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, VOLUME XXXIII ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948 NUMBER 49
Federal, State Conciliation Officials To Enter Contract
Talks Between Halifax Paper Company And CIO Union
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.Union Demand
v <or Checkoff
Causes Impasse
Officials of the Halifax Paper
Company announced today that
contract negotiations between
the company and the United Pa
perworkers of American CIO had
reached an impasse and that re
$ presentatives of the federal me
ditation and conciliation service
as well as representatives of the
division of conciliation of the
Nqrth Carolina Department of La
bor would enter the talks tomor
row in an attempt to reach an
agreement.
The year-end negotiations be
tween the company and the un
^ ion have been in progress since
June 24.
Check off Demand
A company official explained
that the Halifax Paper Company
has been “unwilling to grant the
checkoff because it feels that as
far as the union is concerned the
payment of union dues collect
ion of union dues is as much the
union’s business as the collec
tion of a grocery bill is a gro
# cer’s business. As far as the
individual employee is concern
ed, the company feels it to be
his constitutional right as a free
American to pay his dues just
as he would pay any other bill.”
Wage Offer
The company official explain
ed that the Halifax Paper Com
pany has offered “ a wage sti
pulation, which if the union ac
cepts it would give the Halifax
'4 employees a 12 and one-half
cents an hour increase in the
past twelve months.” This
would result from the fact that
Ihe local plant awarded to its
i mployees a five cents an hour
increase in January and the com
pany has offered an additional
seven and one-half cents an hour
during the negotiations.
to a 10 cents an hour increase
l which employees of other South
ern pulp and paper mills have
received in the past year.
During the years 1946, 1947
and 1948, the company official
added, employees of other mills
in the south have received wage
increases of 33 and one-half
cents an hour. “If the union ac
cepts our proposals, the employ
ees of the local mill will have
received wage increases of 41
$ cents an hour during the same
•period,” he added.
If the company’s present offer
is accepted, it would bring the
average straight time hourly
rate of all employees to $1.07
an hour, but the official added
that “the scheduled work week
of employees at the mill is over
40 hours a week and the actual
average hourly rate would be
$1.17 an hour.”
H During the negotiations the
company has offered to grant
t one additional paid holiday,
which would bring the total of
] paid holidays to three.
* Reservists Must
Register For
Selective Service
£ According to information re
ceived from M-Sgt Elwood H.
Boyce, Commanding Officer of
the U. S. Army and U. S. Air
Force Recruiting Station in Roa
noke Rapids, members of all the
reserve components who are
within the registration age. must
register in accordance with the
Selective Service Act of 1949.
The Sergeant, stated the reserve
components include the National
IjfGuard, Enlisted Reserve Corps,
and Organized'Reserve Corps.
Neither the Act not the Pre
sident proclamation makes any
provisions for exemptions from
registration for members of re
serve components who are other
wise eligible unless such reser
vists are now on active duty.
Those men who are now mem
bers of the reserve components
and who served in the Armed
* forces during World. War II,
and are within registration age.
’ must also register according to
Sergeant Boyce.
Those who were members of
the National Guard or Organized
units of the reserve components
on effective date of the Act are
exempt from service so long as
they remain members, and
satisfactorily participate in sciie
duled drills and training as pre
scribed by the Secretary of De
fense.
ESC Changes
Sked At Two
County Towns
Fred W. McNeil. Jr., man
ager of the local Employment
Security Commission office
announced today that the
weekly trips to Scotland Neck
and Enfield made by agents
of the ESC would be discon
tinued.
McNeil announced that
henceforth representatives of
the ESC will be in Scotland
Neck at the city hall, the firsi
and third Fridays of each
month from 10 a.m. to 12:33
and in Enfield at the city hall
the first and third Fridays of
each month from 1:30 to 3:30
p.m.
McNeil said that the change
in the schedule was made
neeessary because of the dras
tic reduction in appropriations
for North Carolina ESC of
fices.
Friends End
Annual Meet
At Woodland
Woodland—The 251st annua'
session of the f riends ended al
Cedar Grover near here Wednes
day afternoon with a worship
period and final business meet
ing.
The highlights of the meeting
which began Friday, August 1 c
including addresses by Rober
Lee Humber of Greenville, )3
Tarte Bell, area secretary of th
American Friends’ Service Com
I mittee, Lloyd Bailey, associati
secretary of the Friends Servie
Committee of National Legisla
tion, Griffith Levering of Phil
adelphia, and Benjamin F. De
Cou of Philadelphia.
Humber, who is the organize
of the world Federalist move
ment and vice president of th'
United World Federalists deliv
ered the main address Sundaj
night.
Bell reported on the Carol ins
Institute of International Rela
tions which he conducted a
Greensboro.
Bailey reported on th
Friends’ work in Washingtor
and Levering told of his experi
ences in China.
Parking Meters
Produce $5,850
Since March
City Clerk Dorothy Shearii
I reported today that the parkin*
meter, which have been in op
eration in Roanoke Rapids sine:
March, have produced a total o
$5,850.58 cents through July.
Mrs. Shearin’s report showe*
that during the five weeks o
July the parking meters pro
duced $1,546.32.
The city receives one-half o
the returns and the company
from which the city is buyin;
the meters receives 50 per cen
of the returns.
Raleigh Man Held
Here For Bad Checks
W. B. Williams, Route Thre<
Raleigh, is being held in th«
Roanoke Rapids Jail in, defaul
of a $500 bond on a charge o
cashing bad checks, Police Chic
T. J. Davis, reported today.
Davis said that Williams ha:
been arrested after he allegedl;
cashed five bad checks in th
amounts of from two to ten dol
lars.
Williams will be given a pro
liminary hearing Monday.
District Governor Of Exchange
Club Speaks At Local Club Meet
Carolina District Governor of j
the National Exchange Clubs,
was the speaker at the weekly
meeting of the Tloanoke Rapids
Exchange Club Tuesday night.
Dr. Peters, who is a resident
of Rocky Mount, urged the
members of the local cfub to
take more interest in community
projects and become more “com
munity-spirited.”
Dr. Peters is a past member of
the State Exchange Clubs Board
of Control and past president of
the Rocky' Mount Exchange
Club.
Following, Peters’ address, the
members of the club discussed
plans for the Harvest Festival
which will begin September 30.
under the auspices of the Ex
change Club.
Red Cross Disaster Services Area
Director To Help Local Chapter
Build Program At Meeting Friday
Mrs. J. W. Crew, chairman of
the disaster committee of the
Roanoke Rapids Chapter of the
American Red Cross, announc
ed today that Karl Reiser, assist
ant director of disaster services
in the southeastern area, would
be here Friday to assist the lo
cal chapter in building up its
disaster services.
Reiser will meet with the sub
committee chairmen and their
committees to inform them of
their duties in case of a disaster.
Mrs. Frank B. Meacham is
assistant chairman of the local
disaster program and the sub
committee chairmen are: J. E.
Marsteller, survey, rescue, trans
portation and communications.
Henry Overman, food, shelter,
clothing and central supply; Dr.
T. J. Taylor, medical and nurs
ing aid; Miss Barnice Hitchens,
registration, information and
welfare inquiry and A1 Drew,
public information.
Friday night at 8 p.m., Rei
ser will address a general meet
ing of the entire disaster com
mittee and other interested per
sons in the Junior departmenl
of the Rosemary Baptist Church
Reiser, before entering upor
his present duties in 1946 servei
■ for more than four years with
' Red Cross in the armed ser
vices. He served as director o
the Florida hurricnae opera
? tion in 1947 and the southeast
ern tornadoes operation in 194
in Mississippi, Tennessee, A’a
1 bama and Arkansas.
Convict Escapes
: From Warren
; Prison Gang
Dock Hines Jr., described bj
Police Chief T. J. Davis as t
dangerous man, escaped yester
’ day afternoon from the Warren
ton Prison Camp road gang.
Davis was informed by prisor
camp officials about 3:15 p.m
that Hines had escaped.
Hines had not been recaptur
ed early today. Deputy sheriffs
prison guards and officer s
throughout the two county are*
were alerted and searching foi
the escaped convict.
Hines was serving 15 months
for assault with a deadly wea
pon with intent to kill.
Davis urged anyone who sees
; Hines to contact the local police
department. It was the opinior
: of Davis that Hines might make
: for his home on the Littletor
Highway.
l Hines was described as being
: 29 years old, of light complex
ion, with brown hair and has t
scar on his face.
; Johnson Completes
: Parachute Training
Fort Benning, Ga. — Recrui
Nathaniel Johnson of 1031 Vance
Street, Roanoke Rapids, son o:
Mrs. P. F. Johnson, has success
! fully completed the rigid five
• weeks basic airborne course a'
the Infantry School, Fort Ben
l ning, Georgia, and has been a
[ warded the official United State:
Army Parachute wings,
i During his training he mad<
- five parachute jumps fron
: Army cargo aircraft at an al
titude of 1,000 feet and achievec
the high score necessary to pass
the “Paratroop” physical fitness
test.
Karl Reiser
Overman Says Ph
School Opening i
Complete; Needs '
Halifax—W. Henry Overman,
superintendent of the Halifax
County Schools, announced to
day that plans are virtualiy
complete for the opening of Ne
gro county schools on August 30
and the white schools on Sep
tember 1.
Overman said that there arev
still eight vacancies in the
teaching staff in the county
schools. These vacancies are at
Enfield, William R. Davie, Hob
good, Aurelian Springs and
Halifax schools. He added that
he expects the vacanies to be
filled before school opens or
subtitute teachers will be em
ployed until permanent teachers
can be arranged for.
Overman called attention to
the fact that children entering
school in Halifax county for the
first time this fall must, be im
munized for diphtheria, whoop
ing cough and vaccinated for
smallpox.
He pointed out that the school
entrance age, prescribed by state’
law, is six years of age on or
before October 1 of the year in
which the child is enrolled in
school.
Overman said that the Attor
ney General has ruled that chil
dren who are born on the second
day of October become six years
of age on the first day of Oct
uuer anu ate mereiuie enuueu
to enter school this year.
He urges parents to cooperate
in seeing that their children at
tend school regularly.
The school superintendent said
that all regular drivers of the
school buses would have been
examined and properly licens
ed by the time school convene?.
He said that the school buses
could be ridden by school chil
dren only.
Overman pointed out that four
schools in Halifax County had
been discontinued because of
low enrollment. He listed the
schools as Darlington, whose
pupils have been assigned to
the Aurelian Springs School
Little Zion Negro School will be
consolidated with Jackson
School at Halifax; Whitaker’s
Chapel Negro School has been
consolidated with Inborden
school in Enfield; and Weaver's
Chapel Negro school has been
consolidated with Mclver School
in Littleton.
The Bricks Tri-County High
. School has been discontinued
and students from the Enfield
section who have been attending
the school will for the 1948-49
year go to a new school near
1 Battleboro in Edgecombe Coun
• ty. The school is expected to be
ready by October 1, but students
will use temporary quarters be
ing arranged for by the Edge
combe authorities.
Overman emphasized that the
arrangement is only for this
year and said that the plan is
for the Halifax students to at
tend school within the county as
soon as facilities can be pro
vided.
Rooster Plays Swing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( U. P. )—
j Mrs. R. M. Newcomb wondered
what made the child’s swing
move without anyone in the seat
until she got closer. A white
| rooster kept pecking away at the
I swing when it came toward him. i
Scotland Neck
Clinic Bids
Are $132,107
Halifax—Bids for the con
struction of a proposed 201bed
clinic at Scotland Neck were
opened at the Courthouse here
yesterday, but none was offi
cially accepted. The matter of
letting the contract for the
hospital will be taken up at
the next meeting of the Hali
fax County Commissioners.
The total bid, submitted for
the various phases of con
struction by four different
companies, amounted to $132,
107.
The J. W. Baltzegar Com
pany of Wilson submitted a
bid of $88,300 for the building.
. A. Norris, plumbing and
heating contractor of Wilson,
submitted a heating bid of
$15,187 and a bid for the
plumbing of $18,500.
Colter and Chappell, electri
cal contractors of Winston-Sal
em submitted a bid of $10,120
for the electrical work.
ins For County
^re Virtually
Eight Teachers
Odom Placed
On Probation
For Larceny
Halifax—Judge R. Hunt Park
er, presiding over the August
term of Superior court here,
has meted sentences to several
offenders after juries have ad
judged them guilty.
James Odom of Roanoke Rap
ids, who was found guilty of
larceny, has been placed on pro
bation for three years.
Claude McDaniel, found guilty
of carnal knowledge, was order
ed to pay $24 a month for the
support of a child.
William L. Trippe of Roanoke
Rapids was found not guilty
of driving while under the in
fluence of intoxicating bever
ages.
A charge of disposing of mort
gaged property against Leonard
Bell was nol prossed.
These cases and several others
were heard in court from Mon
day through Wednesday after
noon.
Scheduled for hearing tomor
row are several divorce actions.
Indoor Festival
At Woodland To
Be Wednesday
Woodland—The annual indoor
festival will be held at Wood
land next Wednesday night.
Sponsored by the various civic
organizations of Woodland the
proceeds from the festival will
be used for the benefit of the
local school.
Allan Craig and his orchestra
will be on hand to furnish music
for the occasion.
Booths showing attractive pro
ducts and merchandise exhibited
by firms in the Roanoke-Chow
an area will be on display.
At intermission there will be
a fashion show staged by several
leading merchants of the area.
The doors will open at 7:30
p.m. and there will be dancing
from 9 to 1p.m.
Local Man Takes
Part In Mercy
Flight With Army
ALBUQUERUE, NEW MEX
ICO. A mercy flight was re
cently performed by S-Sgt Otha
E. Reynolds, son of Mrs. Icelean
A. Pierce, 65 Washington Street,
Roanoke Rapids.
Ttye flight was made in a C
47, with S-Sgt Reynolds as en
gineer, from Kirtland Air Force
Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico
carrying an iron lung to the
Carrie Tingley Hospital for crip
pled children located at H o t
Springs, New Mexico, in an ef
fort to save the life of a small
boy stricken with polio and un
able to breathe.
Overheated Stove
Causes Fire Alarm
The Roanoke Rapids Fire De
partment answered an alarm at
1011 Marshall street last night
about 7:30 p.m.
An oil hot water heater in the
home of Daniel Edwards had be
come overheated. Damage was
slight.
CHy White Schools Open
September 7; Chaloner To
Open On Monday, Aug. 30
Superintendent 1. t,. neatly
of the Roanoke Rapids Schools,
announced today that the city
white schools would open oa
September 7 and that the
Chaloner school for Negroes
would open on August 30.
All of the schools in the
ciiy nave undergone a com
plete cleaning during the sum
mer season and many repairs
have been made to several of
the buildings.
The tcacherage is being re
opened and readied for the ar
rival of teachers.
Seven Draft Registration
Centers Are Established
In County; Secretary Mamed
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Wilbur Brown
Killed in ’Cycle
Truck Collision
Wilbur Brown, 30, of Jack
son street was fatally injured
about 1 p.m. today when the
motorcycle he was riding was
in collision with a Thompson
Coal Company truck on Roa
noke Avenue near the railroad
junction.
According to the informa
tion the Herald was able to
get from the Roanoke Rapids
Hospital, Brown died about
ten minutes after his arrival
at the hospital.
Brown is reported to have
passed a string of automobiles
and crashed head-on into the
truck.
Brown was unmarried.
No official report could be
obtained from the police de
partment.
Coroner Rufus Britton
would give out no informa
tion at 2:30 p.m.
Local Lions Club
Honors Halifax
Eagle Scouts
The Roanoke Rapids Lions
Club honored two of Halifax
County’s outstanding Boy Scouts
at the club’s meeting Tuesday
night.
Plaques were presented t o
Eagle Scouts Vernon T. Bradley
and Harold Twisdale of the Hali
fax Troop for making the most
advancement during 1947.
Five new members were in
ducted into the Lions Club at
the meeting. The new members
were H. L. Hollingsworth, Roger
T. Hite, Gerald Elliott, Dorsey
Richardson and Harrison Giles.
The club members heard re
ports of their delegates to the
International Convention held in
New York.
Special guests at the meeting
besides the two Eagle Scouts
were John H. Hines of Halifax
district chairman of the Boy
Scouts and D. E. Bennett, dis
trict commissioner.
Siamese Crowder Pea
Is Found At Gaston
A garden odditiy was brought
to the Herald office today by
Winfield Britton, assistant to cir
culation manager Myril Crosby.
Britton had a Siamese twin
crowder pea.
He said that the pea had come
from the vines of his uncJo’i
garden in. Gaston Township.
the Halifax County Draft Board
announced today that sever
places of registration for select
ive service had been establishec
in Halifax County and would be
ready for operation on Monday
August 30 when selective service
registration is to begin.
Taylor said that the decisior
to establish registration center:
in various parts of the count}
was made at a meeting of the
draft board yesterday.
The board also appointed Mrs
Vera B. Draper of Halifax a:
secretary to the board. She wil
be in the office in Halifax a.
soon as it is established, Tay
lor added.
Taylor said that the registra
tion centers would be open frorr
9 a. m. to 5 p. m. daily durinf
the period in which registratiot
will be held.
He said that the exact loca
tion of the centers in the vari
ous towns would be announce^
later, but released the names o
the people who would be ii
charge of the centers.
At Enfield, T. O. Hickman
will be in charge of the regis
tration; Aurelian Spring:
George E. Crawley; Scotlaru
Neck, L. W. Alexander; Halites
George Hux; Roanoke Rapid:
W. B. Allsbrook, registration n
Roanoke Rapids will be in th
municipal courtroom; Weldon, 1
J. Maddrey with registration a
the fire station and Littleton, *1
R. Walker.
Taylor said that it was th
opinion of the members of th
draft board that the establish
ment of these registration cen
ters would help men who mus
register under the selective Sei
vice Act of 1948 to register easi
iy
He urged those who must res
ister to do so at the center near
est their homes, but added tba
anyone could register at any c
the centers.
Airborne Division
To Have Convention
Chicago ( U. P. )—Former pa
ratroopers and glidermen of th
famed 101st Airborne Divisio
will meet here Sept. 3-4 for th
division association’s third anni
al convention.
The 101st was the first fu
division in U. S. Army histor
to receive a distinguished un:
citation. The division was honor
ed for its defense of Bastogne
Belgium, during the Battle of th
Bulge.
Past members of the 101s
now with the 82nd Airborne D
vision, will be flown from For
Bragg, N. C., for the meetinj
Maj. Gen. A. C. McAuliffe, ase
ciation president, was the office
who replied ‘nuts” to a Germa
surrender demand during the Ba
togne defense.
Warren ton Kotanans Hear Blum
Blast School Officials For Lack
Of Vocational Training Facilities
Warrenton—The value of voca
tional training in high schools
with particular emphasis on ag
riculture was explained to Aiem
bers of the Warrenton Rotary
Club at their recent meeting by
G. B. Blum, who for 25 years
was a vocational teacher at Mid
dleburg.
Blum was introduced by How
ell Steed, one of his former stu
dents, as on§ of the outstanding
teachers in the state.
Choosing as his subject, “Why
the Need of Vocational Train
ing,” Blum went back to the be
ginnning of the public school sys
tern and even at one point dur
ing his discourse allued to tha1
area following the War Betweer
the States when, he said, mo
thers cried as they looked ou:
of the window and saw their son:
working in the fields in higl
collars and full attire. These
mothers, he declared, felt tha
it was beneath the dignity o
their boys to work in the fields
In that period, he continued
many families on large planta
tions were slave owners ant
their sons were educated, bu
the trouble was that they wen
educated from the farm, the:
were educated to read Shake
speare and other fine literature
but they knew little about th<
and the importance of workinj
and saving their lands.
A similar condition prevailed
Blum asserted, after the publii
school system was put into op
eration. It continued to be th<
practice for many years, an<
I still is to a large extent, a tei
! dency to educate boys and gir:
! away from the farm and at th
same time fail to teach them
profitable vocation, he said.
The speaker blamed much <
the trouble of the schools of ye;
teryear and also of today on te
chers and those in charge of tl
schools. He said that, unfo
tunately, those in charge of e<
ucating boys and girls for a fu
ler and richer life have falle
down on the job and that in tl
majority of instances imporv
ments in schools and in the ed>
cational system have bee
brought about by a demandii
public rather than through ai
innovation or constructive effor
on the part of those responsib
for our educational system t
day. “School men may tell yi
that it is impossible for you
have this or that for your schoi
but when they find that the pu
liq demands it, they usually ma
age to have the demands met
Blum stated.
The speaker spoke of the vi
t uable work which has been C£
: ried on through the vocatior
i department at the Middlebu
school and expressed the ho
, that a vocational training dep£
ment would be set up in t
i schools of this county. He s£
I that he knew there is a ne
for it and also a desire for su
a program, for he had to tu
• down a number of Warren Cot
ty boys who had applied at t
i Middleburg school for vocatior
l training.
j i
Tentative Tax
Rate Of $1.15
Like Last Year’s
The Roanoke Rapids City
Commissioners in a special ses
sion Tuesday afternoon studied
a tentative balanced budget call
ing for an expenditure of $213,
521.41, based on a tax rate of
$1.15 per hundred.
The commissioners did not
adopt the budget or the tax rate,
but set the tentative figures af
ter a long session and tentatively
left the tax rate the same as last
year. The adoption of the bud
get probably will be made at the
first meeting in September.
The tentative budget compares
with the last fiscal year’s actual
expenditures of $185,388.24.
The increased estimated
expenditures during the coming
fiscal year were caused largely
by the fact the city must retire
approximately $24,000 more of
its bonds during the coming
year.
The fact that the tax rate has
not been increased under the
proposed tentative budget is at
tributed to an estimated proper
ty valuation jf $16,000,000, a $2.
000,000 increase over last year.
The bonds and debt service
charges in the tentative budget
which must be paid during the
next year are broken down as
follows: total amount of bonds
to be retired $27,000; interest,
$16,541. Roanoke Rapids has ne
ver defaulted in payment of its
bonded indebtedness, a city offi
cial added. The city has a total
bonded indebtedness of $592,000.
Listed in the budget disburse
ments for 1948-49 are the ex
penses for the various depart
ments of the city.
Administrative, $9,300 compar
ed to last year’s cost of $8,923.72;
Fire Department, $19,732.05,
compare^ to last year’s cost of
$25,512.46; Health Department
$411, same as last year; Jail:
1 $302.65, actual cost last year; Po
lice $43,212.40 compared to last
; year’s cost of $41,674.71; Sani
1 tary Department, $28,275, com
’ pared to last year’s cost of $26,
’ 650.97; Streets: $51,235 compar
| ed to last year’s cost of $47,
577.80; Street Lights and Power;
$6,200 compared to last year’s
' cost of $6,160.29; Stop Lights
• S240, doubling last year’s cost of
$120; Additional stoplights
S338.80 compared to last year’s
; $1,777.58; Municipal building, $4,
312 compared to last year’s cost
’ of $4,811.45; Tax Department
$5,600.56, compared to last year’s
actual cost of $4,558.32; Miscel
laneous $7,363.45 compared to
last year’s actual cost of $4,
781.84; Mosquito Control $3,000,
same as last year; Unpaid bills
[ $3,239.61 compared to last year’s
$2,927.45 and vital statistics $500
compared to last year’s cost of
$498.
Also included in the tentative
budget for 1948-49 are these
items: $7,000 for piping the ditch
s across the Rosemary Manufac
' turing Company’s property near
? Tenth Street, and a $5,000 loan
to the cemetery fund.
The city several years ago se
j cured permission to dig the
1 ditch across the manufacturing
I company’s property with the sti
pulation that when the com
pany was ready to use the land
’ the city would pipe and cover
the ditch. The company notified
the commissioners several weeks
’ ago that it was ready to utiliza
" the land.
Included in the budget are the
_• following expenditures: Halifax
County Health Department $345,
fire hose $1,200; DDT spraying
1 $435, calcium chloride for dust
treatments to the city streets
$1,400; City library $400; City
Recreation Commission, $1,000:
T-Q+ oroflinifmn AA 'NT-i:_
al Guard $1,000.
Included in the list of capital
expenditures, tentatively set for
the next fiscal year, is a new
street sweeper to dost $9,500, a
new snow plow $400 and a new
weed mower $400.
p Estimated revenue lifted in
the tentative budget for 1948-49
a includes $165,950 from property
taxes, $23,000 from the AEC
' board; $6,000 from privilege in
licenses; $2,000 from auto and
a dog licenses; $1,200 from inspec
0 tion fees; $7,000 court costs'; $4,.
500 refund from the state for
beer and wrine sales and $600
miscellaneous,
n
* Herkimer Papers Shed
i- Light On History
n ALBANY, N. Y. (U.P.) — A
g collection of unique manuscripts
y acquired by the ftew York State
ts Library has thrown new light on
le Gen. Nicholas Herkimer’s Mo
> hawk Valley campaign during
>u the Revolutionary War.
to The documents include a list
>1, of soldiers wounded at Orisk
b- any, artists’ impressions of the
n- conflict and excerpts of battle
accounts of some of the Herki
mer family who served under the
1- general.
r- Famed for his successful de
al fense of the Mohawk Valley,
rg Herkimer made his triumphant
De stand in an effort to relieve a
rt small garrison threatened by
le the invading British. Although
id overwhelmed by superior forces.
Hi he prevented the British from
:h joining Burgoyne in the Hud
rn son Valley.
n- Burgoyne thus grew progres
le sively weaker and was finally
al defeated at Saratoga in one of
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