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READ IT FIRST IN THE ROANOKE NEWS — BRINGS YOU COVERAGE OF HALIFAX COUNTY THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1866—THE OLDEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA jj| Si\lv-\iiilli \ f-ar Published Everv Thursda\ — Weldon, \orlli Carolina Registrars and Roll Holders N a m e d Sat. By Elections Board mJ All Citizens Must Re^is > ter Again To Vote Following a meeting of the Hal ifax County Board of Election. held in Halifax Saturday, chair man A. W. Andleton announced the judges and registrars to serve in the Democratic primary. Jun. 6. Registration books will be open ed May 9, for a new registration. All v-ters to be eligible must r. - gister again. This is required be cause of a special act introduced and passed in the State Senate and House during the last session of legislature. The registration books will remain open from !) a. m. to sunset each day until May 23, and the registrars must be at the polling place of each precinct on each Saturday during that time according to the law. Phillip Mo re is the new Regis trar for Weldon Precinct while Jim ' C. Garner and J. D. Shearin wi re ippointed judges. The polling (ace was not changed. It re iains at the Town Hall. A complete notice of the new re gistration and list of new election officials'will be found in an adver tisement on inside page. Flood Control of Roanoke River Up for Attention Formation of a flood control as sociation for concerted action in securing the dredging of Roanoke River to-permit increased naviga tion is tire task undertaken by E. S. Askew of Elizabeth City, dir ects-r of district number o: : of the Works Progress Administration of North Carolina. Mr. Askew, a native of Bertie, will secure the conscensus of opin- ! ion of interested people and will | tlien announce a date and place for an organization meeting. He lias secured the cooperation of Congressman Kerr and if is ex pected that Lindsay Warren and the two Senators from this Slat, will aid in the effort. “This is a great idea and not too large for accomplishment, provid- 1 ed we get behind it with the right enthusiasm and spirit," wrote Mr. Askew. Movements of Nuts to Market Heavier j The movement of peanuts dur ing the past week lias been a little heavier, with shellers and cleaners exhibiting more interest. The market has remained steady to Arm. Prevailing prices, per lb. f.o.b. delivery points, follows: Best Jumbos (US 1 Class A) 3 1-8 to 3 3-8c, few 3 1-2 to 3 5-8e, poor er Jumbos 3c; best Bunch (US 2 Class A) 3 to 3 l-8c. few 3 1-4 to 3 3-8c, poorer Bunch 2 3-4 to 2 7-8c; good sheLling stock (US 3 Class A) 2 3-4c to 3c, poorer shell ing stock 2 1-4 to 2 5-8c. Spanish farmers’ stock is in better demand at 85 to 90c per bushel delivered. With the weather unfavorable for farm operations, present indica tions are that planting will be de layed. - The market for cleaned and shelled goods is steady with prices generally holding at last week’s levels. Price ranges, however, are rather wide out shelled goods. WELDON DEFEATS LITTLETON TEAM Weldon on Wednesday counted its second straight win by taking Littleton 25-10. Moore was the winning pitcher while Wood was the losing pitcher. Taylor and Stephenson lead the winners in hitting with four hits each while Myrick lead tire los ers, with three hits. Harris hit two home runs for Weldon. Batteries; Weldon, Moore. Stev enson, Gore and Ewing; Littleton: Wood. Perkins, and Spain. Methodist Church Services Sunday We have reason i be encourag ed becau. of ur growing eengre i gat ions. Our people in increasing I r.i mbers arc finding their way to i the church. The interest shown at the services, too, indicate that they are coming not to be seen of men, , but for the more \v rthy purpose i of worshiping G d. Our pre-Eas t. r services were well attended and the response for membership in the church was very satisfact ' ory. Last Sunday we received 15 I n.w members—ten on profession of faith and five by certificate. Let i us keep before us our ideal: “Our Home a Church-going Home." The schedule f services for j.cxt Sunday are as foil ws: Public Worship. 11 a. m. and j 7:30 p. m. Sermon by the pastor j at each service. Sunday School, 9:45 a. m. Young People’s Meeting 6:45 p. m. Mid-W-ck service Wednesday 1 7:30 p. m. J. O. Long. Pastor. Mill Starts Up Full Capacity The Weldcn Cotton Manufac turing Company mill started to work Monday and by the last of the week it is expected to be op erating all of its units. The mill has not been running full capacity at any time this year, j Normally employing over 200 peo- j pie, this concern is Weldon’s larg- i est industry. 3 Houses Burned Here Last Friday Three ho ises caught fire here last Friday afternoon. While two of them were completely destroyed, the other was partially saved. The houses, located back of the Union Station, belonged to W. T. Whitehead mid were occupied by colored people. Quarterly Meet Seaboard Charge Seaboard. April 22.—The Sec ond Quarterly Conference of the Seaboard Charge, Methodist Epis copal Church, South, will be held at Pleasant Grove Church on next Tuesday, April 28, beginning at 11 o'clock. The officers fro meaeh of the four churches. Seaboard. Sharon, Pleasant Grove and Concord, will be there to make reports on the progress of their respective churches. The presiding elder, the Rev. J. M. Culbreth, of Rocky Mount, will preach the sermon. Lunch will be served by the ladies of Pleasant Grove. The business session will be held in the afternoon follow ing the lunch. All the friends of the churches are cordially invited to attend. Car Stolen Here Wednesday Nite An automobile belonging to S. M. (Sh Tty) Pierce was stolen from in front of a local drug store last night about 10:15 o'clock. No trace of it had been found today. JUDGE NORFLEET IS CONFINED TO HOME Jackson, N. C., April 22nd.— Judge Eric Norfleet has been confined to his home this week with influenza. Because of his ill ness there was no Recorder’s Court held here Tuesday. Court will be held as usual next Tuesday morn ing if the condition of Judge Nor fleet Dermits. DICKENS BIDS CONGRESS VOTE -jlN SPEECH WED. Delegates f r o m Every County Exeept Lenoir Hear Candidate , Jackson, N. C\, April 22nd.— At a district meeting of workers and co workers held in the court - hou.se here Wednesday night and attended by delegali ns from Northampton, Halifax, Brrtie, 1 Edgecombe, Warren, Green and i Wilson counties, A. O Dickens. • candidate for Democratic nomina 1 tion Ij Congress from the second Congressional district, asked for tiie voters support in h. Iping him i the program he intends to fight lot t in event he is elected to Congress “We have come to the realiza tion at last," he said, “that the I prosperity of the nation depends | on the prosperity of the farmers." He stated that some progress had 1 been made in helping the farmer and pointed out the court's ruling of the AAA as unconstitutional as ! bringing the fundamental question of toe nation to agriculture. “The governor's address at Ra leigh yesterday has put us in a stat of confusion as to the pros pects for this year," Dickens said, "but we have a foundation upon which we may evolve a plan to bring assistance to this struggling industry and any plan must re cognize the farmers’ right to or ganization and the principle of equality and fairness to all—as the plan may concern tobacco, cotton or peanuts." He pledged his support for a rural electrification program that i will see electricity ‘in every home in America," and for development : of the Chowan, Roanoke, Neu.se ! and Tar rivers—along with the : p rt terminal at Morehead—to j benefit all of eastern Carolina. Ho I stated his opposition to the Co.l I idge-Kerr immigration bill to sending American youths across the seas to fight for any cause, but utir own dcltaise. Ho also pledg ed his support to safeguarding of the rights of men who toil in fac tories and mills and to recogniz ing their right to organize. Previous to the address several 1 sp.ak.ers from each delegation pointed out the progress of the f campaign in their respective 1 counties and in most instances : predicted large majorities in every county including Judge 1 Kerr's native Warren. Lenoir county was the only one in the district not represented. Farmers Busy As Weather Clears Farmers in this section arc tak ing advantage of the pretty weath er that lias prevailed for the past few days and are busy getting their plowing and planting started. The severe winter has delayed the breaking of ground and in many cases it has been too wet to do any plowing. Local dealers are still selling seed and some fanning implements and in general the fanning activities that ordinarily are done much earlier are now claiming the attention of the coun ty's progressive farmers who, un like people in other businesses, never seem to get discouraged by unfavorable weather and other handicaps over which they have no control. There were fewer people in town Saturday than usual because with the good weather the farmers were too busy to even come to town and spend the day talking with one another on the streets. BICHLORIDE TABLET FATAL TO INFANT Jackson, N. C., April 22nri.— Funeral services were conducted near Rich Square Tuesday after noon by the Rev. W. V. Tarlton for Owen Lane, 10 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Lane. The child died Monday morning after having eaten a portion of a bi chloride of mercury tablet which some small children found in an old building and gave him. He is survived, besides Ills parents, by live brothers and sisters. CLASS TO MEET The Better Speech Class will meet at the Public Library on Monday afternoon at throe o'clock. A large attendance of all who are interested in this subject is de sired. Drive Carefully, Keep Sober, and Remember to Have Your License —i ,M-.. HIGHWAY PATROLMEN OF THIS DISTRICT I'NDER THE (O.M I MAM) OF SERGEANT A. W. WEI.( II. WITH 1IEADQFARTEKS j AT AHOSKIE. I Reading left to ght they F R. W. Arnold. Weldon; W. S. Hunt, Wi liam ton; G. A. St W ■ t in; F. W. II;!!! s, Scot I land Neck. Sec ind 1 Sc . • cnt \ ,v We Al i kie; J. C. Long, Weldon; L. B. Lane, Elizabeth C y; < 1 G. I Dail, Edenton. I Farm Delils Being Cleared hi Halifax, F.D.A. Official Says Many Farms Saved l»\ Farm Debt Adjustment Service By means ot friendly concilia tion between creditors and debtor, the Farm Debt Adjustment Ser vice of the Resettlement Admin istration and cooperating local committees are saving many w or thy farmers of this section fr m foreclosure, according to Mr. J. P GreonLuf, District Farm Debt Su pervisor, who was in Weldon to day. A debt reduction of approxi mately $80,000.00 has been efl'ect | ed for farmers in the counties of his district, including Halifax County, since September 1. Mr. Greenlcaf said, "There exists in this c unty a small group of outstanding men known as the Farm Deb; Adjust ment Committee organized for the sole purpose of adjusting tiie debts of ho: est and sincere farmers who are financially over-burdened, have exhausted every other re source and are unable to satisfy the credit r," Mr. Green leaf said. How does this committee func tion? What are the advantages of debt adjustment? Who is benefited by taking advantage of this pro cess of settlement? These are some of the questions raised every day in the minds of people in this county. Such questions were an swered by Mr. Greenlcaf on his visit here. Tiie credit r as well as the deb tor may be benefited bv debt ad justment. For example, the deb tor owes more money than his property is worth because his debts were contracted when pro perty had—or rather was suppos ed to have had—a much greater value than it now lias. When the (Continued on page ill I Jackson Man Dies By His Own l[and j Eujrem* (>a> Receives Full | I .oad <>i Shot from < • tin \V e»lnes<la\ 1 Jackson. N. {'.. April 23.— j Funeral services will be held at the home here at 2 o'eloek this (Friday) afternoon for Eugene Gay. 33, who died ear ly yesterday morning in the Roanoke Rapids hospital of gun wounds which were self inflicted. The services will be conducted by the Rev. 1. T. Poole and the Rev. I). P, Moore and interment will be made at Littleton. Mr. Gay shot himself just below the heart with a 20 guage shot gun at his home here about 2:30 Wednesday afternoon and was still con scious when taken to the hos pital. lie told those who took him to the hospital that he pulled the trigger with his toe, having lost one arm when he accidentally discharged a gun about two years ago. No state ment was made as to motive, but it was believed to have been caused by despondency over heavy property losses in the last few years. He is survived by his moth er, Mrs. E. S. Gay. Sr.; two brothers, John and Ballard S. Gay, and by his wife and daughter, I.ula McC'raw Gay. The future is always a fairy land to the young.—Sala. Plan to Rebuild Spring Church 1/ A committee has been appointed to formulate plans to rebuild Spring Church, pictured above, which was destroyed by a cyclone, March 17. They want to rebuild a more substantial structure than the farmer building if enough money can be raised. This institution which is over 100 years old, located near Pleasant Hill, has many members in all nearby towns and has been a ere dit to its community. All its friends are expecting to rally to its support ar.d donate for the new building. J. W. Crew, Jr., is chairman f the rebuilding committee and R. M. Robinson, f Skippers, Va., is Treasurer. Contributions can be mailed to either of these m.n All contributions should be mailed at once as this project is he pod to be started in the very near future. DR. Mcl) 0 IN A LD SPEAKS TO BIG CROWD IN R.-R. Halifax < oimh I*<*<»|»I* Hear <landidalf' Kx plain Dr. Ralph McDonald, candidal<■ for Gov.rnor, spoke to a large au dience in Roanoke Rapids Friday night. I Dr. McDonald outlived hi.- pint ! form to cover seven Issues as 1' 1 lovvs: (1) taxation, (2) require ment of qualificati .ns for those named to high appointive oflic in the state, (3) restoration of schools t f control by local boards. (4) co-operation with President R osevedt in programs to aid far mers and to control acreage and prices of farm products and in the program for old age pensi : s. (5) reduction of automobile licenses to a $5 minimum, (6) reduction of i interest rate on l .cal bonds, and ; (7) requirement of p.nodical audits of all accounts f the State of North Carolina. In addition to working toward tije abolition of the sales tax and enforcing m re strictly the corpor ation and franchise taxes as well as trying t secure the enactment of the rest of his program the | speaker urged the voter- of Hali fax County to vote for the amend ment in November to increase the tax on incomes in the higher brackets. County ABC Sales Report Released The report of sales of liquor by the Halifax County ABC Super vis r. J. R. Glasgow, is as follows: Quarter ending March 31st. 1936—Sales. $71,597.26; net in come. $15,651 40; sales tax. $2, 130.49. Totals—Sales. $205,541.31: net income, $42,905.06; sales tax, $5. 982.60. RECORDER’S COURT Recorder Judge Daniel and Sol icitor Wade Dickens disposed of nine cases in court Tuesday. J. K Breach charged with be ing drunk and disorderly, found guilty, given 31) days tn jail to be assigi ed to work under the dir ection of Slate Highway and pub lic w rks commission. Jim Williams, drunk, while driving, found guilty. Fined $50 and cost. License to drive a motor vehicle revoked for 13 months. Macon Edwards, charged with assault, found guilty of simple as sault. Prayer for judgment con tinued on payment of cost. Jesse Moore, Abram J.n.s and James Smith, hunting with, ut li cense and out of season. Jesse Moore and James Smith found, guilty. Prayer for judgment con tinued on payment ,f costs and on condition they do n.t violate any criminal law for tw > years. Abram Jones remanded ',' Juven ile court as he under sixteen years of age. Hezikah Avent . charged with giving worthless mortgage, nol pros with leave. Hezikah Avent, embezziement, Transferred to Superior court. William Hazel wo. d and A F. Sexton, charged with reckless driving. William Hazelwood found n t guilty. A. F. Sexton found guilty Fined $25 and cost. Appeal to Superior Court. Ap pearance bond fixed at $50. Fred Kelly charged with lar ceny. Remanded to juvenile court as del . ndant is under sixteen years of age. Charlie Dibbs charged with re ceiving stolen property. Found guilty. Prayer for judgment. Con tinued on payment of cost. Jimmy Smith charged with lar ceny. was tried on March 24, 1936. found guilty, given 10 mos in jail to do work under the public works and state highway commission. Capias t issue March 26, 1936 or at any time within 3 years if de fendant is found in State of North Carolina. The terms having been violated by the defendant, it is therefore or, motion ordered that the defendant be confined in jail far 10 months and to do work un der the direction vf State Highway and public W' -rks Commission. Scotland Nec Charged Wit! Chief of Polo Weldon Named On New Short Route Proposed Hijiliwa\ 1rum .Norfolk. \ infinia To 1 <'\a' _ Woodruff, S. C. April 14— A direct safety highway from Nor folk. Va.. to H uston. Texas, was proposed here today by South Carolinian.- organizing t!> ■ Ander son-W odruff-York (S. C.) High way League. This non-political league is the first unit of a pro posed Southern Sh rt-Way asso ciation to be composed of similar leagues in eight states. The group advocates the imnv.d iate routing and survey oi new read links from Saluda river bridge on S. C 247 east of Belton, via f'i rk Shoals, thence just west of Owings, crossing Enoree River over present Woodruff crossing to a point just below Woodruff. S. C.. a distance cf about twenty miles: thence from Woodruff pass ing near Glen Springs dir. ct to Hickory Grove, S. C., a distance. of about forty miles Here at first, it will connect S. C. 5 to York and over S. C. Hi3 - ad Nr. C. 49 to Charlotte. ’me highway from Hickory Grove, S. C., t Char lotte, K. C., is already paved. It is estimated that this new short cut across S. C. will save about thirty miles'between Ander son and York. S. C.. and about twenty-tw. miles between Ander son, S. C„ and Charlotte, N. C. Also it will provide an alternate and safer route from Charlotte, via York connect over S. C. 9 to Spartanburg and Greenville. Fur thermore, it will connect ar. al-1 ternate ar.d shorter route from Anderson to Spartanburg, and fr m Anderson to Gaffney, saving about eight and nine miles re ap.(.'lively. A ib. tter grade than . n present U. S. 29 route thru -S. C. is believed possible because the new route would lie farther from the Mountains and nearer the sea, and also will skip the congested area on the present upper route, j This n: w paving will provide key links in the proposed South ern Short-Way which will foil w a straight line between Norfolk, Va , and Baton Rouge. La. It will be over one thousand miles 3 ng • when completed. Since the route' will follow a straight line as near ly as possible, no present or future route could bo shorter, it was stated. It will cross and connect. most North-South U. S. highways, in tlie S nth and will cross major! rivers at .existing crossings. Approximate route suggested I for this Southern Short-Way is from Houston, Texas, ver present U. S. 90 to New Iberia, La., thence touching Baton Rouge. La., Hat tiesburg. Miss., Selma and Alex ander City. Ala.. College Park. Ga., skirting Atlanta to Stone Mountain. Winder, R >yston. Hart well, Ga., Anderson, Belton, Woodruff, direct to Hick ry Grove. S. C., thence just above York, S. C , to Charlotte, N C . direct to New London, Siler City, just oug j of Durham to Weldon, N C , and Crankier and Norfolk, Va. The proposed highway is to bo standard width concrete with rights of way for doubling width \ later. It will serve ight states j and pass thru one of the richest 1 and mo.-: populous sections of the South. Skirting cities and miss ing congested ureas, it will pro vide a safer, faster, short r route North and West. Since m< st of the suggested | route is already paved in Ga.. S j C., N. C . and Virginia, the Move- | ment advocates: First, the co operation of County, State and1 Federal authorities to Gleet thej immediate approval and survey of. the few missing links. Second, to urge Federal authorities to design ate a single U. S. highway number to the present and proposed links of the route. Third, to procure authorization to have route drawn on road maps and marked ••Pro posed*’, s , that this project shall continue always in the minds of Road Departments and the pub lic. Fourth, as present pav.od links wear out, to replace with (Continued on pope 6) 1a an I Scot (Snook man. v ambus! lice A morn in Mackli prelim. Mooi stantly the bai the bin o'clock lievcd the opc fired 01 with a Mack late in ston (t nection tering was n officer. dence for Mo The Superic week I* At 1 ( morn in See Th for the Folly o Our morn in last Su hvpe tt both the eve baptLsn Thei .sel sail riad a in the : birth, expcsti dost th the offe matter. made 1 But that nc fellows tions s could 1 island, seem t bound thus to s pons it then tl fer for missed A p coveret radiant graphs the li hand, intluen life wt on oth Wei A11 The Fire D is attei licials This State ! will le prevent IT orh A Won Hnlifa> ing to county stratio: The under vides t bor as a L Gov skilled this co Me. superv I thus bi NEW REGISTRATION OF ALL VOTERS IS REQUIRED BY LAW F<
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