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ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. (X. JULY 25, 1919
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ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL
AND LOCAL ITEtS
POLICE COURT QUIETTH15WEEK HON. W. L LONG
Onlv five RFPL1ES TO ARTICLE 6f
Next Sunday the vested choir
of All Saints Church and mem
bers of the congregation will
join with St Luke's (Episcopal) j, SmUh" fawJ the
Church, in Northampton Count y. corder for having partaken too
in noiaing me erii mx u anu freely 0f the Very
have leen '
brought before recorder Clark'
thus far this week.
Monday morning Russell Out-
land. Lloyd Draper, Clifton 1VI-
ML JL FAIL IITCB1N
variety of "Bottled in Bush'M
They each paid a tine of $150
and costs. j
Wednesday a discharged negro
soldier named Albert Putney,
who claims to have seen service
on the Mexican Border and Phil
li pines was brought before re
corder Clark charged with as
saulting one I'aul Jones and ear
ring a concealed weapon. He
was bound over to court under
to
2:30. Dinner will be served on
the lawn at 12.30.
The public is very cordially in
vited to St. Luke's next Sunday.
Rev. Francis and Mrs. Joyner
are visiting W. F. Joyner, also
Mr. E. H. Joyner.
Miss Frances Davenport, of
Richmond, visited friends here
Tuesday.
Mrs. P. C Duncan, after
spending several days here with a $150 bond and was carried
her husband, has returned to jail in default of the same.
her home in Clayton.
Mr. P. a Duncan and Mrs.
Nannie Peele left Sunday for
Baltimore and New York to buy
fall goods. . .
Miss Myrtle Bain spent this
week in Richmond.
'Miss Inzie Mae Jones spent
several days with friends in Nor
folk this week.
Mrs. W. L Long and children
have returned from an extended
trip to Virginia Beach.
Mr. K. C Towe, of Aurelian
To The People of Halifax County:
Supplementing the analysis of
the Halifax County road laws
lrttwv"l which will be submitted to the
vote of the people of the County
on Tuesday, the 5th day of Aug
ust next, made and published by
Mr. Darden, Mr. Taylor and my
self for your information, and
ROSEMARY PERSONAL
LOCAL ITEMS
do so and pay one-fourth of the
cost thereof.
The Federal Government is
expending large amounts ofj
money under the Federal Road! Miss Mary Trayham Uyche
Law. in aiding the building of delightfully entertained the Co
roads, and where they approve tilhon Club Tuesday evening.
AND P0ST0FF1CE ROBBERS H0BART Y. UPJ01LN
CAUGHT LAST NIGHT TO PLAN NEW SCHOOL
the project, put up dollar lor
dollar put up by the countv and
State, This State and Federal
aid is in the discretion of the
State Highway Commission and
the United States Department of
Miss Margaret Hewitt enter
tained the Card Club Saturday.
Miss Mattie Roberts spent Sun
day in Norfolk.
Mr. W. H. Roberts and family
Good Roads, and it will be up to spent Sunday at Ocean View.
TUaw Itmt Ceafemt After Biif
Taken Frwa UckeJ CW Far A
titer OHcaM.
A MUCH TAN CLIO AFFAIR
IS- !
vacation
TO THE VOTERS OF HALIFAX
COUNTY
mendous step forward in the
progress of our County if this
I election carries in favor of the
road bonds and the proposed
: changes in our public road ad
! ministration, and 1 am confident
j that the progressive and intelli
igent people of Halifax County
The undersigned" are four of j aprovethis bond issue and
the five men named in an act I Vse. ''T- y iavorauie
passed by the last General As-1 vwl s siai ewcuon.
sembly of North Carolina as If the election curries, the
Members of the Halifax County t-ounty. will. 01 course, nave to
Highway Commission o assume ' pay the interest on the new
office as soon as the $300,000.00: bonds a they may 1 issued up
Bond Issue is passed on by the to ?o00, 000.00 worth, and on the
voters of the County on August j bonds ol the townships outstand
5th next. ' ii'il at present, which amount to
Assuming that the Bond Issue ! aUut $30,0:0.00. The borrow-
Springs, spent several days here! will be approved at the coming j ing of money and the paying of
with friends and relative this eiecuon, me new mgnway vom-j imt-irat, iiinmu iu urn yuuut
mission will then, under the improvements, ana w expana
terms of the companion or Ad-1 private business when it is done
ministrative Act, have entire
charge of and be responsible for
the expenditure of .he JJond
money and all road tax moneys
of the entire County, for the
purpose of building and main
taining a satisfactory system of
hitrhwave in the County anil
nave arrived nere w maae weir
home.
Mr T. M Faiann. of Norfolk.
anpnt RnnHav here with friends brovides that as the County as
rplativM. sumes responsibility for the Bond
issues ol the townships mat
have been issued in the past,
the new
our fnmmissi if th hnmi
.if J.r v"Jr-""" wecimes, to secure meir ap- cuj.v fmm - lwkv
in the public press by Messrs. A. proval and assisUnce in our pro- i ,
Paul Kitchin and Jrc.P.FuUelL fecta. I know of one instance ! l 0ce,n Ww'
I wish to reiterate that I earnest- now in this State where the! Messrs. William and Rives
ly behove that t w ill be a tre- County is raving one-fourth the 1 Manning spent the week-end at
Iocal authorities here believe
that many robberies will be clear
ed up by the confession of Tho-
week.
Miss Lizzie Dalton. of Con
cord, is visiting friends here
this week.
Miss Bessie Reynolds has re-1
turned from a visit to relatives
in Rockingham.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Harrison
and Mr. and Mrs. II. P. Thomas highways
building and maintaining satis
factory bridges in the County
The companion Act referred to
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Grimmer,
r9 IVillntiniviAn OltAttK tflAV A 1
VI II II Mill UK Wilt. DW't OV V V . n
days here with relates this at practically all of
week.
Mr. K. B. Taylor, of Oxford,
has accepted a position with Pat
terson Mills Company.
Mr. M. McRae Faison spent
the week-end here with his
wife.
. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Wood and
Bon, spent Sunday in Boyklns,
Va.
Miss Alma Wood
friends in Baltimore.
Bond Issue is to be spent in the
Townships that have not issued
Bonds, and furthermore provides
that the new County Highway
Commission shall maintain at all
times as far as practicable the
roads all over the County in ap
proximately the same state of
repair.
The County engineer has al
ready prepared a tentative
is visiting schedule of expenditures of the
new Bond issue, which Bcneauie
Mr. P. M. Coburn eft Sundav we mini as equiiaDie as any
for Haltimore that could from a practical stand
ooint be formulated
but. ana rars. u. u. oiibu nu m.. r ... v ; - i...
children spent Sunday at Ocean ,1.
v,ew . . . . taining the roads in the County,
Mr. John Smith spent a lew which in a general way proposes
oays in woriom mis wee. to the County up into
Mr. F. C. Williams spent the eleven road zones, in each of
week-end in Franklin with rela- which a maintenance gang of
tives. . sufficient size, and with ' proper
Mr. E. A. Telliga spent the equipment to maintain the roads
week-end in Norfolk on tusiness. mrougnoui me year in mai par
State one-fourth and the Fed
eral Government the other one
half of the cost of the con
struction of a road. Roanoke
Rapids Township in this County
of the road from Roanoke Rapids
to Littletou. I am confident that j
our Highw ay Commission will be
as capable of impressing and se-!
curing the assistance of the'
Highway Officials, State and1
Federal Governments as anyj
other in the State, and that we '
may reasonably expect very con-
siderabte aid from these two
With respect to the form of !Hrnf from an extended visit to
the ticket which will be voted in Washington v-ity.
Mr. Lewis Daniel returned mas Boone made early this morn
ing to H. U Smith, of Rosemary,
and a party of men from Hender
son. Yesterday Thomas Boone went
to Henderson and stole a Ford
returning to Rosemary. His bro
ther John Boone and his wife,
took the car Thomas purloined at
Henderson and left for parts un
Virginia Beach.
Mr. A. J. Boyd spent Wednes
day at Warrenton.
Messrs. Robert Dickens and
has already go ten rom the Fed- J- J- VVde Sunday in Nor- i known. Thomas then went to
nas already gotten irom tne red-; f , i Chief Dobbins w th the story
eral Goverment part of the cost,1"'- !.,. k;, ua .tni v.;!
isses Pearl Cwper. of Rock) t f then himJ H a Smjth
Mount and Iva SMUwrne of to take hlm t0 nHlderson with
Greenville, are visiting Miss .,., .k,
txssie vooper. recognized his car by the descrip
IT. Joe r leetvv oou. of Jackson,
j visited his uncle, Mr. J. .
I Fleetwood ho is undergoing
; treatment in the Roanoke Rapids
j Hospital.
ticular zone, will be kept
We wish to come before the
voters of the Couuty before the
election with the statement that
if they see fit, and we confident
ly believe they will see nt. to
vote favorably on the proposed
Bond Issue, we will to the best
of our ability administer the af
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bounds and
children returned Sunday from
a visit to relatives in Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lynch
and son are spending some time
in Baltimore and New York.
Mr. A. M. Proctor spent the
week-end here with his wife
Mrs. J. B. Edmonds is visiting fairs entrusted to us in a broad-
her sister at La Crosse, Va. minded and fair manner, will ex-
Mr. and Mm. J. W. Home and nend the Bond and lax moneys
i daughter Virorinia. are snendinff in an economic way, and in a
I i a. r in an A-1 a nri 1 1 infavfapa tr n a
HeVBrRI fiRVB ftl I ICkHII V 1RW. WBV UlAk will in wi ivi v w ao
Misses Lena Rivers and Meto Rn. etent1alpssiibLe ?'ith,
nr. the agricultural and industrial
) v.-r" r ' activities of the County, and in a
( t nf r i in. l I way mat Win reneci w ine uene
Mrs. Ji W. Brewer, of Charlie VI u. t .u
., C. E. Matthews,
Mrs. C. E. Vaden. of South
; - Hill, has returned to her home
after visiting her sister, Mrs. C.
,E. Matthews for some time.
Miss Rosa Smith is visiting
relatives in Philadelphia this
week.
A. LeVine left this week for
his home in New York City.
We confidently believe labor
conditions in the County will
not be disturbed unduly by the
road work that will be carried
on, that atter tne coniempmuu
roads are built and proptriy
maintaintained that benefits will
accrue to our large and product
ive County far surpassing t he
expectations of the mostoptimis
R Mnrlta u nn Kn.u. tic Bood road advocate. We i e
to Nw York atv thi. i, lieve the uassage of the IW.d
Act on August 5th will be
this week on business,
Mr. E. M. Story spent the
week-end in Franklin, Va., with
his wue.
Mr. S. F. Patterson returned
Tuesday from a several days
Btay aiucean View.
Mr. Geo. Stanley, who for
many years has been with the
Hancock-House Company and for
this year Hancock-Jackson Com
pany, has gone into business at
the old Daughtry stand,
the
most progressive and far-reaching
step that this County h;is
ever taken, and we urge the
voters to carry same with an
overwhelming majority, knowing
that they will never regret their
action.
Respectfully,
, J. R. Dickens
S. P. Johnson .
t A. B. Schlichter
Jno. L. Patterson
will serve Ice Cream and Cake
On last Saturday afternoon in the Park Saturday afternoon
Masters Joseph and Allen Han- August 2, from 6 to 9 o'clock,
cock entertained quite a number The public cordially invited,
of their little friends at a birth- Rev. Lewis N. Taylor is expect-
aay party. Missneien Moore led to return to-day.from a vibititn f'nnntv seat
. I a I " w '
lead the playinL ' Hhe
folk. After an Ho- fun
children were served with
licious cream and cake.
The Presbyterian Ladies
UIU8
the
T
r
to Asheville,
Mr. Jno. L Patterson was
called to Atlanta this week on
account of the death of a rela-
itive. ......
for sensible and legitimate pur
poses, is the very basis of the
structure of our economic life,
both private and public. Practi
cally every improved road worthy
of the name that has been built
in the I'nited States, has been
built by means of a bond issue.
A principle that is so universal
and has stood tie test of exper
ience, can not well not be attack
ed. To offset the interest charge
for the borrowed money: we
have the decreased cost of trans
portation, wear and tear of ve
hicles, the saving of time, and
the increased value of property.
1 saw just the other day where
the United States Department of
Roads had studied the experien
ces of one county that had voted
a bond issue to build good roads
over the county, and had found
that in dollars and cents, in the
first year after the construction
of the road" in the saving in
tra asportation cost, wear and
tear of vehicles, and time of
laborers engaged m transpor
tation, the people of the county
had saved in one year an amount
equal to the entire bond issue.
The only reason any man is
opposed to a bond issue is be
cause he does not desire to" pay
the taxes necessary to pay the
interest on, and retire the prin
cipal of the bonds. If no tax
had to be levied for this purpose
nobody would object to issuing
bonds. I cannot, therefore, un
dersf nd the argument in favor
of raising the tax rate now to a
sufficient amount to build our
roads and pay as we go. It
seems to be much more sensible
and much more just that the suc
ceeding years, which will see
our prosperity continue and our
taxable property increase, should
pay a part of the cost of a sys
tern of good roads that will be
undoubtedly one of the chief in
struments of that prosperity.
The last Legislature did not
pass an act for Halifax County,
authorizing an increase of the
road tax to fifty cents, as was
stated in the nrticle by Mr. Kitch
in. The bill was introduced
and passed the House, but it
was so late in the session before
it was done that it failed to pass
its third roll call in the Senate
before the adjournment of the
Legislature. Our ability to tax
remains, therefore, exactly the
same as it formerly was, and is
totally inadequate to provide
even for the maintenance, let
j ttltwie the building of any system
of good high-ways. Unless this
bond ipue carries, and the tax
power incident thereto is ap
proved by the vote of the people
your hijrli-way commission' and
your taxes will be just where
they are now, and we will re
main in the mud until we become
disgusted and by our votes sub
stitute a rational road tax for the
irrational and more expensive
mud tax that we now pay. Un
der the general state road law
passed by the last legislature,
the State Highway Commission
out of the funds derived by the
State, as distirtct from the Coun
ty, takes over the maintenance
and the building of the principal
State highways, that is, the
roads leading from County seat
Under that law,
the State Highway Commission
may if a County desires to pro
ceed at once with the building of
one of these main highways,
permit the County to proceed to
this election. 1 desire to resent
for your members of the Gener
al Assembly any insinuation that
the form of the ticket was se
lected to secure any unfair ad
vantage. In every road bond
election that I have ever heard
of, seen, or read about, it has
been the same. Unless a major
ity of those voting in the elect
ion vote ballots ror Good
Roads" in favor of the bond is
sue, the bond issue will be de
feated, and its companion ad
ministration act will also be in
operative. To my mind this
means exactly the same thing as
requiring a majority of the quali
fied voters who vote, to cast
their ballots "Against Good
Roads" to defeat the bond issue.
Your Representatives named
Mr. A. Paul Kitchinamemberof
the new Board in the act which
is submitted to you ror your ap
proval, for the reason that he
had lead the opposition to the
passage of the act by the Gener
al Assembly, and we thought it
fair to put on the Board at least
cne man who was opposed to the
bond issue and would vote against
it in the election.
A tax rate of thirty-five cents
on the total property of the
County assessed for taxation
will yield $70,000.00 on a valua
tion of $20,000,000.00 and the
total property assessed for valu
ation in the County is now in
excess of that amount. $70,000.
00 annually will pay the interest
on, and provide a sinking fund
for the retirement of ail the
bonds of the County and town
ships after the whole amount of
this new issue of $500,000.00
worth of bonds has been issued.
In addition to this interest and
sinking fund tax, the commis
sioners will annually levy a tax
for maintenance of the roads,
which shall not be in excess of
sixty-five cents for that purpose.
If the election carries, every
special and local tax will be auto
matically repealed and the road
tax will be exactly the same all
over the County, and the money
will be expended by the commis
sioners in the County as they
may think best to secure a uni
form and adequate system of
roads without any regard to
township lines. In order to
make just and equal this change
to a County system from our
present township system, it is
nothing but fair that the people
of the whole County should as
sume the bonds and notes already
issued by the several townships
for the purpose of building good
roads. Otherwise we would be
taking over their assets in the
form of the roads which they
had built and taxing them for
the purpose of building roads in
the townships which have not al
ready issued bonds and built
good roads without giving them
anything in return. As it will
be, if the bond election carries,
the remainder of the County
will be getting the benefit of the
taxes which they have already
heretofore paid to pay the inter
est on, ' and provide a sinking
fund for the bonds which they
have already issued, and nothing
could be more just than for the
County to relieve them of their
special taxes and levy a tax ap
plying equally all over the Coun
ty. A road that gives out at a
township line is valueless, and a
system of road administration
which contemplates township
limits is necessarily wrong,
To my mind the biggest thing in
this election is the question of
changing our system of road ad-
Mrs. W. C. Williams spent
Sunday in Norfolk.
Mr. T. O. Eden, of Lumberton
visited Mr. Frank L Nash Tues
day. Miss Hart, of Boy kins, is vis
iting Miss Mary Norlleet (Iriz
zard. Mrs. W. F. Horner is visiting
friends and relatives at Natural
Bridge, Va.
Miss Mabel Boyd, of Gastoria,
is visiting Miss Betty Cooper.
Miss Clara Gilliam, of Boykins,
Va., is visiting Mrs. H. G. Cole
man.
Mr. 1). P. Wike spent Sunday
at Ocean V lew.
Miss Rebecca Williams visited
Miss Mary Nortieet Grzzard this
week.
Mr. C. T. Johnson is remodell
ing the front of his barber shop.
L Wheeden and Company,
Company, Contractors, have es
tablished their office over the
Rosemary Post Office.
Mr. Edward Manning, of Hen
derson, is visiting in the home
of Mrs. C. A. Wyche.
ministration from that of a town
ship system to that of one uni
form County-wide system, and
in voting on' this matter we
should he sure that our thought
is upon the broad lines of County-wide
economic development
rather than upon the selfish
basis of having our township pay
as little tax as possible and let
the other fellow build his roads
or not build them, as the case
may be. Certainly it is that
Roanoke Rapids Township with
its large amount of property as
sessed for taxation can much
better build its roads when it
has but a few miles, than can
Brinkleyville with a tremendous
mileage of roads and a small
amount of property; but equally
certain it is valueless to Roanoke
Rapids Township to have a good
system of roads and be surround
ed by townships that on account
of the heavy burden of taxation
involved would be unable to build
and maintain their roads. The
public road system must be
County-wide if we are going to
deal with the matter sensibly
and intelligently.
So far as 1 am able to see,
and certainly so far as your Rep
resentatives in the General
Assembly intend, there is no
"nigger in the wood pile" in
either of the acts submitted to
you for your approval at the
special election, but simply a
tion and mace Thomas return
with him in search of his bro
ther, John.
Upon their return to Rosemary
Boone asked Smith what his bill
was, alter being told he stated
that he would have to go to his
home to get it Smith took him
there, but instead of bringing
the money out. he told the wo
man he was boarding with that
the men on the outside were af
ter him and asked her to lock
him in the closet and tell them
he was not there. Smith per
suaded the woman to let him in
to search for Boone and found
him locked in a closet. He ask
ed the woman for the key, and
she told Smith that the closet
had nut been unlocked since she
had been living there and that she
did not have a key. Smith open
ed the door with his Bcrew driver
and pulled Boon out by his heels.
After being questioned at length
Boone who seems to be a half
wit said his brother told him to
steal the car and use the bluff so
he could get away.
He then confessed the Rose
mary postofiice robery, relating
how he, his brother, John
Boone, and another man, who
lives at Rockingham, broke in,
blew the safe open, and made
their getaway in Mr. Collin's car,
stating that they returned to
Rosemary the next morning on
the early train, after stalling the
car near Macon.
Thomas Boone is now in the
Henderson jail and the other
parties are expected to be arrest
ed to-day.
HIGH WATER PUTS
BRAKES ON INDUSTRY
The heavy rains for the past
ten days caused Roanoke River
to rise to its highest level since
1912. Monday morning it had
reached the point where opera
tion of the mills on the river be
came impossible and continued
to rise till Wednesday morning
water backing up from the low
grounds below the Halifax Paper
Corporation, and covering bridge
with some two and a half of
water, blocking auto traffic to
the mills. The water started
falling at Wednesday noon and
continues to recede.
CONVENTION COMING
(Contributed)
The Nash - Edgecomb District
Convention met with the church
of Christ in Rosemary on June
27 29 and was probably the
best convention ever held. Upon
the invitation of the Rosemary
church the next session will con-
Through the decision of the
j Board of School Trustees to ac
cept Hobart V. Upjohn's plans
: for the new high school building
the community is assured a build
ing as modern and scienuhe in
plan as is unique and artistic in
appearance. Mr. Upjohn's plan
calls for a building with a front
age of Z12 feet consisting of
three floor stories almost entirely
out of the ground and containing
l regular class rooms with man
ual training apartment, printing,
domestic sciene, music and other
accommodations for general ed
ucational work. Some of the
special features of the building
are entire modern apartments to
be used in connection with do
mestic science, an auditorium
with seating capacity for 1700
people, the gymnasium with
swimming pools and shower
baths.
The architect has planned for
a future development by means
of wings into a rectangle con
taining light and air to all parts
of the building and w hen com
pleted as planned will measure
212 feet square.
Materials will be of brick with
terra cotta trimmings and slate
roofings. The style of architect
is very different from the usual
type of High School Buildings,
being the Llizabethan style with
gabled wings and turreted en
trance, combining in a most ef
fective manner scholastic and
religious atmosphere. Its cost
will probably exceed consider
ably the amount comtemplated
but the trustees feel that the
proposed building will be a credit
to the town and that a long step
forward will be taken in its
erection.
Although many plans were
submitted, that of Mr. Upjohn's
was so much superior to those of
all others, the board was unani
mous in its decision to accept it
It is interesting to note that the
firm of Upjohn, of 1256 5th Ave.
New York City has been a con
tinuous business since 1835 when
it was started by Richard Up
john, the grandfather of the
present head Hobart V. Upjohn.
Among the baildigs that Richard
Upjohn designed in America are:
St John's Church, Bangor,
Christ's Church in Baltimore,
the Chapel of the Cross at Chap
el mil. Kicnard Upjohn was
succeeded by Richard Upjoh, his
son, who built the State Capitol
at Hartford, Conn. Since 1903
the firm has been carried on by
Hobart Upjohn. Among the
buildings he has designed in
North Carolina are: the Church
of the Holy Coforter in Burling
ton, theParish House and Christs
Church in Raleigh, Sprunt me
morial at Chapel Hill, and the
Parish in connection with the
Church of the Holy Comforter in
Henderson. The firm of Upjohn
U predominant in Church and
School architecture in America.
A half tone of the new High
School building taken from the
Artibt s drawing will be printed
in the Herald in an early issue.
The Board of School Trustees
has accepted the resignation of
Superintendent A. M. Proctor,
who is to take charge of the
work of County Superintendent
of Education in Wayne County
and has elected in his stead Mr.
Coltrain, of Jamestown, N. C.
Mr. Coltrain is one of the lead
men in educational work in
North Carolina and is fully com
petent to carry on the work here
which Superintendent Proctor
has conducted so efficiently. He
will arrive next week and further
details in regards to his plans
will be given later.
vene here August 29 - 31. Some
Kduara and fair submission of the 1 f those who will appear on the
question whether the people of
Halifax County desire a good
uniform system of highways ef
ficiently administered and are
willing to pay the taxes neces
sary to secure such a system. I
believe that the people of the
County will vote "For Good
Roads" and the issuance of the
bonds for the following rea
sons: r irst, in order to secure
a central, uniform and efficient
administration of the public
roads of the County supported
by a tax intelligently calculated
each year from a budget and
levied justly at the same rate all
over the County; Second, in or
der to place the County Highway
Commission in a position to be
able to make application for and
receive financial aid from the
Stat and Federal Governments
in building a uniform Bystem
of good roads throughout the
County 1
W. L Long
program at that time are, Rev.
Geo. C. Zeigler, the Sunday
morning service; Miss Maud
Wilkinson, of Norfolk, Va. who
will render several musical se
ections; Rev. J. S. Williams,
of Elm City who will tit in any
where; Mrs. Dr. Weeks, of Tar
boro, N. C. who has ckarge
of the C. W. B. M. work.
The minister of the Christian
Church at Petersburg, Va. and
nnny others.
An 0. Trait
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NOTICE ,
Under the auspices of the
Methodist Church of Roanoke
Rapids a series of protracted
services is to be conducted by
Rev. Thurston B. Price, of Ashe
ville, beginning Aug. 24th. Mr.
Price is a pulpit wonder and a
successful mixer, but his powers
alone will not afford a great
meeting. Therefore, in this
early note I wish to sound a chal
lenge to all Christian faces of
this community.
E. C. Few.
DEBATE
(Contributed)
On Saturday night July 26,
there will be a public debate at
the Christian Tabernacle. The
subject is "Resolved, That Wood
row Wilson is the greatest livinj
man. " The affirmative side will
be ably upheld by Messrs, Jasper
Davis, Tom Button and T. J.
Topping, while Messrs. W. J.
Norwood, J. G, Harrison L and
J. H. Gay will defend the herv
. trtre. Come out and listen to)
speeches made ol both tilzs,
-V i Vr ,
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