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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1932
Page
9
The Halifax County Board of Commissioners set the 1932 tax rate at 65 cents per hundred, down from 75, about a 15 percent cut, with the county’s taxable property valued at 34.5 million dollars. Bonded debt totals 1.219 million, and uncollected levies from previous years remain. Appointive officers faced another 10 percent salary reduction, while elected officials refused further cuts.
A non partisan Hoover supporter notes Francis Starke will leave Monday for New York City to begin work at a Broadway theatre, while remarks accuse Tammany and New York bosses of aiming to control government and claim a return to Jefferson and Jackson era rhetoric.
Friends of Mrs. Cleophus Bray suffer confinement at home with tonsillitis. W. L. Kee ran to care for a death in the family. John Jenkins of Norfolk visited town. Mr. and Mrs. Pretty Rice and late daughter of Richmond spent the weekend with Mrs. I. M. Rice. Miss Libbby Griffith and Mr. Wm. Griffith of Bethania stayed with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lehman. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander H. Dunlap, guests of Mrs. Charlena Hart, returned to Washington D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Lauder, George Lauder, and Miss Bertha Lauder of Forest City are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Will Hux.
Allan Welch celebrated his tenth birthday Saturday night at home on Madison Street with a small gathering of friends. Guests enjoyed games and refreshments including ice cream cake and lemonade.
An old notice promotes 666 liquid or tablets as internal remedies and external applications for colds. It claims to be a complete and effective treatment with the most speedy remedies known.
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