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.. —~— - -■=,! Read It First IN THE ROANOKE NEWS — BRINGS YOG ('OVERAGE OF HAEIFAX (Ol'NTI THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1866 —THE OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA THE BEST NEWS AND ADVERTISING HKDKVl IN THIS ENTIRE SECTION SIXTV - NINTH VHAI! WELDON. NOHTII CAROLINA ft RUSHED EVERY THURSDAY THI KSDAY, Jl I,Y, lltii., 1935 Halifax County Votes For! Legal Sale Whiskey By Large Majority 3532 To 790 Control Board Meets To Set - Up Stores Following in the wnko of wot victories in most other counties al lowed to vote under Pasquotank Control Act, Halifax County cast overwhelming vote in favor of the Act last Saturday. The voting ranged from 71 for to 1 against in Roseneath, and 20 to 1 majority, 202 for, 20 against, in Littleton Township to an almost even vote in Butterwood Town ship; 4S to 50 against. The other majorities in favor of the Control Act from all other Townships ran ged from 2-1 to 7-1. The total vote in the whole county showed 3532 votes were cast in favor of the Act and only 790 against it. Wel don voted 339 for and 119 against Liquor Board Mer.s . .The Halifax County Liquor Con trol Board composed of three mem bers, \V. A. Thorne, ltoanoke Bap ids; T. B. Everett, Palmyra and R. Hunter Pope of Enfield, have been holding meetings almost dai ly this week. They are whipping details into shape, for an. early opening of the liquor stores over the county. They were in .Weldon Tuesday looking over store loca tions. Manager Recommended There has been so many applica tions filed with the Board for the job as manager of the Weldon Li quor store that it was decided to call on the citizens of Weldon to make their choice. A meeting was called today. About 50 representa tive citizens of Weldon were pre sent and each man cast a secret ballot for his choice of the 8 or 10 applicants. Only two could be rec ommended on each ballot. The board will count the votes tortior v ‘ row and fender a dectsiwfi. Counsel for Drys Makes State ment Mr. W. L. Knight, being asked for any statement he had to make regarding Saturdays election, said: "An analysis of the vote cast shows that only about one-half of those qualified to vote in Halifax County voted. This was a greater disappointment than was the ratio of the vote actually cast. A very great responsibility devolves upon those who voted lor and otherwise contributed to legalizing the sale oi intoxicating liquors to see that the^ liquor traffic. including contra band and the bootlegger is "con trolled". The economic, political, social and moral good of our so ciety, and not the personalities of individuals or groups, were the real issues involved. Many good people honestly differ as to what is best for society, and the honest convictions of all should be res pected. Society wins or looses to the extent our condition is made better or worse. We hope that the results as finally determined will inure to the common good of all. A great majority of those voting', even though that majority was less than a majority of the total entit led to vote, have, under our sys tem of Government and the law applicable in this case, expressed the "soverign will” of our people. In a spirit of democracy and good sportsmanship that will should be respected until changed by the peo pie or the law.” -- o -- MRS. W. H. STEPHEN SOX Garysburg.—Mrs. W. H. Stephen son, 82, died at 9 a. m. Sunday at her home here. The .uneral was conducted Monday 10:30 a. m. from the home of her son, Butler, with Revs. C. H. Trueblood and Lawrence A. Watts officiating. In terment was in the family ceme tery. Mrs. Stephenson was a member of Elam Baptist church. She is sur vived by her husband, three chil dren, Herbert Stephenson, Butler Stephenson and Mrs. Dempsey Taylor, and four sisters, Mrs. Lau ra Wall, Fuguay Springs, Mrs. Belle Maddrey, Raleigh; Mrs. Georgia Stephenson, Garysburg, and Mrs. Maggie Morris, Emporia, Va. - o - Junior Order Gets 17 New Merbers Weldon Junior Order not only is able to boast of its large member ship, but it is made up a hustling bunch of men. This past week these members signed up 17 appli cants for membership in the lodge An interesting meeting of thi Juniors was held Monday night Three members were initiated. I)r. Carter To Hold Rabies Clinic | Dr. VV. A. Carter, local veterner ian announces that a clinic will be held for the purpose of vaccinating dogs against rabies to comply with the law as passed by the last Leg islature on the following dates and places listed below. Tuesday, July 16th, Dr. W. A. Carter’s office, Weldon, hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Wednesday, July 17th., Fire house, Koanoke Rapids, N. C., hours 9. a. m. to 6 p. m. Thursday, July 18th, Rear of 'old Patterson Store Bldg.", hours 9. a. m. to 6 p. m. Friday, July 19th., Willie Shell’s old Store, hours 9. a. ni. to 6 p. m. It is the duty of every dog own er to have same vaccinated against Rabies before the last of July, 1935. These are the last clinics Dentist Locates Here Dr. M. A. Garriss of Northamp ton County has purchased the den tal outfit of the late H. D. Step henson and locates in Weldon for the practice of Dentistry. He is occupying the office of the de ceased dentist. Dr. Garris, a graduate of Rich mond Dental College and licensed by N. C. State Board Dental Exa miners, comes from along line oi prominent Northampton County family and is highly recommend ed. The Roanoke News and the public welcome him to our town. that will be held and after these dates the old price of $1.00 will prevail. The price during these clinics will be fifty cents, which will include tags, certificates, etc. Seaboard Record Shows Its Steady Growth To Present Gigantic Railway System - 0O0 - (Continued from last work) Constituent roads of the Sea- | board aided in the construction ol several feeders to the line the most important of which was the Dur ham and Northern built in 1887-8!) from Henderson to Durham, a dis tance of 14.4 miles. All during this period rivalry was exceptionally keen. Once more the Seaboard drove southward this time to Atlanta even in those days the railroad center of the south Atlantic slope. Construc tion to Atlanta was ..completed. m !§?>?. “ In 1893, great economies in oper ' ation were the chief features of a I plan for the formation of a system nsisting of the Seaboard and Roa 1 noke and roads leased, operated and controlled by it. the Raleigh land Gaston, the Raleigh and Aug . usta Air Line Railroad the Carolina ! Central Railroad and the Durham and Northern Railroad, to be known as the Seaboard Air Line System. This new organization on ly gave definite form to an associa tion that had been in process of formation for twenty years, and enabled the Seaboard to weather the panic and the consequent de pression. In 1900 the association gavTway | to the Seaboard Air Line railway. The corporate history of the pre sent Seaboard Air Line Railway Company contains names of 106 railroad companies, ali of which have played their part in the devel (opment of the great South as we know it today. Cities have vastly increased in | population, new towns and districts have been built up, and all over the close to 4,500 miles of Seaboard 1 Air Line Railway Company’s lines j 1 through Virginia, the Carolinas, , Georgia, Alabama and Florida and ! connecting to the north, east, and midwest, great industrial set up, ’ and old residents can remember the day when it was a common by word that • prosperity follows the Seaboard.” I j What a contrast could be affect- ( ed if the Seaboard’s present day i equipment, gliding swiftly over heavy steel rails were to be placed side by side with that of the days when trains were operated during the daylight hours only. Contrast the wooden, straight back coaches with the interior of present day Seaboard air-condi tioned trains offering the utmost in healthfulness, safety, speed and comfort. Seaboard pioneered air conditioning in the South to pro vide its people with the best trans portation possible. Today Sea board operates four completely air conditioned trains, “The Robert E. Lee,” “The Cotton States Special,” "The Southern States Special,” and "The New York-Florida Limited.” lit is a well-known faet there are ’ no finer trains in the world. Rates ; for daily travel are now the lowest I in history. For travel in its air conditioned coaches, the Seaboard rate is only one and a half cents per mile. i What a picture the 10-ton "Ra leigh” would make if placed beside one of Seaboard’s latest type frei ght locomotives 110 feet long, 15 feet high, and, equipped for ser f vice weighing close to 400 tons, ca | pable of operating on faster sched ules than ever bet ore. Even box cars have had theii share of improvements. Recently Seaboard purchased 1,100 of the most modern cars of this type. Built all of steel, with special heat resisting outside aluminum paint, wooden linings throughout, they of fer the utmost protection to the la ding. The capacity of these cars is close to 125,000 pounds. Freight schedules and service are being constantly improved with rates that in many instances arc lower than they have been for years. The Future As in the past, the future of the Seaboard is interwoven with that of the South. It is doing and will do all in its power to further de velop the South, by giving it the best transportation service possi ble at the lowest cost and by spneding its money whenever pos sible in the territory it serves. Lot Us Now End This Depression How can it be done? By restor ing the’ activity of basic industries by giving labor employment in the production and distribution of wealth, by restoring the purchas ing power both of industry and the masses of people. The railroads arc among the larg est purchasers of the products of basic industry, they are among the largest employers of labor, they arc essential agencies in the pro duction and distribution of wealth and that exchange of goods and services which is business. Consider The Facts In 1926 the railroads had 1,700, 000 employees and paid them about three billion dollars. In 1933 they had a little over 900,000 employees and paid out one billion four hun dred thousand dollars. The effect upon purchasing power and busi ness is manifest. In 1926, railroads spent five hundred and fifty mil lion dollars for rail and equipment alone but in 1933 they spent only 60 million. This goes far to ex pain the idleness of "heavy indus tries” and resulting unemployment. Nearly a billion dollars of rail road bonds are held by insurance companies, banks and other fiduci ary institutions, about one billion five hundred million dollars of rail road bonds are in default, an equal ly large amount matures within the next five years. This not only affects present purchasing power but endangers the future security of every person who has a bank account or insurance policy. Transportation is a basic factor in all business. To end this depres sion these conditions must be rem edied. How can this be done? Again Consider The Farts Every detail of the railroad's business is regulated by law as to rates, service, equipment, exten sion or abandonment of line, num ber of employees, wages, finances, accounting, etc. Aside from the li mitations thus imposed upon theii activity, the direct cost to the rail roads of this regulation runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars each year. Since 1920 the govern ment, which regulates the rail roads, has expended 20 billions oi dollars of public money in the crea tion of subsidies to other agencies of transportation, such as high ways, waterways and airways RECORDERS COURT Ten cases were disposed of at the regular meeting of Recorders Court Tuesday. July 9th. J. H. Perry, charged with liquor plead guilty. He was sentenced to 6 months in jail to be assigned to I do work under the direction of 3. H. and P. W. C. Blossom Boyd, charged with as sault on female, plead guilty. He j was sentenced to 60 days in jail I to be assigned to do work under I the direction of S. H. and P. W 1 Alfort Lewis, charged with as sault with dehdly weapon, plead guilty. Prayer for judgment con tinued on payment of costs nad on I condition defendant remains of good behavior lor 2 years. As to Rd Whitaker, charged with liquor, Nol Pros, with leave. I George Watson, charged witlf , liquor, plead guilty. He was sen tenced to 4 months in jail to be assigned to do work under the di | rection of S. H. and P. W. C. Sen | tence suspended on condition de fendant pays a fine of $30.00 and costs and remains of good behavior for two years. | Rosevelt Battle, charged with larceny, plead guilty. He was sen , tenced to six months in jail to be ! assigned to do work under the di rection of S. H. and P. W. C. j Louis Brewer nad Helen Malone, charged with liquor, plead guilty of unlawful possession, as to Brew er, not guilty, as to Malone, Ma 1 lone was found guilty of posession for purposes of. sale. Brewer was sentenced to 8 months in jail to oe ' assigned to do work under direc tion of S. H. and P. W. C.. Malone was sentenced to 5 months in jail, suspended on condition the defen dant appears the ist Tuesday of each month for one year and shovv es good behavior, and pays costs. J. W. Myrick, J. B. Latham, Gid ' Alston, and G. F. Price, charged with gambling, plead not guilty, as to each, They were found giulty. udgement suspended on condition each defendant pays 1-4 costs. I Willie Whitak-r, charged with larceny; ptean ^ffcvHy. He was sen I tenced to 3 months in jail to be i assigned to do work under the di ' rection of S. H. and P W. C. Bruce Wilkins, charged with liquor, plead guilty. He was sen tenced to 8 months in jail to be assigned to do work under the di rection of S. H, and P. W. C. - o - Bootleggers caught In Raids Over Week End Saturday morning local police raided the home of Helen Malone, Negro boot-leggeress and got 14 1-2 gallons of liquor and 3 1-2 cra tes of home brew. During the. raid Louis Brewer came up and said the liquor belonged to him. He was sentenced to 8 months on the roads in Recorder’s Court Tuesday. Helen Malone was given a four months suspended sentence. Sunday Bruce Wilkins and his 2 1-2 gallons of liquor were taken. He got 8 months on the roads. - o - Freight loadings off 13.1 per cent, in week, 8.9 per cent in year. which are in competition with the ' railroads. These competitive agen cies are not subject to any effec i tive regulations. They make then rates and conduct their business largely as they see fit. The result is chaos in our transportation ser vice. Here is to be found one of the chief causes in the breakdown of our economic system. I THE REMEDY LIES in an in telligent system .of public regula i tions applicable to all agencies of transportation with none favored and the same rules should apply to all. This is fair. It is essential to economic progress. Boats, trucks, buses, and airplanes are all needed in modern transportation so are the railroads. With a system of regulations applicable alike to all, each should be encouraged to render the service to which it is best adapted. The public would then be well served. I The system of transportation, one-half of which is regulated and ’ tin; other half not, is wasteful and ineffective. It cannot continue to exist. The Seaboard Air Line does not ask any special favors. It does not wish to place undue or burdnesome limitatlBB upon any form of trans portation. The Seaboard has faith in the Country, it has faith in the South. It has shown that faith by its works. It is serving the present and building for the Future. It on ly asks fair treatment and the 1 support of the people in its ef i forts for the promotion of our mu tual interests. (THE END) Referendum Returns Show Growers Favor Flue-Cured Program By Nine To One “G-Men” Broadcast j o Detriot, July H. Chevrolet Mo tor Comany, using as a story background artual eases from tlie official files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United Sta tes Department of Justice, will sonsor a series of weekly radio broadcasts to be known as ”G Meti," beginning the nriddle ot Ju ly. Plans for the program over the Red network of N. B. C. were an nounced here by comany officials following their return from Wash ington, where they conferred with Attorney General Homer Cumm ings, J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, and interested department heads. ; A complete episode, based on government records of the bureau’s special agents, will be dramatized ni a half-hour program each week. All the scripts in the series will 1 be based on the factual records of the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion, and will be submitted to Di rector Hoover for checking before a program goes on the air. Phillips H. Dord, nationally known for his depiction of the radio character "Seth Parker,” who will write the scripts, is now in Wash ington making a first-hand study of the operations of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has j made available to him its records of completed cases. While pleased with the public interest in the spectacular cases it has handled, the Department of Justice, Washington understands, feels that emphasis on its work has been somewhat distorted, and that the drama of the sustained, per sistent and relentless pursuit of cri minals, originating in its great scientific laboratories, has been subordinated. Chevrolet Motor Comany believ ; es it is discharging a public duty by holding a clear mirror to the G-Man nad letting the true reflec tion, as contained in officials rec ords, speak for itself. The radio programs therefore will accent de tails only as they may be accented in the archives. "The G-Man is entitled to be widespread honor in which he is held today,” an official of the com pany said. "He has done and is do ing magnificent work in righting a situation that several years back seemed rapidly delivering the Uni ted States into the hands of the criminal element. "In line with its other activities of a public welfare nature, Chev rolet offers this radio series in the hope of extending accurate know- ' ledge about the workings of the I Deartment of Justice, and in the I belief it may double, by spreading'I that knowledge, the effectiveness! of this arm of government service | by increasing public co-poeration! in the war on crime. “If this can be done, the G-Man I will be an instrument of law en- i forcement which should cause po- j tential violators to hestiate a long time before taking the chance of | having the Federal Baeruu m m having the Federal Bureau of In i vestigation going to work on them. ' "Public enemy after public en | emy has been overthrown. Gang j has been jailed or exterminated. I Some years ago we doubted if it 1 could be done. The law-breaker ; was in the saddle. But it has been : done, Wc will present the true i histories of how it was done in the | hope that misguided persons will i see the hopelessness of crime, and be more convinced than ever tha; | the G-Men get their man. "If there are some who are still I dazzled by the false glamor of the | gangster, we hope these radio pro ■ grams will show how little glamor is left to the criminal when he comes to the end of the road." - o A CORREC TION It was reported last week that thieves, who entered the Union Station here last Wednesday, evi dently "went in through a window which was not fastened between the time that the day agent went off duty and the night agent was supposed to come on.” It has been brought to our attention that the window which was not fastened wi^s the ticket window and it is covered with bars. The robbery oc curred between 9:35 o’clock, when the day agent went off duty, and 10:45 o'clock, when it was discov ered by the night agent as he came on duty. . ^ Late News Bulletin The Liquor Control Board mom born «oro sworn into office to day by Clerk of Court A. L. Hux. They have not (boson a chairman yet. At the meeting ot the Board still in session as the News goes to press, it was decided to open one liquor store in Weldon and two stores in Koanoke Rapids, one in each end of town. One liquor store each will be located in Littleton, Knfiold and Scot land Neck. The Board is still un decided about opening a store in Halifax. However, one is ex pected to be placed there as Ha lifax is centrally located in the county and is really in better position to serve the farm popu lation. J. Rodney Glasgow of Littleton has been made General Manager of all the liquor stores. No store managers or clerks have been appointed yet. C. S. Vinson was made disbursing agent for the Board. About a dozen liquor sal esmen appeared before the Board today. Several carloads of liquors were purchased from them. J The Board expects to open the first liquor store the latter part of next week. Hux Honored At State Conventior At the Annual Convention of Clerks of Superior Court held in Raleigh lust week Leonidas Hux, Halifax County’s Clerk of Su perior Court was awarded an un usual honor. He was "presented a prize as being the youngest Clerk of Court In the State. Hux has made a good record since he took office and deserves this high honor. The NEWS, in behalf of the citizens of this community congratulates him on his achievements. - o - Funeral Services Hek For Halifax Citizet Halifax Funeral services fo Willie F. Coppedge, 64, prominen churchman and former assistan cashier of the Bank of Halifax were conducted Tuesday by Rev J. Bascomb Hurley and Rev. J. F Kirk. Members of the Masonic Lodgo with Raleigh Daniel of Weldon con ducting, had charge of the servic at the grave and acted as pall bearers. Mr. Coppedge, who lived in Hali fax an half century, served as Sun day School superintendent, lay-lea der, treasurer and steward in th Methodist Church. He served term as mayor and held other lc cal public offices. Surviving him are his widow Mrs. Bettie Brown Coppedge; thes children: Mrs. Rudolph White, Mr: Hugh Pittman, Edwin and Charle Coppedge of Halifax, Raymon Coppedge of Asheville and Williar Coppedge of Philadelphia; fou brothers, J. D., of Norfolk; J. F of Halifax; L. A., of Roanoke Ra pids, and B .F. Coppedge of Jack sonville, Fla., and four grandchi dren. Spray Raspberries To Control Diseas Immediate attention given ras[ berry fields as soon as the crop ha been harvested will increase th yield and the profit next year, sa\ H. K Niswongcr, extension hort culturist at State College. One of the main points, he say is to keep the new canes from dj | ing of leaf spot disease as man I did last year. Remove and burn all old rani at once. Then spray the ne' growth with either a home - mad or a commercial Bordeaux mixtur so as to cover all parts of the plar thouroughly. he adds. Spray f gain three weeks later and agai in another three weeks. Stir into the soapy water one 11 of powdered bluestone until it di! solves. Add one pound of hydri ted lime in a paste mixture or sil dry lime through a strainer whi stirring the water vigorously. The add enough water to make 12 ga Ions of the solution. - o - Mexico is reported planning 1 I ease its church policy. I Great Britain is worried ovi widening rift with France, , Washington, July 6th. The Agri | cultural Adjustment Administra ! tion announced today that virtually j complete returns front the referen- f dum, conducted in June to deter mine whether flue-cured tobacco growers desire an adjustment pro gram to follow the ofie which ex pires with the c urrent season, show ! that of the 83.3 percent of the eli gible voters voting, 98.3 percent i voted in favor of an extension of 1 the program. All share-croppers, share-tenants, renters and landowners engaged in the production of flue-cured tobac | co were eligible to vote in the ref erendum. Flue-cured is produced chiefly in North Carolina. South ! Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Florida. Returns received through . today accounted for 225,880 pers ons eligible to vote in the referen dum. Of the number of eligible voters, 188,163, or 83.3 percent .actually voted. Of those voting. 184,755, or 98.2 percent, voted in favor of a program to follow the one which expires this season and 3,408, ot 1.8 percent, voted against such a program. The following table shows the re sults of the referendum by States: Florida, Total Eligible Voters, 1,864: Number of ‘ Yes" Votes, 1 496; Number ol “No” Votes 86; Eligible Voters Not Voting, 282. Georgia, Total Eligible Voters, 22,009, Number of “Yes” Votes, 14,723; Number of "No" Votes, 1, 185; Eligible Voters Not Voting, 6,101. South Carolina, Total Eligible Voters 25,835; Number of "Yes" Votes, 18,106; Number of “No” | Votes, 398; Eligible Voters Not Voting, 7,341. North Carolina, Total Eligible Voters, 150,939; Number of “Yes" Votes, 130,622; Number of "No” Votes, 1,432; Eligible Voters Not Voting, 18,885. Virginia, Total Eligible Voters, 25,223; Number of “Yes" V'otes 19,808; Number of "No” Votes 307; Eligible Voters Not Voting, 5,108. Total Eligible Voters, 225,880; | Total Number of "Yes” Votes 184, 755; Total Number of "No" Votes l 3,408; Eligible Voters Not Voting, r 37,717. At The Baptist Church The pastor's subject for the morn [ ing hour will be, "Shadows." His , subject for the evening hour will be, "The Happy, or the Blessed Man.” . 1 At the morning hour Mrs. Chas. . R. Daniel sing that beautiful song, . "Shadows". At the evening hour i the Choir will sing a beautiful An t them entitled, “Ashamed of Jes . us." also at the evening service we will have the instruments with | piano and organ as usual. i “Jenny Lind and Grisi were ri i. 1 vals for popular favor in London. 3 Both were invited to sing the same 1 j night at a court concert. Jenny f i Lind, being the younger, sang 1st r and was so disturbed by the fierce, , scornful look of Grisi that she was - at the point of failure when sud - denly an inspiration came to her. - | The accompanist was striking his , final chords. She asked him to rise and took the vacant seat. Her fin gers wandered over the keys in a I loving prelude ,and then she sang a a little prayer which she had loved "iasa child. She hadn’t sung it for years. As she sang it she was no * longer in the presence of royalty *’ but she was singing to loving s friends in her Fatherland. Softly at first the plaintive notes . floated on the air, swelling loud ’’ er and richer every moment. The singer seemed to throw her soul into the weird, thrilling, plaintive s prayer. Gradually the song died a v way and ended in a sob. There was silence, the silence of admiring wonder. The audience sat spell t bound. Jenny Lind lifted her sweet eyes to look into the scornful face ' that had disconcerted her. There i was no fierce expression now; in j stead, a teardrop glistened' on the long black lashes, an dafter a mo ment, with the impulsiveness of a . child of the tropics, Grisi crossed I to Jenny Lind’s side, placed her e j arm about her, utterly regardless I j of the audience.” By the Pastor. o | Congress’ tax job will prolong session two months. :r Birth and infant mortality rates for nation rose last year. *