Red Cross Calls
For Polio Nurses
The Roanoke Rapids Chapter
of the American Red Cross an
nounced today that any nurses
in this area interested in held
ing with polio cases should con
tact the local Red Cross office
immediately. (Phone 815-6)
Mrs. Frank Neal, Jr., local ex
ecutive secretary, stated thai
polio nurses for North and
South Carolina are desperately
needed and the Red Cross has
been asked to recruit all inter
eseted nurses in this section.
No Polio In Halifax County
Halifax — Dr. Robert F.
Young, Halifax County Health
Officer, reported today that
there are no cases of polio in
the county.
Dr. Young squelched a ru
mor -which had been making
its rounds of the county the
last couple of days to the ef
fect that there had been a case
of polio found near Enfield.
The health officer said that
a Negro child from near En
field had been sent to St. Ag
nes Hospital in Raleigh· but
tests there had proved it was
not a case of polio.
Dr. Young said there had
been some discussion about
some restrictions being impos
ed in the county, but so far
no definite action had been
taken. He said, "While 1 do not
see any necessity at this lime
for restrictions, I intend lo
discuss the matter with mem
bers of the health board."
The health officer urged all
parents to keep children as
clean as possible and to make
them get plenty of rest.
Dr. Young said that the U.S.
Public Health service had
agreed to conduct some studies
on a virus infection which is
attacking children in the coun
ty. He pointed out *hat the
getting of specimens 01 the ill
ness and sending them to the
National Medical Center at
Bethesda, Md., for study
would have to be planned and
discussed, hut indicated that
the plans for such a study
would be made.
Election Set
At Patterson
On August 6
Officials of the Patterson
Mills Company announced to
day that a collective bargain
ing election will be held at
Patterson Friday, August 6.
The election which will be
conducted under the National
Labor Relations Board regula
tions, will determine if i »i e
workers at Patterson want the
CIO Textile Workers Union of
America as their collective
bargaining agent.
Company officials announced
that the majority of those vot
ing will determine the outcome
of the election.
Hours for voting, which will
be held in the cafeteria build
ing will be from 6:15 to 8:30
a. m. and from 2:30 to 5:00
p. m.
Lt. Northingtor
Funeral Rites
Are Wednesday
Funeral services for Secon d
Lieutenant Robert Rudolph No
rthington, who was killed in ac
tion over England on December
24, 1944, will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at Will
iams Funeral Home. Rev. Go
rdon L. Price will conduct the
services. Burial will be in the
family plot at Sunset Hill Ce
metert. Members of the Lions
club, of which Northington was
a member, will attend the fun
eral in a body.
Lt. Northington, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lionel H. Northington,
city, was former manager of one
of the local A & Ρ stores in
Roanoke Rapids. He volunteer
ed for service in the Army Air
Corps In June of 1942 and re
ceived his basic training at Kee
sler Field, Miss. After complet
ing an 18 weeks course in high
altitude precision bombing at the
AAF Border Bombardier School,
he was awarded his silver bom
bardier wings in August, 1944.
During his training at Biggs
Fiels, El Paso, Texas, he had
the best C. E. record of any
bombardier on the field. He
left for overseas duty the latter
part of November, 1944.
Survivors include his parents;
tow sisters, Mrs. Saluda Pope of
Wake Forest and Mrs. Virginia
DeBusk of Weldon; two broth
ers, Lionel F. Northington ο f
Wake Forest and Thomas B. No
rthington of Chapel Hill; and
one son, Robert Rudolph Nor
thington of Weldon.
* ew Acciaenis i^aia
To Mechanical Defects
MADISON, Wis. (U.P.)—If you
bang your car into a culvert
some dark night and then say
it wasn't your fault "the thinga
mabob slipped out of the what
zis" the chances are only about
one in ten that you're right.
A study of fatal acidents in
Wisconsin shows that about 90
per cent of the vehicles were in
"apparently good condition" be
fore the accident.
Of course, after it hit a
culvert wall, it's not easy to tell
tigators apparently did it Hu
man errors, they maintain, f*r
out-rank vehicle defects as caus
F. M. Taylor
Dies At Home
In Enfield
Enfield—Francis Marion Tay
lor, 72, businessman and former
legislator, died Sunday at 2:40
a.m. at his home in Enfield.
Born in Halifax County, Tay
lor was for many years the pur
chasing representative of the
Weldon Lumber Company. He
was a member of the Halifax
Road Commission and represent
ed the county in the General As
sembly in 1917, 1919, 1921, and
1933.
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He maintained large farming
and rural mercantile interests,
but had retired from those ac
tive interests because of his fa
iling health. He was a member
of the Bethesda Methodist Pro
testant Church in Brinkleyville
and a Mason.
He is survived by his wife,
the former Mattie Moore of Ba
ttleboro; one brother, J. R. Tay
lor of Enfield; three sons, R.
M. and Dr. T. J. Taylor, ο f
Roanoke Rapids and F. M. Tay
lor Jr. of Norfolk, Va. ; three
daughters, Mrs. H. M. Hodges,
Jr. of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Mrs.
R. G. Stanton, Hong Kong and
Mrs. A. M. Fountain of Ral
eigh; atlso eight grandchildren.
Funeral services were held fr
om the home at 4:00 p.m. Mon
day, and were conducted by the
Rev. W. M. Howard, a former
pastor, with the Masons i η
charge. Interment was in the
family cemetery near the home.
ocoTianQ neui
Legion Post
Adds Officers
Scotland Neck—M. M. Lilley,
commander of the Roanoke Post
No. 34 of the American Legion;
E. Lyman Forbes· first vice-com
mander and Robert B. Marks,
second vice-commander, annou
need this week that after a con
ference with propose'd officers of
the post, appointments had been
made to the various officers and
to the committees.
Hubert H. Riddick was select
ed adjutant and finance offic
er. S. Shields Alexander was
selected service and guardisn
ship officer. James Staton was
selected sergeant-at-arms. P. E.
Shields was selected chaplain.
Henry L. Harrison was named
historian and Robert B. Marks
was named athletic officer.
Various committee chairme η
are as follows: Americanism,
Irwin Clark; Boy's State, Frank
P. Shields; Boy Scouts, Ben Br
acy; Child Welfare, Ennis Br
yan; Graves' Registration and
Memorial, William E. Bellamy;
Membership, Reginald Alston ;
Oratorical Comtest, Wade H. Di
ckens ; Public Relations, Eric
W. Rodgers; Sons of Legion, N.
O. McDowell Sr.; Food Commi
tee, Paul Tillery and D. E. He
nderson ; Program Committee,
E. Lyman Forbes.
Opens Swimming Pool
Asheboro N. C. has opent^ a
$100000 swimming pool recent
ly completed on a 12-acre site
on which a memorial foundation
is spending $150000 for develop
ment as a recreation area. Th
is includes $5000 for a wading
pool with sand beach and um
brellas.
Miss Weldon 1948
Miss Weldon 1948, Miss Jean Chappell, already wearing
ihe crown, gels ihe banner pinned on her by Miss Weldon
1947, Miss Virginia Sledge as a climax lo the Weldon Jaycees'
second annual beauty contest held last Wednesday night.
Looking on (at the left) is Jimmy Ellis, who was master
of ceremonies for the beauty contest in which 20 girls were
entered. (Herald Photo)
Selection Of Hospital *ife
In Warren County Delayed
Warren ton—John Kerr Jr. ch-Î
airma*7 ,of the bocA'd of direc
tors of the Warren County Hos
pital, has been advised by the
state Medical Care Commission
that a representative of that co
mmission can not come to War
ren County until August.
The local members of the site
committee have been consider
ing several locations for the pro
posed hospital for the past se
veral weeks, but final selection
will not be made until a mem
ber of the state commission can
come to Warren County, Kerr
said.
Kerr reported that he had re
ceived a letter from John A. Fe
rrell, executive secretary of the
state group and that Ferrell·
had said that "Because the com
mission considers the selection
of a site highly inportant, its
site inspection parties always in
clude a representative of the st
ate board of health, as well as,
technical staff members of the
U. S. Public Health Service and
the commission.
Ferrell wrote Kerr, 'It is an
ticipated that the U. S. Public
Health Service will have one or
two members of its technical st
aff in Raleigh sometime during
the first two weeks in August."
Kerr said that the sites under
consideration by the local com
mittee included: A portion of
the W. D. Rodgers property, a
portion of the J. B. Davis land,
a portion of the Hicks place, and
a portion of the Gholson—Β. B.
Williams place, all on the Nor
lina Road. Others which have
been offered include six acres
of land offered by V. F. Ward
on King property on the road
to Louisburg.
Warren Tax
Rate Set At
One Dollar
Warrenlon — A couniywide
tax rate of one dollar on the
$100 valuation was officially
adopted by the Warren Coun
ty Board of Commissioner» |
meeting in a brief session yes
terday morning.
The commissioners had pre·
viously set up the tentative
budget 20 days ago and al
lowed it to remain open for 20
days as required by law. Ex
ceptions were noted to it dur
ing the period, making for a
unanimous passage yesterday.
The rate calls for sixty-five
cents of the one dollar rate to
go for county purposes and
the remaining thirty-five cents
to go to ihe schools. The
countywide valuation at $13,
000,000 is the basis for setting
the rate.
Bray Home Robbed
Of $200 and Watch
A thief or thieves entered the
home of R. O. Bray, 110 Madison
Street, through the front door
Monday evening and made off
with $200 in cash, one 17 jewel
Elgin hinged-back watch and a
pocket knife which has senti
mental value.
Local police investigating the
case ascertained that the goods
were stolen sometime between !)
and 12 p. m. Monday.
Former County Draft Board Men
Work On Plans For New Drafting
Three former members of the
Halifax County Draft Board, re
lieved of their duties following
the war, are hard at work to
day trying to get the board into
working condition to take care of
the new draft plan. Superior
Court Clerk George Hux said
today that he, W. Henry Over
man and S. W. Dickens were
busy formulating plans.
No definite steps in reaching
an over-all plan or appointing
personnel have been taken, Hux
revealed, but he said that he and
his group were giving the plans
serious study so as to have a
well operating organization when
they do begin.
The draft board will function
much as it did during the war
One board will be set up for
the entire county, according t··
the embryo plan now being work
ed on by the group.
I J. Van B. Metts, State Adju·
tant, is in charge of the county
draft boards throughout the state,
and the group is working undei
his orders.
Exact order of enlistments has
not been decided upon by the IT,
S. Draft headquarters, the head
quarters said today. However
these facts are known:
1—Even if all eligible men 22
through 25 are called, they
won't produce more than one
month's quota.
2—Every male 19 through 2c
who is not deferrable "has ar
awfully good chance" ot being
in the Army within two years.
Truman Invades Oregon
SALEM, Ore. (U.P.)— Repub
licans in this GOP stronghold
were indignant when a land
turtle was discovered crawlini
on the capitol lawn. On the tur
tle's shell, in yellow paint, were
the words "Harry Truman."