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PERSONAL AND LOCAL ITEMS
Miss Rosa Moody has returned
home from Buiue's Creek for the
Christmas Holidays.
Miss Elmyra Jenkins returned
home on last Friday from St.
Mary's for the Christmas Holi
days. Miss Lillie Strauther ia home
from the Ixmisburg Female Col
lege for the Holidays.
Miss Iola Stinson has returned
to her nome for the Holidays
from the Littleton Female Col
lege. Thomas Barrett is here spend
ing tho Chrisimas Holidays with
v his family.
Prof, and Mrs. A. E. Akers
are spt -lding the Christmas Foli-
days v, ith Mrs. Aker's pare nts
i at Elm City, N. C.
Mrs. H. B. Foster, and her
sister, Miss Maude Henry, are
spending the Christmas Holidays
with relatives in Wendell. N. C.
Miss Kate Atkerson left Sa:ur
day to spend tne Holidays at her
home i i Enfield.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Stainbac':
are spending the Holidays with
relative in Henderson.
Miss Clara Davis, of Greenville,
is visit ng her sister, Miss Rith
Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Shute are
spendii ? the Holidays with rela
tives ii Wiiliamston and Scotland
Neck.
Mr. -J. S. Wehb will spnd
Christi as day with relative in
Willian -iton.
Miss .lla Lee Chauneey, of
Washii jrton, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. J. M. Jackson.
Mr. ; id Mrs. W. S. Hanc ck
will sp id the Christmas l. jli-
davs w.th relatives in Sotkind
. Neck.
Miss Myrtle Baine, of Greens
boro, ii. spending the Holidays
here w.'h her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Baine.
Miss Belle Baine, who has
been it Ashevill, some time for
her htalth, is here with her
parent., Mr. and Mrs. A. L
Baine.
Mrs. Loftin, of Whittakers, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. C.
Williams.
R. M. James is spending the
Holidays in Pitt County with
relatives.
Rev. Mr. Ducket, a ministerial
student of Wake Forest College,
arrived Saturday, and on Sunday
preached two able and interest
ing sermons to large congrega
tions in the Rosemary Baptist
Church.
Mr. .John Taylor and family
who have leen living in Rose
mary for sometime, where Mr.
Taylor was connected with a
mercantile firm, moved this week
to the jountry.
J. C. Leavy and family left for
Martin County Saturday where
they will live for the next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Dollar, of Rox-
MARKET REPORTS
Prevailing Prices Paid for Cotton
and Country Produce Wednes
day, December 23, 1914
Cotton, middling basis, 6 3-4 cents
COUNTY PRODUCE
Cash Trade
Egps 2c. ; 80c.
Butter ..30c. 35c.
Fresh Pork 10c. 12 l-2c.
Ham, Country Cured 21c. 23c.
Shoulders 18c. 20c.
boro, N. C, are here this week
visiting Mrs. Dollar's mother,
Mrs. Sallie Williams.
Mr. Corbett Cannon has taken
charge of the Barber Shop loca
ted in the S. M. Thompson Boild-
ding, Rosemary.
W. L. Manning left Thursday
for Henderson to vis't relatives.'
George Carmichael will spend
the Holidays with relatives in
Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lehman
will spend Christmas with friends
and relatives in Winston-Salem
and Bethania.
Miss Belle Andrews will spend
Christmas at her home in Chapel
Hill.
A. L. Clark will spend Christ
mas in Weldon with relatives.
The Methodist Sunday School
of Rosemary, will have anenter
tainment and Christmas tree
Thursday night, the Baptist Sun
day School of the same place to
have theirs on Friday night.
T. E. Davis is spending Christ
mas at his home, Magnus farm,
near Walnut Cove, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Moody and
W: J. Norwood left this week
for Ante, Va., where they will
spend the Christmas Holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Jarvis, of
Winstom-Salem, arrived Monday
to visit Mrs. Jarvis mother,
Mrs. Wm. Burton.
T. O. Vaughan, of Weldon,
was in town on business a few
hours Wednesday.
T. E. Edmonds left Wednes
day for Hobgood to spend the
Holidays with friends and rel
atives. Miss Addie Belle Gammons
leaves this week for Hampton
for an extended visit to relatives
and friends.
Miss Mary Daughtry left
Wednesday for Richmond where
she will spend the Holidays with
friends and relatives.
Wm. Towe, of the Cary High
School, is spending the Holidays
here with his parents.
K. C.Towe, of Trinity College,
is spending the Holidays here
with his parenti. . -
The Power Plant of the Roanoke
Rapids Power Company will be
operated from 10:30 to 12:30 on
Friday and Saturday Dec. 25
and' 26. Advt.
Jim and Fannie Thompson,
white, of near Thelma, were
fined twenty odd dollars and costs
in the recorder's court Tuesday
bv R. W. Brown, recorder, tor
being drunk and disorderly and
cursing on the public mgnway,
ROANOKE
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1 A face wreathed In smiles Is
teller than a mansion wreathed
in holly.
J Better broken toys than broken
hearts.
tj Never look a gill object In ths
price tag.
J Santa Claus by any other name
would cost as much and bs
worth It.
J Do nol be satisfied with wishing
peaple a "Merry Christmas;" help
make It one.
1 Lots of men put on long white
whiskers ar.d think they look Ilka
me when they look more like a
foal and perhaps they are.
Q If Willie wants to sea what Is
Inside the drum, (or goodness
sake let him.
J Ym are living In Cod's own
country. V. hat more do you want
for Christmas.
H It Is a wise Santa who keeps his
whl.ikers away Irom the candles,
t Keep up the "Good will to man"
part of It right through until r.ci!
Christmas.
It Is more blessed to give than
to receive, except In the mailer of
ofleise.
H Fortunately for most of us, we
won't gel what we deserve on
Christmas.
Ii WhenChrlstmasglvlngbecomea
a necessity It ceases to be a virtue.
J There Is more Joy In heaven
over a ton of coal given to the poor
than a ton of diamonds given to
the rich.
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A Red Cross Christmas Seal If Any
There is little reason or excuse
forthe unusual run of Christmas
stickers when Red Cross Seals
are available. The various
Christmas stickers still used
occasionally have no significant
beyond a Christmas suggestion
and the immense revenue whey
turn in to the makers of holiday
novelties.
The Red Cross Seal has a dis
tinct mission. Besides playing the
part of a messenger of the sea
son's cheer and greetings, it
stands for the real Christmas
spirit -- love, sympathy, service
for a brotherhood of suffering
humanity and as the means of
alleviating this suffering human
ity by stamping out the cause -
tuberculosis. Sentiment and reason have
paved the way for the Red Cross
Seals, and their work as well as
their popularity is well establish
ed. The time is a'ready h n when
the presence of a meaningless
type of a sticker in the place of
a Red Cross Seal is not under
stood and appreciated by the
recipient when the latter is to be
had.
Spain-Brown
Greatly to the surprise of their
friends, Miss Nannie Brown and
Mr. Luther Spain were quietly
married on last Sunday afternoon
atone o'clock. The marriairei
took place at the residence of
Mr. C. G. Gum. and the cere-
mony was performed by Magis
trate W. C. Allsbrook. Mr. and
Mrs. Spain arc both residents of
this place, Mrs. Spain being the
eldest daughter of Mr. J. E.
Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Spain
will make their home in Roanoke
Rapids.
RAPIDS, N. C, DECEMBER 25, 1914.
Initio 1 IHA3 HUL1U A 1 5
Mtniflnu . i ,A1 t lrn
NEAR AT HAND
Causes rush of business. Stores
festive with Holiday attire.
Uncle Sam gets his share
from Money Orders.
Business of Community
at Stand Still until
Monday
MILLS, BANKS AND STORES CLOSED
Christmas is near at hand and
this fact is reflected in the holi
day decorations and gala appear
ance of the stores of the com
munity. Christmas shopping
which was even slower than
usual in getting started is now
well under way and most of the
stores are crowded with custom
ers. Practically all of the larg'l
stores of the community re a-!
live to their opportunities and
offer as large and attractive se
lections of articles for Christmas
shoppers as are shown in com
munities many times tlie size of
this.
Other branches of industry are
also feeling the near approach of
the gladsome Yuletide, most
notably the express office and the
postoflices. Agent Crews is al
most swamped under tho sea of
express packages, the majority
of which hail from Virginia and
are breakable. At the postofli
ces of both Rosemary and Roa
noke Rapids the money order
business is distinctly booming.
Rosemary wrote ninety-eight
money orders on Monday alone,
two of which, we understand,
were strictly non-fluid. Roa
noke Rapids wrote forty-five
money orders on Monday and
twenty-five on Tuesday.
Practically all of the business
of the community will lie stopped
from Christmas Day over to Mon
day morning. The Hancock
Housfr Company, Taylor and
Collier, Wells D. Tillery and
Burnette and Cherry, of Roa
noke Rapids, will be closed until
Monday morning. Both banks,
the First National Hank of Roa
noke Rapids and the Rosemary
Banking and Trust Company will
be closed until Monday. The
First National Bank of Roanoke
Rapids, however, will be open
for deposits until eleven o'clock
the n!ghtof Christmas Eve. The
liosemary Manufacturing Com
pany will close down at 2:50
Wednesday afternoon and will
start up again Monday morning.
I'lie Roanoke Mills Company and
the Patterson Mills Company!
will close down Thursday at noon
and will resume operations Mon-I
I day morning. The office of tlu
j Herald Publishing Company
will also be closed from- Thurs
I day n',n Ulltil Monday morning.
With the exceptions mentioned,
the stores of the Community will
be closed only fyr Christmas Day,
resuming business the Saturday
following. '
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Song of the
ChristmasTree
By Gene Morgan
I comt from northern fur Iaml
W here men w mi Ul tuny n':r.
Tin' BeuHuriH fume, tl.- HeuS'ins jjo.
But 1 tun giee.v .'L-ieer.
The flowers f spring bloom at my feet.
The shmio.s always spreadiriK
Near by tbere runs a forest path
Where watchful deer are ireadlnf.
The it m me r pansi-s all too soon.
And autumn winds are chilly.
Poor rowers, they wither, droop and did
Amid the woodland hilly.
From every branch. Bad tears I drip
In va nsturin h neree endeavor.
ti... fw,. n,av .me iim fl,er.i m
(ill.
But 1 am green forever.
Now hark! the woodman's ax U heard!
A HiMer tree he'H felhlitf.
What crrn IIiIh eruel detumrtion mean?
The winter wind is telling'
"ilo not beninnn thy mournfiil f:i(e,
Tho' AYmen wield with ma-lness.
Bideiketl III tinsel. hrlKlit mid tine.
You'll soon bring children gladness.
"Thru canst not die, nlthnush thy trunk.
Harsh hatchet blows may sever.
Within the little children's hearts
Thou wilt be green forever !"
SAID LITTLE SOCRATES.
"Some generous person," said little
Socrates Uulglnbrow, of lioston, "has
been kind enough to send me a copy
of Mother Goose's lyrics for Christ
mas. l)o you know, the theory that
a representative of the bovine genus
at one time leaped over the chief
lumlnury of the night leads to some
Interesting calulatlons as to the mus
cular development of the cows of that
time. I have ascertained that they
muBt have been endowed with
strength proportionate to that of tho
flea of the present day."
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VANCE LANDS RE
CORD BREAKER
Employs Whole Time Health Offi
cer Who Helped Establish a
World's Record in Health
Work
Vance County again shows a
lot of other counties a pair of
clean heels. This time she has
elected a whole time county
health officer. Dr. D. C. Abs
her, of Wilkesboro. was the man
finally decided upon. For sever
al months Vance County authori
ties have been casting about over
this aud other states to find the
best health officer available. They
early recognized that it would be
taking long chances to tag any
doctor that happened to apply
for the office and call him a health
officer. Health work is different
from the practice of medicine as
is surgery dentistry. They appre
dated also the fact that training
a man to be a sanitarian and a;
health officer is a slow, expenr""
and an uncertain proposition. In
some cases a doctor may readily
oecome a good public health offi
cial while in other cases he may
prove to be the proverbial square
peg in the round hole.
Dr. Asbher will co-operate
with the State Board of Health
in his work in Vance and the plan
of work adopted by him and the
county is that approved by the
Board.
j Dr. Absher graduated in medi
i cine from the University of Mary
; land in 1904. For the last two
1 years he has been making a re-
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i cord for himself in hookworm
and community health work for
the State Board of Health. He
has just completed a campaign
in the Philadelphus community
in which out of a population of
H51, every family installed some
form of sanitary privy, every per
son was examined for hoskworm
disease, and every person hav
ing the disease was treated. This,
the community of Philadelphus
is claiming, is a world record.
THE JOY OF 8HOPPINQ.
By Wilbur D. Neiblt.
I love to fo and shop for things
To send as Christmas gifts to friends.
For then my fancy girds on wings,
I feel the Joy that never ends.
O, what a rupture 'Ub to stand
And be stepped upon, bumped Into,
Joggled, jostled, pushed, squeezed,
shoved, frowned at, scowled upon,
trampled, bruised, slammed, rushed,
hurried, Jolted, and finally get up to
the counter and discover tbat you are
at the w rong one I
To Insure Success.
A-Wertlaers should not Indulge in
rin timi, unsubstantial claims. Every
al .-'liiiild put forth a real reason for
the purchase. Price an article so as
to L-Ing a fair margin of profit, then
stick to the price rather than stick the
customer. Advertising is a part of
the sales force and by truthful adver
tising and carrying out a pollcy,of do
ing exactly what you promise to do.
having one price, marking all goods
with plain figure prices, one brand
of treatment for all customers and
selling a line of reliable goods that
best meets the requirements as to
style and price of a majority of custo
mersyou then cannot help but be
successful.
TiiiTnwiTiTriirir
Subscription, $1.00 a Year
WITH THE CHURCHES
Episcopal Church
All Saints Mission
Services every Sunday morn
ing at eleven o'clock. Sunday
evening at seven thirty.
Sunday School every Sunday
morning at ten o'clock. Mr.
Whittaker, Superindent.
Everybody invited to all
ser-
vices.
Presbyttrian Church
Rev. H. F. Morton, Ptstor
Sunday morning services,
Rosemary Theatre at 11;15 A. M.
Su bject: ' 'Ambassadors of Peace"
A Christmas service. Songs,
recitations and special music.
Sunday evening services,
Peoples Theatre at 7:30 P. M.
Subject: "The Incomparable
Value of
Heaven."
the Kingdom of
Methodist Church
Rev. WmTTuVt; Pastor '
Roanoke Rapids:
Thursday evening at 7 o'clock
the Sunday School will be given
a Christmas treat. Special
music.
Christmas morning at 6 o'clock
a special service.
Sunday Services.
Morning at 9:45 o'clock Sunday
School, W. V. Woodruff, Supt.
Night at 7:30 o'clock Subject,
"A Successful Life".
Rosemary:
Thursday evening at 7:30
"Christmas Entertainment".
Sunday Morning at 9:45 o'clock,
Sunday School, J. B. Boyd Supt.
Night 7:30 o'clock, services
conducted by J. B. Boyd.
Come and worship with us.
The Baronet's Last Compliments,
I heard of the most perfect man
servant In the world recently. He had
waited r0 years upon an aged and
crusty baronet In his lxindon lodg
ings, and his servility and obsequious
ness were without bounds. Presently,
In the fashion of all aged baronets,
our gouty and rheumatic crank died.
Mis funeral hour being set and given
out, the attending clergyman sudden
ly found himself unable to attend. In
haste he summoned the Bervant, and
bade him send out notice of the
change in the time of funeral cere
monies. The old man thought a very
long time. Then he took up his pen
and laboriously indicted many little
notes. Each one read: "The master
semis his compliments to you and
says as how he won't be burled till
tomorrow evening at five." Exchange.
Football and a Clergyman.
The more recreation we have tha
less vice there will be In the country,
and I regard the football match on a
Saturday afternoon as one of the best
possible devices to keep men in the
purity of the open air. I believe that
the increase of eport is the biggest
factor In the Increase of temperance,
and go so far as to say if you take ths
Church of England away from London
you remove the greatest sporting In
fluence. Some people object to the pro
feaalonal footballer, but I see no rea
son why a man of that class who gives
entertainment to the public should
not be paid for his services just in the
same way as a musician or a parson.
If we want the best we always hay
to pay for it lltv. A. J Waldtn, la
T. P.'a Weekly,
London.
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