Roanoke
Ramblings
By PAT NANTZ
It will surprise you sometime
who you see doing “good deeds
for the day” . . . Seen Thursday
[morning was Edelyn Hubbard as
he gave Eugene Epps a “lift”
to school, on his motor-scooter
. . * Gene has had a cast put
on his lcj, where he hurt it
playing football this week-end.
Have you ever seen anything
to beat the way that everybody
who is passing the school build
ing, starts making noise at the
same time? There should be
“Quiet” signs near the building
just as there are at the hos
pital . . . today in English class
Miss Winifred Beckwith told
some of the students to close the
side windows, because a dog
fight had gotten louder tthan
she was . . . wouldn’t you know
that just as the side ones were
closed and the front ones open
ed, the dogs stopped fighting
and the train came by on Mon
roe Street . . . you just can’t
win. . . .
It is really interesting to no
tice the difference in human
nature. . . . such as the way
one particular thing can affect
different people in many ways,
but to different extents. ... to
day when it finally looked like
the sun was going to shine, at
long last—for a whole day
without competition from the
rain clouds ... I heard several
people making comments—such
as three local women— Mrs.
John Tucker, Mrs. Ca.lton
Thompson, and Mrs. Keith
Lynch . . . who were discussing
how they were thankful it had
stopped raining before the week
end, so they could get their
house-cleaning done wittout hav
ing to dare anyone who had
been out-of-doors to come in
the house without first remov
ing all mud from their shoes.
. . . but, the men, such as Mar
vin Taylor and Ben Davis were
glad that the World Series
games weren’t hindered, be
cause of bad weather . . . and
all the high school students of
both Roanoke Rapids and Eli
zabeth City are hoping that the
clouds play second-fiddle to the
sun, long enough for the game
Friday night to be played with
out even a threat Of rain. . , .
Thomas Griffen, one of Roa
noke Rapids’ older settlers still
finds enjoyment in recalling this
little story, which was told a
bout the time when airplanes
were first being made ... A
fttay in Kansas climbed a corn
stalk to see how the sky and
clouds looked and that stalk
grew so fast the boy couldn’t
climb down. The boy was clear
out of sight. Three men took the
contract for cutting down the
stalk with axes to save the boy
from a horrible death by starva
tion, but the stalk grew so
rapidly that they couldn’t hit
twice in the same place. The boy
lived on green corn alone and
threw down over four bushels
of cobs. ... he might have
been pushed up so high that he
would have frozen to death if
he hadn’t been rescued by an
airplane.
j-zeepesi sympamy caichu
ed to the family of Edwin H.
Smith, Sr., of Weldon, who pass
ed away on Wednesday night
at his home in Weldon, from
the results of a heart attack. Mr.
Smith was fifty-eight years old
and had been ill only a few
days, before his death. Funeral
services will be held on Friday
afternoon, at 4 o’clock, in the
Weldon Grace Episcopal Church,
and burial will be in the Cedar
wood Cemetery, ... he is sur
vived by his wife, one soil, and
two brothers. . . .
State Men
Face Charges
In New York
New York, Oct. 8—(JP)— Nine
of the AFL Seafarers Interna
tional Union were booked by po
lice on charges of coercion last
night and early today for their
tactics in yelping AFL garment
workers picket non-union shops.
The nine men were acused of
forcins dress shoo employes to
leave their places of work and
go to the offices of the dress
joint board of the AFL Interna
tional Ladies Garment Workers
Union.
Those booked were among 42
seamen on picket duty in the
garment area who were picked
up by police yesterday and tak
en to the district attorney's of
fice for questioning. The others
were released last night.
The nine men' arrested,wefe
30, Of Whistler, Ala.; Herman
booked as: Carl Carlson, 27, of
» y*: Gene Daniels Daniels, 29, of
^Jo’ng, 24, of Jacksonville, Fla.,
^ouV uinjniM :'D N 'oatuepj
> Mount, N. C.; Thomas M Gow
er, 30, of Norfolk, Va., and
Joseph Carroll, 22, of New York
City.
Weather
North Carolina — Mostly
cloudy iodayi scaitsred show
ers in central portion followed
hy partly cloudy tonight and
Saturday, preceded by sbow
ars along coastal area tonight)
not much change In tempera
tune except slightly cooler to
night.
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34th Year No. 25 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Friday, October 8, 1948 5 Cents Daily;
Three Are Burned
In Switch Mishap
At Roanoke No. 1
Three men were burned this
morning, two of them seriously
when an electrical switch they
were installing at Roanoke
Mills Company’s Plant No. One
blew up.
Admitted to the Roanoke Ra
pids Hospital for “serious but
not critical bums” were Joseph
H. Jolly of 20 Hamilton street
nad Harry O. (Jabo) Faison of 93
Madison street, both electricians
at the plant. Jimmy Tucker,
electrical engineer for the com
pany, was also treated at the
hospital for severe bums about
the face and hands and did not
remain in the hospital.
James W. Sears, assistant sup
erintendent at the mill, said he
went to the scene immediately
after the accident had occurred
and said the injured men were
rushed to the hospital by car.
The switch. Sears said, was
being installed for new mach
inery in the filling-sinning room
and the three were taking care
of the installation. The assistant
superintendent said that insofar
as he could ascertain the switch
had already been put into place
and as soon as the 550 volts of
current was sent into it, it blew
apart spreading flames onto the
workmen.
The explosion of the switch
caused minor fire damage to
about seven nearby machines
anH «fnnru>H nil nnwor in thp
mill for approximately two
hours.
Sears said as soon as he had
visited the hospital and had got
ten a report on the condition of
the injured men he returned to
the plant to see if he could as
certain the reason for the explo
sion of the switch.
Millard Edwards, local elec
trician of a number of years’
experience, helped the superin
tendent in his checkup and re
ported that the installation of
the switch, which was practic
ally new, was done correctly.
Sears said Edwards concluded
that the only reason he could
figure for the explosion of the
part was that part of the in
ternal mechanism was faulty.
All three injured men, Sears
said, could give no clear ver
sion of the accident except that
the switch had suddenly blown
apart. A check with the hos
pital shortly before press time
this afternoon got the informa
tion that Jolly and Faison were
both suffering from shock as
well as burns but that their
condition “was not serious.”
Both men were burned badly
about the body, when their
clothes were ignited by the
flames.
Local Man Faces
Narcotics Charge
Preston R. Scott 42, of Roa
noke Rapids was lodged in the
Halifax County jail this morn
ing to await trial in Superior
Court on a charge of illegal use
of narcotics, it was announced
by police headquarters here this
morning.
Police said Scott was arrest
ed here Wednesday in Roanoke
Avenue and was booked on the
narcotics charge and a charge
of drunkenness. He is being
held without privilege of bond.
CHIB F—Li. Oen. Cartto B.
La Mar. 41. aa chief of the U.8.
General Stratede Air Command,
to aea head of the aatton’a lore
ranre bomblnc Heeta. He's i
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Cotton Crop
Estimated At
15 Million Bales
Washington, Oct. 8—(AP)—The
agriculture department today
forecast this year’s cotton crop
at 15,079,000 baies of 500 pounds
gross weight.
This figure is 140,000 bales less
than the 15,219,000 forecast a
month ago. Last year’s crop was
11,857,000 bales and the ten-year
(1937-46) average was 12,014,000
bales.
The acreage for harvest was
indicated at 23,323,000 acres.
The condition of the crop as
of Oct. 1 was put at 82 per cent
of normal compared with 72 a
year ago and 71 for the ten-year
average.
The yield of lint cotton per
acre was indicated at 310.3
pounds, compared with 267.3
pounds last year and 254.2 for
the ten-year average.
Halifax 4-H
Boys Win Prizes
At Cattle Show
Halifax.—Two Halifax County
1-H Club bo'ys won first places
at the second Annual Negro
Junior Cattle Show held in
Rocky Mount September 30 and
October 1.
The event took place at the P.
R. Worsley Stockyard when 87
animals were exhibited by 4-H
Club and NFA members from
ten counties. A banquet, demon
strations on fitting, judging,
ringing bull’s noses and dehorn
ing cattle were features on the
program.
Estee Gary of the Eden 4-H
Club and Joe Louis Faulcon of
Print won blue ribbons in the
under-one-year-old dairy heifers
class. Gary’s Jersey calf was se
lected by the judges for the
final elimination in the grand
champion show and was placed
third. Faulcon’s Holstein calf
ranked high in the fitting and
the showmanship contest. Other
Halifax 4-H exhibitors were
Jonatthan Scott of Weldon club
and Garnett Young of Print, sec
ond place winners; Ashley Whit
aker of Dawson club and Char
lie Newkirk of Enfield club,
third place winners in the adult
cow class.
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G. E. Convicted
Of Monopoly
In Hard Metals
New York, Oct. 8—(/P)— The
General Electric Co. was con
victed today of conspiring be
tween 1927 and 1940 to monopo
lize trade in hard metal com
positions and products in this
country and abroad.
Also convicted in Fedrral
court were two affiliate com
panies and three officials.
The defendants were accused
in a 1941 indictment of violat
ing the Sherman Anti-Trust and
Wilson Tariff Acts.
The corporate defendants are
subject to possible fines aggre
gating $25,000 each, the indivi
duals to similar fines and poss
ble imprisonment of five years
each.
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Jurors Are Asked
Not To Report
Halifax. — Sheriff Harry
House announced today that
the jurors who had been call
ed to serve next week, Oct
ber 11, need not appear at the
courthouse Monday.
Sheriff House said that indi
cations were that the Holliday
will case, which is being
heard this week in the civil
court session, would probably
consume most of next week.
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Local Handicapped Man Does His Job
Well At One Of City's Textile Mills
"I Bthfa i/A V Ca Z
Earl Paul, who works as a
storeroom clerk in the finishing
department of the Rosemary
Manufacturing Company, is no
different from his fellow em
plyoees—except that his left arm
is missing from just below the
elbow.
The fact that he is missing an
arm, however, does not in the
least seem to interfere with any
of his duties on the job. His
job consists of a lot of different
things, and he is as proficient
with one good arm as most men
are with two.
Earl’s task is one that requires
a lot of “know how” in that he
has to keep up with finished
material and be able to get it
out for shipping if an order
comes in for that particular
piece of goods. Right now he has
to file away in his mind the
names of about 40 active pat
terns, and he knows wherj all of
the inactive ones are kept, too.
Not all of his activity is men
tal, however, because he is con
stantly active on the floor pick
ing up heavy rolls of cloth
and stacking them neatly ac
cording to pattern so that they
can be easily obtained later, or
he is K^mg to those same stacks
and getting up orders to be sent
out as needed. Here, too, he is
versatile in his job, being able
to wrap and wire the orders, ap
ply necessary stencils on the out
side of the wrapper or cut the
stencils he needs.
Actually, Earl Paul is a sort
of living example for the argu
ment that it will pay employ
era to hire workers who may
have some physical handicap.
nis wonting at nis jod aany is
demonstrated this week during
National Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week, which was
proclaimed locally by Mayor W.
Bernard Allsbrook.
The victim of a fall in 1942
when l.e was employed by a
building contractor in Newport
News, Va., he lost .the use of his
entire left arm by destroying
the nerve in his elbow. He said
he was out of work for several
months and hospitalized while
doctors attempted to make the
limb useful again.
This failed and in 1943 he re
turned to Roanoke Rapids
where he had worked for Rose
mary before the war. He was
immediately put back to work at
the plant and started in the fin
ishing department on a doubler
machine.
The North Carolina Vocation
al Rehabilitation agency aided
him in trying to get his arm
useful again, but he was advis
ed that amputation of the injur
ed limb would serve him best.
Earl missed only two weeks
from his job here when he was
sent to Raleigh for the amputa
tion operation in 1943, and he
was soon >ac' at work doing
his regular job and has stayed
in the finishing department since
that time.
“A lot of this business about
being cripped is a matter of at
t'tude,” he said here this week.
“For awhile I felt like giving
up until i was put in a job
where I could be useful to the
mill and to myself. Now I sel
dom notice the loss of that arm
when I’m on the job- In Ral
\
eigh they gave me an artificial
arm to use, but I tried it about
three hours and was pretty dis
appointed when I found out my
elbow was too stiff for it to do
me any good. I took the thing
off and haven’t used it since.”
J. H. Mayfield, personnel man
ager for the mill, said he con
siders Earl one of the most val
uable workers in the finishing
department today. He said Earl
is getting along well because he
is doing his job well by any
standard—not because he is do
ing his job well in spite of his
handicap. Mayfield said he had
never seen a person who com
pletely ignored his handicap and
has never asked privileges or
favors because of it as Earl has
done.
Earl, who is a native of Ran
s. nville, has been in Roanoke
Rapids since 1936 except for the
short time he worked in Virgin
ia. He is married and is the fath
er of a two-year-old son, David
Earl. At ^resent he is living in
his own home at 610 Cedar
street and said he is glad to
have a place of his own. He ap
pears to be a picture of health
and said he just hopes the in
jterview for this article will en
| courage s ne of the physically
handicapped workers in this area
to overcome their difficulties.
Fred W. McNeil, manager of
the local North Carolina State
Employment Service office, said
that people like Earl Paul are
good examples of the people the
office is trying to place during
the Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week.
McNeil said at the present
:ime there are 57 people on his
iist of employable persons who
ire physically-handicapped in
me way or another. Of this
total, McNeil said, there are 20
/eterans of World War II. He
said that the disabilities range
from slight hearing or sight im
pairments to amputations and
ather troubles.
“All of these people have been
:lassified as employable and are
anxioups to be gainfully work
ing somewhere they can be use
ful and where they can make
their own living,” McNeil said
“They are all useful workers if
they are given a chance, and we
would like to see them proving
their abilities.”
He said any employers who
are interested in putting some
of these people to work can do
so by calling the local office for
information or by calling at the
Employment office at 216 Roa
noke Avenue.
He said that people who have
injuries or disabilities and are
not employable are handled by
the Vocational Rehabilitation
service maintained by North
Carolina and are made employ
able where it is possible.
“Earl Paul is a good example
of the type of person who is
looking for a job he can do in
spite of a physical handicap
which might stop a lesser man
All we need is more employers
who ‘are looking for good work
ers and are'willing to ignore a
man’s physical disability in some
way that will not hinder his do
ing a goodf job,” McNeil said.
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Neutral Lands Iry To Avoid
Clash Of"Giants” In United
Nations Over Berlin Crisis
Mine Workers Chief Indirectly
Endorses Dewey For Presidency
Cincinnati, uci. o—— -
John L. Lewis indirectly endors
ed Republican presidential can
didate Thomas E. Dewey today
and called for a “holiday” so
the miners could vote on Nov. 2.
In a long resolution on political
action, reviewing Lewis’s cri
ticism of president Truman, a
special committee declared that:
“As to the other major party
candidate for president of t h e
United States, we can only say
that, to our knowledge, he has
never uttered any statements
that reflect upon the integrity or
the objectives of the United Mine
Workers of America, or its of
ficers or its members.
“It is our opinion that the
UMW is not departing from
political policy or its constitu
tional provisions by placing this
factual information before you
for consideration.
“We are satisfied that the
members of the United Min
Workers, their wives and depen
dents can be relied upon to pro
tect their country, their homes
and their union.
“We conclude this report by
recommending the defeat of our
enemies and the election of our
true friends.”
The resolution was adopted by
a voice vote, but it was no\ ac
cepted unanimously.
Before acting on it, the dele
gates were told by vice-president
Tom Kennedy to “let your con
science be your guide on
Nov. 2.”
Ministers
Speak At
School Assembly
Several of the local ministers
were the guests of the student
body of the Roanoke Rapids High
School, on Thursday. They held
a devotional meeting in the high
school auditorium,, at 2:40 o’
clock. After making the neces
sary annoucements, Principal J.
W. Talley turned the meeting
over to the Reverend Edmund
Berkeley.
Mr. Berkeley introduced the
guest speaker, the Reverend Ro
bert L. Crandall, visiting min
ister of the All Saints Episcopal
Church. Mr. Crandall is t h e
Rector of the Saint Peter’s E
piscopal Church in Charlotte.
He spoke on the many needs of
an education.
The stories which he used to
illustrate his topic were enjoyed
by all the students. The one
which made the deepest impres
sion, was the one Mr. Crandall
told about the young boy who
went to school just so he could
play football. He followed the
coach’s instructions to the most
minute details, yet when he
finished school, he was not cap
able of doing any type of work.
Mr. Crandall pointed out the re
sults of anyone doing this, be
cause they would not be quali
fied for specialized positions.
The other ministers who were
present at the meeting, except
the Reverend Edmund Berkeley
and his guest Reverend Robert
L. Crandall, were the Reverend j
John M. Walker, Reverend W. R.
Stevens and his guest the Rev
erend J. A. Russell, pastor of the
Grace Methodist Church in Wil
mington, and The Reverend B.
Marshall White-Hurst.
An invitation was extended to
them to return to the high school
at any time.
Lagging sales
Reduce Cotton
Textile Prices
New York, Oct. 8—(AP)—Lag
ging sales in cotton textiles this
week brought prices of many
items down close to the old OPA
ceilings.
Business was spotty all
through the week, accentuated
somewhat by the Jewish holi
days.
Some buyers said they are
getting a fairly steady flow of
small orders for immediate de
livery. They see no sings yet
of the heavy buying that mills
expected to develop in the past
month.
Announcement by cannon mills
that it will sell type 180 combed
sheets at the same price levels
as its type 180 carded, caused
consideable comment in the
market. The company is dis
continuing the type 180 carded
sheets.
Cannon officials said the
move had been planned for
some time, and that it followed
the company’s policy of giving
the consumer the best quality
sheet possible for the money.
College Bars Down
NEW Y^RK "(U.P.)— A state
law prohibiting all racial and re
ligious discrinmination in the
admission of students to college
became effective ip New York
at the beginning of the school
year. Jointly sponsored by a
Democrat and a Republican,
First County
Polio Case
Is Confirmed
Halifax. — Dr. Robert F.
Young. Halifax County Health j
officer, reported this morning
that the first case of polio in
Halifax County had been con*
firmed by an examination at
Rex Hospital in Raleigh.
Dr. Young would not reveal
the name of the child, but said
that it was a white child six
years of age and lived between
Roanoke Rapids and Weldon.
Dr. Young said that the
child is now a patient at Rex
Hospital.
Few Democrats
Attend County
Rally Meet
Halifax. — A “disappointing”
meeting of Halifax County Dem
ocrats was held here at the court
house last night by a small
crowd of party members who
had been called to attend a
county-wide rally.
Henry T. Clark of Scotland
Neck, chairman of the execu
tive committee of the Halifax
County Democrats, said this
morning that only about six of
the 17 Halifax County precincts
were represented at last night’s
meeting.
He said in the meeting all
those present were reminded
that in spite of the division of
the Democrats on matters of
national politics there is still a
great need for party solidity in
North Carolina, especially with
the efforts being made within
the county and state to strength
en opposition parties.
muoc pxcsciib wcic uigcu
by the chairman to get out and
vote in the forthcoming Novem
ber General Election and to see
to it that as many people vote
as is possible.
Eric W. Rodgers of Scotland
Neck, secretary for the county
executive committee, was ap
pointed as temporary treasurer
to receive party contributions,
and all precinct leaders were
urged to see to it that local con
tributions are collected.
Chairman issued an invitation
to all Democrats to attend the
major Democratic rally next
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 in
Tarboro at which Democrats of
the Second Congressioal District
will gather to hear from party
notables including Represents- i
tive John Kerr, Sr., of Warren
ton and Senator-nominee J. M.
Broughton.
Homes Are Easy
To Rent Through
Herald Classifieds
J. E. Piland of Margaretts
▼ill®, was pleased to find that
his classified ad really paid off
double. He placed an for rent
ad to rent his four room
house. Not only did he rent his
house but also another one he
owned and had not advertised.
There are mahy folks who
come to the Herald office seek
ing a house to rent or unfur
nished rooms, any kind of liv
ing quarters that might be
available. We want to help
these folks and we know you
do too.
If you have any rooms, an
apartment or house for rent
just place an ad in our classi
fied page so that the many
folks who have asked for in
formation. . . . We can refer
them to our classified page.
Just drop us a line—Place
that ad today. Phone R-326
or R-8621.
Ruth Cooper.
Small Nations
Said Seeking
Compromise
Paris, Oct. 8—(AP)—The’‘Ml*'
tral” States of the Security
Council toiled today to avert a
clash of the giants of the United
Nations over Berlin.
Argentina's Juan A. Bramuglia
saw Andrei Y. Vishinsky of Rus
sia for an hour, and the Ar
gentine’s associates said he waa
‘■very happy’’ over the talk* He
is acting for the smaller na
tions in an attempt to bring
about a settlement in the east
west struggle for the German
city.
Herbert V. Evatt of Australia,
the Assembly president, and Sec
retary-General Trygve Lie were
reported ready to appeal to the
United States, Russia Britain and
France to agree to a three
month truce. This would involve
lifting the Soviet blockade of
Berlin while the four foreign
ministers met.
However, both American ands
British spokesmen said their
governments would not accept
such a proposal. They said if
they agreed to temporary re
moval of the Berlin blockade it
would imply acceptance of Rus
sia’s right to reimpose it.
There was no indication the
Russians would bend from their
stand that the U. N. is not le
gally empowered to handle the
matter and that it can be set
tled only by the foreign minis
ters’ council in absence of a
German treaty. A Russian veto
is expected if and when a reso
lution is offered the Security
Council, possibly Monday. The
Western Powers have accused
Russia of endangering peace and
security.
The Security Council adjourn
ed Wednesday after the three
Western governments had sub
mitted their indictments of the
Russian actions. It is not likely
* — nnnim until Unn^BV
The pause, according to Br»
muglia’s own confidants, is to al
low the Argentine to try to
bring about a reconciliation of
the conflicting points of view.
It is within his discretion to
1 reconvene the council any time
he likes. He has told close as
sociates he does not intend to
do so until Monday at the earl
iest, it was learned.
Bramuglia was given go-ahead
to mediate between Russia and
the west by China, Colombia,
Syria, Belgium and Canada—the
other “neutrals”—at an informal
meeting following the Wednes
day Security Council sessions.
He is said to believe that both
Russia and the three Western
Powers genuinely would like a
settlement if neither side loses
too much face.
The basis of his approach, his
confidants said, is that the
blockade in Berlin should be
lifted completely or partly at the
same time. The whole German
question is turned over to the
council of foreign ministers.
There was no indication im
mediated as to how Vishinsky
reacted to Bramuglia's approach.
Cuba, Egypt and Norway
were elected to two-year terms
on the U. N. Security Council,
starting Jan. 1. They replace Co
lombia, Belgium and Syria.
First District
Demos In Meet
Washington, Oct. 8— (FP)—
Democrats from 14 Northeast
ern counties assembled here to
day for the first congressional
district rally.
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner of Washington said he ex
pected delegations from Beau
fort, Camden, Chowan, Curri
tuck, Dare, Gates, Hertford,
Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and
Washington counties.
The rallies will be resumed
next week with the eighth dis
trict meeting in Carthage on
Monday.
Durham »arehouse Destroyed By
Fire; Loss Estimated In Millions
Durham, N. C., Oct. 7—(AP)
fire destroyed the huge ware -
house of Colonial Food Stores
early today. Unofficial estimates
set the loss at between $3,000,000
and $5,000,000.
Assistant fire chief C. H. Law
son quoted warehouse officias as
saying $3,000,000 would be a “con
servative” estimate. Others
placed the loss as high as $5,000,
000.
The huge brick structure, cov
ering 120,000 square feet in an
area five miles south of Durham,
was a complete loss. Only a
few walls were left standing.
The fire was reported to have
started in a trash pile about 2
a.m. It spread to a platform,
then to the interior, packed with
great stores of foodstuffs and pro
duce.
County firemen were handicap
ped by a lack of water.
Two wells in the vicinity were
soon pumped dry by a county
fire truck.
The warehouse serad a* a can
t?al North Carolina storage and
distribution for Colonial Stores,
which operate in many cities un
der the name of Big Star.
The building was owned by the
North Carolina warehouse com
pany, a wholly owned subsidiary
of the Norfolk,Southern Railway;'
At the offices of that com
pany here today it was said the
structure was erected six yearf
ago at a cost of $25,000. It hfd
a concrete floor with brick walja
eight inches thick and waa con
sidered virutally fireproof. ,v;v;
The opinion was express^
that the s,read of the fire was,
due to the fact th:.1 the bum.,*
ing was filled with groceries,
most of which were packed id
c. 1 board cartons, which
ed rapidly.
The warehouse was i
as the largest in the
Store# system. It otdlne_,
plied all of the chain's
store* in North Carolina, <
in the Elizabeth City area,
a t«w in South CarolihZ