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READ IT FIRST IN THE ROANOKE NEWS — BRINGS YOU COVERAGE OF HALIFAX COUNTY 1 THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1866 — THE OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA THE BEST NEWS AND ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THIS ENTIRE SECTION p Sixty-Ninth ^ car Published Every Thursday Weldon, North Carolina TUI KSI) U . | \M \Jn 2d. 1936. Ipxford Minister Is [Elected President '■)£ Chowan College WI1)KI.\ EACHER KNOWN \H scholar' £ The board of frim College at Saturday elected trustees of Cho Murfreesboro on Dr. Hoy R. Mc Culloch, pastor of the Oxford B.ip Ist Church, president of the ind igo to succeed the late Dr. W. B Idwards. Dr. McCulloch, for seven years lastor of the Oxford church, but Irior to that time a teacher in hign (chool and colleges, after having pthe matter under advisement for | Some time, announced Monday he could accept the college presi Idency. Ho will assume his now fduties about February 15. Dr. McCulloch has had broad Experience in teaching and preach Ing. He is entering the service o! )he 88-year-old institution with mthusiasm and his background ol training and experience and hi; particular interest in young people equip him admirably for his < x peutive duties with the college. Sketch of New President Roy R. McCulloch is a native bf Texas and was reared on a [arm in the west central part of „ ' State. He received his B. A. fee from Hardin-Simmons Uni sity. Abilene, Texas, in 1819. fing his undergraduate days he tied many honors in college and i fellow students elected him to 1 number of responsible positions, e was president of the college V. C. A., and won his letter in Ihleties as a football player, through his college career, he fiaintained a high scholastic stand ’ iig and was an honor graduate. , j Served in World War [,1 The college career of Dr. Mc [ fctUioch was interrupted by service in the army during the World War. As a soldier, he advanced to the rank of second lieutenant. When he was graduated from college, he returned to his home-town, Cole man, Tex., and was elected prin cipal of the high school. He also taught mathematics and bookkeep ing and was athletic coach. In 1920, following his ordina tion as a Baptist minister, Dr. Mc Culloch entered the Southern Ba r tist Theological Seminary, Louis ville, Ky. Three years later, he was awarded the degree of Master in Theology. He began his gradu ate work immediately in New Testament interpretation under the late Dr. A. T. Robertson. While pursuing his graduate studies, he preached each Sunday to the con gregation of a rural church of which he w'as pastor and held a teaching fellowship to Dr. G, S. Dobbins in the Department of Church Administration and Chris tian Education. In Dr. Dobbins’ absence from the seminary one year, Dr. McCulloch taught in course in Christian education, this work requiring thorough study in that field. Awarded Doctor's Degree These extra duties made it ne cessary to extend the peroid of h.s graduate studies and afforded op portunity for broader training, in 1927, he was awarded the degree of doctor in theology with scholas tic distinction. In September, 1924, Dr. McCul loch was married to Miss Leila Bradley, of Liberty, Missouri. She is a graduate of the Woman’s Missionary Training School of Louisville, Ky. She is also an ac complished vocal soloist, having studied in Kansas City, Mo,, and Louisville, Ky. Following his graduation from the seminary, for two years Dr. McCulloch was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Ripley, Tenn.. resigning his work there to accept a call to the Oxford church in February, 1929. Distinction Earned The distinction which Dr. Mc Culloch has won among his fel low ministers is one of scholarship in the field of New Testament in terpretation. Though the Greek New Testament was not a part ot his graduate work, he had the ha bit of studying it daily. He ha; continued these studies during the nine years of pastoral work. A studious pastor, he has come to ne recognized by his fellow minister; and his congregation as an accu rate interpreter of the New Testa ment. He is also at home in anj study or discussion of the prophet: of the Old Testament. His style of teaching and preach ing are in no wise technical, bu vital and forceful. Members of the board of tru; I)r. It. It. McCulloch, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Ox ford. who was elected President j of Chowan College, Murfreesboro, [ j at a meeting of the board of Irtis t tecs last Saturday to succeed the late Dr. \V. li. Edwards. lees voted unanimously for the election of Dr. McCulloch for the presidency and it was forecast that the institution will rapidly deve lop into a place of eminence in educational circles of North Caro lina. Since the death of Dr. Edwards last September, the affairs of the college have been in charge of W. A. McGlohon who has acted in the capacity of business manager. WELDON MAN LOSES LIF1J IN RAGING RIVER Paul Massey, 35 year old white i man of this town, was reported drowned Monday morning in the flood waters of Roanoke River between Holloman's Stables and Mush Island. So many different stories have been told of his drowning it is impossible to get the facts. How ever, it seems Massey spent Sun day night with W. Hair Portis, a Portuguese living on Mush Is land. Monday morning two Negro : women say they heard someone shout and saw him struggling in the water. They reported this to the police, but before help could reach the man he had gone down. Portis’ story is that Massey left his home to wade across where the road was covered with from 2 re 3 feet of water. Massey gave out and called for help. Portis got m i to a motor boat but a plug in the I bottom of the boat came out and it sank. He was forced to swim beck to the bank and could not aid Massey. Although the water has been dragged and many men in boats have searched, the body has not been found. Massey's mother is said to be offering a $25 reward to the finder of her son's body. The drowned man is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Massey, his grand father. J P.. Massey, a brother, Walter, two sisters Daisy of Scot land Neck and Mamie of Weldon. ! Rapids Scene Of Birthday Ball The Birthday Ball for the Pre sident for Halifax County will be held at the Rosegardm Ballroom in Roanoke Rapids < n Thursday night, Jan. 30, from 10 to 2. Music will be by Dot Bennett and his Collegians, a 12 piece or chestra, with the reputation of Dixie's Sweetest Music. A special feature will be a midnight floor show with the best talent in singing, dancing and girl num bers. Tickets are a dollar a couple, the proceeds are ft r work among infantile paralysis victims in the I c, unty and the Georgia Warm i Springs Foundation. There will be no other Birth day Ball in the county on this night, and citizens from all sec ■ tions arc invited to attend this ball : at Roanoke Rapids to honor the President's birthday and to help -a worthy cause. \/;/i riwswicvr or cuow i \ (oi.i.rcr Supreme Court To County Folks Verdicts published this week show the Stole Supreme Court upheld the Halifax Superior Court in the suit in which a $20,000 ver dict v.'a returned against the At lanta' Coast Line railroad for a grade cro-s.ng accident at Enfield. Miss Ktliih Moz/.elie Woodward, severely injured in the accident, was givt n a verdict of $15,000 and the estate of Mrs. Mary Virginia Woodward, who was killed, was awarded $5,000. It was contended at the trial that the train which hit the car in which the two were riding was going too fast through the town. Waddell Lowe, local boy, was severely injured in this wreck, which happened last spring. At The Baptist Church Sunday The pastor's subject for the morning hour will he: “The Jail er's Conversion.” His subject lor the evening hour will be: "The Wicked Man's Portion.” Our congregations for last Sun day morning and night were un usually good. The weather was bad, but the people came to both services, and their loyalty did the pastor's heart good. There were a large number of young people at the night h ur of worship. The pastor rejoices when the young people are with us in our services. The new carpet will be down on the church floor for our services next Sunday. The carpet is beau tiful, and we are sure thal the carpet will help us in our wor ship. The church auditorium will be more attractive than ever now that the carpet is down. Mocdy used to tell the story oT a busy judge who, during war lime, was approached by a-sol dier who presented a letter. The judge seemed disinclined to pay much attention to his visitor, as he was absorbed in an important case. Upon opening the letter, his whole attitude changed. 11 was from his own son. He read: ■Dear Father: The bearer is a ;oldier discharged frem the hos pital, and he is going home to die: issist him in any way you can for Charlie's sake." All the tender -motions of the judge’s soul wen aid open. He said lo a friend af erwards, “I took that soldier to ny heart for Charlie’s sake; I clothed hm in Charlie’s clothes; 1 el him sleep in Charlie’s bed, and aupplied him with every comfort or Charlie's sake.” Moody added, ■God will never turn away any leedy one, for His dtar Son’s ;a'ke." By the Pastor. M. E. Services For Sunday There will be an installation iervice for officers and teachers >f the Sunday school at the morn ng hour. All officers and teach ers are requested to sit in a body luring the service. The pastor ,vi 11 preach on the subject, “Some Sssental Qualifications of a Sun lay School Worker.” At the dose of the sermon, the installa ;ion service will take place. All nembers of this group are urged o be present for this important service. At the evening hour, there will je a sermon by the pastor on the subject, “Limiting God." Let all our people find their vay to the place of worship on the Lord's Day. The following slogans may be suggestive and helpful to us if :aken seriously: The secret of getting on is get ting started. Take life as you find it but don't leave it so.. To practice giving enhances living. Plan for mere than you can do— Then do it! Bite off more than you can chew— Then chew it! Hitch your wagon to a star, Keep your seat, And there you are! — (Unidentified). OYSTER SUPPER The members of Royal White Hart Masonic Lodge No. 2, of Halifax enjoyed an oyster supper at Bud's Place last Wednesday night. A number of visitors were pre sent on this occasion. ROANOKE RIVE R RAMPAGES; TAKES TOLL LIFE, PROPERTY 1 ho R anoke River ronohod the poak of its latest high water mark today. It came within a few inches of forty-seven feet. This is the highest wat. r since 1912 who:, it came up to the 50 foot mark. The river is far out of its banks and doing much damage to cattle, crops and property. The known death toll, so far, is j only one, Paul Massey of this place, but many have suffered by b« ing driven from their homes and from the discomfort of the rising waters. The Roanoke was not alone in its current ft* od for all other riv ers and streams in East and Gen ual North Carolina were rising and out of their banks. Lee A. Denson, meteorologist in charge of the Weather Bureau in" Raleigh said the Roanoke had reached 16.4 feet at Clarksville, Va., late Wednesday. He express ed the opinion the high waters were doing ‘considerable damage.” The heavy rains of Sunday sent all the streams up for their fourth rUe and extended the pen cl oi almost continuous high water since the first of the year. Denson said streams other than the Roan oke were in moderate flood. At Roanoke Rupids. the Roanoke had invaded 1 h• ! nvlands Wed nesday and lapped at the boiler I roc m of the No. 1 plant of the! Roanoke Mills Company. Opera-1 tions at the Halifax Paper Mill j had been suspended because ot j the high water. Whether the wa ters of 48 feet would reach the city power plant and cut oil’ cur- ' rent supply was debated. Such a j thing occurred in 1912. It had not happened today (Thursday) noon. The water came to the edge of Shaws Mill this morning. It cov ered the ground beneath many homes at the mill village and along the river bank. The home of John Etheridge on the island across from Ollen’s pasture was overturned by the rushing waters. Much game and many head of cat tle were washed away and has b2en seen floating down the river. - BENEFITS OF W E E D GROWER MAY BE MORE In Line for Greater Bene fits Than Under Old System DETAILS PROPOSED LAWS NOT KNOWN The tobacco farmer is in line for greater benefits under the proposed substitute for the AAA than he received under the old agency, ac cording to reliable reports coming out of Washington. Details of the proposed farm legislation are not yet known, but one plan promises the tobacco farmer nearly three imes as much in benefits as he received under the Agricultural Adjustment Act recently invalidat 'd by the United States Supreme | Court. The increased payments ire in contemplation under the soil conservation program which the idministration is expected to spon sor shortly, it was said. Possibly the committee handling the tobacco section of the AAA substitute fully realize that attrac tive benefits will have to be ot tered to off set any increase in acreage now’ that the control fea ture is without biting teeth. While all sums that may be mentioned at this stage of the pro gram are tentative, it is quite pos sible that l'lue-cured tobacco farm ers will receive as much as 7 cents a pound for keeping the conditions proposed to be incorporated in the soil conservation program. That sum would be nearly three times the benefits received under the AAA, and those familiar with the situation think that the larger benefits would serve to offset the loss of the Kerr-Smith act, which furnished another form of deter rent in the nature of a penalty tax on excessive production. It is not now proposed to have a separate program for tobacco or any other commodity, and the plan will require some form of new taxation in order to finance it, with processing taxes of one kind or another generally regarded as the most feasible means. While there is no doubt but that many farmers will plant no more tobacco than allotted under their invalidated contracts, there is a in the crop as a whole. Reports indicate that there will be an in crease not only in this belt but also ! in other belts and states. Plans for a number of new barns are be ing considered generally, and most of them are not planned for re placements. From down in Georgia comes a report that one farmer declares he will increase acreage from 700 iast season to 2,000 acres this season. While the report was not official, its source was considered fairly i reliable. Farm leaders are appealing to the farmers to hold their plant ings dowm to the old contract al lotment level, and while many, probably even a majority, will do so, there are indications now that there will be an increase in the crop this year unless some system supplants the three A's. When a man's religion is laid aside with his Sunday clothes, his week-day conduct is usually rag ged. WIND, RAIN DO SOME DAMAGE IN THE COUNTY Roofs Blown Off. Window Panes Broken. But Damage Small This section was visited by a heavy wind and rainstorm Sun day afternoon which lasted for a period of approximately thirty minutes, and did some damage to trees, outbuildings and fences throughout the county. Window panes were blown out of numer ous homes, and at Garysburg a large tree was blown across the power lines cutting off thq current and necessitating a cr'e’w being sent there to repair the break. The rainfall during the twenty- j four hour period from Saturday . night until Monday morning was! said io have been the heaviest in j this vicinity in many years. In numerous places the hign ways were under several inches of i water, but in the majority of cases j did not halt traffic. Highway 201 ! between Garysburg and Pleasant Hill in this county was closed Sunday afternoon but was reopen ed Monday afternoon to traffic. Throughout the day Monday telephone and power company crews were .busy in repairing dam age to lines throughout the eash rn section of North Carolina, and ‘he damage to highways throughout this section as well as other sec tions of the state was estimated to be thousands of dollars from high water, freezing and landslides. The Roanoke River was out of its banks and flooded hundreds of acres of land along the edges of this county. The heavy wind, which accom panied the rain Sunday afternoon approached cyclonic proportions. In Jackson a few small bui'dings were blown down, and in numer ous instances window panes were blown out, as was true throughout the county. The damage, in moot instances, was to old buildings, and is not expected to amount to a large figure. MERCHANTS ASS’N EXTENDS THANKS The Weldon Merchants Asso ciation asked the News to extend that group's thanks to all those who gave financial support, those who helped serve at the oyster roast and all who helped in any way can be assured the Merchants organization appreciated their i f forts last Wednesday. Superior Court For Two^eeks A two week's term of Super ior court will start in Halifax Monday. January 27. It will be a mixed term for purpose of try ing both civil and criminal. As usual the first week will be for criminal cases. Judge R. Hunt Parker of Roan oke Rapids will preside. He ex changed places with Judge Cran mer, who was first scheduled to hold this court. They who wait for their luck to break soon go broke. Every skinner eventually getsj skinned. Narrow Escape As Car Goes In Deep D i t c h Lester IVIodlin, local while boy, nan* wly escaped death Saturday night when the Essex Coup . which he was driving left the highway and turned over in the big ditch which marks the town limit at the southern end ol Wash ingt n A vo. According to Medlin he was coming into town from South Weldon down the highway when a car entered the highway at the corner of Peoples Filling State n and forced him into the ditch. The car did a nose div \ turned com pletely over and finally came to rest on its side. Herbert Nowell was with Med lin. Neither boys were hurt seri ously but Medlin received several severe bruises. Applications Being Taken By Credit Association Persons Seeking Loans Asked to Applv Early The Weldcn Production Credit Association, which serves the far mers and land owners of North ampton and Halifax counties is now accepting loans for 1936. ar.d farmers are being urged to make their applications early, according to J. L. Judkins, secretary of the Association. Mr. Judkins pointed out that applicants do not have to get their money until they actual ly need it, and do not pay interest on it except during the period which they actually have it, hence it costs no more to make applica tions early than it does to delay. The office here is open from 8:30-' a. m. to 5:30 p. m. for the purpose of taking applications. Applications for loans are also being tasen at the following places: Jackson, at the office of county agent E. P Gulledge. Scot land Neck by Miss Kate Beye'.ie; and in Enfield at the firm of P. O. Pete way & Sons by Mr. Barn hill. During the year 1935 this As sociation made a total of 587 loans amounting to $232,954.00. VEACH ADVISES WEED GROWERS By E. K. VEACH Tobacco farmers who are plan ning to have a good crop of tobacco the c niing year, should plan now to have a sufficient quantity of first grade plants to set the crop at the proper time. Whether a farmer has good plants or not will determine many times whether or not he will have a good crop of tobacco. In the raising of good plants great care should be used in the selection of a suitable soil and lo cation for the plant bed. A loomy. fertile soil which is friable with sufficient moisture, but with g > d drainage should be used for beds. It is advisable to select a new ground site each year for the beds, so that the loss from blue mold can be greatly reduced. Since 1932 blue mold has been the most destructive disease of tobacco plants. There is abundant evidence from experimental work and ob servation that damage from blue mold can be substantially reduced by selecting a new site each year. This is based on the fact that in past years, blue mold has always made its tirst appearance on beds Of old sites. The evidence indi cates that the disease spreads from beds on rid sites to those on new sites. This usually happens from one to four weeks after it has appeared on old sites. In most cases beds should be burned if possible. Burning will not only aid in the control of blue mold, but will also improve the texture of the soil and will materially aid in the control of weeds. It is better to have several small beds widely separated on the farm rather than one large bed. The chances lor some of the beds escaping blue meld in fection are greatly increased by this practice. Locate the bed in warm, sunny place. Southern or Southwestern exposures are better than Western or Northern expos ures. Fertilize the beds so as to pro mote good grewdh of the plants Two hundred pounds of an 8-4-3 (Continued on page. 2) Hundreds Farmers At Weldon Credit Assn. Annual Meeting Here f> Miss Paris Smiles PARIS . . . Milo. Madeline Balestre (above) flashes the smile which w >n for her the title of “ Miss Paris < ■ lira! ” in a nation oauty contest featured he TRIO KIDNAP MA N: NO\\ I N JAIL IIA LIF A X Facing charges of kidnapping; and assault, three men are in the i Halifax jail awaiting trial next week in Superior C urt. The three men, George Smith and Dick Tutor of Roanoke Rapids and Jewell Gray of War ren County are held under $3000 bond following charges of Frank Mitchell of Emporia. Va. He claims the men called him from a dance in Roanoke1 Rapids Sat urday night, stuck a gun to his ribs, placed him in a car and1 "took him for a ride." The men are said to have taken Mitchell across the river into Northampton County and beat him up. The accused men’s story, ac cording to police, is that Mitchell had stolen a gun from one of j them and they were only trying n make him confess the theft. The accused men are . aid to have bad reputations. Mitchell is the son of the chief of police of Emporia. Short Session Court Tuesday Orly six cases were on d cket at the regular meeting of Recor ders Court Tuesday, January 21. Of these, two were charged with [ gambling, and one each of lar ceny. liquor, and assault with deadly weapon. Henry Qlanton and Horace Stith, charged with gambling, plead guilty as to each. Prayer for judgment continued on con dition defendants do not violate any criminal statute for one year and pay 1-5 costs. Frank Bradshaw, charged with gambling, plead not guilty but was found guilty. Prayer for judgment continued on conditi, n defendant pays the costs and does not violate any criminal statute for one year. Lillie Cheek, charged with as sault with deadly weapon, plead guilty. She was sentenced to 4 months in jail to be worked at the jail or C. unty Home. R. B. Tutor and George Smith, charged with liquor, plead guilty as to Tutor, not guilty as to Smith. Both were found guilty. Smith was sentenced to 5 months in jail to be assigned to do w rk under the direction of S. H. & P. W. C.; suspended on condition defendant pays costs and gives bond in the amount of $200.00 for his appear ance the first Tuesday of each month f, r 2 years and shows good behavior at each appearance. As to Tutor, 5 months in jail to be assigned to do work under the direction of S. H. & P. W. C. J'ames Burnett, charged with larceny, plead not guilty. He was found guilty and sentenced to 12 months in jail to be assigned to do work under the direction of S. H. & P. W. C. There are two things on this earth that are always bad: too little and too much. When you begin to tell the story of another’s weakness, think twice upon your own blunders and mis-steps. >/ (.( /■ s.s/7 /. > EAR /.s >7/00 V //V REPORT T'h annual stockholders’ meet ing of the Weldon Production Credit Association was held in the high school audit rium here last Wednesday with an estimated crowd of five hundred farmers and visitors present. Plans had been made for the attendance of a thousand or more farmers of Halifax and Northampton counties but the inclemency of the weather hindered the attendance of many. The major portion of the day's program was devoted to business of the association with officers ar.d other members giving financial data on the stability and progress of this association, which serves the farmers and landowners of tile two e unties. W. A Thorne, president of the association, called the meeting to order and shortly after 11 o’clock and after ascertaining that a quorum of the stockholders was .present, the business session got underway. A report on the ac tivities of the association during 1935 was read and this report showed that during the past 12 months the association had made 579 loans for an aggregate total of $232,954 as compared to 672 loans made in 1934 for an aggregate total of S211.490. In 19935 760 applica tions were received by the asso ciation. while in 1934 a total of 872 were received. At the close of 1935 the asso ciation had a total membership of 709 as compared to 617 members at the cose (f 1934. It was point ed out by officers of the associa tion that at the present time ap proximately 8 percent of the capi tol stock of the association is own t d by members, while in 1934 less than 7 percent of file stock “was owned by them. Figures presented at this meet ing showed clearly that the asso ciation was sh wing a fair profit above its operating expenses. Among those who spoke during the meeting were Mrs. E. H. Leg gett, of Scotland Neck: John B. Mann, field representative of the Production Credit Association of Columbia, S. C., W. E. Smith, Harold C. Broker of the Farm Credit Administration, Columbia, S. C\: C. E. Arnold, deputy com missioner of the Farm Credit Ad minis'.ration of Washington, D. C.; E. P. Gulledge, county agent of Northampton county and W. O. Davis, county agent of Halifax County. All cf these persons ex plained various phases ot the work the Credit Association is doing and urged farmers to join with the association in carrying on its work. A nominating committee was appointed by Chairman Thorne to ni minate two members for elec tion to the board of directors for a term of three years. This com mittee brought back the names t>f Wiley J. Long of Northampton, and W. A. Thorne of Roanoke Rapids, b fh of whom were elect, - ed by motion from the floor. Following the meeting the mer chants and business people of Weldon were hosts at an oyster roast held at the Coca-Cola bot tling works, to which all attend ing were invited. George W. Massey Died Thursday George William Massey. BO, well known farmer in Halifax and Northampton counties, died Thursday at his h >mo near Camp's •store fi Mowing an illness of sev eral days. Funeral services was held Friday at Spring church with Rev. G. L. Curry, officiating. Mr Massey was born and rear ed in this community. He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and was secretary of the Roanoke National Farm Loan Association. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mollie Massey; six children, Clifton Massey and Carey Massey, Roanoke Rapids: Calvin and Clayt.n Massey, of Emporia, Va.; Misses Inez and Ellie Maud Massey, at home, and three sis ters, Mrs. Ollie Thompson and Mrs. Mary Lucy Crew, of Roan oke Rapids, and Mrs. Ollie Wim berly, of Emporia. A sense of humor is the best shock absorber on the wagon of life. Watch out for the people who are always watching other folks.
Roanoke News (Weldon, N.C.)
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