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Milford chronicle., 1948-08-06
DEAF?

A new device has been developed
to give hope for the hard-Of-hear-
ing. Through the adoption Of a
new miniature electrOnic tube,
science now brings restored hear
ing to the deafened.
No more cumbersome batteries
or battery cords needed.
It is suggested, if interested for
yourself or a friend write Tone
masters, P. o. Box 123, Newark
Del, for full free information.
Hearing Aid Salesman Wanted.
8-6-2t
Milford chronicle., 1948-08-06
Thomas CARLYLE

Thomas Carlyle u795-188D was
born at Ecclefechan, Scotland. 81
l795. His writings covered a wide
range: literature. mathematics.
philosophy, social science, politics,
history, biography and religion.
Educated at Edinburgh university
III preparation for the church. he
gave up hs studies in theology in
the middle Of the course and chose
literature as his profession.
Milford chronicle., 1948-08-06

ton and son Bobby and MRS. fiafri.
son Collins have returned home
from q weeks vacation at oak or
chard.
MILTON FIREMEN'S CARNI-
VAL, August l9 to Is. iii
The Valley settler., 1948-01-16
CO-op NOTES C0NTT'TGD.
.MHK. SHED CTS MORE ,HfA7

This tast reek the maintenance crew has been very busy getting radiators in the : milk shed. It vas also necessary to
 place a light bull in the, sc ca1es for =. weighing the milk, because the cold and damnness vas effetting the operation of the automat ic scale. By putt ing an el- ectric bulb in the scale and also heat
 ing the room, tha scales are nov vorking perfectly.
The Valley settler., 1948-01-16
HCMeMAKeRS MET

 Hiss l:arilyn John son is in the Talley this veok attending Eomemasers meetings. Last week on T,.ur sday she attended the Butte Eonemakors Club at the home of Mrs. c. A. Sandvick and the wasi1la Club on Friday. Club meetings began this vooh with tho sourdough Club mich net with Yrs. Don Irwin. On ~ednc sday the 12:5O Club met with Hrs. G1en "oods. Tho Piverbcnd Club vas entertained by !rs. Oscar Kerttula on Thur sday and It~s. Virgil 1ckort will be hostess to the Glacier Vier Club on Friday. Hiss l!arilyn Johnson gave domonstrat ions at these meetings on Sewing -anagomont rhich included short cuts in construc ion tochnicues.
 T-o ~omen discussed the Institute rlich is to be held in February. Tho Club program for this year vas also a tonic for discussion. . On the Program Outline made out by the Honemalors Council cooporating utth Hiss John son are the following tor ics: Converting "@rdrobo to nor' r shion. Electrical 2ena trs and A~nliances. Truth in T-brics.
 Edible ~jld 7lants and Berries of Alaska,
 l-ushrooma. /, Cooking rrild Cane. Business Pract ices for F:rmors. R"1l Call for January will De "ono vay to provont waeto". Tor February it is arhat this Community moods most" An other feature Of the. Fomomakers Club this year vil1 be Music Aeproc iation. January--None but the Lonely Eoart--
 4chaikovsly Fobruary--On tho 3oaut iful Blue Danube =
 Strauss
The Valley settler., 1948-01-16

TIE rEATFER--( cont inued from mage 1) .' was recorded on Il Of the last l5 days of January l947. ~ :. :,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
Amvets Propose
Plan For Vets

CLINTON, Ia. (U.P.)-Clinton
AMVETS are looking for support
for a veterans readjustment
plan that is far different from
any now in force.
They hope to get the endorse
ment of the national AMVET or
ganization for their program and
to take it before Congress.
The plan calls for the federal
government to set up "credit"
account for World War II veter-
ans. Each veteran would be
credited with an amount figured
by allowing So a day for service
within the Continental United
States and 81 a day for service
outside the country.
He then could draw from his
account for specified purposes,
including education, home build
ing or Improvement and bust
ness investment. If he preferred,
he would be issued a paid-up in
surance policy.
The plan would replace most
of the present CT Bill of Rights,
which the Clinton Amvets con-
tend gives big benefits to some
veterans but practically none to
the majority. The local post
also argues that the program
would be better than an outright
cash bonus because it would not
cause an immediate drain on the
federal treasury.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
Cheerleaders
Set For RRHS

Try-outs for cheer-leaders Of
the Roanoke Rapids High School
were held yesterday afternoon at
$3.50 in the gymnasium.
Fans who followed the yells of
the leaders of last year at the
football and basketball games
will see the same girls and boys
out roofing for the teams again
this year, with the exception of
Patricia Wilson, who has moved
to Florida.
The only new addition to the
other leaders will be Peggy Ann
Kidd, who was picked from three
contestants. The other two girsl
trying out were Margaret AS
kew and Lucy Murfree. The try
out was limited to senior girls
only, and by this the other lead
erS plan to work cut a system
whereby each grade in high
school will have a cheerleader
representing their class.
Friday night will be the first
real workout for the leaders this
year. Those who will be leading
you in the school yells at the
Roanoke Rapids-Kinston game
here, will be Margaret Lou
George, Anne Grizzard. Sonny
Hines. Johnny Lych, Ann Me-
thercutt, Joyce Oliver, Josephine
Ellis, Neal Allsbrook, Barbara
Britton, Jewell Mitchell. and
Peggy Ann Kidd.
There will be an election to-
day at practice where the lead
ers will choose their head cheer
leader.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
Berlin's Brandenburg Gate Stands
Symbolic OF East And West Split

schools history.
In addition to the 10-game re-
gular schedule, Tulsa is under
contract to be the host school
in Memphis Delta Bowl on New
Years Day.
Tulsa has 20 lettermen. includ-
ing Jimmy Fink, an-valley qu-
arterback, and valuable addi-
tons from the 1947 freshn n
squad.
In addition to the 10-ga m e
regular schedule, Tulsa is under
contract TO be the host school
Sexton Negro speedster who
was an All-Valley back for
three years. But Trimble still
has the markings Of a good back
field with Art Hodges, il m my
Nutter and Anton Houlik avail
able. The line will be rangy
and experienced,
St. louis also has a new
coach-Joe Maniaci. The ex-Fo-
rdham and Chicago Bear full
back has Il lettermen but the
starting line of ~ has depart
ed.
Drake, where Al HAWAI- is in
his second season, has 20 let
termen, including Tom Biene =
man, one of the better ends in
the country.
The Bulldogs will be young
club, with WallieR Rocker, a full
back, the only senior,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14

needed steady job so as to
cover up his Connie activities.
He was then receiving $35 a
week from the Moscow party.
Labor men are extremely
proud of the Retirement Boards
performance and doubted that
its funds, which are contribut-
ed by employees and the lines.
had been used to finance Reds.
Their check shows that Cham
bers worked for the National
Research Project in making =
transportation survey. =
N. R. P. was one of the num-
erous w. P. A. make-wcrk
agencies which pay-rolled job
less writers, ballet dancers, ac-
tors, musicians and Greenwich
Village bohemians without a
too careful check of their anteee-
dents. Chambers pay was $1,000
annually, and he worked only
three months.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
City Discovers
Crime Doesn't Paw

ELDORADO, Ill. (AP)- Elk
perimentally, the city Of Eldar-
ado fixed a five cent fine on
each motorist who either failed
to deposit nickel in their park
ing meters or upon overtime vi
upon overtime violators. The
violators were even permit e d
to pay the nickel fine in any
handy meter and not be hailed
to the city hall. Revenue fell
hall. Revenue fell off one
third during the two-week trial.
So the city council voged to get
tough with violators - and fine
EN- two bits.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14

DES MONIES -(AP) Main
business for the Missouri Valley
football teams this fall will be
transacted outside the con-
ference.
Only Wichita plays complete
valley schedule, the other four
schools having filled the heavy
end of their schedules with for
eign foes.
The 1949 and 1850 programs,
however, disclosed a different
picture. By next fall both De-
troit University and Bradley I'm
iversity will be valley members
and the fight for the conference
championship will be serious
bus siness.
Tulsa, 1947 champ, and Okla
homa, A. & M, last year ago
are likely to come up with the
best teams in the valley this
year.
The Aggies, in the process Of
rebuilding in Al when they won
have the same club back as a
unit, spanked by Jim Spavital,
200-pound fullback who has run
the 1oo-yard dash in :09.S.
Coach j. C. Buddy Brothers
believes his Tulsa team will be
stronger than the championship
1947 club but the Hurricane IA
ces what team followers term
the most difficult schedule III the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
tiled bathroom.

tiled bathroom.
Current home buying demand
stresses comfort, according to
Herman o. Walther, former
president of the American Insti-
tute OF Real Estate Appraisers.
Americans no longer consid e r
home just a place to sleep. 1t
must be a machine for pleasant
living, Walther says.
According to Walther, real
estate appraisers find the follow
ing factors most prominent in
today's home buyers demands.
l.. Larger living rooms and
elimination of the dining room.
2. More than one bathroom.
basement for storage and re-
creation space. 4. Long narrow
kitchens with plenty of cabinet
space but no pantries. S. IN
sulation and automatic heating
8. More and larger windows.
Z. Attached garage on street
side of house. 8. More cleo
trio outlets; no fixtures.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
Chaloner saw Major Emry at
work digging his short canal.

Chaloner saw Major Emry at
work digging his short canal.
He became interested in what
Emry was doing, and instead OF
throwing in his interests with
those of the Roanoke Navigation
and Power Company he got in
touch with Emry, Cohen and
Habliston with the result that
he and his family furnished
them with the additional CAPT.
tai they needed to complete the
initial building of their wing
dams, the digging of their canal
and the construction of their
hydroelectric plant.
At Chaloner's insistence the
name of the company was
changed from the Great Falls
Manufacturing and Improvement
Company to the Roanoke Rapids
Power Company, and he himself
got the name Of the post office
and town which was to be built
fixed as Roanoke Rapids. As a
consequence Chaloner claimed
the distinction of being the God
father Of Roanoke Rapids.
The End Of the War
The Roanoke Rapids Power
Company instituted suit against
the Roanoke Navigation and Po-
wer Company to restrain that
company from diverting more
water from the Roanoke River
through their canal, whose in
take was above the development
of the Roanoke Rapids Power
Company, than was sufficient for
the purpose of navigation for
which the canal was originally
built.
After years Of litigation, this
suit was finally decided by the
Supreme Court in favor of the
contentious Of the Roanoke Ra-
pids Power Company and Major
Emry accomplished his threat
of putting the Roanoke Naviga-
ton and Power Company out Of
business.
All of the others interested in
the Roanoke Navigation and Po-
wer Company had died and fin
ally in 1918 Senator Cameron
wound up the affairs Of that
company and it was sold in
bankrupt proceedings which IN
volved a loss Of approximately
a million dollars to all Of those
originally interested in it.
The Knitting Mil
John Armstrong Chal oner
built the first enterprise at Roa-
noke Rapids situated on the can
al bank between the canal and
the river which was a knitting
mill making underwear and was
called the United Industrial
Company. This company operat-
ed a few years as a knitting mill
but was not successful and its
buildings and power rights were
leased to the Roanoke Fibre
Board Company, which was a
paper manufacturing plant maxi
ing container board used in the
manufacture of shipping cartons,
Roanoke Mills Company
In 1895 the next enterprise to
be located at Roanoke Rapids
was organized, the Roanoke
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
tory Of Roanoke Rapids Shows Great, Rapid Development

effect that they had the right to
divert the entire flow of the
river through their canal ard
that Major Emry as owner of
the land had no riparian rights
which would entitle him to the
continued flow of the river
along its normal channel.
Major Emry, however, was a
man Of indomitable spirit and
said that if the company did not
buy him out he would make a
development on his own pro-
perty with a short one-half-
mile canal and would enjoin
them flcm diverting the river
through their own canal. Each
side went to work with great
energy and the fight was start
ed.
Emry associated with himself
Charles Cohen, a merchant from
Petersburg, Virginia, who ira
yelled out of Weldon selling
merchandise. Cohen, in turn. in
terested W. N. Habliston, an
other Petersburg merchant who
was later to bscome president of
the Old Dominion Trust Com
pany Of Richmond.
With the backing and finan-
cial aid he received, Major En-
ry entered actively into the dig
ging of the short canal at Roa-
noke Rapids, through which,
with the assistance of wing dams
across the river, he made a div
ersion of the rivers current,
dropping it back to the main
stream for a fall of thirty feet.
The three men organized the
Great Falls Manufacturing and
Improvement Company.
For awhile Roanoke Rapids,
as it is known today, was called
Great Falls before the town was
developed and there was any
post office there. The promoters
of the Great Falls venture made
an arrangement with some Phil
adelphia bankers for funds, but
these arrangements fell through
when the financial panic seized
the country and most promotions
came to a standstill.
A Northern Textile Man
About this time John Arm
strong Chaloner Of New York
became interested in the idea of
developing the cotton manufac-
turing industry in the South
where the cotton was raised. He
took a trip through the South,
going to Georgia. South Caro-
lima and this state, looking over
the entire situation, and having
heard of the Roanoke Naviga-
ton and Water Power Com
pany, he came to Weldon to
look over their properties and to
consider the location of a cot
ton manufacturing industry at
Weldon to utilize the power to
be generated by the power COM
pany.
Major Wilson, who was the en-
gineer in charge Of the opera
tons of the power company,
took Chaloner over the proper
ty and as they were going along
their canal at the point where
Roanoke Rapids is now located
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
They Kept Fish
In The Bedroom

SYDNEY, Australia --(AP)-
Australian farming family retur-
ming to their home at Lismore
New South Wales, Australia }
after recent heavy floods found
their dinner Tapping round in
q puddle in the best bedroom.
Two : ID. manet had swum in
with the flood waters and been
trapped. After returning fami-
ly had to kill u "squatting'
snakes. On a third farm, the
owner and his two sons killed
122 snakes in the house and its
immediate nei1hborhood.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14

This house is now trim Cape
Cod cottage, though not so long
ago it was a Spanish-type dwell
ing which appeared more like
a filling station than a home.
The first step in remodeling
was to rip off the top of the
walls and the flat roof. That per-
mitted construction of pitched
roof, covered with fire-resistant
asphalt shingles to harmonic
with the white sidewalks in keep
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
Pitched Roof Adds Beauty

ing with the New England de-
sign, and made room for a Sec
ond floor.
Remodeled by Paul E, Raglan
of Los Angeles, the house was
given French doors and glass
ed-in porch in the rear. Small
paned windows were put in place
of plain ones. A more suitable
front door was purchased and
the tiny door shelter was re-
moved.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
TwO-Canal Row
l@as Responsible
For BEGINNINGS

The history Of the city of Roa-
hoke Rapids is a brief one and
one which tells of fast-moving
development and remarkable
growth which is still character
istic of the largest city in Hall
fax County and one of the in
dustrial leaders of Northeastern
North Carolina.
Shortly before 1890, the his
tory of the city really began
when S. P. Arlington and Ri
chard T. Arlington, two brothers
from Warrenton, developed an
interest in a plan for rehabili-
tating and utilizing the proper
tiese of the old Roanoke Navi-
CATION and Water Company.
The property in which they
were interested had its begin
nings in the early part of the
nineteenth century when the
company had built a canal ap-
proximately nine miles long,
which began about three miles
above the present site of Roa-
noke Rapids and came around
the rapids in the Roanoke Ri
yer, coming into the river again
at Weldon. Because of the dam
gerous rapids in the river, it
has been known for years as
the "River of Death" 1t had
locks at Roanoke Rapids and
again at Weldon, with a drop of
approximately % feet at eacn
place.
The Arlington brothers inter
ested General Malone Of Pet
ersburg. Virginia, with them in
the enterprise and he il turn
interested his friend and as.o-
ciate in the United States S.n-
ate, Senator Cameron of PENN
sylvania, in the project. They
acquired control of the property
of the old Roanoke Navigation
and Water Power Company and
built mills at Weldon for the
purpose of making corn meal,
They also acquired considerable
tracts Of land and contemplate
ed the diversion OF the entire
Roanoke River through an en-
]arged canal and a development
and utilization Of electric power
by stations on the canal at
what is now the site of Ros-
noke Rapids and at Weldon.
War Of the Canals
Major Thomas L. Emry Of
Weldon owned the Moore farm,
which was a very large tract of
land-now the site of the pre-
sent City of Roanoke Rapids.
Ik7ehe period Of the early nine
ties when the financial condi-
ton Of the country was in had
shape, Major Emry tried to sell
the farm to the new owners Of
the Roanoke Navigation and
Water Power Company. They
refused to purchase the property
largely on account of the fact
that General Malone was not
on friendly terms with Major
Emry. and they relied on ths adj
vice of their attorneys to the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14

Mills Company. This was Or
ganized by Major Emry, HabGs-
ton, Cohen and w. H. Parker of
Henderson, who was also a mer-
chant and was interested by the
others.
Parker became president Of
the Roanoke Mills Company. The
company started operations in
1898 and has continued since
that date, growing steadily from
its small beginnings until its
present size as one Of the larg-
est cotton industries in the state.
Shortly after they had organic
ed the plant, Parker, Habits
ton and Emry interested Sam
uel F. Patterson of Leicester,
Maryland with them and he be-
came treasurer and general man
ager Of the company. After the
mill had been in operation for
several years it needed addi-
tional capital for expansion and
the owners added to their firm
Gustavus Millhiser of Richmond,
Virginia, who retained his in
terest in the mills until his
death few years ago. The Roa-
noke Mills Company now has
two mills, Roanoke Number One
and Roanoke Number Two, each
being separate and complete
manufacturing unit.
Rosemary Manufacturing
Company
The next industry to be built
in Roanoke Rapids was the
Rosemary Manufacturing Com
pany. Samuel F. Patterson had
invented a combination of the
Draper automatic loom and the
jacquard head motion while en-
gagged in the manufacture of fig
ured silks at Leicester, Mary
land. He interested Gustavus
Millhiser in this and Millhiser
financed the construction of the
Rosemary Manufacturing Com
pany at Rosemary. one mile
from the town of Roanoke Ra-
pids.
Millhiser and Patterson or
eanized the company, naming it
for the combined names of Mill.
hiser's mother, whose name was
Rose, and Patterson's mother,
who was named Mary. S. F. Pat
terson brought to the plant his
younger brother, John L. Patter-
son, to be superintendent of the
new enterprise, and later John
Patterson became vice president
and manager, a position which
he held until he sold his inter
est in 1919, and when Millhiser
died his interest was also sold.
The company has now three
separate mills and is the worlds
largest manufacturer of cotton
damask.
Halifax Paper Company
The next large enterprise to
be built in Roanoke Rapids,
which later Incorporated Rose
mary into its rapidly-extendig
limits, was the Halifax Paper
Company, manufacturers of
wood pulp and kraft papers.
This enterprise was established
in 1908 and represents an in
vestment of over a million dol
lars. 1t was capitalized and Or
ganized by those interested in
the Roanoke Rapids Power Com
pany and others in Richmond
who became associated with
them. Its president and manager
for many years was DR.. Job Tay-
lor.
Patterson Mills Company
The Patterson Mills Company
was the last major industrial
plant built in Roanoke Rapids.
T. c. Williams of Richmond, who
was interested in the Roanoke
Rapids Power Company and also
in the Halifax Paper Corpora
ton became interested in the
Patterson Mills and was its pre-
sdent. 1t was named for Samuel
F. Patterson who was its first
treasurer and manager. He was
succeeded in 1914 by ]. A.
Moore. The Patterson Mills Com
pany is now manufacturing
sheetins.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
Home BUYERS

NEW YORK -(AP(- The
cute little house down the street
may be some farnily's DIRE Z m
home, but it won't have m U c b
sales appeal Tor the lo46 home
buyer unless Il has I large Nv.
~ xocia. dlnea = sAeed = dlne|
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
INVESTIGATION
Resentful


labor experts investigation Of J.
Whitaker Chambers record as
a federal employee during his
Communist days discloses that
he worked for an agency fire.
quently assailed as harboring
radicals-the late Harry Hop
kins' Works Progress Admins
tration.
Mr.. Chambers originally tes.i-
fled that he was employed by
the Railroad Retirement Board
at $4,000 year. He said that be
got the position only twenty
four hours after he had consult
ed other alleged Communists in
w. P. A., explaining that he
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-14
TUCKER

Continued from page FOUR
of their electoral college mem
bers may not be SO solid, after
all.
Evening star., 1948-04-18
By John CIoeett Proctor

By John Cloeett Proctor
DAISY, Daisy, give me your answer
do;
I'm half crazy, all for the love of
you;
1t won't be a stylish marriage,
I can't afford a carriage,
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
OF q bicycle built for two"