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t OANOK apids Herald Volume 1. Number 42. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, JANUARY 15, 1915. Subscription, $1.00 a Year R PERSONAL AM LOCAL ITEMS HEALTH MENACE Ryr V. F. ilnnuT is Mass.. mi business. Tri'. Kiill lias accepted a posi tioii in Petersburg, Va. J. V. House spent several days in Winston-Salem. N. C, this week. in Huston, Governor Craig Urges Increase in Health Work And Fight Against Tuberculosis ASSOCIATION S. Senie morning on Philadelphia. left last Tuesday a business trip to Raleigh. N. ('..Jan. 11. lUl.i. Governor Craig rings clear on health. In his message read he- fore the Central Assembly. nullt llm"'11 V he urges increasing effec tiveness in health work. He es- ADDRESS ON VALUE OF READING peeially urges a vigorous light Muuls Tuesil;i iijlil. of Officers. a'I mmbm and oli;i.r "liVzwis. Inferi'sfbd in the work Invited MARKET REPORTS community health WORK REINFORCED Prevailing Prices Paid for Cotton and Country Produce Friday, January 15, 1915 I'lVK I -h Tl-H.ll- I'ottoh. 1: 1 1. i. H i r , i- I hsi. 7 1 fi rents ! 11)1 N I 'K. Kgir Hurt, r l it-.-li Cork i .. Ham. fount! v ( uic! .", Sh.ml.lei. I- 1L' 1 2Hc-L'hc against the great White Plague. Miss Mary Daughtry left this hollowing is that portion of hi: morning on a visit to friends in message relating to puhlii Lynchipirg, Va. Mrs. .1. Ii. M.Knly, who has been visiting her mother in Ante, Va., returned last Saturday. Rev. A. (). Moore, of Warsaw, N. ('., spent Thursday night and Friday with Dr. and Mrs. E. II. Adkins. Rev. II. F. Morion ruts moved into the residence on Hamilton Street, formerly occupied by M. McRao Faison. Dr. II. H. Foster and family have moved from their residence on Jackson Street to rooms over the new Horner Building. health. 'The State has etlicientlv Hoard of Health 8000 VACCINATED Nash County to Have No More Smallpox In Her Schools On next Tuesday night, the Rosemary Reading Room Ai Lib rary Association will hold its re gular annual meeting for the election of officers and outlining ellicionuy periorme.i a liene- ,,f ,,f V.,.L for the eominir licent work, l'.y its agency saui- voar. ( There's to be no more tary conditions are improving. All of the members of the As- l'"x N;lsh ""uty This department should be pro- sociation are unrentlv requested That matter is settled. to come out and attend this IMtf 11 meeting, and evervbodv who is ;,,(.. ...,.;!. ..I ii,;.. I .1,1-. i-i. i.-,,.L- i'S small schools. Aecord- vided with means to continue with increasing effectiveness this most essential work for the pro ser"ation of life and for the health anil happiness of all the people." "The problem of dealing with tuberculosis is most serious. In North Carolina it has been ascer- high authority about Who liar- Lr. l; Mil ii i school children from '.i."i to Hookworm ! of all the school children in r.,r- Una .--met tamed people ease. that eighteen thousand v all, are victims ot this dis Manv may have it of is cordially invited to be -present. county have been vaccmat The Rosemary Reading Room against smallpox since lb i n,,i i ii.ivn-r A.H.i.iti.m wtiio ginji i ng of school t his y eai . only institution of its kind in Halifax Countv. It is splendid- thoroughly equipped. well housed, has a large and complete library consisting of Six Model Health Communities; Three New Ones Started The new year finds many changes in the personnel of the Hookworm Commission and the Community Health work in North Carolina. Dr. M. W. Steel, of Kentucky succeeds Dr. D. C. Absher in community health work in Scotland County. Dr W. H. Kibler succeeds Dr. Washburn as whole-time health officer of Nashj County, while I ir. I'. W. Covington goe- to Wayne County and Dr. V- K Champion to Pitt County t. o;. ter new fields of community . health .n Dr. John C mh -.h. "i-l , Director for i.ii'atimMti North Septe'ii'.i l'.i;i EUROPEAN WAR SHAI-;W1th THE CHURCHES TERS KING COnON'S FLEECY STAPLE MUST PAY RAN SOM INTO THE COFFERS OF WAR. Na Rings With Cries of Stricken Industry "eter f .iu,r i .u.nal ( i: -1 - kill I'l.ltoh IlKH SIlT On- Kim,,,, ,n ar Hi,., i irult -t' product i.h ."llllll Till- Hliellh enls lvH liursted o rrkli.HnliiK his suhje. lilt his markets, ate) tin- nation cries out k i n t; ! " People from every w contributed their iiitt.- work Socle' ViS tot" king; mllp.1-, ; aH dei t.- j I 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. i Everybody invited to all scr- ' vices. Methodist Uutn Ii Rev. Wm Towe, Pa-lot nil'' f.H me, mtcr- the Roanoke Rapids Sunday -. ;-..oi jat IC-lo. W. V. Woo,1- :!'. Supt. Services at 11 o'clock, Sublet. ,f ,,ave "Fidelity," Night services con re-ii-utl ' etoo- ihe i t ne i I ducted by J. Rosemary, H. Boyd. Sunday School at ui Kir-, recentl.- been en .. rumunity health work Don't forget the bargains to be had at the 5 and 111 cent store, Second Street Roanoke Rapids, N. ('. Specials every week. Advt. abroad at noon-day, anil one 1 seventh of all the deaths in the State are from this dreaded dis ease. The Stale Sanatorium was established in response to Please turn in your saving the demand that something must passbooks and have interest be done for the atllicted, and to credited to January 1, 1!1.". stop the ravages of the plague. First .National Hank of Roanoke In my opinion this institution, Rapid;-. Advt. with its present scope and olfi- wlHun we do not know. It is an m.arly one thousand vloumes and ever present plague that stalks wuu,j K, ;l vm mMitahle in stitution for a community many times larger than theone in which it is situated. Hoard This wholesale vaccination w as the results of an order of the progressive county board of health passed last August. The county health ollicer vacci nated all applicants free of charge. As a result of this ac tion the present generation of from -,e , n school children of Nash County pr.-u-lw ,un will be protected t nun smallpox of Covernoas of the absolutely tor live years or more unison I'ounlv, Georgia State w with Ho 0! Mrs William F. Norris and little i aughter, of Waverly, Va., are s -ending some time here with I - r parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rober. West. ciency. is utterly incapable of dealing elfectively with the situ- Library are planning to have an able speaker deliver an address next Tuesday night on the "Value of Reading." No admis sion will be charged at this meet ing. In fact, the membership fee of the Rosemary Library Association is merely nominal, l year's at i m. As purpose of care to- themselves, and dissemi nating knowledge ot the disease, (lovernors that it :annot be as ctfeetive as could fA,.,i tln eitiv.n Mr. F. II. Robinson went to Petersburg, Va., on last Wednes day to attend the funeral of his brother, who died there Ttie-'dav every person in the State known in institution for the tiK. (w Mn for educating people to membership. It is ho ied by the Hoard of co-operat;nn e citizens oi nose arv a tmreau established tor the pur- win trjvl.n t.Ven more week pose of sending literature I" this vear than last, in ord.-r thai the Library may be able 'o be of and practically all of them ten years and many for life. Next year only the new pupil will need to be vaccinated. act-mating SdlHI children out of a population of .10,11011 will in till probability reduc thi number of of heall' smallpox cases and deaths in the burg --. i ii t I.- f.ijrth .)' a third. There Coun' be -.to ..ecanon for closing ant down the scIum.N even though n;i phi epioeuii- of a!!iox sh .i'd re sult amo ir ti.e a't.o'.' 1 .-aecina-teil. II- real ter the t.'.- i. of vac cinati"g the new sch . i children and w guyed 111 the Health. Dr. Steel, iVrine. iv ,A ; Kentucky State Board of 1 was graduated from !' ,,, :. villi' Med.cal Colleg,- in j... ,,. comes iih an t xiierience earned years of tr.-heral tso years of i.-diiic health work. Dr. Steel will com plett, work begun by Dr. ! 10 o'clock. J. H. Boyd, Supt. Night services at o'olock, Subject, "Thy Kingdom Come " Come and worship with us. '.uiilly" Uio'h..!,.. nli h I ' .-orilalii only '-t.iton ;..o.ln thp prsM lias i-i. ad '' Ith t!.e tiulil c- to h.iv h t ' ; tai: have t pho forimilat!iK ( -- d Ir- plans: nn .utera and leidslailve tiii.lif-a have di-ilberated over relief m.re,- statesmen and writers rnTlUTV hnve r..-- eloquent extioundliis the tlAUrAA LUUPIII 'imlicr.iti!e rights of "His Maety" BOARD OF HEALTH t '. cresentlnK schemes for preserv 'nit I tie financial Intefrrttv of thp i suit-ken staple, hut the sword ot En I Re-elects Dr. Green Health Officer ii.l'-hHH proved mightier than the pen f Amerlr? In ttilntt value upon Oils pr ' ict or the sunny south. Prices At the regular meeting of the hnve been bayoi.eted, values riddled ('oUntv loard of Health at Hali- ano niarseis neciumtea ny tne naininn hosts of the eastern hemisphere until the American farmer has suffered a war loss of S4ilO.OHO.non, and a hale of cotton brave enough to enter a European port must pay a ransom of Scotland Countv, the na,f 1,8 vaift or no to prison until the war is over. Hope of the Future Lies In Co opers, tlon. The Farmers' t'nlon, through the A I M let latter 'K.ving been elected whole time health ollicer of Vance i i-untv. Six communities ju all have columns of the press, wants to thank O.n ImopLiAn nu.i.U I completed the Commission s plan 8l,p, sympathy and assistance lven fax, Monday, Dr. I. E. Green was re-elected County Superinten dent of Health by a unanimous vote. The Board of Health is composed of W. R. Harvey, chairman of the county board of commissioners; ,1. 11. h'enner, Mayor of Halifax; Dr. A. S. Harrison, county superintendent of public instruction: Dr. ,1. A. II. I. aftern nitt. Rev. I. P. McCurdy, i f Wil mington, who has spent several days here in the interests of the Mid-W inter Fe.-tival to be held on February 1, '2 and left. Mon day. The most interesting announce ment ever made to the people of this community may be found on the back page of this paper. Don't fail to read it carefully. Advt. P. V. Matthews who hits been engaged in (killing a dee) well at S. F. Patterson's new resi dence, has completed the work and left on last Thursday for Al berta, Va. to be alllicted. Such literature could present the situation more intelligently to the people and with more eilieacy than could be done by a few patients who are fortunate enough to secure ad mission to the small establish ment at Sanatorium. There are now about ninety patients in this institution. It is most hu manely and most ably managed. Vet it is altogether inadeipuite to deal with this stupendous pro position that so vitally effects the people, It has done good in individual instances, but there are thousands in the State who can not gain admittance, and who will desire admittance when its 'efficiency is recognized. This institution can never care for greater help to a larger of people during the ear Donation Day Roanoke Hospital mmi'.-r l Rapids V each year will be con ea.- and etch y -at' wi lideiitiy expei- re 1 number o an thrimgliou me g-uerai tion of th.- countv as t.lie of this policy. VA lHl- iii i:i the ilpox cases popula-result Friday, the liJnd. of January will be Donation I lay for the hospital. Everyone who has the inter est of the hospital at heart is asked to come to Mrs. E. II. The War Drama of The Eastern Theatre Hallsi With few dividual in these communities has been examined for hook worm disease and every infected person treated. Every home, school and church has been pro vided with sanitary closets, while rural sanitation has made marked advances along numer other lines. Cotton Pool A Disaster seareSa em- the cotton farmers In the hour of dls- I Collins, of Enfield, and Dr, i Sampson ,r,'Ra an(1 to (1lr'''t ,"'n,l"n to co- Clark, of Scotland Neck. p. operative methods necessary to per . Vlt. 1 leas- rnKncntly Rmxt the marketing of all 1 M. p u v- Philadel- farm products. 1 MrS- K" Kl"8 V and The present eii.ert-ency presents as ! r, ,. ... .. rI . ( Krnve a sltua "!-. s-, ever confronted ! Mrs- L- King, ol I he ma, 11111 the Americ- f-:uer and from the died on last Wednesday morniinr 111- viewpoint ..t On- r.r .urer. 'ou1t seem ! I. I... i....:.i .' ii :...i ., . ! tit uii.' nutinimi' ivuiiiiiN nuspiiai, i-y relief nieas- ,, ... , . , . , ' of heudliiK the i Mrs- ln n:ltl ll('lMI 0' ''ad health tor it long time and under- Krnve a suua "!-. the Americ fn-t!,-viewpoint of tin- r.r . to liistlfi- .-x" .. i.ltn ures, -T ,,, Ur ;,; constltu'ion nmi slraliilpx business; nil in order ; it a tiortion ot the ' .-1-n off the backs of the farmer, !- """'"thing Is done to check -' - '. -. iistoi of the war forces upon fit.- cott,,!. iields, the pathway of the Furop.'iu pestilence on this continent will b strewn with mortKSRed homes went an operation at the Hospi tal about a week ago. The oper ation was a successful one and she was recovering nicely when she suffered an acute attack of and famlneand poverty will stalk over pneumc-ifl which resulted in her the southland, filllnx the highways of 'death. uinusrry wttn refugees and the bauk- Tht e,. Thur .nay The imnionsi drama unfold.-1 mor and fall in of Hie w;tr d inug the sum ranee and Hel- those entitled to admission. On Mr. M. MeRae Faison and tu. present plan, the whole family have moved from their revenue of the State could not residence on Hamilton Street to Imrt the demand. It is one of rooms over the new Horner the highest obligations of the ' lft County To Have W hole-Time Adkins residence at Rosemary on gium has held th.-imagination of the 22nd. between land (' o'clock, the world in an awful fascination. Bring your donation and have Here was to be seen the test and a cup of tea with the members fruitage of the science of mod- of the Woman's Hoard. ern militarism, constantly devel- The articles most needed are oped for '10 years. Here was the bureau covers, tray covers, tow- bursting of the anger of France, els, sheets, pillow cases, preserv- pent for decades, the struggle es. jelly, groceries, and in fact for a "revanche" that was in any thing will be gratefully re ceived. 11 i't ur- ill-' Building next National Bank. to the First Health Officer Friends of Rev. Jesse Blalock will be glad to learn that he is doing nicely after his operation for appendicitis, which was per formed on last Tuesday at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Miss Sarah Stanley wasoperat-1 State to deal with this disease to do all possible to prevent it, and to cure those who have it. ! A telegram from Greenville I hope that this General Assemb- announces that Pitt County is ly can work out a practical me- the next to have a whole-time thod that will be effective." health ollicer. The commission-. ; ers of Pitt had the right kind of Educational Statistics jaNew Year spirit when they n J I voted unanimously, January the Halifax County School Ch.T-i fo"rth f" ? M"Xmw h,'ailh ed on for appendicitis at the (ren Number 133S-I. Halifax ",w'r- 1 his WiW tormina-. Roanoke Ranids Hospital on last ro.,t i,.,, i-ett ,.i,,t.i... i... : tionof longand continuous etlorts -'""li I its-o 4.'-" ' ' V II1HII ill lit- . Thursday. Latest reports are twetM, the ages of 6 and 20 years 011 th'' , that she has rallied from the . and 7102 or 515.7 per cent of ('ollnty shock of the operation and is them attend school, according to res-;Vt! getting on nicely. a recent census bulletin. The Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Shute left ta ;ont1aino,i in r"'H'rJt urc" 1 WI IS Lt I I Wtljf V liil L Y.M 111 t n. k'HU't o lurrnts in Williamston on last Wednesday. Mr. Shute's vaca tion is due to a run down state of health, and his place in the Hhkai.d's office will he supplied during his absence by Mr. C. S. Pi-gram, of Littleton. The postponed meeting of 'he Board f Trade of Roanoke Rap ids Tin. nship will be held on next Monday, January IS, at '.he Mayor's Office, over First Nation al Han'-; met'ibi -intere-.. the cot presi ii' . only recently been made public. The distribution, by age groups, and the number attending school is as follows: Age Total Number Number Attending School Ci to !) 10 to 11 If) to 17 IS to 20 4001 449(5 2.")-l 1 731(1 Notice itirt of many of the wide-awake and pro citizens in behalf of their people's better health and welfare, and the decision is a pooitfve one. The next step in which the commissioners will again make no mistake, will be to get the righL man for the office. Health work is not the peculiar fitness of every physician. Neither is it a matter of experience and training easily to be had. As in otner similar proressions, a spe- 2132 4!l('i ciai niness and eincieney is re quired. It will not be Pitt County's policy to rush unadvis edly in filling the office. the national spirit not so much the desire to return evil for evil! as the yearning to see the scales of justice balanced. Here was the historic battleground of Europe once more ensanguined; the mingling of Saxon and Teu ton and Latin, with the modern engines of destruction in 1 heir hands. It was and is, vast and awful beyjnd all comprehension; out we are beginning to perceive comparisons, to make a new ad justment of values. With the imminent recurrence of the llame of war throughout the Balkan region, we are invited to contemplate a battle front of l.;i(l(l miles, stretching its tortu ous course from the chilly surl of th Baltic to th" gentle Adri atic. It follows, first, tlic gener al course of the valley of the Vis tula, sweeping eastward into Po land, bending back toward the border stronghold of Cracow, thence through the Carpathian, passes; Rnumania's frontier would supply the link to complete the dreadful chain. Indeed, Russian claims in recent dispatch es, of lines thrown out far to the southward across Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. Peter Radford, National 1.. er of the Farmers' Uuion asked by a representative o press today if the fan -'rs . South would apply for lea; der the terms of the $l.'i." out) cotton pool, san! "1 do not know of a h;:nk-! in Texas or elsewh. - -ho i . willing to lend mo t the farmers at six per -nt under the provisions of th- ;' and I do not think man near i ruptcy court with prisoners. All calamities teach us lessons and the present crisis serves to illuminate o'cli i at tt.i ..... i.DNiD ... win inni nrunK lilt-Ill- ods and fth weakness of our credit ; -.yfitT.i, and out of the financial an- : 'sh and trnvail of the cotton farmer (-..I come a volume of discussion and i mass of suggestions and dually a tolutlon of tills, the biggest problem ii the economic life of America, If, ndeed, we have, not already laid the j oundation for at least temporary ro- I ' lief. More Pharaohs Needed In Agriculture. (-'arm products hae no credit and , I'ciuaps can never have on a perma nent and satisfactory Oasis unless we build warehouses, cold storage plants, elevators, etc., for without storage and credit facilities, the south is com- lent took place on -I'ernoon at one old family cetno- lehtia. FuR S.ALE tADSTKI.", goo, i ! consider trade :it R. al Estat- Citek. Ml K'HFi.i reholtiori. for Halifax Apply to Advt. Norwood-Worrell fanners t0 dump Its crop on the market ,, . .... , i . "'"'o unm. ine farmers t nions would care to quality for 4 loan. ; i the C(,Uol, pr.,ducll. Ht.ltps hBV(, It is to be regretted th-i' the offi-j for the past ten years persistently ad- cersofthat ir ement ;i'e not h""'st,'(1 ,hp construction ot storage , 1 . . ,, , H.ttlea. We have built during this frank enough a.-.n.it (hat the j perlod 2,0ofl ,.arehon,M w1th , ca. failure ol the Jioo! p- e to in-1 ractty of approximately 4.O0O.0OO hales he etlt defects 0' : ;' -ll. It has'"1"1 ,oolll"K backward the results not only failed c..p,etely, but it j ward'Te TrTInf '"f T '"T ' 1 nil ward, we are able to houne less has indirectly cost the Southern I then one-third of the crop and ware cotton tiroducers millions of dol-' ""uses without a credit system lone lars. I think it can be truthfully ' ,the' UBefulneBS The n Star- , , problem is a gigantic one too great j said that had the plan never been for the farmer to solve unaided. ii 1 suggested, several millions of ; mu,t have the assistance of the bank- . ( raiKpie -dollars would have been loaned : er; ,,le m"r('1't "t the government jsive luxury. . .. 1 . I ln Production we have reached the I I'l oi.nie atramst cotton in the South by 1 hi.t u l. ! U.tii no . n" --.D, umi UI peneciion ln the Jacob W. Norwood and Miss Amanda Worrell, both of Roa noke Rapids, were married in Weldon on last Sunday, January 10th, by Magistrate Knox E. Kilpatrick. "Have you read the beautiful new set of books the agent per suaded you to buy?" "No, 1 haven't read any of them yet. Hut 1 have looked at most of the pictures. " Washing- A wife is an expen- many banks w ho subscribed to the fund in good faith, and nat urally, with such a pledge be coming a liability they might be called upon to assume, they did not give consideration to making direct loans as the South ern Craniiie worlds history, but our marketing methods are most primitive. In the iM a ,u'w "Wile dawn of history we find agriculture Judge. piowlPir with a forked stick but with a system of warehouses under govern mental supervision that made the Egyptians the marvel of civilisation, for ho has not admired the ylalon of 'evu ana applauded the wisdom of So is an automobile. Sure. But you can every year. banker has alwavs done. l'R"rb for storing th, surnius until and as a result the pool cut off , 1 1 " , co,"iU'". but in , . 1 if Ke e have t0 many Josephs the local money supply and lore- who dream and not enough Pharaoh. ed the cotton on the market. 1 hav e no doubt the promoters act ed in good faith, hut the move ment has been a serious disaster to the South." who tmlld. at 8:00 o'clock. All Advertised list of mail at Roa ;md progressive citi. ens noke Rapids Po-dollice. Hungary, in dicate the closing the majority portion of this gap. All the Balkans in. and Italy Mrs. K. Jenkins, selling out at finally decided to cast the weight you are cost. My entire stock of goods its forces of 3, 000. OIK) men in- the irirl "How useless girls are today. I don't believe you know what needles are for." "How absurd grandma, ' ' protested "Of course, I know d in the upbuilding of Mr. Eleve Tharrington, Mr. T. offered at cost for fifteen days, to the fray, the circle of warfare what needles are for. They're dty are invited to be L. Lane. June Carllies, Mrs. S. Sale commences M. Taylor, A. R. Lee. j 15th, to Feb. 1st. Friday Jan. in Europe would be completed.- to make the graphophone play." Advt.-2t. ! Greensboro O&UjTimes. -Louisville Courier-Journal. Same Old Story. "There seems to be something radi ally wrong ln die way the present o arnev s Is concocted." "What makes you think so?" "Why. this mornin ( accidentally picked up a paper five Jays old and never noticed the dlffsr-ince." He- "I want to know, once for all, who is boss of this house?" She-"You'll be much happier if you don't find out." Hostoti Transcript. "Mamma, when people are in mourning, do they wear black night gowns'.'" "Why, no, of course not." "Well, don't they feel just as bad at night as they do in the daytime'."' Judge. Housewife "Did" Mrs. Jiggs give you any references?" Applicant-"Yes mum. She said if I could get along with you for 10 minutes I'd be a wonderr" Buffalo Express. Market at Hand. "Why don't you ship your produce to market any more" "I don't hafter. There's a gentleman farmer locnted near me now and It takes all 1 car to sell to supply bis table "Kansas City Journal . i A -Ik-