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T, H. Taylor and ' family left
Thursday for Portstnouth where
they will reside in Utef uture,Mr.
Taylor having accepted a posi
tion with the Street Car Com
pany of that city.
C M. Dickens who has a posi
tion with a Government Con
struction force in Petersburg
was here Saturday to see his
family. . "
-Misses Pattie Byrd and Mary
Mstthews and Miss Byrd's
guests. Misses Lucile and Bessie
Hall and Mina Clements motored
to Emporia Sunday spending the
day with friends.
George Guy left the past week
for Norfolk to accept a position
In the Navy Yard.
G. E. Rose, of Henderson,
spent Sunday here with friends.
W. 0. Thompson after a short
visit to friends and relatives in
Wilson returned Monday.
W. S. Harris and wife. f Rich
mond, were here Sunday to see
relatives.
F. W. Broyals left Sunday for
Durham to visit relatives.
G.'M. Pressley left the past
week for Asheville to visit his
family,
J. Sanders spent a few days
this week in Henderson visiting
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Johnson
left Wednesday for Tarboro
where they will make their home.
Messrs. W. C. Bass and J. J.
Wade motored to Weldon Sun
day night where they went to
hear an address delivered by
James Pou, of Raleigh.
J. R McGee after a brief visit
to relatives in Mount Olive re
turned the past week.
& D. Haraill. of Thelma, was
here Saturday on business.
Mr, and Mrs. T. L Clippard,
of Barkley, Va,. are here visiting
in the home of J. T. Garner.
Misses Lucile Hall, Bessie Hall
and Mina Clements after a weeks
visit here to Miss Pattie Byrd re
turned Monday to their home In
Durham.
Rupert Lyles and Miss Bessie
Jarratt werr married Saturday
afternoon in the home of the
bride's mother on Roanoke Ave
nue, J.'E. Spencer performing
the ceremony. .
R. L Johnson, of the Westing-
house ElectricCompany, Atlanta,
Ga.,is here directing the install
ation of a turbine engine for the
Rosemary Manufacturing Company.
Vernon Spencer left the past
week for Portsmouth where he
has ' accepted a position as as
sistant clerk in the Navy Yard.
Miss Maude Summerell, of
Fayetteville is here visiting her
sister Mrs. W. S. Clark.
Geo. Carmichael motored to
Petersburg Sunday spending the
day with friends.
The Rosemary Graded Schools
will give an entertainment in the
Rosemary Theatre on Friday
evening, April 19, for the benefit
of the Red Cross An excellent
program is being arranged and
the public is invited to attend
and thereby help in the Red
Cross work.
assistance to their government
in iU hour of need. " : '
As the Fifth Naval District
has only a limited number of
these appointmentsstits disposal,
application by .those interested
should be made Immediately.
Enrollments may be made and
full informaSon secured at the
Navy. Enrolling Office, 101 Main
Street, Norfolk, Virginia. c
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Private 1st Class Whitney
Kellogg of theUnitedStates Army
Recruiting Station. Raleigh, N.C..
will be in town from April 10th
to 16th, inclusive, for the purpose
of eanvasing for recruits for
practically a9 branches of the
Army. t
Men can be accepted who are
between 13 and 41 years of age
and did not register. Men so
accepted here will have all ex
penses paid to place of enlistment
The Infantry, field artillery
and coast artillery are open to
men wishing to get in the thick
of tlje fight The Quartermaster
Corps is open to stenographers
and typists; also for men who
wish to take training as cooks or
bakers.
The Medical Department is
open for nurses, pharmacists,
mechanics, chaffeurs, clerks, or
men wishing to learn - medical
work in being connected with
Army hospitals. The Signal Corps
is open for telegraph and tele
phone operators, electricians, etc
The 20th Engineers (Forestry)
is open to lumbermen of all kinds.
The railroad regiments open to
railroad men. The quarry and
mining companies open to mining
men. -The motor service com
panies open to chauffeurs and
mechanics. The other Engineer
Regiments are in need of electri
cians, carpenters, Diacksmitns,
cooks, painters, plumbers, steno
graphers and clerks, saddlers,
cobblers, tailors, instrument re
pair men, engineers; for practi
cally any kind of engineering
ability is wanted in the engineers.
Every man enters the service
as a private at; $30.00 per month
and all expenses. If he is married
his wife gets ari additional $16.00,
Am -child llftta, second $7.80
third $5.00, etc For each parent
that is dependent upon him for
support the Government allows
$10.00; soon up to $50.00 per
month in addition to his salary.
Every man has excellent op
portunities for promotion to the
non-commissioned grades pay
in France, $40.80 to $96.00 per
month and all expenses. And to
the ambitious young man every
opportunity is offered to obtain
commissions in the Army, for
officers training camps are being
organized and every man is given
opportunity to attend one.
CarawssEvaas
Saturday afternoon, March 30,
at half past six o'clock Miss
Bettie Carswan, of Rosemary,
and Private Ruby E. Evans, of
Co. H. 119th Infantry, Camp
Sevier, S. C, were united in
marriage by Rev. R. L Topping
of the First Christian Church,
in the presence of a number of
fronds and relatives of the bride
and groom. " The marrics was
performed at No. 233 U r.rj? St
Rosemary, N. C. The brkte is a
i3rk-T ct the First . Christian
Qtirl.-. l.v -'r friends wish f cr
them a lcr. j LJ fcrrpy life. '
CAMP FIRE GIRLS
GIVE GOOD SHOW
The entertainment given at
the Peoples Theatre on last Fri
day night by the Camp Fire
Girls under the direction of Mrs.
L S. Mosher was very successful
from every standpoint The
pageant and song numbers were
uniformly good and were enjoyed
by a large and appreciative
audience.
The number given by the Boy
Scouts under the direction of
Scout Master, L S. Mosher was
also thoroughly enjoyed. The
proceeds derived from the enter
tainment amountdd to $42.25, af
t deducting all expenses.
It is probable that the enter
tainment will be given again in
the near future in response to
the request of many who were
unable to seeit last week. If it
is given again new songs will be
added and an enlarged program
presented, announcement of
which will appear later.
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I Services will be held in "St
Luke's ( Episcopal) Church North
ampton County next - Sunday
afternoon at 3:30. The public is
very cordially invited.
- The Union Intercessory Service
for the Nation and her Allies
will be held at the Presbyterian
Church next Thursday afternoon
atSo'ctock.
R. W. Brown left last -week
for West Point Vs. to visit rela
tives.
Nat Hockaday, of Camp Jack
son, is visiting his parents here
for several days.
Miss Lois Stinson has returned
to Burlington where she is in
training, after spending several
days here with her parents.
Mr. A. L Mariner, of Camp
Sevier, is visiting his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Shell, Mrs.
K. Jenkins, Miss Annie Roger
son and Seabropk Jones motored
to Littleton last Sunday after
noon. Mrs. S. F. Patterson returned
home last week after visiting
relatives in Winston-Salem for
several weeks.
Jim Young left Monday for
Richmond after spending the
week here with friends.
Miss Addye Williams, of the
University Training School, Char
lottesville, Va., is visiting her
parents here.
Rev. Eugene C Few and Hur
ley King spent several days this
week in Wilson on business.
Robert Brown, of Camp Sevier,
is visiting relatives here.
W. D. Swindell left last week
for Newport News, where he has
accepted a position.
J. W. Sander ford. Jr.. of Ral
eigh, has returned and accepted
his old position with the Herald
Publishing Co.
HobsoD Powell, of Emporia,
was in town Sunday with friends.
Miss Lucille Clements, of Jack
son, was in town Saturday.
Messrs. Carl Myers and Eg
bert Barnhill visited friends here
Sunday evening.
J. T. Chase was in Raleigh this
week on business.
Judge Mullen, of Petersburg,
is visiting relatives here. .
W. L Long is spending sever
al days out of town on business.
Miss Jennie Whitaker left
Thursday for her home in Ashe
ville on account of the illness of
mother.
Mason Faison, of Norfolk, vis
ited relatives here this week. .
D. Whitney Kellogg, of the
Army Recruiting Station, Raliegh
is in town this week.
Thaddus Moore is spending
several days here with relatives
and friends.
Messrs. William Vincent and
Robert and Eward Cleaton. of
Vulture, were in town Saturday
on business.
The Red Cross has been asked
to furnish 280 bed shirts for
head quarters during the month
of April To do this we must
have a great deal of extra help.
Every woman who can sew
please feel it her duty to come
and help. The sewing days at 4
Red Cross Room are kiondaya,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fri
days. You can sew there or you
can dll ft the room on these
daTl.iu Tnwrial will be furnish
ed you to carry home, also a
made shirt will, be furnished
from which you can learn how !
one of these shirts must be made.
You do not have to be a member
of the Red Cross Society to do
this.
The members on the cutting
committee are requested to come
on the regular cutting day, Mon
day. If it is impossible for you
to come on this day, Mrs. Jno.
L Patterson, at your request
will sppoint another day for you.
290 bed shirts are to be furnish
ed during the month of April.
A great deal of help will be
needed from the cutting com
mittee, since the shirts must be
cut before they can be made.
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Last Sunday afternoon at Six
o'clock Miss Nellie Medhn be
came the bride of klr.. Walter
Baity. The ceremony was per
formed in the Christian Taber
nacle by Rev. R. L Topping, the
minister. Quite a number were
present Mrs. Bailey is a member
of the Christian Church her.
They will make their future home
in Rosemary and their friends
wish Jor them a long and tzy
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Lieutenant Ferrebee, of Ra
leigh, who has been the guest of
his sister, Mrs. Jno. Fenner left
this week for Philadelphia.
Mrs. Duncan Faison spent a
few days here this week with
her sister, Mrs. Annie Gowsn.
Mrs. C F. Musselman left the
past week for an extended stay
in the mvuntaina. . . . ' v
Willie Fsucette, c a former
Halifax boy, visited his mother.
Mrs. Willis 4 Wilcox the past
week.
Mrs. Wallace Patterson and
son, or Chapel Hill, are the house
guests of Mrs. D. C Fenner.
Mrs. Swain Norman has re
turned from a trip to the camp
at Greenville, S. C, where she
visited her brother who is in
training.
Mr. Shearin left the past
week for Ti lery, having accepted
the position as guard at the State
Farm.
Mrs. W. G. Bass spent one day
out of town the past week shop
ping.
Rev. Dodd. of Enfield was in
town on business the past week,
Jas. Applewhite and family,
ofTillery. visited friends here
the past week.
Miss Agnes Norman has re
turned to Peace Institute after a
short visit in her home here.
Mr. Lynn Langley left recent
ly for Norfolk having accepted a
position there. A new man hss
taken his place as Supt of the
Knitting Mill :-: Vi
Miss Vann was the guest at
the Hotel of Miss Sallie Barkley
this week. .'
Mrs. Christian and Mrs.
Hughes, of Tillery, were the
guests of Wrs. N. L. Stedmen
the past week.
Rev. WiHoox filled the Baptist
pulpit here on Sunday. '-' " .
.U.. D. C. met with Mrs. Gowan
the past' week, Refreshments
were served at the dese of the
meeting ; J
tlri ir-is Gowan and io-
JpuInaCvusn tave the meaaks.
-The Red Cross entertainment
was a great success at both
Halifax and Darlington, clecrir.a
$00.00 for the cause.
April 6, Anniversary Day of the
entry of United States into the
war against German World Do
minion, was fittingly and enthus
iastically celebrated in th!l com
munity, when possibly thevnajor-,
ity of its citizens gathertd in the
vacant mill building jCst com
pleted for the Roanoke MHla Com
pany on last Saturday afternoon.
- Business of every description
in the community closed down
for the exercises from 2:30 to
4.-00. Mills, stores, banks, and
post offices answered the request
of the Liberty Loan Committee
unanimously and shut their door
during these hours, ike there
might be no distractions of any
kind to prevent the public from
attending the exercises. '
Consequently an enormous
crowd variously estimated at
from two to three thousand peo
ple attended the meeting and en
thusiastically applauded the pat
riotic address delivered by
W. L Long. Mr. Long's theme ;
was almost entirety upon iner
duties of the people who stay at
home to back up the b?ys at tto "
front by giving the government
enthusiastic and efficient co-op-
eration. He was enthused .over .
his subject and he carried Jia .
audience with him from thcU t -
During the exereises WiHjn. -
Jackson and Jokj'-'Vick. tJ '
Scouts, were awrrded medals ky ..
Mayor J. T. Cza for work -T.
in selling bonds during tie Sec-v
ond Liberty Loan Campaign.
The Rosemary, Concert Read, ,
who headed the parade of the
Rosemary school children to; the
building added greatly to the oc- ' v
casion by the music they furn -. -
ished. .'
I'.Oir.oG SERVICES TO
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The right sort of beginning i;
f or each day is a decided boost V
to business, and the ' proper
attitude toward our Government i
and our soldiers is now a bounden
duty and God given privilege.
The Rosem8J7-Roanoe ;JUg?ii
Ministerial Unioft 'at' the request
of Qne vitajly interested in
issues and'present sacrifice, has
set aside next week as one in
which a devotional service will
be held each morning. All .busi
ness men are urged to be present
and a special invitation is extend
ed to everybody who will attend
services at the Roanoke Rapids
Baptist Church beginning next -Monday
morning at 7 o'clock
and lasting throughout the week
at the same hour.. .Listen for the
bell at 6:45 A. M. . which shall
serve notice that ' services are
soon to begin. Don't miss these .
few minutes of profitably, it
riotically, and religiously J7z '
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