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$130,000 School Bond Proposal Is Defeated In Northampton J ackson.—Northampton Coun ty voters, going to the polls in a sparse number, resoundingly defeated a proposed $130,000 bond issue for school improve ments in the county, it was re vealed here today. With only 1,317 voting in the election in the county, the issue was defeated by 983 to 334, a almost three-to-one majority of the vottes cast. The issue which was designed to construct a new school build ing and gymnasium for the Gas ton School district and to make other additions and improve ments in three other districts, carried only four of the 17 North ampton County voting precincts Jackson precinct returned a large majority in favor of the bond issue and the measure car ried also in Woodland, West Gas ton and East Gaston precincts. Results of the vote were made public in a special meeting of the Board of County Commis sioners held for the purpose of conducting a canvass of the sec ond special election to be held in the county within the past four months. W.H.S. Burgwyn, Jr., of Wood land, chairman of the Northamp ton County Board of Elections said the vote was as follows: iNortn wiccacanee 4 ior 48 a gainst; Severn 4 for 89 against; Pendleton 3 for , 28 against; South Kirby 1 for 41, against;· West Roanoke 17 for, 24 against; Milwaukee 1 for, 71 against; Seaboard 8 for, 118 against; Rich Square 9 for, 143 against; Lasker none for, 34 against; East Roa noke 1 for, 61 against; West Gas ton 7 for, 1 against; East Gaston 18 for, 16 against; South Wiaca nee 12 for, 49 against; Wood land 44 for, 16 against; Jackson 176 for, 10 against; Occoneec hee 11 for, 16 against. Funeral Rites For Dr. Fleming Conducted Today Enfield — Funeral services for Dr. W. L. Fleming, 63, well-know Enfield physician, were con ducted this afternoon from the Branch Funeral Home in En field. Dr. Branch died here Sunday night about 11:30. The Rev. P. F. Newton, as sisted by the Rev. Felix Arnold, officiated at the funeral services and burial was in the Enfield cemetery. He is survived by his wife, the former Edith Duke; one daugh ter, Miss Laverne Fleming; three sons, Leroy, John and Edward Fleming, all of the home; three sisters, Mrs. D. A. Hunt, Mrs. Myra Mann and Miss Selma Fleming, all of Enfield; and three brothers, L. B. and W. A. Flem ing of Hassell and C. H. Flem ing of Raleigh. Emporia Negro Shot In Fracas Robert Carrington, Emporia Negro, was a patient in the Roa noke Rapids Hospital today suf fering from two bullet wounds he said were inflicted on him by "a boy from Rocky Mount nam ed Ricks" yesterday afternoon in a logwoods camp. Carrington said he was sit ting down eating his lunch when the other man pulled out a "sawed-off .22 he was using likj a pistol and shot me through the right hand for no reason." He said he got up to . m and get out of the other man's range when he was shot again, this time the ball lodging i in his left leg. He said he was brought to the hospital and said "the law came to get the other boy." His leg was probed this morn ing and the bullet removed, and hospital attaches said he was in good condition. John Hines Is Awarded Highest Boy Scout Honor The highest honor to be ac corded by the Boy Scouts of America to one of its leaders has been awarded to a local man. John Hines, a member of the executive board of the East Carolina Council, was awarded the Silver Beaver, symbolic oi his outstanding service to the Boy Scouts of the council, at the council meeting held last week in Greenville. Hines has for several years been an active leader in the work of the Boy Scouts in Hali fax County and the East Caro lina Council. Also at the Greenville meet ing a local member of one the Boy Scout troops in Roanoke Rapids was signally honored. Dwight Elting represented all of the Boy Scouts of the council at the meeting and had charge of the installation of the new offi cers of the council. Three local men were installed as members of the executive board: Howard Pruden, Clyde Liske and Hines. J. W. Liles Sr. Funeral Is Set For Tomorrow Warrenton — Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock from the North Wafrenton Baptist Church for John Waverly Liles, Sr., 56, who died yesterday morning at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital after a five-days' illness. Mr. Liles had served for the past eight years as superinten dent of the Peck Manufacturing Company of Warrenton and had been connected with the mills for a number of years. He was the son of the late Junius and Mary Robertson Liles of Halifax Coun ty. He was a member of the North Warrenton Baptist Church. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Warren L. Bush, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. R. W. Greene of the War renton Baptist Church. Burial will be in Fair View cemetery in Warrenton. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Esie Bush Liles, and one daughter, Peggy Joyce Liles, of the home ; four children by a former marriage, Mary Liles and Eddie Liles of the home, Mrs. R. G. Mitchell of Raleigh and John W. Liles, USN, of North Africa ; one grandchild ; six brothers, M. A. and R. J. Liles of Warrenton, H. H. and A. L. Liles of Roanoke Rapids, C. L. Liles of Kev West. Fie- Ώ L. Liles of Bowling Green, S. C.; his stepmother, Mrs. J. S. Liles of Weldon; one half-sister, Mrs. John Crowder of Weldon; and one half-brother, Thomas Liles of Chicago, 111. Pet Mouse Killed; Owner Goes Berserk Coventry, Eng., Dec. 14 — (IP) — John Malcolm Venea les, 23, brought his pet mouse when he went into a bar for a bit of beer. He put the mouse on the bar. The barkeeper killed it. Veneables wound up in magis trate's court today, charged with throwing bricks through the win dow of the bar. He pleaded guilty to causing F20 ( $80) worth of damage. The judge stayed punishment to await a report on Veneables* drinking habits, but Veneables was not comforted. He mourned: "I had that mouse for two years." Congressional Spy Probers To Call On 'Very Important Witness' Today Washington, Dec. 14 —(AP) -Congressional spy probers call ad "a very important" witness oday as they pondered a new nove to invoke lie detector tests. Mystery cloaked the latest >roceedings of the House Un Ymerican Activities Committee. But it was obvious the com littee hoped for a major break efore the special federal grand ury now sitting in New York nds its work tomorrow. The grand jury also is digging ito Red activities in this coun ty in the late 1930s, the period hen Whittaker Chambers, con-! ssed ex-Communist, said he as receiving secret government formation for relay to Moscow. Without explanation, the com ittee called off an "emergen ' meeting" tentatively set for st night and rescheduled it for day. The postponement came ter committee members con I rred by telephone with Hep. ixon (R-Calif), who was in rand jury session. Nixon took Chambers' "pump kin papers" to New York yes terday. These were the micro films committee agents fished out of a pumpkin on Chambers' Maryland farm two weeks ago. The grand jury spent 75 min utes studying them. Nixon re tained possession of the film, but announced jointly with fed eral District Attorney John F. X. McGohey that the jury can have another look whenever it wishes. The microfilm record shows some ot the secret* Chambers claimed were channeled to him by Alger Hiss, former high State Department official, and others, during the time the asserted spy ring was at work here. Both Hiss, who has repeatedly denied any such activity, and Chambers have been questioned anew by the grand jury since the new turn in the spy case. The House committee, how ever, has been unable to get its hands on the men again because they are under continuing grand jury subpoenal. Daily lierai à 34th year—No. 79 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Tuesday, December 14, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday Two Men Indicted ! After Accident At Intersection Two men were indicted on charges of careless and reckless driving here yesterday afternoon following a collision about four o'clock between an automobile and a laundry truck at the inter section of West Third and Wash ington Streets. Local police, who investigated the accident, said a 1948 Inter national truck belonging to the Halifax Laundry and driven by John B. Parker of Hornertown had collided with a 1936 Ply ] iouth coach owned and operat ed by Claude V. Etheridge of 730 Jefferson Street. According to the police the right side of the truck was dam aged to an extent estimated at $250 and Etheridge's automobile had the front end damaged to the extent of about $100. There were no persona' injuries in curred by either driver. It was estimated in a report of the ac cident that both vehicles were travelling 20-25 miles per hour as they approached the inter section and collided. The truck was travelling west on Third Street and Etheridge was going north on Washington Street. Both drivers waived prelimin ary hearings on the charges and both were cited to appear in the recorder's court here Thurs day morning. Truman .May Ask Congress For Full Speed Washington, Dec. 14—(/T»)— President Truman seems likely to signal a legislative speedup when he reports personally to Congress on the state of the union January 4 or 5. Few expect the new session to produce any major laws before Mr. Truman is inaugurated *or his first full White House term January 20. But there are signs that the Democratic leadership plans to strike hard for its program while the November election honeymoon still beams over the lawmakers. This probably will involve shoving aside for the time being the civil rights proposals the President is expected to repeat in his message. He is said to have decided to report person ally to Congress a day or two before the November 2 election results are officially canvassed January 6. Leaders said this would not mean that the controversial civ el rights issues — including pro posals to ban state poll taxes, make lynching a federal offense curb job discrimination and eli minate Jim Crowish—will be by-passed permanently. King George Has Quiet 53rd Birthday London, Dec. 14—(JP)—King George VI observed his 53rd birthday today, cheered by news that his dangerous leg condition is improving. But despite yesterday's reas suring medical bulletin the royal family planned no formal cele bration. The King's birthday, al ways a quiet family affair, was more than habitually subdued this year. 11UICD3 IIC1U U1C iViilg *-*_» lUà bed most of the day. But the af fliction to his legs had improved sufficiently to permit him to go to the dining room for the fam ily luncheon. Government Wants Half Of Her Pay Conington, Eeng., Dec. 14 — (Λ5)—Mrs. Thomas Murdon has been cleaning this village's pub lic telephone booth daily for 10 years. Her pay: One shilling (20 cents) a week. Now the government wants half of that a sixpence (one dime) — under the National health Insurance plan. She's thinking of quitting. Not Qualified For Good Reason Albuquerque, Ν. M., Dec. 14 —(Λ·)—pistrict Judge R. F. Deason Arledge was drawing names for a jury to hear the murder trial of Tranquilino O lero, which starts today One of the first names out of the box ivas that of Tranquillino Otero "Not qualified," ruled the judge. Cheap Butter Causes Rush Clerks in this Chicago meat and dairy market have their hands full serving rush of customers which filled store to purchase butter the proprietor, Walter Meder, is selling for 39 cents per pound. Meder says he decided he could take a loss on butter profits because it builds up good will and the customers stay to buy other items in the store. He says he cut the butter price when business fell off because of high prices. (AP Wirephoto). Superintendent Ready Discusses Education Commission's Findings At Junior-Senior PTA Meeting Superintendent I. Ε. Ready, chairman of the Student Person- i nel Committee of the North ! Carolina Education Commission j appointed by Governor Cherry | discussed the findings of this Commission at the December meeting of the Junior-Senior P. T. A. held in the high school auditorium on Thursday evening. ! In his discussion, Mr. Ready j emphasized particularly the re commendations made by the Commission relative to the fin- ! ancing of schools in North Caro- ; lina. Basically, these recom- | mendations would change t h e i method of state participation from the present plan by which the state gives aid to counties and cities only in certain items of the current expense budget, to an equalization plan that would set up a foundation pro gram for public education i η which all budget items would be equally supported. This would guarantee to all j children in the state an adequate ! e d u c a t i ο nal program even though they happened to live in One of the poorer counties, j which counties are not now able to provide adequately for those items of school expense that the present plan of support leaves entirely to the counties. Mr. Joe Talley, co-chairman of the program committee intro duced the topic for discussion and the speaker for the evening. Preceding the program, Miss Mary Ann Clary, high school student conducted the de votional. She read the Christmas story from Luke's gospel, ο η which she based her remarks on "Christmas Attitudes", point ing out attitudes we should have | toward our own families, others ! and the world at large. During the business session over which Mrs. I. E. Heady, president, presided, Mrs. Sam Bunn, membership chairman re ported 250 paid memberships, a gain of 68 over last month. Following Mr. Ready's talk , Mr. Joe Parker of the faculty sang "Thanks Be to God", ac companied by Miss Virginia Fer guson at the piano, and the meet ing was closed by group singing of Christmas carols led by Mr. Parker. A social hour was enjoyed af ter the meeting. Re«ls Isolate Peiping; Air Support Gone Peiping, Dec. 14—(Λ5)—Peip ing wis isolated today, with Com munist armies almost knocking at her walls. Authorities closed the south air I field, last air link with the out side world. Peiping's west field was closed yesterday. National st ground troops were reported looting the west field today. Passenger traffic was halted on he Peiping-Tientsin railway, only and link with the outside that | ;he Communists do not cotrol. : This action was taken because Df troop movements. The withdrawal deprived Fu of ïir support at a most critical ;ime. All signs indicated the lays of Nationalist rule of Peip ng are about ended. ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ Mr. and Mrs. John Medlin have returned to their home here, after having spent two weeks with Mrs. Medlin's moth er, Mrs. Mary Leggett of Balti more, Maryland. . . , Deepest sympathy is expressed for Raymond Turner, in regard to the death of his father, A. O. Turner. . . . Mr. Turner passed . ay at his home in Norfolk, Virginia, after a very brief ill ness . . . Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Turner and family will leave today to attend the funeral to be held tomorrow. . . . Little Joyce Yates has been confined to her bed because of the measles. . . . Joyce, who is three years old, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Yates of Madison street . . . her small brother, Richie, who is only eighteen months old is now re cuperating from a case of meas les. . . . Joyce has been told he grew tired of them and gave them to her, so now she is on the look-out for a visitor who has not had them, and plans to pass them on. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Jamc. Wilder have left to spend the Christmas holidays in Petersburg, Virginia hi the home of Mr. Wilder's bro ther, Dr. Thomas L. Wilder . . . Mrs. Mason Lang told of one night when she overheard her little four year old daughter, Connie, saying her prayers. . . . Connie knelt beside the bed on I retiring, and after repeating, "Now 1 Lay Me Down to Sleep," | she added an extemporaneous prayer as follows: "Please, God, take care of Papa, take care of Mama, take care of .Auntie, and be sure to take care of your self."· ... Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mincher . . . Mr. Lee, brother of Mrs. Mincher, is a former resident of this city, but now resides in Washington, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Jenkins plan to visit with their daughter. Mary Louise, over the Christmas holidays. . . . Mary Louise is in training to be a nurse, at a hos pital in Washington, D. C. . . . this is her junior year, however she will not be able to get home until January 2 . . . her parents will remain there until that time and will accompany her home. "I am sorry," said the dentist, '•'but you can not have an ap pointment with me this after noon. I have eighteen cavities to fill." And he picked up his golf bag and went out. . . . The many friends of Edelyn Hubbard were sorry to hear that he has broken both his jaws, in result of a fall yesterday during building-trades class. ... he also lost two teeth, and was treated by the dentist. . . however, he insisted upon going to school today, and those who take Eng lish with him will especially feel sorry fcr him, becaus they k&cw how he loves to talk « t · Seven Members Of Company Ε Get Promotions Captian Raleigh F. Seay, com manding officer of Company Ε of the National Guard here, an nounced today that seven members of the company had re ceived promotions. Capt. Seay said that Corporals Henry H. Lyles and William W. Reaves had been promoted to sergeant grade III; Privates, First Class: Thurmond E. Askew Jack T. Hall and Maynard R. Lyles have been promoted to Cor poral, grade IV and Private Wil lié J. Story and Recruit Philip E. Reaves have been promoted to private, first class, £ rade At the same tine, Seay's ad ministrative assistant, Sgt. Carl E. Peoples, called attention to the fact that a new system of grades and titles had gone into affect in the National Guard. People's also pointed out that under Governor Cherry's procla mauon men oeiween xne ages or 17 and 18 1-2 who enlisted in the National Guard and whose ser vice is satisfactory will be defer red from selective service so long as their service in the Na tional Guard is satisfactory. Edelyn Hubbard Hurt In Freak Fall Edelyn Hubbard, 17, son of Mrs. Edith Massey, suffered a fractured jaw bone in a freak accident yesterday afternoon at the high school. Hubbard, who is a student in the building and trades class, was sitting down on a saw horse in the manual training building when the saw horse tilted back ward, throwing him to the floor and toppling over and hitting him in the face. His jaw bo"ne was fractured in two places and Dr. R. A. Dan iel, Jr., who treated him, had to extract one tooth from each side and had to wire the bone in place. It is expected that it will be about six weeks before the in jury is completely healed. ««κ********************* Bagdett Will Manage Roanoke Rapids Jays Baseball Team In 1949 Five Guilty, One Bound Over In Mayors Court One man was bound over to recorder's court on two charges and a number of fines were im posed on others in a session of Mayor's court here yesterday af ternoon which lasted until near ly six o'clock. A case involving three Em- 1 poria, Va., youths, a Koanoke Rapids man and his wife took j most of the time of the court j session before Mayor W. B. Alls brook and resulted in findings of guilty against all five people involved. Mrs. Ernestine Bunn was charged with disorderly conduct, Gardner Bunn and Walter L. Taylor, William R. Doyle and F. C. Beatty were all indicted on counts of indulging in an af fray. All five defendants, who | were tried at the same time, en- ; tered pleas of not guilty and two of them were represented by counsel. Officers T. J. Glosson and John Moore testified they had investigated a call at the lower end of Madison street and had found all the principals involved ii. a brawl. The officers testified they had arrested Mrs. Bunn for using profanity and had been forced to place her in the police car by main strength. Aconmuiiy ui υ tuer witnesses implicated the four men in the fight. Lawyer Archie Gay of Wood land, representing Mrs. Bunn, said the officers had used un due force and had injured Mrs. Bunn. She testified that both of ficers had manhandled her and said they had cursed her and had hurt her arm and throat. Both officers said sh2 had kick- . ed them. The long parade of witnesses and testimony, punctuated by bv-playa between Gay and J. R. Allsbrook, representing Bunn, was ended when Mayor Alls brook found all five guilty. He fined Mrs. Bunn $25 and costs and fined Bunn the same thing. Doyle was fined $10 and costs and the two other Virgin ians were charged with the costs of the action. In another lengty case heard before the mayor L. H. Tudor was bound over to recorder's ί court on two counts of "peeping J torn" and possession of non-tax ! j: iid liquor after the court had i heard testimony of R. P. King, Mrs. Lucille Haggins, Miss Cora Mae Haggins and Miss Peggy Ann Edwards. King said he swore out a war rant against Tudor after he had been informed a man had been seen looking into his house and had found Tudor in his automo bile outside the house. King, who lives at 227 Jackson street, said he did not see Tudor except in his automobile backing into the intersection at the corner be side his house. Mrs. Haggins, her daughter and Miss Edwards all said they saw a man drive up to the cor ner next to the King home, get out of the car and go'tp a win dow and appear to" look in. They said they watched him from the porch of their home across the street and said they called King and told him of the occurrence. It was brought out in testimony that the man they had seen had walked off up the street and had returned in about 15 minutes at which time King stopped Tudor in his car. Defense attorney J. R. Alls brook said it was never clearly proved that Tudor was the same man who was seen at the house and later detained by King and the police, pointing out thai all evidence was circumstantial'' de spite the witnesses positively identifying Tudor as the £nan they saw on the night of Nov ember 29 at the King home. W. O. Thompson and the Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst both testified to the good character and reputation of the defendant. Mayor Allsbrook found prob able cause in the case and bound Tudor over to recorder's court under a $200 bond. He pointed out that Tudor was also charg ed with possession of non-tax paid liquor and his lawyer said he had no idea there was an other case pending. Probable cause was found on the latter count without presentation of j testimony and it was also bound ι over to recorder's court under a $200 bond. Paul Badgett will manage the Roanoke Rapids Jays baseball team next year, it was announc ed here this morning by L·. D. Hines, president 01 the Roanoke Volley Athletic Association, own er.--. of the Jays' franchise. Hines said Allen (Preacher) Pierce of Weldon, authorized re presentative of the Jays at the Minor League Convention in Min neapolis la^t week, said the ne cessary arrangements have been made to have Badgett, a star third baseman, come to Roanoke Rapids to take over the helm of the local entry in the Coastal Plains League for the 1949 sea son. Badgett was the manager of the Blackstone team in the Vir ginia League last year, where he compiled a season batting aver age of .315 in addition to doing a stellar job in the "hot corner" at third base. The prospective Jays' manager has had several seasons as a player on several teams in the farm club affiliates of the New York Yankees' baseball organi zation. Badgett will replace Stuart Martin, who piloted the Jays in their first two years as an entry in the Coastal Plains League. Hines said today there has been "some talk" regarding a work ing agreement between the Jays and the Durham Bulls of the Carolina League, however he said UICIC ΙΟ nullllllg LU icpun UIl LUIS at the present time. He said Pierce may have something more definite to tell the directors of the Association later this week, but said nothing certain is known about any such agreement with the Durham club, which last year had an agreement with the Tarboro Tars. Durham at present has a work ing agreement with the Detroit Tigers of the American League and is considered one of the Ti ger "farms." Hines said the Association is interested in promoting better baseball fans in and around the Roanoke Rapids area and turn ing out a team which will play winning baseball for their sup porters. He said the Associa tion intends to take whatever ac tion is best in getting better baseball and better players for the Roanoke Rapids team. Pierce could not be contacted by telephone this morning, how ever, it is expected that he will report on his Minneapolis trip and its accomplishments some time this week. Special Mail Box For Christmas Cards At Post Office Something new was added to the lobby of the post office here this morning. The "something new" is a large mail box covered over with Christmas holly-decorated paper and was put in place this morning for the exclusive hand ling of Christmas cards and other third-class Christmas mat ter. Postmaster L. G. Shell said he had installed the box in the front lobby to keep the third-class mail from getting in and delay ing the handling of first-class matter during the Christmas rush. Showers Are Predicted BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS This morning's fog over the Carolinas will be replaced by cloudy weather this afternoon which will last through early to morrow, the weatherman said. The prospect was for showers tomorrow, beginning tonight in scattered North Carolina areas and in the extreme northern por tion of South Carolina. Mild temperatures of the last few days will continue until to night, when a cooler period will set in, the forecast said. Weather North Carolina—Foggy ihis morning; cloudy *this after noon, tonight and Wednesday.· mild today, becoming colder with showers tonight and Wednesday. Southern Governors Haul Out Their States Rights Banner After Adopting A Pioneer Regional Education Plan savannan, ua., uec. ι4—vn —Southern governors hauled out their familiar states rights ban ner today after adopting a pioneer program for regional education. Gov. Fielding . Wright of Mis sissippi and Adj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord of Maryland planned to outline a fight against proposed federal control of the National Guard. I Gov. Beauford Jester was to argue for stato control of tide land oil reserves. And Gov. Itrom Thurmond or' South Caro lina, States Rigoirî candidate for pm,:cent in the: November eltc * hot·, v as to cr.ci ine· governors on the south's long fight against alleged freight rate discrimina tion. Walter H. McDonald, chairman of the Georgia Public Service Commission and chairman of the National Association of Utilities Utilities Commissioners, said he would ask for regional funds to pursue the souths rate scrap. The southern governors' con ference and its subsidiary, the Southern Regional Council for Education, yesterday approved with little public discussion a $1,· 736,000 initial budget for the first two years of regional education. Κ 9 Shopping Days Until Christmas ιks: FIGHT T» luy Christmas Seals
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