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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Soviet Bloc Spokesman BIomes
Palestine Trouble On Britain. U. S.

) Paris, Nov. 22-(AP)- DR.. o.
car Lange, Polish delegate to the
United Nations blamed the Uni
ted States and Britain today for
Palestine's chaos and war.
Defense Of an old and now
crumbling empire on the one
hand, the expansionist drive to-
wards the establishment of a new
empire on the other hand, are
responsible for the present situa-
ton in Palestine" the Soviet
Bloc delegate told the 58-nation
political committee.
Semen K. Tsarapkin of Russia
said the Soviet Union regarded
the proposals made by Count Fol-
Ike Bernadotte, the assassinated
mediator, ''as proposals prepared
in the British Foreign Office" !"
He said giving Arab Palestine
to Trans-Jordan would continue
a "semi-coloniap" territory under
the domination of British and
American oil interests.
The committee also heard Hen
ri Cattan of the Arab higher COM
mittee assert that Arabs in
Palestine were murdered and
driven from their homes, their
villages pillaged, and their
churches descrated." He said this
was done "by the very people
who have clamored for the SYM
pathy OF the world"
Poland and Russia both called
for tn U.N, partition plan of a
year ago to be put into foce.
Lange said the Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion, led by British Of
ficers and maintained by a Brit
ish subsidy became one of the
spearheads of war" in the Holy
land. He said Britain did not
use its influence to restrain the
Arab states from trying to solve
the problem by appeal to force" :"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Marshall viii
Confer On Policv
With President

Washington, Nov. 22-(R)-
Secretary of State Marshall ar
rived today from Paris for
foreign policy review with Presi-
dent Truman. Mr.. Truman
greeted him at the airport.
Marshall arrived at 1910 am.
EST) after a trip which started
at Paris at 2:30 p. M, Sunday,
Paris time.
The Secretary stepped from
the plane, the Sacred Cow, into
a drizzling rain.
The formal conferences be-
tween the President and Secre-
tary of State were set to begin
at 1890 p. m.
Before talking with Marshall,
Mr.. Truman had conferences
scheduled with Secretary Of the
Treasury Synder, Secretary of
Defense Forrestal, and w. Aver
ell Hartman, rowing ambassador
for the European Cooperation
Administration.
When Marshall stepped from
his plane, reporters besieged him
with questions.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Roanoke Rapids Man Is Fatally Injured In Motor Bike Accident
Albert Tanner
Dies Of Injury
In Bike Wreck

Albert Mccoy Tanner, "a, died
in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
about 10:15 from injuries re-
ceived when the motor bike he
was riding hit parked car
shortly after eight o'clock last
night on Roanoke Avenue in
front Of the First Methodist
Church.
According to police reports OF
the accident, Tanner, who was
employed by Perkinson's Ser
vice Station near the scene of
the fatal accident, was going up
Roanoke Avenue and ran into the
automobile of o. Griffin which
was parked at the curb outside
the church where the owner
was attending services.
Officers J. F. Stanley and w.
T. Story were dispatched to the
scene and found Tanner lying in
the street beside the wrecked
motor bike. He YVES said to be
bleeding profusely from severe
cut on his leg and suffered other
woulds.
He was rushed to the hospital
where emergency treatment was
given, however he died about
10:15.
Coroner Rufus Britton con-
Quoted an inquest at the Wrenn
Funeral Home this morning,
where it was concluded that
Tanner had apparently run into
the parked automobile while not
noticing where he was steering
the motor bike. Cause Of death
was reported as an external hem
horage from the cut on his leg
and other injuries.
Tanner, who was released
from the Navy in January, is
veteran of World War II and
was in the Army before going
into the Navy.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted from the home OF his
mother at 212 Jefferson Street
tomorrow afternoon at four o.
clock by the Rev. Gordon L.
Price, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church. Burial will be in
Cedarwood Cemetery, and full
military rites will be provided at
the graveside by the honor guard
of the Roanoke Rapids unit of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Lillian p. Tanner; two
brothers, Powell Tanner of Roa-
noke Rapids and Lawrence Tan
ner of Petersburg, Va; and four
sisters, Miss Edith Tanner, Mrs.
Page Allen, Mrs. Nellie Edmond
son, all of Roanoke Rapids, and
Mrs. Calvin Fitchett of Emporia,
Iva.
Tanners death marks til e
ninth fatality in The highway re-
ported in Halifax County this
year.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Three Placed
Under Arrest
In Hif-Run Case

Observation-Disclosures County
officers said here this morning
that Raleigh Tucker, SO, Valen-
tine, Virginia, Negro, is being
held in Jail here on charge
of hit-and-run and manslaughter
in the death of Moses Martin,
Northampton County Negro, who
was struck down on the highway
near Bradley's about II o'clock
Saturday night and killed in
stantly.
Also jailed with Tucker were
George Mason and Wiley Mason,
Virginia Negroes, who were ar
rested late Saturday night after
North Carolina State Highway
Patrolmen and Virginia troopers
had joined in the search.
Tucker was arrested yesterday
and brought to the jail. The
other two men are being held
for aiding and abetting in the
charge against Tucker.
Martin appeared to have been
killed instantly when he was
hit not far from the Virginia
line on N. c. highway 46. His
body was thrown about Is feet
from the spot where the fatal
car struck him and pieces oi
headlight glass were found al
the scene by investigating offic.
ers.
Northampton County Coroner
S. d. -Iitchens was summoned
to the scene Saturday night by
officers and identified the deao
man.
Corporal Logan B. Lane and
Patrolman w. c. Hartley of the
State Highway Patrol led the
investigation of the accident
however neither officer could be
reached this morning for state
ments concerning the arrest Of
the three men.
Virginia officers cooperated
with the North Carolina patrol
men in solving the case.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22

presS.-.~d a high point in the
accomplishment of the congrega-
ton of the Rosemary Baptist
Church.
Drawings and working plans of
the new church, which will be
constructed of stone, were drawn
by Linthicum and Linthicum,
architects, of Raleigh. The new
structure will cost approximately
$4,000 and the building fund has
been devoted for several years
to the raising of the money nee
essary to get the work started.
Dawings are now in the hands
of the building committee and
work will proceed as soon as the
foundation is completed.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Negro jailed
In Jackson
For Murder

Jackson.-Sheriff J. c. Steph-
enson said here today he is
holding Raymond Moore, 20
year-old Negro youth, for the
murder of his brother Andrew,
rs, in what the Sheriff termed
"just a drunken brawl" at the
Moore home near here about
seven o'clock Sunday evening.
The sheriff said the dead man
was killed instantly when he
was shot through the throat with
a .12 gauge stockless shotgun.
Moore was arrested at the
home Of a neighbor where he
had gone after the fatal shoot
ing. Stephenson said the Negro
youth was asleep when he was
apprehended Sunday night sew
eral hours after the shooting
Stephenson said Moore is be-
ing held without bond in the
Northampton County Jail here
on a charge of murder.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Impressive Cround-Breaking
Ceremony Starts New Church

The first symbolic shovelful
OF earth was turned for the found
alton of the new Rosemary
Methodist Church IN ground
breaking ceremony on the church
site at Ninth and jackson Streets
yesterday afternoon.
A large number of people were
on hand to witness the ceremony
which represented a big step for
ward in the plans Of the congre-
cation to erect a large new
cathederal-type structure to re-
place the present church building
and those gathered at the site
participated in the services.
The climax Of the service came
when C. S. Thompson, Sr., chair
man of the church building COM
mittee, dug a shovel into the
ground where the foundations
will be started this week.
The pastor, the Rev. w. R. Ste
vens, was in charge of the pro-
gram and special music was pro-
vided by the church choir. The
congregation assembled joined in
two hymns and participated in
the responsive dedication service
led by the Rev. Mr.. Stevens.
The pastor said the members
of the church were doing some
thing toward which they had
worked for a number of years.
He explained there would have
been no building of a new church
had it not been foc the cooper
alton of all the members OF the
church and interested individuals
and friends of the church.
Mayor w. B. Allsbrook told
the congregation the construction
of the new church marked big
te@ep forward in the life Of the
church itself and In the spiritual
life Of Roanoke Rapids. He said
he dated the real birth" Of Roa-
noke Rapids from the 1891 Gener-
al Assembly, WHEN larger incor-
poration limits were made. The
mayor said IN that time the city
has made great strides in many
ways, and he refuted the claim
that the city had grown only in
economic ways, while forgetting
,thers. He said the city Is filled
With thriving churches which
'atisfy the spiritua, needs Of the
onimunity, adding that the
'ound-breAking ceremony re-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22

I had plenty Of fighting to do
inside the Herald office before
got 4 contract to write this
column.
I brought in my first column,
the one you read Sunday, and
showed it to all the big bosses.
II can do something as good as
this three or four days a week" /"
/ boasted.
"Oh no, you can't" objected
the Editor. you've got one good
idea: offering $1,000 to the first
mother in these five counties
who gives birth to quints. But
that's in your first column. At
ter that, what? Columning is a
profession; you can't start in it
at 50 years of age. In promising
that you'd keep it up, the Her
aid would have a bear by the
tail. I'm agin It."
why, you young whipper-
snapper" / came back. "Ill ad-
nit I'll never see 50 again, but
I've got more ideas than Raj
eigh has rascals."
"All right, let's hear another
idea," challenged the Editor.
So I told him about the day I
was born, the day the his
tory books now call 'The Great
Seaboard Massacre. Seaboard
had about 800 settlers, was big
ger than now. 1t was really our
big town; we thought Of Sea-
board then as people today think
of Richmond. Roanoke Rapids,
then called Great Falls, was just
a stockade with about so settlers.
This was the frontier fort put
here to-. guard rich Seaboard
from the west from the 1njuns.
The Injuns knew they could
never get through Great Falls,
so one dark stormy night, they
sneaked through the woods to
the north Of Seaboard and fell
upon the town. Before they were
through, they had scalped all
but two children. The hair-rais-
ing tale of those two kids, their
escape, and who their Roanoke
Rapids descendants are, will be
another column.
Well, when Seabosrd had been
sid waste, the course Of history
around here was changed. But
for that massacre, Seaboard
would have been the metropo-
lis of this region instead of
Weldon first and Roanoke Rap
ids more recently. Shows what
fate can do to town.
At this stage Of my story, !
turned to the Editor whose eyes
were popping-he hadn't realiz-
ed what all had happened in
these parts during my lifetime
and I said: IF all that happened
on just one day, the day was
born, think of all the thrilling
events that have happened in
the 29,930 days I've lived since.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Post Office Open
Wednesdays Until
Christmas Over

Postmaster L. G. Shell an
nounced today that the Roanoke
Rapids post office will remain
open all day Wednesday, Nov
ember "a, and will start remain
ing open every Wednesday after
noon until after the Christmas
holidays in order to accommo-
date patrons of the local office.
Shell said the post office will
join the rest of the town in
closing all day Thursday for
THANKSGIVING.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Anti-Parking Meter Arguments To Be Presented
At Special Commissioners Meeting Tonight
Opponents Say
Decision Is Up
In City Board

The fate of parking meters in
Roanoke Rapids may well be
decided here tonight, when the
Board Of City Commissioners
will meet in special session at
7:30 in the municipal building at
the request Of a committee OF
citizens who oppose the contin-
uation of the meters.
DR.. w. E. Murphey, who is a
member of the committee which
requested the special meeting,
said he expectes the meeting
will be open to the public, how
ever he said he did not expect
it to be a controversial affair.
DR.. Murphey said this morning
there are points to be consider
ed both in favor of the meters
and against them, and he said
the group which is opposed to
continuing the operation Of the
meters will be on hand to pre-
sent their side to the Commis-
sioners.
1--WE, of course, do not know
what the Commissioners will de-
eide to do, however we hope
to have the matter discussed
while there is still time to take
action" DR.. Murphey said this
morning.
Mayor w. B. Allsbrook call
ed for the special session after
he had been approached by
members Of the anti-parking
meter forces. He was requested
to call the members of the Board
together for a special meeting to-
discuss the various aspects OF
the city's parking meters and
complied with the request. The
meeting is only for the purpose
of discussing the meters which
were installed in Roanoke Rap
ids on March 10 on a eight
months trial basis.
According to the existing con-
tract between the City of Roa-
noke Rapids and the Karpark
Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio,
the city had the option of in
stalling the meters on a eight
months basis. The contract says
that the city must request that
the meters be removed within
is days Of the expiration Of the
trial period, which expired last
Friday.
Opposition to the installation
of the meters was voiced at the
time they were first consider
ed, and recently there has been
more active opposition by a
large group within the city. The
most recent public opposition of
the, meters came in a letter in
which the Roanoke Rapids Ju-
nior Chamber of Commerce went
on record as opposing the met
ers and wrote a letter to Mayor
Allsbrook and town Commission
ers to that effect.
According to the latest figures
available the meters have TAX
en- in $9,439.77 and have earn
ed $3,732.99 for the city to be
used for traffic regulation.
A number of citizens have
approved the meters and many
have said they have done a good
job toward regulating the park
ing problem which the city has
been trying to remedy for some
time. On the other side Of the
fence have been those who op-
pose the meters and have said
they believe the city will be bet
ter off without them.
Both sides should have a
chance to present their argu-
ments in the special meeting
tonight.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22

But let me 60 on with this"
l said.
After the Injuns had slaught-
cred everybody but the two chill
dren at Seaboard, they filled
themselves with Seaboard fire
water. Filled with 'whiskey
courage" they came on yelling
and shoutin' to wipe out Great
Falls. l found the whole story
in my mothers diary. The
screaming mob got to where the
Dr., Pepper plant now is and
almost caught three boys play
ing. The boys last names were
Hockaday, Keeter and Meacham;
l don't remember their first
names. The boys however, saw
them first and flew back to the
stockade. Hundreds of arrows
flew around their heads, but
they got inside the big gate just
in time.
The alarm was sounded. The
women folks in the fort loaded
the muskets and the men did
the shootin'. Alfred Thomason,
who had once wrestled Abe Lin
coin back in Springfield, H.,
where he came from, saw an
flaming arrow hit a log cabin.
In a minute, the whole stock
ade would have been ablaze but
AL grabbed the arrow with his
naked hands and saved every
thing. After three days fighting,
most of the savages were dead;
the fighting ended.
The Injuns that were still
alive decided Great Falls was
too tough; they went out to
Texas. They thought the Texans
would be softer pickins than
the Daughtrys, Vaughns, Peeles,
Faisons, Joyners, McMurrays,
Gowens, and Harrises living a.
round here. They made a right
good decision, too. I see by the
movies that the Rod Camerons,
Roy Rogers and Gene Autrys are
still having a time holding back
the Injuns out west.
I have to beg my readers
pardon for always depressing
and moralizing. Now I want to
get back to what happened in
Great Falls after the Injuns
moved out to Texas. The In
juns had no sooner left than
the rustlers and the horsethieves
came along. For a while-until
we got the Vigilantes organized
this country was a living hell.
Why, the folks over at Elizabeth
City refused to come out west
of BERTHE county. They used to
warn visitors: 'West of Weldon,
there is no law; west of Aure-
lian Springs, there is no God"
Now you know the kind Of
talking I had to do to get to be
columnist like Walter Llpp-
mann, David Lawrence, Pat
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
ROANOKE RAMbLINGS
BY PAT NANTZ

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Garner had
as their guests this weekend their
children, Mr.. and Mrs. c. v.
Davis of Conway, Mr.. and Mrs.
Leaton johnson of High Point,
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Garner Of
Richmond Mr.. and Mrs. Keith
Garner and Mr.. and Mrs. Nal
Garner of Washington, D. c., and
their infant grand-daughte, Glo-
ria Keith, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Keith ]. Garner :. Mr.
Garner. said tina. neither Of her
children knew that the others
were coming and it turned out to
be weekend full of events.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dalton E. Wood
ruff of Toledo. Ohio, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. S.
Sullivan of jackson street Mr..
and Mrs. Woodruff told how they
saw cotton in the fields for the
first time in their lives when
they were travelling through the
South Mr.. Woodruff is SO
years old and Mrs. Woodruff says
she is mighty close to 80.. Mr..
and Mrs. Sullivan have carried
them sightseeing around this
area and they were quite sur
prised to find that IL. : Woodruffs
had believed that peanuts grew
on bushes :. so guess the South
still holds enchantment for those
who have never been here. it's
too bad that we, who live here,
don't take time to appreciate
that which is about us 80.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22
Heavy Rainfall
Hits CarOlinas
By The Associated Press

By The Associated Press
More rain and little change in
temperatures was the outlook
for the Carolinas today, tonight
and tomorrow.
General rain blanketed both
states during the. 24-hour period
ending at 7:S0 4. m. today. AL
most an inch fell at many points.
Low temperatures this fncrn-
ing were in the. high 4e's and
low sos
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22

Visiting here from High Point
College, this weekend was Wal
ter "Bear" Myrick !. he was
visiting with his family on Mon
roe street -.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22

Celebrating their birthdays to-
day are Dennis Woodruff, Mar
garet eagle, and Ray Wheeler
:. sincerest birthday wishes are
extended to all Ct you and here's
hoping you have many, many
more just as nice -.
It seems that rain is now a
Monday morning speciality /.
Anyway, Charles Liver man
thinks so, because he has been
caught in it every time, without
his raincoat Charles has
made a resolution not to ever
be without it again, unless the
sun is so bright, it is binding. !.
but you still aren't safe then,
Charles, because around here the
rain falls while the sun is still
smiling through ....
Danny eagles Yellow Jackets
will end their football season on
Wednesday night, when they play
the Weldon High School team :.
this is an annual affair in Roa-
noke Rapids and usually draws
quite large crowd Weldon
is not in the conference with our
local high school but there is a
little rivalry between the W Q
teams in SPITE of this ..rnost
probably because of this, but II
will possibly prov. to be a very
interesting contest to watch.
The many friends Of Mrs Mary
"a. Baird will be interested tc
know that she has been confind
to her bed, because Of III health
!. she is at her home On Wash-
Ihgton street. =.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-22

Now you know the kind of
talking I had to do to get to be
a columnist like Walter Lipp-
mann, David Lawrence, Pat
Nantz, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-10-06

IF IT'S Staple Groceries you are
looking for, Horace Roberts will
fix you up. He has complete
line of quality groceries and his
prices are reasonable. tfc.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-10-06

There's no better place In this
section to buy quality groceries
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-10-06

STRICKLAND sells
the best meats and groceries.
Give his store and market on
Fifth Street a trial the next
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-10-06

Two cents extra fer sach woT6
crsr IS. twenty-five PET cent dis
count on all want ads to run four
or more consecutive insertions.
All want ads payable cash in
advance.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-10-06

CaT0linas Yam Festival
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1948-10-06

shoe repairs at Tabor Shoe Shop.
5th street. Gle
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age 10, weight 1866. See Worth
siivey. Dip
, 1948-07-19
Rev. JenS Larsen To
Preach On Sunday

Rev. Jens Larsen, Pastor of
the Christiansted Luthern
Church will be the guest prea-
cher at the Vesper service at
II am. on Sunday, July IS.
On the same day the Rev.
Leo.La. Fontaine will occupy
Rev. Larsen's pulpit in the
Frederikskirke Lutheran
Church in st. Thomas, where
he will be staying for a week.
He plans to return on July 80.
, 1948-07-19
Arabs, Jews Obey U.k.
Cease Fire Order

Both the Arabs and Jews
have decided to obey the Uni
ted Nations cease fire order
and submit to peaceful nego-
tiations. The decision of the
Arabs came through a state
ment by the Egyptian govern
ment and King Abdullah, the
latter is reported to have said
the way to settle the Palestine
question is by negotiation, but
this, he warned, should not be
Continued on Page ~
, 1948-07-19
Or. MOntTOss Lectured
On TTaChOma

Or. Henry E, Montross, we'll
known eye specialist with
headquarters in Christiansted
was the speaker at the meet
ing of the st. Croix Medical
Association, which was held
recently in the office of the
Chief Municipal Physician.
Or. Montross spoke on
"Trachoma", a disease Of the
eye, its cause, manifestations
and treatment Of this disease
were covered. It's occurrence
in the Virgin Islands was de-
Scribed.
The physician is particular
~ qualified to speak on this
subject because Of his long ex-
perience with the Indians on
the mainland where this de
Continued on Page a
, 1948-07-19
STALLS U. S.
Raj L

While bad weather stalled
the planes Of the United States
Air Force, which has been
making runs to Berlin, the
British sent 70 of their heavy
planes with supplies for the
western zone of Berlin.
AT the same time it was an
nounced that fifty-eight Of 60
American B 20 Superfortress-
es have arrived in England &
Continued on Page ~
, 1948-07-19
q. S. Churnber Of
Commerce Worms
Business

The United States Chamber
of Commerce has issued a
warning to industry that they
must take steps to hold prices
down since the government is
getting ready to put on price
control with the continued
rise. The time has come to
stop.
Special attention is being
given to the proposed boost in
steel prices.
, 1948-07-19

opportunity of speaking in
Christiansted as he did in
Frederiksted quite recently.
This will be his last public
appearance before leaving for
the mainland.
Immediately after the lee
ture Mr.. Mac Farlane will
meet with members of the
Centennial Celebrations Com
mittee at the home of Canute
a. Brodhurst, Secretary of
the Freedom Centennial Com
mittee.
, 1948-07-19

in his own district asked for
him to be assigned there.
Despite his transfer, Bishop
Allen has promised the Rev.
David S. Williams, pastor of
the AME Church here that he
plans to visit st. Croix once
more, probably on the occa-
sion Of the dedication Of the
st. Luke's AME Church at
Grove Place, which was COM
pleted after his visit after ap-
peals were made to- him.
Both the Bishop and his
Continued on Page AZ