I ESTABLISHED IN 1866.
VOL. L\ I II.
A NEWSPAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
WELDON, N. ('. TILUltSDAY, MAHCII <>, i!)24.
Terms >t Su!>seriDtion--$2 00 Per Annum
NO. 42
ROANOKE RAPIDS-ROSEMARY.
Personals and Other Items of News From the Grea
Manufacturing Twin-City.
[By Our Special <’orreNpomlent
\jr | S. Cannon and Mrs, W
0, Thompson were called to Spar
lanburtf. s C , on Tuesday be
cause of die serious illness of iliei
muiher, who died Thursday.
Mi Jasper N. Burnette. belt
representative of the State Boart
of Missions of the Baptist clnircl
and Rev (. .1 Sheets will conduc
aSunday School B. Y. P. U. In
stitute >n die Roanoke Rapids Bap
list church, March 2-7.
The game between the CTirl'
Basket Ball T eams of Roannkt
KapiJs and Rich Square played or
ihelocal court Saturday night war
won by the home team.
Miss Mary Shortwell of the State
Department of Public Welfart
made a splendid address before
ihe Woman's (Tub on Mondaj
afternoon.
The Blue Bird Patrol of the (itr.
Scouts held a ba/aur in the Hays
building Saturday afternoon.
Music lovers were given a treat
on Monday night when Gamble
Concert Go., gave a concert in the
high school auditorium.
The men of All Saints [episcopal
church held an oyster supper Fri
day night.
Miss Minnie Johnson has re
turned front a visit to Richmond.
Miss Verna Transon, of Wins
VVOMAN’S CLUB.
An Interesting Meeting Meld.
The regular quarterly meeting ol
the Woman's Club was held Feb
18th, 0124, in the Baraca room of
the Methodist church. The meet
tng was presided over by the Pres
idet, Mrs. Laurence Wall and in
teresting reports from the Welfare
Civic and Music departments were
read. These different departments
are domg splendid work in and all
who heard their reports were
greatly pleased.
Mrs. Mary !:. Bounds was elec
ted Chairman of the Civic Depart
ment to fill the vacancy made by
the resignation of Mrs. Margaret
Green. Mrs, George C. Green,
was appointed Chairman of the
Curb Market Committee with Mrs.
R S Travis and Mrs. Mary E.
Bounds. This Committee ts mak
ing plans towards the furtherance
of this very splendid and mutually
profitable (to to the rural and the
town folk) enterprise.
A letter was read from the Fi
nance Committee of the State Fed
eration, urging this club to com
plete us quoto of the Endowment
fund before the end of ths Club
year, April, 1924. Mrs. Henry
House and Mrs. R. S. Travis were
appointed a committee to interview
•he members of the club relative to
this.
At the annual meeting April
1924 the election of of officers for
the year 1924-25 will take place.
A nominating Committee was ap
pointed as follows: Mrs, J. A.
Johnston, Chairman, Mrs. T. C.
Harrison, Mrs. O. W. Pierce,
Mrs. Lee Johnson and Mrs. H. B.
Harrell, Jr.
Mrs. R. S. Travis and Mrs T.
G. Harrison were elected delegates
to the State Convention to be held
in Raleigh in May. Mrs. J. S.
Turner and Mrs. Bascotnb Harreli
were elected alternates.
The President urged the mein
hers to attend the District meeting
to be held in Oxford, sometime in
April, date to be announced later.
USED TO IT. t
I wo women were discussing a
wedding ihat had taken place at
their church the previous day.
(i “And do you know,” said one,
just as Frank and the widow
started up the aisle to the altar
every light in the church went
out?”
lhisstartling bit of information
was greeted by a number of
"Oh's.”
What did the couple do then?”
inquired one.
Kept on going. The widow
knew the way.
A 0o»<l Thing—Don’t Mis* It.
■■'tuil your name and address plainly
written, together with rive cent* (and
Blip) to Chamberlain Medicine Co.,
tcs Mumes, Iowa, and receive m return
s trial ^ package containing Chamber
“ * Cough Kennedy lor coughs, colds,
'rt>uP. Chamberlain’s Stomach sand
v"1 tablets for indigeation, gassy
ktins that crowd tlie heart, bhiousneas
j CUQ»tipation; Chamberlain’s Salyc
Iur ^urna, scalds, wounds, piles, etc.
1 oa’t m„8
lon-Siilem, was the guest Iasi weel
of her sister, Mrs, Eugene I h
- man.
Mr J. C Odell has accepted
posiiion with the J. J. VC’ade Co.
, Messrs. W J. and C'.eo, Nor
wood have returned front ,a visi
with relatives in Ante, Va.
Miss Lula VC illiarns is visitint
I relatives in Henderson.
Mr. Norman Taylor will leavt
iliis week tor Nashville, where lit
will take charge of a store for N
L. Stedman.
Mr. \V. O. Thompson has re
turned from a business trip to \X ii
son.
Mr. and Mrs .J I. Diughtry.n;
1 Norfolk, are visiting re I inves her.
: Mrs E B. t il tv :r w as hostess
on I uesday afternoon t > die
Ladies Aid Society of Roanoke
Rani Is Methodist church.
I he B. Marks Department Store
is being remodelled and when fin
ished will be one of the mosi ai
tractive in this section of the State.
Mr. Wilson and family will oc
cupy their new home on Roanoke
Avenue this week.
Miss Esther Marshall delightfully
entertained a number of Iter friends
on Monday afternoon at her home,
Rosemary Lodge.
March 3, 1924.
FARM MOTHS.
By W (). Davis, County Agent
Weldon, N. C.
To make poultry more profita
i ble it is necessary to first get rid of
all the unprofitoble chickens. This
! means the sale of the excess roos
terr, hens over two years old and
culls. I d assist farmers in this
the two agricultural ageni are try
ing to work up a car load shipment
of poultry about April I5ih. A
poultry car will siup at certain sta
1 lions in die county at advertised
; hours and buyers will be ui die car
paying cash for die poultry ai Phil
adelphia prices on that day. In
order to make the sale a success
we will nave in gel enough chick
eus io load a car. To find out ap
proximaiely how many chickens
we can expect we will soon send
out blanks asking farmers to list
approximately how many chickens
they will have to sell. If you are
interested m this help us locate
enough chickens to warrant going
ahead with the project.
Maks your plans now to get in
sufficient spring oats to help out
the long feed during ihe summer.
Remember this year's cotton must
be shared with die weevil and if it
musi also be shared with the teed
merchant there won’t lie left much
for you.
Also plant rape now for the hogs
and chickens. Rape planted on
rich land will furnish grazing in
eight weeks. Plain in rows, sow
ing l) to t> pound-, of seed per acre.
Soy beans plained in rows tor
harvesting and se’hng die seed for
planting purposes otters a easli
crop to substitute for part uf the
cotton acreage. Plant mammoth
yellow variety tm dns
Have y,.j nude up a farm budget
for this year's woi1 he budget
system puts business methods into
your farm work and u is the only
method to use to really gel the
most good from your money. It
is also the only w ay to make your
year’s allowance last all the year.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
We desire to direct special at
tention to the many new udver
tisements to be found in the col
umns of the Roanoke News, among
them, the Rahil Department Store,
“The Famous,” the Florence Oil
Stove, for sale by The Willey
Moore Hardware Co , The Pee
Gee Paint, for sale by ihe Caroli
na Building Company and the
S. V. F A. Insurance Company
of Raleigh, represented here by
Mr. R. H. Merchant.
“Hlu’’ Coughs Hang On.
Some victims of the “Ilu" uever fully
recover the health of tile luuirs, and
coughs that "hang ou“ are the coughs
that threaten. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy puts a soothing, healing coat
ing on the inHained surlaces, relieves
tightness and soreness, raises phlegm
easily. Uood for bronchial coughs, and
night coughs, too.
3 14.
Our ’phone No. is 3i 14, if you
care to give us news items.
We cannot read your minds but
would like to have all the news
i you are able to give us.
DEDICATED
rhe Beautiful High School Build
ing Dedicated lost Sunday
The colored people of Weldot
1 have great c:uise for congratulatiot
mil rejoicing over ihe successfu
■h'i1 enthusiastic dedicatory ser
vices held in their new school au
ditoriuin, on Sunday afternoon
j March 2nd last.
It was indeed an occasion it
j which a number of the Schoo
| Board, Prof, lid wards, superinten
dent of schools, the faculty of the
whit-.-, school, and a number of oth
i er white friends united with the
large audience which Idled the ca
pacious auditorium in the interest
ing exercises. Prof. Jones, of the
colored school, while entirely at
ease presided with dispatch and
eiliei rcy After singing “Ameri
ett," a id a number by the choir,
k’ev J is.Johnston led in a compre
hensive prayer of praise and
thanksgiving. Prof. Jones then
staled that the purpose of the
meeting u is twofold, to express
( gratitude for tire progress already
I made m educational equipment for
j the colored school and to ask for
; money with which to perfect this
i equipment so that the colored chil
dren of Weldon would want to go
to school as they would find there
things beautiful and attractive and
so be inspired to a higher standard
of living.
A roll of the different church
and fraternal organizations was
called and each responded
with amounts donated and already
m hand by their respective socie
ties which aggregated nearly six
; hundred dollars. Of this amount
one woman’s society donated $100
to build a cement walk in front of
the school and another more than
that amount to furnish and equip
.1 Domestic Science room in con
nection with the school.
Rev. Grady, pastor of the M. H.
church, made the opening speech
which was listened to with much
interest and was followed by Hun.
Geo G Green lit a heart to heart
talk of congratulation, encourage
ment and wholesome advice. This
was received with many expres
sions of approval and was most
appropriate and helpful. Pt I lid
wards added to this in a pleasing
manner, after winch a handsome
picture of Prof. Edwards was pre
sented by the faculty to be placed
ill the auditorium of the school and
was put tn position while the choir
sang "Ho, for Carolina," the au
dience standing. Tins was follow
ed by a voluntary collection from
the Inends present amounting to
about In looking hack over
a score of years when there. were
no schools m Weldon, small and
inconsequent churches, wmle seven
saloons or bar rooms occupied con
ptcious places on our principal
streets v.. can but see the advance
that has been made in the enlight
ening and improving conditions
that now exist among our people.
"I III-: MASONIC RINU"
Senior lJluy luodav Night, Mar.
Ilth, at S U’c'ock
liach senior class leaves a me
tnoiial to the school and a play is
given to defray the expenses ol
such gift. This year the class is
presenting a play with a very
catchy title ‘The Masonic Ring.”
A synopsis of the play follows:
A girl just out of college marries
a young business man,even though
she was a member ol the never
marry club He becomes jealous
of his wile, for he says she is wear
ing an old Masonic ring, with the
words "Rowland Hall” engraved
thereon. Although these words
are the name of the dormitory in
which his wile lived while at school
— the husband mistakes them for
the name of a rival and hence is
jealous.
Come and help the class tor their
memorial goes to the school li
brary.
Admission: 50c. and 25c.
Remember the place—School
building Time: Tuesday night,
8 o'clock, March I I.
Choruses, duets, etc.
THE FIRST SNOW.
On Wednesday of last week it be
gan snowing early in the morning
and snowed continuously during
the day. When it ceased snow
ing, it measured about six inches—
the only snow this winter and the
largest one in three years. But
one good thing, snow does not last
long in this part of the vineyard.
In a few hours the only snow seen
I was in shady places.
SPRIGHTLY SPARKS.
Gathered Here and There
and Everywhere.
March, march away.
Get your kites ready. This is
March.
The ground hot; got m Ins work
last week.
Who said we were not going to
have any more snow ?
Half of the world doesn't know
how the other half lives—but it
j has iis suspicious.
The storm last week was about
I the end of winter. The sun is
running too high.
How many of you have noticed
that all taxes look mighty high to
the fellow who is short.
A Weldon man wants to know
why some people are so much like
onion sets — little; bui loud.
We read where a Kansas City
pair divorced 25 years are going
to remarry. That's the longest
vacation on record.
Possibly the reason that some
men argue home isn't what it used
to be is because they don't spend
enough time there.
Critics can’t agree on the ten
best books, but around Weldon
the most interesting one just now
is the seed catalogue.
The golden streets of the here
after are going to be mighty hard
walking for the fellows who are so
lazy they wont want to fly.
Women may be taking to politics
but they’ll always be more inter
ested in hats in a show window
than hats in th' presidential ring.
Women are getting so unreason
able. Here is one in New York
who wants her husband jailed be
cause he hacked her head with an
axe.
Why is it so many women can
come out in public looking nicely
dressed when any one of them
will tell you that she "hasn't any
thing lit to wear.”
Why is it that when some Wel
don men get to talking down town
they consider themselves comman
ders hut when they get home they
are ium high privates in the rear
ranks.
Our friend Mr. Luke Shearin is
quite a philosopher. He says us
better to learn from a paying teller
that you have no money coming to
you than it is in learn it from a
fortune teller.
Chief ol Police Crew says there
are a few fellows around town who
get nervous if someone approaches
them from behind, as though they
were alraid somebody might slap
them on the hip.
Lonnie Hull says he is satisfied
now tile world hasn’t changed any
He recently saw a fellow eat four
boxes of sardines and a pound of
crackers and then ask for a piece
of cheese for an appetizer.
painful accident.
During ihe sleet last week, Mrs.
W. J. Ward in walking down the
street, slipped and Fell, breaking a
bone in her left arm. We are glad
to learn that she is getting along
well.
meeting called.
More than 100 men have
enrolled as members of a Josephus
Daniels- for ■ President Club. A
meeting will be held at the I own
Hall Friday, March 7th, at 7:30
I*. M., for organization to which
all citizens are invited.
|)EA I II OF MR I). S. COBB.
We regret to announce the death
o! Mr. 1) S Cohh, who died at his
residence near Halifax, Wednes
day of last week. He was 64
years of age, and died of pneumo
nia. The remains were laid to
rest at the Trueblood place, near
Weldon.
NEW CORPORATION.
The Weldon Sheet Metal Works
has been incorporated, with author
ized capital of $25,000 and $5,
500 subscribed by Mrs. Linda I.
Harris and T. A. Chappell, of
Weldon, and H. B. Harris, of
Kinston
IMPORTANT MEETING.
The Welfare Department of the
| Woman's Club will hold its regu
1 lar monthly meeting, March 12th,
1924 at 3:30 p. m , in the school
building. A full attendance ts
specially urged as matters of con
j siderable importance will be
i brought up at this meeting.
A,MONO THH VISITORS.
Personal Items About Folks and
Their Friends Who Tiavel Here
and There.
Mr. D. R. Anderson visited Ral
eigh last week.
Miss Mattie McGee visited Rocky
Mount, last week.
Mr. Jack Anderson spent the
week end in Durham.
Mrs. Maude Hale, of Littleton,
was in town last week.
Mrs. R, S. Travis spent the
week end in Scotland Neck.
Mr. T. A. Jones, of Bunn, spent
the week end with relatives here.
Miss 1:11a Lindsay spent the
week end with friends in Littleton.
Miss Rosa Rod.veil spent the
week end with relatives at Macort.
Mrs I'. J Miles, of Littleton,
was a visitor in Weldon l ist week.
Mrs. Virginia Poe has returned
from a vis;; to relatives at Rocky
Mount.
Mrs. J. Owen and Mrs. L. L.
Hayward visited Richmond Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Ruth Hunter spent the
week end with relatives at
Vaughan.
Mrs. B. Scherr, of Richmond, is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. William
Josephson.
Miss Pattie Shaw has returned
from a visit to relatives at Wash
ington, D. C.
Dr. and Mrs. H. G. Lassiter and
Mrs. Robert Musgrove spent Mon
day in Richmond.
Mrs. W. S. O'B. Robinson and
little son, of Goldsboro, visited rel
atives here last week.
Rev. N. C. Duncan, a former
rector of Grace Episcopal Church,
was among the visitors here last
week.
Mrs. Lee Johnson left for Golds
boro, Tuesday, where she will
spend several days and from there
will visit relatives in Kinston.
Mrs. R. S. Travis was called to
Richmond Tuesday on account of
her daughter, Mrs. Troy Myatt,
who is in a hospital lor treatment
in that city.
AN OLD PAPER.
We are in possession of the
Weldon Herald, published March j
28th, 1850 and edited by J. P.
Simmons. This paper has been
preserved these many years by Mr.
f. J. Miles, of Littleton and is
highly prized by him. The reason
that this paper was preserved is
because it contained the death no- ,
tice of Mr. Henry Sledge, a man
of great piety. It also contained
letters written by him just before
his death. Mr. Sledge was the
grandfather ot Mr. Allies He uas
many other grandchildren and rel
atives throughout tuts county and
Slate.
I Ills paper w is well patronized i
at dial lime, as it contained 120.
advertisements ot business houses
of Norfolk, Petersburg, Richmond
and Baltimore, with only three
from Weldon.
It is interesting to note the dif
ference m tile commodities for sale
then and now. NX e notice also
that in order to buy a ticket from
Weldon to Baltimore, the same
might be purchased from R. A.
Ellis, Weldon or C. C. Pugh, of
Gaston and the tare was $10.50.
It contained an article from the
Philadelphia Bulletin concerning
Messrs. Clay, Calhoun and Web
ster, who were then living and
taking an active interest in the af
fairs of the nation.
DELEGATES ELECTED
Ai ihe second ciuiinerly confer
ence held ai the M. E. church, in
this place on last Friday night, the
following delegates were elected to
attend the District conference,
which meets in Scotland Neck,
some time in May:
W. T. Shaw, Dr. W. G. Suiter,
D. K. Anderson and N. M. Shear
in.
BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Master Thomas F. Gregory en
tertained quite a number of his
little friends Friday afternoon, Feb.
29th, the occasion being his eighth
birthday.
Good Digestion a Blessing.
Why keep on sull'cring from those
gassy pains that crowd the heart, indi
gestion and sour stomach when t'ham
berlain’s Tablets may he so easily had
for so small a sum Only 25c fry
them.
This stove feeds
A simple way to cut out drudgery
and cut down expense
\)\7HY not do away with lugging
* ^ heavy coal scuttles? Have a stove
that you never need to shake, with no
drafts to bother with, no soot or ashes.
Put a Florence Oil Range in your
kitchen and see the difference it makes.
You don’t have to do it on guesswork.
Go to a store and let them show you
how the Florence Range works. It is
simplicity itself.
Does not burn from a wick
Just touch a match to the
Asbestos Kindler. In a
few moments you have an
intensely hot blue flame
close up under the cook
ing. The flame is a gas
flame. It is not a wick
1 ‘up under tk' ! /?ame such as you see in
coukmg the ordinary oil lamp.
Vapor from kerosene is what bu: :>
Kerosene is a cheap fuel. You can r i
late the heat to any degree. When not
cooking, just turn out the flame.
Every dish for the biggest dinner can
be cooked quickly and well on this modern
range.
Quality is built into it
Notice the quality of the porcelain en
amel and the sturdiness of the whole
Florence Range. Ask the man in the store
to point out to you the ex
clusive Florence features.
This modern stove not
only means a clean kitchen
but is very attractive.
Don’t put off visiting a
department, furniture or
hardware store to examine
the Florence Oil Range.
The Florence
enable> ;. u to ret
the store level on
an uneven floor.
Florence Stove Co., Gardner, Mass.
For Sale by Willey-Mocre Hardware Co.
PEOPLE’S
THEATRE
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rec&iJc.d DON'T DPI AY"
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Prices:--$1, $1.50, $2.00, Plus Tax.
Seat Sale at Taylor-Matthews Drug Co., Roanoke Rapids*
PHONE 58
BASKET BALL
The local high school boys will
engage ihe high school quint:
from Roanoke Rapids twice this I
week, Thursday night at Roanoke
Rapids and Friday afternoon here.
These no doubt will be the best
games of the season. Come out
to the game Friday afternoon at
3:30, March 7th,
TWO NEW RESIDENCES.
Flans are being drawn by Mr.
W. M. tlks, of the Carolina Build
i ing Company for two handsome
dwellings on Sycamore street for
Mr. D. W. Seifert and Mr. J. A.
Flarvell. Work will be commenced
as soon as weather conditions will
' permit it. Let the good work go
'on. Watch Weldon grow.
Notice Pythians
Important Meeting of 1
Weldon Lodge, No. J
227, Thursday Night, j
March 6th. Refreshments
will be served. Lodge opens
7:30 P.M. C. F. GORE,
Chancellor Commander.
NOTICE.
Having: qualified as administrator of
the estate of Pallas Johnson, deceased,
this is to notify all persons holding
claims against said estate to present
them to the uudersigned within one
year from date hereof or this notice will
he plead in bar thereof. All persons in
debted to said estate will please make
immediate settlement.
This 14th February, 1924
,T. K BRANCH,
Admr. of estate Pallas Johnson, dcc’d.
2 21 tit
Trustee’s Sale of Land.
By virtue of power vested in me by
that deed of trust executed to me on
the loth day of December, 1917, by Mrs.
Glenn C. Johnston. Lottie A. Brown
and husband, S. B. Brown, and Fannie
Johnston, which deed ot trust is of rec
ord in the Register of Deeds Office for
Halifax county, N. C., in Book280, page
•148, I will, on
Saturday, the 29th day of March,
1924, in the Town of Scotland Neck, N.
C , in front of Burroughs-Pittman
Wheeler Company’s store, between the
hours of twelve and one o’clock, sell at
public auction, for cash, to the highest
bidder, that tract of laud in Faucetts
Township, Halifax county, State of
North Carolina, known as the “Bill Dan
iel Farm,’’ and being the same land de
i vised by will of W. Daniel to the chil
dren of the late Charlie Johnston, and
I containing five hundred and fifty-four
I (554) acres
I This the 21st day of February, 1924.
8. A. I»UNN, Trustee
Childron Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
CAS TOR I A