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WELDON, NOKTH CAROLINA
?TjJkier Halifax County Fair
lit Under Way Monday Nite
K
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Midway a ml lb-sl Free Arts
&■ Presented to Fair Fans In j
fu Section Of The State; Friday]
Slated To Be The Big Bay
School Children Turn Out.
As
The Greater Halifax County Fair -
opened Monday night under the man- |
agement of T. R. Walker, Jr. of Lit- j
tleton. Getting off to a slow start
the fair is making time fast as the I
week goes on. Several hundred peo- ;
pie gathered before tin; gates Mon lay j
night waiting for the lights to be j
turned on. A little after eight the
lights were on and gates thrown
open. In the erowd rushed end h.'d.
no time in giving th; onee ,.ver t■.■ -1
largest and most up-to-date carnival
ever to Wake upper,ranee in 1. dh
County. The inidway-The M:ghl
Hhacsley Show. ;■ -enl ■ , ■•at
eit array of ride ; and sbov.’s • v, r
seen bore. Free nets, which \ '
slow the first nigh* hut got (<. s"..'ng
With a bang Tuesday are ic I , • >
by all who have seen them to he more
than expected. In fact people ate go
ing into the grand stand time n'ler
time to view them. They never get
tired. The fireworks went off v. ,th
a bang Tuesday night and will be
seen each night throughout the entir,
week.
Friday is expected to he the hip;
day when all the schools in the coun
ty will be closed and the children ad
±f, UQQitted at a special price. —
Gate admission is the lowest this
year it has ever been and the crowds
are growing each day and night.
In the grandstand to entertain is
Higgins famous band from Washing
ton City, known to fair fans In Hali
fax County for many years back.
Mr. Walker says he is more than
pleased at the cooperation the public
is giving to make the fair a success
from every standpoint.
Saturday will be the final day
when colored school children will be
admitted at special prices.
Marvel Cullom Hurled
Cororner’ Jury Returnsj
Verdict Monday Night
The body of Marvel Cullom, vic
tim of unknown assailant in Roanoke
Rapids during the week-end of Oct
ober 7th, was laid to rest Tuesday
afternoon in the Rapids cemetery.
Funeral services were held from the
funeral home of W. C. Williams, con
victed by the Rev. W. H. Grantham,
pastor of the Christian Church there.
Many people went in to view the
jo lv and it is reported that detectives
var’ on the watch scanning every
. uc in effort:, ' > finding a possible
. mo as l , who committed the crime.
A coroners jury returned the ver
dict Monday night that Marvel Cul
. i.i came t,> 1 r death at the hands
f a party unknown.
i'lorida Car Overturns
At Garysburg
Lounds Motor Company was called
Uj Oarysburg Tuesday to tow in a Lin
i sedan. The car occupied by the
deicer a Mr. Newman and two other
people ran off the hard surface and
turned over rompT* \\ cluing ronsi l
e ruble damage. No jilt.- y/HH hurt. Mr
Newman lives in I’loridu and was on
ins way hack from a trip up north,
FROST LAST SUNDAY
Halifax County felt its first real
frost Sunday morning.
The frost was rather light, but
heavy enough to turn potato vines
and grass brown and black. Veget
arians who are fond of the green col
lard will welcome this as the Collat'd
is said not to be so very good before
the frost strikes it. however the writ
er takes issue with this belief and
suggests that a collat’d cooked right
: is better before tin* frost bites it than
I after. Try it.
8,345 Pounds Pork For Relief
Is Allotted To Halifax County
Northampton Gets 8,930 Pounds. 1)<‘
liveries Expected To Bi* Mudo Thi:
Week; North Carolina Allotted 607,
500 Pounds.
Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 14—The coun
ty allotments of pork for relief pur
poses were announced toduy by Mrs
Thomas O’Berry, relief administrator
A shipment of 607,500 pounds ha;
been made available to North Caro
lina from the Federal Emergency Re
lief Administration in Washingtoi
This shipment is being allocated t<
the counties on the basis of their re
lief case load.
The pork, which is dry salt-cured
is put up into small cartons contain
ing three and six pounds each. I
will be shipped into North Carolim
in car load lots approximately 30,
000 pounds per car. It is expcctor
that delivery will be made early ii
the coming week.
In order to avoid small lot ship
ments the state was divided into 1!
convenient shipping points of Sa'is
bury, Winston Salem, Greensboro
Durham, Aberdeen, Raleigh, Fayette
ville, Wilmington, Goldsboro, Rock;
Mount, Washington, New Bern, A
hoskie, Sylva, Asheville, Morgantc n
North Wilkesboro and Charlotte.
One full car load will be shipper
to each of these points with the ex
ception of Charlotte and Ra'.eigi
where two cars have been consigned
The various counties have been as
signed to some one of these shippin)
points and will themselves transpor
their allotment to their own county.
The allotment for Halifax Count;
is 8,345 pounds while Northamptoi
County will receive 3,930 pounds
Halifax is in District No. 15 witl
Rocky Mount as the shipping poin
while Northampton is In District No
18 getting its pork at Ahoskle.
Greensboro, Oct. 18—One of the
. newest books on the market is a
social history called "The Story of
j North Carolina," a volume by Dr. A.
M. Arndt, professor of history at the
Woman’s college of the University
of North Carolina, and Dr, W. C.
, Jackson, collaborator, a member of
, the faculty of the University at
I Chapel Hill. The new work is being
published by the University of North
Carolina press.
II The work is said to be simple, in
i' teresting, intimate in style. It was
| written primarily for children, and
I will special attention to the needs of
i those in the sixth grade.
HIGGINS BAND IN NRA PARADE
Frank F. Iligglna and bin band, recently beard over W. S. B. Atlanta, Ua., which la here thia week playing concerto at the Greater
Halifax County Fair for the largeat programme of VudeviUe Acta In front of the Grand Stand, will head the big NBA Parade in
Weldon Friday morning diapeiislng anuppy hot numbera throughout the proceaalon.
DanielDisposes
Docket Tues.
Eleven (a-ics Docketed and Cleared
la Ili'ronWi Court In I
A ilockot of 11 cases was disposed
of at tlie regular meeting of Record- (
er’s Court, Tuesday, Oct. IT. The j
cases are as follows:
C. G. Pd. c was tried for speeding.;
He plead guiiLy an 1 was fined $ri.(id !
and cost .
Jerry Richardson was tried for a-:
bandonni :it and non-support. He I
plead gudly and was sentenced to
months i.i jail to be assigned to do;
work unis - the direction of the State
highway and Public Works Commis
slon.
W. D. i'reeman plead guilty of as-i
sault with deadly weapon. Prayer for
Judgment continued upon good be
havior of defendant an.l on condition
he pays ::!l costs, medical expenses
and loss of tmio of the prosecuting
witnesses Miles and Whitaker.
John H. Dickens, charged with lar
ceny, plea ! not guilty. He was found
guilty and sentenced to 5 months in
jail to be assigned to do work under
the direction of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission.
Leroy Wallace, charged with de
stroying property, plead guilty. It is
adjudged that defendant be commit
ted to Eastern Carolina Training
.,ri i)K liucuy iviumiL.
George Spence and Edwin Mitchell,
charged with destroying property,
were remanded to Juvenile Court.
French Powell, Rooster Lashlcy,
and Bennie Sledge were tried on
liquor charges. Sledge was not ap
prehended. Powell and Lashley plead
not guilty. Judgment suspended as to
Powell. As to Lashley, 90 days in
jail to be assigned to do work under
tl .' direction of the State Highway
and Public Works Commission.
E. S. Harris, charged with assault,
plead not guilty. He was found guil
ty, however, and sentenced to 6
months in jail to be assigned to do
work under the direction of the State
Highway and Public Works Commis
sion, sentence to be suspended for 2
years on good behavior and on condi
tion he pays a fine of $10.00 and
costs.
Alonza Sledge, charged with speed
ing, plead guilty. He was fined $5.00
and costs.
Rosevelt Clayton, charged with as
sault with deadly weapon, was found
not guilty.
C. L. Sorie was tried on liquor
charges. He plead guilty and was
sentenced to 8 months in jail to be
assigned to do work under the direc
tion of the State Highway and Public
Works Commission. Sentence sus
pended for 2 years on good behavior
and on payment of costs.
Approximately 1200 members of
the North Carolina Grange attended
the State meeting at the Junior Order
Orphans’ home near Lexington on
September 27 and 28.
Orphans Take Tornado
To Ride At 91 to 6 Speed
The Oxford Orphanage football
steam roller continued to smash its
way into football stardom Friday at
the expense of the traveling Torn
ado of Weldon High, crushing the
Tornado Sit to 0. This was the worst
defeat a Tornado team has suffered
since football was started at the
school.
The big red team got under way
in a hurry oring a touchdown be
fore the first quarter was 1-3 over, j
Their attack was brilliant at all times
coining out touchdowns whenever
they wanted one and they wanted'
them often.
Three sets cf backs performed for
the Orphanage and went about their
work it seems with the idea of seeing :
which backficld could score the mosti
markers.
They had everything, drive, power,
speed, deception and a will to win
that had the boys from Weldon on
their backs looking at the sky all.
afternoon.
The powerful line tore great holes
in the Weldon front defense for the
ball carriers to scamper thru and
tncy did scamper thru. Once they got j
by the line of scrimmage they were
on their way in unstopnble fashion,
backs could not go places at all for |
two or three red jerseys were always
popping up in their backfield before
the plays could even get under way.'
in other words there were six men
in Weldon's backfield all day.
The lone touchdown that the Torn-,
ado was able to put across came
when Coppedge shot a pass to Hum
bert who snatched the' Hbll out of the
air for a beautiful catch and ran 65
yards for a touchdown. This was the
Tornadoes only means of scoring a-,
gainst such a powerful line as Ox
ford sported and it clicked perfectly
only one time.
Swartz Kittner, who has been com
ing along slow this year was the big !
gun for Weldon. He broke off right
tackle once for 25 yards and per
formed well on defense nailing the
ball carrier several times when it ‘
looked like another touchdown.
Twenty men made the trip and'
Coach Francis used every one.
Col. Fred A. Olds
80 Years Old
Raleigh, Oct. 12. Colonel Fred A.
Olds, undoubtedly better known and
better loved by thousands and thous
ands of school children in all sections
of the state than any one connected
with the stale Government here, is
eighty years young. For while Col
onel Olds may be getting up in years
he does not look to be within 20 years
of his actual age and his mind is as
young and vigorous and interesting in
the things about him as are the minds
of the thousands of school children
he has been entertaining and instruc
ting during the years he has been con
ducting them through the Hall of
History and the Capital and State
Museum.
WELFARE CONFERENCE
10 BE HELD HALIFAX
('ell I nil District Welfare Conference
To Ito llflil In School Building AI 1
Halifax On Tuesday October (fist;
All I>ay Meeting Beginning At 11:45
Several Prominent Speakers.
The Central District Welfare Con
ference will be held in the School A u
ditorium at Halifax on Tuesday, Oct
ober 31, presided over by County Wei
fare Officer J. 13. Hall at which time
State Officials will be present to lead
in discussions pertaining to relief;
problems as an important phase of the
work of the county welfare agencies.
The meeting in Halifax is one of
the six conferences that are to be
held throughout the state between
October 1" and November 9. The con
ferences in the Western District will
be held October 17, 19, and Novem
ber 9: The Eastern Conferences will
be held October 24, 25 and 31.
An all-day meeting will be held in !
Halifax, beginning at 9:45 o’clock
with registration and closing after the
business session at 3 o’clock. E. E.
Connor, president of North Carolina
Association of County Superintend
ents of Public Welfare, will be pres
ent at all of the conferences. At 10:30
o'clock at the meeting in this county,
Mrs. W. T. Bost, Commissionar of
Public Welfare, will discuss the rou
tine work of the welfare department
interpreting its services in an effort
to bring about a clearer understand
ing of state and local problems. For
the past three years the conference
program has dealt almost entirely
with relief problems and the emphasis
this year will be placed on the activi
ties and functions of the department
as in normal times.
Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, State direc
tor North Carolina Emergency Relief
Administration and Dr. Roy M.
Brown, technical supervisor, will lead
discussions on relief problems as an
important phase of the work of the
county public welfare agencies at
11:40 o’clock.
At the 1 o’clock lunch hour, Stuart
Smith of the County Board of Wel
fare will preside. Other speakers on
the day's program will include Miss
Lily E. Mitchell, Director of Child
Welfare; Doan Justin Miller of Duke
University, President of North Caro
lina Conference for Social Service;
Mrs. W. B. Waddill, Superintendent
Public Welfare of Vance County.
Catawba County poultry growers
are now selling infertile eggs placed
on cold storage last spring. The eggs
are having a ready sale, according
to farm agent T. L. Robinson.
Practical demonstrations in Union!
County have proven the value of
growing vetch seed at home and the
plan is meeting a favorable reception
over the county.
Mrs. J. A. Morris of Roanoke Rap
ids is spending the week with her
daughter Mrs. J. G. Copeland attend
ing the fair.
Approximate
Halifax County ^
Received; Davis Is L.
Norfolk Traveling Man
Suffers Attack While
Driving Thru Here
W. H. Morris, traveling salesman
out of Norfolk, suffered what doctors
say was a stroke or attack of Uremia
Tuesday morning when the model T
Ford in which he was driving side- |
swiped a truck in South Weldon.
Drivers of the truck state that the
Ford was zigsagging across the road
and when it hit the truck ran off
the roa dand stopped. The truck
driver stopped immediately going to
the Ford and asked Morris if he was
hurt. Morris asked him to take him I
to a doctor's office just as he fell un
conscious. He was brought to the
doctors’ office here where he remain
ed unconscious until late in the af
ternoon when he was carried to the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Local doc
tors state that ho probably was suf
fering from the nttack before his car
hit the truck.
License Plates (io On
Sale December 15th
The new 103-1 auto license plates
will go on sale here at Rounds Motor
Company on December 15th. Hounds
has already received a shipment of
tho plates,
Throe Fourth* of Cotton Chri u
entire Culled State* Have then
Mailed Out, Totaling #H7,03‘MMI0;
VV. O. Davis Distributing Cheeks
In Halifax County From Commun
ity Center* listed Here.
The News Digest of the Agricul
tural Adjustment Administration
states that “more than three-fourths
of the South’s cotton farmers, who
took part in the 1933 cotton reduction
program, have received benefit cheeks
from the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. Up to October 13, 7
a. m., 815,881 checks had been sent
to cotton growers. Those checks total
ed $87,059,000".
Approximately two-thirds of the
checks for Halifax County have been
received. Mr. W. O. Davis, County
Agent, has been delivering checks
at points listed below for those who
can't come to his office.
Knfield, Bank of Knfield, Tuesday,
Oct. 17, 10:00 to 13:00 a. m.; Hollister
l. A. Crawley’s Store, Tuesday, Oct.,
17, 1:00 - 3:00 p. m.; Airlio, ft. T.
TDome's Store, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 3:30
to 4:00 p. m.; iLttleton, Bank of Lit
tleton, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 9:30 to
11:00; Aurelian Springs, School House
Wednesday, Oct. 18, 11:30 to 12:30 a.
m. ; Roanoke Rapids, Roanoke Rapids
Bank & Trust Co., Wed., Oct. 18,
2:00 to 4:00 p. m.; Hollister, I. A.
2:00 to 4:00 p. m.
Weldon Merchants To Stage
NR A Parade Tomorrov
Junior Varsitv Football
Team Loses To Rapids (
The Junior Varsity whirlwind foot
ball team made their debut Wednes
day afternoon in Tornado Stadium by|
losing a hard fought game to the
Roanoke Rapids Panthers by the
score of 26 - 0.
The Panthers managed to score
thru long runs and forward passing
thus showing weaknesses in the
Whirlwind secondary defense. The
front wall of the Whirlwind led by'
Dutch Seifert and "Little” Tew Gay
and Gregory played bang up ball all
the way but could not quite match
the Roanoke Rapids forwards who
tackled hard in stopping Whirlwind
backs bofore they could get started.
“Tick" Draper was the main threat
of the Weldon ball carriers assisted
ably by "Little” Red Harris. Big Har
ris and Gore. Draper started on an
end run, cut back eluding several
tacklers and raced sixty yards before
being pulled down from behind by
the Roanoke Rapids safety man on
Roanoke Rapids ten yard line. This
was the prettiest piece of broken field
running of the day.
The whirlwind probably would
have scored after this jaunt but the
final whistle put a stop to this rally.
Starting lineup of Weldon Whirl
wind:
L. E. Gregory
L. T. Gay
L. G. Hale
C. Edwards
R. G. Gregory
R. T. Seifert
R. E. Tew
Q. B. Harris
L. H. B. Harris
R. H. B. Gore
F. B. Draper
Substitutions- Campbell, Hart and
Tew.
Eastern Carolina cotton growers
report the crop being practically
picked out at this time. Tho growers
are picking, ginning and selling as
fast as the crop opens. *
There is a good local demand for
all seed Abruzzi rye harvested in
Northampton County last spring. One
grower reports selling 500 bushels of
seed last week t olocal farmers.
The N R A on parade la what 1
merchants of Weldon will be sa?
to people of Halifax County to
row when a long line of motor
and floats will conclude a tlire
march from the Weldon Coc
Bottling W’orks to the fair grounds.
The parade will begin at twelve o’
clock and conclude just before the
free acts begin at the fair grounds,
assembling on the race track bef
the thousands of people from T"
and surrounding Counties
expected to attend the fail
children's day.
Every school in the cc
closed and tlie children r c “
special prices, an annu>
ways proving to be the bi- 3
the fair grounds. ’
The parade will be headed by Hig
gins Famous band undrer tho manage
ment of Pack Johnson. The band will
be divided into two sections, one lead
ing the parade and one bringing up
the end .
Merchants who are participating in
the demonstration are listed on the
back page of this issue.
‘At The Baptist Church’
Tlie pastor’s subject for tho morn
ing hour will be "THE MEASURE
OF OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST." His
subject for the evening hour will be
"THE BEAUTIES OF HOLINESS.”
Anna C. Brackett said, "There is
nothing which will give a chance for
rest to overtired nerves so surely as
a simple religious faith in the over
ruling, wise and tenden providence
which has us in its keeping. It is in
chafing against the conditions of our
lives that we tire ourselves immeas
ureably. It is in being anxious about
the things we cannot help that we of
ten do tho most of our spending.
A simp'-' faith in God which prac
tically and every moment, and not
theoretically and on Sundays, rests
on the knowledge that Ho cares for
us at least as much as we care for
those who are the dearest to us, will
ilo much to give the tired nerves tho
feeling of the bird in its nest. Do not
spend what strength you have, like
the clematis, in climbing on yourself,
but lay hold on things that are eter
nal, and the peace of them will pass
Into your soul like a healing balm.
Put yourself in the great overlasting
currents, and then you can rest on
your oars and let those currents
bear you on their strength."
By the pastor,
Richard S. Fountain <