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YOUR PATRIOTIC DUTY -BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND-. Roanoke Rapids EKALD Volume IV. Number 8 WITH THE CHURCHES Pretbyttrua Church Stanley White, Futar Sunday school at 9:4a Morning Service, 11: 00 A. M. Evening Service, 7:45 r. M. Prayer meeting on Wednesdays 7:30 r. M. First CKristua Qarca taleixh L Topping, Minuter . Sunday School every Sunday morning at 9:43 in Tabernacle. Roanoke Ave. corner Ninth St Preaching next Sunday by the pastor at 11 Ma m. and 7:30. p.m. Methodist Ckirch Rtv. Etgcat C Fw, Pastor Sunday School at 9:45 o'clock. W. V. Woodruff. Supt Preaching at 11 A. M. and 7:30 r. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7:30 r. M. haeaary MeMst Ckartk Rev. A. H. Andrews, Paster Sunday School at ten o'clock. J. R Boyd. Supt Services First and Third Sun day at 11 a. M. and every Sun day at 7:30 P. M. Prayer service Wednesday evening at 7:30. Choir practice Thursday even Ing. Baptist Chare Rtv. C H. TratUesd, Pattar Sunday School every Sunday at 9:45 A. 11. W. S. Hancock, Supt Services every Sunday at 11 KM) A. M. and 7:30 P. u. Prayer meeting every Wednes day night at 7:30 o'clock. Senior B. Y. P. U. every Sunday at 6:45 P. M. Junior B. Y. P. U. every Sun day at 2:30 P. M. and Junior choir. Sunbeam Band every second and fourth Saturday at 2:30 p. M. The public is cordially invited to all services. AH Saints Church (Ejiic.p.l) Rtv. Uwii N. Taylor, Pricd-ia-Ckarfc Services now being held in the new church on Roanoke Avenue. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. T. W. Mullen. Supt Services 11 a. m. and 8 P. M. Cottage prayer meeting Thurs day nights. Holy Communion, first Sunday 11 A. M.. third Sunday 8 A. M. Sunday School at Rosemary, 9:30 A. M. at Roanoke Rapids 10 A. M. The public is most cordially invited to attend the services. Reselatioas of Respect Whereas the Almighty has aeen fit to call the little infant child of Brother Abe Bullock and whereas said Brother is a member of the Junior Order Uuited American Mechanics, therefore be it resolved: First that the said Order in session assembled extends to Brother Bullock and family our heartfelt sympathy; . Second, that a copy of these Resolutions be spread on the minutes of this Order and a copy be sent to the family and a copy be furnished to the Roanoke Rapids Herald for publication.. Signed, W. T. Hodges C. J. Topping Committe Harris-Brawl Sunday, May 6, at half past two. Miss Bessie Harris became the bride of Mr. T. S. Brown The cermony was performed by Rev. Raleigh L Topping, of the First Christian Church,' at the home of the bride on Monroe Street in Roanoke Rapids. Mrs' Brown is a member of the Christ ian Church. Mr. Brown is clerk In the Cooperative Store.. Both are well known in the community. Their friends wisa them along aad happy life. R0AN0H personal IXK-AL ilLlTO Miss Annie May Ellis, of Hen derson, spent the week-end with Mrs. E. B. Glover. Mrs. E. F. Smoot. and daugh ter. Min,a, and son, Ed ware, are spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. YY. Smoot Miss Marie Whitehead, of En field spent the week-end w ith Mrs. Gertrude Williams. W.B. Watson spent the week - endwith relatives in Norfolk. Misa Corrine Crush, of Weldon in relieving Mias Ruth Tv lr at the Telephone office while her mother is ill. Miss Addie Williams of The University Training School of Charlottesville. Va. is spending u ,r nn ; rms,ifiiow being built aii wr. ana airs. u. c w uimms. Mr. Joe Williams spent Thurs-; day evening in Garisburg with friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. McLow home, of Kinston are visiting in the home of Mrs. Mclowhorne's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Lips- combe. Miss Adelie Finch, spent last week in the home of her parents in Nash county. Mrs. M. McRae Faison and daughter, Hilda, are spending sometime with her brother Rev. J. Sydney Cobb, at Church Road. Va. Dr. EL E. Hachman spent the week-end in Raleigh with friends, fica SlonnVta T?i-iKinanr rf Via. i ....... . ... tons, is visiting her aunt Mrs. p u tv,.vn F. H. Robinson. Mesdames R. C. Sale, D. C. , Stronach and W. B. Moore motor-1 ed to Warrenton Monday on bus- j mess. R. M. James, of Bethel, spent Monday in town with friends. Mrs. Cornelia Morris spent Tuesday in Littleton on business. B. W. Vincent of Vultare. si ent Tuesday in town on busi ness. J. J. Lawrence, of Ayden, spent Tuesday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. P. Taylor. Y. C. Yates, of Raleigh, spent a few days this week with J. W. Taylor. Mrs. M. A. West is visiting relatives and friends here this 'veek. The Ladies Aid Society, of the Presbyterian Church will meet with Mrs. W. F. Horner next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Miss Bessie Ezell is spending several weeks with her parents. W. E. Byrne spent several days in Richmond this week on business. Mrs. F. M. Shute and little daughter, Catherine, arrived last j Monday and joined Mr. Shute I at the Shelton Hotel. Miss Sarah Waller returned to her home in Kinston Sunday. Misses Josephine and Nita their Boyce Jhave returned to home in Rich Square. Weaver-Taylor Moore-McAllister Saturday afternoon, May 5, at four o'clock, Rev. Raleigh L Topping, minister of the First Christian Church united in the holy bonds of matrimony Miss Mattie Weaver to Mr. Chas. H. Taylor, and Mrs. Lora Moore to Mr. J. Ed McAllister. It was! a double wedding, the minister using the same ceremony at the same time for both couples. The ceremony took place at the home of the Christian minister in South Rosemary. The marriages came as a surprise so only a few intimate friends were present Both couples are well known in the community and their friends wish for them a long and happy life. They will make their future home in Rosemary. fir ' ERECTION OF NEW ..... nn,..,n MILL BtblNa T. C Taatpsa t Bros Will Bail1 the Mamawth New Plant of tht Rejaole MiQs Ceapaay Jacks Stmt STRUCTURE OF CONCRETE ft STEEL The placing of the construction work for the new mill in the hands f T. C. Thompson & Bros-, of i Birmingham and Charlotte, on ' last Tuesday, is concrete vvi- ! tK'n(V that u lakes more than ar t" halt the progress of the Roanoke Mills Company in tieular and this community in general. Work on the new mill will be heirnn in th rvt fpur Hv in 1 fact warehouses .nd tenements building materials for the mill proper are beginning to arrive. I The new mill will be 542 feet long by lilS feet wide. It is the latest type of mill building and will be of the most modern and approved construction throughout J. E. Sirrine, of Greenville, S. C, is the architect in charge. The mill will be constructed entirely of concrete and will have steel sash, making it practically fireproof. Memorial Services at Cemetery On next Sunday afternoon at half past thret o'clock a memorial serviie w ill be held in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. At that time graves wil be decorated, and we . . . , want a1' t"e people who own a , . . ., , . . lot in the cemetery to have it cleaned otf and if they have any one buried there for them to take flowers and place upon their graves. The Rosemary Camp of Wood men of the World will march in a body and decorate the grave of Jim liurton and of any children whose fathers were Woodmen. The Roanoke Rapid3 Woodmen will march in a body and decorate the grave of Mr. A. J. Thomason and of any children whose fathers were Woodmen. Mr. Mullen assures U3 that he will try to have the Rosemary Concert Band to play appropriate pieces for the occaison. We wish that other secret orders might turn out in a body. Whether you have any people buried there or not will you be so kind as to carry some flowers to be used there? The Woodmen will have a place on the program. Following is the program: Rev. L N. Taylor, presiding. 1. Frelude Rosemary Concert Band. 2. Preliminary Remarks Rev. R. L Topping. 3. Hymn "My Faith Looks up to Thee". 1- Invocation -Rev. A. H. An- : drews. 5. Our Duty to the Dead Rev. Eugene C. Few. fi. The Interest the Community Should Take in the Cemetery Rev. C. H. Trueblood. 7. The Mills and the Cemetery Mr. J. A. Moore. S. Why Beautify and Adorn the Graves-Prof. A. M. Proctor. !. Quartette-Shall We Meet Misses Alice Hockaday, and Lily Strauther, Messrs. M. McRae Faison, Chas. Johnson. 10. Woodmen take part 11. The Christian's Hope-Rev. L. N. Taylor. 12, The Reflex Influence of Our Care and Reverence for the Dead Rev. A. H. Andrews. 13. TheCemeteryUpkeep-Rev. R. L Topping. 14. Hymn -Blest be the Tie. 15. Rosemary Concert Band. 16. Hymn -God be with You till we meet again. 17. Benediction Rev. Eugene C. Few. 18. Decoration of Graves. Speakers limited to five minutes each. 7 if Daily Thought God hath made all men to bo hapyy and of good eatate. Eplctetu ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, MAY 18, 1917 Cotton Tcxlay 19 1-2 i BULLETIN SELECTIVE DRAFT AND REVENUE BILL' The conference committee finally decided that the pelective draft bill should include the ages of 21 to 30 inclusive. Evervone. rir rsl'.wu nf Lau.- M-n.m v , in thw is,.. f TVi H-...U . t.,n avow, v x. a a v aaiva lull nA ut .,w..,,.f .n P'lk:- ..1.1. i. r 1 uigiKrwsui 111c wtx-fc. j.f nieriuT this news is prepared especially for The Herald and is th most ntiu.nt;. ; to obtain. Read the biir news in Tha u..i,i CONNECTICUT HAY HAVE GRIEVANCE AGAINST STATE North Carolina Colored Girl Said te Have Cost Crantcticat Quarter Million of Dollars Waterbury. Connecticut, may 1 per cent for the year, l'.Urt." have a grievance against Noith "The following is a compare Carolina, as that town has re-! tive statement taken from a eently been put to the expense of , part of the district before and fully $100,000 all on account of ' after eradication:" a North Carolina colored girl. The 1113 before eradicative meas story is somewhat as follows: ures 4'.). 8 per cent infection: Last winter a colored girl from: 1!H1 first year eradicative meas North Carolina developed a case j ures 3;1.0 per cent infection: 1915 of smallpox in Waterbury, Con-1 second year eradicative measures necticut Since that town had been opposed to vaccination against smallpox, not even re quiring it as a condition of enter- ing school, the disease spread rapidly, even beyond the confines of the state into Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New York. More than fifty school children in Waterbury had smallpox before vaccination could be made com- pulsory, after which time, however, not another case de- veloped. , The whole epidemic is said to have cost the state of Connecti- cut not less than a quarter of a million of dollars before brought j surrounding counties and where under control. The Waterbury 1 there is no protection from in Health Department spent $20,000 j fection of malaia, unquestionably and the citizens of the town ! makes our ratio of infection nec equally as much, but neither of essarily larger." these sums represented the loss of time and other inconveniences caused by the epidemic. A striking fact brought to light through this epidemic was that Bridgeport. New Haven and Hartford, cities of larger pop-! ulation than Waterbury and only about thirty miles distant, en - tirely escaped infection. Not a case has been reported in either; 1916 third year eradictive meas city. But the vaccination of lures 1.3S per cent infection." school children has been required I Respectfully yours, as a condition for entering school T. W. M. Long. in all three of these cities for a number of years, where Water-! bury will require such a ruling tor her school children from now on. i purely as a welfare movement Hon. diode Kitchin to Speak atMr- S" F- Person, manager of rkrl.i;a-rwi, !the Roanoke Mills Company, The Christian Church in Rose mary will be three years old 01 the first Sunday in August and the minister is arranging an 1 anniversary service to be held thin. If Congress adjourns by I that time Hon. Claude Kitchin' has promised to speak at the' night service. We hope to have a ! great service. Arrangements will be made to accomodate the large crowd expected to be present Advertised Mail called for will be forwarded to 1 Didision of Dead Letters, Wash The following mail remains un-1 ington, I). C. claimed in the Raonoke Rapids j William C. Bass, Postmaster. Postoffice. . j Minnie llubson, Mrs. Beula Cobb, Augustus Brown, Henry Brown, !Mr- T-,.v- Culbertson, Wrenn Edmond Baker. J. B. Davis. Davis, Mary DeBerry, Lester H. Free man, N. B. Hudson, Mrs. B. T. Huffier, Thos. Hockaday. Served Him Right "I hear yon've been fishing for aer eral daya." "No." replied the exact ImIIyUIiibI- f Hahln fn Uk mnA roted aevoraJ daya to tha alleged oport wttboat getting a bite." ANTI-MALARIAL WORK INCKEASIXfiLY SI IXESSFl L - Report f Dr. T. W. M. Leer inr Yar 1516 Shews Practical EKminatiea - l Malaria ia Tin CantBuaity MINIMUM ABOUT REACHED The report of Dr. T. W. M. long. Health Otlkvr, t) the di rectors of the Ki'aiii ke Mills Coniiany, PatUrsm Mills Com- Rapids power Halifax Paper lompany. ami Coin-ration, covering the anti- malarial work done daring the vear l'.tlti. shows that even the Kfy" rt"sults obtained in I fprmi'r ye" have "n urpas8- I 1 Uunng r.Ut.. t art ot the re - 'P1 w'lows: I "We have followed, as in for- ' mer years, as far as practicable j the directions of the I'nited 'States Publis Health Service in the carryihg on of this work.,, "The results obtainedare even greater than expected. The in efficiency of the help in the mills from malaria has been reduced from 40 per cent befose any tradicative measures to less thau U'-O per cent infections; 1916 third year eradicative measures 15.0 per cent infection." "The census showed that out of 509 people living in the four blocks in w hich the cencus has been taken that eighty people had malarial chills during the year, 1916. 65 of these gave his- Itory of having had the disease prior to 1916; in other words only fifteen people hab developed the disease out of a population of 1 509 during the year 1916. Owing ' to the fact there has been added to our population a good many people who have come from the The following tables show ex amination of blood smears from the I'nited States Public Health ! Service: "1913 before eradicative meas- j ures 13.75 per cent infection: 1914 first year eradicative meas-!cials. ! ures 4 18 per cent infection; j ; 1915 second jear eradicative 1 I measures .V,! per cent in fection ; j Health Officer, "The work during 1916 cost : slightly over $ 1,100.00 and was borne entirely by the corporations named above, While started i states that it ranks nigh as a dividend producing proposition in increased efficiency of employees I and that the results obtained areeac'ii county at this Convention, j worth many times the money ex pended, and this work is being conducted even more thoroughly this year than in 1916. Advertised Mail TVi.i 4YJ',,.;,i-r 1;.. tvi..;t : mmyi ;inclajmi.d jn the ! mary p0Bt office. Same will be , held for fifteen days and if UUL ! V89 ?'a."na, J?nnston, i miss fiat mil iviiiliil-i, ir. due Tyler, Mr. Henry Vess, Mr, !John L. Rowers, Miss Mary Edmond, Mr. Bud Green, Miss Annie Johnston. Mrs. Irma Kins-. Mr. Shol Pols. Mr Carl R. WW- cock. Mrs. Nollie Browinig. Mrs. Mary Garner. Louis Henderson, Mr. Willie Jovner. Misa Kli , Mills. Mr. Gene Smith, Mr. Wal- ler vvess. Subscription Rosemary personal and LULAL utao I ! Mrs. J. F. Beck with left Wed - iimIii' l.- Ci.io X' l urc jt College, at Greensboro and will j le present at the graduation of her daughter. Miss Winfred Beckwith. Mrs. Beckwith will visit friends in Statesville before returning home. Misses Alice Medlin and Ruth Heming spent Wednesday in Kichmond on business. G. L. Hayes. Jr.. sjient Thurs- dav in Riihmond on business. Rev. Nat. Harrison r,f I itt ton is visitir.jr hU brother, J. H. Harrison, Jr. Rev. Arhtur W. Tavior. f.vm. iprlv rtor f ah c;.t'. ...:,. - - - - ..It ..'M il. . .UI?34M(1 is isiting friends here this week. Miss Mamie Norman left Tues- day for her home in Salisbury. Erglar.d has learned so well tlf-j George Carmichael attended 'r' foT . htr mothers the Episcopal Convention in ind, Mk"ea !h t-'f Wilson this week. 'ori b"s doul'ed there since D the war began. For the first year f. V. Matthews left Monday 0f war her infsnt mortality rate night for High Point N. C.'was higher than in previous where he attended the sessions year,, but fir 191G it was the of the Grand Lodge of the Inde-j lowest rate on record for that pendent Order of Odd Fellows 1 country, as a representative of Carolina' "As the summer arprxches, Lodge No. 225, of Rosemary. baby's health becomes a more Miss Margaret Hewett left difficult matter to protect Hot Saturday afternoon for her home weather affects baby's food. in Mount Olive. mainly by scouring its milk. It N. r f5onr v ..J""14 bacteria to grow rapidly ur,in tK cotton gin at Roanoke Junction. Miss Mary Moore, of High Shoals, N. C., arrived st Satur day and has accepted a position with the Rosemary Manufactur ing Co. Rev. D. T. Caldwell, who will fill Rev. Stanley White's pulpit at the Roanoke Rapids Presbyterian Church for several months, ar rived this week. NORTH CAROLINA GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION ; Anneal Conrentida North Caraliaa Good Road Auociatioo to beheld t Aihille,N. C, Jhm 27-29 1917. Since the last Convention held at Wilmington. Wrightsville Beach, the Legislature has con vened and passed many laws, a discussion and thorough under standing of which will be of great value and service to all 'county and township road offi-!anj Everett Bailey were Of particular interest is the! lin:tp(i ;n the holv bonds of development of a system f I ROADMAINTENANCEthroi gh- j out the State, this subject will ! ..... v,.......,. ! Plans are under way to have, 1 np a ipanirp nr tha vwvontmn 1 I if possible, on the program some i official of the War Department I to discuss the building of roads which will be of military value to the country at this time. There will also be a full discuss- 'on to hw the North Carolina Good Roads Association can best serve the country now. Because of the importance of i the above discussions, it is honed that there will be a large and ' representative attendance from ! It is expected that the railroads ! will grant special rates, and tnat .such schedules can be arranged! as will make attendance at the; Thi ia to notify you tlwt the n-r.lr Convention and the hpeilding of annual nwlin uf U. SUxkhoUmn uf I a Week-end in "The Land of the I Ha raid Pubii.hinK c.n,mny hi h. ! Skv" a matter of Pm and eon !held " th,22nd d,v of M'y 19-7 !SK a mauer or ease and con-i u ,tth,omc,of ihi.,drx;m vpnii"nre. i . t vt n r .w- j Make your plans to attend the 'Convention; and for additional i information, writ th Serreturu i ------ " f of the Association, Joseph Hyde Pratt at Chanel Hill. N C Moore-Pridfea Saturday afternoon, May 5, at 3:45 o'clock Rev. Raleigh L Topping married Miss Berta Moore to Mr. Collier Pridtren at ! the home of Mr. J. A. Prirfron -n ! u - "1.,, 'U'V wnere iney wlU make "eir future. home. men- inenas wish tor tbe$a. long and happy life, $ 1.50 a Year in Advance OUR LAST LINE OF DEFENSE ! . l 1 .1 . nr r. riinauiB ufuui lur m r ted the Oildrea, Partkular'y the Babies "Children mean more to America and to the world today than vr Kfi-kM 9 av tk. State Board of Health. "They m 0ur last line of defense, therefore no sounder patriotic ervice can be offered than that which will protect the children "d baby life. Here in America, before war is actually ipon us, it is nothing more than common sense for each com munity to study its needs and put into action the mtans of pre serving child life and safeguard- in -he health of the children. 1 in milk, many of which are harm ful to baby's stomach. Then there's the fly, baby's worst enemy. It brings to it directly or to its food all kinds of filth and often disease germs, particularly the germs of enteritis and diarrheal diseases. These diseases alone kill about 1,730 babies un der two years of age every year in this State. "The questions are, Are these 1,730 babies not worth saving? Are they not worth fighting flies for? Are they not worth the efforts of keeping them clean ,nl in thr clean' millt? These ones t inns are narti. milk? These questions are parti cularly for parents to answer. But where parents are not cap able of answering them and act ing upon their suggestions, they are for towns and communities to answer. The babies themselves are not yet responsible for their lives." BirdtoDf-Bailey Last Saturday afternoon at 9 '(H n' dork Mrs. Gertie Birdsonir matrimony by Rev. Raleigh L. Tntviiio? of the Christian Church Th uride and croom will make I their future home in Rosemary. John 0. Bullock John D. Bullock, the little two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Bullock died at the home of his parents in Patterson Mill village Sunday. He had been sick only a short time. The funeral services were con- ducted by Rev. C. H. Trueblood. Interment was made in Roanoke Raplus Cemetery. Notice of Stockholders Meeting ! . of elert.cn of Director, for th. Utaing y" and the tranautfen of auch other bumneai aa may propeny com MoTt 11 I Respectfully youra. i T. STAlNBACh., Secretary. Mia Unlquo Propoeal. Ho wma morbid jronth and nerv oa lover. Often had ho wished to ted th maiden how he longed to make Bar all hie own. Again and a gall had Ida aerrt failed him. But tonight there vaa a "do-or-dle" look fa hli eye. The started for their maual walk, aad rested awhile opon Ida favorite Beat a gravoatoM la th village chorcfarard. a happy taaplntloa oetsod feint "Ma ria," ho aald In trembling apart. "Maria! Wat m U how ilomU INtthttoht kwtad fear wttfe c? m '
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