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HI D IT FIRST IN THE ROXOKE news — RINGS YOU OVER GE OF ll.UF.W COUNTY try*' C-STl *'■ VF.SPrt *• a ESTABLISHED IN 1*66—THE OLDEST V. F ^ \ ! «N NCRTH CAROLIN A Ik S**E*g THE BEST NEWS AND ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN THIS ENTIRE SECTION — Sixty-Ahth 'i ear I'nhii'-lict! Ev«t\ Tlmrsdiiv Welilon, North Carolina Mar '<•<) 12. I <>30. Voting People Held Meeting Here; Mrs. Earle Brian Speaks Neighboring Tow n \re R('|*re-('nleii \l Meeting More than a hundred and twenty-five members and guest - gathered at the Weldon Method ist church here Tuesday . veiling at 8 o’clock for the regular Hunt ing of the Halifax County Young Peoples Union. The churches represented were: Whitaker, LdtLton. Smiths, Roan oke Rapids. R semary, Hal:lax, Enfield and Weldon, and the fol lowing pastors attended. Rev. W. C. Baum of Whitakers, Rev. K. B. Fisher of Roanoke Rapids, Rev. Robert Jerome of Enfield and Rev. J. O. Long of Wend.n. A welcoming committee com posed of Misses Sarah West Davis. Jeane’tte Robinson, Fa nee John son, Nancy Suiter. Susie Spruill Mohorn, Agnes Oakes. Lula Hart Draper. Jimmie Ellis Luther Dra per, and Dutch Seifert, Jr., greeted the guests and registered them. Harvey WoodrutV, president of the Union, of R ar.oke Rapids, opened the meeting with a sang service with Miss Virginia Base man at the piano and Miss Janet Rawlings violinist. Rev. R bert Jerome of Enfield led in prayer. Rev. J. O. Long then introduced the speaker of the evening, Mrs. Earle Brian of Durham, director of Young Peoples Work of th. Meth odist Church South, who made a challenging talk to the union. Guests were then invited in; the basement where they were entertained undr the direction of Miss Virginia Baseman, chairman ol recreational and personal de velopment of the Halifax County Union and Mrs. J. O. Long. Aftre the games a refreshment committee composeds of Mis . Christine Alston. Virginia and T^ahel Garlirk Mrc t O. Laiig And Mrs. W. l.. Knight served punch and wafers. Co-op Members Meet In Halifax Halifax, March 11 —Members of the North Carolina Collar. Growers Cooperative As >ciati m in this section will gather in the Courthouse here Friday, April 3rd at 2:30 P. M., for the annual mem bership meeting. At this time they will elect del egates to the district meeting which will be held later for the purpose of nominating candidates 1 to be voted upon by the members for directors of the district. M. G. Mann, general manager of the Cotton Association, will be the principal speaker o; the meeting and will make a full re port on the past year's ,pcrati.ns and will discuss with numbers' plans for the coming season. Mr, Mann, who has just return ed from a conference of farm lead ers in Memphis, Tenn., which he attended at the request of Secre tary of Agriculture Wallace, will also give the assembled farmers first-hand information in regard to the new farm legislation. All cotton farmer- arc invited to attend this meeting, and mem bers of the Cotton Association and the Farmers Cooperative Ex change are especially urged to be present. FLORIST BUSINESS OPENS IN RAPIDS Mrs. J. B. O'Brian; announces this wo. k the opening of a com plete florist servo to the people of this section. Her new shop is located on Roanoke Avenue in Roar.oke Rapids. Mrs. O'Briant has gr wn flow ers for .sale many years at her home near Roanoke Rapids. She opened the new place in town in order to give her patrons a better, quicker service. Lebanon, N. H.—Dr. Joseph Al plionso Coutrcmarsh, retired 61 year-old country dentist, ic< cream dispenser, Spanish War ve teran and former minor leagui baseball player, house painter ant textile worker, seeks the Demo cratic Presidential nomination “ti save the Democratic pdrty fron defeat," he revealed y few day ago. i \ \or\( i: s JULIAN R. ALLBROOK liaiiiax County's Senator, Julian R. Allbrook, has an nounced liis candidacy for nomination to the office he now holds. Subject to the Democratic Primary, June (>. i irrni or iccide\t III HIM) AT I II (III I \ Littleton, March 11.—Funeral services f :• Harry Jarre!!, age It) years, who was latally injured in an automobile accident Saturday night, were conducted at the grave in the Vaughan Cemetery Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Roach, Baptist minister of Norlina, officiating. The accident occurred about two mih." IT cm Littleton on the Littleton-Warrenton highway Sat urday night about 11 o'clock as he v itli Jack Walker and Sam Tuck er were returning from Littleton to their home in Vaughan. Mr. Jan ell, who was not an experien ccd driver, lost control of the car, causing the wreak. He was rush ed ti Roanoke Rapids Hospital, where he died Sunday morning. The other two occupants of the car were taken to the hospital where they were treated for cuts I and bruises. They were able to return t > their homes Sunday af ternoon. Mr. Jarrell is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ,J. T. Jarrell, and four sisters and live brothers. Orthopedic Clinic Slated For Mar. 18 The Orthopedic Clinic of the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club will be held on Wednesday, March 18th at the Rosemary Baptist Church building, beginning at 1 p. m., with Dr. W. P. Cole, ol' Greensboro, in charge. At this clinic treatment and ex amination will be given free to adults, children and infants, white or colored, who are unable to pay. Civil Court To Last One Week The March term of Superior Court, trying civil cases, starts Monday, March 16 at Halifax. It was scheduled to last two weeks, but due to the small num ber i f cases cn the docket it will lari only one week. All the jurors drawn for the second week are asked not to ap pear as they will not be used. The jurors drawn for the first week will serve the entire session. ENTERTAINS CLASS Seaboard, March 9.—On last Wednesday evening from seven until ten o’clock, Mrs. Frank Duf fee entertained her Sunday school class at a social. Indoor games were played. Those enjoying the evening were: Majorie Edwards, Lilah B. ■ | Watts, Ellen Maddrey, Wendell Maddrey, Tom B. Edwards, Wil liam Duffe,'. Lillian Ruth Yates, Christino Jones, Milton Jones, Iris Jordan, C.nnie Whitehead, Rufus > Matthews, Vivian Little, Ida May i Vick, Ellen Drewette, Floyd Ed i wards, Yates Duffee. The hostess served ice cream and cake. Former Weldon Woman Dies; Is Buried Here Last rites were held at the ce ! meierv her.' Sunday afternoon. I March t), for Mrs. Ida Dickens. | who died suddenly Saturday at the home of her daughter in Nor lina. The service was conducted by Kov. R. S. Fountain, pastor ol i!u* Weldon Baptist church. The body was laid to rest by the side of her husband, who proceeded her t the grave .moral years ago. Mrs. Dickens was a r. sident of Wt Idon for more than thirt> yea but after the death of her hus band she went to Norlina to mak * her home with her daughter. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Hugh Draflcn of N. . Hit-Bun Driver In Halifax Jail Struck Car Here Salunlat \itflil and Then Ran Morgan Brown, negro, wh lives near Littleton is in the Halifax jail awaiting trial on three .serious charges, hit and run driving, as sault and operating a vehicle with improper brakes. The charges are the outgrowth of a wreck which occurred here Saturday night. Brown, driving a truck bel mging to a wholesale grocery concern i f Littleton, struck the car of Ed Hasty. Roan oke Rapids man. No one was ser iously hurt. But Brown jumped out of the truck and ran. Later Saturday night the negro was taken by Littleton police. But he asaulted one and managed to escape. The negro was captured at his home in "Warren county Wednes day night by Littleton police and Warren county officials. This lime he was jailed and Thursday mor: - ing officers Howard and Robin son of Weldon went to Littleton and **ak-him to Halifax. A hearing was held t ;day and the negr. was jailed in default of a $150 bond. Jewish Women To Hold Meeting; Tiie North Carolina Ass ciation of Jewish Women will hold the fifteenth Annual Conference in High Point, North Carolina, be ginning Saturday evening, March 21, and continuing through Mon day. March 23. Headquarters for the Conference will be at the Sherat n Hotel. The North Carolina Association of Jewish Men will hold their an nual meeting on Sunday after- j noon, March 22nd. At the Sunday evening banquet. Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner, of Cleveland. Ohio, noted orator and nationally noted liberal will bo the distinguished guest speaker. Woman Hurt As Car Leaves Road A Philadelphia w man was painfully injured and two com panions badly bruised as their car ran off the highway and crashed into an embankment near here Tuesday morning. The injured woman, a Mrs. E. Blood, was traveling on the Wel don-Halifax highway, when the .stealing gear of the car broke as she rounded a curve. She was brought to a doctor's office in Wel don for treatment. There was two women and a child in the car. They were on their way to Florida. Seaboard II . II. S. Has Monthly Meeting Seaboard, Mar. 12.—The Wom an's Missionary Society held its regular monthly meeting Monday night in the home of Mrs. W. D. Barbee with the president, Mrs. L. A. Watts, presiding. Mrs. J. W. Parker led the de \. itionals after which Mrs. How ard Long gave an interesting dis ; cussion on the life of Alice Adams. [ Mrs. Carl Hales outlined plans for the Spring Mission Study Class. Miss Selma Andrews was welcom ed as a new member. The meet ing was closed with the society's i benediction. Mrs. W. D. Barbee I served a delightful salad course. \\<)i{TH,turn)\ \ mi i: is mow; those !\l ITING C iROIJNI i - TO TE} I A;:?**-*-: Hundrc Is of thousands of postal car.l:. will b. spot from '» r.'o’rth Caiolina during the next three month-, Earn m. il in vite some Old North State family to attend the lev.* < H:-nr.. .1 Exposition at Dali.:-. opening June ti. •this postal card hospitality gesture "ill be made by the Texas North Carolina Club, the members of which are former North < ar» ilnians now resident in the l.one Star State. Their memee -hip. al ready over 500, is increasing daily through a campaign 1 -.ng c darted throughout Texas. A delegation of prominent Texans during the coming month will call on Governor ’ . !>. Mhrir.enaus and personally invite him to vj3j( t;:i. Texas Centennial Exposition this sum ler i he t of his visit will he North Carolina Bay wh< . North 1 ar..ui.T.!ns_ whi< fought for Texas freedom a hundred In the picture are (right) Ira P. Bela County, oreddent ol the clitht i ro : d 1 - i ■ wsr'-ly n._ Siler City, vie.* pr - dent and Mrs. Stoddard Sin: \ former:/ o. Farmers l1 rate All Over The Entire Country \.c. \<;riu l/n rtsts I,IKK (»R(;AM'/\TF(K\ Greenville. March 11- -Farmers, are enrolling in lire Farm Ba .au Federation in large numbi r>. ac cording to Charles .T. l’.r kway. acting Sta;. .-.cretary of the bur eau. "North Carolina v.\ ■' officially accepted mtc the American Farm I Htfrn&n■ TV ; vvfck' Sf*ffi'<5 TStuTSV executive committed meeting in Chicago." Mr. Brockway added. "Practically ev. ry county in North Carolina er L u! Raieigh V i. organized a county .arm bare in.! Each county farm bureau has io cal township units with its b gird of .directors. The chairman of tin. local board of direct, rs a matically bec.an.es a county direc tor. "T vventy-c igiit Count a ■ it >■ .n. average of approximately 200 members. Pitt and N: it coimta are leading with appn-ximat. l.v, 1.000 members each. "Township meetings are now being held in every county I'm the purp se of disc ussing Farm Bureau organization and to •: ta’ll j members." "Farmers and their bu - ■ friends seem to like Foe lam Bureau." Mr. 1’r- -kw :y . o ucd. "The Farm Bu: eau is a n >n commercial. non poliba.il organ ization with a far r aching pro gram of education, and leg.s'..: m. It is the public till lies , rg.ni ' .n ; of agriculture. It sponsors g-'od legislation and fights mad legisla tion as related to the weluuv ot | the farmer, Farmers haw b.ou' suffering for generation on ac count of not being properly or ion ized. Lab r, capital, and in., i :ry. as well as all of the pro e -■ n. arc highly organized. :hu pr. 1 - ting their respective rights in the legis!ati\‘e halls ot the bates and: nation, leaving the farmer, un t ganized anrl at a tremendous advemtage in coping w::a o', a:' groups. "The Farm Bureau at tin pre sent time is sponsoring the to bacco control program and has of ficially requested both the State ad national govs rnments t > enact production control measure.- that will insure a profitable price to the growers. The Farm Bureau also requested Congress to pro vide adequ elei county agents in administer. the soil conservaii n pro;::.on." Organization of the Western half of the State will begin short ly. It has been predict.d that within tile next twelve n . o thdre will -be 100 strop. . well functioning county tarm bureau in Nortli Carolina with a member ship of 30,000 paid memo: r. NEW TAX SCHEDULES out lining rates as high as 75 per cent cn undivided corporation income were presented Tuesday by Trea sury experts tb the IIoa 1 V, y and Means Committee. EleH Eeirier \V clchn Men to Sns. Co. OFHces SI.KDG!-: MtOTTIRRS v w )?•: or Fin \i.s G vrn'b 0larch 11.—Busi Hon Securi y I »mpan> incre< std lrum around $12,000,000 to more than 329.000,000 during the live .years yf the depre.-bon. according to a report submitted at the an nual pftiijibu -Ul'. the. company's •kh biers'lieTtT'Tfh'e yesterday. Tito increase amounted to 123 per cent. hi addition to hearing reports on the past year's business and prediction*; ■ 1 a continued growth in burin ss directors were elected; for the new year. The promoti n i agency m ma ge r, t > live position of viec-pred-] manager wa ! ;:ii!ii-;::io ;T following . meeting. V Blowing the meeting of the) stockholders the directors held I ihcir annual session at which time; the officer's were named for the! new year. The otficers arc: Presi-| deri, Georg. Watts Hill; vice lire-: sident, G. W. lYIunf ord: vice pro-i si den, .-.nd agen. y manager, Bus- ! emu Bay; eg secrelary-acluary, | Frank T>. Dill-; treasurer, T. C. Woish: e.giasi W. W. Sledge; medic.) i (G: ee* r. Dr R. A. Ro -; auditor, It. D. Belvin: > rdinary life agency manager, G. C. Giym j>h; a.- • an: secretary. s lee.s. Belvin. Tile director; are .John Sprunt Hill, Gverge Watts Hill, G. W. IVnmfta d. i. ) com P .cm -. Frank 13. I'd: . D. P. A. R W. W. Wear. . H. B. Belvin, Waiter Sled ?.;•», T. C. Worth, and Hal Boring. Walter Sledge was the only new member of the board and his ad dition was n t made thr ugh any ehareie in line board's personnel. Medical Society Elects Officers At a recent meeting of the Hal ifax County Medical Society, Dr. C. H. N £ was elected Pi\ si dent,: Dr. J. M C. Coving;. n. It >an- Ke Rapid . vice-pro ••.dent: Dr. R. S. Ivl cGea ehy, lvolec'.eP secretary and : rea urer: Dr. T \V. M. Cone dJegat . Dr. 1 ■ Mo.itin, alternate. A board of censors consisting ft; three member> was / elected, Dr. P. Weathers 10 s^ rve one year. Dr. B. AI. NiehoLs.n to serve two years, and Dr. W. G. Suiter to serve three years. The newly elected pin sident ap pointed the foil'..wing program committee. Dr. W. Martin, chatirman: Dr. P. W. Joyner and Dr. W. G. Suiter. RESOURCES of all banks in , North Carolina as of January 1 j :alalied $418,990,884, the highest j mark since the depression, gained a footing in 1930, Farm Magazine c. I rges Common C Sense Planting ! lit gh, M ircn 11. -'‘The im j:-?it thing is not how many pounds of cot ten and tobacco you can make 'but rather how many ] dollars you can get lor your ere.)," j eel.; on a 1 urging k rmers to u ■ mon-sen time. “And retm mber t it c iu tions, “that tho>e dollars, whether iiiov be few or many, will u » a lot farther provided you do not have to .spend ihem for food and bod crops that could easily have been produced n y ur own farm.’ “Planting time ' • upon us. For me!'; must decide upon the acres they w ill devot; to different crops. Their decisions will be made of their own free will and accord for • i Me promo Court have takrn away the restrictions—and, incidentally, the i beneli'ts o! the AAA crop contrail pr gram, but — r.o nice men, roj group o’, men. can take away from! North Carolina's three million far mers of from the farmers of other states the right to use comm n .'.nsc in deciding upon their crp. acreage. At the Baptist Church Sunday The pastor' titu.de which lbject I'or Sunday | till S-wenth B. ..-i ■'Bic.-.'i a iii*.- t'iu'l peacemaker: J’ -r they .shall b ■ i calk'd 1;U* thilvl.cn ol G; :1." Hi» .subject to* the evening hour will be tl»e Seven'll (.’..mmend-j rm.nl which i. : "Tnau Snail Nat Commit Adultery Our congregations f r last Sun- j day morning and night were very . good. T!u Beat dude which w. i are to study togctii r next Sunday! morning is a very import ant one. and tliac. of euur.se, ir also true ol the Sevenrh Commandment. Le‘ ns have God'" HoU'-e filled with, w rshipping people at both hour ! next Lord." Lay. Faraday the a.o af ch.-mi--., j learned a great lesson in boyhood . by a very childish experience. \ | a little lad, humbly earning iiisl bread \ ■ for the morning boar... and ii 1 ru>i j his head and arms ihrougn the railings of the iron gate. He was a born metaiphysician and began • to speculate on which ;dde of thej railings he was. “My head and j my hands are . n one .side." he said | to iumself. Wind my heart and! body are on the other side." The ... could dbengag. himself, and tin wrench he received taught him. a. j he said in at tar hie. ti: d ad true | work require head and heart and • hands to b. on the same side. Bet ter go clear through. Consecra- | lion should be complete." By The Pastor. I . l).C. UMTS The .Junius Daniel Chapter ol th- U. D. L\ mu ill Wedr.c.-dtiy afternoon in the horn.- of Mrs. J. S. Turner, with Mesdamt - J. A. Harris and F. I. Robinson as as ian; hostesses. Mrs. J. S. Turner read a letter from Mrs. Copeland, the district president, urging all member- to iie present at the district meeting 1 > oe held in Wmton. March 21. i: i' i delegate to this meeting. The program was op; nod with a piano selection. "Golden Bells’" uv Miss Kate Garrett alter winch Miss Laura P wers read a war tore "Aneas Africnnus" by Harry I Kdvvards. -Mrs. W. O. Davit | brought the program lo a clu e with ti vocal solo "Smiiin Thru". The hostesses assisted by Mis.; •loscilyn Harris served delicious sandwiches and lea in which the Saint Patricks m.tilV was canned out. Mrs. W. B. Murrill was ;i guest or the chapter. Miss Whitehead Among Spensers WCUNC Dance The Aletheian formal dance, last of a scries of four society dan ces at the womans College ol the University of North Carolina win take Place Saturday evening March 14, in Rosenthal gymnas ium on the college campus. Among the society members | participating in the figure will be j Mi.v. Schna Whitehead f Weldon V. u nil .1' hook m- c. 7^£/T> ' Una cl ; bove i Dr. A. C. Reid, professor of philosonhy at Wake Fore-it College, who.se book. ‘•Christ and the Pre-tent Crises." just ofT the pr D the first to be published by the newly organized Wake 1- re-; College Prc- . Dr. D. Vv. Spilmne., f r many years Sunday School secretary of das S . *..*-!••• Paph.sl Cd n vent ion, i- id ir.tr:»cin' ;ion to th; book •often heard when he speaks— civilization is sale only as Christ rlinninu’cs the thinking cf man kind. Christ in religion and in education is the only hope for the educational syste-m of th? world. Dr. R: ai advocates that Christ be given first place in the life of the individual, in the home, in the school, and in every relation of liiL. In education, as in every other phase f civilization, it is Christ or chaos.” i ; u; e a:\ nve cn a piers, as 1:1 !*:w*: Rec I s blushing Confidence, Ci . ..I!- Ambassadorship, Wo i!1 mi as Custodian, Christian Edu c.TEuneiion of a Chris tian Co3 :ego Today. Characteristic appraisals of the volume follow: Dr. liabort McNeill PJ.eat, pro l'cvi.*i ol Latin at Wake Fores: “T1i b m>k is a plain, clear statement of fundamentals. Tho ; uiciplcs to whir:'. Dr. Reid ci.i.alt ntion sii-ioid be emphas ised ever a .d ovt r again. The ad di es es are present* d with direct n;-s am! viper and are of vital imp rtanccA Dr. Olin T. Binkley. pastor of Cimp.-i Hill Baptist Church — “These lectures are the boldest, cl . st. and m st pertinent staie m t:ts that I have recently read. Furaoraph'-- a re charge d with sug Dr. W. R. Cullom, professor of r-. Jig ion at Wake Fere.-h College— - cally pr. -cn s the m od lor dyna mics in religious and educational life. These utterances, eminently w rth while, should be read on account • ! tin prevent confusion in people's minds as to eternal verities.” Sun; Ray F. Hough of the V:r giiLa Baptist Orphanage—"The book is a clear statement or car dinal principles. One cannot read it without having his vision L oad ned. his hopes enlarged, and Ids life enriched.” Dr .1 W 1 .yneh. pr*. lessor of Bible at Wake F rest College— "Tnc kvture- are by a scholar and thinker who a- interested in civ i • ;jU'ostmn.-. philosophical pro blems and religious verities.” 1 Irs. Holly liedgepvth : ■ ■ Last rit< for Mrs. Dolly Hedge)uth, who died at her home at Darlington Saturday night, wore held from the home Monday afternoon at 3 c'cl ck with burial following in the tam ily burying ground. Mrs. Hedgepeth had been in failing health for several months, due lo the infirmities ol old age Site was about 84 years of age and had spent her entire life in the Darling!on community. Surviving are three children: Mr>. 1,. L. Cook of Littleton, Mrs Margie Warren and Frank Hedge petit of Darlington and two sis ters, Mrs. Alice Hedgepeth ant Mr-. Tommie Hedgepeth both o Darlington. Sheriff Johnson \\ ill Nol Rim \^ain This Time Politicians are beginning lo ;: :ivcl i Kind the county. Tli.s we i saw several developments pointing to the June 6 Democratic primary. Senali.r Julian R. Allsbrook of R. anoko Rapids has announced • Si i till G. H. Johnson surpris cd even his closest friends in an announcement this week, when he stated he was no! going to run t r the sheriffs office this time. Sheriff Johnson intimated his intentions in the court house at Halifax Tuesday and immediately busy in sal lying support in their behalf. T Sheriff J nson’s de ni in the coun this week their intention run. Harry A. House, of near Littleton, son of the late. Sheriff House and Joe L. Riddick of Scot land Neck are soliciting their friends' support. MOTHER WOMAN BURIED FUXFRAL IUTFS HELD l\ RALEIGH TODAY Mrs. Betty Lockamy, 82, died Wednesday at 1:50 p. m„ at the ol he r daught r, Mrs. C. S. Neal. 410 West North Street, l 1 low ing an illness of several we: ks. K: nera! services were held from the hesidenee of Mrs. Neal', Thurs day afternoon., al. 4.; Ufiuamd. conducted by the Rev. R. N. Chi 1— dress, of Johnson Memorial church assisted b the R v. R K. Daven p ■ rt. of North Van Guard church. Interment took place in Oak wo d Cemetery. Mrs. Lcck.,my. was known to her many friends as “granny". She spent much of her time with her daughter here. Survii f< A ; Cotton, W, YaIf ni M C S Nea ol Ral eigh and Mrs. W. B. House, of Weldon: and one son, J. C. Lock amy of Liberty. Am ng those who attended from here w re Rev. R. S. Fountain, J. T. D. Rawlings, M1 -. Grant, and Mrs. B. F. Williams. LOCAL DSLS; Methodist Church Services Sunday A: the eleven o’clock hour the pastor will preach on the .subject ■‘Security Amidst The Storms.” The theme for the evening hour is: 'T'-' ;ip. From Prison." j The Sunday School will meet at 11:45 a. m. Young People's meeting, 6:45 p. m. Midweek service Wednesday' | 7:30 p. m. your family a church-going ! family1.’ 1: should be. Will you not ! purp sc in your heart that it .shall | iv such? Such a course of pro | ccdure would bring to you any children who may be in your ; h >me many blessings. Remember ] the stand of the venerable old jos i hua: "As for me and my house, wi will serve the Lord.” Go thou and do likewise. ,1. O. Long, Pastor. Glizens Urged I C Attend Hearing The Weldon Merchant’s Association and Weldon Com s nuinily Club are cooperating in an effort to get as many people to attend the hear ing in Plymouth. Monday, as can possibly attend. The hear ing is lor the purpose of dis i cussing and formulating plans to dndge the Roanoke River from its mouth to Weldon. This dredging project is im portant to Weldon citizens. It may open up new’ industries here if cheap water transport j ' ta t ion is available.
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