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Volume V. Number 2
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C APV.IL 5, 1918
Subscription $1.50 a Year in Advance
GREAT PATRIOTIC
RALLY SATURDAY
Has Mcctiaf ef duces ii New
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SPEECH IT ML W. L LONG
Tht citizens of Rosemary and
Roanoke Rapids wilt celebrate
the first anniversary of America's
entrance into the war on next
Saturday afternoon, at three
o'clock. The celebration will take
place in the new building of the
Roanoke Mills at Jackson and
Fifth Streets, which has not yet
been filled with machinery,
tendered by Mr. & F. Patterson
aa it happens to be the only
building large enough to hold
the crowd that is expected to
auemble.
The program will be short,
consisting of music by the Rose
mary Concert Band, the singing
of patriotic songs by the audience
and a speech by Mr. W. L. Long.
In order that every body in the
towns may be enabled to attend,
the businessmen of the commun
ity have patriotically agreed to
close their places of business on
Saturday afternoon from 2:30 to
4:00 o'clock. This means that
every mill, store, bank, and
business place of every nature
will be closed during the meet
ing, so there will not be much
doing anywhere else except at
the meeting.
Every citizen is urged to dem
onstrate his patriotism at this
moat critical period of American
history by attending this meet
ing and doing all in his power to
co-operate with those who are
leading the vitally necessary
campaigns ' for providing the
nation with the necessary funds
to equip adequately our boys at
thi front and those who are so
soon to go to the front for their
country.
ROANOKE RAPIDS
DEBATORS WIN
Local School WillTktrefort Participate
Fiaib at Ckipel Hill
A small but appreciative aud
ience assembled in the Central
School Auditorium last Friday
evening to witness the over
whelming defeat of the Enfield
High School debaters in the
state wide contest The local
High School debaters showed
better team work, better prepar
ation, better grace and ease on
the floor and presented from
every standpoint a more forceful
argument winning a unanimous
decision. The question argued
was: Resolved, that congress
should enact a law providing for
the compulsory arbitration of
industrial disputes. Roanoke
Rapids was represented by
Marion Saunders and Nellie
Jones, who upheld the affirma
tive and won the decision. En
fields' debaters were Exum
Bellamy and Carrie Clark who
very ably defended the negative.
It will be remembered that Miss
Clark won second place in the
County debate last year.
At the same hour Bessie
Hedgepeth and Minnie Daughtry,
Roaqoke Rapids negative team,
were debating at Enfield. They
also were victorious and thus
won for Roanoke Rapids the
right to go to Chapsl Hill to con
test in the finals for state champ
ionship. Both teams will enter
this contest
This is tbe first time Roanoke
Rapids has won both debates
and tent a team to Chapel Hill.
The debaters will leave here
next Wednesday accompanied by
Miss Powell, the English teacher
and Sunt Proctor. A great deal
of the credit for their victory is
due to the untiring efforts of
Kits Powell in training them.
PATRIOTIC CONCERT BY
OXFORD SINGING CLASS
The concert to be given in
Roanoke Rapids by a class of
children from the Oxford Or
phanage should enlist the sym
pathetic interest and patronage
of alt our people. On former
visits these children have shown
themselves to be well-behaved
and well-trained, and the con
cert is always worthy of patron
age. We are informed that the con
cert that is being given this year
by the Singing Class of the Ox
ford Orphanage is. in some re
spects, different from any that
has ever before been offered to
the public. The program this
year includes Beveral patriotic
numbers that are calculated to
inspire and enoble-to create a
deeper and more abiding love of
country and its institutions. Do
not fail to hear this concert: tell
your friends about it: come and
help to give these children a
rousing reception.
WITH THE CHURCHES
Baptist Church
Ret. C H. Tracblood, Pastor
Sunday School 9:45 A. M. W.
S. Hancock, Supt
Preaching 11 A.M. and 8:30p.m.
The paster begins two series
of sermqns Sunday. The general
theme of the morning series will
be "Missionary Baptists: what
they believe and why they be
lieve it". Subject Sunday morn
ing: "The New Testament
Church". The first subject of
"Seven Sunday Evening Ser
mons" will be "Heavenly Recog
nition, or Shall We Know Each
Other in Heaven?"
Men's Bible Class Tuesday
7:30 P. M.
Prayer meeting and choir
practice Wednesday 7:45 p. M.
Helping Hand Society Friday
7:30 P. M.
Everybody welcome at all ser
vices. Rosemary Methodist Church
Rev. Charles M. Lance, Pastor
Preaching at 11 A. M. and 8 p.
M.
Sabbath School 10 A. M. J. B.
Boyd, Supt.
Prayer meeting and choir
practice on Wednesday at 8 P. M.
A cordial welcome to all,
strangers and visitors especially
invited.
Methodist Church
Rev. Eufeae C. Few, Pattor
Sunday School at 9:45 o'clock.
W. V. Woodruff, Supt
Services at 11 A. H. and 8:301.
Preaching both hours by the pas
tor. Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening at 8:00 o'clock.
Presbyterian Church,
Rev. Stanley White, Pastor
Sunday School 10:00 A. M. J. T.
Chase, Superintendent.
Morning service 11:00 A. M.
Evening service 8:15 P. M.
Prayer Meeting 8:15 P. M. on
Wednesday evening.
All Saints Church
(Epbcoptl)
Rev. Lewis N.Taylor, Rector
mmIm Ann
Next Sunday is the First Sun
day after Easter, commonly
known as Low Sunday. The
Easter Music will be repeated.
9:45. Church School and Mens'
Bible Class, T. W. Mullen, Supt.
11 Celebration of the Holy
Communion and sermon.
8 P. M. Evening Prayer and
sermon.
Monday night at 8 the Girls'
Friendly Society will meet with
Mrs. F. G. Jaiman.
Choir rehearsal Wednesday
night Cottage meeting Thurs
day night
The public is very cordially
invited.
roanoke rapids personal
AND L0CAL ITEMS
! Miss Margaret Gary has re
turned to her home in Spencer
after spending some time here
with her sister Miss Vivian Gary.
Misses Mabel Boyd and Vivian
Gary spent. Sunday in Norfolk.
Jim Young is spending several
days here with friends.
Harry Stokes left Thursday
j for Baltimore to spend several
1 days.
J. H. Matkins is spending a
; few days in Norfolk on business.
j Mrs. W. Is Graham and Mrs,
A. 11 McAllister returned Satur
day from Salisbury where they
.visited relatives for several
weeks.
i Mrs. F. M. Shute returned
from Williamston Sunday after
sending several weeks there
I with relatives.
Lloyd Baker is visitingrelatives.
in Jackson.
i The Ladies Aid Society of the
j Presbyterian Church will meet
next Tuesday afternoon at 3:00
'o'clock with Mrs. F. M. Shute
at the home of Mrs. IL C Sale.
linn's Jones, who is attending
Massey Business College in
Richmond is visiting his parents
here.
Miss Mary Pruden and Miss
Gertrude Dixon and Messrs.
William Vincent and Robert
Cleaton, of Vultare spent Sunday
in town.
Robert Few, oITrinity College,
Durham, N. C. spent the week
end here with his brother Rev.
Eugene C. Few.
Messrs. Earnest Jones, Robert
King and Ivey Mohorn motored
to Petersburg Sunday.
Misses Mary Traynham Wyche
and IiOuise Bain spent the
Easter Holidays in Henderson
with relatives and friends.
Robert Cleaton and sister,
Miss Daisy, of Vultare were in
tow n Wednesday shopping.
J. A. Moore spent several days
in New York City this week on
business.
S. F. Fatterson spent last
week out of town on business.
Misses Ruby and Sula Williams
spent the week-end in Raleieh
with friends.
Miss Myrtie Faison and
brother Lloyd spent a few days
in Seaboard this week with
relatives.
The Boy Scouts who have been
awarded War Service Medals in
connection with the Second
Liberty Loan Campaign will be
decorated with these honors
Saturday afternoon at the Patri
otic Rally.
The Union Intercessory Prayer
Service, Thursday 8 P. M. All
Saints (Episcopal) Church. The
public is invited.
There will be a business meet
ing of the Roanoke Rapids Chap
ter of the American Red Cross
at the Chapter headquarters
Monday afternoon.
The Pageant"America" will be
rendered at the Peoples Theatre
to-night by the Camp Fire Girls':
ably assisted by the Boy Scouts.
The cast will be composed of
about sixty girls and boys and a
catchy musical progam will be
one of the features. The proceeds
will be turned over to the Red
Cross.
Little Baby Dead
On Tuesday afternoon Maggie
Virginia, the infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Spence died
at their home of pneumonia. All
that loving hands and medical
skill could do were done to save
the precious life, but to no avail.
Interment was made Wednes
day afternoon in the Roanoke
Rapids Cemetary,- the services
being conducted by Rev. E. C.
Few.
'Tis sad to part from those we
love,
It fillr, my heart with pain
But soon we will meet above,
And never part again.
Father.
Cotton Today 34
HERALD'S SPECIAL
EDITION APPEARS SCON
On account of the sudden and
unannounced departure on last
Saturday night of II. Cuthk'rt
Scott who has been engaged
here for some tfme on the work
of getting up a special industrial
edition for the Herald, we think
it necessary to announce that the
edition will be issued in the
next few weeks - as soon in fact
as the work can be handled
through the office.
All who have given Mr. Scott
orders for space, w hich have not
been checked up by this office
direct are requested to advise
us promptly that they may not s ,n-
be omitted as there is a possi- A'tcr several days visit to
bility of the records we have in fWet.d and relatives in Mocks
hand being incomplete. villo, N. C, Rev. A. G. Carter
The edition w ill not suffer in returned here this week,
anyway on account of Mr. Scott's .Ml-sfluilena Hart of New
departure. The Herald's regular lKli-t XeWs is here visiting in the
staff will revise the copy written home of her sister Mrs. G. L
by Mr. Scott and complete the
work which he left unfinished.
C0MMEN0RATIVE
EXEECISES SUNDAY
WillTakt Place in New Mill Build
inf. Meeting Held under Direc
tion of the Ministerial Union and
will be of Religious Nature.
Musk byCombined Choirs of All
the Churches. Orders will At
tend en Masse.
ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS INVITED
On next Sunday afternoon at
four o'clock the people of the
community are invited to gather
in the new mill building of the
Roanoke Mills Company and
nnrtieinnto in pynreivioa nnm.
memorative of our entry into the Satun,a' in tuwn on busine89
war and of the boys from our K. (i. Brown spent the Easter
community who answered the
call to the colors and are prepar
ed to give their all that our gov-'
eminent may endure.
Held under the direction of the
Ministerial Union the exercises
will be of a religious nature. An
inspiring program is being ar-
ranged, all of the details of
which have not yet been con
cluded. There will be songs by j
the joint choirs of the churches
of the community, short speeches
by several speakers, and prayer. !
Most of the fraternal orders of .
the community are issuing no- j
tices to their members to meet in j
their respective halls before the ,
exercises and march in a body to
the meeting. I
HON. JAMES H. POU
TO SPEAK IN WELDON
Will Address Mass Meeting in Graded
School Auditorium Sunday Even
ing at 8:00 O'clock
Hon. Jas. H. Pou, one of
North Carolina's most brilliant j
and patriotic orators will address
a mass meeting of the citizens j
of Weldon and Halifax County, j
in the Graded School Auditorium;
at Weldon on next Sunday even-j
ing at eight o'clock.
Music will be furnished for
the occasion by the combined
choirs of Weldon's churches,
and the speech of Mr. Tou will
be well worth hearing. Every
citizen of Halifax county is in -
vited to attend and hear Mr.
Pou discuss the war and the
rromentous issues of the day.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to take this method
to thank our friend; and neigh
bors for the many kindnesses
snownusuunng u.e nmesa
death ot our baby.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Spence.
Uncle Eben.
I "A man Is Judged by de compimy ho
! keeps," wild Uncle Eben. "Hut you's
' got to keep de compauy. You aln'
ftneter be Judged by de company you
jef butts Into,"
'RC5L1IART PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS
V". S. Whitaker who has
ixiMui in the Navy Yard Ports-
r v.h. V.'. is here this week
ai d v it! take his family back
wit ! in'm where they will reside
i.i ti e future.
J. V. Sumlin. of Durham,
s;v;t a few days here this week
w'th friends and relatives.
V.". 11 Drewry, Sup't County
lliev. was in town a few hours
V e i;,e-ii;iy on business.
Mr. and Mrs. A'vin Hay, of
iVrt-mouth. Va. after a few
i lure to relatives re
t a :,. i bum1 Tuesday.
N. M. Ihrrison, of Brinkley
spent the day here Sunday
v It I: Mr. and Mrs J. 11. Harri-
Hayes.
W, O. Thompson left Thursday
f i r Wilson for a short visit to
relatives.
V illiamMedlin has resigned his
potion with trie Rosemary Sup
ply Company and has accepted a
position with the S. A. L. Rail
way Company at Roanoke Junc
tion. M. (!. Jenkins left Tuesday
for Croenslioro where he goes to
join a Hospital Corps being
termed there.
Mrs. 11. G. Coleman accompani
ed by Miss Dolly Grizzard spent
Faster in Roykins, Va.
Misses Bessie Hall, Lucile Hall
'and Myna Clements, of Durham
tire lu re for a few days visit in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
I'yrd.
i B. 1. Hamill, of Thelma, spent
Holidays in hntield witn nis
family.
F. A. Fisher left Friday for
Baltimore where he will reside
in the future.
S. M Holliday, of Enfield was
in town Sunday a few hours to
see friends.
J. T. Bishop spent Sunday in
Littleton with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Matthews
motored to Thelma Sunday
spending the day there with
friends and relatives.
T. ", Mullen after spending
the Easter holidays in Peters
burg with friends and relatives
returned here Tuesday.
FOOD KENACE WILL
BECOME GREATER
British Ministry of Food issues
Striking Sslatement
In n recent statement by the
British Ministry of Food occurred
the following which is just as
applicable to the United States
as to Great Britain:
"War is making bare the
world's cupboards; the granaries
are being emptied, the flocks
thinned, the herds butchered,
the mines scraped. War is mak
ing every thing dear except
human life; the destructive mon
ster is consuming more food es
sentials than it 's producing.
Want follows hard in the wake
0f the chariot wheels of Mars,
' and the whole world is threaten-
J 0d with hunger, the menace of
j which w ill become greater with
the prolongation of hostilities.
Victory will goto the combatants
who are liost fed and nourished.
The food question is now para
mount. Food production is as
i essential to victory as food sav-
5nif.Thn Knnrld nnrt tVip hna
mo,t befriend the sine and the
i bayonet.
Paper, Sir?
Experiment? with lack pine have
shown tlmt It 1 wi 11 Riittpil fnr mnk.
Ing krnft pnper. On some of the
nnttonni forests this tree is used to
plant lnnd which is too poor to grow
other Umber.
BEMIATIC PEEDXCT
MlMAKItS nllu
On last Saturday afternoon'
the Democratic Precinct Primary TWd LM L" Owrwbtcrik
for Roanoke Rapids Towrship : R Hur,d,J Abmuccs
was held and the following dele- UUiil Lm" Cen,lttf kW
gates elected to the County Con- ""f ,d Kspa.
vention which meets in Halifax'
on Saturday. April 6: Lunce
Rook. Hannibal Shearin, Her-!
bert Bell T. M. Jenkins, L. &
Cannon. L. G. Shell, V. F. Hor
ner. Dr. T. W. M. Long. W. L
Long, J. T. Stainback. Louis
Grimmer, A. L Clark.
A Democratic Executive Com
mittee was elected for Roanoke
Rapids Township as follows: A.
L Clark. Chairman. M. M. 1
Faison. L S. Cannon. V. F. 1
Horner, Dr. T. W. M. Long. j
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP
i
Statement of the ownership, j
management circulation, etc..
of August 21. 1912, of Roanoke
Rapids Herald published weekly
at Roanoke Rapids, North Caro
lina for April 1. 1918.
State of North Carolina
Countv of Halifax.
Before me. a Notary Public in
and for the State and county
aforesaid, personally appeared
J. T. Stainhack, who, having
been duly sworn according to 1
law. deooses and savs that he is I
the Editor of the Roanoke Rapids
Herald and that the following is.
to the best of his knowledge and
belief, a true statement of the
ownership, management (and if
a daily paper, the circulation),
etc., of the aforesaid publication
for the date shown in the above ;
caption, required by the Act of
August 24. 1912, embodied in Wurin 1 arolina ana PHMy
section 413. Postal Laws and,1"' in the United States. This
Regulations, printed on the re- c;m only redetermined, however,
verse of this form, to wit: afl( r tV n I,orts a" the Fed"
That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, man
aging editor, and business man
agers are: Publisher, J. T. Stain-
back, Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Editor, same; Managing Editor,
same; Business Managers, same.
That the owners are: W. L.
Long, J. L. Patterson, S. F.
Patterson, Dr. T. W. M. Long.
T. Stainback. A, L. Clark.
E. H. Ricks, J. B. Boyd. J. T.
Chase, W. P. Taylor, B. Marks
H. M. Taylor, "j. W. HuuseJ,i0n .lhat, V.,nfwn13 is country
Hancock-House Co., W. S. Han
cock, Taylor and Collier, S. J.
Bounds, G. N. Stanley, C. H.
Vaughan, Roanoke Pharmacy,
J. A. Moore, C. A. Wyche,
W. D. Tillery. all of Roanoke
Rapids. N. C. W. F. Horner,
J. E. Buck, Rosemary Drug Co.,
S. M. Thompson, all of Rose
mary, N. C.
That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security
holders owning or holding 1 per
cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other se
curities are: First National Bank
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the
owners, stockholders, and se
curity holders, if any, contain
not only the list of stockholders
and security holders as they
appear upon tne oooks oi tne
company but also, in cases where
the stockholder or security hold-
er appears upon the books of the
company as trustee or in any ;
other fiduciary relation, the name.
of the person or corporation for Tuesday of next week for the
whom such trustee is acting, is!purK)se of 8ccurjng liberal
given; also that the said twoplptp(,s from aU who wU1 donate
paragrapns contain statements
embracing affiant's full knowl
edge and belief as to the circum
stances and conditions under
which stockho'ders and security
holders who ao not appear upon
the books of the company as
trustees, hold stock and securi
ties in a capacity other than that
of a bona fide owner; and this
affiant has no reason to believe
that any other person, associat
ion, or corporation has any in
terest director indirect in the
said stock, bonds, or other se
curities than as so stated by him.
J. T. Stainback.
Sworn to and subscribed be
fore me this 2nd day of April
lolo.
R. L. To.ve Notary Public,
My commission expires Sept.
1 14, 1918,
COMMUNITY WILL
DOUBLE QUOTA
aw.ilu MKiiHUSUltLAG
That Roanoke Rapids and
Rosemary may have the signal
honor of flying the first Liberty
Loan Honor Flag in the United
States is rendered possible by
the action on Wednesday of the
leaders of the UUrty Loan Com
mittee in sending check to the
Federal Reserve Bank in Rich
mond for the tlrst payment on
Liberty Loan Bonds to the
i amount or $.,oU.UU This is
d,ub!e the (luota of this com
mutiny and is several days in
advanee of the 0nin of th
i'i'.ku
Of e ure, this does not mean
that the citizens of the commun
ity are freed from obligation to
purcha.-e bonds, by this action of
the IilTty Loan Committee. The
patriotic obligation of each in-
(UVWI,il1 clllzen 8 10 eviaenee
10 uie exm,toI nis aDlllly 10
P"'hase bonds his support of
tne r,atl"n- u,e nien no
Phased these bonds have done
handsomely -it is up to the rest
of us to carry the community's
takings still further.
In a telegram to Mr. S. F.
Patterson on last Thursday, Mr.
Jos. G. Brown, State Head of
the Liberty Loan Committee,
pressed his appreciation of the
acllon 01 lMi community, wnicn
I"aces mom certainly tirst in
,t ra! i.e'rve Lanka are received
and compared by the Treasury
Department at Washington.
NEW FLOUR
RULING MADE
Under t!.:le o of the new con.
servaticti program of the Food
Adininistratiun designed to meet
the more desperate food situa-
ml its A!
nil retailers and
millers are
than 21 pounds of flour to a town
or city consumer, or more than
48 pour. (Is to a consumer in the
country.
Nj consumer may have on
hand more'than thirty days supply
of flu: r; and if his requirement
for thirtv days are less than the
quantities above specified, his
purchases should be madetocon
ferm to his requirements fr
thirty days.
NEW METHODIST
CHURCH PROGRESS
Further activity along the line
of erecting a new Methodist
Church in Roanoke Rapids has
been held up recently for the
architeCts drawings of suitable
j,ar, s
ii'urin the past week in a
business meeting of the Building
Committee it was decided to
iaunch a vigorous campaign on
, to thi9 wortny es9entjai causei
A committee for the soliciting
of pledges is to be appointed at
once and the names which con
stitute this committee will be
announced at the Sunday Ser
vices.
No Compromise.
Luke wns weighted down with
pair of f'Tt of n fcize remarkable even
for n nmn of tils color in the poly
chrome of human kind. As he wail
sitting one day engaged in tbe game
of cUiiier which has to do with cube
of t-cne with blnck dots upon their
sides, Sam approached. In hit preoc
eupatiim, Sam trod upon the foot of
Luiie and remained planted there.
Lu'e turned upon him indignantly.
"Q(t o(Tn dat foot," he commanded.
"cut off. an ta d wax r