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GLENN THOMPSON’S FIRST DAYS AT WEST POINT TOLD Glenn Thompson, son of Magis trate- and Mrs. W. 0. Thompson of this city, who recently entered West Point, sends the following newspaper clipping which is most entertaining and instructive as to the trials and tribulations of the “plcbe.” first year man at the U. S. Military Academy. West Point, N. Y.—In every state of the Union and in its territories, Hawaii, the Phillipines and Alaska, hearts are centered this week on these rnckbound hills where 120 years ago Thomas Jefferson founded the Unit ed S ates Military academy. Mothers of some 329 young men between the ages of 17 and 22 are assured that their sons arrived in good order and that the 1934, now the “plehe” class at the academy, is un do. full steam and going ahead. Y u may bet your last cent and keep it along with your winnings that Jsi.'t year’s plcbes, now full fledged menu-ors of the cadet corps, were there vo receive the newcomers. To - candidates arrived by nr.to mi'i . bus, train, steamboat and ur o.er "Ivor own foot power. The lain or i ran-yortation fell to the lot of a few eager youths who were so zealous in pursuit of their military career that they left the tram at 11 \ghland Falls, 7'. Y.. a village just outside the gates of the reservation. They had their first taste of marching in a long tail i:p a iu degree hill end a longer hike along gray st; no wails that give West I t int the appearance of a medevial stronghold. Mother Needn't Worry Outside headquarters building where candidates lined up to report mothers indulged in tearful farewells cnite as if “Sonny” were marching away to war. but mother need not worry, f or four years, if he completes the course s.he will not have to worry about her boy. At any moment of the day she will be able to put her finger on him. Ho will not be embarked on necking parties or other outcroppings of the jazz age. He will not be putting a strain on the family finance because the only money he is allowed to spend is that which the government pays him as a cadet. He is in for a stiff grind until one year from next Christmas, when he leceives his first leave. Its a long trail to that first rest, and only the fit make the grade. No better measure of the democ racy of the cadet corps could be tak en than a survey of their entering lug gage. A smart pigskin handbag with remnants of European labels is park ed behind an old gray canvas valise resurrected from some midwest attic —gladstones, suitcases and hobble de hoy carryalls. “Pick It Up” And the clothes—double breasted Hue serge from the best tailors, sacky gray part wool from the mail order houses, striped ties gayly flaunting college colors and neckwear from a Santa Claus collection, long since gone stringy. And “Sonny’s bag! He is told to: “Pick it up.” . . . “Put it down.” “Up.” . . . ‘Down.” . . . “Up.” . . . "Down” And “Sonny Discovers it weighs a ton. For the next hour life for him is a welter of bedding to be hefted to quarters, belongings to be sorted, and he bids goodby to that pair of rose bedroom slippers Aunt Emmy knit. The follows a series of surprised complaints. They run about like this: “Gee, can’t a fellow keep a little thing like a deck of playing cards.” “Bui tha t$o gold piece in my pant?, pocket is not contrabrand; it’s a pres ent, sir.” “That’s hair tonic, sir—gosh, there it goes and it was just begining to raise a crop!” An hour after going through the /ally nort, mother, could she be on the sidelines, would see the hope of the family drawn up in squ.-v! forma lion, marching back and forth, bock : nd forth, hack and forth, in the smith ’.v area, on command of a hard boiled, upper eia/sman vim was going th' cigh the mi/*, ry a y. :.r arc. Each day the “plebes” are aw akened • t a :5C n. m. They have to get up. A life and drum corps, known as the "IleH Cam” among more to-a/oned ca det/. make a weird and unholy racket in the area and keep up the racket which seems to grow louder and noi sier by the second for 10 minutes. This indignity will go on for four years, winter and summer, rain, or shin. Its the call to turn out and stay turned out until taps at 9:30 p. m. Sonny makes his own bed in the morning and lie makes it according to orders. He piles his brand new uni form and his underthings in neat lit tle rows in prescribed places in his locker; he exchanges his own version of a becoming haircut for the West Point clip and he is drilled until he doesn’t know whether his feet are feet or just legs turned up. He finds he cannot mrsev along or take short cuts to where he is going He is doublequicked and forced tc take the long way around. He ad dresses his seniors as “Sir” and whet: ho zees .1 sign marked “off limits’ no believes in signs. Young gentlemen of the third class v.ho control “beast” barracks are « A Great Discovery Who Pasteur discovered, *ifl 189S, that the infection of wounds was caused by malignant bacteria, he per formed a service of inestimable value to mankind. Since then medical science has been producing better and better antiseptics, to kill these germs that jnay enter the smallest cut and give us diseases such as typhoid, tuberculosis and lockjaw. Now, all you have to do to be sure that these dreadful germs will not infect a wound, is to wash that wound, however small, thoroughly with Liquid Borozone, the modern antisep tic. You can ge- Liauid Borozone. m a rise to fit your needs and purse, from Taylor’s Drug Store, Rosemary, N. C Report of the Condition of the CITIZENS BANK * TRUST CO. At Rosemary, North Carolina, to the Corporation Commission at the Close of Business on the 30th Day of June, 1930 ^ RESOURCES " Loans and Discounts_$223,072.17 Overdrafts __ 16.68 Furniture and Fixtures_ 4,836.03 Cash in Vault and Amounts Due from Approved Depository Banks _ 15,295.63 Checks for Clearing and Transit Items- 2,919.83 Other Real Estate-L588.90 Other Assets _ 1,033.16 TOTAL_$248,762.40 LIABILITES Capital Stock Paid In_$ 25,000.00 Surplus. Fund _ 4,000.00 Undivided Profits (Net Amount)- 456.95 Reserved for Interest_ 1,137.89 Other Deposits Subject to Check- 81,619.50 Demand Certificates of Deposit (Due in less than 30 Days) _ 24,000.00 Cashiers Checks Outstanding_ 74.25 Certified Cheeks Outstanding_— 151.37 Savings Deposits (Due on or after 30 days)- 86,322.44 Bills Payable_,_ 26,000.00 TOTAL_1248,762.40 State of North Carolina, Halifax County, ss. F. L. Nash, Cashier, Lee Wheeden Director and J. L. Cobb, Director of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, each personally appeared before me this day, and, being duly sworn, each for himself, says that the foregoing report is (true to the best of his knowledge and belief. ' F. L. NASH, Cashier LEE WHEEDEN, Director J. L. COBB, Director Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 11th day of July, 1980. E. M. DAUGHTRY, Notary Public. My commission expires August 8, 1930. _ . not noted for their leniency in the natter of “plebes” disobeying taps. Yes Sonny is a “beast.” He will re main a beast for two months, at which time he will be induced into the corps. He'll Learn Things Sonny will then know that a glass tossed across a table by a water cor poral can be caught without spilling a drop that “growley” is catsup, that a “femme” is a young lady and that you do not escort a young lady to a dance but “drag a femme to a hop.” By the time Sonny ceases to he a “beast” the cadet who lists bis fath er’s occupation as laborer and who discovers the expediency of mixing peas with mashed potatoes will be just adroit with the table utensils as the cadet whose father is a banker and imports his own caviar. -□ Robert McClure of Dublin testified that he put methylated spirits in his pig’s food to make them sleep. TWIN CITY HAPPENINGS Mrs. Cooper Grizzard, Mrs. Julian Allsbrook and Mrs. May Grizzard, spent Sautrday in Richmond and Ash land. Mrs. Page Taylor of Ashland, Va., is spending some time here as the guest of her mother, Mrs. May Griz zard. The following from here spent Sun day at Ocean View, Messrs Lillington Clark, Frank Nash, G. R. MacLeod, Lee Wheeden and J. L. Cobb. Dr .and Mrs. A. F. Atkins of Mia mi. Fla., stopped in town last Wed nesday to visit friends. They were on ! their way to Boston, Ma-. . Mr'.' John Dempsey was a visitor in town last week. Mr. Francis Wyche was a week-end visitor in town. Miss Elizabeth Joyner is spending some time in Richmond as the guest of Miss Jeane Ballard. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Claude Keene and Miss Winnie John son spent Sunday at Ocean View. Miss Charlena Hart of Washington. D. C., who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Charlena Hart returned to Washington Tuesday. Miss Madge Herring of Raleigh was the week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. Will Dean. Miss Viola Glover returned Thurs day from Washington. D. C. Mrs. Virginia Shelton of Lexington, N. C., wro has been spending the week with her mother, Mrs. Charlena Hart, loft Thursday for Nags Head. Mr. and Mrs. I). L Traynham spent the week-end in South Boston, Va. Misses Mary and Elizabeth Moore are the guests this week of Miss An nie Kennon Taylor. Mr. ar.d Mrs. G. B. MacLeod of Lumberton, X. C., spent the week-end here as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Nash. Mr. and Mrs. James Hart and chil dren, who have been spending some time with Mrs. Chariena Hart, left on Tuesday for Newport News, Va. Misses Inez and Velma Patterson have returned from a visit to their uncle, Mr. F. J. Williams, in Durham. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joyner spent last Wednesday in Richmond. Thomas Wellman, official rabbit catcher at Dorchester, Eng., has caught 40,000 hares in his 50 years of service. Mr. R. C. King Tells a Wonderful Story About Rats. Read It. “For months my place was alive with rats. Losing chickens, eggs, feed. Friend told me to try RAT SNAP. I did. Son.ewhat disappointed at first, not seeing many dead rats, but in a few days didn’t see a live one. What were not killed are not around my place. RAT-SNAP sure does the trick.” Three sizes, 35c, 65c, $1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Roa noke Hardware Co., Rosemary, N. C.; Roanoke Pharmacy, Roanoke Rapids, N. C. THE EXCLUSIVE LADIES STORE ; ROANOKE RAPIDS,_-_NORTH CAROLINA Mid-Summer Clearance Sale I JULY 16 to JULY 26 110 DAYS| i Exceptional Values On Beautiful Dresses 5 $29.75 DRESSES at_$19.75 , $25.00 DRESSES at__ 14.95 $19.75 DRESSES at_ 14.95 $19.75 DRESSES at_ 10.00 $16.75 DRESSES at__ 10.00 $12.95 DRESSES at_ 7.95 $14.95 DRESSES at_ 9.85 $ 10.00 DRESSES at_ 5.00 LOVELY DRESSES ON THE $10.00 and $5.00 RACKS Children’s Dresses, Ladies Linen, Voile and Pique Dresses below Cost Every Article In The Store Greatly R-E-D-U-C-E-D During this July Clearance SALE RAINCOATS! BELOW COST < $5. to $8. Values $2.95 I t I DRY GOODS REDUCED! i I k k -J Corticelli Silks in all Shades and Prints, $2 and $3 Values at Sl.SQper yard | *y. $2.50 Georgette at $1.50 Silk Pique in Solid Colors and Prints, $1 value at 75c yard ' Silk Volies, $1 and 1.25 Val-y r ues at 75c yard 75c Chiffon Voile at 50c yd. < 50c Chiffon Voile at 35c yd.y 50c Printed Voile at 25c yd. ■„ $2 Munsingwear Bloomers _$1.50 $2 Munsingwear Teds-$1.50 $2 Hose _$1.50 $1.50 Hose_L2j?__$1.20 $4 Dance Sets $1.95 K $4 Gowns_$1.95 A-' $7 Gowns_$3.95 $5 Princess Slips_$2.95 < $4 Princess Slips_$1.95/ $2 Hand Embroidered Gowns -$1.50/ All Millinery at Below Cost— $10, $7 and $6 Values at $2.95 One Lot of Ladies’ $1.00 Each
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