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0 I
Slid 8 l.'Hli of t'iH'11 and till fl.d of it
l that Ioc K'Hitle? rili-s iliut miiu
lmH today, i:p ami siuiiiul tiraurr.
Set", tin-re l.e roiiifs er tl.ac ri.
II
On Monday afternoon Miss
Powell, Hazel Cobb, Josey
Moore, and Eulalie Robertson
went out in the woods to study
birds. They took with them two
pairs of field glasses and a bird
guide book. They had not gone
very far when several birds,
were heard singing and chirping.
Finally the little songsters
were located, One of them was
found to be a chirping sparrow.
Its breast was gray, its head
black, and wings were chestnut.
Another peculiar little chirp
wa3 heard far away, by close
study it was found that this was
our brown thrasher. He was a
bright reddish brown, his breast
white with black spots. His
song is very musical. At first
one would think that he sang in
the same key of the cat bird,
but by a careful study his carol
became very distinct,
The slate colored junco was
found in an open field. He is a
winter bird but seemed to be en
joying the spring with us. He
had a pink bill with white mar
kings on his tail and breast. He
was very busy helping to build a
nest and paid very little attention
to us. His sweet little simple
trill caused us to take a great
deal of interest in him,
The study of birds is very
interesting. They are one the
world's greatest gifts.
Eulalie Robertson '23
Bird Study Men who have honor; men who
will not lie
Tall men, sun crowned, who live
above the fog j
In public duty and in private (
thinking." !
Only a few minutes were left
me. As I worked under the;
tremendous strain of last minute !
effort a poetic inspiration seized 1
me and this was the result: j
"Man give us a map! Today we !
need them,
Straight roads, churches on the
right location:
Mistakes that the eyes of the
teacher cannot see,
And a railroad that curves at the
right place;
A canal that is in the right position;
Alumni Notes
Good maps! Pupil praised .vho
has a one
In the left hand corner!"
Norfleet Vick, '22
The Oxford Orphanage Sing
ing Class gave a concert last
Monday night in the School Au
ditorium. The program consist
ed of readings, songs and an
operetta. The children perform
ed splendidly, the smaller ones,
doing especially well.
I I'f tier1 in fle mimiTK.
"Wti.-ie wa. I at? Oh, yes. WVII,
wt.cn he was six miles out vt Nortmi
ville, and walked Into ton, MUs
Edith Somers waiting at the I'r
huerari church. That was at noou,
and you might tiiiiik Doe KmtleT
could have covered the distance oft
fu"t liy then. But the fact is which
I forgot to tell you that he had heeu
stunned by his fall and lay like a log
In the road from two in the morning
until half mist eifht. A No, he hud a
broken shoulder.
"Miss Somers nailed with thebrlual
jmrry from noon until a quarter oast
one. Then her father took her home,
ami uu hour later they were speeding
In their car out of Nur'wivill. She
ueer went Lack I sucnS she wa too
proud. Of course you know Jim Soi'iera
lout fort line in the pMiic jeur.
"loc Hemley hud to lcae Nurlon
vllle, of course. We Unnied his siory
soon after he got here, hut I reckuB
liohody holds it against him. Anvnuy,
he's a powerful good doctor. Hut don't
jou hi lieve what oilier folka say. for.
as I told jou, they'll gel It wrong,
miss,
"Well, I must leave- you here, for
I've pit some vhopping to do. But
walk straight ahead to the turn and
you'll see the school mi top of that
rise, (loud morning, doctor! This Is
the ow principal of You know her?
"Curry Myers, come here! Come
here! There, you're too slow ! You've
missed It ! What did I see? Why.
Doc Bentley kissing the new principal
of the free Minul in the middle of the
street, us bold as brass, and look!
Why, they're currying on as If there
wasn't another human being iu the
world hut just themselves!"
day of March, A. I. h'-'l. and herein-;
a ft i r named, will, hes'inning on the
l.'th. day of April. A. I . I'Xll. an.lel.w-
iris; on the :!'nd, day of Aprii, A. 1'. ;
l'.'-l. keep the Kegistration book cpt-n '
for trie reiri-tratioii of voters f om H1
o'clock, A. M. to 5 o'clock, P. M. at the
Mayor s tltlice excepting on Saturdays, ;
when the said Kcgistrution books shall I
lie kept open until !! o'clock. I'. M.:.
That said Registration !kk1.s will lie;
on n on the L' lrd, day of April, A. 1. ;
l'J-1, hem the second Saturday before
the election, at the repuiar polling1
place, for the inspection of the electors ;
of the said Town i f Koitnoke Uapids; ;
that the follow ins named registrar and
judges of the election will conduct the j
registration and election: YV. S. Hock-; ,
aiiay, Kegistrar, A. K. AkersandH. W. '
Harris, Judges of Election.
In order to be eligible to vote one
must have been a resident of the State j
of North Carolina one (1) year, of the
County of Halifax six (til months, and!
of the Town of ltoanoke Rapids four!
( I) months preceding such election. !
! No new Registration of Voters is order
ed for said election, but persons who j
were not registered for the Town elec- j
turn two t) years ago should register.
Registration for Slate and County elec
tion and for the si hool bond elections
has nothing to do with this election, it
is well for voters to see the registrar
and be sure that their names are on the !
books.
A. 1.. Clark, Tow n Clerk.
March 11th, A. 1). l'.KM.
"It's the Chapt Thing 1 Ever
Bought," Writes Mrs. J. Mason, Ya.
"I p-1 $t f--r fiec.il.(s ,f Ril.nai and
Jri; by the Lrpe Dun.lT M d(d r jts e ve jk ted
un. I revk.ia ar've savt huQmjs 01 dt:Ur ia
chicks, e and tmj.' Ytxir prta wco't t.K-S it.
feUts tL"- up and kave no staHl. J5 vie, 4i.iS.
SuU sad guinntcai by
t nuL- Phim.y Co. Roanoke HarJ.rr Co
Allen C. Zollicoffer
Attorney at Law
Rosemary, N. C
Office Over Old Pottoffice Building
"Rat3napKI!48R.t',
WnU Irria Nerhood, Peaaijlraaia
Re sT: "After nsing one larr parksce.
we eonntni 44 dxii rats." KA'f-SN At
kill tn. drira up the cmrean, and kem
no smelt. Cats and dors wua't touch it.
Comes in eoovenien sucakea:iioDUuiia
KiUiolhettwd. Ut a package toasy.
Thrassitas: Be for kitchen oe cellar: tie
for chicken houae or com crib ; S1.2& for
btmi and outbuilding. Your money back
if KAI-SN AP doeao t do the wotk.
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Roanoke Pharmacy Co. Roanske Haidwarc Co.
The approach of Easter brings
us again in toucn witn many
members of last year's senior
class.
Earl Daughtry has returned
from the University of North
Carolina for the Easter holidays
Julian Allsbrook and Charlie
Spencer are also expected back
from the University for Easter.
Other members of last years
class at Chapel Hill are Walter
Wafford, John and Clarence
Cates.
John Vick is at Washington
and Lee University,
Minnie Daughtry, Bessie
Hedgepeth and Nell Jones are
students at the North Carolina
College for Women at Greens
boro.
Louise Lain is at Greensboro
College.
Traynham Wyche is at Con
verse College, Spartanburg, S.C.
Mary Matthews is living in
Rosemary.
Elizabeth Robertson wa3 mar
ried March 10th to Mr. Harvey
Hazlewood, of Roanoke Rapids.
Flower Exhibit
The students of 'the Central
School are gathering a collection
of wild flowers, which will be
used at a meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association soon. The
science class looks up the names
of the flowers and they are writ-
ton on little cardboard slips and
placed under the flowers on the
table.
The flowers are very attract
ively arranged on a table in the
end of the hall.
Every pupil seems to be taking
an especial interest in this col
lection of flowers and we hope
to have a large collection by the
next meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association.
Service Spells Salei.
Some people are accustomed to buy
Ins their groceries by the quart, peck
or bushel, But oftentimes they buy
by weight, nud while they do they are
at a loss to know exactly how much
to order.
Au eastern retail concern makes It
easy for these customers to buy either
by weight or measure by displaying,
on the counters, signs that rend an fol
lows: "Ji peck equals 3 pounds; "jj
peck equals 7'4 pounds."
This Is 11 real bit of service for the
customers iitid does away with any em
barrassment on their part in trying to
order by weight some bit of merchan
dise that Ihey ordinarily buy by meas
ure. System.
Notice of Registration and
Tow n Election
The
Doctor's Bride
By KATE EDMONDS
The voters of the Town of Roanoke
Rapids, North Carolina, will take notice
that, pursuant to and under the laws of
the State of North Carolina governing
City and Town elections, and under the
provisions of the charter of the Town
of Roanoke Rapids relating to elections
the regular biennial election tor the
pupose of electing a mayor and five
commissioners for the Town of Roa
oke Rapids, will be held at the usual
polling place in said Town on Tuesday,
the 3rd day of May, A. D. 1921, between
the hours of o clock, A. M aud sun
set; that the registrar appointed by the
Board of Commissioners on the 2nd,
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Senior Class Meeting
The president of the senior class
called a special meeting Monday
afternoon to discuss plans for
the senior class day exercises.
Miss Powell was asked to give
plans and suggestions for Com
mencement. No definite plans
were made. The president appoin
ted a committee and sub commit
tee to work out plans for clas3
day and present them at next
class meeting which will be held
next week.
Birdie Williams '21
A Parody and How it Was
r rmeii
With Apologies to J. G. Holland
On March the eighteenth we
had to have ready to hand in, a
map of Rosemary and Roanoke
Rapids. In this map we had to
locate all the churches and pub
lic buildings, ' the railroad and
canal. At the appointed time
my map was incomplete. On
the same morning, at the same
hour, for the same teacher, we
had to know this poem:
' 'God give us men. The time de
mands Strong minds, great hearts, true
faith and willing hands;
Men whom the lust of office does
not kill,
Men whom the spoils of office
will not buy,
Men who possess opinions and a
will;
(1), 1921, Western Newapayer Union.)
"Yes, uiiss, that's the way to the vil
lage. So you're the new principal ot
the free school! I hope you'll like
the place, miss, and stay with us
a while; the lust principal she found
ed the school Miss Brown from Bos
ton, you know and she bided here
for seven and twenty years until Doc
lientley sent her home to die.
Couldn't do nothing for her, he said,
and that's saying a heap, for we all
thinks a good deal of Doc Bentley
jown this way,
"Doc Bentley, did you ask? Yes,
he's been our doctor for nigh upon five
years now. That's his house on the
bill.
"Five years ago Doc Bentley was
practicing In Nortonville, a hundred
miles across the mountains yonder.
Doc Bentley was considered the best
doctor there, and he used to be thick
With all the society folks In the place.
"But for all his big practice Bentley
wasn't the man to sacrifice the poor t
gat a bigger fee.
"You see, mliis, Doc Bentley was en
gaged to be married to Miss Edith
Somers, the only daughter of old Jim
Snmers. who built the railroad from
Claflln clear over those mountains.
The day was set for their marriage t
the Presbyterian church. And you'd
have thought that he'd havt let up a
little on his practicing, with hl wed
ding day a few hours off. But ha
didn't.
"The night before hi. mrrlj a
call came over the long distance tele
phone from Carters, which lies 18
miles south from Nortonville, In the
midst of the mountains. A negro
man had been crushed by a wagon and
he was the nearest doctor. Would he
come at once?
"Doc Bentley dropped the telephone
receiver and called to his man : 'Sad
dle my horse, Jim,' he said. 'I'm go
lne to ride to Carters.' And, seeing
that nothing he could say would stop
him, Jim saddled the horse, aud Doc
Bentley reached Carters at midnight
and saved a life.
"It had been downhill to Carter, but
It was uphill going back, aud IS
miles upon a tired horse may mean
Ave hours, or twenty-four, when the
mountain roads have become rushing
streams, and especially when your
horse falls and breaks his leg In twe
places. Doc Bentley rose up from the
muddy ground, looked at the animal,
and drew his revolver from bis pocket
to put It out of Its pain. Then he re
flected. Tf I can cure a man's broken
leg I reckon I can cure a horse's, he
said to himself. So he pulled the beast
Into a thicket, and, two days later, he
was back there with plaster of parts
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