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$375,000.00 SCHOOL BOND ISSUE CARRIED
BY A MAJORITY OF 640 LAST TUESDAY
ROSEMARY PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. J. Arch Taylor, of Oxford,
spent Tuesday night in Rose
mary. Mr. ben M. Pugh, of Emporia,
visited friends in town Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Peck visit
ed Jackson Monday night and
Mrs. Peck, as district deputy of
the Order of the Eastern Star in
stalled the new officers of the
Jackson Chapter.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Cooper and
Mr. Lee Cooper attended the fu
neral of Mr. Edward Drumgoole
in Brunswick Co., Va., Tuesday
afternoon.
Mis Alford spent
end with relatives in
The many friends
postmaster, r. W.
the weekv
Smithfield.
of former
C. Bass,
were glad to see him in town this
week. He is now engaged in the
grocery business in Durham.
The American National
Red Cross
The Annual Red Cross Roll
Call, it was announced today at
southern division headquarters
of the American Red Cross, will
be held this year from Novem
ber 11 to November 25, when all
forward-looking Americans will
be asked to renew their member
ships to the Red Cross and to se
cure as many new members as
possible.
Already preparations for the
Roll Call are being made in the
southern division, which in
cludes the states of Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Florida. 128
chapters in the division have be
gun shaping their Roll Call or
ganizations, and long before Arm
istice Day, it is expected the en
tire division will be prepared to
secure a record number of old
and new members.
' The yearly Roll Calls of the
Red Cross have become as much
of an institution in American life
as the Red Cross itself, a fact
which leads Red Cross leaders
at headquarters to believe that
the American people, both old
and young, will renew their al
legiance to the Red Cross and to
strengthen with many new mem
bers the organization which is
doing so much to better health
and social conditions in the Unit
ed States in peace as it did to
help American arms in war.
Among the constructive jobs
performel by the Red Cross
since the war might be mention
ed its health work. The Red
Cross has inaugurated Health
centers in about 15,000 commun
ities, through which it is trying,
by education, to check the spread
of disease and prevent the 750,
000 deaths which occur annually
in America from preventable
diseases. In the Red Cross nurs
ing service are 37,000 nurses,
1,000 of whom are working in
rural communities, where they
are constantly in demand and
where their services are avail
able to all families in their juris
diction. The supreme value of
their service was demonstrated
during th last influzena epidem
ic, when 15,000 Red Cross nurses
were on duty.
Another Red Cross activity has
been the teaching of home hy
giene and the care of the sick,
and home dietetics to women and
girls. More than 90,000 such
were eraduated last year from
7,944 classes in 'these subjects,
The southern division, because
of disasters last year, knows
well the Red Cross work in dis
aster relief. This is a Red Cross
job that may come at any mo
ment. In the 39 years of its ex
istence, the Red Cross has given
relief in 250 floods, fires, tornados
and other disasters, and last year
it gave aid to more than 33,000
unfortunates in 150 stricken com
munities. There are four classes of mem-
WOMAN'S CLUB TO
GIVE RECEPTION
Will be Held in Central School Audi
torium, Friday Evening Not. 5th.
The Woman's Club of Roanake
Rapids and Rosemary will hold a
public reception in the Central
School Auditorium Friday even
ing, November 5th, from 8:00 to
10:00
The object of the reception is
to afford the parents of the com
munity the opportunity to get
acquainted with the school fac
ulty, and all adults are not only
invited, but are urged to attend.
It is to be regretted that the
floor space will not permit the
inviting of the children, but such
is the situation, therefore it is
necessary that only adults be in
vited. Aunual Communication of
Masons in Weldon
The regular annual communi
cation of the fourth Masonic dis
trict, composed of Northampton
and Halifax counties, will be
held with Roanoke Lodge No.
203, Weldon, N. C, October 26,
1920. Dr. M.Bolton, Rich Square,
is District Deputy Grand Master
and he is endeavoring to work
up an interesting and successful
meeting.
The lodge will be opened in due
form at 2. P. M. During the af
ternoon session reports from the
various lodges will be received,
the regular business transacted
and three or four speeches of 15
minutes each will be made. One
on Friendship, one on Morality,
and one on Brotherly Love.
Grand Master Braswell will be
there and speak 15 or 20 minutes
on Masonry in general.
These short addresses will am
ply repay any Mason for his trip
to Weldon if there were no other
attraction.
From five to seven o'clock wil
be given over for general social
intercourse and supper, where
the Masons from the different
lodges may meet and know each
other better.
At 7 o'clock Jackson Lodge
r(King Solomon's No. 56) will
take charge and regularly confer
the third degree on a canditate
of Weldon lodge.
Every lodge in the district is
expected to send 3 to 5 delegrfes
to officially represent the iooto
and each lodge secretary is re
quested to furnish a full report
of the condition and doings of his
lodge.
Of course all Master Masons
in good standing with their
lodges can feel free to attend if
they so desire. The Roanoke
Chowan Times.
HONOR ROLL
High School Honor Roll for
month ending October 8, 1920.
8th grade - Onie Glover and
Josie Hargrove.
9th grade - Louise Jackson and
Roland Johnson.
10th grade - Eva Saddler.
In order to be on the honor
roll a pupil must make 90 or more
on all subjects, 95 on conduct,
have no tardies during the
month and not over two days ex
cused absence.
bership!, (1) the Annual, which
costs 51, of which fifty cents is
retained by the chapter; (2) the
contributing, which costs $5, of
which $4 is kept by the chapter;
(3) the sustaining, which costs
$10, of which $8 is kept by the
chapter; (4), the life, which costs
S50: (5) the patron, which costs
$100. . Fifty cents from each An
nual membership, $1 irom eacn
contributingmembership, $2 from
aach sustaining membership, all
$5 J life memberships and all $100
patron membership are sent by
the chapter to National Head
quarters to carry on the national
work of the Red Cross. Any of
these memberships may be se
cured in the Fourth Roll Call.
The official returns of the
school bond election of the Roa
noke Kapids Graded school dis
trict last Tuesday were 656 for
and 16 against.
The election Tuesday marked
the entry of women into affairs
political in our community and
some 130 exercised their fran
chise. The Board of Trustees of the
district never doubted that the
bond9 would be voted and al
ready the walls of the new high
school building are up to the sec
ond floor and some ninety men
are busily engaged in carrying
on the work of the building. Mr.
Byrd, the superintendent of con
struction of the building, expects
one end of the building covered
in about ten days and the cover
on the other end before cold
weather sets in..
SEVENTEEN CASES OF DIPTHERIA
IN HALIFAX COUNTY LAST MONTH
During the month of Septem
ber there was 17 cases of dip
theria reported in Halifax Coun
ty. Diptheria is a spitborn dis
ease and is spread by one person
coming in contact with another
person harboring the disease
germ. The germ is found in 3
groups: (1) People with recogni
zed cases of diptheria, (2) People
with unrecognized cases of dip
theria who are spoken of as
missed cases. (3) well people
with infected throats who are
spoken of as carriers. It is usu
ally more prevalent in September
and October than any other
months.
The more important symptoms
of diptheria are a very sore
throat, which is usually accom
panied by a white or grayish
membrane on the sides or back
of the throat. It maybe a large
or small patch and is sometimes
patchy. It is sometimes so loca
ted as to be invisible and it may
be absent, with the above named
symptoms there is a fever, rapid
nulse and other symptoms indi
cating a constitutional envolve
ment. When any doubt exists
as to the diagnosis of a sore
throat a miscroscopic examina
tion should always be made. Ev
erv sore throat especially where
there is membrane found should
be seen by a doctor.
-v The one treatment for dipther
ia is antitoxin, before the use of
antitoxin 30 to 60 people out of
every hundred who contracted
diptheria died. Since its use less
than eight out of every hundred
die. The fatality depends large
ly upon the time it is administer
ed, the earlier in the disease it
can be given the better result
will be obtained. Diptheria an
titoxin is prepared by the State
Labratory of Hygiene and fur
nished for the people of N. C.
for twenty-five cents a dose and
can be had at the office of the
Health Dept. in Weldon for the
above price, and at some drug
stores in the county.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT OCCURS
AT JUNCTION CROSSING
Another fatal accident was
narrowly avoided at the Roanoke
Junction Crossing of the Avenue
Sunday afternoon, when a couple
of huge engines "dead heading
south ran down a public service
car driven by a Mfr. Clark.
The driver of the car had just
started on a trip with two young
men passengers, when approach
ing the crossing he discovered
the oncoming engines too late to
stop or cross the tracks, he turn
ed his car down the tracks and
thus saved his life and the lives
ot his passengers, however the
engines struck the car and strip
ped the wheels on oneside, knocK
ed it into a freight car standing
nearby, and left it fit for only the
scrap pile.
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C, OCTOBER 15, 1920
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
NATIONAL TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT:
JAMES M. COX
OF OHIO.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT:
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
OF NEW YORK.
STATE TICKET.
For United States Senator
Lee S. Overman.
For Governor-Cameron Mor
rison. For Lieutenant-Governor W.
B. Cooper.
For Secretary of State J.
Bryan Grimes.
For State Treasurer B. R.
Lacy.
For Superintendent of Public
Instruction E. C. Brooks.
For Attorney-General James
S. Manning.
For Commissioner of Agricul
ture W. A. Graham.
For Commissioner of Labor and
Printing M. L. Shipman.
For Commissioner of Insurance
-Stacey W. Wade.
For Corporation Commissioner
A. J. Maxwell.
For Associates of the Supreme
Court-W. A. Hoke, W. P. Stacy.
For Representative in the
United States Congress, Second
District Claude Kitchin.
LEGISLATIVE TICKET
For the Senate:
W. L. LONG.
For the House:
,J. H. DARDEN
J. R. TAYLOR
COUNTY TICKET.
For Sheriff-J. A. House.
For Treasurer W. R. Harvey.
For Coroner H. G. Rowe.
i, For Register of Deeds R. L.
Dickens.
For County Commissioners
George L. Hayes, Jr., C. P.
Bounds, J. A. Kitchin, S. T.
Thorne, W. T. Clement.
For Road Commissioners J. T.
Chase, A. P. Kitchin, J. R. Dick
ens, J. R. Schlichtcr, S. P. John
son. For Member Board of Educa-tion-W.
E. Daniel.
BYRON RUSSELL WEEKS JR.
Tuesday evening about six
o'clock little Bvron Russell
Weeks, Jr., the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. R. Weeks, was un
expectedly taken from his Barents
by death. The baby had never
been very strong, and having
not become fully accustomed to
his nourishment was not making
the development necessary for
his best interest. The death of
the little one came as a grievous
shock to the fond mother and
father and as a surprise disap
pointment to all their friends.
The bodily remains were carried
to the old family cemetery in
LegKetts, and the funeral rites
pronounced by Rev. E. C. Few
MR. EDWARD DRUMGOOLE
Mr. Edward Drumgoole, a
prominent farmer of Brunswick
County. Va.. and widely known
here, died at his home early Mon
day. Morning after an illness of
several years.
Mr. Drumgoole wa3 a member
of a family prominently known
in national life, his father having
been a member of the U. S. Sen
ate, and active in the political
life of Virginia.
The funeral service was held
at his home Tuesday afternoon
by his rector, Rev. L. N. Taylor
and Rev. Francis Joyner and
burial was made in the family
cemetery.
Where Buzzards Foregather.
Buzzards nest in trees In swampy
places. If possible; If they can find
an tsland difficult of access to man
they speedily pre-empt the place, In
vite all the members of their kind
within a radius of many miles, and
make the Island their breeding ground,
where thousands of them gather. At
the breeding ground hod at the roost
ing places the ground always is cot-
red with filth, bones, feathers and
carrion ot all kinds.
MASS MEETING OF WOMEN AT CENTRAL
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM MONDAY NIGHT
ROANOKE RAPIDS PERSONAL
AND LOCAL ITEMS
Mr. William Cherry and Miss
Addye Williams, of Rocky Mount,
spent Sunday here with friends
and relatives.
Mr. Bruce Tillery, of Wake
Forest, spent the week-end here
with his parents.
Mr. Lewis Witherspoon spent
the week-end in Richmond.
Mr. L. W. Clements spent the
week-end in hishomeatStancell.
Rev. T. S. Crutchfield and Mr.
J. K. Dickens are attending a
Baptist Association being held in
Plymouth this week.
Mrs. B. Marks is visiting
atives in Kinston this week.
Mr. Peter Norwood has
cepted a position with F.
Coburn.
Mr. J. H. Cranwell spent
rel-
ac
M. the
week-end in Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Klugle
and Mrs. C. W. Langford, of
Emporia, spent Sunday here in
the home of Mrs. W. C. Cherry.
Mr. W. B. Simmons, of Nor
folk, spent the week-end here
with friends.
Mr. S. B. Jones spent a few
days in Edward this week visit
ing friends.
Dr. J. Frank West spent a few
days in Richmond this week on
business.
Miss Orie Mosely spent the
week-end in Raleigh.
Mr. Kelly Jenkins has received
his discharge from the U. S.
Army and has returned home.
Mr. W. E. Bryant spent a few
days in Rich Square this week
on business.
Mr. Snipes, of New York, spent
Wednesday in town on business.
Mrs. Mac Baldwin left this
week for her home in Atlanta,
after spending some time here
with her sister, Mrs. W.S. Dean.
Rev. Stanley White is spending
several days in Howardsville, Va.
Rev. William Towe spent a
few hours here this week.
Mr. W. C. Spruill, of Raleigh,
spent last Friday here on busi
ness.
Mr. E. A. A. Parker spent sev
eral davs here this week with
his wife.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ogilvie
left Tuesday for Philadelphia
after spending some time here
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Eastern and Mr.
and Mrs. Carl J. Eastern, and
daughter Eleanor Jane, spent
Wednesday here visiting Miss
Lena Rivers Jones, en route to
their home in Dowagiac, Mich.
POWELLTOWN ITEMS
Miss Margaret Hayes, of Hol
lister, spent the week-end with
Miss Ruby Sisk in Powelltown.
Mr. Kilbv died at his home
near Powelltown, Sunday morn
ing, Oct. 9, and was buried Mon
day in the Roanoke Rapids ceme
tery. Mr. A. D. Glover made a busi
ness trip to Enfield this week.
The Pearson Farm will be sold
at auction, Sat., Oct. 16 at 2 P.
M. The Raleigh Real Estate
Company will have charge of the
sale.
South Rosemary school enter
tained last Thursday evening.
The students of the high school
presented two short plays, "The
School Board's Visit, " and "See
ing Maw off." An original play
was the product of the study of
the Life of Columbus by the In
termediate students. Other fea
tures were driils, songs and dra
matizations by the little folks.
The community cracker race was
very funny.
Mr. Major Morris, of Rocky
Mount was a visitor in Powell
town recently.
Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Etheredge
spent some time in Richmond
last week.
Subscription $2.00 a Year in Advance
SECOND NUMBER OF
LYCEUM COURSE
St. Claire Sisters
October 26.
Coming Tuesday,
The St. Claire Four, a girls
quartet which presents a varied
program of orchestral, vocal,
and special novelty features will
appear in the Central School Au
ditorium Tuesday evening, Octo
ber 26 at eight o'clock. This is
the second number of the Ly
ceum Course and bids fair to be
as great a success as the first
was. Ralph Bingham says that
the St. Claire Sisters are among
the best attractions on the road.
Some special features of the pro
gram will be a mandolin quartet,
vocal banjo quartets and humor
ous songs with action.
Season tickets for the five re
maining numbers can be bought
for $2.00 each. AH school child
ren will be allowed to purchase
tickets for $1.00. Single ad
missions for adults are 75c, for
school children 25c.
PROGRAM FOR THE MOTION
PICTURE JUBILEE
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24
There will be two strictly re
ligious services on Sunday at one
of our churches. The name of
the church will be announced in
the papers and from the pulpit
Sunday morning.
The first service will be at 3 P
M. and will be for children and
their parents. The night service
will be at 7:30 and will be for
adults only. Positively no child
ren will be admitted at night,
so don't bring them with you at
night.
At both services the congre-j
gation will sing the hyms from
beautifully illustrated slides
thrown on the screen. There
will be a short talk by one of the
ministers and then a six-reel
Bible story "From the' Manger
to the Cross" will be shown on
the screen.
TUESDAY MORNING
On Tuesday morning, at 10
o'clock, in the Central School
Auditorium, a demonstration of
teaching by motion pictures (vis
ualization) will be given free to
some of the classes, the school
board, parents of the students
and other interested citizens.
Come out iuesday morning
and see what Boston, Detroit,
Little Rock and other cities are
doing with this new form of
teaching with the help of the
motion picture.
CENTRAL SCHOOL
Monday night, Tuesday after
noon, Wednesday afternoon,
Wednesday night, Thursday af
ternoon, Thursday night.
Afternoon Programs at 3:30
o'clock. Night program at 7:30.
The six motion picture pro
grams - Monday night, Tuesday
afternoon, Wednesday afternoon,
Wednesday night, Thursday af
ternoon and Thursday night will
be for the purpose of demon
strating an idea and showing a
simple plan by which this com
munity can have a high class
program once a week at practi
cally no cost to Liie puoiic.
It costs above three hundred
dollars to bring the Community
Picture Jubilee here this week,
so to onset this expense we are
going to sell season tickets for
the six entertainments beginning
Monday night.
season tickets for the six
programs:
Adults $1.00. Children (in
eluding high school students) 50.
Admission - Without season tick
ets, for each Program, Adults
20c, children 10c.
Why the Ed. Fled.
"Colonel SUster celebrates bis sil
ver wedding tomorrow, having been
harried since October 1. 18&4."
toouton BoUetla.
The Mother's Club of Roanoke
Rapids has issued a call for a
mass meeting Monday night at
30 in tv.e Central School Audi
torium. Every woman in the
community is urged to attend.
The new duty of voting will be
the topic of discussion. Hon. W.
L. Long, our State Senator, will
deliver an address and Mr. A. L.
Clark will conduct a question box
and answer all questions if possi
ble. Everyone is urged to ask
questions freely.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the Roanoke Rapids
Band.
Men are invited but all women
are especially urged to attend.
DEATH OF MRS. A. H. GREEN
Died at her home, in the county,
near Weldon, on Friday, Oct 8th
at 6:30 p. m., Mrs. A. H. Green,
in the 75th year of her age. She
was the daughter of the late
John H. Wood, who served as
deputy sheriff of Halifax county
before and during the civil war,
and was married February 22nd,
1871 to Mr. A. H. Green, who
has also served the county in
different ways for many years.
Her death was a great shock
to her aged husband. She had
been in poor health for some
time, but none of the family
were prepared for so sudden a
severing of the brittle thread.
The funeral took place last
Sunday afternoon and the inter
ment was at the family burying
ground, Rev. J. G. Blalock con
ductiug tne funeral services. A
large circle of friends and neigh
bors, many from Weldon were
present and united with the hus
band and son in doing honor to
i one who had lived a long and
useful life, and so on a beautiful
autumn Sabbath, just as the
leaves are beginning to fall, an
other of the old citizens of the
community has been carried to
her long home. The floral offer
ings were beautiful indeed. The
following acted as pall bearers,
J. E. Branch, J. A. Branch
William Morecock, Jno. A. John
ston. Geo. C. Green, Richard
Brickell, C. T. Moss, W. T.
Shnw.
To all who are bereaved on ac
count of the death of this excell
ent christian woman, there is
comfort and consolation in the
"blessed assurance" that while
we "see through a glass darkly"
she is "Face to Face" with the
realities of the life beyond and is
safe on the other shore. To all
in affliction we extend our most
earnest spmpathies Roanoke
News.
AURELIAN SPRINGS NEWS
The Epworth League of Tabor
met last Sunday evening at 8:00.
The meeting was led by Mr. Ed
ward Butts, and quite a number
of others helped to carry out the
program. All who were on the
program promptly responded
when their names were called,
with the exception of one.
Rev. R. W. Bailey and Mr.
Charlie Kelly made interesting
talks. Songs were sung, a presi
dent and vice-president were
elected. The meeting was very
liiuch enjoyed and appreciated by
all.
The meeting adjourned and
was dismissed with the League
benediction and Mr. Charlie
Brewer elected as leader for 3rd
Sunday night.
Clemmie Chicester
GfadeS
Lie.
Many tell lies In order to deceive dg,
and many because they themselves art
deceived. Some seek to win oar favoi
by false accusations and laved
wrongs In order that they may appeal
angry at onr having suffered them. One
man lies out of spite that he may set
trusting friends at variance; some be
cause they are suspicious and wish to
see sport and watch from a safe d!
tance those whom they have aet bj
Che ears. Lucius Aanaeua' Seneca,
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