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mattor of purely news valu-.
Friday April, lti, 1915.
Newiort News seems to
v popular with the K t is-
be
he majority of the
,s of Roanoke Rap
burn". allied ships are regular
maniacs when it conies to
ing up the Dardanelles.
The registration books close
next Wednesday afternoon at
five o'clock, Mr. Voter. Get
busy!
We had rather see a hot con
test for these town offices -- so
the boys could get a few cigars ! even in excess of insurance would
We can have the Health Ex
hibit of the State Hoard of
Health come to our town by
simply paying the tranportation
charges. This is the same ex
hibit that recently created nation-wide
interest at the Health
Conference at Jacksonville,
Florida, and will be a splendid
means of teaching our people
many a health lesson first hand.
The main facts pertaining to
health and disease prevention
set forth in this exhibit admit of
no argument. They are convinc
ing and hard to forget when you
have once seen them.
Adequate Fire Protection
That the town of Roanoke
Rapids needs an organized, well
trained voluntary tire depart
ment goes without saying. We
think the truth of this state
ment will be admitted by every
property-holder in town.
How then is the pitifully small
attendance at the Monday night
tneetinic to be accounted for?
This Meeting was called by May
or J. T. Chase, all of the mem
Ihts of the old tire department
vere reipisted to attend and all
property holders were invited to
be present and co-operate in the
work of getting an efficient fire
fighting organization started.
Twelve citizens of Roanoke
Rapids were interested enough,
t'i attend. We suppose the
majority are satisfied to "let Yr
burn." Fully half the people in
this town do not know the loca
tion of the lire bell: probably do
not know that there is such an
article in the corporate limits
If a tire were to break out in
the business district or in a
congested residence district on a
wi.,dy day, the resulting loss
practiced entirely uptm news
papers. We never heard of on ?
of these men trying the ban ..
for a loan without interest, try
ing to get merchandise from th
stores for nothing, or soliciting
his landlady for free board. He
will try, however, to defraud th?
newspaper out of its advertisin r
compensation and make no bone
of the matter at all.
The pity of it is that so man
papers and so many editors fa-'
for this free advertising graft
and allow these pikers to hav?
their way. One of the best
signs in pressdom, in our opinion,
is the fact that newspaper
everywhere are setting their
faces more and more against im
position of this nature.
Genuine news matter is always
welcome to our columns. Wheii
a friend, a subscriber, or. patron
brings us a story w hich has new
value, a local item or persons i
in which they or their friends
are interested, we are glaltoge'
it and glad to print it, of course
without charge.
Our definition of advertising
nutter as opposed to news mat
ter is as follows-, any reading
matter front which the person
requesting insertion expects t'
derive pecuniary profit. Tha;
kind of matter, if it gies in iu
all, goes in with advertising
charges attached.
money ye 've got. Charlie Wal
ker has b en making more out
of your bi siness than you have.
"Well, tr newspapers have got
ten a lott .it of me, but my great-;
est regret is that I didn't let ;
them hav more."
"Then ou believe in advertis
ing?" M. . Rowers was asked.
' 'I am t ot merely a believer in
advertisi' g was the prompt reply, j
"I am ill; 'ost a maniac on the j
subject. ! firmly Itelieve that if
I had onj spent half so much
for advertising as I have spent, I
wouldn't )0 worth half as much j
as I am worth. Furthermore I j
am con v! iced that had I been
foresights! enough to spend
twice as i luch for advertising as
I have sp 'lit that I would be
worth tw e what I am worth."
Moti- Boats In Demand.
Practical . all Inhabited sections of
th leyer dletrlct. Norway, can be
reached hv boat, and as a large per
centage of olh freight and passenger
traffic Is by water, there are at least
ton ir.otoi loata owned, exclusive of
the fiphtng tleet, for every motor ear
500
Cedar
Posts
FOR SALE
In the next 10 Days.
Jpply to
W. F. Horner
Rosemary, N. C.
The tesll of afire
insurance policyis
H
La' or and Thojght.
It is mil' by labor that thought can
he made I. ilthy, and only by thought
that liibor .an he made happy; and
the two cai not be separated with Im
punity Jo', a Kusklu.
Grocer Advertised
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MASON, WORRELL & LONG
A' torneya at Law
Offices: R unoke Rapidi, N. C and
Jackton, N. C.
Business Opportunity
Confectionery and Dry Good
Businesses For Sale
Same building but two separate
stores, connected by door. Good
location. Will sell one or either
store. Good terms and good
opportunity for right party. Al
so two store buildings at Rose
mary, N. C, for rent. Apply to
A. AMEEN & BRO.
Roanoke Rapidi, N. C.
Every fire tests the kind of service a company gives its policy-holders
but the supreme test is the great conflagration that leaves a big city
in ashes and forces many insurance companies out of business.
At such times the man who holds a policy of the Hartford Fire In
surance Company never worries. He knows that his policy is backed
by ample assets and more than a century's record for the prompt
payment of every honest loss.
That's one reason we represent the Hartford here. There are other
reasons equally good. May we talk to you about it ?
THE HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE CO.
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CLARK AVSHUTE, Resident Agent.
The Premium Won't Break You -A Fire Might
out of it a., v ay!
pay all the cost of a well trained
fire department for something
One dollar a year spent on the j liko a million years,
prevention of disease will bring So()n(,r or latcr such a tire un
bigger dividends to any town : doubtedly will occur - the impurt
than ten dollars spent on relief ; ant question is will the citizens
or cure. Ranke Rapids be prepared
to cope with such an emergency?
Two weeks from to-morrow If more interest in this import
marks the opening of the Roa-' ant subject is not manifested by
noke Valley League. Mobiliza- j the property holders in this town,
tion preparatory to actual hostili- j lt is a Pretty safe bet that they
ties is proceeding apace.
Those commissioner-candidates
who were reported to be
going to run on the "wide-open"
ticket, haven't shown up yet,
Probably decided to intern.
The Weather Man at Rdeigh
now comes to bat with the ob
servation that about one bil
lion tons of snow fell in North
Carolina the other Friday and
Saturday. 'S' all right but why hors
didn't you dosompthingaWmt it?' ou attend the second meeting
I for the organization of a fire de-
will not.
Picture to yourself your home
or your store going up in flames
simply because no one is suffi
ciently practiced in fire fighting
work to get on the job quickly -
to save the few precious minutes
of time that make the difference
between a small fire and a con
flagration. Then if you do not like the
picture -- get busy. Talk tlje
question over with your neigh-
See to it that they and
If Roanoke Rapids would be at
tractive to visitors and a heath
ful place for our homepeople, no
food fhould be exposed to fl es in
ita grocery stores, food-s.iops
and market; its hotels, cafes and
restaurants should not be sw inn
ing with flies and streets and va
cant lots should never be seen
littered with trash and unsightly
objects.
The City Official has a thank
less job. Few cities appreciate
the work which he does. He is
"d to give his City all the
-its and yet low
'3 expected to
partment which will be held at
7:45 P. M., Monday night, April
19, at the Mayor's Office of the
town of Roanoke Rapids.
The Pett
He walks into your office with
the gall of seven nations in his
system and the attitude of con
ferring upon you the greatest
favor in all the world and pro
ceeds to donate (or try to donate)
several inches of first class ad
vertising matter to be inserted
in your columns gratis.
This pec iliar species of fraufl
and imposition seems to be
Duke C. Bowers, of Memphis
Tennes-.ee, has 4.' grocery store, j
in that town and sells nearl j
hall' of the groceries eonsumev
there. Sixteen years ago he wa
piling staves in a Kentucky bai
rel factory at $.100 per day, an 1
w hile working at that job cor. :
eluded to go into business f 0 I
himself. A friend loaned hir
?t''iMJ and he opened a cash grc '
eery. His sales the first da I
amounted to just eight cent? . !
Now he is rated in the millionair
class. Andrew L. Deming quot-1
es Mr. Bowers in the St. Loui '
Republic as follows. I
"If I had not discovered new- j
j paper advertising, I would sti .i
j bo struggling for a living in tha.!
; first store instead of having j
forty-three. It came about thi ;
way. A few months after i
opened my cash grocery in Co-1
lumbus, Ky., Charles N. Wa! -I
ker. who used to edit the pape
there, showed me it would be t'i
my advantage to take a hal''
page ad every week changing the
ad every issue. Common sens,
told me that there was no uso
running a business that woulc
save the people money unless
j you told them so, so I signed t
j six months' contract. It puller
j so well, in fact that I used to buj
i'2(Ki extra copies and mail them
j out over Carlisle county to see if
j I couldn't get the farmers to
come to Columbus to trade.
! Pretty soon I became the biggest
.advertiser that Walker had. Ha',
; pages became too small for me; 1
i Ix'gan to use pages. And busi
; ness picked up accordingly. See
; ing the success possible in a cash
business pushed by goodadvertis
i ing, I sold out to go where 1
could get the greatest result
from my efforts. Just before
starting for Memphis, an uncle
of mine called me out for a pri
vate talk. 'Duke,' he said, you
are not going to Memphis surt
enough, are you? "That is what
I am going to do," 1 replied.
"I'm going down there and gc ,
in the grocery business right j
away. He shook his head
sorrowful-like and said, 'Duke,'
:ll .-..i. II tL.
uiuoc newspapers win gei mi uic j
CLARK & CLARK
A' .orneys at Law
Roanol e Rapids, N. C.
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Notic - of Mats Meeting
This ia to
mass meet!.,
of Kounuke
Mnvor'j otf.
t t:30 P.
nuting cam
mise loners c
iiU, to be v.
held on the
Dem. Kx.
4 2 3t
notify the public that a
of the voters of the town
Kapiits will he held in the
o on Friday. April 1 S. 1 9 1 5,
. for the )UiHne of nomi
iatee for mayor and com
' the town of Roanoke Rap
ped on at election to be
th day of May, 1915.
A. L. O.AKK, Chairman,
Com. of the town of R. R.
Notice
By virtue if a deed of trust made by
Mrs. Etlie : nearin and (I. R. Shearin,
her husband to me as trustee, dated
the 20th o. y of November, 1914, and
recorded in he Kegiater of Deeds office
for Halifax county, at Halifax, State
of North Oolina, Deed Rook 259, at
Page 65'J, de. ault having been made in
the paymen' of the indebtedness there
by secured, .nd at the request of the
UuhW uf lii Hole etiuYm-inK the said
indehtedne. I will on SATURDAY,
the 1st day f May, 11115. at the hour
of 12 o'cloc'., noon, in front of the
Postnffice, in Rosemary, N. C, offer
for sale at I' blic Auction to the high
ot bidder fo cash the following pro
perty, to-wii
Lot No. l.i (Fifteen), with all im
provement! t.iereon, situated in that
part of Sout. Rosemary, North Caro
.:nn, deiignt.' 'd and shown on a map
of the suttiu as Powell & Hodgena'
Addition to South Rosemary, which
map is duly : icorded in Deed Book No.
1, at Page N . 3, in the Register of
Deeds office, it Halifax, North Caro
lina. There is a 'ottage, built during the
year 1911, v: the said above described
lo
This, the t Hh day of March, 1916.
B. B. HifMilNS, Trustee.
3-30-15-ot.
Notice of Town Election
I, A. I.. Clark, town clerk to the
Board of Commissioners of the town of
Roanoke Rapidi., do hereby certil'y that
the tiiHiiwinj,' is n true copyot h rewvu j
tion adopted by the said Board of Coin j
iniNsiuiu'i s ul their session held on Wed- I
nesilay, the Hist day of March, l'.H,ri, a!
majority of the commissioners being
present and voting in favor of the said i
resolution. I
lie it resolved, by the Hoard of Com- j
missioners of the town of R.iHlmke
Rapids: That pursuant to and under 1
the laws of the Slate of North Carolina
governing town elections and under the j
provisions of the charter of the town of j
KoanokcKapidsreliitin to clt -ctior ?;(-.. re
shall he held in the town of Roanoke Rap
ids at the re trular (Killing place, on the first
Tuesday in May, being the -Ith day of
May, l!U!, between the hours of Mn
A. M. and sunset, an election for the
purpose of electing a mayor and ti.o
commissioners for the town of KoanoKe
Rapids, N. C. That the registrar ap
pointed by this Board n the 31st day I
ot March, 191ft, and hereinalter imineit,
shall revise the existing registration
hooks and shall, beginning on the 14th
day of April, 1915,and closingon the 21st
day of April, 1915, keep the books open
for the registration of voters from nine
o'clock, A. M. to five o'clock, P. M., at
the Mayor's office, excepting on Satur
days, when the books shall he kept open
until nine o clock P.M. ;that therepistra-1
tion books shall close on the 21sldayof ,
April, 1915, Bnd shall he re-opened on
the 21th day of April, 1915, at the regu
lar polling place of the town of Roanoke
Rapids for the inspection of the electors :
of the town. '
That the following named registrar
and judges of election shall conduct the
registration and election herein pro
vided: R. W. Brown for Registrar, W.
S. Hockaday and J. 1'. Robinson for
judges of election.
In testimony whereof, I have hereun
to set my hand and affixed the seal of ;
the said town of Roanoke Rapids, this
1st day of April, 1915.
A. L. Cukk, Town Clerk.
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Roanoke Pharmacy Company
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Photographic Supplies
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Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
Notice
By virtue of a deed of trust made
by C. C. Clements and Lillie M. Cle
ments, his wife, to me as trustee,
dated the 27th day of October, 1914,
and recorded in the Register of Deeds
office for Halifax county, at Halifax,
State of North Carolina, Deed Book
259, at Page 478, default having been
made in the payment of the indebted
ness thereby secured, and at the re
quest of the holder of the note evidenc
ing the said indebtedness, 1 will on
SATURDAY, the 1st day of May,
1915, at the hour of 12 o'clock, noon, in
front of the I'ostoftice, in Rosemary,
N. C, offer for sale at Public Auction
to the highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
A certain piece or parcel or lot of
land lying and being situate in Roanoke
Rapids township, Halifax county. State
of North Carolina, to-wit: Lot No. 1C.
(Sixteen) situated in that part of
South Rosemary, North Carolina, de
signated and shown on a map of the
same as Powell & Hodgens' Addition to
South Rosemary, which map is duly re
corded in ueed book No. I, at Page No.
3, in the Register of Deeds office, at
Halifax, North Carolina.
There is a cottage, built during the
year of 1914, on the said above de
scribed lot
This, the 30th day of March, 1915.
A. L Clark, Trustee.
3-30-16-5L.
Spring Time
During House Cleaning
J Did you ever clean house, madam, without find
ing that new furnishings, of some kind or other,
were necessary?
3 Did you ever start out to brighten up the home,
without realizing that some new furniture or floor
coverings were necessary?
J When you get those thoughts this Spring - when
you find it necessary to make purchases - we are
going to ask you, if you are not already a customer,
to just try trading at this store this time. Just see
for yourself that our newspaper claims are correct.
J Everything in Furnishings for the Home.
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Roanoke Rapidt, N. C.
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