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118 DON'T STRAIN your eyes by trying to read without glasses. That is false pride and likely to have a most disastrous re sult. If you need glasses you will save nothing by waiting. The best glasses are made HALL'S WAY NORFOLK .... 144-146 Granby RICHMOND . 111 E. Broad LYNCHBURG 8.3 Main THE ROANOKE NEWS, Thursday, Aphil 5, 1917. j LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. 0 .,,,,.. Wars and rumors of wars, Plant all kind of vegetables. Lei everybody plant a garden. The green is back into the trees. Are you prepared for Easter day? Last Sunday was a lovely spring day, ' This promises to be a great fruit year. Farmers now getting busy in earnest. W. T, Shaw spent Thursday in Richmond. Financial circumstances alter legal cases. Today is planting day. Plant something. R. W. Hamill, of Thelma. was here Friday. The farmers are putting in some hard licks now. Mrs. F. J. Bounds spent Tues day in Richmond. The fishermen are getting their nets and boats in shape. Break your Cold or l.aGrippe with a few doses of 606. Tomorrow will be Good Friday a day for prayer and fasting. But then to some people it is April the first all the year round. The sunshine should now mo bilize in aid of the spring garden drive. Mrs. W. L. Knight has returned home from a visit 10 Northampton county. Major R. T. Daniel went to Ral eigh Thursday on government business. RUB-MY-TISM Antiseptic.Re lieves Rheumatism, Sprains, Neu ralgia, etc. Judge J.M. Mullen, of Peters burg, was here Friday on his way to Littleton. A. Z. Travis, who is a student at Chapel Hill, spent Saturday and Sunday at home. Whit A. Johnston, of Littleton, was here Friday returning home from Richmond. April showers should not only make May flowers, but should help to wash away old H. C L. Mrs. W. W. Wiggins and Miss Katrine Wiggins spent several hours in Rocky Mount Saturday. Mrs. J. H. Norman, Mrs.Swain Norman and Misses Jane and Ag nes Norman, of Halifax, were here Friday. Sunday in all the churches in the land there will be special ser mons and fine music it being Easter day. Mrs. J. L. Howard and Mrs. W. L. DeBerry spent several days with relatives and friends in bn field last week. Earl Parker has returned home from Richmond, Va., where he has been in a hospital for treatment. He is now all right. Harry and James Dennis, who tiave been with the Third N. C. Regiment on the borders of Texas, have returned home'. John B. Sledge and Camm Tilghman have returned home from Baltimore, where they have been attending a business college. Will Ofen Business. Wil liam Josephson, of Richmond, a splendid young business man, will arrive here in a few days to open business at the corner stand re cently occupied by J. Samet. Mr. Josephson is a brother of Mike Josephson, of the firm of Farber & Josephson, and comes highly recommended. Cotton Ginned. In a recent report of cotton ginned in North Carolina, of the 1916 crop the number of bales so far has been 693,382 as compared with 737, 354 in 1915. Up to March 20 Halifax couniy hud ginned 30,940 against 26,545 in 1915, a gain of 4,395 bales. Shiklds-Norman. Invitations reading as follows, have been re ceived by friends here : "Mr, and Mrs. J. Hunter Nor man request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Jane Whittle to Mr. Leon Grady Shields on Wednesday even ing, April the eighteenth at seven o'clock at Saint Mark's Episcopal church, Halifax, N. C." Advertised Letters. The following is a list of letters remain ing "uncalled for" in the Weldon postoffke : Nora Brinkley, Tinney Lee, J. B. Pope. Persons calling for above letters will please say "advertised," giv ing date of advertising. D. T. Clark, P. M Weldon, N. C April 2, 1917. Enjoyable Concert. The singing class of the Oxford Or phanage gave a delightful concert at Batchelor's Opera House Friday night. The orphans were greeted by a large and enthusiastic audi ence and every one present enjoy ed the concert. The class is now making its annual tour of the east and we are glad to learn that they are having success. They went from here to Enfield where ihey gave a concert Saturday night. Eight - Hour Law. Shorter hours or increased pay will prevail among employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company after May 1st, is a statement made by local operators. The operation of the Adamson eight-hour law will be put into ef fect by the company on that date. The office men now work I'i to 9 hours a day. After May 1st all will be placed on eight hour basis. Men working nine hours will be cut to eight or they will be given pay for the extra time. ListTakf.rs. The County com missioners in regular session at Halifax, Monday, appointed list takers for the various townships in Halifax, as follows: Brink eyville-W. H. Hays. Butterwood W. E. Nicholson. Conocanara J. A. Dickens, Enfield F. C, Pittman. Faucetts E. W. l.iles. Halifax W. F. Coppedge. Littleton C. D. House. Palmyra (To be supplied.) RoseneathR. F. Bradley. Roanoke Rapids A.M. Proctor. Scotland Neck J. E. Shields. Weldon W. T. Shaw. Baraca Officers. At the M. E. church last Sunday the Baraca Class elected officers for the ensu ing term as follows : President W. T. Shaw, Jr. Vice-President L. C. Draper. Secretary C. W. Howard. Assistant Secretary Blackwell Pierce. Treasurer J. I. Wyche. Orphanage Treasurer H. D. Allen. Librarian E. G. Garlick. Press Reporter E. L. Hay ward. Teacher O. W. Pierce. Assistant Teacher Howard V. Bounds, The class is doing a fine work- Young men at work lur young men." Baby Week. The Suie Board of Health is again calling attention to the fact that May 1-6 is Baby Week The imparlance of this movement from a health stand point.'particularly US' it concerns the baby's health, makes it of vital interest to every town and com munity in the State. The baby's health, during the summer months is not a question lightly to be re garded. Last year in North Car olina over 5,000 white babies and over 3,000 colored babies, not over a year old, died from various diseases, and it is a noticeable fact that a very large per cent, of these deaths occurred during the months of May, June, July and August Debate Tomorrow Night. At the request of Enfield the de bate for March 30th was postponed for one week, and will be held on April 6th at 8 p. in, The question is a live one: "Resolved. That the Federal government Should Own the Railroads." The debate here will be at the school auditorium. Charles Allen and Miss Agnes Stainback will up hold the affirmative against debaters from Enfield on the negative side The debaters from Enfield com irlg here to uphold the negative are Misses Dorothy Harrison and Lilian Mitchell. Misses Katrine Wiggins and Pauline Morehead will go to Roa noke Rapids Friday night, and speak on the oegattve aide. What Measles Mean. --Some thing of what the present epidemic of measles has meant to the State is given out by the Stale Board of Health in its latest bulletin. Ac cording to the death certificates entered for the month of January, or as many as were received be fore February 10, one hundred twenty-six babies died from mea sles in North Carolina during that month. And yet, as the board calls attention to the fact, this dis ease hud not reached so large an epidemic proportion in January as it did later in F'ebruary and March, consequently the number of deaths from measles for the months of February and March is expected to greatly exceed that of January. Appropriation for Veterans. At the solicitation of Miss Nannie Gary, of Halifax, Directress of Dis trict No. 15, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Miss Susie Fitzputrick, President of Frank Parker Chapter of Enfield, the Board of Conimissioners of Hali fax couniy, on Monday last, do nated the sum of $500 to be used in sending veterans of the county to the re-union in Washington, D. C, in June. The purpose is to secure a car and let all the veterans go in a body. Of course this ap plies only to those who are not fi nancially able to pay their own way. It is important that any vet eran of this class now living in the vicinity of Weldon who wishes to take this trip shall notify Mrs. Ida Wilkins, of Weldon, so that she can make the necessary arrange ments. It is hoped that at least fifty veterans from the county will take advantage of this extraordi nary opportunity to visit the Na tional capital and join again in the reunion of the boys who wore the Grey. Services at Grace Episco pal Church Easter Day. Holy Communion and sermon at sunrise. Vested choir at this ser vice. Regular service at 1 1 o' clock a. m. Evening prayer and sermon at 7:30 p. m. The subject of the morning ser mon will be "The Empty Tomb." As Easter Day has been set apart by Christians to commemorate the Resurrection it is very appropriate to observe it at the hour on which our Lord rose from the dead. As the Holy women on that first glad Easier Day hastened to the tomb how appropriate that we, in com memoration of that event, now gather in a service and meditate on the Truth revealed in it. All the people in the community are invited to attend. At night the subject of the ser mon will be, 1 he Hereafter. This sermon will be a reverent in quiry into the state of the dead. On Good Friday there will be a commemoration of the three hours on which Jesus hung on the cross. The devotional exercises, will be led by the Rector and the address es will be made by the Rev. N. C. Hughes of Raleigh. All are cordially invited to at tend. The service will be from 12 o'clock noon, until 3 o'clock p. m. 1 hose who do not care to stay through the whole of the ser vice may attend such parts of it as they desire. Interesting Talk. Judge O. n. Allen, ot Kinston, who was here Sunday on his way to Jack son to hold Northampton Superior Court, made an interesting and in structive talk at the M. E. church Sunday night Judge Allen spokeon "Crimes," at the suggestion of the pastor, but he said his favorite theme was the "Bible." He loved to talk about and to meditate upon the Holy Scriptures. Judge Allen believes in applying the gospel instead of the lash, to criminals. He said in our present mode of dealing with criminals that we made "criminals of criminals," and that he believed that the finest field for a revival was at the State farm. He thought what was needed at the prisons was regeneration instead of refor mation. Judge Allen does not be lieve in prison stripes, and said he wanted to take off his hat to Dr Register, who resigned as prison physician at the State farms be cause the recent legislature passed a law requiring that in future all convicts who are whipped rtiust be whipped in the presence of the prison physician and Dr. Register could not stand for that. Judge Allen in speaking of the bringing up of children in the riglv way paid a high compliment to the Jews, when he said he believed they were the best trained children in the world and he was once told by a school teacher that the easiest children to teach are the children of the Jews Insomnia. Indigestion nearly always disturbs the sleep more! or lens, and is often the eauae of insomnia. Kat a light supper with little if any meat, and no milk; also take one of Chamberlain's Tablets immediately after supper and see if you do not rest much bettor. 'Obtainable eerywoera. BOUNDS-HOLMES. Beautiful Home Wedding at Ce dartawn, (ieorgia. The following, which is of inter est in Weldon social circles.is taken from the Cedurtown, (Ga.) Stand ard: "The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. Wadsword King Holmes was the scene of a beautiful wedding yesterday evening when their love ly daughter, Miss Marjorie, became the bride of Mr. Frederick Jones Bounds, of Weldon, N. C. The ceremony was performed at 6:30 o'clock by Rev. W. T. Hunnicutt, in the presence of a large company of friends and well-wishers. An improvised altar of ferns and cathedral candles, drapped with white tulle, made a beautiful background in the large living room. The aisle leading to the altar was. a pretty arrangement of white pedestals connected with tulle. Preceding the ceremony Miss Virginia Fielder, played the "Scene de Ballet" on the violin accompa nied by Mrs, W. H. Trawick on the piano. Mendelssohn's Wedding march was then played by Mrs.Tra wick, accompanied by Miss Fielder, the fine music adding to the beauty of the occasion. The ribbon bearers, little Misses Mary Cade Holmes and Sara Stewart, entered first, followed by the bridesmaids and groomsmen Miss Katherine Bunn, Miss Edith Rambo, of Bluffton, and Miss Catherine Smith, Messrs. Wm. J, Crabb, Robert 0. Pitts, Jr., and Cliff Hopper. The sweet little pillow bearers, Dorothy Holmes, and Mary Norman, then entered, Miss Dorothy Dean, of Gainesville, was the maid of honor, and ihe groom's brother, Mr. Howard V. Bounds, of Weldon, served as best man. The bride, who is one of Cedar- town's loveliest belles, was more beautiful than ever in her wedding gown of white Olga crepe, trimmed with silver lace and satin. She carried a cascade bouquet of valley lilies. Immediately following the cere; mony elegant refreshments were served in the dining room, which was tastefully decorated with orange blossoms, lilies, violets and roses. On returning from their bridal trip to Philadelphia and New York Mr. and Mrs. Bounds will be at home in Souih Weldon. THAT WAR EXISTS. The 65th Congress of the United States organized Monday by elect ing Champ Clark Speaker of the House of Representatives. President Wilson appeared be fore the joint session, and in a dis passionate speech urged Congress to declare that a state of war now exists between the United States and Germany. He recommends a full equipment of the Navy, and an army of at least 500,000 men and an addi tional increase of 500,000 men as needed. Fatal Accident. News reach ed here Thursday night that Ira Smith Harding, employed at the Navy yard in Portsmouth, had fallen 65 feet into the hold of the Colier Jason, at the Navy yard, nd sustained injuries, that an hour later resulted in his death. Mr. Harding was the brother-in- law of Mrs. Z. Stringer, of this town, his wife being Mrs. Strin ger s sister. Mrs. stringer left for Portsmouth immediately on receipt of the sad intelligence, and Mr. Stringer went down Saturday to attend the funeral, which was held Sunday afternoon, the inter ment taking place in Oak Grove cemetery. Mr. Harding was 47 years old and was highly esteemed by all who knew him. Representatives were present at the funeral from Painters' Union, the Order of Fra ternal Americans, and the Spanish War Veterans, in which he held membership. He is survived by his wife and two children and several brothers and sisters. Minshaw Kills Himself. After sending a letter, and enclos ing a watch In same, to Mr. Jim Applewhite, stating that by the time the letter was received he would be a dead man, Mr. Charles Min shaw, of Tillery, blew off the top of his hsad with a shot gun, Wed nesday, and his remains were brought in on the afternoon train and bruned in the Baptist ceme tery, Rev. R. A. McFarland per forming the burial riles. No cause could be ascribed for the act of self destruction except that the dead man had been living a very unfortunate life during the oast two years and he was not agreeably recognized by the white DeoDle ol the community. Also it is possible that former occurrences during the recent years had prey ed upon his mind, that, in desper ation, he commuted the deed. Fortunately the deceased left no family, as he had never married, and the only close relative was a brother. -Scotland Neck Commonwealth. PALM SUNDAY. April the Hirst was Palm Sunday Next Sunday Comes Hosier. Lust Sunday was Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy week. Palm Sunday derives its signifi cance from the eventful day that witnessed the Saviour's entry into Jerusalem the last week before His crucifixion. Then He rode in triumph as the multitude shouted hosunnas and tore down palm branches to strew in His way. Laier in this tragic week the ago nies of Gethsemane and the shad ows of Olivet await the Christ, whose sufferings will be in the minds of great numbers of Chris tians during this solemn period. It is during Holy Week that many devout souls through fasting, pray er and meditation, prepare them selves to better understand the lessons of the crucifixion and to apply them to their own lives; to grusp the meaning of the vicarious atonement of Christ and to make it a real factor in their Christian experience. On Good Friday many flock to the churches to hear again the story of the cross, the seven last sayings and the subdued music amid surroundings of sombre im pressions. Sunday next Easter the Chris tian world emerges from its period of special meditation with fresh visions of the death and resurrec tion of Christ, Special Easter music will be a feature in the Weldon churches next Sunday.. Clear Your Skin In Spring. Spring house cleaning meanscluaning inside and outside, Dull pimply skin is an aftermath of inactivity. Flush your intestines with a mild laxative and clean out the accumulated wastes, easy to take, they do not gripe. Or. King's New Life Pills will clear your complexion and brighten your eye. Try Dr. King's New Life Pills tonight and throw olf the sluggish winter shell. At druggists, c. 1 Lips are seldom as red as they are painted. Stop Left Over Coughs. Dr. hell's Jl'ine-Tar-Honey will stop that hacking cough that lingers from January. The soothing pine balsams looseit the phlegm, heals the irritated membrane, the glycerine relieves the tender tissues, you breathe easier and roughing ceases. Ilon't neglect a liu gering cough, it is dangerous. !r. Hell's Pine-Tur-Honey is antiseptic and pleas ant to take, henelits young and old, get it at your druggist today l-'onnuin on the bottle. -,i.e. Don't forget that charity is often a curse to humanity. Spring. Spring is looked upon by many as the most delightful season of the year, but this cannot be said of the rheumatic. The cold and dump weather briugs on rheumatic pains which are anything but pleasant. They can be relieved, howev er, by appling Chamberlain's Liniment, Obtainable everywhere. A word 10 the strenuous is suf ficientif you call him a liar. Sprains and Strains Relieved Sloau'n IjnitiifUl quickly takes the pains out of strains, sprains, bruises and all muscle soreness. A clean, clear liquid easily applied, it quickly pene trates without ruhbiuir. Sloan's Lioi merit does not stain the skin or clog the pores like mussy plasters or ointments. For chronic rheumatic aches aud pains neuralgia, trout and lumbago have this well known remedy handy. For the pains of grippe and follow ing strenuous work, it gives quick relief. At all drug gists, iMe. And sometimes a man's silence speaks volumes for his ignorance. Safe Medicine for Children. "Is it safe?" is the first question to he considered when buying cough med icine for children. Chaniberlaiu'sCough Remedy has long been a favorite with mothers of young oliildren as it con tains no opium or other narcotic, and may be given to a child as confidently as to an adult. It is pleasant to take, too, which is of great importance when medicine rm at be given to young chil dren. This remedy is most effectual in relieving coughs, colds and croup. Obtainable everywhere. The man who never tried has no sympathy for the one who tried and failed. WEAK, SORE LUNGS Eoitored To Health By Vinol Camden. N. J. "I had a deep tea ted cough, waa run-down, and my lungs were weak and ante. 1 had tried everything suggested without help. One eve ning I read about Vinol and decided to try It. Soon I noticed an Improve ment. I kept on taking It and today I am a well man. The soreness ! all gone from my lungs, T do not have anr cough and have gained fifteen pounds FaiNK Hiu hin. 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