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County, re
I "Ci.l'.'Sf 11
\Yr. Kerr iSeoi ■
A;:;i'-ulturo saiii
a letter of eon
havinir aver-]
....... ; .'A... o each;
not
luce M;.v 10,;
: hi* brother, |
. e 1 1 dished
■Ai.'\ an officer|
.-. . miss si
in these 22
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sa :..
the Knox bro
■ • .strong and,
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t-ital volume of]
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hrothers have
: :n to “well over
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to
i
tilers now have a
u;d Jerseys on
c ii. Stott said
ssavy fm Knox
use any feed o.
it is virtually till
Oil '.he plate.
h S itt asserted, u
. e time” these day -
1 ' -e con'.act with
' • of the liig Steele
i’ at < harch who
f' rmeil services, lie
an aw. ai- 0f s;x letters
tees.. J
a 1 a himself, Scott lie:-{
* requires around 12 hours
1 r tiie Knox brother-- i
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■ • 1 cows--“unless they
‘usually fast milk
Iters.
ROANOKE NEWS
_ESTABLISHED IN 1866 ~ SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES
Heventy-Sixth Vear
Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina
THURSDAY, MAY 25lh„ 1H-14
l)U W. K. McI)0\V i:i I.,
i Ii’u 1 Mi Officer
That tu' eiculo icun he found
‘ easily cured in the
nipt -ns ap
• i vnal has grown
j ,mt with repetition, y. : the
j i rent majority of people fail Lo
I t •.-m-iiite tiiis into the act m that
j :i 1 .safeguard themselves and
j ii ! mines IT urn the di ■
j are the facts? in four
j years death Irom tuberculosis sur
! i :, - Mie number of those Killed in
J ail foe wars the United States
; ever fouglit i f the ios es o
I'cne year from tuberculosis could
It- a: Li'ibutfcl to enemy action,
j '. 1 v■ id be shocked with
grit!' and would vow venegence at
any co.;. Yet, the slow* undrainu
i tii dvi di*i ;g away of lives roes
a, day ly. day, though proof ha
, i■ . add -d In pi oof t tinL Ibis call
: -; ped. I .e entire country i
: c liny, ail too slowly, to 'he
fact that we are at war and that
it i: a war in which we stand to
v, u or l.s-" all. There is no com
pi iii'-e now. \\‘e have been at
, r . ih ;" n'lT d i. i - for cre-nera
; :i'ii--. and yet, apparently only a
mall part oL our total population
is co.:.- ions of tile fact that this
lavi.ging enemy has, in the past.
:■ ea far mere destructive to our
B .it, now ti at
all of c in
in del' n e of the country,
i . are ti iiliug that tuberculosis is
e, e imr sevini;sl\ with our
as a- s... pm; ram; that it has
an;- o our apparently
- n : for service
. ; 'i v'iH a i unti l in iis time ol
is not omy inter
e recruiting of our
.. but it is u serious
di .1 ... o industriei
every thing from civ-j
to too form nod lire-j
i’u ilo.-.i A
.ociat imi, liie Stale Tuberei»lo~M
,\s;oioiali"(i non oil.nr g; mips ot
I o i civulOs is Wills rs lntie. li'l
been poin ing (111 the tact
,■1 tv. hi roolu :< t an anti should j
b . j,.ii;.11 early, la lore ho. pitali
. Even th hos
,;i i aiizal ion is. the ideal way, and
.!. . site of l in lost that wo know
.,11 t patien should
fl, , r lated we
.o fact
i . .t if ”, ,• did l ahi i eulosi i early
(■■ii ugh, no hospitalization is nee
Stoi V So: V have demon
: Mated that most eases oi tuher
. ... found early requires notli
iijo' more :lian isolation from tl.e
. see of e. Iltaet, adequat • rest,
•,,il i . ii, i si. ii air and medical
i ,. ion. . h!! these can be ob
is died in tile average home woeto
j.aiet::.* a re willing to cooperate
v.hh t lie la.oily physician, and the
infected persons can be made to
understand ami per.-uaded to ral
ly out taeir part f the program.
. emph si pin ed on Ear
ly Diagnosis—that is, finding tu
: (a id 'tds early, wlien tlie least
lan as- been done
, ted person can
lie cured.
y m ;.l,id : is a pro!dent in
, ■ . e Halifax Healta
I fiity one peo
i the i isti ict " < 1 ol J'- We
to o’ ;-1 :; lra
each . ounty • ft e urge every
itizi n to visit his family physi
■ l.ii, for an X-ray at the Edge
„mho i ounty Sanatorium every
.. ,,,..1 Tuesday afternoon from
to s,y. the Halifax Coun
y Ucaliii Department every bri
i: y from one to thiee.
' 0ur job i to find the case
nd con tu i
■ . Thi can >e done. Then,
a idle we are winning the war a
miast un.crculosis. we 1 “
.viping out this great iU '
mi,list' and strengthening del
d ■ orc0- ;,u"
,s. ah.sis. .lie gieat killer m h,
i(.live period of H-C. :UK‘ .l"1
... q ■ i dler of all communica
te di e, cannot stand agatns
ho an armed with the
modern weapons and who use
he.n intelligently._
Memorial Service
ccial Memorial Day -el_
q ],e held Sunday evening.
-.:.a at the regular service
, ilie Weldon baptist Chui
Ucv. W. W. Finlator will
MAY 2:trcl„ I!) 11
i Jo in I). M soley. white. charged
^1 h assault on female was found
not guilty.
William Crowder. white of Wei
don was found guilty of illegal
posses: in of null-tax paid liquor
and prayer for judgment contin
ued on payment of the easts and
Stood behavior for two years,
Richard Cleveland Bryan, white
of Winter Haven, Fla., charged
v’ith driving drunk, was called ami
failed - judgment absolute on
bond nol pros with leave
Charlie Miller colored of Scot
land Meek plead guilty of lar
ceny and was given . our months
on the roads, sii.-pemled on pay
ment of costs and good behavior
for two years.
William Goodman, colored of
Aurelian Springs plead guilty ol
a -unit and prayer for judgment
was continued on payment of the
costs and good Behavior for two
years.
James 11. Adams i t Macon
plead guilty of speeding and «;c
l'ined $15.00 and cost: .
Carl Bryant Finch, w!n;i« of
Roanoke Rapids plead - goili > of
larceny and was given I'd ■ mon
tl s on the roads.
George Brown, colored d 1! ia
n ike Rapids was found ga iltv o'
e; rryirtg a concealed wean .ii and;
was ined $50 and costs.
George Brown and Robert
Easter colored of Roan ike Rapids
cl urged with reckless driving;
wore found not guilty.
MAY 1 fitli,, l>)| I
Wesley King, colored >•; Kn
fitltl was fuur.d giulty cf illegal
posession of liquor and was give i
eight months on the roads to be
suspended upon payment of a fine
of $:!5.00 ami cost-. and that lie
violate no criminal statute for 2!
years.
Herman id. Jenkins, colored ol
Wilson was found guilty of driv
ing while drunk and hit and run
and prayer for judgment contin
ued upon payment of a fine o:
$50.00 and the Court cost q and
that he or his insurance company
pay all necessary repair bills or.
account of collision with car of
John Hedgepeth, the same not to
exceed $30.00. License revoked for
12 mouths.
Lemuel Bullock, colored ol Roa
noke Rapids was found guilty of
public drunkenness and judgment
was suspended.
Roger Hardy, colored of Bit
field plead guilty to illegal pos
session of liquor and prayei for
judgment continued on paymeni
of the costs and on condition he
does not violate any criminal sta
tute for two years.
Howard Branch, colored of
Scotland Neck plead guilty to
speeding and judgment wa sus
pended on payment of the costs.
Clerice Williams, colored of
Scotland Neck was found not guil
ty of permitting a minor to drive
a motor vehicle.
j, e Wilkins, colored of Roanoke
Rapids was found guilty ol illegal
possession of non-tax paid Lquoi
and was given 12 months on the
roads to lie suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of $25 and co As
an dthat he remain of goad be
havior for two years during
which time lie is to appear the
first Tuesday of each month and
show good behavior*__
L. C. Barrow New
Lions President
he regular meeting of the
|don Lions Club was held on
sday evening in the Weldon
el.
luring the business session
following officers were elect
President, L. C. Barrow; lust
■-president, U. H. Moody; sec
vice-president, . Fenton F
es- secretary, C. W. Bass;
isurer, U. B. Pierce; tail twist
Isac Medlin; directors, Mike
sphson and F. N. Rowe.
C. Barrow, Mike Josephson.
Hugh Jones were chosen as
•gates to the Lions Convention,
»e held in Charlotte on June
12 and 13th. *•
Election Contests Near End
With Primary On Saturday
\ oters over most of Halifax
County will only vote a State Bal
lot i n Saturday’s Demo cratic
election as only two contests
have been staged.
-Meade II. Mitchell of Weldon,
veteran county official, is being
<>PP >sed by Allen Pierce, also of
Weldon for the office of County
Commissioner from the Weldon
l''aucett.s District. Wlhile in the
Knfii-ld-llalilax District John B.
Davis nt Enfield is opposing M.
W. Perry of Halifax, incumbent
who has served on the County
Board of Commissioners for ten
years.
For information on other pri
mary races see official ballot be
low;
NOTICE
All Weldon stores will start
Wednesday half-holiday closing
Wednesday, May dlst. The stores
will close each Wednesday at 12
o’clock noon through June. July
and August. They will also close
at ID o’clock on Saturday nights.
(SAMPLE)
OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
BALLOT
United States Senator, Congressman,
State Officers
INSTRUCTIONS
1. To vote for a candidate on the ballot make a cross (\)
mark in the square at the left of his name.
2. If you tea)1 or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return
it to the registrar and get another.
For
United States Senator
(Vote for One)
( ) Clyde R. Hoey
( ) Cameron Morrison
( ) Marvin Lee Ritch
( ) Arthur Simmons
( ) Giles Yeoman Newton
For Governor
(Vote for One)
( ) R. Gregg Cherry
( ) Ralph McDonald
( ) Olia Ray Boyd
For
Lieutenant Governor
(Vote for One)
( ) W. 1. Halstead
( ) L. Y. Ballentine
( ) Jamie T. Lyda
For Member of
Congress
Second District
(Vote for One)
( ) John H. Kerr
( ) Cameron K. Weeks
For Secretary of
State
(Vote for One)
) Thad Eure
( ) R. N. Crawford
For State Auditor
(Vote for One)
( ) Geo. Ross Pou
( ) Fred S. Hunter
For State Treasurer
(Vote for One)
( ) Chas. M. Johnson
j ( ) L. J. Phipps
Primary election, May 27, 1911
WILLIAM T. JOYNER,
Chairman State Board of Elections.
(SAMPLE)
OFFICIAL BALLOT
Official Democratic Primary Hallot For County
Commissioner Weldon-Faucetts District
INSTRUCTIONS
!. To vote for a candidate on the ballot make a cross (X) mark in
the square at the left of his name.
2. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it to
the registrar and get another.
For County Commissioner
Weldon-Faucetts District
(Vote for One)
( ) MEADE II. MITCHELL
( ) ALLEN PIERCE
Primary electon May 27, 1944.
YV. I\ WHITE,
Chairman Halifax County Hoard of Elections.
(SAMPLE)
OFFICIAL BALLOT
Official Democratic Pimary Ballot For County
Commissioner Enfield-Halifax District
INSTRUCTIONS
] x0 vote for a candidate on the ballot make a cross (X) mark in
the square at the left of his name.
2. If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it to
the registrar and get another.
For County Commissioner
Enfield-Halifax District
(Vote for One)
( ) M. W. PERRY
( ) J. B. DAVIS
rimary election May 27, 1944.
W. F. WHITE,
Chairman Halifax County Board of Elections.
Two Roanoke Rapids
Youths Killed Instantly
Grade Mothers
Entertain Seniors
On Wednesday afternoon in the
garden at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. 0. Davis the grade mo
thers of the senior class of Wel
don High School entertained the
senior class and the faculty of
tin' high school. Brunswick stew,
vegetable salad, rolls, cakes and
soft drinks were served.
Special guests were Mrs. K. D
Weathers, Mrs. C. B. Thomas,
Rev. and Mrs. D. L. Fonts, Rev.
W. W. Finlator, Rev. R. E. Cox
and Miss Ida Mae Cheatham
Local School
Finals Completed
Class night exercises were held
Thursday evening', May 18th in
the High School gymnasium in
the form of a play “Sails at
Dawn.”
The exercises were opened with
the processional, the presentation
and acceptance of the flower pre
sentation and acceptance of the
flower chair.
Those taking part in the play
were: salutatorian, Walter Mer
ritt; Sunny, Josephine Maddrey;
Grand Davy, Clyde Etheridge;
Hanky Moore, Hugh Wade Cart
er; the pilot, Ernest Rahil; the
captain, Tony Elias; historian
class hoys, Betty Davis; poet -
The Changing Dunes, Virginia
Sledge; statistician - Sails, Mae
Kilpatrick; prophet - Voice of the
Wind, Ballard Mohorn; giftorian
Gifts of the IS’ea, Murray Craven;
testator, The Will of the Waves,
Florence Draper; Beacons - Work,
Olive Wallace; play, Ruth Greg
ory; patriotism, Lois Rightmyer;
! Christianity, Mary Elizabeth Pitt
man, Valedictorian, Geneva Ap
plewhite.
The finals were brought to a
close Friday evening with the
graduating exercises. The Rev. D.
L. Fouts gave the invocation and'
C R. Daniel introduced Hon John
H. Kerr, Jr., of Warrenton,
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentali s. who delivered the
commencement address.
Mesdames C. R. Daniel and R.
T. Daniel sang Mendelssohn’s “I
Would that My Love,” accompa
nied at the piano by Miss Louise
Father.
Mrs. D. Allen .Green presented
the Book Club cup for the best
essay to Florence Allen Draper,
the Knights of Pythias cup for
the best all-round student was
presented by Mike Josephson to
Clyde Etheridge; C. B. Thomas
presented the J. O. U. A. M. cup
for the most improvement to Mae
Kilpatrick. The faculty scholar
ship cup went to Geneva Apple
white and this presentation.
N. J. Shepherd, chairman of the I
school board awarded diplomas
to the following: Hugh Wade
Carter, Murray Craven, Russell
Cobb, Clyde Etheridge, Tony
Elias, Walter Merritt, Albert Oak
es, Ernest Rabil, Stephen Strong,
Mary Edna Anderson, .Geneva
Applewhite, Margaret Birdsong.
Put Carter, Hazel Cobb, Rosalie
Conwell, Betty Davis, Florence
Draper. Margie Elks, Mildred
-go w, Ruth Gregory, Mary
..meik- Joyner, Josephine Mad
drey, Ballard Mohorn, Haz -l 1 ad
get, Virginia Pittman, Liz.. . j
Pittman, Virginia Sledge, Olive
Wallace, Lois Rightmyer, Lois
Whitehead, Mae Kilpatrick, Ailene
Dickens and Barbara Riddle, Her
man Hargrove, Jr., was presented
a diploma for having finished the
twelfth grade. He was the first
student to finish this newly added
grade in the Weldon High school.
Commencement marshalls were
Ella Mae Shirley, Mary Ann Dan
iel, Eloise Thomas, Helen Rabil,
Charlotte Jones, Lee Johnson,
Judy Strong and June Stephen
son. ___
DENTIST IN ROANOKE
RAPIDS
Dr. A. D. Underwood, State
Dentist with the Division of Oral
Hygiene of the North Carolina
State Department of Health, is
spending the next few weeks ex
amining school children in Roa
noke Rapids. Dr. Underwood will
carry on an educational program
with his work._
Friends of little Joan Turner
will regret to learn she is a pat
ient in Roanoke Rapids Hospital
where she underwent an operation
for appendicitis on W ednesday
morning.
Two young white boys l.s: .. 1!.
Matthews, 10. and 1-iank !.; *
14, were killed late y i.erday
when they were struck i.y light
ening. A group of bey* wer • [is Ic
ing cherries in an open . add near
Jefferson street and t . Mat
thews and Lyles boy ue ■ up in
the branches of the tree when Un
bolt struck killing them I. ni-.
Funeral services for the Mat
thews child will be conda tad
from the Roanoke Rapids H-iy ist
Church Friday aftenm -ti * I d
by the liev. Cr rdan 11 ric> . lie >
survived by his parei ( *.
M. and Amanda Lee M .i
and two brothers riav. - i Ma
thews, Jr., and Carlton M.r
Funeral arrangement
Frank Lyles have not ne i c*>:
pleted. He is survived : s
parents Charlie L. and Lily It.
Lyles, two brothers, Charlie I.
with the U. S. Army in It.. » 1
Bobby Lyles of Roanoke Rapids,
also three sisters Miss Ruhr la k*
and Mrs. Lily Mae Gilbert • t
Roanoke Rapids and Mrs. Fear!
Edwards of Texas.
Weldon Merchants
Association
Elects Officers
A meeting of the Weld a Mer
chants Association was k< Id on
Monday night in, the Weldon Fur
niture Store. W. li, Joyn.-r was
re-elected president and Mi Ohs
Mae Medlin, secretary and li-eas
urer for the coming year.
It was decided that the stores
begin closing each Wednesday at
noon beginning May dlst and
plans were made to begin dosing
on Saturday nights »t lu o'elo.-U.
Farm Bulletins
Will Be Published
Raleigh, X. May jr.-.l T -
State Department a. A" -
will within the next fe.v days
issue bulletins and fold
credit unions, the sale uf
cattle ,the marketing or ■ .
oupes, and proper met It
seed-cleaning, according : W.
Kerr jS'cott, Commissioner id
culture.
Honors Seniors
And House Guest
Miss Josephine Maddre- c >>•
tained members of the • < r
class at her home on Satin **:> r
ening honoring her him- ■ g e i
Miss Margaret Kennedy of N -
folk, \ra.
Delicious refreshments w < re
served.
Biggest Poppy
Sale Predicted
The biggest poppy sale in *' »
history of the American !. . ion
Auxiliary is predicted by F. In!;,
president of the local Unit, who
atiid yesterday she would v i »
surprised if more than double the
usual number were sold.
As few people know what the
arrant? nv its are for w-'koiy.
these Memorial Day !lower Mrs.
Clark explained that the materials
are furnished free to the ve -an.
by the American Legion Auxil
iary. Volunteer workers tea eh U.e
disabled men to make the poppies.
The entire poppy program, i i ora
the supplying of the poppy ma
terials, to the distribution of the
finished flowers to the American
public is under the management
of the Auxiliary.
“The veterans and tV:r d< 4
pendents are the ones v. • •. hen
fit from our poppy sale.” she i d.
“not only from the mourn m!
results from selling poppa- . but
also from having something 'new
bie to do instead of having to
rest, read or talk. These men n
the government hospitals arc de
lighted to keep thir fine u - y
and their minds occupied with the
intricacies of fashing the p-’l'i i“s.
Needy wives and children a’.-n
reap benefits Irom the sale of
the flowers.
“We have been selling tlv #
Memorial Day flowers for twenty
four years and each year the pop
py becomes more closely idea', i
fied with the American Legion
Auxiliary and with our disable l
men. We hope the eerviee will
continue indefinitely." i