Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], December 07, 1939, SECTION B, Page 6, Image 14

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Roanoke Rapids Bonded
Warehouse Purchased
By Farmers Warehouse
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Farm'rs May Now
Store Cotton Or
Peanuts With Co.
Announcement is made this week
of the purchase of the Roanoke
Rapids Bonded Warehouse by the
Farmers Warehouse, of Roanoke
Rapids Inc., hy J. Winfield Crew,
Jr., president of the Farmers Ware
house.
The Farmers Warehouse compa
ny will now operate the large cot
ton storage warehouse located on
Eleventh Street near the ball park,
together with the peanut storage
warehouse built by them some
three years ago, which is located
at the Northern end of Roanoke
Avenue. Ellis Crew is general man
ager of the company, and will be
in full charge of their increased
storage facilities. Wm. K. Alston
will be employed to look after the
cotton storage warehouse. A full
time man will be on duty at all
times for the convenience of neigh
boring farmers in bringing in their
cotton and peanuts, according to
the announcement.
The Roanoke Rapids Bonded
Warehouse was completed in Octo
ber, 1935, and was until recently
managed by William Harris II, pri
or to his accepting another job in
Morehead City, where he recently
moved with his family. The ware
house has a storage capacity of
4,500 bales of cotton, and offers
Shippers the advantage of a rail
road siding.
The peanut warehouse has a
30,000 bag capacity, and has been
instrumental in bringing hundreds
of farmers to the city with their
crops since its opening. Storage
of peanuts for purchase either by
the government, or by an inde
pendent set of buyers is offered
farmers, assuring them of the high
est market price for their produce,
it Is said.
In addition to peanut and cotton
storage, the Farmers Warehouse
rents storage space to several man
ufacturers of starch, used in the
local mills, and to fertilizer manu
facturers.
“With the acquirement of the
plant of the Roanoke Rapids Bond
ed Warehouse we feel that we are
taking a great forward step in bet
tering our service to the farmers
of this territory,” Mr. Crew said,
in commenting on the purchase,
“and through it we hope to influ
ence hundreds of farmers to look
to this city for their needs annual
ly. Roanoke Rapids is the logical
marketing place for a vast number
of farmers living in one of the
richest agricultural sections in
Eastern Carolina, and we intend to
develop this market as thoroughly
as possible for the benefit of all
concerned.”
H. E. Stacey To
Speak At Seab'rd
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H. E. Stacey, of Raleigh, chair
man of the State School Board or
ganization, will speak to teachers,
school board members, and citizens
of Northampton and Halifax coun
ties at an educational rally in Sea
board next Tuesday night, Decem
ber 12. Mr. Stacey, an ardent advo
cate of a uniform school board to
be located in Raleigh, is. expected
to use some phase of a central
State school board as his topic for
discussion.
CARD OF THANKS
To the doctors, nurses and my
friends, please accept my sincere
thanks for their devoted and faith
ful attention, the lovely flowers,
cards and gifts and every other
kind of remembrance shown me
during my seven weeks’ stay in the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
M. J. Morris and family.
EMPLOYMENT
NEWS
—by—
W. G. Cherry, Jr-, Manager
N. C. State Employment Service
Local Employment: Employment
conditions locally are exceptionally
good. Scores of persons who were
filing claims for Unemployment
Compensation a few weeks ago
now have steady employment. This
is due primarily, of course, to the
great improvement in business at
the local mills. Business is like
wise swinging upward elsewhere in
the territory served by the Roanoke
Rapids office, which covers all
points in Halifax and Northampton
counties. Extension points visited
each week by the personnel of this
office include: Jackson, Rich
Square, Scotland Neck, Halifax,
Enfield and Littleton. Service is
also established from time to time
at other points when there is suf
ficient activity to justify regular
weekly visits. Reports on busi
ness conditions at all points visited
recently have been more and more
encouraging, and the number of ap
plicants for employment has fallen
to a figure far below the number
applying to us at this time last
year. At the same time, the num
ber of placements made by the lo
cal office has shown a steady in
crease, with an average of 34 per
sons placed on jobs each week
throughout the last two months.
State News: The N. C. State
Employment Service was success
ful in filling 98V4 per cent of all
orders received during the last fis
cal year. This included a total of
105,274 requisitions for workers rep
resenting several hundred different
types of industry and more than a
thousand different occupations.
National Increase: Figures issued
from Washington just recently re
veal that the month of October
was the most successful of any
month in the history of the Em
ployment Service. Increased em
ployment opportunities were noted
throughout the country, with 32
states reporting gains. North Caro
lina stood eleventh among all the
states, showing a 31 per cent gain
over October of last year.
Job Openings: The jobs listed
below are now open at the local
office through the Employment
Service’s clearance system. These
are all permanent positions in pri
vate employment, with salaries
ranging from a few dollars a day
fo $400 monthly. If you have
had experience in any of these
lines of work, it may prove well
worth your while to register with
the Employment Service.
1 Warper Tender (Cotton Textile)
3 Fixers, Loom (Cotton Textile)
1 Foreman, Shop (Manager)
1 Upholsterer, Furniture
2 Welders, Combination Acetylene
and Arc
1 Foreman, Maintenance
1 Sheet Metal Worker (Construc’n)
1 Tile Setter (Construction)
1 Tile Setter’s Helper (Construc’n)
1 Interior Decorator
1 Steward’s Assistant (Hotel)
i Barber, Managing
1 Engineer, Chemical (Sales)
Several Draftsmen, Mechanical
1 Draftsman, Structural Steel
2 Burners, Lead (Foundry)
4 Millwrights, General (Construc
tion)
6 Cutters, Glass (Machine)
20 Sheet Metal Workers (Aircraft)
In addition to the above clear
ance orders, we have several local
openings for experienced domestic
servants. Also, in view of the
Christmas shopping season and the
improvement in business generally,
we are anticipating orders for
sales clerks a»id other workers in
retail stores. If you are qualified
for any of the types of work men
tioned here, we would suggest that
you apply at the Employment Of
fice as soon as possible.
HOBBS HAS
CHARGE OF
SWIFT & CO.
Dist. Representative
For Fertilizer
Manufacturer
LARGE STORAGE
Will Be Carried Here
At The Farmer’s
Warehouse
Announcement is made this week
by Swift's Fertilizer Works, a di
vision of Swift & Co., of the ap
pointment of G. T. Hobbs as their
district representative. Mr. Hobbs
will maintain his office at the cot
ton storage warehouse recently
purchased by the Farmers Ware
house of Roanoke Rapids, Inc., lo
cated on Eleventh Street near the
Ball Parle, and will stock an ex
tensive line of the various “Red
Steer” fertilizers manufactured by
the company.
Swift and Company have been
a, Cft/U)inuz4
W&xt Meart' foitt/ tke,
CHRISTMAS
SAVINGS CLUB
NOW
If you couldn’t buy the gifts you wanted to
give this Christmas, or if you bought them
and are now faced with the bills, you’ll want
to accept our invitation to join our 1940
Christmas Club. The Christmas Club is a
wonderful thing for generous people. It lets
them give wholeheartedly, because they
themselves have provided the money for the
purpose of giving, and can spend it without
the thought that it should be used for other
things. A small amount saved each week
and paid into your Christmas Club will put
your next Christmas giving on a cash basis.
More than that, it will give you the habit of
saving, of providing ahead for things to
come. Once you have had a Christmas Club
check, you’ll never again be without one.
You’ll have to join the Club now to have one
for next Christmas.
As Low As
25c
Weekly!
CITIZENS
BANK & TRUST CO.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
active in the sale of their fertilizers
in this territory for the past sev
eral years. With the appointment
of Mr. Hobbs as their full-time rep
resentative in Roanoke Rapids they
intend to increase their efforts lo
cally, and look forward to a sub
stantial increase in business with
I the coming fertilizer season.
In addition to farmers being able
to get their full requirements of
fertilizer from the local storage
house, a large list of dealers and
sub-dealers in the territory will be
maintained for the convenience of
their patrons, and Mr. Hobbs will
also supervise the sale of the com
pany’s products at these dealers.
The decision of this large ferti
lizer manufacturer to make Roa
noke Rapids their district head
quarters should result in hundreds
of farmers in this territory coming
to the city for their annual re
quirements, therefore transacting a
great deal of business here that
has heretofore been going else
where. Farmers are urged by the
company to confer with Mr. Hobbs
at all times as to their require
ments and any particular “prob
lems” with regard to fertilizer.
Mr. Hobbs is a well-known Roa
noke Rapids business man, having
served as cashier of the Citizens
Bank & Trust Co., of this city, up
to September 1st, at which time he
asked the Board of Directors to
find someone to take his place, sig
nifying his intention of securing a
job which would take him out in
the open more because of his
health. He came here in Septem
ber, 1935, from Sanford, where he
had been a former employee of the
State Banking Department under
Guerney P. Hood, and is said to
have a brilliant record as an ac
countant and business man.
New Road Af
W. Rosemary
A state road is being constructed
from the Thelma road (leading
west from Tenth Street), through
the settlement usually known as
West Rosemary, to the Belmont
road (leading west from Fifth St.)
The new road intersects the
Thelma road near the railroad
crossing and Belmont road near
Clyde Stallings’ filling station.
The new road will give the fam
ilies, about a dozen in number, who
li'Je in the West Rosemary develop
ment, an outlet that they have
needed for some time, the only out
let prior to this time being a single
lane drive that the residents kept
up themselves.
Work on the new road is rapid
ly going forward and it is expected
that it will be finished before the
rough weather of winter begins.
Mrs. Scott Lassiter and daugh
ter, Peggy Grant, of Franklin, Va.,
were week-end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. John McDonald.
Mrs. A. T. Griffin and son, Car
son, Miss Lottie Hedgepeth of
Rocky Mount were Sunday guests
of Mrs. Nettie Morris.