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Friday, January 16, 1920
Fateful Day!
The United States
"to proud to quit,"
Senate is
Mighty
provider:
The i i':
who's !-.
paifrn '
little monopoly in this
! candidacy business.
iris may
k-fore
ascertain
the cam-
Will il tike
knock tho r;:'i
Wood J.o; -r-7
In all V.i- :
niation of v. ..
look the mint
r.lack' Jack to
:ors out of the
,w rnuu'ut reckl-'and-
why overalls?
Fly
The
sees pi a
hind th
It a; ; i .;
test hetv. t
Fifth Win
Col. (
out and : ''
the cendic!
backbon
Board
'!.' dark cloud be-
! '-r lint,'.
s t i I f an endurance
n the House and the
uin District.
-'x will soon
Inn n-;nitn as
;' .t.trr- w.
be
to
k.
Now v. e have the park there's
nothing ir.ueh left to long for
except a f u-a bridge, a new hotel
a post f.tfke and sbr-ut fifty new
houses fcr rent.
A Snnuisoriian Institute high
brow L v.-wrkin:? on a .-cheme for
sending ?, rr ck-'t to the moon.
Must wart to find out where the
cost of iivir.jr has p-one.
Yaas. the chances are about
"sixteen in cno" against the
noroica'h- of Williams If unings
by any Lt a Democratic conven
tion gen" crazy -- nr Republican.
We didn't alter any plans in
regard to nur areoplane trp after
the horrible accident of last week
said plans having ail along con
templated r.o other possibility
than our remaining firmly on
the ground.
A CORRECTION
In last week's issue on this
page appeared an unsigned com-j
municstion setting forth the com
ing in our 'community of "Mr.
liamer" and bespeaking for him
the cordial welcome of our citi
iciis. It referred not to "Mr.
Lamer" but to Mr. P. H. Lanier
of Marfrcrettsvillc. Aside from
this anci th fact that Mr. Lanier
intends t make his home in
Roanoke Rapids instead of Rose
mary and that the communica
tion should have appeared as
correspondence from a Margarets
ville well-wisher of Mr. Lanier
instead of as an editorial. The
article was all right: W'e mo3t
, heartily welcome Mr. and Mrs.
Lanier to our community- and
wish for them prosperity and
happiness - even though the
jginia, Georgia, Flordia, ' and
', South Ccrolina have "aU. enacted
drainage laws similar to those
of North Carolina.
During the war, drainage
work in this and other south
eastern States almost .: ceased,
due to the great; diversoq of
capital to the purchase of govern
ment securities, 9careity of labof
and machinery, etc. The past
six months to a year, however,
has witnessed a resumption .of
this work, and already Jnaiy
districts in the PiedmootSand
Coastal Plain regiorare either
in the process of organization,
or the work of dredging is ip
actual progress.
With the enactment . q th
State law for the re-vautiOri of
all real property in Nort! Caro
lina, it is more desirable than
ever, from the standpoint of, the
individual citizen, -that all bis
lands should be brought to their
highest productive value, HQ as
to yield a retura commensurate
with their taxable values. For
this reason, the draioage W re
clamation of these lands: is of
vital interest to a larjrV body of
citizens. '-m-1- .
The object of the , reclamation
of swamp or overflowed lands ia
three-fold: (1) To increase the
healthfulness in the' section of
country in which the swamps or
overflowed land exist: (2) to
make a non-producing area pro
ductive, and thus add to the re
venue of the owner and of the
State; (3) to facilitate intercourse
between communities adjacent
to these swamp areas by the con
structing of roads which always
follows the drainage of, any
swamp area. In short,' the big
idea is to render, these areas.
with their great potential value
as agricultural lands, healthful
and dcsircable from ;the stand
point of the resident or settler.
t It is to further the work of
drainage that the North Caro
lina Draining Association .1 was
organized in. 1908. , Preparation
are now being made by this As
sociation for a DRAINAGE CON
VENTION to be held at Wash
ington. North Carolina, Feburary
25 and 2G, and all citizens direct
ly or indirectly interested in this
form of conservation and de
velopment of one of the State's
greatest natural resources are
invited to attend and take part
in the proceedings. -i
Florida is wide awake to the
importance of drainage and bu
undertaken the Herculeaa task
of draining the Everglades, ao
area of over four million teres to
one body. ' North Carolina has
no such immense single problem
but she does have over a million
acres of splendid land which,' if
properly drained, will yield un
told wealth to our people and
put our State first in agricultural
values. This rich land in its pre
sent state 13 of practicalrj'no
value and is a menace to our re
sidents and a check to desirable
immigrants. It will oost 'from
$15 to $40 per acre to reclaita it
It will then be worth from $100
to $250 per acre. One year's
crop will more than pay for the
drainage and, from the stand
point of the health of the 1 resi
dent and settler, it will save doc
tor's bills and funeral expense.
consider. Little Sallie Hodges
four-year-old daughter of J. H. 1
Hodges was innocently playing j
with matches ieft within her
reach by 6orae criminally care-:
less person, doubtless a really
loving relative, and her clothing j
caught, fire, burning her rrmsj
and fa4 terribly and inflicting!
internal injuries from which she j
died after four hours of terridle j
agony. The other was ihe case
of Charlie E. Berryhill. govern j
ment printer at Camp 15ragg. ,
who used gasoline to start a tire j
in a stove. He was badly shaken j
up by the explosion and painfully
burned, but will recover. i
In Hendersonville. little Edith
Garren, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Hicks Garren, was the victim of
the carelessness of metnlrs of
the family who kindled, or pre
mitted to be kindled a fire out : t
the woodpile where the older
brother was cutting wood. 1 ler
dress caught on fire as she was
playing- about the place, her
elothing burned and parts of
her b'Ule body burned a crisp.
At Enfield, the clothing of lit
tle Uyra Webb caught on fire
faoai an open grate an her moth
er, Mrs. 3. O. Webb, wa very
seriously burned as she strove to
extinguish the flames and save
her chiid from injury. Happily
the little girl escaped injury. An
inexpensive wire screen for this
open grate would have prevented
all this.
A little while before Christ
mas, Rocky Mount contributed
arj example of the terrible con
eequences that often follow the
all to common criminal careless
ness of leaving matches within
the reach of children. Ralph
Blackburn, the two-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Blackburn
got bold of matches in his reach,
crawled under the house and
struck one in such close quarters
that hU clothing caught fire and
before he could be pulled out to
where the fire could be smoth
ered by horrified members of
the family, his body was terribly
burned.
These are just a few of many
accidents of the sort that get
into the current newspaper re
ports, but Commissioner Young
urges that they be taken most
seriously to heart by every North
Carolinian as demonstrating the
crying necessity of redoubled
effort to end the ravages upon
the lives and property of the
great variety of preventable
causes of fires and accidents.
H RICKS
X.! Estate
off;.
In t i !,
I
N.iluwal Rank BUI
I.. I. 1KAVI-. K r.l JHaVIS. r
TRAVIS & TRAVIS
Altcirvva at Lw
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t'miti.T v.; t.s. . LiU ., .,1 i-rt'.t nut'ouri-
DR. f.LN D. MANN
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Rai Joii h BuiIJioK
PLom- 2:.! ENFIELD, N. C.
E. A MATTHEWS
Alt vjiev a I Law
NOTAK V I'UBLIC
Oil I iri N. i.oiiul Bank ButUiny
Roanoke Poid N.C.
Pr. Win. A. Carter
VVtii iary Sutton
WFLDON. N C.
v.u !.iv ii-!i'tn' I 'lmm
CLARK & CLARK
Attorneys at Law
Roanuke Rapids, N. C.
i r in Hank Uuiklint?
-oans
A. L. CLARK
LIFE AND FIRE
INSURANCE v
on Real
Estate
Negotiated
-prooreJcr did let three errors
get across in one paragraph.
North Carolina Pioneer
in Drainage
The State of North Carolina is
the Pior.eer of the southeastern
States in the matter of drainage
and reclamation of the swamp
and overflowed areas. It was
t'.sjirst cf these states to enact
rnutim! drainage laws which
Few Accide&U Cawed
. By Firework ( '
hs'sh-Vir-
There wre scarcely toy acci
iiutz during th- Chri;t!H bqlL
days duetto fire works or Chri3t
ma3 trees, ' but "Careteianaee"
the ever present fire fiend, io
North Carolina, and every other
state for that matter, got k
some most horrifying work and
children playing with matches
contributed several distrosaicf
and in some instances fatal burn
ings. State Insurance Commis
sioner Young, who ia exerting
constant effort for the cooser
vation of lives and property
through .Fire Prevention and
Safety .First campatgus among
the, people of the state is great-
ful for the fine record to the de
crease of accidents and losses,
from fire works and Cftriatmas
trees, but he would appeal for
special effort by public offlcials,
civic organizations and the peo
ple generally to end the ravages
of "carelessness" and in manj
instance of veritable "foolhardi
ness" in having to do with fire.
Fayettovilte,, costfctilfl Jgi
terrible accidents the past week
that should especially eause the
Drs. West & Crank
DENTISTS
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Ofiici-i
2nd Floor Drug Store Building
T. w. mason j.a. worrkl
Cry.liuri-. N C. Kirh Squnpr. N. C
W. I.. I (INC. ;:.wnok Kpul. N. C.
MM, WORRELL & LONG
Attorneys at Law
Office: Roanoke Rapidi, N. C and
Jackion, N. C.
NOTICE
Tin- Ton i.f Ifnanokt' Kapids will on
Saturdtiy. tln-lith day of Feburary,
A. 1. V.", M'd hi pul)lii' auction to the
hi(;l,"t I'iiUii r for CASH tha following
despriln-il r-l propi-rty in the Town of
Koanokf Itapid. to-wit; That two (2)
story brii l; building and two (2) lots
ailuuu-d on liit-Kt side of Roanoke
Aveniif bi-'wi'i'ii Second and Third
Stivi't., and designated and shown on
the map of the Town of Roanoke Rap
ids its lots Nos. ifls (two hundred and
t'ijjhtreni and 2'.'t (two hundred and
twenty.) an I now known as the Garage
huilditif .
This sale i authorized by a resolution
l.a.sso.1 Dy the IJoartl ot town Comnn.s.
sioners in it lneetinjj held December,
29th, 191!'.
This the'.ih. riav of January, A. I).
1920.
A. L. Clark,
Clerk of the Town of Roanoke Rapids.
IJrVA&iii IY EAGLE I
Kr Wa taamlntfy TiiHtf Aitar Ln,
Tr, M Wn taaily Cao
&m4; ttivaft Nam.
SI iaarioa aaU rittaCt spread
W 0t mAtmni-mUf fte Cacadlta
9tk mH ratU aaa y the
ftfMMi turn mmw)m vod
kiia ta OnC Wfcetr be
WH, aaftwlf kaawa. Bat It was from
Imt Va tC a ba aa nvaalfestly
gUrat4 vttaa b al!r.trfl oa the
-rW 0t a v bo at tk corner of
tM 4 fatar Hmu. It was just
a edtUraa con in t from
!, aaf tba Detroit
Cleaning
Pressing
Altering
Vi e yuaxantee your clothes
relumed w hen promised and
Mlisfaction loo.
Walter Cherry
Drug Store Building Second Street
Next Door to F. M. Cobum
X hir4l lr4 on hla terch for
Itaaa, arMs Cha iaaa ca'.atred be
ta aasto aarfeyt Ue crovd in
kantf Bar arias tfea uAxilee
vJaak k a at aaas4 ia aearchine
Ut taa fte aoMtbior or things
fet. faathaf. The crowd be
lama aat war thraatenlng
ffiaftlty 4m fcfaTtf Hfcaa tha ret evl-
C Wtam arltifeaat falle, east the
1T Awarfitaa aala aaraad his wim
SMr rar mAm aaA, waiting not
fm t tartar batwaan dlput-
at AaUesa, ftaM4 t Ua grwian.
' strata at SandwieJi the
sa ' fctf' sUmi ra!!t!rr-i
at sttva. ltrab a jHunt-
. M H 3tit-.w Ua raa, lodUa lUie, turn
la Ma bait flraaa rtjht to left with
aat & aUa ta par at aome -reoture-ataa
fepgtaaaar or avaocrdent pur
Mf, J laafead tor a tlma aa If the
watalS at b oaoftred. But he
; tM)if ntm ta' a ataa wbose attitude
taa a kaaQla. - Willi aeameiy a
aajtMja la.
M& 5ar wh 3ja Thorotoo, 31
ralaca afiraatt, aa AiBarieaa cltlsen.
DaiSa t maalaoer of tbe day the
tafttjr n&rita . aude tentatlra
taaca afartaja fa tka fna af pieces
t$Mat laa ltind accepted tbem ua-adaaatr.-
; VXUaaaaa ia JVauwrelt, Tbaroton ia-
rffta-.
tUit ta, hirall an Mlafortunea.
', lira la tw abart ta aorse ooe'a m;a
itrj. Harry acrot the Jowluods that
fba inMrf more titoe oa tbe other
ISf Vs.--FhUJljw Brooks.
ij r 4 4er... -
Report of the Condition of
The Citizens Bank and Trust
Company,
at .Rosemary, N. C,
in the State of North Carolina, at the
elope of b'jvim-sh, December 31st, 1919.
RK.-Ul'RCKS
Loani- and i oi:i:ts $ 64,678.82
Demand 21,000.00
Bankii.jr li . ;Furni-
tureMrd f iMures-, S;i,4i4.09 3,404.
Lasn in vault arid net amount
due fr.m, lls r.ks, Hankem
and Trust CmpHnit-s 59,421.80
Ch-Ii It, n,- t -!. i.f r-.' hour 13.00
Totai $147,610.71
l:.:::lit!i:s
Caotai Stuck PHid in $ 24.060.00
Undivided i'rolits. less cur
rent iNtri-cs and tnxes
pa I . 227.05
Deposits ,-i.l.Jt it to check 86.U99.11
Time Certineates of Deposit 11,000.00
Savinps Dej,o.its 25,.'96.48
Caahier'ti ( hecks outstanding 637.99
Certified Checks 40.08
Accrued interest due deponitors150.00
Total $147,610.7i
State of North Carolina-County of
Halifax, January 13th, 1920.
I, F. L. Nash, Cashier of the above
named Bank, do solemnly swear that I
the above statement is true to the besti
of my knowledge and belief.
F. L. Nnh, Cashier
Correct-At test:
J. A. Moore,' T. M. Jenkins. L. S.
Cannon, Direetors. (
Subscribed and sworn to before me, i
this l.ith day of January, 1920.
A. L. Clark, Notary Public.
My commission expires March 28th, 1920
W. C. WILLIAMS
Licensed Embalmer and Undertaker
Prompt and Satisfactory Service
t
Dr.? Plum 633; Night Phone 589 3
i
M
ore
Of Our Sale
It began Tuesday and closes Saturday
YOU HAVE ONLY ONE MORE DAY
When - Saturday
Where- Store of Harrison & Thomas
Why - Four Reasons
1 . Five days of sacrificing price on all suits and overcoats for
men.
2. Great reduction in all Suits and Overcoats for Boys.
3. Good Bargains in our Corduroy Pants, Wool Shirts and
Sweaters.
4. Money made by buying our shoes at Sale prices.
Visit cur store tomorrow and save
money
arrison & Thomas
Clothiers - Haberdashers - Hatters
H
The Man With a Checking
Account Can Tell You
of Its Many Advantages
It is estimated that 95 per cent, of the business of
our country is transacted by means of checks and
drafts. Under no other sy&em could we reach the
high slate of development attained in the last 50
years. -
A checking account with this bank will simplify the
transactions you are now doing on a cash basis. You
are invited to open an account.
The First National Bank
of Roanoke Rapids
Only Rational and Largest Capitalized Ranking Institution in Halifax and
tfrCorthnmplon Counties ' .
C A. WYCHE. Pre.
S. F. PATTERSON. V-Prest. . T: W. M. LONG, V-Pre.
J. T. STAINBACK. Cashier. ' ' :
.e test cf the
every detail.
habitually careless to step tsi