oanoke Rapids Herald
Volume IV. Number 40
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, DECEMBER 28, 1917
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ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL
AND LOCAL ITEMS
Rev. C. H. Trueblood is spend
ing several days in Elizabeth City
this week.
Mrs. F. M. Shute and little
daughter Catherine, are visiting
relatives in Williamston.
C harles Humphreys is visiting
relatives in Fayetteville.W. Va.
Mr. R. Barksdale Lawson, of
Durham. spent the week-end here
as the guest of Miss Sally e Wil
liams. Hurley King spent Tuesday in
Hansoms with relatives.
Harry Leggette, of Norfolk,
spent several days here this week
with friends.
Miss Lessie Buchanan spent
Christmas in Jonesboro with her
parents.
Miss Vivian Wilkerson spent
the Holidays here with her sister,
Miss Maude Wilkerson.
Bruce Tillery, is spending the
Holidays here with his parents.
Mrs. Macon Stone, and Miss
Lucile Renn, of Henderson are
visiting in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. U. E. Williams.
Mrs. Harry Miller and son,
John, of Wilson are visiting her
brother, Mr. J. L. Daughtry.
Misa Mattie Grimmer spent
the Christmas Holidays here
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Stronach
spent Christmas in Raleigh with
relatives.
Miss Sallye Williams is spend
ing this week in South Boston
with friends.
Ronald L Ward, of Baltimore
spent Sunday evening here with
Miss Ruby Williams.
Misses Clara and Evelyn Boyd
are spending the Holidays here
with their parents.
Eddie Kidd, of Pennsylvania,
is visiting relatrVes here.
C. H. Yates, of Seaboard, spent
Sunday here with relatives.
Mrs. A.M. Glover and children,
accompanied by herstep daughter
Onie spent the Holidays with her
mother in Swan Quarter.
Miss Alice Hockaday is spend
ing the Holidays here with her
parents.
Miss Cammie Vaughan is visit
ing friends in Fayetteville, West
Virginia.
N. M. Hockaday, of Camp
Jackson, is visiting relatives
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rowe, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Daughtry left Wednesday
for Richmond.
Rufus Thompson, of Camp
Sevier, spent several days here
this week with relatives.
J. Roland Williams, of the U.S.
S. Richmond, spent Tuesday here
with his parents.
Miss Ruby Williams is visiting
friends in Raleigh.
Mrs. J. L. Patterson and chil
dren are visiting relatives in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Emma Gooch, of Weldon,
is visiting Mrs. W. L. Long.
Rev. Lewis N. Taylor is visit
ing relatives in Oxford.
L. J. Boykins, of Wilson,
spent the Holidays here with
friends.
S. L. Coley, spent Christmas in
Martin County with relatives.
Miss Lottie Green spent the
Holliday8 here with her mother.
Ed King spent several days
this week near Franklinton with
relatives.
Miss Mary Stanley spent the
Holidays in Petersburg with
relatives and friends.
Miss Annie Northington spent
the Holidays with friends at La
Crosse, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Joyner
visited relatives in Littleton dur
ing the Holidays.
Mrs. Dr. Martin is visiting
1 relatives in Virginia.
Mr. and Mrs. W. VV. Hobbs
spent this week in La Crosse
with relatives.
Misses Edgerton, Vivian Gary,
Roberta Crews, Josephine Boyce,
Helen Weaver. Mary Powell and
Mrs. G. N. Taylor are spending
the Holidays at their respective
homes.
Miss Viola King is visiting
relatives in Hansoms.
Robert Brown, of Camp Jack
son, spent the Christmas Holi
days here with his parents.
Broadway Rice, of Greenville,
S. C is visiting Basil Glover.
Nathaniel Fitta, of Norfolk,
accompanied by his friend Mr.
Redman spent Tuesday here
with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Price spent
the Holidays here with relatives.
Dr. Paisley Fields spent
Christmas in his home in Broad
man, N. C
Bruce Tillery spent Thursday
and Friday in Scotland Neck
with relatives.
Miss Lessie Hazlewood visited
friends here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Hamil
ton, of Philadelphia, are visiting
friends here.
Miss Irene Anderson, of Golds
boro and Miss Helen Anderson,
of Weldon, are visiting Mrs. L.
0. Anderson.
Dr. William A. Frescalla, of
New York, spent a few days
here this week as the guest of
Miss Susie Allsbrook.
Ben Marks, of Greensboro, is
visiting in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. B. Marks.
Mrs. Mary E. Daniel, of Green-
yille, ,is visiting her daughter.
Mrs. W. P. Vaughan.
Miss Ruby Wheeler spent the
Holidays in Petersburg.
Miss Ruth Rook, of Garysburg,
wa3 in town Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O'Briant
spent Christmas here with Mrs.
Laura Faison.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Taylor
spent Christmas in Ayden with
relatives,
K. C. Dickens spent Christmas
at Aurelian Springs with friends.
Mrs. R. L. Towe is visiting
relatives in Winfall.
Miss Tempie Cleaton, of Vul-
tare, spent several hours in town
Thursday.
Misses Lucy and Lucille Cle
ments, of Garysburg, were in
town Thursday on business.
Mrs. Bain, of Greensboro, is
visiting in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Bain.
T T A mrmara snanf aAiAnl
daps in Wilmington this week
with relatives.
Mrs. G. C. Lamb, of Rocky
Mount, is visiting relatives here.
J. R. Webster, of Williams-
burg, spent Wednesday and
Thursday here with relatives and
friends.
Mrs. D. L Leslie
friends in Maine.
is visiting
Camp Sevier,
Wednesday night, . u i -
Dear Mr. Stainback:-
Will take the greatest . of
pleasure in writing you tonight.
We are going to be paid off to
morrow or Friday for our No
vember pay so we are not but
twenty days behind and we will
all be glad to get it
They are building some very
nice hospitals for us now, we
will have one for our Regiment
alone and all the other Regiments
will have one. They are very
nice, clean wood buildings and
they will be ready in a few more
days and we will be some glad so
we North Carolina boys won't
have to mix up in the hospital
with so many different people, as
we have a good deal of sickness
but they are checking it some
now and we are sure glad.
We are not drilling now we
are taking a few hikes to get us
tough. J. , "
Well guess I must close, answer
real soon. I am in the guard
house and it is bedtime. Don't
forget to mail me the Herald.
, Yours and oblige,
Henry L James,
Co. H. 120th Infantry,
Camp Sevier, S. C.
HarriMa-Frecgui
Miss Allie Pauline Harrison,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
Henry Harrison, and Mr. Causey
Glenwood Freeman were quietly
married at the home of the
bride's parents on last Monday
morning. The simple home cere
mony was performed by Rev. A.
G. Carter, of the Rosemary Bap
tist Church, in the presence of a
few intimate friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman left im
mediately after the ceremony for
a several days visit to Richmond,
Va. The bride is a kvely and ac
complished young lady. Mr. Free
man has tieen a resident of Roa
noke Rapids for several years.
coming here from Colerain, N. C
He holds a responsible position
with the Halifax Paper Corpor
ation and is a very promising
young business man.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman will
make their home in Roanoke
Rapids.
Elmo-Boykina
Miss Lillian Elmo, of this city,
and Mr. L. J. Boykins, of Wilson.
N. C, were quietly married at
the home of the bride's mother,
Mrs. E. A. Elmo, on last Wed
nesday evening at seven o'clock.
The simple home ceremony was
performed in the presence of
only a few of the more intimate
friends of the family by Magis
trate J. Knox Dickens.
Mr. Boykins lived here for
some time but for the past two
years has been living in Wilson.
He is a prominent young busi
ness man and has many friends
here and in Wilson. The bride is
a graceful and accomplished
young woman. A resident here
for some time she has many
friends who vish for her all
possible happiness.
Mr. and Mrs. Boykins left
immediately after the ceremony
for Wilson where they expect to
make their home.
Leitner-Gregory
Miss Lizzie Lcitner and Mr.
James Gregory were married on
last Monday eveningatthe home
of Mr. J. P. Leitner, brother of
the bride, in the presence of a
few of the more intimate friends
of the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory left
Wednesday for a wedding tour
of several days. The bride is a
popular and attractive young
lady. She has lived in Roanoke
Rapids many years and has many
friends here. Mr. Gregory holds
a' position with the Patterson
Mills Company, has lived here
for several years and is very
popular.
They will make their home
here.
Burton-Crewi
On Christmas Day at one
o'clock at the home of Mr. J. J.
Crews in Patterson town Miss
Walie Burton and Mr. Jno. Joe
Crews were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony by R. L.
Topping, minister of the First
Christian Church. After the
ceremony a sumptiou3 dinner
was served. Mr, and Mrs. Crews
will make their home in this
community.
Asters and Crapca.
A birthday ccleliiriiion 'n n country
cottage took place whvn the purple
asters grew in profusion by the road
sides. The day called for a birthday
cake, and for decorations for Unsta
ble. The ante furnished the latter,
and their loveiy tint suggested th
coloring for the cak. Thin was pro
cured by the use of grape Juice. The
bottled Juice was used, being added a
little at a time to a beaten icing of
white of egg and sugar. When the
cake was put on the table it was sur
rounded by a wreath of asters.
Quick Benediction.
"lt too hot for preaching," said the
BUMlle brother, "and I don't want to
shuik my coat for fear some o' you
hard-shell sinners may think I'm a-goln'
to kaock the cussertness out o' you, an'
maks a break for the door, or tumble
through the windows, so Just go on
home peaceable, whilst we are a-xing-lug
of the hymn : There's hotter tlm
a-comia' by an' by I"
Cotton Today 29 1-4
HERALD PLANS BIG
SPECIAL EDITION
Illujtritinj AdvanUjfi of Tewa,
Community aid Connty and
Picturing Minrt lions Growth
ia Comoercul and Indus
trial Life Slice Aaniver
sary Edition Twt
Year Ap
WORK NOW GETTING STARTED
In conformity with the general
attitude of the Roanoke Rapids
Herald, which is to boast this
community, a special industrial
edition will be issued early in the
coming year, the purpose of
which will be to set forth with
all passible success the many
advantages and resources of this
community. And while the main
object in view is to boost Roanoke
Rapids, Rosemary and the var
ious communities, nothing will
be left undone to show Halifax
County as one of the best agri
cultural counties in the South.
The publication will be pro
fusely illustrated with photo
graphs of Street scenes and pub
lic buildings, as well as stores
and residences.
The plan of publication will be
practically the same as that
used by the Roanoke Rapids
Herrld in issuing a special in
dustrial edition about two years
ago. It is the object, however, of
the management to make this
issue much more creditable than
the last one, and neither time
nor money will be spared in do
ing so.
Due to the fact that the regu
lar staff is busily engaged in per
forming routine duties, out-side
help has been secured to assist
in the issuance of the special
publication, in the person of Mr.
H. Cuthbert Scott, of Petersburg,
Va., who is a specialist in this
work.
Assistance will be asked from
the various industries and mer
chants of this community, for
which the paper will give value
received in an advertising way.
Any co-operation given will be
sincerely appreciated by the
management of the Roanoke
Rapids Herald.
Old Time New Year Calls
IN the late sixties, nays O. H. Put
nam la "Memories of a Publisher,"
New York had not yet outgrown
certain of Its old-fahloned or so-called
provincial habits. Doe of the customs
was that of making New Year's calls,
a practice that had been Inherited from
the Dutch founders of the city. Long
before the beginning of the twentieth
century the growth of the metropolis
he 4 made Impossible this pleasant and
convenient habit of coming Into touch
(at least once year) with ctrcto of
family friends, but in 1866 the ladles
still stayed at borne on New Year's
day, and old men end youngsters did
what they could In the hours between
11 In the morning and midnight to
check off with calls of from five, to
fifteen minutes their own visiting Bst
with that of their wives, their sisters
or their mothers.
In tny own dlnry for January 1, 186fl.
I find the entry, "IMfde thirty-five
calls." I remember on thnt day com
ing back In the middle of the afternoon
for a word with my mother and find
ing old Mr. Brynnt In her parlor. It
was sleeting violently outside, and tbo
luxurious young men of the day wem
going about in coupes. It was the
practice. In order to save expense, for
two or three men to Join In the expense
of a carriage fur the duy. Mr. I'.ryanl,
however, had trudged through the sleet
nnd in region-:. to some words from
my mother of uppr.viiitlon of his ef
fort in coming out In nuch weather re
plied cheerily: "Why. I rather like a
fresh tempewnre, Mr. I'm num. It Is
only the yoim.ii men who are chilly ami
lazy."
ri'tcT or eighteen year later New
Year's calls I;; xotiet; hud become a
tradition of lue pas'.
Do Not Meddle W.t.i Your Cars.
Whatever plausible reasons laymen
may have for treating some diseases;
they should not meddle with the ear.
It Is very sensitive and delicate or
gan, acullarly liable to serious Injury
through the manipulations of men and
worn;;' ignorant of Its anatomy, fure
tlon thd patholocy. Judldotas treat
ment ts most Important but It Is bitter
to lei ear troubles alone than to seek
the itld of Aunt Samsntha or take, th
advte of som,ffldoua neighbor. t
TO THE MERCHANTS OF
H AL FAX COUNTY:
I am in receipt of a letter from
Mr. Henry A. Page, Federal
Food Administrator for North
Carolina, stating that he has had
complaints from several points
in the State of exorbitant charges
for sugar and other food products
and has fixed eleven rents as the
maximum that might be charged
for sugar in North Carolina. I
respectfully call your attention
to this ruling, knowing that the
merchants of Halifax County will
comply therewith.
Yours truly,
R. C. Dunn.
Food Administrator
Halifax County.
Special Gifts
The Baptist Sunday School,
according to the Six-Point Sys
tem used in the Schjul gave
sjiecial Christmas gifts to the
following pupils for their splen
did records:
Ruth Womble. grade
Sallie Sheffield.
Beatrice Underwood, "
Daisy Sheffield,
Lula Rice,
Maybel Warren, "
Eunice Underwood, '
Herbert Ballard.
Thurman Underwood, "
Richard Cherry. "
Bill Allsbrook,
Julian Allsbrook, "
Margaret Womble, "
Ellen Jones, "
Rosa Pearson.
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Saddie Womble,
Janus Dooly,
IS YOUR CHILD SUFFER
ING WITH ADENOIDS?
Parents Often Notice Defects in
OlLer Children and Neglect
Their Own
"Parents often recognize ade
noid growths in the nose and
throats of other children," says
the State Board of Health, "but
think nothing is wrong with
their own children. The trouble
is they have become so accustom
ed to their own child's stuffy
speech, stupid look, with his
mouth dropped open and teeth
protruding that they really don't
notice how deformed he is get
ting to be. A good test for pa
rents to make is to observe if
their child takes cold easily, has
earache often, breaths through
his mouth instead of his nose,
and especially if he snores and
sleeps with his mouth open at
night. If he does these things,
and is listless and dull eyed, the
chances are he is suffering from
adenoids which should be re
moved. Take him to a good
physician and have this matter
attended to at once.
"Adenoids," says the Board,
"keep a child from growing up
strong and healthy and if not
given medical attention will
result in the child being dull at
school and falling behind in his
studies. They gro' from the
back part of the tf. oat where
the nose and throat j in and are
shaped like a little head of cauli
flower, 'only they are red in
color. They hang from the back
part of the nose and stop it up
and make the child breathe
through his mouth.
"Adenoids, and large tonsils,
too, hold poisonous germs. These
germ9 often are carried by the
blood to the heart and cause
heart disease. Some times they
are carried in quantities to the
joints and then they cause rheu
matism. These germs are also
carried toother parts of the body
and frequently are the cause of
the child falling ill from various
other diseases."
Miss Elizabeth Bagley spent
the Holidays with relatives in
Jackson.
To Clean Mica.
To clean the mica In stove doors nib
with a soft cloth dipped In equal
parts of vinegar and cold water.
ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND KEEP WELL, KEEP
LOCAL ITEMS WARM AND SAVE COAL
Doyle Cannon arrived the , at nennoBe,er "K , w
wee from tne Bir.gnams;huo!. , . u ., .
Ashville, to spend Christmas' Men Coed Hcltb, Efk.eacj
with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Sn"H cl Bill
L. S, Cannon. ! -
J. a Jenkins, of Newport' H" to keep warm, keep well
News, spent a few days here the and save isl a problem the
past week with friends and ''hol country u now bent on
relatives. solving. That it can I done is in
Miss Maude Thompson. cf d with some rtwnt experi
Petersburg. is here for the Ib.li-n'a'le in thf inU,rt,st of
davs visiting in the home of Mr. f'.;d Wcy. According
and Mrs. S. M. Thompson. I10.1 k x KvM of Chica:
... , . m . Any number of experiments
Miss Gertrude LaJ. of Lm- fcaw
nrina. visited Miss I'attie bvrd a .
few days the past week.
' ' -
Wade Dickens is here from
Trinity College visiting his !
brother, R. L. Dickens.
IL L Pickens sjnt Christmas health. Ivr instaact. a person
day in Enfield with friends and staying for an hour or more in a
relatives. warm room is ivrtiiin to develop
G. A. Savage, of Norfolk. ' aUnit a degree of fever. This
visited relatives here the past ' leads to colds, inftvti pener
week. ally, anemia, fatiuuo, and ;ener-
C. 'V. Medlin left Saturday for ' rundown conditions".
Spartanburg, to visit friends and "As to efficiency ur.d a low
relatives for a few days. temiHTature, several n searches
J. E. KinVer and family s-ent hav sh,,n that nK'n Wll! (l
th- rhristm.is Holidavs in La- n,ore work an(1 J, 're ac-
Promo Va with relatives.
ro htq! r T mj anil ann Wu.tii
VOHUi It 4'UIIJ HH4 vsv ,
r.ti C,Uv f Wolnnt r.l
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where they are spending the,
Holidays with their family.
M. S. bay spent sunday in
Boykins with relatives.
J. h. Browning and son, manual labor did 15 percent
Richard, of Hopewell, spent the more UT attne lower tempera
Holidays here with relatives. ture. The New York labor corn
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Matthews mission on ventilation found that
spent Christmas in Brinkleyville men working at both oifice and
with friends and relative. at manual labor, in a tempera-
V. J. Norwood spent a few ture of 'S degrees, were good
days out of town the past week , humored, energetic, did good
in Richmond and Emporia. I work and were given to less
F. M. Fisher left Saturday for ' drowsiness than usual. On the
Baltimore to Bpend Christmas otherhand when the room tern-
with relatives and friends.
JessieSpeight, of Rocky Mount,
is here visiting his mother, Mrs.
Addie Speight.
Robert Whittemore left Sun
day for Burlington tospedn the
week with relatives.
T. W. Mullen sppnt Monday in
Petersburg visiting his father.
Judge J. M. Mullen.
Clyde Taylor spent a few days
in Raleigh the past week visiting:
friends.
Miss Winr.ifred Beck with, of
Charlotte, is spending the Hon-
days in the home of Dr. and
Mrs. U. P. Beckwith.
S. W. Buchanan left Sunday
for Sanford and Jonesboro to
spend the Holidays with f.iends
and relatives.
N. T. Lisle spent a few days
in Jackson and Gumberry the
past week v.ith relatives.
Miss Mamie foster, accom
panied by Miss Bessie Gregg
left Sunday for Liberty and
Ashboro to spend a few
with relatives and friends.
days
J. E. Spencer spent the day
Monday in Seaboard with rela-1
tives. j
Mrs. Charles Johnson, of New !
York City, is here for a few i
days visit to Mr. and Mrs. R. F.i
perkjng i
Miss Charlena Hart arrived !
here the past week from school i
to spend the Holidays with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jenkins ;
spent Christmas day out of town .
with friends.
Miss Lucille Ramsey, of Wash
ington, 1). C. is sending the
Holidays hre with her mother,
who is visiting Mrs. C. Hart.
G. W. Cooper spent Christmas
in Halifax with friends and
relatives. j
M. G. Jenkins was in Rocky
Mount Wednesday, where he i
spent the day with friends. j
Pendleton Grizzard arrived
Monday from the U. S. Navy
Electrical Training Station.
Brooklyn, N. Y. to spend the
Holidays with his mother.
George Carmichael spent the
Holidays with relatives in Wil
mington.
Miss Carlan is visiting friends
in Richmond.
LLire'S. Till Tii I: l1v,r.ud Qd norvi-
pared with the hiyh t.'tnjra
tures which so oft.-n prevail in
; office HuildiniM, schoolrooms, and
ing places, are fuvi ruble to
curaieij n me lemperatui oi
' the room or ollice is reasonably
.
l0W
Winslow of Vale making
;est found that stenograph-
this test lound that stenograph-
. ,
! ers did (1.3 percent more work
Swhen the temperature was C8
degrees than when it was 75
' degrees. Men doing moderate
perature was over i'S degrees
they were drowsy, lifeless, and
with less inclination to work".
As a means of saving coal,
adds the State Board of Health,
: under no circumstances must
; ventilation be stopped. Cold air
; is not always fresh air, and re
gardless of how low the tem
i perature gets, fresh air must be
admitted. Windows should be
ktpt owered from the top. or
joors anj windows thrown wide
0j,en at intervals to have a gener-
'al "blow out". IWt save coal
at a cold's expense,
.
WITH THE CHURCHES
Baptist Church
i Rev. C. H. Trueblood, Pastor
Sunday School A
M. W.
S. Hancock, Supt.
Special Service conducted
by
t he Laymen 11 A. M.
Pn-nching T:oM 1". M. by Rev
'J. B. O'Biian.
Prayer meeting and
choir
practice Wednesday night. 7:30.
Men's Bible Class Tuesday
7:30 P.M.
In the absence of the Pastor,
who will be away Sunday, the
ambers and friends of the
Church are urged to attend the
above service3- All are welcome.
All Saints Church
(Episcopal)
Rev. Lewis N. Taylor, Rector
RumIic Arrant
Next Sunday is the Sunday
after Christmas.
fl:4o Sunday School and Men's
Bible Class, T. W. Mullen, Supt
Services 11 and 7:.lo,
The Christmas Music will be
rejH'aUd at these services.
The public is invited.
Camera for Aviator.
One of the new Novices by which
KuropRn war avlntors ohtnln a cor
rect photograph of the enemies' posi
tion is a camera operated with a trig
ger like a pistol. It run take clean
and distinct photographs for military
purposes at an altitude of 600 feet or
more. The aviator takes aim and pulls
the tiipger as though firing a revolver.
The pistol camera was Invented by the
Groians, but one of them was found
on iKiard an aeroplane brought down
by the French. It was so simple and
effective that it was copied In larga
cumbers for French aviator.